Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 943 - 136 Strange Lad_2

Chapter 943: 136 Strange Lad_2

She turned her head and found herself looking straight into Xia Zheng’s cunningly smiling face as he winked at Lin Yuan. Xia Zheng then turned back and called out, "Go back with your mother!"

"No, no, I want to ride in the beautiful carriage too!" Although Lady Liu was going to return to Meng Liangdong’s place later, Xiao Linshuang obviously fancied the carriage decorated with red silk all over.

However, before she could catch up, Xia Zheng had already flicked his whip and driven the carriage away.

"Little sister!" Turning her head and seeing that Xiao Linshuang had been held back by Lin Wei, Lin Yuan finally turned back around, huffing with annoyance as she punched Xia Zheng on the shoulder, "You really are something!"

"Hehe." Xia Zheng pursed his lips and smiled. Of course, he had sped up the carriage because he saw Lin Wei coming out. If Xiao Linshuang got hurt, not to mention Lin Yuan, even Lao Fan would be a hurdle he couldn’t cross!

After a bit of teasing with Xia Zheng, Lin Yuan suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure at the entrance of the alley.

Once she saw clearly who it was, Lin Yuan narrowed her eyes and let out a cold laugh.

Xia Zheng, whip in hand, was still waiting for Lin Yuan to come over and snatch it from him, but she never came. Curiously following Lin Yuan’s gaze, Xia Zheng raised his eyebrow and chuckled, "Heh, an old acquaintance!"

"Yeah, an acquaintance, but it’s a pity that the person he’s most familiar with is right now sitting inside a palanquin!" Lin Yuan curled her lip, and while Xia Zheng was looking at Xie Zhiyuan, she grabbed the horsewhip from his hand and laughed loudly, "It’s mine now, haha!"

Standing at the entrance of the alley was, indeed, Xie Zhiyuan. But compared to the last time they met, Xie Zhiyuan looked even more haggard and wan, standing with a slightly stooped back in the corner, his hands awkwardly intertwined as if trying to protect himself, hardly the image of the esteemed, promising young scholar once favored in the Yamen.

It seems Ma Xiaoqian’s devastation of Xie Zhiyuan was not mild at all!

As the palanquin slowly approached and then slowly passed by, Xie Zhiyuan’s eyes were fixated on the trembling red curtain of the window, hoping for the person inside to lift the curtain and reveal a delicate, beautiful face, bestowing him with a radiant smile.

But, from hope to disappointment, and then to despair, he didn’t even see the curtain flutter in the breeze, let alone lifted; he could not catch even a glimpse of anything inside.

Meanwhile, the bride inside was holding an apple tightly, her face filled with happiness as she dreamt of her wonderful life ahead, without a thought to spare for anything else.

The wedding procession moved farther and farther away, and the spectators who had stopped to watch resumed their own activities. But the figure at the entrance of the alley stood still, like a statue, his eyes gazing into the distance, unwilling to leave for a long time...

The wedding procession quickly returned to the groom’s house. Although Meng Liangdong’s parents had died young and there were no particularly close relatives in his family, the Meng family’s home was not at all deserted when compared to Mo San’s house.

From a distance, Lin Yuan could hear the noisy clamor outside the Meng family’s bridal chamber.

She looked up and her mouth fell open in surprise: "There are so many people!"

Xia Zheng flicked his whip and laughed, "Right? I heard that when Mr. Meng got married, the neighbors from nearby streets and the children from the school all brought their parents along."

Seeing Lin Yuan turn her head to look at him, Xia Zheng smiled and moved closer, adding, "Let me tell you, this morning before it was even light out, someone knocked on the door, coming to help cook dumplings and do other chores!"

Lin Yuan’s lips curved into a smile involuntarily. It seemed that Meng Liangdong was very popular in the southern part of the city, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many neighbors helping out.

What surprised her even more was that these neighbors even showed great enthusiasm when they saw Xia Zheng. And Xia Zheng, when interacting with these common people with no status, wore a face full of smiles. If Li Chang saw Xia Zheng now, he would probably be astonished, for he had ingratiated himself with Xia Zheng for so long without ever receiving a smile!

The wedding procession couldn’t stop. Meng Liangdong was the first to jump down from his horse, and he hurried to the front of the palanquin, but before he could reach out, the go-between had already blocked his arm, laughing, "Don’t rush, groom. It’s not time for you to receive your bride yet!"

The onlookers immediately burst into laughter, turning Meng Liangdong’s face as red as the big red flower on his chest, complementing each other splendidly.

"Sir, let me do it!"

A crisp voice came from the entrance, and immediately after, Xiao Linshuang, dressed in red, emerged from the crowd with a giggle.