After more than two hours of torment, Zhou Duoduo finally escaped her parents' relentless barrage of demands that she marry.
She all but fled the main hall, jogging all the way back to her little courtyard in a panic, looking as though she had just escaped alive from a dragon's pool and a tiger's den.
"Sister Duoduo, you're finally back. I thought they'd lecture you for another half a day."
The moment she stepped through the courtyard gate, Wu Zhifeng's voice drifted over, practically begging for a beating.
Just imagining Zhou Duoduo being lectured by her parents in turns made the corners of his mouth rise, his eyes brimming with teasing amusement.
Zhou Duoduo already had a bellyful of anger with nowhere to vent it. His teasing instantly made her bristle.
"What are you laughing at? Laugh at your own stupid head!"
She snapped furiously, trembling all over with rage, and without a second thought, raised her hand and slapped Wu Zhifeng across the face.
This brat never took anything seriously and only knew how to pour oil on the fire. He was infuriating, yet there was nothing she could do about him.
"Ow-my lady!
Go easy on me!
I depend on this face to make a living!"
Wu Zhifeng clutched his face, grimacing in pain, yet still begged for mercy with a cheeky grin.
Inwardly, however, he muttered, Zhou Duoduo's temper is getting fiercer by the day. Still, it's my own fault for running my mouth. I deserved that.
Zhou Duoduo glared at him, her chest heaving as she demanded breathlessly:
"Cut the nonsense! Tell me, where are Brother Yun and Sister Yun?
Why did they leave without waiting for me?"
She had not even had time to exchange contact details with Brother Yun before someone cut in