Chapter 325 I Don’t Want to Compromise

Old Mrs. Jiang also smiled and said, "In fact, when we first arrived in Kyoto, we thought that Xiu'er would have children, so we bought them several houses in Zhaoyang District. So this time we gave Guaibao a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment with a yard and a small courtyard house as a dowry."

The faces of the Jiang family's relatives were almost twisted with envy, jealousy and hatred, but they knew that the Jiang family were kind people who would not easily care about anything, but their attitude was firm, so they had not gained any advantage over the years and could only barely maintain the interaction during the festivals.

An Zhixia looked at her brother and Fang Yuan, and smiled without refusing. She didn't need these two properties, so she just accepted them and could make up for it from other sources later.

"As for the betrothal gift, Fang Yuan said it was 11,314 yuan."

With a betrothal gift of 5,200 yuan, two 500-year-old ginsengs, and a courtyard house in the central district, the 10,000 yuan did not surprise the crowd, as if they were already numb. Kyoto was indeed full of hidden talents, and a small clerk in a transport team had a fortune of tens of thousands.

An Zhixia looked at Fang Yuan in a daze. The other party smiled at her and said silently: "For a lifetime!"

Her eyes were red, and she chuckled and nodded vigorously.

Not long after, several familiar families in the compound came to attend their engagement party.

There were three large tables in the house and three large tables in the yard. They ordered food directly from the cafeteria, nine dishes and one soup, which had the good meaning of perfection.

After the guests had left, the two elders of the Jiang family went to rest as they were not feeling well. Mother Jiang asked the three children to go to bed with her. However, Jiang Shiming and An Zhiqiu kept talking to Fang Yuan and would not let the two young couple spend time together.

Fang Hongye kept holding her stomach and laughing beside An Zhixia: "Do you think Brother Yuan will not be able to withstand these two brothers-in-law and get punched by each of them? Look at him, he looks at you more than ten times a minute, and I have never seen him show his emotions so much."

An Zhixia pursed her lips and smiled, earning him an accusing glare.

"Brother Yuan is such a calm and generous person, and he doesn't usually show off his talents. I really can't imagine that you two would end up together," Fang Hongye smiled for a while and said with emotion, "There are very few people like you who are willing to stand by him when he is in his infancy."

An Zhixia's eyes were filled with joy. "I never thought he had such feelings for me. He is quite attractive. If he falls in love with someone, no one can escape it, right? I am lucky to be loved and respected by him."

It was his perseverance and the way he boiled the frog in warm water that gradually made her let down her guard against this world, creating a hole and allowing him to get in.

Finally, Fang Hongye couldn't stand it anymore, so she stepped forward and grabbed An Zhiqiu's ear and dragged him back to the house. She also said helplessly to Jiang Shiming: "Brother, when grandma comes out of her rest later, she will see you occupying her good-looking husband-to-be. Be careful that you will be urged to get married..."

Jiang Shiming jumped up from the sofa as soon as he heard it, his face sank and he said, "I have something else to do at work, so I'll leave first."

An Zhixia chased him to the door and said with a smile: "Brother, running away is not a solution. You might as well take the initiative to solve the marriage issue. This is the best way to solve the problem once and for all!"

Jiang Shiming rubbed her hair hard, said "little old lady" and rode away on his motorcycle.

"Alas, I don't know who my future cousin's wife is and whether she can marry my eldest brother to me," An Zhixia was really worried about treating the Jiang family as her own.

Fang Yuan walked up behind her and said with a smile, "Everyone has their own destiny, and you can't rush it. He's probably like me, not wanting to settle for anything less."

An Zhixia thought of him in the original text, and also remembered that she had also wasted her time until she was thirty, so she couldn't help but ask, "If you never meet your destiny in your life, will you keep waiting?"

Even though she had very clear thoughts about love and marriage, she did not dare to assert that if she was not reborn in this life, she would not be able to bear the loneliness for the rest of her life and would reluctantly find someone to live with.

He smoothed her messy hair and led her to the house on the second floor.

An Zhixia is usually particularly well-behaved and soft at times like this, like a dough doll, which is incredibly adorable.

After entering the room and closing the door, he pulled the person hard and both of them fell heavily onto the bed.

"Yes, if I can't wait for you in this life, I will wait for you in the next life. I don't believe that God treats me so badly," he stroked her cheek lovingly, his voice hoarse but firm: "I, Fang Yuan, only recognize you in my life, Xia Xia, I love you, and want to live a simple life with you until the end of my life. No matter what difficulties we encounter in the future, you promise me that you will never let go of my hand, okay?"

An Zhixia looked into his cautious, pleading eyes, smiled and put her arms around his neck, "As long as you don't let me down, I will accompany you all the way!"

He held her tightly in his arms and whispered in her ear, "I would rather betray the world than you..."

After dinner, Fang Yuan left with his three children, looking back every few steps.

An Zhixia spent an entire night designing the test questions with the direction, content and scope that she had previously determined. She referred to the national examinations of later generations and divided the test paper into two parts. One part tested comprehensive knowledge and ability, covering astronomy and geography, and there were also some questions that tested the transformation of thinking, such as finding patterns and solving cases. However, she took into account the teaching level of this era, the special unrest, and the memory decline of young people who left school. The questions were not difficult and could ensure that she could select excellent employees; the other part was four subjective questions, which tested the candidates' ability to analyze and debate, and could also peek into their three views.

After the morning meeting, two comrades from the bureau came and took Jiao Yunlan away directly.

Everyone looked at them curiously and surrounded the director who had rushed over after hearing the news and asked him questions.

"Leader, what's going on? Why was Deputy Director Xiao Jiao taken away by the comrades in the police station?"

"Isn't she an arsonist?"

"Of course she did. She thought she could attract sponsorship like Xiao An's channel and produce high-rated programs. But the three variety shows were like small stones thrown into the sea, without making any splashes. She couldn't bear to see Xiao An's channel doing well, and at a critical moment, she burned the two thousand application letters that we had painstakingly selected from more than 100,000 submissions!"

"That's impossible. Deputy Director Xiao Jiao even helped us ask the station director for a family housing unit. He doesn't seem like someone who would disregard the overall situation."

"You can't judge a person by his appearance, but by his heart. She's only been here for a few days, and she's already made us all happy? People like her are very scheming, and you never know when they'll stab you in the back!"

The director pressed his hands repeatedly and said, "We are employees of the TV station, not gossipers on the street. We must rely on evidence when speaking. Before the matter is investigated, none of you can say a word! Don't you have a job? Go away!"

(End of this chapter)