Su Qingzhi, her eyes red-rimmed, wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, raised her head, and looked at him with a resolute expression.
"You're saying I'm not good enough for Shen Zhiyu? Fine, then I'll marry him! After all, he also has the surname Shen and is a son of the Shen family."
Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this.
A tall, handsome young man was walking slowly toward them.
He was wearing a coarse cloth garment with several patches on it.
"Hey, who's that?"
People were whispering among themselves.
"Oh, isn't this Shen Cunpu, the famous man from our village?"
Another person in the know whispered.
Shen Cunpu had already approached the crowd.
The shock on his face had not yet subsided.
This is not the daughter of the Su family.
His younger brother, Shen Zhiyu, was the fiancé of that Miss Su, whom she had never married.
Why would she suddenly say she wants to marry me in public?
He was momentarily stunned and his brows furrowed.
The blazing sun had now climbed to the center of the sky.
Shen Cunpu was bathed in sunlight.
His entire figure seemed to be edged with gold.
Despite his extremely simple and old clothes, his muscular physique was still undeniable.
Although his complexion was slightly pale and haggard due to years of hard work.
But that heroic spirit has not diminished in the slightest.
So outstanding!
Su Qingzhi stood not far away watching, a satisfied and pleased smile involuntarily appearing on her lips.
This is more like the real male protagonist in a novel!
She recalled the original plot in her mind.
At that time, Shen Cunpu was just a sickly young man who was weak and prone to illness. He coughed constantly and often had difficulty breathing.
Even worse, he had to endure bullying from Zhu Xiuqin, a fellow villager.
He had to work in the fields at the young age of eight to earn work points to support his entire family.
She once heard the female lead gently say in the drama, "An elder brother is like a father, and should sacrifice and dedicate himself to his younger siblings."
She had always found it strange.
They are clearly a family connected by blood, so why is Zhu Xiuqin so biased?
It wasn't until later that she realized it.
It turns out that Shen Cunpu was not the biological son of the Shen family.
Instead, it was a child that Zhu Xiuqin adopted from outside.
The Shen Cunpu who was passed down by word of mouth among the villagers and regarded as a descendant of the Shen family was nothing but a lie she had carefully laid out.
His true identity is actually the biological son of the richest man who has been lost for many years.
Yet this wealthy only son, who should have lived a life of luxury, was deceived and exploited by the greedy Zhu Xiuqin.
Working day and night, staying up late to work.
He overworked himself during those years of severe famine, and eventually fell ill at a young age and passed away prematurely.
Shortly after his death, the richest man mobilized various forces to search for his relatives.
The family heirloom that Zhu Xiuqin kept close to her body was given to her biological son, Shen Zhiyu.
Shen Zhiyu suddenly became a scion of a wealthy family, taking over the fate that originally belonged to Shen Cunpu.
After marrying Liu Yuelan, he became even more successful in high society.
And what about the pitiful yet loyal and affectionate Shen Cunpu?
They were kept in the dark about this huge scam from beginning to end.
After his death, he didn't even have a proper coffin and was hastily buried on the small hillside behind Qingshan Village.
Even a tombstone has not been erected.
Thinking of all this, Su Qingzhi felt a deep pain in her heart.
Since fate has brought me to this era.
Let her be reborn in this form, for this lifetime...
Let her protect him!
That life of betrayal, forgetting, and even dying without a second glance will never be repeated!
She vowed to make all those who wronged her pay with their blood.
She, Su Qingzhi, is destined to be the wife of the richest man!
As for the Shen family, who had been ruthless and cruel to him and had done all sorts of bad things, she certainly wouldn't let them off easily!
Shen Cunpu stood a few steps away, his eyes never leaving Su Qingzhi.
Yes, he was indeed reborn and personally experienced the suffering and betrayal of his previous life.
Those memories remain painfully clear.
He works hard all day but no one is grateful; when he is sick and bedridden, his family avoids him like the plague.
In the end, he lay alone on the cold bed, closing his eyes in despair.
Back then, the villagers wouldn't even provide a decent coffin.
They could only hastily bury him on the spot with a tattered straw mat.
He still remembers clearly that Su Qingzhi, when she first married into the Shen family in her previous life, was a timid and delicate person who dared not say a word.
But the person standing in front of him now...
She is not the person I remember.
Looking at her transformed appearance, he felt a strange sense of peace.
It seems that no matter how difficult the road ahead, I am no longer afraid.
Even more surprisingly, why did she suddenly leave Shen Zhiyu and choose to leave him, who was already sick and frail?
Could it be...?
Is this just a joke?
Zhu Xiuqin couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Oh dear, what nonsense are you talking about? You want to marry Shen Cunpu?"
"Yes, that's right."
She stretched out her slender, white palm and slowly opened it.
"Either you help me fulfill my grandfather's wish and let me smoothly enter the Shen family; or you can return the engagement gifts I received and the money my family has given you over the years."
"How can this child say such outrageous things?"
Zhu Xiuqin paused for a moment, her tone somewhat displeased.
"I've always considered you as our future daughter-in-law!"
"Once you enter the family, you will be the eldest daughter-in-law of the Shen family's eldest branch. You will have to help manage the household and share the responsibility of taking care of the entire family with your new husband."
In this way, they can cleverly avoid paying a debt of gratitude without having to return the engagement tokens.
Thinking of this, Zhu Xiuqin was overjoyed.
"Oh dear, I think we should choose today instead of a good day. Let's get them married tonight!"
As she spoke, she addressed the group of middle-aged women who had gathered to watch the commotion, saying, "You all remember to come and have some wedding candy and give me red envelopes!"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged women who had initially gathered to watch the spectacle immediately changed their expressions and turned to leave.
Only Shen Cunpu remained standing there.
He stared at Su Qingzhi's resolute face.
"My health isn't good, I might not live more than a few years... Will you regret marrying me?"
He really didn't understand why Su Qingzhi would make such a choice.
Logically speaking, shouldn't a normal person choose Shen Zhiyu?
Throughout his life, he was frail and sickly, his body was never very strong, and he would cough incessantly.
Not only was his health poor, but he also had to worry about and work hard for the Shen family all year round.
How could someone like me possibly catch Su Qingzhi's eye?
Su Qingzhi was slightly taken aback.
A few thoughts flashed through her mind.
That sounds like...
Could it be...
Is he really someone who has been reborn?
She pondered this to herself, but did not immediately point it out.
She didn't rush to answer the question; instead, she started to think about it in her mind.
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