The next morning, when Ma Dafu saw Ren Zhong and Ma Xiaoling walk out of the room side by side, his first reaction was to think it was an illusion, and his second was that the daughter he had carefully nurtured for 20 years had suddenly been taken away.
This was too sudden.
He wasn't mentally prepared for it.
Old Ma instinctively wanted to grab Ren Zhong by the collar and ask him what exactly was going through his mind.
But his long acquaintance with Ren Zhong reminded Old Ma of what kind of person Ren Zhong was. Though Ren Zhong's actions seemed capricious, there was always a motive upon later analysis.
In fact, without Ma Xiaoling's reminder, Old Ma knew himself that Ren Zhong was not lecherous.
Otherwise, with Ren Zhong's wealth and influence, he could have turned the entire Liao Yuan County into his massive harem.
If he spread the word, even the men of the citizens couldn't resist.
