Chapter 27 Eavesdropping on the young couple as they saw Aunt Lan off...

After seeing Aunt Lan off, Mingxi headed towards Aunt He's house. She arrived just in time; He Li was still there.

He Li: "Comrade Ming, what brings you here? Is there something you forgot to tell me?"

Mingxi waved her hand: "No, that's not it."

She explained, "Here's the thing, an older woman is quite interested in you and wants me to introduce you to her son. I came over to ask what you think."

Aunt He, who had been eavesdropping nearby, immediately chimed in, "Who is it? Who has taken a fancy to our Xiaoli?"

Mingxi laughed: "It really isn't anyone else. You know Aunt He, right?"

"Me, familiar with them?" Aunt He was completely bewildered. "Oh dear, Xiaoming, stop playing games with me and just tell me already! Who is it?!"

Mingxi: "It's Aunt Lan from our courtyard. She wants me to introduce He Li to my second brother, Heping."

"Ge Heping?"

Aunt He frowned, looking extremely conflicted.

In terms of qualifications, Ge Heping is indeed quite good. Even though He Li is her niece, she can't say that Ge Heping is not good enough for He Li.

But since they all lived in the same courtyard, everyone knew about the Ge family's affairs.

After hesitating for a long time, Aunt He shook her head and said, "No, no, this is not appropriate."

When a woman gets married, she wants someone who is caring, considerate, and protective. Ge Heping seems like a good man, but living with such a heartless, scheming man would surely be cold and devoid of warmth.

She couldn't let her niece fill that icy hole.

He Li glanced at Aunt He and asked, "Auntie, which one is Comrade Ming referring to as 'Peace'?"

Aunt He: "Oh, it's Ge Heping, the son of the Ge family across the street."

Aunt He sighed, "Actually, if I had to say, Heping is a really good child, but..."

She couldn't continue after that point.

The problem lies here, but!

Mingxi briefly introduced Ge Heping's situation to He Li: "Ge Heping is twenty-eight years old this year and works in a steel rolling mill. He's a level three fitter, which is considered quite good. His family is also well-off in this area. His father, Uncle Ge, is a level six fitter in the steel rolling mill, considered a senior worker in the factory. He has many apprentices under his wing, and people often come to give Uncle Ge gifts during holidays. Ge Heping also has an older brother named Ge Shengli, who joined the army years ago and was assigned to another place. He married a female soldier in the army, and they had a child a few years ago. I heard it's a little girl?"

Mingxi asked Aunt He uncertainly, "Aunt He, am I right? My brother Shengli's family had a daughter, right?"

Aunt He: "Yes, she gave birth to a girl. Xiao Lan brought back photos when she came back from helping her daughter-in-law during her postpartum period. She even showed them to everyone in our neighborhood. She's a chubby, fair-skinned little girl. She looks like she's blessed."

Mingxi: "Then I haven't misremembered."

He Li listened for a long time, and all Mingxi said were nice things, but the nicer the words were, the more she felt there was something wrong.

Otherwise, why is Ge Heping still single at 28? If he doesn't want to find someone, why does he ask a matchmaker to introduce him to potential partners?

He Li wasn't one to mince words; she asked directly when she had a question: "Why hasn't Ge Heping had a girlfriend all these years?"

Mingxi awkwardly touched her nose: "Ahem, well, Ge Heping used to have a girlfriend. They were very close and dated for a long time. They were going to get married, but they couldn't agree on the bride price, and the woman ended up marrying someone else. But don't worry, Ge Heping hasn't had any contact with her since she got married. He just still thinks about her, so he hasn't had a serious relationship all these years."

He Li didn't think much of it after hearing this, since it was all in the past. Besides, judging from his tone, Ge Heping was a sentimental person, which was good.

She had one question: "So now, is Comrade Ge no longer thinking about that person?"

Mingxi: "No, definitely not."

She said, "If Ge Heping still had any feelings for someone, he definitely wouldn't have asked me to introduce him to someone."

He Li thought for a moment and nodded: "Then I think we can meet and see."

It's not a big deal for Ge Heping to have a first love she can't forget. Anyway, she just wants to find someone to live with. Considering both sides' conditions, Ge Heping is already considered pretty good.

If she misses out on Ge Heping, it won't be so easy for her to find someone with similar qualifications.

This may sound harsh, but in the matchmaking market, the requirements for women are indeed more stringent than for men, especially since she has a rural household registration.

Aunt He said anxiously, "No, Xiaoli, you should think about it again..."

He Li, as an outsider, didn't know how deep Ge Heping's feelings for his first love were, but she did.

