After Recklessly Courting Death, I Caught the Attention of a Yandere - Chapter 104

Yun Dan was clearly very interested in this kind of scenario that only existed in TV dramas or novels.

Besides, with so many people watching here, if she didn’t join in the excitement, she’d always feel some regret in her heart.

Moreover, a large crowd meant nothing strange could possibly happen. She just needed to squeeze over and see what the process was like.

Dongfang Wuchen couldn’t dissuade her, so he could only let Yun Dan drag him to the front of the crowd.

After finally making it to the front with great difficulty, Yun Dan could finally see clearly what this embroidered ball tossing was all about.

On a building not far away stood a young lady dressed in red, holding an exquisitely crafted embroidered ball in her hands. This must be today’s protagonist for the ball tossing ceremony.

The young lady surveyed everyone below, finally letting her gaze rest on Dongfang Wuchen.

She seemed never to have seen this young master before, but judging from his clothing and bearing, he must be from a wealthy and noble family, a person of great refinement.

Although there was a young lady beside him, she didn’t mind.

Since ancient times, it had been perfectly normal for men to have three or four wives.

And since these two weren’t holding hands, perhaps it meant they weren’t yet married.

The woman curved her lips into a smile, and amid a chorus of shouts, finally threw the embroidered ball down.

Yun Dan had originally been clapping and cheering, waiting to watch the excitement.

However, when she saw that the embroidered ball seemed to be heading toward Dongfang Wuchen, she suddenly gave him a hard push.

And the embroidered ball landed squarely on Yun Dan herself.

Now the watching crowd could no longer contain themselves.

Even that young lady’s expression turned unpleasant.

The young lady leaped down in one graceful bound, landing before the two of them.

Dongfang Wuchen had originally intended to dodge out of the way, but hadn’t expected Yun Dan to push him, sending him stumbling to the side.

And the young lady had landed directly in front of them both.

How had he failed to notice earlier that this young lady knew martial arts?

Moreover, judging from her bearing, her skills should be quite formidable.

Seemingly worried that the woman would cause trouble for Yun Dan, Dongfang Wuchen quickly stepped forward several paces, shielding Yun Dan behind him.

“Miss, we didn’t come here to participate in your embroidered ball tossing. It’s just that my friend wanted to watch, so I brought her over. Since the ball hit her anyway, you might as well throw it again.”

As he spoke, he took the embroidered ball from Yun Dan’s hands, about to hand it to the young lady.

But who would have thought the young lady would become unreasonable.

“Wait a moment—who says it doesn’t count? Since you already have my embroidered ball in your hands, young master, regardless of what happened before, now that the ball is in your hands, you are the ideal husband I’m seeking today. You can’t go back on it now, young master.”

Hearing this, Yun Dan thought to herself that there was actually such twisted logic in this day and age.

She pushed Dongfang Wuchen aside and walked in front of the young lady, saying, “I never imagined that embroidered ball tossing could involve such extortion. Moreover, so many pairs of eyes saw it—when did that ball land in my friend’s hands?

Furthermore, taking ten thousand steps back, your embroidered ball actually hit me. So what—if you want it to count, I can marry you too. It just depends on whether you’re willing to marry me or not. After all, I’m the one who caught the embroidered ball. Everyone, am I right?”

The young lady was so infuriated by Yun Dan’s words that she was practically fuming from all seven orifices.

She hadn’t known there were people with such a sharp tongue.

“You… which family’s daughter are you, to have such a sharp tongue? Do you know who I am? How dare you provoke me?”

Yun Dan wasn’t afraid of her at all.

She took the embroidered ball back from Dongfang Wuchen’s hands and said, “What does it matter to me who you are? I’m not even from around here. I just happen to be near Sichuan for some business these days.

I really didn’t expect to encounter this kind of extortion. It’s not your fault that you’re ugly, but not being able to marry and then coming out here to force others to marry you—that’s going too far.”

Originally, she had wanted to speak civilly.

But since the other party kept pressing aggressively, she couldn’t be blamed for this.

After finishing speaking, Yun Dan didn’t care about the expression on the woman’s face and directly dragged Dongfang Wuchen away, disappearing in a flash.

Only when they ran to a place with no one around did Yun Dan pat his shoulder, consoling him. “Brother, you really lucked out that I bumped you aside, so the ball hit me instead.

Just think—if the ball had hit you and you had to marry such a creature. I can see she’s quite fierce. A woman like that, you couldn’t handle her.”

Actually, Dongfang Wuchen wanted to explain that he had already noticed and could have dodged the embroidered ball.

But hearing what Yun Dan said to him, he didn’t want to explain this point anymore.

Dongfang Wuchen merely smiled faintly and said, “Then I really must thank you, Miss Yun. If you hadn’t bumped me aside, I’m afraid I would have become that family’s live-in son-in-law. If my mother found out, she’d definitely beat me to death.”

Yun Dan naturally understood this point.

Given Mu Lan’s personality, if she knew that Dongfang Wuchen had been hit by an embroidered ball and was forced to become someone’s live-in son-in-law, she’d jump up on the spot.

The young Manor Lord of Mingyue Manor—how could he become someone else’s live-in son-in-law?

The two of them actually didn’t take the earlier incident to heart, and instead chatted casually as they walked.

While walking, Dongfang Wuchen frequently turned his head to glance at Yun Dan beside him, yet didn’t know what to say.

“Miss Yun, if… I mean, if I really had been hit just now, and that woman insisted I marry her, what would you have done?”

Yun Dan hadn’t thought that much about it at all.

“Of course I’d just take you and run away. How can marriage be conducted through such extortion? Besides, if it’s not a love match, even if you’re forced to marry and be together, it would be very painful. I wouldn’t watch you suffer like that.”

These words sounded perfectly ordinary on the surface, quite a normal thing to say.

But what was unusual were Dongfang Wuchen’s inner thoughts.

He didn’t know what he was expecting in his heart.

Nor did he understand why he had been possessed to ask such a question.

But undeniably, Dongfang Wuchen was very satisfied with this answer.

“So Miss Yun has considered so much for me in her heart. I am truly flattered. To have a friend like Miss Yun, Wuchen feels this life is without regret. By the way, Miss Yun, can you call me Wuchen from now on? Always calling me Young Master Dongfang still feels somewhat awkward to me.”

Yun Dan thought about it and agreed. Their relationship was already quite familiar, so if she kept calling him by his full name, it would indeed seem rather impolite.

Without any hesitation, she nodded in agreement.

“Sure, Wuchen. I’ll call you that from now on. Don’t take what happened earlier to heart. That woman is probably furious at me, and besides, so many people saw it—her embroidered ball didn’t hit you, so how could she use that to force you to marry her?”