"Good!"
Not even in the Song family in Jiangzhou had Song Xiuxiu felt anyone cared for her like this.
She nodded, "Fourth sister, don't worry, I will surely live well in the days to come. This life is so difficult, you must live for yourself, do you remember?"
Yes.
Song Chaoyu had long understood that this life was so difficult.
This time, she would not waste a single moment!
—
Originally, Song Xiuxiu had worried that Song Chaoyu would directly tie up the old woman Zheng and send her to Song Yuan, which might displease Song Yuan, and perhaps Song Yuan would come to question her.
However, the facts proved that no matter what Song Yuan and the First Madam thought, they tacitly agreed that Song Chaoyu's actions were not wrong.
So, before long, when the First Madam and Song Yuan arrived at dawn, they did not say much about the matter of old woman Zheng, as if it had never happened.
Especially Song Yuan, he looked at Song Chaoyu with a smile, and even showed rare concern for Song Chaoyu, "Fourth girl, I heard you came yesterday? Did you get up in the middle of the night with Xiu girl? Are you tired now?"
Facing Song Yuan's rare concern, Song Chaoyu only smiled faintly, "I'm fine."
Song Yuan nodded, "Today, for the send-off, it will only be you and Yang'er. If you don't understand anything then, just follow your elder brother. The Lin family is complicated with many people, your elder brother will protect you. Be mindful at all times, you must not shame our Song family, understand?"
Does the Song family still have any face?
However, Song Chaoyu naturally nodded in agreement, "Father, don't worry."
Song Yuan, with rare affection, stepped forward and stroked Song Chaoyu's head, "Looking at it now, Fourth girl is more sensible! Today, the Lin family is having a banquet where men and women are seated together, you must not be careless."
Song Chaoyu naturally knew this.
Time passed quickly, and the Lin family's procession to fetch the bride soon arrived at the Song family's gate.
After all, it was a marriage alliance between the Prime Minister's mansion and the Minister's mansion, so all due respect had to be given.
Therefore, although the wedding preparations were a bit rushed, everything that needed to be prepared was ready.
Lin Muyang, leading his men, arrived at the Song family's gate early.
By rights, someone from the Song family should have stopped them, asked for red packets, offered them a few drinks, and blocked the way.
However, at present, Song Jiayang was the only young master in the Song family, and Song Yuan did not want to trouble relatives and friends for Song Xiuxiu.
Therefore, the gate-blocking segment was also quickly passed. The Lin family casually distributed some red packets and sent away the people blocking the gate.
Song Chaoyu was somewhat surprised when she saw Lin Muyang in the inner courtyard.
She thought that with the marriage reaching this point, Lin Muyang would at least be a little displeased.
However, to her surprise, he had been smiling since he entered.
No matter what others said, he, the always elegant and bright young master of the capital, seemed to have never changed his gentle demeanor.
The moment she saw him nod and smile at her, Song Chaoyu realized why Song Xiuxiu was willing to gamble everything.
Lin Muyang was someone worth gambling for!
As for Song Yanjiao's choice of Lin Muyang, it had never been firm.
Perhaps this was destined, whether in her past life or this one, Song Yanjiao would never obtain such a Lin Muyang.
She was not worthy.
Song Chaoyu welcomed Lin Muyang in, then smiled faintly, "My cousin has been waiting for you for a long time."
Lin Muyang proactively handed Song Chaoyu a box as a gift, "Thank you, Fourth sister, for your trouble."
Everyone else received red packets, but hers was a box. Song Chaoyu was a little curious, but could only accept it from the matchmaker for now, not daring to open it immediately.
Before Lin Muyang entered, Song Xiuxiu had already covered her head with the bridal veil.
Everything that followed proceeded relatively smoothly.
The matchmaker carefully carried Song Xiuxiu on her back, and then they left with Lin Muyang. Song Chaoyu followed behind, while Song Jiayang walked beside Song Xiuxiu.
It could be seen that Song Jiayang's health had improved significantly compared to before.
He looked energetic, and his complexion had become much more ruddy.
He did not concern himself with other family matters.
He was also quite good to his sisters, not particularly biased. At least Song Chaoyu felt that he treated her well. Even after Song Yanrou had that incident, he did not say anything and treated Song Yanrou as usual.
Now, as Song Chaoyu followed them, she looked at the ten-mile red dowry. The people around all had smiles on their faces, but she didn't know if they were truly happy for them.
—
Today, the Lin family was filled with guests.
When the sedan chair arrived at the gate, firecrackers naturally greeted them.
Song Chaoyu remembered that in her past life, she had loved listening to the sound of firecrackers, always feeling that it was the liveliest.
However, at this moment, the firecrackers were right by her ears, yet they made her feel a bit noisy.
The Lin family had already prepared seats for Song Chaoyu and the others who were escorting the bride.
Amidst the bustling crowd, Song Chaoyu still spotted Mu Changxi at a glance—
He was sitting at the most honored table, holding a wine cup and drinking alone with a faint expression.
Drinking this early in the morning?
Song Chaoyu suppressed the thought of wanting to care for him and followed them into the inner courtyard.
The Lin family's inner courtyard was decorated much better than the Song family's, after all, Lin Muyang was the eldest son of the Lin family.
While Song Xiuxiu and Lin Muyang were performing the wedding ceremony, and Song Jiayang had to meet guests, Song Chaoyu only needed to take Song Xiuxiu's dowry to the inner courtyard.
However, as Song Chaoyu was walking ahead, she found the path blocked—
The person blocking the way was none other than the Lin family's second young master, Lin Zhaofeng, who was previously arranged to marry Song Chaoyu.
He, with a group of servants, stood smiling in Song Chaoyu's path, "I finally get to see the Fourth Miss of the Song family today! It's been many days, are you well!"
Even the matchmaker who had brought them in, seeing Lin Zhaofeng like this, hurried forward and whispered to Lin Zhaofeng, "Second Young Master, today is a joyous occasion, please let Fourth Miss go in to deliver the dowry!"
"Good!"
Lin Zhaofeng nodded and waved to the servants behind him. The servants parted to make way.
But Lin Zhaofeng slowly walked towards Song Chaoyu, "But Fourth Miss, why don't you stay and chat with me? After all, we are old acquaintances."
"Miss!"
Tiaohong, seeing that Lin Zhaofeng's intentions were not good, quickly stepped forward to block in front of Song Chaoyu.
Lin Zhaofeng looked at Tiaohong with a sudden coldness in his eyes, "Get lost! If you were a servant of our Lin mansion and were so insensible, I would have already whipped you!"
But Tiaohong did not yield at all, "Today is our cousin's joyous day, and men and women should not be too intimate. I ask Second Young Master to be respectful and let our Fourth Miss pass."
"Slap—"
However, before Song Chaoyu could react, Lin Zhaofeng's slap had already landed on Tiaohong's face!