When Ge Heping learned that Qin Qiaorou had married someone else, he was like a lost soul. He was completely dejected and had no energy left. He spent all his time drinking with a bottle of liquor and didn't even work properly.

At the end of that year, he almost ruined a batch of important parts because of drinking, which delayed important matters in the factory. If it weren't for Old Man Ge pleading with the factory leaders and playing the victim, Ge Heping would have been punished by the factory leaders.

Later, Ge Heping's older brother, Ge Shengli, came back and gave Ge Heping a good beating, which brought him back to his senses.

However, even after regaining his senses, Ge Heping was different from before. Aunt He wasn't very educated and couldn't accurately point out the difference, but she felt that Ge Heping wasn't in as good a state as before, and he always seemed to be just getting by.

He Li could see that Aunt He was worried. She patted Aunt He's arm and said softly, "It's okay, Auntie. I'll meet with Comrade Ge first."

Aunt He: "No..."

Aunt He glanced at Mingxi and swallowed the words that were about to come out.

She planned to give He Li a proper talk after Mingxi left.

Regardless of what Aunt He thought, He Li directly said to Ming Xi, "Comrade Ming, could you ask Comrade Ge when he has time so we can meet up?"

Mingxi's gaze swept over Aunt He and finally landed on He Li, who had made up her mind.

She nodded: "Okay, then I'll go ask Ge Heping when he'll be available."

After Mingxi finished speaking, she turned and left the He family's house. As soon as she stepped out of the door, she heard Aunt He's anxious voice coming from inside: "Xiaoli, you have to think this through. Although Ge Heping says he's over his ex, who knows what's really going on? What if he's still thinking about her? There's nothing we can do about it, right? Listen to your aunt, let's cancel the meeting. I'll tell Mingxi that you have something to do at home and need to leave urgently, and ask her to cancel the meeting with Ge Heping."

Mingxi stopped in her tracks and stood by the window of the He family's house, wanting to hear what He Li had to say.

He Li said, "Aunt, I don't care what Ge Heping is thinking, as long as he doesn't show it on his face."

"How can that be?" Aunt He looked at her niece in surprise.

He Li: "Why not? Marriage is just about living together. It doesn't matter who I live with. Just because I live with someone else doesn't mean I'm not thinking about them. There are plenty of men who cheat after marriage. At least Ge Heping only thinks about others but hasn't actually done anything. Besides, Auntie, I've thought it over. With my conditions, it won't be easy to find someone with similar conditions to Ge Heping."

He Li's words were not without reason, but Aunt He still felt frustrated.

In her opinion, her niece is good in every way, but she suffers because of her rural household registration.

In a fit of pique, she threw her hand away and said, "Fine, fine, no matter how much I say, you're determined not to change your mind, so what's the point of me saying anything more! I'm not going to get involved anymore, you can go watch it with whoever you want!"

Mingxi was not surprised by this result at all. She shook her head and prepared to go to the Ge family to ask Aunt Lan when Ge Heping would be free so that she could arrange for Ge Heping and He Li to meet.

However, when she arrived at the Ge family's house, the door was locked, and no one from the Ge family was home.

Mingxi didn't care. There was no rush. They could wait until Ge Heping got off work to talk about it.

She went home, drank some water, and spent the whole morning running around, barely having a moment to herself.

Wait, that's not right.

Mingxi was drinking water when she suddenly remembered something she had forgotten.

It turns out they forgot about Huang Pingping!

She slapped her forehead, realizing she was so focused on Ge Heping and He Li that she forgot Huang Pingping had told her to go find Wu Zhensheng and ask him what he thought!

Mingxi glanced at the time; it was a little past eleven, almost lunchtime at the machinery factory. She should be able to make it in time.

With that thought in mind, she quickly locked the door and headed towards the machinery factory.

When Mingxi arrived at the machinery factory, he asked the security guards at the gate to call Wu Zhensheng out.

The security personnel didn't say anything, turned around and ran into the factory, quickly bringing Wu Zhensheng out.

"Comrade Ming, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly come looking for me?"

Wu Zhensheng kept his head down the whole way, and it wasn't until he reached Mingxi that she noticed a large bump on his forehead.

Mingxi: "No, what happened to your head?"

"Oh, well, it's nothing. I bumped into something while I was using the restroom last night." Wu Zhensheng seemed reluctant to talk about it and didn't elaborate.

Mingxi knew at a glance that things weren't that simple, but Wu Zhensheng clearly didn't want to talk about it.

Wu Zhensheng: "By the way, Comrade Ming, what brings you here...?"

Mingxi: "Oh, I have something I need to ask you."

Wu Zhensheng: "What is it?"

