Beisitian’s cold deanor left Zhang Lianqiao’s face devoid of color, her body swaying as if about to fall. She bit her lower lip fiercely, watching Beisitian’s departing figure, the mocking expression on her face still fresh in her mind.
But why did she say thank you as she left?
Zhang Lianqiao couldn’t figure it out and stopped trying. Stubbornly, she stood up; she wouldn’t admit defeat. Destiny had to be fought for, and Luo Xudong was her destiny!
Things didn’t work out with Beisitian, but she believed that this matter would certainly cause discomfort for her. As long as she went back to question Luo Xudong, once a conflict arose between them, she would have a chance to advance further.
If it really didn’t work out, she could only use the last resort.
This thod carried a sense of mutual destruction, but compared to marrying Huo Laosan, she would rather have Luo Xudong first. As long as she stepped into the Luo Family’s door, whether it was Luo Xudong or the Luo family couple, she would eventually warm their hearts.
Indeed, Beisitian felt sowhat uncomfortable in her heart, and it was because of these emotions that she confird her own feelings. So, when she left, she said thank you to Zhang Lianqiao.
This thank you was filled with endless sarcasm. Since she confird her feelings, she would not let go easily.
Zhang Lianqiao probably didn’t expect to end up shooting herself in the foot.
As for the things Zhang Lianqiao said, although they made Beisitian uncomfortable, she was not stupid. Couldn’t she tell what she ant between the lines? Even if she couldn’t achieve her goal in the end, she could still disgust the person.
Beisitian was indeed a bit disgusted by her, but when she returned, she didn’t ntion it at all.
Luo Xudong waited all afternoon, realizing that Beisitian hadn’t brought up the matter of tidying up the west room again. He looked at Beisitian with a searching gaze, recalling that she seed to have said sothing before he left for North Slope but hadn’t ntioned it since her return.
"Dongzi!"
As he was thinking, Li Yajiang and Zhang Qingming ca over. They were Luo Xudong’s old playmates and the only two who stayed in Kao Village.
The three of them left the house and chatted under the shade of a tree not far away.
"Dongzi, how long can you stay this ti?" Li Yajiang asked.
"A month and a half," barring any unexpected circumstances.
"Anything you need to take care of?" Zhang Qingming asked.
Luo Xudong was silent; he was still struggling with whether he could stay in the East Wing, and taking care of things seed far off.
"Yes, we’re still waiting to drink at your wedding," Li Yajiang said with a smile.
"I’ll make sure you get to drink," Luo Xudong replied with a faint smile.
Li Yajiang looked at Luo Xudong, hesitating to speak.
"Just say it," Luo Xudong said.
"This is usually won’s business, but since it involves your wife, I thought it would be better to tell you," Li Yajiang scratched his head.
Luo Xudong was amused by his words ’your wife,’ but since it concerned Beisitian, he beca attentive.
"I saw your wife with Tyrant Zhang’s daughter this morning. Normally it wouldn’t be an issue, but I saw Zhang Lianqiao kneeling to your wife, crying and talking, not sure about what."
Kneeling and crying while talking?
Luo Xudong recalled the strange things Zhang Lianqiao had said to him yesterday and frowned.
Zhang Lianqiao going to find Beisitian was sothing Luo Xudong hadn’t anticipated, and the words spoken probably weren’t pleasant. But Beisitian hadn’t ntioned a word of it to him upon her return. Was it because she didn’t care?
Luo Xudong’s expression beca slightly somber.
After returning ho, Zhang Lianqiao thought over and over, convinced that Beisitian would cling even tighter to Luo Xudong once she returned, and it would be troubleso if she made the first move.
She glanced outside and saw Li Fengzhi picking vegetables in the yard, then walked out.
"Mom~" Zhang Lianqiao called out sulkily.
Li Fengzhi paused, sighed, and said, "Daughter, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but I can’t. Your father is stubborn, and your third brother is at the age to marry. Huo Laosan has raised the bride price to five hundred, and your father has been persuaded by your third brother, so no one can talk him out of it!"
"Mom, I know it’s difficult for you. If he hadn’t returned, I wouldn’t be torn, and marrying for the sake of my third brother wouldn’t be an issue. A girl should consider her family. But he returned at this ti, and I can’t let go~" Zhang Lianqiao said, bursting into tears.
Li Fengzhi put down the vegetables upon hearing this and turned to ask, "What are you saying? You have soone in your heart? Who is it?"
"It’s not just in my heart, we’ve... already..." Zhang Lianqiao’s face showed misery.
Hearing this, Li Fengzhi’s expression darkened. She threw the vegetables into the water basin, "You stupid girl, you..." thinking they had been intimate. "How could you be so muddleheaded? Without a wedding..." She rembered there were two daughters-in-law in the house and lowered her voice.
"Giving yourself before a wedding, will he take you seriously! How could you be so foolish! People will call you shaless!" Li Fengzhi was furious.
Zhang Lianqiao just cried.
Seeing this, Li Fengzhi sighed repeatedly. With only one daughter, raised from childhood, if the mother didn’t protect her, relying on her father and brothers?
"Tell , who is the person!" Li Fengzhi lowered her voice.
"It’s Brother Xudong, Mom, I really like Brother Xudong," Zhang Lianqiao cried.
Brother Xudong?
Li Fengzhi was taken aback, and her eyes lit up imdiately, "Which Brother Xudong? Luo Er’s family’s Luo Xudong?"
Zhang Lianqiao nodded.
Li Fengzhi was in a daze for a mont, then overjoyed, "Are you telling the truth?"
Zhang Lianqiao nodded again, taking out a pouch from her pocket, "This is the token Brother Xudong gave before joining the army. He said I could find him with this in the future."
Li Fengzhi opened the pouch and saw a stone inside, its appearance quite attractive.
"What kind of token is this?" Li Fengzhi questioned.
Zhang Lianqiao hurriedly took it back, "It’s a token. Brother Xudong always kept this stone on him, carried it everywhere, and then he gave it to !"
She especially emphasized that Brother Xudong always carried it with him. At that ti, Luo Xudong indeed took it everywhere, and he was the one who threaded the red string.
Hearing this, Li Fengzhi looked at the pouch, her thoughts flickering.
Zhang Lianqiao knew her mother well enough; seeing her like this, her heart was half at ease. If she made a scene, regardless of the truth, Beisitian would definitely have misgivings. With this token in hand, who could say what happened so many years ago? She was determined to stick to Luo Xudong!
If the two dared to hold a wedding feast, she would make a scene at it. She didn’t believe that Beisitian’s heart was so big that she wouldn’t have any resentnt about marrying Luo Xudong!
She knew that doing this would certainly provoke resentnt from Luo Xudong and his family, but they were a family of honest people. Once she was in the door, over ti, she would warm their hearts. After all, a day is a day, whether it’s easy-going or difficult.
Under normal circumstances, Zhang Lianqiao wouldn’t do such self-harming and futile things. But Huo Laosan’s five hundred bride price had already persuaded her father, leaving her no choice but to take the risk!
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