The first watch of the night arrives.
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"Being a worker isn’t that easy," Su Qin shook her head with a bitter smile, "My younger aunt does have that wishful thinking, but does she have the ability? It’s nothing more than seeing that my parents don’t value , so she says that to prevent them from treating too unfairly."
"You an she said that just for fun?" Yao Xinshan stared at Su Qin incredulously, "Your younger aunt was really just joking to deceive your parents?"
"Shh..." Su Qin glanced nervously towards the door and lowered her voice, "Don’t let my parents hear us."
"Why?"
"I’m not young anymore. Most people my age are already married. If I stay at ho, my parents will definitely feel ashad. If they lose the hope of becoming a worker to support the family, they will surely marry off to whoever offers the most bride price.
Marriage is a lifelong matter. I don’t want to carelessly dispatch myself. I’m telling you this because I don’t want you to misunderstand. But please, don’t go spreading this around."
"How can you be like this?" Anger was evident in Yao Xinshan’s eyes, "This... this isn’t a misunderstanding, it’s outright fraud! You... your actions are simply too much!"
"What have I deceived you about? In what way is it too much?" Su Qin looked at him, feigning ignorance, "I told you the truth as soon as we t. Where’s the deception? Where’s the excess?"
"You..." Yao Xinshan sighed deeply, almost grinding his teeth, "All the people you’ve t for matchmaking before, they all agreed to keep it a secret for you?"
"Yes." Su Qin nodded seriously, "The fact that you think it’s fraud just proves it. If they hadn’t kept it a secret, you wouldn’t have misunderstood, right?"
"You think you can find a satisfactory man this way?" Yao Xinshan’s lips curled into a mocking smile, "Your approach will only delay things for yourself. Why would those n keep your secret? Since they have no plans to be with you, why not indulge your wishes and save face for themselves? Think about it, isn’t that the case?"
"So your intention is to ’rescue’ by exposing my lie, right?" Su Qin smiled at him, "But sohow I get the feeling that you’re particularly upset. Even if you ca for the worker quota, there’s no need to be so angry, right? You can still et other potential matches and earn so glory for yourself. Isn’t that a good thing?"
"Right, right..." Yao Xinshan nodded repeatedly, forcing an awkward smile, "Indeed, at this point, why shouldn’t I take the opportunity to shine? How you delay things is none of my business, right?"
"Got it figured out?" Su Qin grinned, "Now that you understand, what do you plan to tell the matchmaker later? Since it’s about saving face for you, I naturally have to ask. That’s not too much, is it?"
"What else can I say? Just that I didn’t take a fancy, that’s all," Yao Xinshan said matter-of-factly.
Su Qin blinked: "What if I said that if you can handle the worker quota, you’d still want to be with ?"
"Are you for real?" Yao Xinshan frowned at her, "Are you ssing with or just fooling yourself?"
"What if I told you that when I said I can’t handle the worker quota, I was testing you? In fact, my younger aunt really did arrange it for . But I don’t want soone who wants to marry just for that, so I have to test everyone like this.
I won’t lie to you, after seeing reactions like yours, I directly rejected the others. But with you, I genuinely felt a liking, yet it’s complicated. Can you share your real thoughts with ?"
Yao Xinshan sighed solemnly, "Honestly, when we first t, I had a good feeling about you, and I really wanted to get to know you better. But upon hearing how you deceive people, I just couldn’t accept it.
The thing I hate most is being deceived. Now, I’m quite torn. I like you, but I’m also bothered by your trickery. Trust is very important between two people.
Of course, it’s normal for you to not trust since we’ve just t. But as much as I understand the reasoning, I can’t get past it emotionally. Can you share your true feelings, so I can think it over?"
"Didn’t I already tell you my real thoughts? I’m just worried about matchmakers only looking at external conditions and not seeing for who I am. How would we manage to live together then?"
"If you really feel that way, why don’t you keep that information to yourself until after you’ve taken a liking to soone, then tell him that you can both beco workers? Wouldn’t this both find you soone you like and give them a pleasant surprise?"
"Ah!" Su Qin sighed deeply, "This was all orchestrated by my parents, what can I do? They just want to pick soone soon, to get a larger bride price in their hands. Their biggest fear is that I’ll find soone in the city on my own, soone who won’t pay as much."
Yao Xinshan nodded, "Right, if you find a husband in the city, they can’t manipulate him as they please. Thinking about it, it’s more reliable to find soone from our own countryside. That way, when we live together, there won’t be so many rules to follow."
"Yes, I’ve considered that problem too. If my parents arrange sothing and I don’t like the other party, then I’ll just wait till I have a job and get my aunt to help out.
