Chapter 198
Zhong Qiao softly recited these words: "As long as I am happy and content, that's enough."
She suddenly smiled. As expected, after being disciplined, she was not allowed to have even the slightest selfish thought. Today, it was rare to hear someone tell her that as long as she was happy and satisfied, it was enough. She was a little shocked.
"Ji Hebai." Zhong Qiao walked in front of him. "Sometimes I think, it would be great if I were a man. Whether now or in the future, men really do have an easier life than women."
Ji Hebai was silent for a few seconds, then said, "Zhong Qiao, I've always wanted to ask you what happened during those years you were with Xu Shaojun? You've changed a lot, or rather, you're completely different."
Zhong Qiao smiled and said, "Perhaps, after a life-or-death experience, I will suddenly understand many things."
She didn't continue talking. Some things are better left as is. However, to Ji Hebai, these words meant that she had suffered a lot.
It's true that her future was originally bright, but she was deceived by Xu Shaojun and went to Suzhou on her own will, had a child, and then divorced, all in one go.
But he knew Zhong Qiao very well.
Zhong Qiao is a traditional woman at heart. If she had truly married Xu Shaojun, she would not have divorced suddenly. There must have been too many things that she could not bear, so Zhong Qiao would have left in complete disappointment.
This is probably what she meant by what she said.
"Zhong Qiao." Ji Hebai stopped, picked up her hand, and suddenly placed it on his cheek, "You have me now."
"I won't let you down."
Those fancy promises were really hard to bring out, but Ji Hebai still wanted to tell her urgently at this moment that not everyone was like Xu Shaojun. As long as she looked back, he was still there.
Zhong Qiao felt the warmth coming from the palm of his hand and his heart skipped a beat.
This feeling is very strange.
She had never felt this way about anyone before, more like a pool of stagnant water, but today, she felt her heart pounding in her chest.
Just because of the person in front of me.
"Ji Hebai." Zhong Qiao lowered his eyes and looked at his palm. "I always thought you were reserved, even not good at expressing yourself, but you seem to love telling me that you like me."
"Besides, you don't speak with your mouth, more often with your eyes and actions."
"So, why do you like me?"
This problem has troubled her for too long.
She didn't understand why someone was so obsessed with her.
Ji Hebai said: "It seems that you really don't remember."
Zhong Qiao looked up at him.
"This happened a long time ago." Ji Hebai talked about a story from long ago.
"They were engaged since they were little. The boy liked the girl very much, but he was too fat and was laughed at by others. The girl was pretty, clean and excellent, so he felt very inferior."
"Once he saw the girl rescuing a kitten on the roadside, he fell in love with her even more."
"Later on, he started working hard to lose weight, just looking forward to meeting the girl. But he was a step too late, and the girl already had someone she liked, so he chose to bless her."
"One day, the girl's boyfriend spread rumors and even said obscene things about her. The boy couldn't stand it anymore and beat him up on the spot. He was expelled from school because of this, but he didn't regret it. He still thought that this man was not a good person and wanted to pursue the girl back."
"But the girl went to Suzhou with the boy, had a child, and started a new family. The boy once again chose to give in. The last time I heard from the girl, she was divorced."
"He then realized that the girl was not happy after marriage, so he wanted to seize this opportunity."
"That person is you, Zhong Qiao."
After such a long speech, Zhong Qiao finally sorted out everything.
It turned out that they had known each other for a long time, but because the boy was too fat and had a very low presence at that time, the girl did not recognize him.
Zhong Qiao asked, "Just for this?"
She smiled bitterly: "Have you ever thought that she is not worthy of you doing this?"
"She's stupid. She's so willful even about something like getting married. She's being criticized by thousands of people. And you still want to like her? She doesn't deserve it."
"No." Ji Hebai said firmly, "I've decided on her."
"I will always like her, both now and in the future."
The wind blew by, and Zhong Qiao was speechless. He could only hear the sound of the two people's equally burning hearts beating wildly in their chests.
"Okay." She couldn't look directly into the other person's burning eyes like a teenager, so she had to compromise like an elder, "Ji Hebai, don't look at me like that. I give up."
*
After Uncle Lin fell ill, Zhong's father and two other brothers took him home and took turns taking care of him.
As the days passed, Zhong Qiao often stared at the other person's every move, but the other person did not show anything abnormal.
Zhong Siqi noticed something was wrong with her and asked, "Sister, why are you always staring at Uncle Lin?"
Zhong Qiao was sitting outside the door with a bench in the sun, actually monitoring Uncle Lin. He said unhappily, "It's none of your business."
Zhong Siqi said, "Sis, ever since Uncle Lin came here, something has been wrong with you. You've been acting like a jerk and skipping work every day. You just sit here basking in the sun."
Zhong Qiao said, "I work so hard every day, isn't it normal to give myself a break once in a while?"
Zhong Siqi was blocked by her words and had to give in: "Even if I didn't say it, sister, you can bask in the sun if you like."
He left. He had agreed to meet Xiao He today, but he didn't know if she was waiting anxiously.
Zhong Qiao was basking in the sun outside and felt drowsy.
Ji Hebai came over after finishing his work.
He felt a little distressed: "There's no need to watch him so closely. He can't do anything in broad daylight. Just be down-to-earth and act like usual."
Zhong Qiao shook his head: "No, I always feel that he will make a move soon, but the time has not come yet. I must keep a close eye on him."
Ji Hebai wanted to help her monitor, but was also rejected.
It was another evening and the sky was gradually getting dark.
Zhong Qiao, who was sitting at the door pretending to mend the quilt, almost fell asleep. She only reacted when the silver needle cut her index finger.
When I looked again, Uncle Lin, who was reading in the yard, was gone.
Zhong Qiao's heart was filled with alarm. He searched for a long time but couldn't find the man. So he grabbed Zhong's mother and asked, "Where's Uncle Lin? Where did he go?"
It was the first time that Mother Zhong saw her lose her composure like this. She said in a daze, "Your Uncle Lin and your father went fishing by the river."
"Fishing?" Zhong Qiao asked, "Which river?"
I don't fish early or late, but I choose this time when it's almost dark.
Zhong Qiao suddenly felt something was wrong, so he put on a coat and ran outside.
Behind him, Zhong's mother chased after him a few steps: "What are you doing so late at night?"
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