Xiang Chong watched Zhan Xuejun stride away with her head held high. Even after she had rounded the corner and vanished from sight, he was still staring wide-eyed after her. A long while later, he burst out laughing. "Hahaha! I'm quite satisfied with how the lineage handled things this time. I'm very satisfied with this wife!"
Zuo Xiaoduo tilted his head toward the sky and heaved a long sigh.
Chapter 212: Not Even a Dog Would Believe It!
Zuo Xiaoduo felt despondent.
This was simply making things difficult for Master Zuo!
How did I end up meeting such an outlandish pair of a man and a woman?!
The Xiang Family elders were oddballs too. Didn't they all know about my prophecy? Why had they gone and so rashly arranged an engagement anyway? A textbook case of asking for trouble!
Zuo Xiaoduo was so depressed that he no longer had any desire to read faces.
After a moment of silence, he pulled Xiang Bing aside, looking weighed down with worries. "This... what's going on?"
Xiang Bing was utterly bewildered by his question too. "What do you mean, what's going on?"
His face full of frustration, Zuo Xiaoduo stared at her. "Didn't you hear the prediction I gave your brother back then? I even saw you write it down. I thought my hints to you were obvious enough, weren't they? How did this suddenly..."
Xiang Bing looked thoroughly surprised. "I just asked my dad. He said that, after deciphering your words, they figured you meant he shouldn't be allowed to fall in love on his own... In light of that, the lineage simply arranged a marriage for him to solve the problem at its root. They completely cut off his path to choosing his own romance. My dad said everyone agreed that,