Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 127 - 127 126 He Must Have Agreed to Marry into Our Shen Family_1

127: Chapter 126: He Must Have Agreed to Marry into Our Shen Family_1 127: Chapter 126: He Must Have Agreed to Marry into Our Shen Family_1 A subordinate approached, glanced into the unfathomably deep river waters, and said, “Master Long, River Ling has always been known as the Soul-Snatching River.

Not only are the waters rapid, but there are also many undercurrents.

Once someone is swept into them, it’s almost certain death.”

“In Cloud City, even those with good swimming skills wouldn’t dare to swim in River Ling.

Although they escaped by jumping into the river, it’s merely another form of death.

Therefore, Master Long shouldn’t be too angry; they won’t survive.”

Long Tianya narrowed his eyes and said coldly, “I hope so.”

At this moment, the subordinates responsible for watching Gu Hongzhuang ran over, each and every one of them panic-stricken.

The leader said, “Master… Master Long, just now Sister Hong said she wanted to use the restroom, and we didn’t dare to stop her excessively, so we let her go.

But to think, she actually escaped through the ventilation duct in the restroom…”

Gu Hongzhuang was Long Tianya’s forbidden delight, holding a very high status in the eyes of these subordinates; no one dared to provoke her.

Even when Long Tianya had ordered her capture, these subordinates had not dared to be too rough, which provided Gu Hongzhuang the chance to escape.

Long Tianya glared at the men, barking, “A bunch of trash!

Thirty lashes each, go and receive your punishment when you return!”

“Yes, yes!” None of the men dared to disagree and hastily complied.

Long Tianya returned to Long Hao’s side, squatted down, and said, “River Ling is perilous, and Lu Chuan is seriously injured.

Even Gu Hongzhuang is just a fragile woman.

The two of them jumping down, it’s highly likely they won’t survive, and your vengeance will have been served.”

“You should focus on healing for the time being.

Once your injuries have recovered, I will arrange your wedding with Chu Mengyao.

The woman my son has set his heart on will be taken by no one!”

…

Blooming Beauty Cosmetics Company.

In the President’s office, Chu Mengyao sat in front of the desk, her mind feeling restless.

Today, Long Hao suddenly sent her a message: “I will prove to you that I’m the only man in this world who is worthy of you.”

She didn’t understand why Long Hao would suddenly send such a message, but she had some guesses in her heart.

She made more than a dozen calls to Lu Chuan, but couldn’t get through, which caused her mood to plummet.

Knock, knock, knock.

The sound of knocking arose, and Chu Mengyao pulled back her thoughts, saying, “Enter.”

Secretary Zhang walked in.

Chu Mengyao quickly stood up and asked, “Did you find out anything?”

Secretary Zhang hesitated a moment, but still nodded solemnly.

“Master Long and Young Master Long have already returned some time ago.

I bribed a subordinate from the Long family, and from him, I learned that the Young Master has sustained severe injuries.”

Chu Mengyao frowed and pressed urgently, “What about Lu Chuan?

Did they go to make trouble for Lu Chuan?”

Secretary Zhang sighed and said, “Yes.”

“How is Lu Chuan now?”

Secretary Zhang slowly said, “According to that person, the Young Master and Lu Chuan fought.

Lu Chuan was no match for the Young Master and was badly injured, but at the end, somehow, he managed to call down a bolt of lightning from the sky, striking the Young Master into serious injury.”

“Master Long ordered his men to kill Lu Chuan.

At that moment, one of Long Tianya’s lovers, the one called Sister Hong, suddenly rushed out, helping Lu Chuan up, and they both jumped into River Ling together.”

Upon hearing this, Chu Mengyao’s legs gave way, and she sat down on the office chair behind her.

“Jumped… into River Ling…”

“Did they… survive?”

Secretary Zhang’s face showed helplessness as he said, “River Ling is also known as the Soul-Snatching River.