Mingxi: "What do you think of Huang Pingping? I heard you weren't very enthusiastic yesterday. Did you not like Comrade Huang?"

Wu Zhensheng said anxiously, "Who said that? Comrade Huang is such a good person. If anything, it's only because she doesn't like me. How could I not like her!"

Mingxi smiled and said, "From what you're saying, you've also taken a liking to Comrade Huang?"

Wu Zhensheng's face flushed red instantly, and he responded in a barely audible voice, "Mm."

Mingxi: "Then why didn't you tell Huang Pingping?"

She looked at Wu Zhensheng and said, "To be honest, I came here today because Huang Pingping felt that your attitude was lukewarm and thought that you didn't like her, so she asked me to come and ask you what you think. Originally, Huang Pingping didn't want me to say it, but I was afraid that if I didn't say it, the two of you would delay for several more years and still not get together. Do you understand what I mean? What I mean is that Huang Pingping is interested in you."

Wu Zhensheng suddenly looked up, his eyes lighting up with immense joy. He stared intently at Mingxi, stammering, "You mean...you mean, Comrade Huang, she...Comrade Huang also..."

"Yes, yes, she's got her eye on you too."

Seeing Wu Zhensheng's silly, overjoyed state, Mingxi kindly told him.

Upon hearing Mingxi's words, Wu Zhensheng's eyes lit up dramatically, and the corners of his mouth almost reached his eyebrows.

Mingxi rolled her eyes: "What, you're happy just because you know Comrade Huang has taken a liking to you?"

Wu Zhensheng was taken aback, not understanding Mingxi's meaning.

Mingxi: What an idiot.

She said, "Huang Pingping doesn't know how you feel yet. She still thinks you don't like her. Why don't you hurry up and think of how to confess to her?"

“Yes, yes, I have to tell Pingping what I’m thinking.” Wu Zhensheng nodded repeatedly. He said, “I’ll go tonight. I’ll talk to Pingping after I get off work tonight.”

Mingxi nodded, "That's more like it."

She then asked, "I have something else to say. Huang Pingping told me that you bumped into Feng Fan yesterday, who is Huang Pingping's ex-boyfriend, and you seemed a little off. Do you mind that she had a past relationship?"

Wu Zhensheng shook his head vigorously: "I don't mind, what's there to mind?"

It doesn't matter if Huang Pingping has had relationships before, or even if she's been married and had children. As long as Huang Pingping is interested in him, that's the greatest luck of his life.

Wu Zhensheng hesitated, "I'm not happy, mainly because I think her ex-boyfriend is such a jerk. They've already broken up, but he's still harassing Pingping and saying things about her..."

Feng Fan's words were too harsh for Wu Zhensheng to utter.

Wu Zhensheng's expression didn't seem like he was lying, so Mingxi felt relieved.

“As long as you don’t mind this. As for Huang Pingping’s ex-boyfriend…” Mingxi: “He was definitely not a good person. Huang Pingping was too young and inexperienced back then, and he deceived her.”

She briefly told Wu Zhensheng about how Huang Pingping was rescued by Feng Fan, then became infatuated with him, and started dating him.

Mingxi: "But that's all in the past. Huang Pingping has already seen what kind of person the other party is. You don't need to dwell on the past anymore."

Wu Zhensheng hummed in agreement. Regardless of what happened between Huang Pingping and Feng Fan, they had already broken up. Now, he was the one who had the opportunity to spend the rest of his life with Huang Pingping!

Mingxi saw Wu Zhensheng's expression suddenly become excited, and not knowing what he was thinking, she could only quickly say, "Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll go first. Don't forget to tell Huang Pingping your thoughts, otherwise she'll think you're not interested in her. If she finds someone else, don't come crying to me."

Wu Zhensheng clenched his fist: "That's definitely not true!"

He definitely won't give Huang Pingping the chance to find someone else!

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Although Mingxi told Wu Zhensheng at noon that he should go and talk to Huang Pingping himself, Mingxi still felt uneasy when evening came.

What if Wu Zhensheng can't speak properly, or accidentally says something wrong and Huang Pingping misunderstands?

After thinking it over, Mingxi decided to go and take a look.

Fearing that Zhao Sulan would be anxious if she didn't see her when she got home from get off work, she specially wrote a note and left it on the table before leaving.

Mingxi left home around 5 o'clock, arriving near Huang Pingping's house at just the right time. As soon as she reached the bottom of Huang Pingping's apartment building, she saw Wu Zhensheng and Huang Pingping walking out.

She quickly crouched down and hid behind the stone pillar at the entrance of the tenement building, craning her neck and straining her ears to eavesdrop on the two people's movements.

