Chapter 4: Not only is her fiancé unconscious, but she also has a child.
Xia Yuhuan was invited to Zhang Xianya's study for a talk, and the housekeeper was asked to prepare hot tea and snacks.
"Did you come here to cancel the engagement?" Zhang Xianya asked proactively.
Xia Yuhuan was accidentally scalded by the boiling tea because of her words.
Tears welled up in her eyes from the burn, and she stuck out her tongue, looking extremely pitiful.
Zhang Xianya was startled and quickly stepped forward to gently fan her with her hand, asking with concern, "How are you? Should we go to the hospital?"
Xia Yuhuan waved her hand, and after a moment, said, "No need, no need, I'm fine."
Fortunately, she reacted quickly and only burned the tip of her tongue. The stinging sensation had subsided by now, and although there was still some pain and numbness, it was bearable.
"Auntie, you've misunderstood. I didn't mean to cancel the engagement," Xia Yuhuan quickly explained.
Zhang Xianya was delighted upon hearing this and quickly asked, "So what do you want to say that's related to the wedding?"
"I just wanted to ask you about the bride price." Xia Yuhuan said generously, "I shouldn't be involved in the bride price, but as you know, I was just brought home, and my parents aren't really sincere towards me."
“The person who raised me all these years is my grandfather in the countryside. I hope you can give the bride price directly to me so I can give it to my grandfather, instead of my so-called father.”
Zhang Xianya was genuinely surprised that Xia Yuhuan wanted to talk about this, and was somewhat taken aback.
Seeing this, Xia Yuhuan misunderstood: "The betrothal gifts have already been given to my father. Is it inconvenient for you to ask for them back? That's alright, I can handle it myself."
She will definitely find a way to get the bride price back; in any case, Xia Jianyong shouldn't even think about getting any advantage from her!
Zhang Xianya quickly replied, "No, I'm just a little surprised. I had already prepared the betrothal gifts and originally planned to send them to the Xia family on the wedding day. Since you've made this request, then I'll just give the betrothal gifts to you directly."
"Or you could give me an address, and I can send the betrothal gifts directly to your grandfather."
Xia Yuhuan: "No need, we can just stay at the Chi family's place for now."
She finally managed to get Qin Xiangrong's permission not to tell her grandfather about her upcoming marriage.
At a time like this, she dared not send the betrothal gifts to her grandfather. If he saw them, he would be extremely worried about her.
Moreover, she intends to divorce Chi Yanzhou once he wakes up. Rather than moving around, she might as well stay at the Chi family home to avoid trouble.
She didn't want to take advantage of the Chi family.
Zhang Xianya nodded in agreement.
"Also, there's something else I'd like to ask for your help with," Xia Yuhuan said.
“You said that as long as it’s not illegal or disorderly, I will definitely help you if I can,” Zhang Xianya said.
As long as Xia Yuhuan isn't here to break off the engagement, she'll fulfill any request Xia Yuhuan makes, as long as she can do it.
“Xia Zhuyu is of age and has no job. She should have responded to the national policy and gone to the countryside as an educated youth long ago. But my father couldn’t bear to part with her and kept her by his side, which is obviously not in accordance with the regulations.”
“I hope she can go down the path she was meant to take and become an educated youth sent to the countryside.”
Zhang Xianya was startled by what she heard, and her gaze toward Xia Yuhuan became sharp.
"Why did you send Xia Zhuyu to the countryside? Is it because you've been living in the countryside while she's been enjoying a comfortable life with your father all these years, and you're jealous, so you did this?"
Xia Yuhuan spoke directly, and Zhang Xianya asked the same question directly.
If Xia Yuhuan's desire to send Xia Zhuyu to the countryside to suffer was truly driven by jealousy and selfishness, then her character was questionable. Zhang Xianya began to waver in her decision regarding Xia Yuhuan's marriage to Chi Yanzhou.
Chi Yanzhou is already unconscious. If he marries a woman with questionable character, she might end up killing him instead of bringing him good luck. Zhang Xianya would go crazy.
"Of course not, but I do want to do this for revenge," Xia Yuhuan said frankly.