Statistically, about twenty people fall into the river each year, most of whom are fishermen with good swimming skills.

However, less than one in ten survive, and most of the time, even the bodies are not recovered.”

Chu Mengyao’s eyes filled with tears in an instant.

She stared at Secretary Zhang, asking, “So… did Lu Chuan die?”

Secretary Zhang tried to comfort her, saying, “President, although River Ling is dangerous, there have been cases of people falling in and successfully surviving.

Maybe Lu Chuan was lucky and managed to save his life.”

Chu Mengyao, her face ashen, said, “Please leave me be for now; I would like to be alone.”

Secretary Zhang sighed and, without saying more, turned and left.

As tears fell, Chu Mengyao leaned over the desk and began to sob uncontrollably.

…

In an obscure old district with no particular name.

Su Ming arrived at a corner wall, and after checking that there was no one around, he leaped over the wall and entered the courtyard.

Mu Nanqing was anxiously waiting.

Seeing Su Ming return, he immediately came forward, asking, “Any news about Xiaochuan?”

Su Ming pondered for a moment, then said, “I have found out.

It was that Long Tianya who led people to kill him.

But he’s lucky and managed to escape by jumping into the river.”

“I heard he was heavily injured, so even if he escaped, he likely won’t come looking for us soon.

Sister-in-law, for the time being, you can rest assured and stay here.

Once he’s recovered from his injuries, he will surely come to find us.”

Mu Nanqing finally breathed a sigh of relief, saying, “That’s good, that’s good.”

A touch of helplessness flashed in Su Ming’s eyes as he murmured to himself, “The waters of River Ling are treacherous.

An elder from the Profound Sect once accidentally fell into it and lost his life; can he truly survive?”

…

The next day at noon.

In a small forest on the outskirts of town.

Shen Yourong leaned against a large tree branch, idly fantasizing about her own wedding day.

“That guy said that the only way to completely cure my physical condition is through that kind of thing.

If he agrees to marry into our family, does that mean I’ll have to do that kind of thing on our wedding night?”

“Should I take off my shirt first then, or my pants?”

“Or should I just lie there and do nothing, leaving him to do as he pleases?”

“Oh, how embarrassing, why am I starting to think about these things?

What if he doesn’t agree to marry me?”

…

After a while, Shen Yourong got up, took out her phone, and glanced at the time, realizing it was already noon.

She looked around but saw no one, feeling a small surge of joy in her heart.

“This guy…

does it mean he has agreed to become a son-in-law to our Shen family?”

For some reason, she felt her heartbeat quicken.

“Maybe I should wait a bit longer, what if something has delayed him.”

Another half hour passed.

Shen Yourong still hadn’t seen Lu Chuan appear, and she made her judgment: “He didn’t come, which probably means he has agreed to marry into my Shen family.

It seems he knows what’s good for him.”

“Wait, could it be that he agreed because he covets my beauty?”

“Oh well, there is a marriage agreement after all.

No matter what this guy is like, I am supposed to marry him.”

“I should go back and tell my parents first; once we have discussed it, then come over to…

propose?”

“Somehow, that word sounds odd.”

…

Muttering to herself, Shen Yourong turned and walked towards the depths of the forest.

…

A week later.

Downstream of River Ling, within the border of Jiangnan Province.

In a slightly remote village by the river.

Inside a mud-brick house.

Gu Hongzhuang, dressed in simple, worn-out peasant clothes, was burning wood outside to boil medicine.

Even though her clothes seemed a bit shabby, they couldn’t mask her charming face and her stunning figure.

After a busy half-day, Gu Hongzhuang poured out a bowl of medicinal soup and carefully carried it into the adjoining side room.

On the clay bed, Lu Chuan’s face was pale and his breath was weak.

His eyebrows were tightly furrowed as he lay in a deep coma.

A week before, right before Gu Hongzhuang and Lu Chuan jumped into the river, she had secretly taken a set of life jackets from the crew on the ship.

