Chapter 792: The Disabled Young Master 4

Seeing this, Chu Pan'er also felt reassured. She then secretly slipped out of her room to lower the rope for Li Shuai.

After three days passed like this, He Jiantong arrived.

Master Chu immediately had Tang Wan notify Chu Pan'er to come over.

In ancient times, when an unmarried woman was meeting her prospective husband for the first time, they generally wouldn't meet face-to-face. Instead, she would watch from the loft through a hole overlooking the main hall.

But Chu Pan'er had already fallen in love with Li Shuai. Naturally, she felt not the slightest bit of joy upon learning that her fiancé had arrived.

Yet she couldn't refuse to go, either.

So she could only go over unwillingly.

And after seeing that He Jiantong was disabled in both legs, she had even less favorable feelings toward him.

He wasn't even a normal person. She absolutely didn't want to marry a cripple!

Tang Wan, on the other hand, kept staring at He Jiantong through the hole in the wall.

When she saw his thin, gloomy-looking face, Tang Wan's heart immediately ached.

Just how much suffering had her Jiantong endured for his features to become so gloomy?

……

At this moment, He Jiantong also noticed Tang Wan's gaze.

He seemingly glanced casually toward the hole in the wall, only to immediately see Tang Wan's eyes, filled with concern and gentleness.

For a moment, He Jiantong couldn't help but freeze.

Was this Chu Pan'er?

With eyes like these, it seemed she still cared somewhat about him.

No wonder his father and mother had always hoped that he would come and marry her into the family as soon as possible while they were still alive.

She seemed to be quite a good woman.

……

As for Master Chu, when he looked at He Jiantong's legs, the smile on his face was somewhat forced.

He truly hadn't expected He Jiantong to become disabled.

He had only one daughter, Chu Pan'er. How could he bear to marry her to someone like He Jiantong?

But the marriage agreement had been personally arranged between him and the He family. He Jiantong also possessed the betrothal token. Moreover, He Jiantong's parents had met with trouble on their way to the Chu residence to arrange the marriage. If he broke off the engagement now, it wouldn't look good for his reputation, either.

For a moment, Master Chu was filled with worry and distress.

……

He Jiantong could naturally see what was on Master Chu's mind.

But so what?

His parents had been killed by bandits on their way to the Chu residence to arrange the marriage. No matter what, he had to marry Chu Pan'er and bring her back to the He family, thereby fulfilling his parents' dying wish!

Thus, he directly said to Master Chu, "Uncle Chu, bringing Pan'er into our family as my wife was my parents' dying wish. I've already brought the marriage documents with me, and I've also selected an auspicious date. The third day of next month is an excellent lucky day. I wonder what Uncle Chu thinks?"

Hearing this, Master Chu could only nod. "Naturally, that will do."

"As long as Uncle Chu has no objections." He Jiantong smiled faintly.

Master Chu nodded, then had a young servant escort He Jiantong to the guest room.

After all, their future son-in-law had come to visit. They couldn't exactly drive him out to stay elsewhere.

……

Unfortunately, the young servant who came over was none other than Li Shuai.

After learning that He Jiantong was Chu Pan'er's fiancé, Li Shuai was utterly flustered.

However, after seeing He Jiantong's legs, he felt somewhat relieved.

After all, He Jiantong was a cripple. It was impossible for Pan'er to take a liking to him.

It was just that they did have a marriage agreement. If this matter wasn't handled properly, then even if Pan'er was unwilling, she would still have to marry him.

……

At this time, Tang Wan was subtly dropping hints to Chu Pan'er about a way to run away from the marriage.

The person engaged to Jiantong was Chu Pan'er, while her current identity was merely that of a servant girl. If she wanted to have any contact with Jiantong, the best solution was to take advantage of the fact that both Chu Pan'er and Master Chu wanted to break off the engagement and have herself take Chu Pan'er's place as the bride!