Chapter 182 Imprisonment and Argument

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jian raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Really? Then I'm quite curious, just who is your young master?"

“Our young master is the mayor’s only son. The mayor and his wife dote on him. He can have whatever he wants in Anding Town. This boy is eyeing our young mistress. Do you think our young master will tolerate him?”

"Judging from your appearance, you must be an outsider. If you don't want to die, then stay out of this and hand over that kid!"

The handsome scholar shook his head repeatedly, "They're talking nonsense!"

"Meng Xin is not their young mistress, Meng Xin is my fiancée!"

"How dare you call our young mistress by her name!" The men wanted to step forward, but Xiao Jian anticipated their move and shook his head. "Boring."

It's obvious that Xiao Jian meant they were terrible!

"You just wait! I'll go back and tell the young master right now!" The group scrambled away, and Little Swallow couldn't resist whipping them, causing their pants to fall down.

Xiao Yanzi and the others obediently looked away. Yongqi and the others couldn't help but laugh when they saw the group fleeing in such a disheveled state. Yongqi looked at Xiao Yanzi helplessly and said, "You're just so mischievous!"

Little Swallow looked up at Yongqi triumphantly, "That's because you spoiled him!"

Xiao Jian looked at the handsome scholar and asked, "What's your name?"

Xiao Jian's voice drew Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi's attention. The handsome scholar clasped his hands and said, "My name is Ding Haoyuan. Thank you again, young hero."

"Don't call me that, just call me Xiao Jian!" Xiao Jian dislikes being called "Young Hero" the most.

Little Swallow pressed on, "Why were they chasing and beating you?"

Ding Haoyuan slowly recounted, "Mengxin and I have been betrothed since childhood. Our two families had agreed that we would get married when Mengxin came of age. But unexpectedly, the town mayor's son took a liking to Mengxin and forcibly took her away from him..."

"I was worried about Mengxin, so I secretly went into the house where he was locking her up, but I didn't expect them to find me, so I quickly ran away..."

Ding Haoyuan's words caused the anger of everyone present to rise rapidly.

Little Swallow immediately said, "Don't worry, if what you're saying is true, that mayor and his son are going to be in trouble!"

She really hates people who try to break up couples and then try to take what they want by force!

"Yongqi, let's go with him to see that girl first." Xiaoyanzi immediately wanted to check on Mengxin's condition and prepare to rescue her.

Seeing how anxious Xiao Yanzi was, Yongqi couldn't refuse her, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Emperor Qianlong knew that Xiao Yanzi would not easily change her mind once she made a decision, so he had no choice but to lead his men into the town first and find an inn to settle down.

Ding Haoyuan, along with Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi, arrived outside the residence where Mengxin was being held.

They all arrived, and the few guys who had fled in a sorry state ran back, shouting, "Young Master, Young Master, Ding Haoyuan escaped and was rescued by outsiders!"

"What? You were rescued? You're all useless!" The richly dressed man immediately kicked the group of men again.

"Keep searching! Find him! I'll make sure he's dead!"

As long as that pretty boy's face is ruined and his life is over, Mengxin will definitely be with him!

What else can that poor scholar do besides talk?

He's not an official, and his family doesn't have much money. Mengxin will only suffer if she stays with him!

Although the man was very angry, he suppressed all his bad temper when he went inside to find Mengxin. "Mengxin, may I come in?"

"If I say no, are you really not coming in?"

"If you don't agree to let me in, then I won't come in." What outsiders see as forceful plunder is nothing but nonsense in this small courtyard.

Although he forcibly brought her to this place, he never mistreated her or hurt her. He said, "As long as you don't leave this place, I will give you whatever you want."

He said, "As long as you don't leave, you can do whatever you want!"

He said, "I can give you anything except freedom!"

"Where are my parents?" This is the second month since she was kidnapped. She hadn't seen her parents for half a month.

"Don't worry, I'll send people to take special care of them, to serve them the best food and drink. They're fine. If you want to see them, I'll have someone bring them over right away."

"Gu Sicheng, if you really want to be good to me, let me out!" She really disliked being trapped in one place and unable to leave.

“If you go out, you’ll run away again. I don’t want to hurt you, so I can’t let you go out.”

"But why do you insist on locking me up? There are so many women in town, why me of all people?" Yin Mengxin really didn't understand what was so good about her that made Gu Sicheng so obsessed with her.

"Because it's you, it can only be you, Mengxin, you don't understand what you really mean to me..."

"Are you planning to keep me locked up like this for the rest of my life?"

"If you're willing to accept me and marry me, I won't keep you locked up anymore. From now on, wherever you want to go, I'll go with you, as long as I'm by your side..."

Ding Haoyuan outside naturally didn't hear anything, but Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi, who had good hearing, naturally heard their conversation.

Xiao Yanzi felt very sad. Why did she suddenly feel that the person who was trapping Meng Xin actually loved her very much?

But if you love her, why imprison her?

"Why do you insist on keeping me locked up? Is it because I'm getting in your way? Or is it because my existence is bothering some woman?"

Gu Sicheng almost thought that Yin Mengxin had misunderstood that he was involved with another woman, so he quickly explained, "There has only ever been you by my side, only you!"

"I'm keeping you locked up because I'm afraid you'll get hurt!"

"Then tell me, who would harm me?"

"I'm afraid you wouldn't believe me even if I told you!" Yes, she wouldn't believe it. She wouldn't believe that Ding Haoyuan, who grew up with her, married her just to get the extra inheritance her grandfather gave her.

She couldn't believe that Ding Haoyuan marrying her was just a pretense, and that the person he really wanted to marry was her father's illegitimate daughter.

"If you don't tell me, how do you know I won't believe you? Do you think you know me well?" In her memory, Gu Sicheng suddenly appeared in her world. She had only known him for a little over a month, so naturally he didn't know her.

But in Gu Sicheng's eyes, she and he were destined to be together, each other's one and only.

Yin Mengxin is such a simple-minded, innocent, and kind person. In her world, there aren't many complicated things. If you tell her Ding Haoyuan's true colors, she definitely won't be able to accept it!

"You don't trust me?" Yin Mengxin's question brought Gu Sicheng back to his senses. "If you trust me, you should tell me what happened and let me make the decision myself!"

"If I make the wrong decision, then you can tell me what I should do, instead of taking away my right to make decisions!"

Seeing that Gu Sicheng was wavering, Yin Mengxin reached out and pulled him into the house. "Let's sit down and have a good talk."

"Tell me, what exactly did you discover?" Yin Mengxin wasn't heartless; she could tell that Gu Sicheng truly cared about her, so she had to know why Gu Sicheng did this.