Originally, my aunt wanted to go straight to the city to find soone. But since she has already caused my parents to be unhappy by bringing out, if she were to take over arranging my marriage as well, it might really cause a rift between them and her."
"Hearing you say that, I feel much better. Ah, it’s not easy for you. Co to think of it, we really are quite fated. The type of girl I’ve always wanted to find is soone with your character." Yao Xinshan paused, then looked at Su Qin with a fiery gaze," The year is almost over. Why don’t we just get married at the end of the year and go straight to the city to work after the New Year? What do you think?"
With a conflicted look on her face, Su Qin asked him, "Do you like a little more, or do you like the idea of being a worker more?"
"Of course, I like you more. I admit, I want to be a worker, but I, Yao Xinshan, am absolutely not the kind of person who would carelessly handle my marriage just for that purpose.
If I really didn’t like you, let alone being a worker, even if you asked to be an official, I couldn’t marry you. We’re talking about spending a lifeti together, not just a day or two.
You tell , if things between us weren’t good and we ended up divorcing, I’d lose everything and beco a laughingstock. Would that be for my own good or not?"
"That’s good to hear..."
"Knock knock..."
"It must be my good friend. Shall we let her in?" Su Qin looked at Yao Xinshan for consent, "She’s my best sister. We’ve agreed to look out for each other in matchmaking. Only if she approves of you, can I be with you."
Yao Xinshan straightened up confidently and nodded with a smile, "You two have a great relationship. Let her in, then."
As the door pushed open, Zhao Qihui stood at the doorway with a smiling face, sizing up Yao Xinshan, "Hello, I’m Xiao Qin’s good friend, Zhao Qihui."
"Hello." Yao Xinshan stood up and nodded politely, "Xiao Qin told about the mutual matchmaking. Now that you’re here, I’m actually quite nervous. I really like Xiao Qin. I ask for your benevolence; please say sothing nice for ."
"Sister, let take a look too." Pushed aside by Zhao Qihui, Chuxia squeezed in. She looked Yao Xinshan up and down with wide eyes full of confusion, "Why do you look so familiar?"
With her distinctive features, Chuxia was soone one would rember at a glance. Yao Xinshan recognized her imdiately, but panicked, not knowing what to do. Hearing her say he looked familiar, he felt relieved and quickly responded, "You might have seen soone who looks similar to . It’s impossible for us to have t before."
"I rember now!" Chuxia suddenly slapped her forehead, "You’re the guy I ran into in Poer Village. It’s your family that confiscated Lin Chuxia’s bicycle and threw her out, right?"
Yao Xinshan’s first instinct was to deny it, but as the words reached his lips, he suddenly realized he was, in fact, from Poer Village and that this girl had indeed seen him. If this aroused Su Qin’s suspicions and she decided to investigate, it would be easy for him to be exposed. So, he slapped his forehead as well and said, "I rember now. At that ti, Lin Chuxia accidentally bumped into your car door, right? She told you it was my family who chased her away, didn’t she?"
"How co you never told about this?" Su Qin frowned and asked, "You didn’t break up with that girl just to beco a worker, did you?"
"No, no..." Yao Xinshan waved his hands frantically, "I’m not that kind of person. Ah, people are just like this: no matter how absurd their mistakes, they always think they’re in the right.
Didn’t I just tell you I had a relationship with a classmate? That classmate was her. Initially, I thought things were good between us, but while she was planning to marry , she was also going on arranged dates with other n. I’m a man; how could I tolerate such a thing?
So, I had soone send her a ssage that it was over between us and asked her to return the betrothal gift. She probably didn’t find anyone suitable after many attempts and still thought I was the best, so she begged to be with her.
I couldn’t accept that, and my parents were even more against it. They felt like she had completely humiliated them. Out of anger, they confiscated her bicycle and told her to get lost.
We might have handled the situation a bit poorly, because, after all, she’s a girl. But at the ti, we were just angry. I didn’t want her bothering anymore, so I just went along with my parents and didn’t interfere. I didn’t expect that this little sister would witness it and get the wrong idea. Sigh!"
What a slick talker this man is!
If it weren’t for having t Lin Chuxia’s parents before and having a deep conversation with Lin Chuxia, maybe I would’ve been fooled by his words. Chuxia pursed her lips, "Do you dare to face Lin Chuxia and confront her about this?"
"Of course, I dare." Yao Xinshan stood up straight, "But I think she wouldn’t have the face to confront ."
"Oh really?" Lin Chuxia appeared at the doorway, with a mocking smile at the corner of her mouth, "Yao Xinshan, aren’t you afraid that the heavens will strike you down for spreading lies like this?" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, we welco you to vote for it on Qidian (qidian) with recomndation tickets or monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian to read.)
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