I'm not sure what's going on. I've never heard you mention that your Xingran is betrothed to anyone. Besides, our two families don't live far apart. If someone comes to propose marriage, how could I not see it?
I came home after doing the laundry and rushed over to ask you. What exactly happened? Why is everyone talking about it like this all of a sudden? They seem to believe it; they say the Zhang couple, along with a matchmaker from the next village, came to propose marriage.
Su's mother had a bad feeling. They had clearly refused, so how did the rumors start circulating? Wasn't this an attempt to ruin Ranran's reputation?
Xiaomei, let me tell you, my Ranran is not engaged to Zhang Weibing, the son of the Zhang family. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, when Guomin, Ranran, and I returned from my parents' home, the Zhang couple brought a matchmaker from the next village to our door, saying they wanted to arrange a marriage between Ranran and Zhang Weibing.
The people and I refused at the time. They didn't even get to see Ranran's face. I thought the matter was over, but who knew they were waiting for this.
Isn't this trying to ruin Ranran's reputation? She's already engaged to someone else; who will come to her door to propose in the future? This is tantamount to Ranran being tied to Zhang Weibing.
Oh, I see. I wonder who was so despicable as to spread these rumors. But now the whole village probably knows. What are we going to do about this?
Xiaomei, thank you so much. If you hadn't told us, we would have been staying at home and had no idea what was happening outside. I'll discuss it with Guomin Ranran to see what to do.
Okay, you guys discuss how to handle this. I'm going home first; the clothes haven't dried yet. If I run into any villagers, I'll tell them that Ranran isn't engaged to anyone.
Thank you, Xiaomei. We'll come to your house to chat after we've sorted this out.
After seeing Xiaomei off, Su's mother hurriedly looked for Su's father and Su Xingran. When the father and daughter saw Su's mother, they were puzzled by her anxious appearance, wondering why she had suddenly become so anxious.
Guomin, Ranran, Xiaomei just came to see me and said that everyone in the village is now saying that Ranran and Zhang Weibing have gotten engaged.
"What? Are you kidding me? We refused to your face that day. What are you trying to do? Are you trying to force our family to give in and agree to this marriage?" Father Su was so angry that his face turned red.
Su Xingran did not expect things to turn out this way. She thought that if the Zhang family was not giving up, they would come to propose marriage again.
The result was that she spread rumors in the village, trying to force her own family to agree to and accept the marriage. This underhanded scheme was probably proposed by Zhang Weibing's mother. She is a scheming and petty person. Her parents' rejection that day embarrassed them, so she used this trick to get revenge.
Parents, don't worry. Our family has no engagement with the Zhang family. If it's not true, no amount of talking will make it come true.
First, try to find out where the rumor came from. By going through each one, you can pinpoint the source of the rumor.
We can't easily let this matter with my parents go. Since they want to ruin my reputation to get what they want, then we can also ruin their reputations to prove our innocence.
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