Chapter 219
Lao You went on a business trip with burns all over his face and body. Finally, the surroundings and ears were a little quieter.
He wrote that he would be back on the train the following Tuesday. That day she cleaned the room again and opened the middle curtain, but she only cleaned his half.
Just as she was about to go downstairs, Xiao Xu asked, "Are you going out?"
"No, I'm going to collect the quilts that are drying in the sun."
"oh."
When she came back after collecting the quilt, she saw Xiao Xu standing at the window.
He smiled and said, "The team leader asked us to keep an eye on you and not walk alone at night."
"What?"
She brought back the bedding from the sun and replaced it with new sheets, covers, and pillowcases. She made him new ones, azure blue, embroidered with white orchids. The bed was made, and it was new, warm from the sun and smelling faintly of soap.
She curled up in a ball on the bed, feeling very comfortable.
In fact, I never thought that the two of them could have such a pure moment in his bed without anything happening.
The door opened quietly, and when she looked up, she immediately sat up embarrassedly.
The woman who replaced Jiejun was Su Wanzhu. She was gentle and beautiful, calm and dignified, and especially skilled in writing beautiful small characters. She was a very kind person. Although she had been living with Duan Fengming for the past few days, she was closer to him. She also worked and wrote articles with her.
"Ah, I caught you."
"What's wrong?"
"Lan Jie is truly blessed."
"What?"
She had worked with him before.
Wang Jiazhi couldn't help but feel sensitive and ashamed of himself, because the girls around him were all talented and beautiful.
The two chatted for a while and then went back to their rooms.
When Wan Zhu returned, Duan Fengming was brushing his hair. He smiled and said, "You said Wang Jiazhi is really something. Lan Jie got married within a few months, and she acted like nothing happened."
Wan Zhu said: "Lan Jie is not that kind of person. I think he will handle it."
Duan Fengming said, "How to deal with it? There's no need to deal with it. There are so many such things. As long as she is willing to be the second wife, it's no big deal."
Wan Zhu thought to himself, "You still have the nerve to criticize others."
The next day, Wang Jiazhi was typeset when Duan Fengming came up to her and said, "Please leave the letter from the team leader's hometown in the room for him."
"My hands are all covered in ink. Put it aside. I'll take it back later."
She smiled calmly. Duan Fengming, however, felt uneasy. Clearly, her reaction hadn't met her expectations, and she seemed to be gloating.
Wang Jiazhi was deeply shaken, but there was nothing she could do. Of course, his family wrote to ask when he would get married so she could prepare.
He told her that when he was young, he was concerned about his ideals, future and career, and love was simply an unrealistic and non-essential thing for him.
So now, there is no way he would do anything troublesome for her.
She also knew some of the things her generation had to say. Although they were modern and fearless, they weren't afraid of death. But they were actually not afraid of death, but they were afraid of some worldly matters.
Take the issue of breaking off an engagement, for example. People of her generation preferred to enter into arranged marriages first and then seek divorce later; breaking off an engagement was rare. She likely understood divorce as simply a matter of emotional discord, not something to be condemned morally. Breaking off an engagement, on the other hand, was a major breach of trust, profoundly impacting one's reputation in officialdom. Furthermore, breaking off an engagement brought shame upon the woman's family, leading to gossip.
I heard that his backer was her, and that his family had arranged a marriage for her. At that time, it was believed that she would not survive, and it was said that she had entered into a nominal marriage with *** before the rebellion.
Later, he didn't expect to get out alive. He and *** had always had a good relationship, and after going through all this, even if his family had arranged a marriage, there was no reason for him not to marry ***.
Whether it was a marriage in name only or not, it was a done deal in the eyes of outsiders, so of course they were very willing to do so. However, the girl who was engaged felt greatly humiliated and resolved to remain unmarried.
There was another girl who had been engaged years earlier. She really didn't like the man and wanted to break off the engagement. The man refused, and even in his late 40s, he still harassed her, demanding marriage. Although she refused, she probably considered herself engaged, and even if she broke off the engagement, it would be difficult to get married again. She later committed suicide. The reason is unclear, but this distress may have been one of the straws that broke the camel's back.
In short, it was impossible for him to cancel the engagement. She sighed.
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