The person who spoke dismounted from the carriage he was riding and then walked past the crowd. His aura was full of dignity and every action of his was full of eminence, Yu Dong looked over to the mer who was walking towards her dressed in a light pink robe that fluttered which step he took. She was certain that she has never seen this person before but of course, she has seen the person who was walking behind him. With her head lowered like a wronged child, if Yu Dong didn't see it with her own eyes she wouldn't have believed what she was seeing!
The woman behind the mer was none other than Qiao Sha, the marquis! With Qiao Sha's title and name alone, others would start trembling all the way to their boots but right now that majestic Qiao Sha was the one who shaking like a leaf in the storm! She was even twiddling her fingers as she peeked at the mer in front of her and then glared at Mommy Jiang.
If Marquis Qiao was so scared of this mer then doesn't it mean that this mer was none other than the infamous main husband of the Marquis?
Yu Dong was right, this mer who looked gentle yet tough was none other than Zhou Ming. He came from a rather prominent family and was the only son of his parents, with only one elder sister. Though the mers in the villager were treated like toe rags, the ones in the town and capital had a far better standard, at least no one would try to starve them.
As for Zhou Ming, he was the youngest and the only mer in his family, his mother loved his father very much and never took in any concubines. She was good-tempered as well, which was why Zhou Ming grew up in very good living conditions, no one would look down on him and if the truth was told, he was quite doted on by his parents as they only had two kids.
So, Zhou Ming was like a pampered little prince, though he wasn't spoiled and unreasonable he was rather straightforward. If not for Qiao Sha's constant badgering and her attempt to kill herself in front of his house, he would have never accepted her wooing. Because he wanted to marry someone who wouldn't take in a concubine just like his mother but Qiao Sha was adamant and boldly declared that she was the one who was chasing him. After that, no one dared to woo Zhou Ming, who will go against the Marquis?
At first, Zhou Ming was reluctant to marry Qiao Sha but the latter was really good to him so he agreed.
But who would have thought this woman would go around attacking bees and butterflies and get schemed against! That was how their perfect life was ruined and the Qiao family gained a concubine who was Mommy Jiang's brother!
Zhou Ming hated that concubine, and he despised Qiao Sha even more. He wouldn't even let Qiao Sha touch the hem of his clothes, he locked himself away in his courtyard. And only Qiao Sha knew how hard it was for her to bring him out to have a ride. If not for the deer fur cloak that won Zhou Ming's heart, he wouldn't have agreed to come with Qiao Sha at all!
Here she thought that she will be able to light the extinguished flames of their love but who would have thought her sister in law would create such a scene?
" brother-brother in law? Sister in law? You - you are here, I -this, it's not my fault this woman here she ruined my business by punching one of the customers, I did nothing wrong" Mommy Jiang wasn't scared of Yu Dong, who looked like a poor farmer and nothing more but she was truly scared of Zhou Ming. Though this man never wandered to the main courtyard and troubled her brother, it was clear as a day whom Qiao Sha favoured more. Despite locking himself in his courtyard, this Zhou Ming had enough power to degrade her brother to the position where Qiao Sha would rather stand outside his courtyard all night long instead of visiting her brother. So, only she knew how much this man meant to Qiao Sha, she could refute anyone but not this man. So, even though Zhou Ming clearly sounded as if he was on Yu Dong's side, she didn't say a word.
Zhou Ming first inquired about the little girl's condition then asked one of his guards to take the little girl inside the carriage and cover her up. After that he helped, Zhu Qian up and only then did he give mommy Jiang a cold glance before he stated solemnly " who is your brother in law? I have never agreed to have your brother as my own, the only reason I accepted him in my house is all because he is carrying Sha'er's child nothing more. Don't recklessly claim a relationship with me. And what are you boasting about? Is your business something you can be proud of? You force desperate mers to sell themselves to you and you earn money from their pain and suffering, if I was you I would be afraid to even say these words out loud. Much less be proud of, the woman did what was expected of her as this mer's wife and this young lady did what was expected of her as a good citizen yet you are trying to threaten them by using my wife's name?" then he casually turned to look at Qiao Sha and gave her a disgusted look " so this is what you have become? Just any tom, dick and harry, can use your name and threaten the commoners here? If so I am so disappointed in you"
Generally, Zhou Ming would keep their sour relationship behind the closed doors of their house but this time he was indeed very upset. The concubine whom Qiao Sha brought wasn't a simple guy but he was good, he didn't trouble him which was why Zhou Ming was willing to tolerate him. And he also understood the concubine's predicament after all he too was forced by his family but what he couldn't tolerate was this! This injustice and Qiao Sha turning a blind eye to everything!
It was clear that Mommy Jiang used her name and bullied so many people but Qiao Sha was too busy in doing stupid stuff then to care about this sister in law of hers!