Thanks to this life jacket, they barely managed not to sink directly to the bottom of the river.

However, the undercurrents in the river were strong, and they were swept downstream.

The water kept pouring into their mouths, and if this continued for much longer, they would have been choked to death.

Moreover, Lu Chuan was seriously injured and had run out of strength.

He lost consciousness not long after falling into the river.

Gu Hongzhuang used all her strength to keep the currents from pulling them apart.

Luckily, the heavens seemed to look after them.

Just when Gu Hongzhuang was about to give in, they came across a floating piece of wood in the water.

Clutching Lu Chuan, she rested atop the wood and, with incredible willpower, held on for an entire day and night.

In the end, she hadn’t an ounce of strength left but refused to let go of Lu Chuan’s hand.

She thought she was going to die, but looking at Lu Chuan unconscious beside her, she felt little fear.

At that moment, a fishing boat passed by and rescued them both.

Gu Hongzhuang’s strained nerves finally relaxed, and she too fell into a coma.

She was comatose for three full days before she slowly regained consciousness.

The fisherman who saved them took them back to his village and settled them in his own home, where he also found a doctor to stabilize their condition, saving both of their lives.

Gu Hongzhuang was not seriously harmed and was back to being lively and active after three days.

Lu Chuan, however, was in a worse state.

He had been seriously injured and drenched in the river for a day, and the fact that he was still clinging to life was a miracle in itself.

Fortunately, the doctor in the village had excellent medical skills and used folk remedies to stabilize Lu Chuan’s condition.

But Lu Chuan was so badly hurt that even the village doctor was at a loss.

He could only prescribe some Chinese medicines, hoping that Lu Chuan might regain consciousness.

Zhang Youde and his wife, who had rescued Lu Chuan and Gu Hongzhuang, needed to go out to fish during the day.

Before Gu Hongzhuang woke up, their eighteen-year-old daughter Zhang Huahua had been taking care of them.

Now that Gu Hongzhuang had woken up, the task of boiling the medicine naturally fell on her shoulders.

This was the first time Gu Hongzhuang had fed someone medicine.

She brought the medicinal soup to the clay bed, placed it on an old table beside, then took a spoon, ladled some soup, cooled it, and brought it to Lu Chuan’s mouth.

However, perhaps because the medicine was too bitter, Lu Chuan involuntarily spat it out.

Gu Hongzhuang frowned and exclaimed, “You guy, all the effort I put into boiling this medicine, and you just spit it out?”

Undeterred, she fed him a few more spoonfuls, but he spat those out too.

“You, still so restless even in a coma, if you don’t drink this medicine, when will you ever wake up?”

Gu Hongzhuang placed her hands on her hips in irritation, wishing she could pinch Lu Chuan a few times.

“Hehe, Sister Gu, I have a way to make him drink the medicine,” a voice came from the doorway at that moment.

Gu Hongzhuang turned to look and saw Zhang Huahua, with her hair in a ponytail, peering into the room.

Zhang Huahua should have been in high school at her age, but due to poor family conditions and a remote village location, attending high school required traveling over a hundred kilometers to the county town.

For Zhang Youde’s family, even managing to complete middle school was considered enlightened in the village, so Zhang Huahua had dropped out of school to help with chores at home.

In a couple of years when Zhang Huahua was old enough, Zhang Youde planned to find her a suitable husband to marry her off.

When Zhang Huahua heard Gu Hongzhuang’s complaint, she smiled and asked, “What method?”

Zhang Huahua walked in, her eyes showing a mix of naivety and burgeoning youthfulness, and then with a mischievous smile said, “First, drink the medicine yourself, then feed him mouth to mouth.

If he tries to spit, just block his mouth, won’t that do the trick?”

Gu Hongzhuang’s eyes widened, and then a thought suddenly popped into her head, asking, “You…

is this how you’ve been feeding him the medicine before?”