Seeing the girls' bewildered expressions, Peng Erlang's smile deepened. He instructed his men to bring water pouches and place them all in the carriage: "You can discuss further what other advantages I have!"
After saying that, he rode away.
"Wow! I never realized that Brother Peng was so..." Gu Si couldn't find the right words to describe it.
"So shameless!" Gu Xin retorted.
"He's quite composed. He should be more humble. Even if that's what he thinks, he shouldn't say it like that!" Gu Nian also found it strange; it didn't fit Peng Erlang's character at all!
"But my second cousin is really as outstanding as I described!" Xie Zhiyi's face was no longer red.
"I think that since Brother Peng is acting so strangely, the person who said this must be someone else," Huo Yanyu said mysteriously.
"What do you mean?" Everyone looked at Huo Yanyu.
"Think about it, who said that? Yi Yi said it! He was laughing so happily just now. Have you ever seen him like that before? I've been in Kuncheng for years and I've never seen him like that!" Huo Yanyu said, looking at Xie Zhiyi.
The three Gu sisters suddenly realized and looked at Xie Zhiyi.
“That’s right, my second cousin usually smiles very reservedly, but today he was unusually dramatic. His eyes lit up when he saw Yiyi,” Gu Yingxue said.
“Yiyi used to dress like a girl from the Great Zhou Dynasty and liked to wear dark colors. Today we are all dressed like girls from the West. Doesn’t it look refreshing? Could it be that Brother Peng…” Gu Si analyzed.
"I think so too. Brother Peng probably has his eye on Yi Yi. He was just telling us to think of more ways to praise him, maybe he wanted Yi Yi to think of those things too!" Gu Xin added.
"Then Yiyi should think about it! Next time, Yiyi should just ask him if he has someone he likes. If not, what does he think of his cousin?" Gu Nian was always eager to stir things up.
She used to find her cousins annoying. When she first transmigrated, her male cousins were incredibly bothersome. As a modern person, she didn't approve of her cousins getting married.
However, Peng Erlang and Xie Zhiyi, his cousin, were far apart. Xie Zhiyi's father-in-law and General Peng were cousins. It's just that the Peng family was large and everyone was in contact. If it were another family, they would probably be separated by vast distances.
"Really? Is everything you're saying true?" Xie Zhiyi couldn't believe it at all.
"Really, Yiyi, you should give it a try! You like him anyway!" everyone said in unison.
"Marrying my second cousin would be a good choice; he's a good man. However, if I were to ask him so abruptly, it would seem like I'm being too forward!" Xie Zhiyi was somewhat tempted.
“Yiyi, if you don’t ask, someone might try to arrange a marriage for Brother Peng when we get back to Da Zhou. That would be such a waste! Didn’t you say your mother is trying to find you a partner everywhere? You’ll definitely be asked for a marriage again when you get back. Why not take advantage of the journey back to find out? What if you find a good match and save your mother from having to arrange marriages for you?” Gu Xin sincerely advised.
"You were talking so enthusiastically, but now that it's your turn, you're chickening out?" Huo Yanyu provoked her.
"Silly girl." Xie Zhiyi wasn't afraid of being provoked at all. Her eyes darted around as she smiled at Huo Yanyu. "Yeah, I'm a coward, so, sister, do you want to cheer me on? Let's do it together!"
"Huh?" Huo Yanyu felt that Xie Zhiyi's smile was not well-intentioned.
“Let’s have a competition to encourage each other. You go find your fourth cousin, and I’ll go find my second cousin. We’ll set the time before we get to Kuncheng. Let’s see who understands the other’s feelings and their own feelings first!” Xie Zhiyi said.
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