This kind of question left Yang Dong sowhat stunned; he hadn’t expected Li Chuntao to show interest in this matter.
For a mont, he really didn’t know how to respond.
Why agree to this marriage?
He just wanted to resolve the matter quickly. At that ti, so many people were pressuring him to get married. Yang Xiaocui kept running into trees; if he didn’t agree, she might really harm herself fatally. With so many people watching, if anything happened to her, he wouldn’t be able to escape responsibility, as he had indeed carried her.
The marriage promise was made in front of so many people that it couldn’t be easily retracted.
In the beginning, he did have regrets, but when he learned from the doctor that Yang Xiaocui fainted from hunger, he felt that she was innocent.
If he backed out, the villagers would definitely gossip about Yang Xiaocui being abandoned after he carried her.
Yang Xiaocui definitely wouldn’t be able to endure that.
As a man, he should take responsibility, especially since this matter arose because of him carrying her.
Moreover, at the ti, he found no girl to his liking; his mother was very anxious about his marriage, worrying herself to the point of exhaustion. He thought, maybe this was fate—accepting the marriage would ease his mother’s mind.
Did he like Yang Xiaocui?
There were so many girls more outstanding than Yang Xiaocui whom he hadn’t liked, so how could he possibly have liked Yang Xiaocui at that ti? In fact, he even felt a bit of dislike.
Even now, he has no particular feelings for Yang Xiaocui.
So much so that last ti, after discovering sothing unusual on the mountain, he wasn’t too angry!
He only thought of finding out the truth; if those two really had sothing, he could gracefully step away.
Seeing Yang Dong hesitate to answer, Li Chuntao felt she had gotten ahead of herself. She wasn’t that familiar with Yang Dong; why would he tell her these things?
She spoke, "Sorry, you said I could ask, so I got a bit carried away. If you don’t want to talk about it, then don’t."
Hearing Li Chuntao’s words, Yang Dong seed to be jolted back from his thoughts and quickly said, "It’s not that I don’t want to talk; it’s just that I don’t know how to say it."
Li Chuntao waved her hand, "It’s alright, don’t trouble yourself."
Li Chuntao said this, then lowered her head, thinking about how best to give Yang Dong a hint.
Seeing Li Chuntao like this made Yang Dong feel sowhat embarrassed. After all, he was the one who invited her to ask questions, yet when she did, he hesitated to answer; no wonder she’d react this way.
He hurriedly said, "I didn’t fancy her; at that ti, it was out of helplessness and pressure. With so many eyes watching, and Yang Xiaocui repeatedly running into trees, I was afraid she’d harm herself fatally, so I agreed. Once said, it can’t be taken back, so it ended up like that."
For so reason, seeing Li Chuntao’s disappointed expression made him speak the truth.
Upon hearing this, Li Chuntao’s eyes widened. She looked up at Yang Dong, her heart racing; continually echoing in her mind were Yang Dong’s words, ’I didn’t fancy her.’
It turns out that Yang Dong didn’t fancy Yang Xiaocui; it was just out of helplessness! Just societal pressure.
But the joy in her eyes quickly dimd—what about now?
Does he fancy Yang Xiaocui now?
She knew that Yang Dong bought dicine for Yang Xiaocui, brought her boiled eggs, even gave her a silver hairpin, and helped her family with work.
Eager to know, she blurted out, "What about now? Do you fancy Yang Xiaocui now?"
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