The hour had passed, and this Chapter is a bit short. There are at least two more updates today; Nuan continues to strive.
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With Liu Zhenqiang’s attitude so lowered, not only the Zhao family and Jing Zhe but even Zhao Qiyan were sowhat surprised. In a mont, she hurriedly reached out to tug: "Get up, you get up."
Liu Zhenqiang’s lower body was firmly planted on the ground, a look of stubbornness on his face: "If Grandpa doesn’t forgive us, I won’t get up. After all, I want to be the Zhao family’s son-in-law."
"Heh..." Old Master Zhao couldn’t help but laugh in anger, "When Zhao Qiyan and her mother left with you, do you rember what I said? You still rember that, right?
Do you really think I’ve beco senile, with a poor mory? The day she betrayed the Zhao family, betrayed her kin, she was no longer a mber of the Zhao family.
You don’t need to play the sympathy card with . Whether you live well or badly is your own business; the Zhao family neither basks in your glory nor suffers your misfortune."
"Get up!" Zhao Qiyan furrowed her brows and pulled at Liu Zhenqiang, "Have so backbone. If they don’t care about you, it’s no use being so eager."
"Qiyan!" Liu Zhenqiang tugged at Zhao Qiyan’s hand, pulling her to his side with a tender expression, "You, you’re always thinking about Grandpa and Grandma in your heart, so why do you have to be so stubborn when you speak?
Wasn’t it you who said you feel sorry to Grandpa and Grandma, sorry to the Zhao’s for your actions that day, and that you would apologize to Grandpa and Grandma after returning, to be a filial granddaughter?
How co in a blink of an eye, you’ve beco insincere again? Silly girl, admitting mistakes to your family isn’t shaful, and being reprimanded by elders isn’t shaful either. We did indeed make mistakes; you can’t expect everyone to forgive your willfulness without doing anything, right?"
"When did I ever say that?" Zhao Qiyan stared at Liu Zhenqiang, displeased, "Did you accompany back just to get on good terms with my family, to curry favor with the Zhou family?" With that, she gave a resentful glance at Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong standing at the doorway watching the excitent—since the room was too crowded, the two, along with Zhao Qihui, switched to the doorway.
"If you didn’t want to nd your relationship with Grandpa and Grandma, why did you co back?" Liu Zhenqiang looked at her seriously, "You’re going to be a mother; don’t you want to give your child a decent identity?"
"How am I not decent?" Zhao Qiyan started to cry, "Do you think that just because I’m carrying your child, I’m no longer a person to you? Are you starting to make fun of ?"
"That was quick," Luo Xiaoqiong whispered to Chuxia at a volu only the two could hear, "You got married before her and there’s still no news, but she is about to be a mother already. You’d better hurry up."
Chuxia gave her a glare in response.
"Oh, oh, oh, my bad, I spoke out of turn. With Regintal Commander Zhou not here, it’s indeed impossible for you to do anything hurriedly. By the way, why didn’t you make an effort before? Hey, maybe your efforts have already resulted in sothing in your belly, what if, by the ti Regintal Commander Zhou cos back, he’s already going to be a daddy..."
Hearing her nonsense go further off the rails, Chuxia got so frustrated that she grabbed Luo Xiaoqiong by the ear and hauled her outside, hissing at her, "Spout more nonsense, and we’re no longer friends!"
"Chuxia, don’t be like this, you’re making think you’re flipping out in embarrassnt..." Luo Xiaoqiong sized her up, "You couldn’t be jealous that Zhao Qiyan is becoming a mother before you, taking your frustrations out on , could you?"
Not bothering to respond to her, Chuxia turned and went back inside, sticking out her tongue. Luo Xiaoqiong sheepishly followed. Liu Zhenqiang had already stood up, standing side by side with Zhao Qiyan, still making excuses for himself and Zhao Qiyan. The main point was, he hoped Zhao’s house would allow him to bring people over for a marriage proposal, to give Zhao Qiyan a grand wedding, and to give the child a legitimate identity...
At this point, Chuxia roughly understood the situation. It seed Liu Zhenqiang didn’t have many acquaintances here. For Zhao Qiyan to marry him, they needed Zhao Yushan to provide certification. If Old Master Zhao didn’t speak up, Zhao Yushan wouldn’t issue it. Without his certification, the commune would not provide one either, and crucially, the commune director was Zhang Guojun, Zhao Yucui’s husband...
To put it bluntly, without Old Master Zhao’s permission, it would be impossible for Zhao Qiyan to marry through normal procedures!
However, from this perspective, Liu Zhenqiang did seem to genuinely care for Zhao Qiyan. Whether they were together out of opportunism or true love, conscience dictated that with Zhao Qiyan’s status, marrying Liu Zhenqiang was certainly marrying up; yet he maintained such an attitude, which could be considered good fortune for Zhao Qiyan.
"Let think about this. You all go back for now," Old Master Zhao finally spoke, but he didn’t provide a clear answer.
Knowing the situation couldn’t be rushed, Liu Zhenqiang quickly expressed his gratitude, "Thank you, grandpa, thank you, grandma, I’m so grateful to you both..." While saying this, he nudged Zhao Qiyan, "Aren’t you going to thank grandpa and grandma?"
"Thank you, grandpa and grandma," Zhao Qiyan mumbled unwillingly from her throat.
"Grandpa, we’ll not disturb you any longer. For dinner tonight, we’d like to invite grandpa and grandma to join us, is that alright?" Liu Zhenqiang asked, then explained further, "It’s not that I don’t want to invite everyone, but I don’t feel I’m in the position to do so yet. Besides, there’s still so misunderstanding between Qiyan and Madam Zhou, it would be awkward for everyone to sit together. Once every issue is resolved in our hearts, these problems will no longer exist."
Old Master Zhao waved off the invitation, and Liu Zhenqiang took Zhao Qiyan by the hand, hanging her head low as they headed outside.
As Zhao Qiyan passed by Chuxia, she couldn’t resist glaring fiercely at her, but then she tripped over the doorstep and lunged forward, about to fall...
Chuxia really disliked her, but she didn’t want the baby in her belly to be lost like that. She quickly stepped forward and grabbed hold of Zhao Qiyan. However, Zhao Qiyan’s weight was too much for her, and she was pulled forward a couple of steps before managing to stop. Fortunately, with this buffering, Liu Zhenqiang had already turned back and caught Zhao Qiyan. Chuxia sighed in relief, promptly letting go of Zhao Qiyan with a look of disgust, as if shaking sothing dirty off her hands.
Her series of actions and expressions were simply too amusing. Smiles erged on the faces of everyone in the room, including Old Master Zhao. The atmosphere, which had beco tense due to Zhao Qiyan’s arrival, suddenly lightened.
Zhao Qiyan herself had been frightened a mont ago, closing her eyes as she stumbled forward over the threshold, thinking her happiness was coming to an end. She hadn’t expected Chuxia, whom she thought wished for her death, to make such a gesture.
Thus, even though she clearly saw that everyone was in support of Chuxia, she didn’t utter any more sarcastic remarks. Instead, she hung her head, still shaken, and clung to Liu Zhenqiang as they walked out. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian) to cast your recomndation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian to read.)
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