Chapter 1189: Chapter 1189
At Lin Xizhu’s house, Xu Fengxian scowled and shouted at Dong Jiufeng, who was lying on the bed.
"Jiufeng, I watched you about to throw yourself into the river. You’re such a fool. How could you think of killing yourself? And most importantly, you didn’t even tell me. That’s not considerate at all."
"I know you’re feeling wronged, but we’ve been sisters for so many years. Don’t you know those people gossip because they’re not as well off as you? Why bother with them? Are you living your life just for them?"
"Not having kids is no big deal. If it’s a crime, then they might as well take me out and shoot me. I have no kids, no husband, yet I’m living quite comfortably. Look at yourself, playing the part of Lin Daiyu."
"Is the wine not good, or the mahjong not fun? What’s with this nonsense of wanting to die?"
Xu Fengxian scolded for quite a while, but she only cried without saying a word.
She could only sit angrily on a chair to the side.
Dong Jiufeng gradually stopped crying and said in grievance.
"Ms. Fengxian... Back then, I only thought of repaying kindness. He also said he couldn’t make it work, but I thought we’d just go on living anyway. But now, his mother keeps saying I’m ending their family line. He’s always running around outside, wanting to keep his face. I can’t say anything and just have to swallow my bitterness. Today, his mother even scolded me for causing harm, and I couldn’t take it."
"If it’s not working out, just get a divorce. Why wrong yourself? Why should you take the fall for the Old Lin Family? You don’t have to die. If you can’t bring it up, I’ll go talk to her tomorrow."
Xu Fengxian scolded angrily.
"I also thought about divorce. He just kneeled and slapped himself, saying if I divorced him, he couldn’t live and would die first. So... so I... what’s the point of living?"
Dong Jiufeng wiped her tears, feeling utterly wronged.
"Stop pretending. Just now, when you swam back, didn’t you obediently hold on? If you really wanted to die, would you have come back? Others might not know, but I do. Have you taken a liking to Lin Yifan?"
Xu Fengxian squinted her eyes with a mischievous smile.
"No... I don’t want to burden anyone... Plus, he said... he’d take responsibility for everything, so... so I just..."
Dong Jiufeng hurriedly denied, but her delicate face was flushed with redness.
"That’s it. When he says he’ll take responsibility, that’s more reliable than anything."
Hearing this, Xu Fengxian slapped her thigh excitedly.
"Sis, what can he take responsibility for? We’ve seen it in the City and the Province, and nothing works. No matter how capable he is, he can’t regrow a severed finger."
Dong Jiufeng sighed.
Neither traditional Chinese medicine nor Western medicine can cure this.
"He can’t regrow a severed finger, but he has one, doesn’t he? Borrow it to use, and it’s the same."
Xu Fengxian whispered in Dong Jiufeng’s ear.
"Borrow... Sis... What are you talking about... How could we borrow..."
Dong Jiufeng’s face turned crimson with embarrassment.
"Borrowing is borrowing. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Plus, I assure you, it’s quite useful."
Xu Fengxian said smugly.
"What? Sis... If you want it, I definitely can’t borrow it. How can you be so carefree?"
Dong Jiufeng hurriedly shook her head.
"What’s the big deal? You have to consider, he’s the first college student from our village, someone who accomplishes great things. Look at me, a widow in her thirties. How many more years can I bounce around? A man like that, I definitely can’t hold onto him. At most, I can secretly use him, so I’ve thought it through clearly. Being able to use him is already a blessing, why ask for eternal love."
Xu Fengxian combed her hair. Having been married, she thought differently.
"Then... I can’t bring it up... And if we borrow it, won’t Xizhu know?"
Dong Jiufeng had been pondering this afternoon.
When she lay on Lin Yifan’s back, she had fantasized.
If they could be together forever, it would be a match made in heaven.
"So to borrow, he has to bring it up. Otherwise, with Lin Yifan’s character, even if you throw yourself at him, he’d drive you away."
