Gao Zhijun and Huo Jinqian came to the pavilion outside the yard and sat side by side.
Huo Jinqian took out a wooden box and handed it to Gao Zhijun: "Happy New Year! This is a gift for you!"
"What's this?"
Gao Zhijun took the box and looked at the delicate patterns carved on the wooden box, thinking it must be expensive.
"Open it and see if you like it."
Huo Jinqian pointed at the box and said.
Gao Zhijun opened the box, revealing a jade hairpin. Exquisitely crafted and crystal clear, it was clearly a thousand-year-old piece of jade. This quality commanded considerable price.
"Why did you send such an expensive gift again? It must have cost a lot of money. Don't send me any more in the future. There's no room for them in the room."
Gao Zhijun liked the jade hairpins very much, but she couldn't wear so many.
She had so many jewels that she couldn't even remember them all.
Her parents would give her some jewelry from time to time, her eldest brother and sister-in-law would often give her gifts, and even her second brother, a single man who hadn't married yet, gave her a lot of jewelry. When asked why, they all said they wanted to make up for the years they had lost.
What else could she do after hearing that? She could only accept it.
Grandpa and grandma occasionally gave her some cheap jewelry. Aunts, great aunts, grandmothers, sisters-in-law, and aunts also occasionally gave her gifts. Although they were not expensive jewelry, for ordinary people, they were already the best gifts.
Also, the gifts given by my father, mother, dowager empress, grandmother, and princess are so priceless.
"During the New Year, you must give a gift to the girl you love. I'll put it on you."
Huo Jinqian spoke sweet words without blushing or getting nervous.
"Smooth talk! How did you become so good at talking? Who did you learn from?"
Gao Zhijun was so overwhelmed by the sweet words that she was unable to resist.
"Do I need to learn how to be kind to the girl I love? I can learn this by myself."
Huo Jinqian continued to say sweet words to Gao Zhijun while helping her put on the jade hairpin.
"Yes, our Mr. Huo is extremely smart. He doesn't need to learn anything. He is self-taught."
Gao Zhijun said with a smile.
She felt that Huo Jinqian was becoming more and more shameless, especially after she came of age and worked with Ji Mingchuan on the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, and she often saw him with a smug expression.
Huo Jinqian sat next to Gao Zhijun and said shamelessly, pretending to be pitiful: "Zhijun, your coming-of-age ceremony has passed. When will you marry me?"
"I'm still young. I'll wait two or three years until I grow up and get married."
Gao Zhijun didn't expect that he would ask this question.
To be honest, fifteen or sixteen years old is really young. Many parts of the body are not fully developed, and it is not suitable to have children too early. This will harm the woman's body and make her prone to excessive aging.
If you meet a man you like, it's okay to get married early, as long as you don't have children too early.
"But I'm not young anymore. My colleagues of the same age as me already have children. My requirements are very low, just a status. As long as you agree to marry me, I will wait until you grow up to consummate the marriage and have children."
Huo Jinqian shamelessly pestered Gao Zhijun to give him a legitimate status.
Having a baby too early is bad for one's health. He can endure it and wait until she grows up.
Gao Zhijun was completely bewildered by Huo Jinqian's actions. He said he didn't want to have to consummate the marriage or have children, but only wanted a status, the right to marry him.
Listen, a dignified and upright Huo Jinqian would actually say such words. What had happened to him that he even talked about what happened in the bedroom?
Also, what do you mean by just a status? Wasn't she engaged to him? Isn't that just a status?
Also, when did he become so humble?
"What's wrong with you? Aren't we engaged? Isn't this just a status?"
Gao Zhijun looked at him and tried to read his meaning from his eyes.
"I see you spending time with Ji Mingchuan every day. I'm afraid you'll think he's more suitable for you and won't want me anymore."
Huo Jinqian expressed his inner fear these days.
He was afraid that the woman he loved would abandon him when she saw a better man. After all, she was so outstanding that all the young men in the capital liked her. They were waiting for them to break up so that they could take advantage of the situation.
He thinks he is not the most handsome.
Moreover, the person he was most worried about was Ji Mingchuan, who was not only handsome but also had something in common with Zhijun.
"Jealous? So you're jealous?"
Gao Zhijun asked Huo Jinqian uncertainly.
She didn't believe that such an outstanding man would be jealous.
"Yes, I'm jealous! I'm jealous of Ji Mingchuan's coolness because you two often go out together."
Huo Jinqian was not embarrassed or ashamed at all when his secret was exposed.
What’s the point of saving face when your beloved woman is taken away by someone else?
"Oh my god! Princess Huo, a man of such talent, so handsome and elegant, loved by thousands of girls, is actually jealous. How could I be so worthy of her?"
Gao Zhijun said in disbelief.
What was this man thinking? He was so outstanding, how could he not be as good as other men?
When did he become so humble and so unconfident?
"I know I'm not the best looking or most handsome man, but my love for you is the most genuine. You're going to set up a chamber of commerce, and you'll be dealing with men. Among the men you'll come into contact with, there will definitely be many young and handsome men. I'm afraid you'll be attracted to them and dump me. So, since I love you so much, please give me a legitimate status, okay?"
Huo Jinqian seemed to be determined to pester Gao Zhijun and ask her to give him a legitimate status.
"Don't worry, I'm loyal to my feelings and won't change my mind. Just rest assured."
Gao Zhijun doesn't want to get married too early. She wants to wait until the Chamber of Commerce is stable before getting married.
"Just give me a status so that I can feel at ease. Apart from getting married, I will never do anything that you are not suitable for."
In order to trick Gao Zhijun into marrying him, Huo Jinqian threw everything into it. He didn't care about face or reputation, he just wanted to marry Gao Zhijun home.
So, he tried his best to get Gao Zhijun to agree to get married.
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