Chapter 925: The Ge Family Lad Comes Calling
Shu Yu stepped down from the carriage; some villagers, upon seeing her, quickly turned and ran to find the village chief.
Others wanted to approach Shu Yu and speak to her, but Ying Xi, serving as both her maid and guard, felt a strong sense of responsibility and blocked them from getting too close.
The person was taken aback and forced out a sheepish laugh.
Shu Yu didn’t notice and continued walking forward.
The onlookers ahead hadn’t noticed Shu Yu and were still eagerly gossiping and pointing fingers; Shu Yu faintly overheard Lanhua’s name.
She gently tapped on the shoulder of an enthusiastic woman in front of her and asked softly, "What happened?"
The woman, without turning her head, whispered, "Sitting at that gateway is the youngest son of the Ge Family. Wasn’t this lad previously engaged to Lanhua? But as soon as they heard about Lanhua’s cousin being exiled, the Ge Family reneged on the engagement in a panic. Now that they know her cousin has become the Village Chief, they shamelessly want to reconcile. Tsk, the audacity."
"Reconcile?" Shu Yu narrowed her eyes.
The woman nodded, "That’s right, he says he wanted to marry Lanhua from the moment he saw her, and even when the news of Monarch Lu Xiang’s exile came out, he never contemplated breaking off the engagement. Alas, his parents locked him at home, preventing him from going anywhere. The decision to break off the engagement was his parents’, not his. Look, he arrived early this morning, just sitting at the gateway, insisting on seeing Lanhua at any cost."