Chapter 738 - 221 Shock_5
On the other side, Xue Zhao pushed the wheelchair into the room, and Xue Huaiyuan also appeared somewhat unable to snap back to reality. Seeing him like this, Xue Zhao immediately knew that Xue Huaiyuan had also been informed of the matter. He closed the door, pushed the wheelchair to Xue Huaiyuan, and asked tentatively, "Father?"
Xue Huaiyuan’s gaze slowly shifted to him.
"Do you know about the arranged marriage for sister?" Xue Zhao asked.
Xue Huaiyuan remained silent. His reaction wasn’t as shocked as Ye Mingyu’s, but this did not mean his heart was undisturbed. After a while, he said, "After knowing that Ah Li had become the daughter of the Jiang family, there has been one thing I’ve constantly been worried about. I feared that after, the decisions regarding her marriage would neither be in my control nor hers, ultimately leading her to an unworthy match. But I also had it figured out: if that day really came, I would take you siblings and leave Yanjing. The world is vast; there would always be a place to hide, and if worst came to worst, we could live incognito for a lifetime in comfort."
Xue Zhao quietly listened as Xue Huaiyuan continued speaking.
"But I did not expect that in this matter, I would be even more helpless than I imagined. Your sister is commanded by imperial edict, and under the vast heavens, all land belongs to the king. Should it come to that, even if we fled to the ends of the earth, it would be of no use. Ah Zhao," Xue Huaiyuan asked, "what can be done now?"
This elderly man, who just a year ago was a decisive and just middle-aged man, had never been seen by Xue Zhao in such a state of vulnerability, but after so many events and experiencing the great tribulations of the world, although he still managed a smile, he was at his limit.
He cherished his daughter and didn’t want her to suffer, and yet, there was no other solution. Could there be anything more helpless than this in the world?
"Father, you’re overthinking it," Xue Zhao’s own heart couldn’t help but sour as he said, "You’ve forgotten what kind of person sister is. If she does not want to marry someone, she will not marry them no matter what. Moreover, after the incident with Shen Yurong, she will be even more cautious in this regard."
Xue Huaiyuan furrowed his brows. "What do you mean by that?"
"Father, do you know who sister is getting married to?"