But this time is different. Arranging blind dates for someone without permission is completely disrespectful and an overstepping of one's bounds!
Looking at the anger in her eyes, Zhang Cishu felt a strange ripple in his heart.
When Grandpa worried about his affairs, he would get emotional, but he always remained calm and composed.
Xu Xinghe was biting her lip, her brows furrowed, and she couldn't help pacing back and forth. Her straightforward anger felt unfamiliar to him, yet also somewhat warm.
"Ci Shu, don't worry about this. I'll talk to Lian Xiao and make things clear. I'll teach him a lesson so he won't act recklessly again!"
“No need for a lesson.” Zhang Cishu shook his head. “I just hope he won’t act on his own again next time.”
After Zhang Cishu left, Xu Xinghe immediately put on her cotton-padded coat and stormed off to Lian Xiao's residence.
At this moment, Lian Xiao was nestled in his room listening to the radio. He had no training this morning and wanted to take a break.
"Bang--!"
The door was suddenly pushed open and then slammed shut with a loud bang.
Lian Xiao was so startled that he almost dropped the radio.
He looked up and saw Xu Xinghe standing at the door with a furious expression.
"Why are you making such a loud noise? It's terrifying!"
"How dare you ask?" Xu Xinghe strode up to him. "I'm asking you, did you secretly arrange a blind date for Zhang Cishu?"
Lian Xiao curled his lip, acting as if it was no big deal. "So what if he did? Did he really go and complain? Pshaw."
"Why are you cutting it! Straighten your attitude!" Xu Xinghe slammed her hand on the table in anger. "Why are you doing this? Do you think it's funny? Zhang Cishu has already said he doesn't want to go on a date. What right do you have to make that decision for him? Do you know that what you're doing not only disrespects Zhang Cishu, but is also delaying that girl's life!"
She became more and more agitated as she spoke, her voice trembling slightly. "If this gets out, what will people say about Zhang Cishu? Will they say he's playing with people? And what about that girl? She was dragged here for no reason and then rejected. Who knows what people will say about her in the future! It could even affect her ability to find a partner in the future!"
Seeing that she was truly angry, Lian Xiao dropped his nonchalant attitude, took out a piece of candy from his pocket, and placed it in front of her. "Do you have to get so angry? I thought he was just too embarrassed to ask, so I made the appointment for him. If he didn't want to, he could have just refused, wouldn't that have been enough?"
"Is this a question of refusing or not refusing?" Xu Xinghe swatted the candy away, and it rolled a few times on the ground. "Your approach was fundamentally wrong! Marriage is a serious matter; can you just make decisions for someone else like that? You're deceiving that girl and putting Zhang Cishu in a difficult position! And what about the military wife who arranged the match? How will she face her relatives in the future? You acted impulsively and ruined three people. Do you think that's right?"
Lian Xiao's face instantly darkened. His hand, still stinging from being slapped, throbbed with pain. His tone turned cold as well. "You came all this way just to take your anger out on me over something so trivial?"
Xu Xinghe felt powerless looking at his nonchalant attitude.
There's no way to reason with him!
She turned and left, saying, "Forget it, I can't be bothered to talk to you. You don't even understand where you went wrong! You shouldn't stay in Heilongjiang Province anymore, go back to Shanghai and be a rich young master! From now on, I won't say another word to you!"
As she reached the door, she abruptly turned around, her eyes filled with disappointment. "I was wrong. I always thought you weren't a bad person at heart, and I considered you a friend, trying to help you fit in here. Now it seems you're only suited to be alone; you don't deserve to have friends at all!"
"Don't be angry!" Upon hearing this, Lian Xiao panicked and took a long stride to block Xu Xinghe's path. He grabbed her wrist and softened his tone, "I was wrong, okay? Please don't ignore me."
"You call this admitting your mistake?" Xu Xinghe yanked her wrist hard. "You don't even know where you went wrong!"
Lian Xiao was taken aback, and his temper flared up. His voice suddenly turned cold. "So how do you expect me to apologize? Kneel down and kowtow to Zhang Cishu? Is he more important to you than me? You've only known him for a few days, and you're treating me like this because of him?"
Xu Xinghe completely lost her patience, abruptly shook off his hand, and turned to walk out.
Lian Xiao gritted his teeth, suppressing his anger, and chased after him again. "Fine! I'll go apologize to Zhang Cishu. I'll tell him in person that I was wrong. Is that alright?"
"Take it or leave it." Xu Xinghe didn't stop walking. "Wait until you realize that you were wrong for disrespecting people, instead of apologizing just to appease me, before we talk about this!"
"That's enough!" Lian Xiao finally couldn't hold back anymore. From childhood to adulthood, his family had always indulged him, and no one had ever dared to speak to him like that!
He has already lowered his stance and apologized, so why is Xu Xinghe still holding onto this?
Actually, this anger wasn't directed at Xu Xinghe, but at Zhang Cishu.
If it weren't for this outsider, he and Xu Xinghe would never have gotten to this point!
"Xu Xinghe, do you really have to be so harsh for the sake of an outsider?" His chest heaved with anger. "What is our relationship? I escorted you to Shanghai, and my grandfather and your family have been friends for generations! Who is Zhang Cishu? He's just an outsider who suddenly appeared!"
Xu Xinghe stopped and turned back to look at him coldly. "Lian Xiao, you are hopeless. What did Zhang Cishu do to you? Why did you trick him into going on a blind date and target him at every turn? Just because of your inexplicable hostility, you want to ruin someone else's peace and damage a girl's reputation? You're not just ignorant, you're selfish!"
"Lian Xiao, let's not contact each other anymore." Xu Xinghe's voice was weary. "Your willfulness has exhausted me. Count how many times I've covered for you. Zhang Cishu is good-tempered and doesn't hold it against you; someone with a short temper would have already attacked you!"
"Go ahead and attack! Do you think I'm afraid of him?"
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