The newlyweds had gone through a lot of hardships to get together, so the groom valued the bride's life more than his own.

Originally, the groom's name was Zeng Aniu, and he was a farmhand in the bride Lin Xiuzhi's family.

Lin Xiuzhi's family was not wealthy, but they were considered a well-off family in the village. They had dozens of acres of fertile land and could afford to hire long-term workers.

Zeng Aniu fled to Linjia Village when he was just over fourteen years old, fleeing famine. When he was almost starving to death, he was fortunately helped by Lin Xiuzhi's father, Lin Hongtu, who took him home and made him a long-term worker, providing him with food and accommodation, and an annual salary.

In this way, Zeng Aniu and Lin Xiuzhi began to grow up in a large compound.

When one is young and ignorant, one will always be attracted to the opposite sex. In addition, Zeng Aniu has a straight figure, handsome appearance, honesty and ability, so it is inevitable that Lin Xiuzhi, who is kept in seclusion and unknown to the world, will fall in love with him.

Zeng Aniu had never had much contact with girls, and he had long been attracted to the virtuous and considerate Lin Xiuzhi, who lived in the same courtyard with him.

But he knew that he was of low status and never dared to show any emotion.

But two people's love for each other can always be sensed by the other party. So one day when they were eighteen years old, they finally couldn't help but confess their love to each other and started an underground love affair.

But the matter was soon discovered by Lin's father. Lin Hongtu scolded Zeng Aniu and would not agree with them being together no matter what. He called him ungrateful and a traitor, and he kicked Aniu out of the house from then on.

Two people in love were cruelly separated.

Lin Xiuzhi was trapped at home and could no longer go out. She lost her appetite and began to miss Niulang.

Although Zeng Aniu also missed Zhinu, he knew that only by working hard could he marry her openly.

So Zeng Aniu ran to the door of the Lin family and shouted, claiming that he was going out to work hard and would come back to marry Xiuzhi sooner or later, and asked Xiuzhi to wait for him.

Xiuzhi burst into tears after hearing this, but at the same time she became determined and prepared to wait for Niulang to come back.

When Lin's father heard the shouting, he was furious and rushed out with a stick and beat Zeng Aniu away.

Afterwards, Lin's father began to look for matchmakers from all over the place to help Xiuzhi find a good family.

From then on, the Lin family's door began to be knocked down by handsome young men from wealthy families, looking for marriage partners for Xiuzhi.

But Xiuzhi never wanted to meet him. No matter how much better his appearance and family background were than Aniu's, it was useless to her.

Finally, forced into a desperate situation, Xiuzhi even picked up a pair of scissors and threatened to commit suicide, saying that she would wait for Niulang to marry her even if she died.

Lin's father was helpless and was also afraid that his daughter would really commit suicide.

So I had to give up and decided to put it off for a few years. Maybe after two years my daughter would come to terms with it.

As for whether Zeng Aniu would come back openly, he had never thought about it.

Because although he once saved Aniu, he never looked down on him. He felt that he was not worthy of his daughter and would never amount to anything in his life.

There are poor peasants, middle peasants, and rich peasants. The Lin family is a rich peasant family, but Zeng Aniu is not even a poor peasant. He has no house or land. This class gap is very difficult to bridge and often requires the efforts of several generations.

Therefore, Lin's father never had any hope for him. He just thought that the young man still had some backbone. He was a real man because he could say something harsh before being kicked out of the house.

Time passed slowly, and Xiuzhi was getting older and older. If she didn't get married, she would be past the marriageable age. Father Lin started to get anxious again and began to urge her.

But Lin Xiuzhi was still determined and insisted on waiting for her cowherd to come back. She firmly believed that the cowherd would not abandon her like this.

Father Lin was extremely anxious, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only delay it for a few more years.

Finally, one day seven years later.

Twenty-five-year-old Lin Xiuzhi finally waited for Zeng Aniu.

It turned out that Zeng Aniu ran to Lotte City to do hard labor.

He worked hard day and night and saved up capital for three years. With his clever mind, he started working as a peddler. After four years, he finally saved enough money to marry Xiuzhi.

Seven years later, he finally returned to Linjia Village in glory, bought a house and some land, and prepared generous gifts to propose marriage to the Lin family.

Xiuzhi was overjoyed and burst into tears of joy. She excitedly went forward to hug Zeng Aniu, whose skin was tanned.

At this point, Lin's father had no choice but to agree and agreed that the two would get married in half a month.

Unexpectedly, fate always likes to play jokes on this ill-fated couple. On their wedding day half a month later, they were attacked by the villains from Tiger Roar Fort.

Those people started fighting and killing without any explanation, smashing the wedding scene, scaring away everyone, and even Lin's father had his legs broken.

The reason turned out to be that Cui Shenhu, the lord of Huxiao Fort, had a sudden impulse and said that he had bet with all kinds of people, but had never bet with a newlywed couple.

Just like that, Niulang and Zhinu, who had come together after going through so many hardships and dangers, were kidnapped here by the cruel and violent people of Huxiao Fort.

So, faced with the possible consequence of losing his beloved, the honest and upright Zeng Aniu was finally aroused by anger to gain boundless courage.

He slammed the table and pointed at Cui Shenhu angrily.

The entire casino suddenly became quiet.

Everyone looked at the groom like a fool, who looked strong but actually had no strength at all.

Lin Xiuzhi was frightened by Zeng Aniu's violent reaction, but soon she burst into tears and pulled Zeng Aniu's arm, crying, "Brother Aniu, don't be impulsive. Don't anger these people."

She was extremely worried that if she angered these vicious people, Aniu would have people chop her to death.

Cui Shenhu was extremely shocked. It was the first time in all these years that he encountered a gambler who dared to point at his nose and scold him.

His face instantly turned ashen, and he suddenly stood up and shouted, "You don't dare to gamble, right? Then you're useless, go to hell!"

As he said that, Cui Shenhu was about to stretch out his big hand to slap Zeng Aniu.

With this palm strike, Aniu will be smashed to pieces.

Zeng Aniu was not afraid at all. He took a step forward with a stubborn look on his face, keeping Lin Xiuzhi behind him.

“Spare him!”

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the door and echoed throughout the casino.

Cui Shenhu was stunned, stopped his hand and looked towards the door.

Everyone in the casino also looked towards the door.

I saw a young man in blue clothes and wearing a silver mask, holding a sword in both hands, raising his head slightly, and shouting proudly.

"I'll make a bet with you! How about it?"

Cui Shenhu looked at him strangely. It was the first time he met someone who took the initiative to gamble with him.

The disciples of Tiger Roar Fort guarding the door also pointed at the young man in blue and shouted.

"Who are you, kid?"

The young man in blue held his head high and strode towards the depths.

As he walked, he shouted loudly, "I will never change my name, I will never change my surname, I am the gambling king of Shanghai, Zhou Xingxing!"

His voice was domineering and confident, and he walked briskly towards the big gambling table in the deepest part.

"The Gambling Saint of Shanghai?"

"Is there such a person?"

Suddenly everyone was talking in surprise. Even Cui Shenhu was shocked by the name and frowned in surprise.

"Where is Shanghai? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"I don't know either. Could it be that he is not from Damang?"

"It shouldn't be Damang's, otherwise he wouldn't dare to take the initiative to gamble with our castle lord."

"Well, I met another reckless guy!"

Everyone was whispering and looking at the young man in blue with strange expressions.

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