Huang Pingping fidgeted with her fingers and asked awkwardly, "Why did you call me?"

Wu Zhensheng: "I have something to say to you."

Huang Pingping: "Nonsense, of course I know you have something to say to me. So tell me what it is?"

Wu Zhensheng blushed to the roots of his neck, staring intently at Huang Pingping, and said earnestly, "Comrade Huang Pingping, I like you, and I want to date you with the intention of marriage. Are you willing?"

Huang Pingping was stunned, and her face instantly turned red.

She looked up at Wu Zhensheng with her big, watery eyes and said, "Why did you suddenly bring this up?"

Wu Zhensheng scratched his head: "Comrade Ming came to see me today. She asked me if I had feelings for you. I said yes, and she encouraged me to confess my feelings."

Huang Pingping pouted: "Oh, so it's because of Mingxi."

"No!" Wu Zhensheng said shyly but frankly, "I like you. I fell in love with you the moment I saw you. Even if Comrade Ming hadn't said it to me, I would still have confessed to you."

Huang Pingping gave a light "humph," and it was at this moment that she noticed the wound on Wu Zhensheng's forehead. She widened her eyes and asked, "You're injured?"

"I wasn't paying attention when I went to the toilet last night and I bumped into something."

Wu Zhensheng turned his head away, not wanting Huang Pingping to see his wound.

Huang Pingping wasn't going to be fooled. She glared at him and said, "You bumped into someone while going to the toilet and got a bump? Tell me, what happened? Did you get into a fight?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it any longer, Wu Zhensheng could only nod.

"You really got into a fight? Who did you fight with? What happened?" Huang Pingping asked anxiously.

Wu Zhensheng lowered his head guiltily, glancing at Huang Pingping as he said, "If I say something, you can't get angry."

Huang Pingping: "I'm angry? What am I angry about?"

Wu Zhensheng: "The injury on my head was from a fight with Feng Fan."

"Feng Fan?!"

Huang Pingping frowned: "How did you get involved with him?"

Wu Zhensheng said guiltily, "When I got back last night, I got angrier and angrier. You've already broken up with him, but he's still bothering you and saying such nasty things. It's just too much. So I... I couldn't help but wait outside his house. I was lucky. I hadn't been at his house for long when I saw him coming out to use the toilet. I went up behind him and beat him up."

"You went and knocked Feng Fan unconscious?"

Huang Pingping: "Wait a minute, you knocked him out of the way, so how come he still hit you?"

Meeting Huang Pingping's suspicious gaze, Wu Zhensheng quickly explained, "No, I wasn't hit by Feng Fan. When I made the move, he shouted too loudly and attracted the attention of his neighbors. One of the older women in the courtyard probably thought I was a bad guy, and from a distance, she picked up a brick and threw it at me. By sheer luck, from that distance, it still hit me right on the head."

Mingxi: ...

No wonder Wu Zhensheng was unwilling to say why he was injured.

Huang Pingping was startled by these words. She bit her lower lip and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

She grabbed Wu Zhensheng's arm and touched him all over, checking him thoroughly, afraid of finding any other wounds on him.

Wu Zhensheng blushed and his eyes were red from Huang Pingping's touching.

"No, Pingping, stop touching me..."

Upon hearing Wu Zhensheng's hoarse voice, Huang Pingping belatedly realized what she had done.

She immediately let go, then skillfully turned the tables: "Hey, what nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by touching? I was clearly giving you a medical checkup! You're taking my kindness for granted!"

Wu Zhensheng smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I was wrong to do what I was told."

"But don't worry, I wasn't injured anywhere except my head. I took a hit, and when I saw people coming out, I ran away as fast as I could. I'm fast, and they couldn't catch me."

Huang Pingping: "Hmph, you're quite smug, aren't you?"

Mingxi: That's right.

Wu Zhensheng realized his mistake and corrected it. He lowered his head, reverting to his previous honest demeanor, and said humbly, "I wasn't proud of myself."

Huang Pingping: "Hmph, you're not even smug yet, I think you're so smug you're about to fly to the sky."

"Haven't you learned anything from yesterday's incident?"

“Yes.” Wu Zhensheng: “Next time you ambush someone, the first thing you should do is gag them and not give them a chance to call for help.”

Huang Pingping glared at him: "You want a next time? Wasn't this enough?"

Wu Zhensheng: "Whether there will be a next time depends on whether Feng Fan will come to harass you again. If he does, I will go and wait for him again. If he doesn't come, then there won't be a next time."

