I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 603 Being Disdained
Zhang Chen followed the little girl and walked all the way into the house. All along the way, all kinds of thoughts were running through Zhang Chen's mind. His heart was beating fast, like a drummer drawing water. He was thinking about what to do after seeing Jiang Nan later.

“Should I apologize and explain first when I see Jiang Nan, or should I wait for Jiang Nan to question me?” Zhang Chen had many thoughts in his mind.

After walking through the courtyard and entering the house to see Jiang Nan, Zhang Chen suddenly felt that the words he had prepared along the way were of no use.

Jiang Nan was dressed in white, with a pale face, sitting there quietly, with a pot of tea boiling in front of him. He looked calm, as if nothing unusual had happened.

"Please sit down!" Jiang Nan pointed to the chair opposite.

Zhang Chen sat on the stool obediently like a primary school student facing his teacher. Then Jiang Nan poured a cup of tea for Zhang Chen: "Drink water!"

"Cousin, I was also ambushed today. I am willing to take responsibility for what happened today." Zhang Chen looked at Jiang Nan and said.

"Responsible?" Jiang Nan looked at Zhang Chen calmly, "How?"

"I have decided to dissolve my marriage with Shen Ling. I am willing to marry you!" Zhang Chen said.

"Are you willing to marry me?" Jiang Nan shook his head when he heard that: "But I don't want to marry you."

Zhang Chen was stunned when she heard this, and then she heard Jiang Nan say: "If you were a descendant of a noble family, or the eldest son of the Zhang family, and had the right to inherit the Zhang family in the future, I would naturally be happy to marry you, but now..."

Jiang Nan stopped talking halfway, but Zhang Chen understood the meaning of Jiang Nan's words. The other party despised him for having no power, no influence, and no ability.

"I am being looked down upon." Zhang Chen said to himself.

Then Zhang Chen asked tentatively: "What about the previous events..."

"Let's just pretend that what happened before never happened! Let's forget about it!" Jiang Nan looked at Zhang Chen and said seriously, "Let this matter be completely forgotten. Don't mention it in the future. I don't remember it either. It was just a dream before, and now I'm awake."

Seeing that Zhang Chen wanted to say more, Jiang Nan raised his hand to stop him from speaking: "You are a good person! But you know, girls are born to sell themselves for a good price, work hard to marry a good family, and then live a prosperous life with no worries about food and clothing."

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly when he heard this: "I know, I was overthinking it."

Jiang Nan looked at Zhang Chen and sighed softly: "It's a pity between the two of us. We can only say that we are not destined to be together. From now on, you are my cousin and I am your cousin. No one is allowed to mention what happened that day again."

"I remember!" Zhang Chen sighed, then lowered his head and took a sip of tea. The atmosphere now fell into deathly silence.

"I'm leaving first." Zhang Chen finished his bowl of tea. Jiang Nan had no intention of refilling his tea. Zhang Chen knew that the other party wanted to see him off, so he stood up and said goodbye.

Jiang Nan nodded and said to Zhang Chen, "Take care!"

Zhang Chen sighed when he heard this, then walked out of the courtyard at a brisk pace. After he stepped out of the courtyard, he turned his head and took one last look at the courtyard, then heaved a sigh of relief and said in a self-deprecating tone, "It seems that I am despised! Yes, I am now a poor boy without a father or mother and who has lost the right to inherit the family. She is a lady from a big family, how could she like me?"

Prince Charming and Cinderella are, after all, stories from novels and books.

Girls all want to sell themselves for a good price.

"It's good that I don't have to be responsible. Going to brothels, listening to music and living forever are the kind of life I want in the future." Zhang Chen whistled and walked back slowly.

He did not feel uncomfortable because such things were commonplace to him in the previous world.

But he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Let’s talk about Zhang Gaoqiu who was sent back by the gods. After waking up in his bed, he looked at the pitch-black sky outside and suddenly felt as if the sky had fallen.

"How come it suddenly got dark? Am I not on my way to look for the old lady?" Zhang Gaoqiu suddenly turned over and sat up, feeling a 'boom' in his brain and a buzzing sound in his head.

Then he suddenly threw off the quilt and rushed out of bed. At this moment, a maid came in with a basin of water. When she saw Zhang Gaoqiu, she showed a hint of joy on her face: "Master, are you awake?"

"Why am I here?" Zhang Gaoqiu was a little confused, and hurriedly asked his maid. He was clearly on the way to find the old lady, so how could he be here?
"You were brought here by the servants of the Shen family. They said that you were ambushed and knocked unconscious on the road. You were found by the servants of the Shen family by chance, so they sent you back." said the girl.

Zhang Gaoqiu was at a loss when he heard this, and he quickly asked, "Where is Zhang Chen? Where is Zhang Chen?"

"Uncle Zhang waited for you in the house for four hours. When he saw that you had not returned yet, he said goodbye and left." said the little girl.

Hearing what the little girl said, Zhang Gaoqiu quickly asked, "Did anything happen during this period? Did the eldest lady come here?"

