Chapter 252 Episode 16

"Hmph, he looks alright, but..."

“But what?” Xu Shanshan’s outstretched chopsticks froze in mid-air.

Xu Shanshan turned her head and asked. When her mother saw her looking over, she looked away and said, "Ahem... Girls are destined to be like rapeseed, that's your fate. Just treat her well."

Xu Shanshan's knuckles turned white as she gripped the chopsticks. If it were just a guess before, now that her mother had said this, she was almost certain that her mother knew something clearly.

That's true. She and Wang Jinghui's parents are from the same generation. Even though she's a woman who doesn't go out much, there are still social obligations in the wives' circle. They always need to know things that the younger generation doesn't.

so……

Her mother knows everything?

Knowing everything, in the previous life, she just watched her act like a fool, focusing all her attention on Wang Jinghui.

Even before she went to the capital with Wen Changyu, she said, "Alas, it's because your father had an accident. If it weren't for your father's accident, you and that boy from the Wang family would have been a perfect match!"

“You two, you grew up together as childhood sweethearts, such a perfect match, cough cough…” She grabbed her and cried her heart out.

Then her already unwilling heart became even more resentful.

But her mother knew perfectly well that Wang Jinghui was...

Knowing full well that Wang Jinghui liked men, he said those things to her...

"You never hoped for my well-being from the very beginning?" Xu Shanshan asked, her voice trembling slightly.

Startled by her question, Xu's mother hesitated, her confusion tinged with guilt. "...What nonsense are you talking about?"

Although Xu's mother was not the same Xu's mother from the previous life, she knew that Wang Jinghui's family had a long-standing tradition of liking men, and that once a woman married into the family, she would stay in an empty house.

She knew, but didn't stop her daughter from associating with Wang Jinghui, so she subconsciously felt guilty.

Xu Shanshan was questioning about her past life.

In her previous life... if her mother hadn't said those words to her before she and Wen Changyu left, she might not have felt so resentful.

If... if her mother were like other mothers, saying a few words that genuinely cared for her, perhaps... perhaps she wouldn't...

She looked at the frail woman before her, and had never felt such hatred in her heart before. "Nonsense?"

"Bang!" Xu Shanshan threw down her chopsticks and stood up angrily. "You knew Wang Jinghui liked men, but you didn't tell me?"

"You didn't even stop me from seeing him. You...you just want to watch me jump into a fire pit, don't you?" Xu Shanshan questioned loudly, tears streaming down her cheeks.

The chopsticks that flew through the air almost hit Xu's mother's face, and her face darkened immediately. "What are you doing?"

Xu Junjun was also stunned at this moment, ignoring the chopsticks flying around. "Man..." She swallowed hard. "Wang Jinghui likes men?"

She glanced at Xu Shanshan, then finally fixed her gaze on her mother's face.

Xu's mother looked away, avoiding eye contact.

"...Mother, is this...is this true?" Xu Junjun asked again.

Xu's mother immediately retorted irritably, "What do you mean, 'men' and 'women'?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I don't understand!" she said, getting up to go to the bed behind the curtain.

But Xu Shanshan stopped her, "You don't know?"

"Do you dare swear?"

"On New Year's Eve this year, you swear a solemn oath: if you ever find out that Wang Jinghui likes men, may you die a horrible death; if I have wronged you, may I die a horrible death."

Upon hearing this, Xu's mother immediately flew into a rage, raising her hand and slapping herself repeatedly across the face while yelling, "Why am I not dead yet? Why am I not dead yet..."

Xu Shanshan finally murmured, "You won't get away with this!"

After that, although Xu Shanshan and her mother lived under the same roof, they stopped talking to each other.

Xu Junjun didn't know who to advise for a moment.

She tried to persuade Xu Shanshan, but her mother hadn't mentioned such a serious matter as Wang Jinghui's liking for men...

Should she persuade her mother?

She dares not!

When Xu Junjun met the cousin of the young female soldier, an older man in his thirties, about 1.6 meters tall, he stared at Xu Junjun like a wolf seeing a lamb.

Xiao Jun's mother kept saying, "My cousin is honest and doesn't talk much, but he cares about his family."

"Once you marry into the family, I will never let you suffer any injustice."

Mrs. Xu sat there, a kind smile on her face, and greeted them, "Have some water, have some water. We didn't have any tea leaves at home, so we made it with brown sugar. Please don't mind."

The brown sugar was something Xu Shanshan tricked Wang Jinghui into buying.

So Xu Shanshan scoffed, "Using other people's things to do favors, how interesting."

The young soldier's wife immediately looked embarrassed.

However, the younger cousin glanced at Xu Shanshan, his eyes gleaming.

Xu Junjun whispered to her mother, "Mom, I...I want to work for another two years."

It means I disagree!

Xiao Jun's mother quickly told Xu's mother, "It's alright. Let's settle things first, and then the two of you can cultivate your relationship. It's not the old society anymore; arranged marriages and silent marriages aren't common anymore. You understand, we all understand."

"My cousin, don't be so quiet. He may seem honest, but he's actually very caring. He's very hardworking at home and a great help with chores."

"He's nothing like those pretentious men outside."

He's a very honest person.

"What if you marry someone you don't know anything about, someone who's unreliable, someone who spends all their money on other things, and someone who won't even help you if the oil bottle falls over at home? How are you going to live then? Don't you think so, Junjun's mother?"

“Yes, that’s right,” Mrs. Xu nodded with a smile.

Xu Junjun was so anxious she was about to cry, "Mother..."

Xu's mother slapped her hand, stopping her from speaking.

Fortunately, he didn't agree to it in the end.

As soon as the person left, she began to criticize Xu Junjun, saying, "You look down on him. If you weren't so young, he might not have even been interested in you."

"He's a bit older, but he has a formal job, he's hardworking, and most importantly, he's honest."

"If you marry into this family, you'll never be mistreated in your life. What more could you ask for?"

“Even though she’s so good, I haven’t seen her marry into that family,” Xu Shanshan suddenly said.

Xu's mother was so angry that she trembled, but Xu Junjun breathed a sigh of relief.

Upon hearing this, Xu's mother did not lash out at Xu Shanshan, but instead continued to scold Xu Junjun, repeatedly expressing her deep concern for her.

"Since you're so ungrateful, then I'm not going to bother with you anymore, not at all, not at all, never again."

"You can do whatever you want, whether it's a blessing or a curse, you'll have to bear it yourselves."

"When I die, I'll close my eyes and you can't blame me."

The Xu family's New Year passed just like that.

After the New Year, Wen Changyu stayed in the army as before.

After seeing Commander Wen, he started paying attention to the doorway of his office.

It seems like a soldier will come over and say, "Commander, a girl is looking for you!"

But no one came. Commander Wen was busy after the New Year and didn't invite him to his home for dinner again.

Time flies, and it's already April.

In April, Xu Shanshan's factory was merged, and both sisters were laid off.

Xu Junjun cried as she packed her things, "Shanshan, what are we going to do now?"

Xu Shanshan said, "I need to go to Beijing."

"ah?"