1246 Continue the Family Line
Xu Lan quickly grabbed hold of Qiao Mei and said, “Zhuang Hua and Zheng Yuan are in the study. They’re here to look for you. Go up, I’ll tidy up these things for you.”

Qiao Mei hurriedly ran upstairs and pushed the door open. She did not feel awkward at all when she entered and saw Zhuang Hua and Zheng Yuan. Instead, she felt a sense of closeness to both of them.

“Why are the two of you here! Are you here to give us an invite! You can’t leave us out of the guest list for your wedding banquet! Without the two of us, who knows when the two of you will be able to get married!” Qiao Mei said happily.

“You mean I have to thank you!” Zhuang Hua said in surprise.

Qiao Mei looked at Zhuang Hua smugly and said, “Of course. Without me, would the two of you have progressed so quickly? Zheng Yuan might not want to thank me, but you have to thank me!”

“See, I told you she’s very spirited. She always says all kinds of strange things. Don’t take it to heart,” Xia Zhe said with a doting smile.

Zheng Yuan’s originally tense nerves finally relaxed. She had long let go of that matter herself but she did not expect Qiao Mei to be such a magnanimous person.

Before Zhuang Hua even started speaking, Qiao Mei already knew what they were going to say. She had been thinking about this while she was out today, but she had not been able to contact Qian’e and did not know what was going on over there.
“The two of you can stay here for a while and have some fun. Don’t think too much,” Qiao Mei said calmly.

“Then what about my brother? He can’t hold on for that long! If he doesn’t eat or drink for three days, he’ll die!” Zheng Yuan said worriedly.

“Your father is still counting on your elder brother to carry on the family line. How can he die? If your father really doesn’t care about him, then it won’t matter who he’s dating. Is there still a need to be so concerned? As long as your father still wants descendants for the Zheng family, he won’t let your brother die,” Qiao Mei said in a relaxed manner.

As soon as she said that, everyone came to a realization. Xia Zhe also looked at Qiao Mei with admiration. He had always known that Qiao Mei was full of ideas, but he did not expect her to think of a countermeasure so quickly. It turned out that when she looked like a weak little girl in front of him, it was all just an act.

They were all just thinking about how to save Zheng Peng, but they had never stopped to think about Zheng Su’s stance on the matter. In the end, it was Qiao Mei who had an idea of what was going on.

Even though Zheng Yuan now knew that Zheng Peng’s life was not in danger, she was still a little worried. After all, she could not bear to see Zheng Peng suffer at all.

“This is the path your brother chose for himself and he must pay the price for it. Perhaps this is a good test of their love for each other? It’s better if we don’t interfere too much. The most important thing now is for the two of you to live well and not be affected by this matter. Your brother’s relationship is already in a mess. The two of you should not get caught up in a mess too,” Qiao Mei said.

“Then are you able to contact Sister Qian’e? Ask her to come and see my brother. She can just stand outside the window and let my brother catch a glimpse of her. I’m not afraid that my father will do anything vicious to my brother, I’m more worried that my brother will take things too hard,” Zheng Yuan said.

Qiao Mei also did not know how to handle the issue with Qian’e. She could not reach Qian’e by phone and did not have her new address. If she took things in her own hands and rashly went to look for Qian’e at home, it might cause Qian’e to feel resistant. It would be better to give her some time to calm down.

“Don’t worry, your brother isn’t that weak,” Qiao Mei comforted her.

There was not much they could do now. They could only wait for Zheng Su to come around, for Qian’e to think things through and for Zheng Peng to have a chance to escape from the Zheng family and take control of his own fate.

Ma San’s mother, Chu Ju, had recently been looking at many girls from good families, mainly those who were young, pretty and attractive.

Chu Ju was also smart enough to only look at girls from the countryside and not those from the capital. The matter which happened back then had caused such an uproar and she was too embarrassed to look for girls of marriageable age in the capital.

“Meng Meng, what do you think of this girl? Her face is so delicate and she’s really young!” Chu Ju said in satisfaction.

“They’re all the same. Can’t we just find someone who’s able to give birth?” Ma Meng said resignedly.

She knew what kind of person Ma San was. To get him a wife would be to cause harm to the girl!