Chapter 801: The First

"Eldest Miss."

Duan Yu carried a pair of white shoes in his hand as he walked to Zhang Ning's side, then placed the shoes at her feet.

At this moment, Zhang Ning's gaze was entirely focused on Duan Yu and her father, Zhang Jiao, in the distance.

Duan Yu followed Zhang Ning's gaze, then chuckled and rolled his eyes.

"Eldest Miss, there is no need to worry about the Great Virtuous Teacher. I, Duan Yu, stake my life on the guarantee that the Lord Marquis will absolutely not harm the Great Virtuous Teacher in the slightest."

Zhang Ning withdrew her gaze, her hands nervously clasped together in front of her chest.

"Then... then why did you lie to me at the beginning?" Zhang Ning asked, looking at Duan Yu.

Duan Yu chuckled, scratching his head as he said, "Of course I didn't want to lie to the Eldest Miss, but if I hadn't said that at the time, how would the Eldest Miss have believed me?"

"I had no other choice."

"However, I repeat: Duan Yu has never had any intention of harming the Eldest Miss or the Great Virtuous Teacher."

"Although I did not know the Great Virtuous Teacher before, I, Duan Yu, admire the Great Virtuous Teacher's character."

"On this point, I stake the lives of my entire family as a guarantee."

Duan Yu thumped his chest until it made a loud drumming sound.

Looking at the sincere-eyed Duan Yu, Zhang Ning chose to believe him.

"Alright, I believe you." Zhang Ning asked with a worried look in her eyes, "Then can you tell me, what is your... your Lord Marquis planning to do?"

Duan Yu took a deep breath, straightened his back, and said in a very solemn tone, "Our Lord Marquis is naturally planning to do a monumental deed."

"Eldest Miss, I wonder if you have heard of our Lord Marquis's past exploits..."

Duan Yu began to speak incessantly about Duan Yu's past.

From how Duan Yu climbed step by step in Jinyang, how he defeated the Xiongnu at the foot of the Great Green Mountain, how he burned down the Danhan Mountain in Xianbei, and how he suppressed the Qiang tribe in Liangzhou.

He spoke with spittle flying, painting a vivid picture.

As he spoke, he gestured, as if he had been present at every scene himself.

Duan Yu's eloquence had always been good, so the stories he told were naturally lifelike.

For a moment, Zhang Ning was actually drawn into the stories Duan Yu was telling.

When he spoke of how Duan Yu rescued those Han children from Danhan Mountain, Zhang Ning's gaze could not help but turn toward Duan Yu in the distance.

Seeing Zhang Ning's gaze, the smile on Duan Yu's face grew even broader.

"Eldest Miss, do you still remember that day when I said I wanted to introduce a peerless hero to you?" Duan Yu said, striking while the iron was hot.

"Ah?" Zhang Ning was stunned.

Duan Yu chuckled and pointed at Duan Yu in the distance, saying, "Eldest Miss, my Lord Marquis is a hero and a man of honor without equal in this world!"

"Since ancient times, beauties have been paired with heroes. Since the Eldest Miss is born so beautiful, naturally only a hero and man of honor is worthy of her."

"And since my Lord Marquis is a top-tier hero and man of honor in the world, naturally only a beauty like the Eldest Miss is worthy of him."

"Eldest Miss, what do you think of my Lord Marquis...?" Duan Yu raised his eyebrows.

The tense atmosphere immediately became somewhat ambiguous under Duan Yu's rhetoric.

As the saying goes, when a man is grown, he should marry, and when a woman is grown, she should be wed.

Her father, Zhang Jiao, had mentioned more than once that she should find a good family to marry into.

Zhang Ning herself had also fantasized about what kind of man her future husband would be.

But suddenly hearing Duan Yu say he wanted to introduce a marriage match to her,

and that this man was standing just a short distance away,

Zhang Ning still could not help but feel shy.

"You... don't talk nonsense." Zhang Ning could not help but turn her back.

Seeing Zhang Ning's reaction, Duan Yu immediately chuckled.

Over these years, he had traveled north and south; who had he not seen?

Judging by his years of experience in observing and gauging people's hearts, when a woman faces a man she is about to be wed to, as long as she does not immediately reject or deny the man,

it means that the woman is already somewhat moved in certain aspects.

Moreover, this movement is something even the woman herself is likely unaware of.

Therefore, looking at Zhang Ning's expression, demeanor, and actions, Duan Yu knew that this matter was eight or nine parts settled.

Good! ===== CHAPTER 803 =====