Chapter 123 – Xie Tingyu
“I don’t want to marry Yang Zhiwen.”
“I won’t marry him.”
Wei Rou felt uneasy when she heard people around her saying she could only marry Yang Zhiwen.
After all, her “kind-hearted” mother had planned for her to be with Yang Zhiwen before.
Sure enough, after Wei Rou’s mother heard these words, she immediately rushed to Yang Zhiwen and demanded that he marry her.
What surprised Wei Rou even more was that Yang Zhiwen actually agreed.
She turned around and met Yang Zhiwen’s eyes that happened to be looking at her.
Although she didn’t know why, in the dim light, Wei Rou could see from Yang Zhiwen’s eyes that he really intended to marry her.
Wei Rou was suddenly scared.
“I don’t want to.”
She didn’t want to marry Yang Zhiwen.
“I don’t want to marry Yang Zhiwen.”
“Why won’t you marry the second son of the Yang family?” Mother Wei turned her head and questioned harshly, glaring at Wei Rou, feeling that this girl really didn’t know what was good for her.
Marrying the second son of the Yang family was for her own good.
“The Yang family is so good, the second son of the Yang family is so good, why won’t you marry him? No, you must marry him!”
“I won’t marry him. If you want to marry, you marry!” Wei Rou said decisively.
Mother Wei’s heart sank; if she were twenty years younger, with the conditions of the second son of the Yang family, she would definitely agree to the marriage!
Of course, even now, she wanted to; but the key was that she wanted to marry, but the other party might not necessarily want her.
With her heart set on getting her daughter into a high-status family and wanting a capable son-in-law to help her son, Mother Wei completely overlooked the fear in her daughter’s eyes.
Wei Rou was unwilling to marry Yang Zhiwen. Although the Yang family seemed prosperous and glamorous, she couldn’t marry into it at all.
That Yang Zhiwen was a eunuch.
The Yang family wanted Yang Zhiwen to marry just to ensure the family line continued through Yang Zhigang, who was a fool.
How could she marry into the Yang family and do something so contrary to human ethics and have one woman serve two husbands?
That would be absurd.
…
“So, Wei Rou didn’t agree to marry Yang Zhiwen later on?” The next morning at breakfast, Xu Jinning heard the follow-up to the gossip that had been circulating all night.
“She didn’t agree. Later on, Yang Zhiwen and Wei Rou went back to their respective homes.”
“You know, Wei Rou is really malicious; she doesn’t even want to marry Yang Zhiwen herself, yet she still plotted against your sister. It’s despicable,” Xu Xiangdong exclaimed angrily.
If Wei Rou hadn’t been a girl, he might have given her a beating last night, just like he did to Yang Zhiwen.
“As for Wei Rou and that Yang Zhiwen, as long as they stay away from our family in the future, I don’t care what they do,” Xu Jinning said, indifferent to Wei Rou’s fate.
Xu Aiguo snorted coldly, “If they dare to cause trouble again, next time it won’t be as simple as letting them go like last night.”
After breakfast, everyone went to work or to their respective tasks.
However, Xu Fanghua happened to have the day off today.
She continued to tutor Xu Jinning in reading and doing exercises.
But today, she was clearly absent-minded, occasionally glancing towards the door.
“Big sister, are you waiting for big brother Song Yi?” Xu Jinning asked.
Xu Fanghua snapped out of her thoughts, feeling a bit shy when she heard her little sister’s question. She couldn’t help but glare at the little girl.
“You little brat, how did you know that?”
Xu Jinning smirked, propping her chin with her hands. “Of course, I know. I also know that you like big brother Song Yi, that you feel happy when you see him, your heart beats faster, your cheeks get hot, you want to be close to him. When you can’t see big brother Song Yi, you miss him during the day and night…”
Xu Fanghua was stunned because everything the little girl said was true.
“How do you know all these things? If I didn’t know better, I’d think you have a crush.”
“I don’t.”
Indeed, Xu Jinning didn’t have a crush or a partner, neither in her current life nor in the 21st century.
In the 21st century, although she lived until she was 18, she had never been in a romantic relationship or had any boyfriends.
So, she didn’t know what it felt like to be in love.
What is it about being in love that captivates so many people?
“Really, none at all? Is there any boy who left a strong impression on you?” Xu Fanghua pressed.
Xu Jinning was about to say no when a figure entered her mind.
It was a young boy named Xie Tingyu.
If the Xu family could be considered a second or third-tier wealthy family, then the Xie family was a top-tier wealthy and influential family.
Xu Jinning had known Xie Tingyu since they were children.
Because they were neighbors.
Not because the Xie family lived there, but because Xie Tingyu’s house was next door to the Xu family’s residence.
Xie Tingyu’s situation, while seemingly similar to hers, was different internally.
Both were children of remarried parents, born from previous marriages.
But on Father Xu’s side, aside from the superficial blood relationship, there was no love or care for her.
Xie Tingyu’s mother passed away from illness, and Father Xie remarried several years later.
However, his current wife didn’t bear him any children, reportedly because Father Xie didn’t allow it.
Father Xie valued Xie Tingyu greatly, proclaiming in the media that everything in the Xie family belonged to his son, Xie Tingyu.
However, Xie Tingyu had health issues.
That’s why Xie Tingyu ended up being neighbors with Xu Jinning.
He had been living there since childhood for health reasons, to recuperate.
Saying that when his fortune was told, the fortune teller said that it was good for Xie Tingyu to live there, and Xie Tingyu was destined to live there.
Xu Jinning couldn’t see what was good for Xie Tingyu living there.
She just felt that Xie Tingyu’s body was really too weak.
In a year, he was sick for almost half of the time, and he couldn’t even go out in the wind. Although he was tall, he was very thin, as if he could be blown away by a gust of wind.
The reason she felt Xie Tingyu’s body was not good was also because there were several occasions when Xie Tingyu came to play with Xu Jinning, and while playing, he suddenly vomited blood and fainted.
At that time, Xu Jinning was scared and almost cried.
Fortunately, Xie Tingyu’s butler came in time.
Later, when Father Xu knew that the prince of the Xie family lived next door, he desperately urged Xu Jinning to build a good relationship with him, preferably to marry Xie Tingyu.
At that time, Xu Jinning was shocked by Father Xu’s words and his blatant desires and calculations.
After that, her step-sister, somehow knowing Xie Tingyu’s identity, also began to seek him out.
As for whether she was successful, Xu Jinning was not sure.
Her step-sister kept asking her to introduce Xie Tingyu to her.
Xu Jinning did not agree because Xie Tingyu had once said that he wanted peace and didn’t want to meet other people or attend gatherings.
Xie Tingyu also said that he had prepared a birthday gift for her 18th birthday.
He said that after attending the birthday party, she should go to the backyard to meet him, where he would be waiting for her.
But…
She was pushed down like that, died, and transmigrated to this world.
She didn’t know how long Xie Tingyu had waited that night or what gift he had prepared.
She also didn’t know what Xie Tingyu would be like after knowing she had died.
