"Who do you belong to? Youâve got some nerve, blocking the way of this Young Masterâs people?" Eldest Young Master Zhang became angry upon seeing Yang Chuxia grabbing Shen Qiuâs arm and not letting them leave.
"We are people from the Yang Family of Yangshu Village!" Yang Qingtong said with indifference.
Normally, the Yang Family had gained some fame in Wangquan Town in recent years, and not many were unaware of them. However, Eldest Young Master Zhang was such an arrogant person that he didnât pay much attention to ordinary families, let alone the Yang Family who lived in the village.
Even if others mentioned them, he never took it to heart. Thus, even when Yang Qingtong mentioned the Yang Family, he found the name vaguely familiar but couldnât recall which family it was in that moment. He certainly didnât remember that this Yang Family was the one his familyâs Old Master had repeatedly warned him not to offend.
"What Yang Family? Iâve never heard of it. Does our town even have such a family?" Eldest Young Master Zhang laughed mockingly and continued, "I donât care who you are, step aside this instant. You must have eaten the gall of a bear and the heart of a leopard. Block my path again, and I will break your dog legs."
"Young Master Zhang, we are only here to retrieve something from this young lady, which doesnât concern you. I suggest you avoid stirring up trouble that may burn you. Otherwise, itâs uncertain who will end up with their dog legs broken." Although Yang Qingtong was a scholar, influenced by Yang Chuxia since childhood, he naturally wasnât timid, so he shot back at Young Master Zhangâs threat.
"You!" Eldest Young Master Zhang, accustomed to being arrogant, had never been talked back to like this before, so one can imagine how he felt.
"Shen Qiu, hand it over!" Seeing this, Yang Chuxia pulled on Shen Qiu, "Otherwise, donât blame me for searching you in front of everyone."
At that moment, there were quite a few people dining in the restaurant. Hearing this, they clapped their hands and cheered, "Search her! Search her! Search her!"
"I told you, I donât have any so-called token." Shen Qiu impatiently struggled to break free from Yang Chuxia, while saying, "You insist I took some token, so tell me, what exactly did I take? If you canât say, then itâs slander. You think just because Iâm a girl, Iâm easy to bully, right?"
Truth be told, Yang Chuxia really didnât know what Shen Qiu had taken from Yang Dayong, so she looked towards Yang Qingtong.
But even Yang Qingtong didnât know. He had only heard Land Officer Yang say that after the two families had privately settled on the marriage agreement to prevent either party from backing out, they exchanged betrothal tokens, but he hadnât heard whether it was a jade pendant or a hairpin.
Seeing this, Shen Qiu felt triumphant. She knew that this brother and sister were unlikely to know what the token was.
"Hmph, you say I took your token, but you donât even know what I took. Isnât that funny?" Saying so, she forcefully freed her arm from Yang Chuxiaâs grip, rubbing her wrist, "Nothing to say now, right? Can I go now? To think we used to be neighbors, I didnât expect you to be so unreasonable."
"Sis, Granduncle said she took the token," Yang Qingtong added.
At this, Yang Chuxia snorted coldly, "Want to leave? You think you can just leave without surrendering the item? Itâs not that simple! Qingtong, go and bring back Uncle Dayong, and ask him what token he exchanged with Shen Qiu."
"No need!" Just as Yang Chuxia finished speaking, Yang Dayong returned, holding a purse in one hand, "Shen Qiu, this purse you gave me, I am returning it to you now. Please also return my hairpin."
Shen Qiu never expected Yang Dayong to come back, and her face instantly turned the color of a pigâs liver.