Chapter 342 — A Demand
Purple Streets of Chang'an · Page 4 of 4
For the first time in his life, he carried tea forward and urged Dou Huaiying: "Seventh Master, you feel you wronged the Seventh Madam, and so the Seventh Madam traded away the Fourth Miss's marriage. Now you feel you have wronged the Fifth Miss as well... But if a husband and wife are to live their lives together, held together by money alone, each eyeing the other's heights, then even a mountain of gold and silver will be eaten away to nothing one day. This matter deserves more thought."
Before Gao Sheng had finished speaking, Dou Ming flung a cup of water full in his face.
Tea leaves clung to his temple and his face.
Gao Sheng paid it no mind; not a brow did he move, but fixed his eyes on Dou Huaiying.
And Dou Huaiying thought of Wang Shuying.
She too had once thrown tea in his face like that.
Slowly Dou Huaiying rose to his feet and, gazing at Dou Ming, said, "If the Wei family wants me to supplement your dowry, then let them come and ask me for it!"
Dou Ming looked at her father and suddenly felt that Dou Huaiying stood very tall and straight, and that in his countenance there was a solemnity and dignity she had never seen before.
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Brothers and sisters, I feel the pace has been a little slow lately, so I have reorganized the outline and revised parts of Chapters 340 and 341 in order to speed things up. Those interested may go back and take a look; not reading them will not affect the overall progress or plot.
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