Chapter 130

I saw that Lord Lin's face was livid, and he bowed his hands in front of Jing Yan, "The Hou Mansion still has some family matters to deal with, so I won't keep Vice General Jing!"

This is obviously to drive people away.

But Jing Yan didn't feel embarrassed. He knew that he had a low status and would definitely encounter a lot of obstacles if he wanted to be with Qiao Nian.

He had already been prepared to face all this.

However, he was worried about Qiao Nian.

He was worried that if he left, Qiao Nian would be left alone to face the difficulties of the people in the Hou Mansion.

At that moment, there was also strong concern hidden in the eyes that looked at Qiao Nian.

However, Qiao Nian smiled at him and nodded to reassure him.

She has been back home for so long, and she has experienced all kinds of difficulties. She has developed the ability to deal with all these difficulties, and she will be fine.

But Jing Yan is still worried, but right now, he is just an outsider after all.

The master's family had already sent a message to him to leave. If he forced himself to stay, he would cause trouble for Qiao Nian.

After weighing the situation, he finally bowed and resigned.

But before Jing Yan could walk away, Marquis Lin asked Qiao Nian angrily, "Are you out of your mind? What kind of outstanding men can't be found outside, so you have to find such a low-level lieutenant?!"

Qiao Nian subconsciously glanced at Jing Yan's slightly paused back in the distance. She knew that Marquis Lin deliberately spoke so loudly and humiliated Jing Yan without waiting for Jing Yan to go far!

She said nothing.

She didn't want Jing Yan to hear their argument, because once the argument broke out, the words in Marquis Lin's mouth would be even more unpleasant.

Jing Yan was so kind, she didn't want to break his heart.

It wasn't until she saw Jing Yan's back disappearing at the entrance of the courtyard that Qiao Nian looked at Lord Lin with a deep eyebrow, "Excellent son? It seems that Lord Lin doesn't know how many blind dates the young Lord has set for me today." Ridiculous!”

Hearing this, Lord Lin glanced at Lin Ye subconsciously, his eyebrows filled with majesty, "What's wrong with the blind date party? I personally went to the list!"

Lin Ye stood aside and said nothing. He didn't know whether he had yet to recover from the collapse of killing innocent people or because he knew he was wrong about the blind date banquet.

Since he didn't say anything, Qiao Nian wouldn't be polite.

She looked at Mr. Lin Marquis and said coldly, "Today's banquet was all attended by unsatisfactory bastards from various families. They were just dandy and clumsy. They all looked down upon the Hou Mansion, let alone me. They even looked down upon me. They humiliated me, but Jing Yan couldn't stand it and started fighting with them. I guess someone will come to ask for an explanation later."

After all, going to a banquet only to come home with a broken head and a bloody head is something no one can swallow.

Listening to Qiao Nian's words, Lord Lin kept looking at Lin Ye.

But the latter kept his head down the whole time. No matter how many times Mr. Lin looked at him, he kept his head down and said nothing.

But Qiao Nian suddenly said, "However, the Marquis does not need to blame the young Marquis for this matter."

Hearing this, Lin Ye took action.

He raised his eyes and looked at Qiao Nian in surprise, obviously not expecting that Qiao Nian would still speak for him at this moment.

But in fact, Qiao Nian was not helping him, she was just telling the truth.

"Ever since I was fined and imprisoned in the clothing bureau three years ago, the words "the daughter of the Hou family" are just a false name for me. Everyone outside knows that I am just the adopted daughter of the Hou family and can be easily discarded. I was the adopted daughter of the Marquis and was thrown into the clothes-dressing bureau. I have been a slave for three years. During this time, you have ignored me, as if I have never been in the Hou family. How can I be worthy of marrying them? The Marquis asked himself, if there is such a woman. I want to marry the young Marquis, are you willing?"

Qiao Nian's words were like a knife, piercing into the heart of Marquis Lin.

Marquis Lin seemed to want to defend himself, "No, it's not that my father wants to throw you into the clothing bureau, it's the Queen who gave the order, and there's nothing I can do about it."

Having said this, Mr. Lin felt so distressed that even breathing was a little uncomfortable. He took several breaths before finding some strength to speak, "Father, it's not that I'm indifferent to you. It's just that the emperor is tight." Staring at the Hou Mansion, my father is afraid that if I make any mistakes, I will be caught by the emperor! I am worried that the Hou Mansion will be destroyed in my father's hands, so I can only..."

"You can only abandon me."

Qiao Nian finished what he had left unfinished for Mr. Lin, and his tone was very calm.

She could understand that as the head of the family, Lord Lin was responsible for the wealth and lives of hundreds of people in the Hou family.

She can understand Marquis Lin's difficulties and choices.

However, she couldn't understand that three years ago, he clearly saw Lin Yuan breaking the glass bowl, but he kept silent about her being wrongly accused.

I can't understand how in the past three years, just a simple inquiry can affect the survival of the entire Hou Mansion!

Even if he just sent someone to deliver a message and ask if she was okay?

Even if it’s just a sentence, ‘Remember to add some clothes’?

She doesn't need the Hou Mansion to really run for her or do something for her. What she wants is just a word!

Just one sentence to let her know that she has not been forgotten by them.

With just one sentence, she could comfort herself during the countless days and nights of being bullied that she still had a family.

She could even convince herself that being abandoned was just an expedient measure by the Hou Mansion, and she was just sacrificing herself for the sake of the Hou Mansion and her family!

She wants it!

Just a word and she would be willing!

She may not even hate Xiaocui, Lin Yuan, or them!

But, for three whole years, not a single word, not a single word!

She was abandoned!

If it weren't for the incident with Prince Ming, if it weren't for the idea of ​​marrying Prince Ming to maintain the precarious status of the Marquisate!

Right now, she should still be in the laundry department, washing endless clothes, being pushed into the laundry pool by those palace maids to humiliate, eating slop, sleeping on the floor, being insulted and beaten by the maids...

Tears appeared in her eyes unconsciously. Qiao Nian was not used to crying in front of them, so she took a deep breath and tried to hold back the tears.

She sneered, "Today, I am not here to win the consent of Lord Lin. I just want to inform Lord Lin that I want to marry Jing Yan."

Lord Lin stopped talking.

Tears flashed in the eyes that stared at Qiao Nian.

Having lived to this age, Lord Lin never cries easily. Even when he was young and his intestines were chopped out on the battlefield, he could bite his teeth and stuff them back.

But at this moment, he stared at his daughter whom he had raised since she was a child. Although she was not injured, he felt as if his limbs were torn apart. Under his wrinkled eyelids, the hot tears were ready to fall at any time.

He wanted to tell Qiao Nian that it was not what she thought.

But he couldn't say it.

He couldn't even open his mouth.

Unexpectedly, another voice suddenly sounded, "I don't agree."

It was Lin Ye.