The little girl nodded when she heard this: "When I returned at the time you agreed, I saw Miss Jiang Nan and the Madam coming out."

Hearing this, Zhang Gaoqiu felt like the sky was falling. He agreed with the maid to come back in three and a half hours or four hours. What happened in the yard during this period?
Not only the eldest lady, but how come my cousin is also involved? "When the eldest lady and the cousin left, was there anything unusual?" Zhang Gaoqiu asked.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said, "Yes!"

"What's abnormal?" Zhang Gaoqiu asked.

"Their clothes were a little disheveled, their eyes were lifeless, their bodies were shaking, and their legs were trembling," said the little girl.

Zhang Gaoqiu felt as if he was struck by lightning when he heard this. His feet went limp and he fell to the ground. Only one thought flashed through his mind: "It's a disaster! It's a disaster! I didn't expect that I didn't get the job done and actually told my future mother-in-law off."

"But the eldest lady's cultivation is stronger than Zhang Chen's, so there shouldn't be any problem, right?" Zhang Gaoqiu felt a little lucky, and then quickly climbed up using his hands and feet, and quickly ran towards the eldest lady. He still needed to test the eldest lady.

Speaking of Shen Ling's residence, with a warning, Shen Ling woke up from her coma and looked at the furnishings in the house in confusion: "Why am I here?"

"A servant said that you fainted on the road, and the housekeeper sent you back." The little maid said respectfully.

Shen Ling was shocked when she heard this: "Fainted? What about my cousin? Did the plan go smoothly?"

Thinking of this, Shen Ling sat up and was about to go find Zhang Gaoqiu to ask, but she heard the maid say, "Miss, the Madam has ordered that if you wake up, you should go immediately."

Shen Ling nodded when she heard that, and arrived at Madam Wang's residence in an anxious mood. She saw Madam Wang sitting at a table looking through the account books, with incense sticks floating in front of her.

Shen Ling took a quick look and saw that there was nothing abnormal about her mother, so she couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"Mom!" Shen Ling came forward and hugged Mrs. Wang's arm.

"Are you awake?" Mrs. Wang looked at Shen Ling lovingly.

"How's the plan going?" Shen Ling did not answer Mrs. Wang's question, but asked instead.

"The matter has been resolved. Zhang Chen has agreed to dissolve the marriage with you. You don't have to continue to target him in the future. Since you and Gao Qiu are in love with each other, I will send someone to Kyoto to deliver a letter to discuss the marriage and finalize your marriage with Gao Qiu as soon as possible." Mrs. Wang said.

"Really? That bastard really gave in? Good! Good! Good! This time I don't have to worry anymore. It looks like it's done." Shen Ling smiled, her face full of joy.

Looking at the smiling Shen Ling, Madam Wang sighed softly. As she was talking, footsteps were heard outside the door, and Shen Qiu walked in: "Mother, are you looking for me?"

"I have something very important to discuss with you." Mrs. Wang said.

"What's the matter?" Shen Qiu sat lazily on a chair beside him.

Thinking of the scene where Zhang Chen spread Jiang Nan's thighs and thrust violently, Madam Wang said:

"Don't have any contact with Miss Jiang Nan in the future. I don't agree with your marriage!"

"What?" Shen Qiu was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Madam Wang in astonishment: "Why? Didn't you agree with it before? Why did you suddenly change your mind? Didn't you send me to Guangji before just to contact my little cousin? You were the one who asked me to contact her first."

Upon hearing this, Madam Wang lowered her eyes, took a sip of sandalwood, then lowered her head to glance at the account book in her hand: "No reason, this is a different time, if I say no, then it's no."

"It was you who arranged for my cousin and I to meet, and now you want to interfere and separate us. Why is it that if you say it's okay, it's okay, and if you say it's not okay, it's not okay? Why? I won't agree!" Shen Qiu's eyes showed a hint of anger.

"You've grown so powerful now that you don't even listen to your mother?" Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang narrowed her eyes, suddenly raised her head, and a frightening cold light flashed in her eyes.

"I don't care about that. I've already fallen in love with my little cousin, and I'm determined to marry no one else but her..." Shen Qiu's eyes were full of stubbornness.

Hearing Shen Qiu's words, Madam Wang recalled the scene where Jiang Nan was bent on the hip and elbow, and a trace of anger appeared on her face. She was about to scold him again when a guard came in from outside the door: "Madam, Zhang Gaoqiu wants to see you."

When Mrs. Wang heard that Zhang Gaoqiu wanted to see her, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and anger began to boil in her heart: "He dared to come to me, he really deserves to die!"

Although she was extremely angry, Madam Wang did not show it. She just said calmly, "Ask him in."

As he finished speaking, Zhang Gaoqiu came in from outside the door. He observed Mrs. Wang's expression with his eyes. After not seeing anything unusual, he felt a little confused and bowed respectfully: "Nephew greets aunt."

While Zhang Gaoqiu was paying his respects, he secretly tried to guess Mrs. Wang's expression, wondering if there were any clues.

(End of this chapter)