Chapter 21

The car drove all the way and arrived at a large house.

In front of the mansion is a wide stone road that leads directly to the courtyard inside the house. The main building of the mansion is a three-story building. Uncle Wen, the Liu family's housekeeper, is already greeting them at the door.

"Miss Gong Er, the banquet is ready and we are waiting for you." Uncle Wen came over and saw Zheng Wenjie getting off the car. He stopped smiling and looked at Gong Ruomei: "Miss Gong Er, today is the Liu family's family banquet. How about letting your disciple eat in the side room first?"

Gong Ruomei looked at Uncle Wen and said, "When Liu Yuanyi invited me, didn't he say it was a farewell dinner? How did it become a family dinner?"

"This is what Madam prepared today. Madam, please stay at home. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for your disciple to enter the Liu family. Madam heard yesterday that the second Miss Gong had accepted a disciple and wanted to talk to her alone." Uncle Wen said with a smile.

"In that case, I will take my leave first. After all, this is your Liu family's family dinner. I am afraid that my presence will affect your Liu family's reunion." Gong Ruomei said coldly and turned to look at Zheng Wenjie: "Let's go."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Zheng Wenjie understood that the Liu family disliked Gong Ruomei for accepting a disciple as old as herself, and Mrs. Liu wanted to find fault with her.

Uncle Wen hurriedly stopped Gong Ruomei and said, "Second Miss Gong, please don't blame me for speaking harshly. You are the future eldest young lady of our Liu family, so you are naturally one of our family. But your apprentice? Although our eldest young master doesn't care, our Liu family is also well-known in Qincheng. It won't sound good if this gets out."

Gong Ruomei looked at Uncle Wen expressionlessly: "When we exchanged visiting cards, Uncle Liu did not refuse my request to teach me martial arts."

Uncle Wen's expression changed: "I am sorry for talking too much, Miss Gong Er, please?"

"No need, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Gong Ruomei deliberately grabbed Zheng Wenjie's arm and said, "Get out of the way."

Uncle Wen became even more displeased when he saw this: "I will tell Madam the truth, but shouldn't Miss Gong tell our young master first if she wants to leave?" He motioned to the driver to go into the house.

"Then wait a minute." Zheng Wenjie interrupted Gong Ruomei who was about to speak, let go of her hand that was holding his arm and looked at Gong Ruomei: "Since you don't want to accept this marriage, why are you holding it back? If you want to be like the plum blossoms that bloom proudly in the cold, then you should refuse something you don't want to do."

Uncle Wen got angry when he heard this and pointed at Zheng Wenjie: "What are you talking about? You are just a dog in black skin. Do you believe I will cook you?"

Zheng Wenjie sighed: "Old man, why are you so angry? Let me help you calm down."

He grabbed Uncle Wen's wrist with one hand, pinched his arm with the other, and twisted it hard. There was a "crack" sound, and amid Uncle Wen's painful screams, the broken bone pierced through the flesh and blood and was exposed to the air.

Zheng Wenjie let go of his hand only when he saw the guard at the gate running over. He said to Uncle Wen, who was lying on the ground with one hand tightly grasping his shoulder and howling, "You have to learn to respect others. Only when you respect others will they respect you."

"Uncle Wen!" Liu Yuanyi's scream brought Gong Ruomei, who was shocked by Zheng Wenjie's actions, back to her senses. Seeing that another security guard had pulled out a gun, she hurriedly stopped Zheng Wenjie behind her.

Behind Liu Yuanyi were two women in thick cheongsams. One of them was Liu Yuanyi's concubine, whom Zheng Wenjie had seen before. She turned pale with fear at seeing Uncle Wen's miserable state. The other woman, who still had her charm, was relatively calm. She looked at Gong Ruomei and shouted, "Miss Gong, what are you going to do? Do you think our Liu family is your Gong family?"

"What is your Liu family going to do? When we made the engagement, Uncle Liu agreed that even if I marry into your Liu family, I can still teach and pass on my skills so that my Gong family's unique skills will not be lost. What happened? From what the housekeeper said, Madam Liu wants to break the contract." Gong Ruomei slightly spread her hands to protect Zheng Wenjie.

