Silence Valkyrie

Chapter 17
It was almost evening when Zhang Shan returned home.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the little girl Yulan walking around in the front yard, and when she saw him, she rushed forward eagerly.

"What happened at home?"

Seeing that she seemed to be waiting for his return, Zhang Shan asked.

"Third young master, it's not good. Miss Wu's family ran away from home and fled to our house." Yu Yan said in a low voice.

"What Miss Wu?"

Zhang Shan couldn't turn his mind for a moment.

Yu Yan reminded him: "Didn't the second young master make an appointment with Miss Wu's family before his death? It's that Miss Wu's family."

Hearing her words, Zhang Shan suddenly remembered.

Zhang Shan's second brother, Zhang Feng, made a marriage contract with Miss Wu Xueyue three years ago when he was 19 years old.

Only one year later, Zhang Feng failed to break through to the Spiritual Martial Realm, so he died suddenly at the age of 20, and this marriage contract existed in name only.

Ever since the second elder brother Zhang Feng passed away, the Zhang family and the Wu family have had little contact. At this time, Wu Xueyue ran away from home and fled to her own home.
"Where is that Miss Wu now? You said she escaped from the house?" Zhang Shan asked suspiciously.

"Yes, I heard from her that her family is going to force a marriage or something. Now she is in the madam's room. The madam told me to wait here. The young master will invite you over as soon as he comes back."

"You go and report to Madam first, I'll take a shower and change clothes first, and then I'll go over there."

Zhang Shan looked at his clothes that were shattered during the game and said.

He hurried back to his room to take a shower, changed into clean clothes, and then Zhang Shan came to his mother's room.

The two sisters, Yuying and Yuzhu, were waiting at the door of the room. When they saw him coming, they quickly raised the curtain and invited him in.

In the room, his mother Xiao Suxin was talking quietly with a young woman, and Zhang Shan knew that she must be Wu Xueyue.

Although she doesn't look alluring, she is also extremely beautiful, exuding a faint and graceful temperament, giving people a gentle and demure feeling.

"Shan'er, you are finally here, come here quickly, I have something to ask for your opinion."

Xiao Suxin saw Zhang Shan coming in, and waved to him.

Zhang Shan walked over and sat down beside his mother, smiling and nodding to the woman who almost became his second sister-in-law in front of him.

After the Miss Wu family met his eyes, she lowered her head in a panic, with a faint blush on her face.

Turning his head, he asked his mother, "I don't know what mother wants to ask?"

"It's like this..."

Xiao Suxin glanced at Wu Xueyue, and then explained the ins and outs of the incident.

It turned out that after Zhang Shan's second brother passed away, the family sent someone to return the marriage certificate so as not to hinder Wu Xueyue's lifelong happiness.

After the Wu family received the marriage letter, their attitude at that time was ambiguous, neither agreeing nor refusing, but since the Zhang family had done everything that should be done, it was up to them what the Wu family planned to do, and there was no communication after that.

Then recently the Wu family wanted to betroth Wu Xueyue to the young master of a big family as a concubine, Wu Xueyue began to refuse to obey, but after being forced to do nothing, she wanted to go to the Zhang family to seek asylum.

"That's what happened, Shan'er, what do you think should be done?"

Xiao Suxin finished the matter, and then asked Zhang Shandao.

Zhang Shan hesitated for a moment and said, "But since the family has called off the marriage, it's unreasonable for us to take Miss Wu in."

Xiao Suxin picked up something like a roll of books from the table next to her and said, "Xueyue brought over the marriage certificate we returned back then, and she didn't destroy it after getting the marriage certificate."

"After learning the bad news, I was very sad, and wanted to keep it as a souvenir, so I kept it."

Wu Xueyue also spoke softly at this time.

Xiao Suxin looked at her lovingly, and then said to Zhang Shan:

"This child Xueyue told mother just now that she plans to complete the wedding with your second brother. In this case, she is a member of my Zhang family, and of course it is impossible to marry someone else."

"But the second brother is gone, and Miss Wu is married like this, isn't this just a widow?" Zhang Shan said in a daze.

Wu Xueyue raised her head at this moment, and said firmly in her eyes:

"Even if this is the case, it's better than marrying that person as a concubine. That person's concubine will either be abused to death or given to someone else. Rather than doing this, I might as well die."

Having said that, she Yingying stood up and knelt down to Xiao Suxin: "I hope Madam will be successful."

Xiao Suxin quickly pulled her up: "Get up quickly, what are you doing, kid?"

Zhang Shan said angrily at this time: "Since you are such a scum, how could your family agree to it?"

Wu Xueyue smiled sadly, bit her lip and remained silent, with tears flickering in the corners of her eyes.

Xiao Suxin snorted softly and said, "It's just that he fell into the eyes of Qian. He pushed his daughter into the fire pit for some yellow and white things. Fortunately, they did it."

Zhang Shan said decisively: "In this case, mother, let's leave Miss Wu to live first. With the marriage certificate, I will see what the Wu family can do."

Wu Xueyue wiped her eyes and thanked in a low voice: "Xueyue thanked Madam and Third Young Master."

Xiao Suxin took her hand and said with a smile: "Thank you, if Feng'er hadn't passed away early, you would have been my daughter-in-law. Anyway, you can live in peace and talk about it later."

Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Suxin ordered his servants to tidy up Wu Xueyue's room, and then took her to have dinner together.

Wu Xueyue stayed in Zhang's house like this.

On the second day, Zhang Shan did not go to the school, but practiced in his backyard all morning.

When it was almost noon, the housekeeper Zhang Cheng came to report that the Wu family had come to visit.

"It's really fast enough, hey, let's go and see, who did their family send here? Have you seen Madam?"

Zhang Shan asked as he followed Zhang Cheng forward.

"Miss Xueyue's eldest brother, Wu Qiming, brought two people and is waiting in the front hall. Madam said that she didn't want to see him for the time being, and asked me to bring the marriage certificate, so that the young master can handle it."

Zhang Shan nodded: "Hold it to me first, and make plans after seeing what that Wu Qiming wants to say."

While talking, the two had already arrived at the front hall, and Zhang Shan entered with his head held high.

In the hall, there was a white-faced, beardless, slightly fat man in his thirties who was drinking tea, and behind him stood two warriors who looked like guards, both of them were at the fifth level of Qi Martial Realm.

Zhang Shan came forward with a smile and said hello, "What wind brought Brother Wu here?"

Wu Qiming quickly stood up, smiling like a flower on his round face: "It's the third young master, it's been a long time."

Zhang Shan went to the chair in the middle and sat down: "Brother Wu, please sit down. It seems that I haven't seen Brother Wu for more than three years. You've gained weight. You must have made a lot of money recently?"

"There, it's just a small business. It's not as good as the third young master's family has a mine, and the drought and flood can guarantee the income."

Wu Qiming said with a smile all over his face.

The two had their own thoughts, and after some ramblings, Wu Qiming finally couldn't help it.

He coughed and said, "Third young master, Wu came here today to pick up his sister, you see?"

(End of this chapter)