Just as she had told Qin Xiangrong before, her only impression of the Chi family was that they were all in the military, that the Chi family patriarch was a veteran general who had participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and that the family had a clean and upright family tradition and were all fair and honest good people.
Since she came to the Chi family for support, she naturally wouldn't lie.
Xia Yuhuan recounted how Xia Zhuyu had bullied her, both openly and secretly, after she returned, and also described today's conflict.
“Before I came to the Chi family, I was robbed on the road. Those people said they wanted to find something on me.”
“I haven’t made any enemies since I came to the capital, except for Xia Zhuyu. I suspect those people were sent by her.”
"If they just wanted to steal my things, that would be one thing, but from what they said, they also wanted to violate me and ruin my reputation. How could I tolerate that?"
"I have no one to rely on in the capital, and the only connection I have is with the Chi family."
“I thought that since I was about to marry Chi Yanzhou, I would be considered half a member of the Chi family. If something happened, I would instinctively want to ask my family for help.”
"Looking back now, I realize I was too presumptuous and rash. Please pretend I never said anything about sending Xia Zhuyu to the countryside."
Before transmigrating into the book, Xia Yuhuan was a medical researcher who liked to be straightforward. So she came to the Chi family for help in order to leverage their influence. Now that Zhang Xianya was unwilling, she simply gave up without feeling any regret.
She could find another way to send Xia Zhuyu to the countryside; there was no need to force Zhang Xianya.
"Auntie, I don't have anything else to do, so I'll be leaving now..."
Seeing that she was about to get up and leave, Zhang Xianya quickly grabbed her.
"Yu Huan, I'm sorry. I misunderstood you because I was being petty. Auntie apologizes. I'm sorry, can you forgive me?"
Zhang Xianya's sincere apology left Xia Yuhuan somewhat at a loss.
She quickly said, "You don't need to apologize. It was my request that was too abrupt."
“I misunderstood you, so of course I should apologize. If what you said is true, I will personally arrange for Xia Zhuyu to go to the countryside.” Zhang Xianya said with a serious expression.
When she first heard Xia Yuhuan's request, she thought she was a narrow-minded person who bullied others by relying on her power.
But after hearing the reason, I realized that Xia Yuhuan was actually a simple-minded, frank and straightforward person.
Zhang Xianya held Xia Yuhuan's hand and said gently, "Yuhuan, I'm so happy that you can rely on and trust me as family. I promise you, as long as you are willing to marry Yan Zhou as promised, I will treat you as my own daughter."
It's pitiful to talk about this child. Her biological father is still alive, but she hasn't received any fatherly love. When something happened, she didn't want to ask her biological father for help. Instead, she came to her future mother-in-law, whom she had never met before, for help. This shows how disappointed she is in her biological father.
Since she was truly willing to marry Chi Yanzhou, Zhang Xianya would not hesitate to protect her.
Xia Yuhuan could sense Zhang Xianya's sincerity.
She had a very good impression of Zhang Xianya and immediately smiled and nodded: "I am also looking forward to the day I marry into this family."
After careful consideration, Xia Yuhuan decided not to tell Zhang Xianya about Chi Yanzhou's health condition now.
If we alert the enemy, that would be bad.
"How can you be so good to me? I truly love you. If Yanzhou hadn't had that accident, he would definitely love you too," Zhang Xianya said, her eyes red.
Xia Yuhuan could feel Zhang Xianya's deep maternal love for Chi Yanzhou.
She was somewhat envious, after all, she had never had a mother in either of her lives.
Although the original owner's biological mother loved her very much, the original owner had never met her since childhood and, like her, had never experienced maternal love. They were both equally pitiful.
Xia Yuhuan couldn't help but soften her voice to comfort her: "If he hadn't had that accident, I wouldn't have been able to get this marriage. It's a special fate between us."
"Besides, he's only temporarily unconscious. He's such a good person, he'll definitely wake up. Don't be sad."
Zhang Xianya smiled through her tears: "That's true. If Yan Zhou hadn't been in a coma and hadn't had a child, your father wouldn't have gone to such lengths to find you and have you marry in his place. He wouldn't have been so reluctant to let Xia Zhuyu marry into the family."
Xia Yuhuan was filled with questions.
What the hell? Chi Yanzhou is not only unconscious, but also has a child?
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