Xu Fengxian’s eyes twinkled as she spoke.
"Let... Xizhu... Will he agree?"
Dong Jiufeng felt her heart pounding out of her chest.
"Give him two choices, one where the family is broken, and one where there are many descendants. He wants face outside and comfort at home. You can’t have it all. Besides, he grew up with Lin Yifan; he should agree."
Xu Fengxian grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds as she spoke.
"Ms. Fengxian, I think Lin Yifan is an immortal."
Dong Jiufeng suddenly whispered with a mysterious face.
"Just say you like him already, calling him an immortal, that’s absurd."
Xu Fengxian cracked sunflower seeds, rolling her eyes at Jiufeng.
"No, really, when he carried me swimming back, it was clearly against the current, yet we managed to return smoothly. Think about it, that’s definitely not something a human could do."
Jiufeng pursed her lips, trying hard to recall the details.
"That only means Lin Yifan is good in the water."
Xu Fengxian didn’t take it to heart.
"It’s not that simple. When I was lying on his back, I was actually quite scared, staring dead ahead. But just when you threw the rope, I instinctively looked down at the water, and guess what? I saw a big long creature under his belly."
Dong Jiufeng spoke in a hushed voice.
"Get out of here, I also know he has a big long creature!"
Looking at the car lights outside, Xu Fengxian tossed the remaining sunflower seeds in the dish and stood up.
She had said what needed to be said, and the rest was up to them.
As Xu Fengxian walked out, Xizhu quickly stepped in.
Seeing him, Jiufeng instinctively turned her head away.
"Jiufeng... Actually... I’ve always had a thought, just afraid you’d get angry if I said it."
Xizhu stood on the ground, his face flushed.
"What thought?"
Dong Jiufeng asked weakly.
"You saw him today. My brother is handsome and really smart. He’s the first college student in our village, so I thought... if you and he... don’t be mad."
Xizhu’s words made Dong Jiufeng sharply turn her head.
Frightening him into silence.
Jiufeng seemed to hear hope.
But she still put on a stern face, "Me and him what?"
"It’s... since I’m useless now... I thought you with him... have a kid, that way there’s still a kid for me, and we’re still a family. Don’t get mad, it’s just a thought I had."
Xizhu cautiously observed Dong Jiufeng’s expression.
Jiufeng blushed, but felt a joy in her heart.
The words she couldn’t say herself were spoken by him.
"You decide on this. I... have no opinion."
......
Back in her dorm, Shen Shiyao leaned on the sofa, fiddling with her phone out of boredom.
On it was a picture she had secretly taken of Lin Yifan.
Just as she immersed herself in longing, a video call appeared, changing her expression completely.
After hanging up a few times, the other side persistently called back, and finally, she could only press the answer button.
"Aren’t you annoying?"
Looking at the man on the phone, Shen Shiyao’s tone was icy.
"I just miss you so much. Every time I think about being able to marry you in a few months, I’m so excited I can’t sleep."
The man on the other end of the call said with a face full of cheesy affection.
"Tang Zhimao, don’t you think our engagement is too hasty? I don’t love you at all!"
Shen Shiyao said coldly.
"It doesn’t matter. As long as you know that I love you."
Tang Zhimao, undeterred by her indifference, responded earnestly.
"Can’t you understand human language? That engagement was your family’s wishful thinking. I don’t love you, and I don’t want to marry you. We have no future together."
Shen Shiyao said in frustration.
"It’s okay, I believe it’s all temporary. Just give me time, and I will make you fall in love with me!"
Tang Zhimao continued smiling.
"Impossible, my heart already belongs to someone else. Let’s cancel our engagement."
After speaking, Shen Shiyao abruptly ended the video call.
Curling up in the chair, all she could think about was Lin Yifan’s image.
But she knew that breaking off the engagement could cause a huge stir.
The strength of the Tang Family, even across thousands of miles, still frightened her.
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