Why?
Li Weidong smiled wryly and said, "I guess I owed you something in my past life!"
In his past life, after learning of Zhou Xiaoye's death, he was heartbroken and filled with regret day and night.
This became his lifelong regret.
Now that we've finally got a second chance, we naturally want to do everything we can to make up for the regrets.
Before Zhou Xiaoye could speak, he ruffled her hair again: "Alright, I know you don't want to get married. From now on, just focus on your studies. As for everything else, Brother Weidong will take care of it!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Zhou Xiaoye watched his figure disappear into the distance, and murmured, "But... I want to marry you!"
...
The Zhou family warmly invited Li Weidong and his sister to stay for dinner, but they declined.
"Let's talk about it at the engagement banquet!"
Li Weidong waved his hand: "We should go back too."
Father Zhou dared not insist that he stay, so he personally saw him off at the door and said, "Young master, you'd better send someone to propose marriage as soon as possible!"
The sooner this marriage is settled, the more at ease he will feel.
Li Weidong nodded.
On her way home, Li Xiaoli was unusually quiet and didn't say a word the whole way.
Li Weidong asked curiously, "What's wrong with you, girl? Are you mute?"
Normally, they chatter away like birds, never stopping.
It's unusual that it's so quiet here.
Li Xiaoli finally couldn't hold back any longer and questioned, "Weren't we here to rescue people? How did it turn into you marrying Xiaoye?!"
It was agreed from the beginning that we would come together to rescue Zhou Xiaoye, so that she wouldn't be forced into marriage.
Now look what's happened! My best friend has turned into my sister-in-law in the blink of an eye. What kind of situation is this?!
The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became.
Wouldn't that mean I'd be a head shorter than Zhou Xiaoye from now on?
Li Weidong blushed, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
After all, he couldn't very well say that he had been eyeing Zhou Xiaoye for a long time, could he?
A grown man in his twenties who is eyeing a girl in her teens, what's the difference between him and a hooligan?
Li Xiaoli pressed on, "Brother, say something!"
After thinking it over, Li Weidong simply said, "In that situation, if I don't say I'll marry her, how will things end?"
"Besides, Ono's parents are only thinking about using her to exchange for a dowry for a marriage. If we don't do it this time, they might try to do it secretly again next time. It's better to solve the problem once and for all!"
Li Xiaoli blinked, feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Li Weidong quickened his pace: "Anyway, you were the one who asked me to find a solution in the first place, and now that the person has been rescued, you don't need to worry about it anymore!"
Li Xiaoli has always been a carefree person. If she can't figure something out, she won't think about it anymore. She caught up with him in a few steps and said, "Brother, you're right. Anyway, Xiaoye doesn't have to be forced to get married anymore."
“After she marries into our family, I can still spend every day with her. But once she becomes my sister-in-law, she'll be on top of me. If she bullies me, you have to stand by my side, brother!”
Li Weidong said helplessly, "Xiao Ye is your friend, don't you know what kind of person she is? Would she bully you?"
"That seems to make sense..."
"What do you mean 'seems like'? That's exactly how it is!"
"Okay then, can I stop calling her sister-in-law from now on? I don't want to be inferior to her."
"No, we can't disregard etiquette!"
The brother and sister bickered all the way home and soon arrived.
"Mom, I need to tell you something!"
Li Xiaoli burst through the door and started making a scene.
Zhao Xiulian was picking vegetables when she heard this commotion and became curious: "What's wrong? Didn't you go to a wedding?"
"How's Ono doing? Did she really get married?"
Then she couldn't help but sigh, "Such a beautiful young woman, marrying an old widower, what a tragedy!"
Li Weidong grabbed Li Xiaoli and said, "Mom, I've taken a fancy to a woman. I'll have to trouble you to make a trip and ask Auntie to come and arrange the marriage."
The bok choy in Zhao Xiulian's hand fell to the ground.
She stared at Li Weidong in disbelief: "Dong, you...you've thought it through? You're willing to get married? Which family is she from? Where is she from? What's her family's situation? Is she pretty?"
"Why haven't I heard you mention this before?"
As she spoke, she stood up, took off her apron, and headed out: "This matter can't be delayed. While it's still early, I'll go find your third aunt and have her make a trip to get things settled as soon as possible!"
Her son's marriage had long been a source of anxiety for her.
However, forcing a cow to drink water is useless; Li Weidong refused to marry her, and there was nothing she could do.
Now that Li Weidong has finally relented and even offered to propose marriage, she is naturally overjoyed.
Li Weidong was both amused and exasperated. He pulled her aside and said, "Mom, don't rush, let me finish what I have to say!"
"Hey, tell me, tell me!"
Zhao Xiulian wiped her hands on her apron, her face beaming with undisguised joy: "Which family's daughter is she?"
Li Weidong hesitated before saying, "This girl... the age gap is a bit too big..."
Zhao Xiulian instantly exploded: "That widow in the city? No way! I would never agree to that, no matter what!!!"
Everyone says that widows bring bad luck to their husbands, so no matter how good Shen Xiaoyan is, she can't enter the Li family!
Li Weidong smiled wryly and said, "Mom, what are you thinking? I was talking about Xiao Ye!"
"Ono, as long as she's not a widow... wait!"
Zhao Xiulian's eyes widened: "Which little wild one?!"
Li Xiaoli couldn't hold back any longer and blurted out, "Who else could it be but Zhou Xiaoye, the one who comes to our house for dinner!"
Zhao Xiulian looked at Li Weidong somewhat stiffly.
Li Weidong nodded, but feeling embarrassed, he lowered his head and said, "Lili is right, it is her classmate Xiaoye."
Although there are countless examples of older men dating younger women, I still feel a little embarrassed when it happens to me.
They're seven years apart!
If you factor in the age he lived in his previous life, Zhou Xiaoye would be more than old enough to be his granddaughter!
"Are you kidding me?!"
Zhao Xiulian finally realized what was happening.
She said in disbelief, "Dongzi, are you crazy? Zhou Xiaoye is the same age as your sister, she's just a child who hasn't grown up yet, and there's such a big age gap between them, how can you have feelings for her?"
"Besides, she's still in school, do you think she'd agree to marry you?"
"besides!"
Zhao Xiulian got more and more excited as she spoke: "Didn't they say before that the Zhou family was going to marry her off to Zhang the Cripple from Shanghe Village? Aren't you all going to the wedding banquet today?"
"How did it end up with you wanting to marry her?"
"Just kidding...it must be a joke to tease me!"
Li Xiaoli couldn't help but say, "Mom, I'm not kidding. My brother is going to marry Xiaoye. He's already talked to Xiaoye's parents about it!"
She glared at Li Weidong as she spoke, saying, "If you weren't my own brother, I would definitely say you're an old rascal!"
Li Weidong rolled his eyes: "I'm only twenty-three this year, how come I'm such a novice?"
"Ono is only sixteen years old!"
The brother and sister looked like they were about to start arguing again.
Zhao Xiulian quickly said, "Shut up, all of you!"
She looked at Li Weidong: "Tell me, what exactly happened?!"
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