Qin Shi grew increasingly furious. "Fine, so you're starting to call me 'sister' now, huh?"
"I'm fine." Li Shi rubbed her head and got up. "Sister Zhang, let's go. Her family is too fierce. Who knows how they'll bully Xiao Hua after she marries in."
Zhang was indeed somewhat afraid of Qin, and thinking of Xiaohua's soft and gentle nature, she gritted her teeth and said, "Qin, this matter is settled. Xiaohua will not marry into your family and suffer the wrath of your wicked mother-in-law. Our Xiaohua doesn't like your Dawei anymore, she doesn't want to marry him!"
Qin was so angry her head was spinning. Just as she was about to yell, the two of them had already sneaked away.
"What a mess!"
"In my opinion, you should go and have a serious talk with the Zhang family about this. Everyone in Peach Blossom Village knows that the Zhang family is going to marry into our Zhou family. Breaking off the engagement for no reason is making us look bad, isn't it?" The old lady was also angry.
"I'm going right now!" Before Qin Shi could even get up, Zhou Dawei had already run off ahead of her.
"I don't believe Xiaohua wouldn't want to marry me!"
"You silly child, wait for me!" Qin slapped her leg and chased after him.
They soon arrived at the Zhang family's house.
The door was packed with people, so Zhou Dawei simply climbed over the wall and entered the Zhang family's house, heading straight for Xiaohua's room.
"Little Flower!"
Zhang Xiaohua looked at him in astonishment and anxiously urged him to leave, "Why are you here? You should leave quickly, my mother will definitely blame me again if she sees you. You should leave now."
Zhou Dawei was very upset. "Xiaohua, aren't we childhood sweethearts? Why don't you want to marry me?"
"I'm not, I..."
Her eyes darted away, clearly showing her guilt.
Zhou Dawei felt a chill in his heart, but he persisted, asking, "Why? You have to give me a reason."
Zhang Xiaohua doesn't look at him, so you can't say she's weak-willed, or that she's afraid of being bullied because there are too many people in the Zhou family.
"Marriage is all decided by parents, I can't do it, Dawei, you should go back."
"I'll just ask you one question: Do you have me in your heart?"
Zhang Xiaohua closed her eyes, "We're all in the past."
Marriage is a lifelong commitment; you can't live on just a little bit of infatuation. You have to consider the actual circumstances.
As a young girl, she would be all alone if she married into the family. If she were bullied or wronged, she would have no one to complain to. Therefore, she had to be careful in choosing her marriage partner.
She believed Zhou Dawei wouldn't bully her, but what about his younger brothers? What about his second uncle? It was hard to guarantee they wouldn't.
Zhou Dawei's eyes stung with tears. He couldn't believe that their childhood friendship had been so easily dismissed.
"Oh dear, how dare you be so lawless! When did you sneak into my Xiaohua's room? No manners at all!" Zhang shouted.
Zhou Dawei was somewhat embarrassed, but Zhang's words became increasingly harsh, "You have such a vicious mind, you even dare to sneak into my house. This is my daughter's private room, how dare an outsider like you enter?"
"Aunt Zhang, I didn't..."
"Get out of here right now!" Zhang said, interrupting him. Li also looked at him with disdain, "With such a lack of manners, no wonder Xiaohua doesn't want to marry you."
"Dawei, come out!"
He heard his mother's voice from outside. Zhou Dawei glanced at Xiaohua with disappointment and strode to the door.
The villagers outside were chattering away, and Qin felt uncomfortable, so she revealed everything Zhang had done.
"How can there be such a person? They set a date and then changed it. Isn't that a scammer?"
"That's right, the Zhang family isn't exactly innocent either!"
Zhang was displeased. "What nonsense are you spouting? The Zhou family has a whole bunch of people in tow, and I, Xiaohua, am supposed to go and serve them all? To put up with all that mistreatment from them, would you even agree to that?"
"When did I ever ask Xiaohua to serve my family? When did I ever make her suffer?"
"You didn't say it, but nobody can guarantee what will happen in the future. Anyway, my Xiaohua will never marry your Dawei," Zhang snorted.
"If you ask me, no one in our village would want to marry their daughter to your Dawei. You're the only one who treats him like a treasure."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Qin was so angry that her eyes turned red. Zhang and Li joined forces against her, and she was about to curse them when Zhou Dawei interrupted her with a shout.
"Stop arguing!"
The group quieted down.
He said expressionlessly, "Since Xiaohua thinks the Li family is better than our Zhou family, then our two families will break off the engagement. Aunt Zhang, return all the betrothal gifts my family gave us. My mother and I will leave now!"
Qin's eyes welled up with tears, "Dawei..."
"fine."
Zhang took out all the food and paid extra for what she ate, as if she was afraid of getting involved with them.
"Mother, let's go home. I'm not going to get married."
Looking at her son's red-rimmed eyes, with tears welling up in his eyes, Qin felt unwilling to accept it.
"They're just talking nonsense. My Dawei is such a good man, there's no way he won't be able to find a wife."
Zhou Dawei laughed, "Yes, Mother, it's impossible for me not to get married. Don't worry, I'll definitely get a wife within the next two years."
"Isn't it just getting married?" A bright voice suddenly rang out from the crowd, followed by a young girl in a pale yellow dress rushing out.
"Brother Dawei, I'd like to marry you, are you in?"
Qin was stunned. That was the daughter of Old Xu's family in the village. Her mother died early, and her father was seriously ill and about to die. Now she was eighteen years old and no one dared to marry her.
Marrying her is the same as marrying her father; you can't just let her father die for the sake of marriage.
However, Qin was unaware that Xu Cuicui of the Xu family had always liked Zhou Dawei, but Zhou Dawei and Zhang Xiaohua were deeply in love, and she did not want to interfere, so she stopped seeing him.
Zhou Dawei also knew about this.
Xu Cuicui had once expressed her feelings for him.
"What's wrong, Brother Dawei? You don't want to?" Xu Cuicui was very carefree and sincere, staring at him with her almond-shaped eyes, without the slightest embarrassment or awkwardness.
"Brother Dawei, you can't marry her!" Zhang Xiaohua ran out, her eyes red-rimmed. "Didn't you say you didn't like her? How can you marry someone you don't like?"
Qin scoffed, "What's it to you? My Dawei will never marry you, no matter who he marries!"
"But can you bear to see him with someone he doesn't like..."
"Enough!"
Zhou Dawei exhaled a breath of stale air. He made up his mind and looked at Xu Cuicui, saying, "Cuicui, I don't like you right now, but feelings can be cultivated. As long as you trust me, I will definitely treat you well!"
Xu Cuicui smiled and said, "It's a deal, I won't go back on my word?"
Zhang Xiaohua shouted loudly, "Brother Dawei!"
Zhou Dawei closed his eyes briefly. "I can't do something that breaks my vow. If you dare to marry me, I dare to marry you!"
"Alright! Zhou Dawei, since you've spoken, I'll accept the betrothal gifts." Xu Cuicui took a piece of meat from Qin Shi's hand. "When do you suggest the wedding date?"
Just as Qin was about to interject, Zhou Dawei said firmly, "The day after tomorrow, it will be the day after tomorrow."
Qin was stunned. The day after tomorrow was the date he had originally set with Xiaohua. Wasn't he just being stubborn with Xiaohua?!
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