He just wants to live a peaceful life now, feeding the fish and watering the vegetables every morning after getting up.
After breakfast, I'll go to the third courtyard to see Tuanzi.
How wonderful it is to occasionally stroll around the streets, listen to audiobooks, and play with birds!
Why bother getting another wife and torturing yourself?
It's not worth it!
“Brother Yan, what are you saying! I want to marry you, not for that reason. We both have children and are already grandparents. How can I have another child at my age? I just want someone who cares about me. It’s already cold, and I’m lying alone in this cold bed. I feel so lonely and isolated.”
Sun Xiangxiang raised her head and looked at Yan Hecheng with her big, watery eyes.
She is not bad-looking; although she is getting on in years, she still has some charm.
But Yan Hecheng had absolutely no interest in her.
He just wanted to go home for dinner.
This morning, Xia'er told him that there were many dishes at lunch that he had never eaten before, and Yan Hecheng was extremely curious.
What if he arrives too late and there's only scraps left? He doesn't want to drink vegetable soup.
“Brother Yan, my heart has long been with you. Before, when I came to see you, you refused to see me. Do you know how sad I was? I cried every day after I went back. I was heartbroken. Last time you finally came out to see me. I was so happy. I wish I could see you every day. Will you marry me? Brother Yan, I will definitely take good care of you and wash your feet and body every day.”
I'll help you dress and put on your shoes, I'll even feed you! Please, if you don't marry me, I really can't live. My daughter-in-law treats me badly, look how thin I am! Brother Yan, my two sons are cowards, terrified of their wives. They've been influenced by their wives to want to marry me off to a butcher outside the city. That butcher looks like a wild boar, incredibly fierce! I'm scared, I'm so scared, Brother Yan! I don't want to marry him, please, marry me!"
Seeing Yan Hecheng's silence, Sun Xiangxiang assumed he had softened his heart.
So they launched another attack.
"I will not marry you, so give up on that idea. I've made myself perfectly clear. I'm going back to my residence." Yan Hecheng knew that if he said anything more, he wouldn't be able to get away, so he finished speaking in a hard voice and turned to leave.
But Sun Xiangxiang hugged him tightly, wrapped her arms around his waist, and rested her face against his back.
Sobbing softly.
The force was immense, and Yan Hecheng couldn't break free.
"Don't go, Brother Yan, don't treat me like this. We've already been intimate. If you don't marry me, I'd rather hang myself at your doorstep."
Yan Xia heard this.
He snorted coldly.
First cry, then make a scene, then threaten to hang yourself.
So this is their last resort.
Sure enough, Yan Hecheng heard that Sun Xiangxiang was threatening to commit suicide.
He panicked.
"I, I, you, why do you have to do this?" Yan Hecheng was so frightened that he stammered.
"I just want to marry you, Brother Yan. We met because of fish. The day you bumped into me, you also entered my heart. Otherwise, why would I have gone to all this trouble to find your house and bring you fish? You clearly promised me that we would have dinner together, so why won't you see me? Why are you avoiding me? What did I do wrong? You clearly don't dislike me, so why are you suddenly like this? Is someone gossiping about you behind your back?"
Sun Xiangxiang felt that Yan Hecheng's sudden change of expression was a bit strange.
When she first came to his house, Yan Hecheng was very welcoming to her.
“Yes, I chewed it.” Before Yan Hecheng could answer.
Yan Xia emerged from the corner.
Sun Xiangxiang was startled.
She released her hands and took a step back.
Yan Hecheng managed to escape and immediately hid behind Yan Xia.
"Father, I never expected that at your age, you'd still have suitors coming your way?"
Yan Xia crossed her arms and looked at Sun Xiangxiang with a half-smile.
"Oh, Xia'er, don't make fun of your father. I don't know her at all, but she keeps bothering me. Please help me."
Yan Hecheng hid behind Yan Xia as if he had seen a savior, not even showing his head.
"Auntie, I have other matters to attend to at home and don't have time to chat with you any longer. I'll get straight to the point: please don't come looking for my father again. I think you're quite pretty; you could easily find someone with good prospects. There's no need to hang yourself on my father's withered tree, since he has no feelings for you whatsoever, right, Father?"
"Yes, yes, Xia'er is right. I have no feelings for her at all. Please, don't come looking for me. Let's pretend we don't know each other from now on. I already paid for your clothes when I bumped into you that day. Why do you have to keep clinging to me?"
Yan Hecheng's expression tightened, and he quickly took over the conversation, his face showing a hint of fear.
Upon hearing this, Sun Xiangxiang's face darkened considerably. She remained silent, but her hands gripped the hem of her clothes tightly, as if she were trying her best to suppress her anger.
In the blink of an eye.
She then changed her expression.
He looked at Yan Xia with a kind expression.
"This must be Brother Yan's daughter, right? She's so beautiful! If I didn't know better, I'd think you had her late in life. I heard Xia'er is already in her thirties? She looks no more than sixteen. People outside say your husband died young and you're a widow now. You should know how hard it is for us widows. I'm suffering. I'm afraid that if I remarry, my two sons will be abused by their in-laws, so I don't dare to marry anyone else. That's why I've been waiting until now."
You said it yourself, I'm not bad-looking, I could date anyone, right? But all these years, I've never fallen for anyone except Brother Yan. That day he bumped into me, and wasn't that also a bump into my heart? When we were buying clothes, Brother Yan, you held my hand, your hand was so big and warm. After that, I thought about that scene every day, and I even dreamed about you at night. Later, to ease the pain of longing, I made up an excuse to bring you fish, hoping to see you one more time. Your attitude towards me that day was completely different from today.
"Brother Yan, what did I do wrong? Please tell me, my heart already belongs to you. Is it Xia'er who disagrees? Xia'er, don't worry, after I marry Brother Yan, I promise to serve him well. My two sons are grown up now and have married their own wives, so they don't need me to support them anymore. I'll marry into the Yan family alone, and I definitely won't bring any burdens with me, okay?"
As Sun Xiangxiang spoke, tears began to stream down her face.
She knelt down with a thud.
His knee hit the stone at the alley entrance; it sounded painful.
"Auntie begs you, Xia'er, please don't separate me from your father, okay? After I marry into the family, you can focus on your shop. I'll take care of your father, your children, and your granddaughter. I promise I won't trouble you. You can take care of the outside world, and I'll take care of the inside world, so you can relax a bit. Your father is only fifty years old. Can you bear to see him suffer alone for the rest of his life? I know your father disagrees because he's afraid you'll be angry, so I'll play the bad guy. If you agree, I'll even kowtow to you."
After Sun Xiangxiang finished speaking, she actually kowtowed.
Yan Xia immediately dodged.
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