"you……"

Huang Pingping looked at the other person, and Wu Zhensheng returned her gaze without flinching. In the end, it was Huang Pingping who was the first to fall into a disadvantageous position.

She tilted her head: "Anyway, fighting is bad. If you sneak around like this, you'll easily be mistaken for a bad guy and arrested. If you get arrested, I'll just find someone else to date."

Wu Zhensheng was taken aback, then, after realizing what he meant, exclaimed with delight, "Pingping, do you mean you're willing to date me?"

Huang Pingping looked up at the sky: "What do you think?"

Wu Zhensheng excitedly hugged Huang Pingping: "You promised me, that means you promised me. I'm saying it's you who promised to be my boyfriend."

He hugged Huang Pingping, his fluffy head rubbing against her shoulder: "I'll be good, I won't sneak around beating up Feng Fan like that again next time, don't be angry, and don't date other people, okay?"

Wu Zhensheng thought to himself, "Next time I beat up Feng Fan, I won't sneak around. I'll go openly and honestly, okay?"

Huang Pingping was unaware of Wu Zhensheng's scheme and replied haughtily, "Then I'll take a look first."

Wu Zhensheng: "You just wait and see. I'll make sure you do well and won't give you the chance to find someone else!"

Huang Pingping: "Hmph."

Mingxi, who was eavesdropping, was so sickened by the sweet talk between the two that her teeth ached.

She really has bad eyesight.

Otherwise, why would anyone think Wu Zhensheng is tongue-tied and doesn't know how to speak properly?

Wu Zhensheng is quite eloquent, isn't he?

Seeing that she wasn't needed here, Mingxi quietly moved out, preparing to leave.

But before she could move very far, her body bumped into a fleshy wall.

At the same time, a "Ouch!" sounded behind her.

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Author's note: Xiao Huang: Balabala, what lessons have you learned from this incident?

Xiao Wu: Yes, next time I hit someone with a club, I'll gag them first so they can't make a sound!

Xiao Huang: I mean fighting is bad!

Xiao Wu nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, fighting is bad (but I'll do it again next time)."

Author's Note: Hehehe, let's clap our hands and celebrate this young couple officially getting together! (Clapping sounds)

P.S.: I'll be posting tomorrow, so the update might be a little late, probably tonight. You can check back then, everyone! [kissing emojis]

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I'm a cannon fodder female supporting character, but I have a system brother.

Having lost both parents at a young age and being unloved by her grandparents, Xiang Qing, who was as delicate as a cabbage in a field, suddenly discovered that she was a character in a storybook and was bound to a strange thing called "Xi Tong".

"Xi Tong" told her that her cousin Xiang Nuannuan was the protagonist of the storybook, while she was a cannon fodder female supporting character in the storybook.

According to the storybook, she would have her identity stolen by Xiang Nuannuan, her fiancé taken away, and even her college entrance exam scores stolen by Xiang Nuannuan, ultimately leading to her breakdown and suicide. Xiang Nuannuan, on the other hand, would use her identity to marry into the steel factory owner's family and live happily ever after.

Xiang Nuannuan scratched her cheek: "Identity replacement? Me? What identity of mine could be replaced?"

"Xi Tong": "Of course it's because she's the child of a martyr! What do you think Xiang Nuannuan deserves to be able to go to the city and attend high school? It's because she took your place as the child of a martyr!"

Xiang Nuan: "Oh, I see."

"Xi Tong": "? And then what? You knew Xiang Nuan had taken your place and you didn't say anything?"

Xiang Nuan scratched her cheek again: "Should I do something to show my appreciation?"

"Xi Tong": "Rise up! Slap them in the face! Expose Xiang Nuannuan and reclaim her status as a martyr's child!"

Xiang Nuannuan looked confused: "Huh?"

"Xitong": "Fine, I think you're just a silly girl. Just listen to me, do whatever I say..."

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Metabolism Bridge, a rich second-generation living in the 21st century, is transported into a historical novel by accident.

Transmigrating into a book isn't the problem; the problem is that after transmigrating, you can only possess the body of a cannon fodder female supporting character!

Xie Zhiqiao observed the female supporting character in his mind for more than ten days and found that she was a pitiful little girl who was bullied by her whole family. Full of a sense of justice and eager to fight for justice, Xie Zhiqiao couldn't sit still.

He pretended to be a system, guiding the female supporting character step by step on how to get rid of her vampire family, leading her out of the countryside, until she shone brightly and found her own admirer.

Seeing the jerk confessing his love to the female supporting character, Xie Zhiqiao couldn't sit still any longer.

A simple, straightforward, native female supporting character * A cunning, disguise-system transmigrated male character

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