She refused, so I grabbed her food and gobbled it up, letting her eat mine. As we got to know each other, she stopped being pretentious with me. She said that one day, she would repay my kindness.
Unexpectedly, when she mentioned repayment, it turned out to be in such a way. On the day she married my brother, when I saw her, I was instantly stunned.
After that, I looked for my parents and told them about her situation. Both my parents are kind-hearted people and immediately went with me to find her, telling her she could reconsider.
But she firmly said she wanted to marry my brother and if our family rejected her, she would end her own life."
"Didn’t the matchmaker mention her name?" Zhu Hongyu asked.
"They did, but she had planned it all out so well that there couldn’t be any flaws. The name was entirely fake, even the surname was a lie, and I could never have connected it to her."
Qian Jiale enveloped Qi Xing’s shoulder and gave it a firm pat: "Sister-in-law is amazing. I’m going to visit her for New Year’s this year!"
"Do your parents agree?" Zhu Hongyu quickly explained, "Mr. Qi, I’m not trying to pry into your personal life. It’s just that if your parents have any grudges, then sister-in-law must have had a really tough time over the years."
"My parents didn’t have any objections whatsoever about this. They know why she married my brother, my brother knows too, because, on that night, our family sat together and laid everything out in the open.
My parents and my brother expressed that although the wedding had already taken place, they didn’t mind if she reconsidered.
She said she had no family left and wanted to lean on someone, and my parents and brother made her feel secure, so she wanted to stay.
She is basically very stubborn, once she decides on something, no one can change her mind. If we insist on making her leave, she said she would die in front of us.
And so, she stayed and became my sister-in-law. The following year, my brother passed away in a car accident, and my parents advised her to remarry, but she pletely ignored it.
Two years later, I proposed to marry her, my parents had no objections, and my marrying her wasn’t just because she sacrificed so much for our family.
I liked her, I have liked her since high school, but back then, I was too embarrassed to admit it. When she married my brother, my pain..." Qi Xing waved his hand, "Forget it, let’s not talk about it."
Qian Jiale nodded: "I understand, the boss surely knows about your marriage, doesn’t he?"
"Of course, without him, I couldn’t have gotten married. All the formalities were handled by him. The boss even advised me to make things public, but I..." Qi Xing’s eyes were filled with guilt, "I ultimately acted cowardly, though the boss didn’t push me."
Luo Ye pondered: "Where is Political missar Qi’s hometown?"
"Pozi Village in Poli Town, Yanjiang County."
Luo Ye felt a stir in his heart because that place is quite close to the town where his brother, Luo Feng, works: "Are Uncle, Aunt, and Sister-in-law still living there?"
"Yes, apart from family, no one else knows about our marriage, even now, people often e proposing for her." Qi Xing understood what Luo Ye meant and simply explained.
"Why not leave and live somewhere else?" Zhu Hongyu inquired.
"I suggested they leave, but my parents are reluctant." Qi Xing smiled wryly, "Actually, I know the main issue is my parents’ mobility is poor, and they don’t want to burden me.
As for myself, the reality is, if I bring them out, I still can’t provide them with a life free of worries, besides the elderly, I also have to consider the children’s schooling.
The boss once offered to help me, but he’s already done so much for me, how can I trouble him with family support again? I’ve discussed it with Yue Qin, once my salary increases a bit and I’m able to give the elders and children a stable environment, then we’ll bring them out.
By then, our family can openly live together, while we can choose to ignore some things, but gossip can drown people, and we must consider the children’s future."
Qian Jiale raised his fist and aimed at Qi Xing but halted abruptly just half a punch away, converting the fist into a palm and patting him, then withdrew as if nothing had happened.
Even with his rough-heartedness, he knows that such emotions, while they hear so moving, in rural areas where ideas are relatively conservative, getting everyone to understand is impossible.
When children go to school, they might be crushed by public opinion, so keeping it private is indeed the right choice.
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