Xie Tuoyu isn't a fool; he wouldn't agree to everything.
Perhaps it's because times have changed, and people's hearts have changed along with them.
The once simple and honest villagers have become mercenary and greedy, repeatedly bringing up the little bit of help they gave Xie Tuoyu and the old lady back then.
Xie Tuoyu gave 300,000 yuan to build a house and find a job for Lijuan's brother; he was already quite generous.
As for Lijuan's parents and their extended family of relatives, what does that have to do with Xie Tuoyu?
Lijuan's brother still has the nerve to ask Xie Tuoyu to introduce him to a wife, pushing highly educated and beautiful girls into their home. That's irresponsible towards those girls.
Xie Tuoyu felt extremely troubled, thinking back to Lijuan's awful family.
What frustrated him even more was that the old lady was also getting involved and causing trouble.
"Grandma, I have repaid all those who helped our family back then, and no one can say we were wrong."
Unless those shameless bastards who try to get money from you through any means necessary.
Xie Tuoyu almost called out Lijuan's family by name, saying they were no good.
The old lady couldn't help but understand the meaning behind his words. She took a couple of puffs of her cigarette in silence and then looked for another place to smoke.
“But your marriage to Lijuan was arranged when you were little. If you go back on your word, the villagers will gossip about us and call us ungrateful.”
Xie Tuoyu sneered without any mercy.
"Back then, I was a poor student. When I went north to make my way in the world, I only had five hundred yuan in my pocket when I took the train."
Before leaving the village, he told Lijuan's father that the childhood betrothal was invalid, and he agreed.
"I wasn't rich back then, so why do you think I've forgotten my roots just because I came back with money?"
The old lady sighed and thought about tapping the bedside table with her pipe, but then she remembered that the small table cost several thousand yuan, so she withdrew her hand.
"That's true, but it would be embarrassing. If people weren't talking behind my back, I wouldn't have agreed to let you live in the city."
The older generation values face above all else. They can be poor, but they absolutely cannot allow others to gossip or talk behind their backs.
The old lady was overthinking things. Xie Tuoyu felt it would be difficult to persuade her to change her mind, so he had to try a different approach.
He thought about what Yimu had said to him after dinner and ended the topic that was destined to be debated endlessly.
"Grandma, it's Yimu's father's birthday the day after tomorrow. He wants you to come and celebrate with him. Why don't you come with me?"
The old lady was prejudiced against Yi Mu and didn't want to have anything to do with him.
“I’m not going. You’d be better off coming back to the village with me and helping out with things like fixing the roads.”
Xie Tuoyu took a deep breath and decided not to argue with her about it.
"You stay cooped up inside all day, I just want you to go out and see the world, am I begging you?"
Since Xie Tuoyu said that, the old lady could no longer refuse, but she had one condition.
“Let Lijuan come along too. Since I came to the city with her, I’ve kept her by my side and she hasn’t had time to go out and see the world.”
Seeing Xie Tuoyu's displeasure, the old lady added, "With so many people around, will there be no one to take care of me? Can you really rest assured?"
Xie Tuoyu thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, then I'll make the arrangements. You can't go back on your word."
The old lady slapped him on the back with a strong voice: "Who do you think you are, your grandma? Go away."
Xie Tuoyu returned to the bedroom, where Yi Mu was lying on the bed reading a book.
Xie Tuoyu told Yi Mu what he had said to the old lady.
Yi Mu put down the book, took off his glasses, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
"You're a naive girl, all you know is to hang yourself on one person. Once you've met more people, you'll naturally have other options in your mind, and then you'll be safe."
Xie Tuoyu absolutely adored Yi Mu's appearance without glasses; he looked several years younger and incredibly youthful.
"Let's not talk about them. By the way, honey, you smell so good. Did you put on perfume?"
As soon as Xie Tuoyu mentioned "baby," Yi Mu knew his bottom was about to suffer.
He blocked Xie Tuoyu's head with a book, his tone cool: "Don't come any closer, I have to go to work tomorrow."
Xie Tuoyu lied through his teeth: "I will be careful, just twice."
Yi Mu turned off the bedside lamp and crawled into bed.
"roll!"
Xie Tuoyu rolled over, onto Yi Mu, and then the night stretched on endlessly.
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