Madam Liu shook off the servant who was supporting her and said, "When you give birth to a child, how can your Gong family's unique skills be lost? Your Gong family is also a famous family in the Northeast. It's ridiculous for a young lady to take a grown man as her apprentice."

Gong Ruomei was angry. What kind of words are these? I can only pass on kung fu to my own children? Then what is the agreement we made at the beginning? He said in a cold tone: "Madam, is what you said also what Uncle Liu meant?" Madam Liu snorted coldly: "This is what I mean. The Northeast is now occupied by the Japanese. Our two families' businesses in the Northeast have plummeted. Your Gong family is now struggling to survive. We, the head of the family, still cherish the friendship with the Gong family and have never thought of breaking off the engagement. You can still be the eldest lady. I am your future mother-in-law. I just want you to live a good life and not get involved in those underworld habits. Am I sorry for you?"

Gong Ruomei's eyes turned cold. "So you think my Gong family has fallen into decline and your Liu family no longer takes us seriously. So the original agreement is naturally invalid. You are really powerful. Your Liu family is indeed a well-known merchant in Qin Province."

Liu Yuanyi calmed Uncle Wen down, and asked the driver and a guard to take Uncle Wen to the hospital before looking at Zheng Wenjie, whose hands were still stained with blood, behind Gong Ruomei: "Zheng Wenjie, do you know what you are doing? You are a policeman, and you are breaking the law knowingly! Have I done anything to let you down? I think I am being polite to you."

Zheng Wenjie nodded: "You are very polite to me, but what about my master? Do you really think it is still the Qing Dynasty? It is the Republic of China now, monogamy is the norm, and you shamelessly invite my master to hold a banquet for your concubine. How can my master deal with it?"

Gong Ruomei listened to the words of the person behind her and the warm breathing sound coming from above her head, and her heart trembled. This was the only person who stood up for her engagement.

Liu Yuanyi was speechless for a moment. Madam Liu, who was choked by Gong Ruomei, looked at the two of them hatefully: "I think you are an adulterer, having an affair under the guise of master-disciple relationship."

"Mother!" Liu Yuanyi yelled, "Shut up, this is too high for our Liu family." Madam Liu said to Liu Yuanyi and looked at the guards: "Send this thug to the police station and tell them that he hurt someone from my Liu family."

Gong Ruomei shouted coldly: "Madam, if you want to sever ties with my Gong family, that's fine, but if you want to hurt my reputation, my Gong family is not something you can easily mess with, even if it's in decline now."

Madam Liu's face turned pale and blue. She just wanted the police to arrest Zheng Wenjie and spread this rumor so that the head of the family would cancel the marriage for the reputation of the Liu family: "Your Gong family is too high for us Liu family to marry. We will discuss this marriage after the head of the family comes back."

"No need to discuss it. Since your Liu family no longer thinks highly of my Gong family, we will withdraw from this marriage." Gong Ruomei said, looking at Liu Yuanyi: "I don't have any feelings for you. I will withdraw from this marriage! We will double the betrothal gift, and we don't need to discuss business in the Northeast anymore."

Liu Yuanyi looked at his mother and then at the resolute Gong Ruomei, and nodded helplessly: "You guys go."

Gong Ruomei grabbed Zheng Wenjie's hand and left the Liu family mansion without looking back.

Gong Ruomei had a cold face and Zheng Wenjie did not say anything, letting Gong Ruomei hold his hand. Gong Ruomei's hand was not delicate, but icy and had a soft touch.

Zheng Wenjie grabbed Gong Ruomei's hand and pulled hard. Gong Ruomei's body crashed into his chest due to inertia: "Look at that cloud in the sky. Is it beautiful?"

Gong Ruomei, whose thoughts were interrupted, took a step back, raised her head slightly and looked at Zheng Wenjie coldly: "Let go."

"Look at the sky first." Zheng Wenjie waved the hand he was holding between them: "I'll let go after you look."

Gong Ruomei looked up at the setting sun in the sky. The red sun slowly set on the horizon. The sky was dyed orange and yellow, and the clouds took on various shapes and colors in the dusk light.

"Is it beautiful?"

"beauty."

(End of this chapter)