Lin Qinghe frowned, her mood agitated, and she said unceremoniously, "I have nothing to say to you. Please leave. The small tavern is closed for half a day and will not receive guests for the time being."
As Lin Qinghe finished speaking and was about to leave, Jiang Jingren's heart raced. He grabbed her wrist and said, "Qinghe, listen to me. I broke my promise, and it was my fault. But I have never forgotten you. I came here this time and heard that you pawned the earrings I gave you. Have you encountered any difficulties? Tell me, and I will do my best to help you!"
Jiang Jingren believed that if Lin Qinghe pawned the earrings and got married, she must be in trouble and had no choice.
At that time, the admiration in Lin Qinghe's eyes for him could not have been fake. Su Dan Novels.
Lin Qinghe yanked her hand back forcefully. One Xu Yiyi was already enough to make her furious, and now another overconfident man had appeared. Her mood instantly soured.
Lin Qinghe looked at Jiang Jingren coldly and said, "Young Master Jiang, I have not encountered any difficulties. As you can see, I am already married, and my husband and I are living very well. I pawned the earrings because I no longer wanted them. It would be a waste to throw them away, so it was just right to exchange them for some silver. Since you could retrieve the earrings I pawned, you should know that they were sold outright. I never intended to get them back!"
Lin Qinghe's words directly and clearly stated her intentions.
Jiang Jingren's expression changed slightly. The earrings in his hand felt as if they had been slapped.
Before coming today, he had imagined many scenarios where Lin Qinghe recognized him, but he never expected her to be so resolute.
Lin Qinghe impatiently urged him to leave, "Young Master Jiang, please leave. The small tavern needs to close."
"Qinghe, wait. I still have something I want to say to you. Can you spare me a moment more..."
Jiang Jingren grabbed Lin Qinghe's wrist again. Lin Qinghe's face suddenly turned cold. Just as she was about to reprimand him, a voice laced with intense anger came from behind her, "What are you doing?!"
Lin Qinghe turned around and saw You Rong returning, standing outside with a dark expression.
Lin Qinghe quickly pulled her hand back, inwardly thinking, "Oh no."
Would You Rong misunderstand her again?
You Rong walked in with a grim expression, his sharp eyes fixed on Jiang Jingren, looking as if he wanted to devour him.
Jiang Jingren had come precisely because You Rong wasn't there. Now that he had run into You Rong, he hesitated. He placed the pair of silver earrings on the table and said, "Qinghe, these earrings... they are yours. Everything I said today is true. If you have any difficulties, just ask, and I will do my best to help you."
After speaking, Jiang Jingren gave Lin Qinghe a deep look and turned to leave.
Lin Qinghe's brows were tightly furrowed.
What was going on today? First Xu Yiyi, and now Jiang Jingren. They were all like people who couldn't understand human speech and just left things behind.
Lin Qinghe didn't care about Jiang Jingren. Seeing You Rong's dark face, she worried that he would misunderstand. With Aunt Li and Aunt Zhang outside the tavern lobby, it wasn't convenient to talk, so she pulled You Rong into the kitchen area behind the tavern.
Lin Qinghe explained, "You Rong, that Jiang Jingren just now, he came by himself..."
The earrings were a gift from that man. To Lin Qinghe, even before he understood her, he could see how much she cherished them. Therefore, that man was someone she cared for, wasn't he?
You Rong clenched his fists and interrupted Lin Qinghe, sneering, "Didn't you say you pawned the earrings? How did pawned earrings end up with another man? Lin Qinghe! You are married to me now, why are you still entangled with others! Do you understand the meaning of wifely virtue?!"
You Rong's words were too harsh. The sarcasm in his words, coupled with her already bad mood, made Lin Qinghe feel wronged and the situation instantly drop to freezing point.
She didn't understand wifely virtue?
She was entangled with others?
He had condemned her without even letting her explain!
And what about him!
What was his relationship with Xu Yiyi? She had come to their door, urging him to divorce her and marry her. What was this now?!
Lin Qinghe, filled with anger, laughed, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.
She stared at You Rong and said word by word, "I don't uphold wifely virtue? Which eye of yours saw me not upholding wifely virtue? And what about you? What is your relationship with Xu Yiyi? She has come to your door time and again. What is going on between you two?!"
"My relationship with Miss Xu is not what you think. Don't try to link them together. You and him..."
You Rong's eyes were red, and his words suddenly stopped.
He wanted to question her: What was her intention in meeting that man? Was it rekindling old feelings? Did she want to get back together with that man? Did she want to leave with him?
The thought of Lin Qinghe leaving him felt like a knife twisting in his heart.
"Miss Xu? You keep calling her 'Miss Xu' so intimately. You say it's not what I think, and not to link them together? I think you're just guilty!"
Lin Qinghe was already extremely annoyed today, and now she was furious, speaking without restraint, "If you want to be with that Miss Xu, fine! We'll divorce, and we'll go our separate ways. You can go find your Miss Xu, and I'll live my life. You already gave me a divorce letter anyway! Now there's no need to bother writing another one!"
You Rong's heart was fiercely seized.
For that man, she was indeed going to divorce him!
No!
He would never allow it!!!
Lin Qinghe was about to curse You Rong a few more times, but before she could speak, You Rong suddenly picked her up, slung her over his shoulder, strode out of the small tavern, placed her on his horse, and without regard for Lin Qinghe's struggles, mounted the horse and rode away with a "Jia!"
In the small tavern, Aunt Li and Aunt Zhang looked at each other, full of confusion.
Aunt Zhang: "I thought Qinghe and You Rong were arguing? You Rong carried her out, is he going to beat Qinghe?"
"No, You Rong usually dotes on Qinghe so much, haven't you seen... They're usually so good together. It's probably just a small spat, and they'll be fine when they get home. Let's not overthink it. Let's close the door for them and head back quickly. It's really cold today."
"You're right..."
On the horse.
Lin Qinghe said angrily, "You Rong! What do you think you're doing?!"
You Rong pursed his thin lips and remained silent.
Lin Qinghe asked several times, but You Rong didn't say a word. She noticed that this was the usual road back to Xinghua Village and wondered if You Rong was really going to take her back to the village chief to divorce her.
Thinking this, she didn't know if it was the wind blowing that made her eyes dry and slightly blurry, but her eyes gradually reddened, and she felt extremely wronged.
Clearly, he was the one in the wrong, so why was he still so righteous about divorcing her!
Lin Qinghe was furious and shouted loudly, "You Rong! I told you to stop! Do you hear me! You Rong!"
You Rong's face was grim, his lips tightly pursed, still silent, riding the horse faster and faster.
Lin Qinghe, held tightly by You Rong in front of him and unable to jump off the horse, was so angry that she had nowhere to vent her frustration. She simply lowered her head and bit down hard on You Rong's arm.
You damn scoundrel, I'll bite you to death!