He vigorously rubbed his disheveled, stubble-covered face, forcing a smile. "Give me some time, and I'll definitely get your parents to accept you."
We'll welcome you to the Wu family in grand style.
Life is long, and the difficulties and obstacles that a couple will face if they want to grow old together are certainly not limited to this one. He hopes that he can move forward hand in hand with his other half.
After speaking, he smiled and looked over, only to see that the woman's pale face showed no hope or expectation, her expression was cold and blank.
Wu Xueliang panicked and grabbed Chen Zhaodi's somewhat cold hand, "What do you mean?"
From now on, we'll be the ones handling the daily grind, raising children, and walking hand in hand through the rest of our lives...
Parents are parents, and we are us. Does it matter whether they agree or not?
Zhao Di withdrew her hand. "I'll only ask you one question: if your parents would rather die than agree to us being together, what will you do?"
"I'll get a marriage certificate with you." Wu Xueliang said without hesitation. "My household registration is in the countryside. As long as you agree, we'll go get the certificate tomorrow."
"Forget it!" Zhao Di chuckled briefly, pointing to the wound on her forehead. "Before today, I believed your lies."
I feel that the person I want to marry is you, not your parents.
She changed the subject, "But what you did after I was injured made me realize something..."
"Believe me, I didn't abandon you back then; I just wanted to keep things from escalating." Before Zhao Di could finish speaking, Wu Xueliang interrupted her urgently.
"I swear, I have absolutely no romantic feelings for Jingxuan."
If there were even a tiny bit of evidence, I wouldn't have gone to the countryside to avoid her back then, believe me.
He has no romantic feelings for Jingxuan? Chen Zhaodi believed it. Her expression softened, and she gestured for Wu Xueliang to wait until she finished speaking.
"In my words, you are well-read and have a refined air about you. You are an upright person without the prejudices of the older generation. On the other hand, you've become stupid from reading too much."
Wu Xueliang looked pitiful; Chu Li had also said this about him.
Zhao Di took a deep breath. "I'm asking you, besides the reasons you gave, was there even a moment when you genuinely wanted to help Jingxuan because she was just a girl next door?"
The guy nodded honestly, "Yes, there's no romantic love, but there's a sense of kinship from growing up in the same circle."
I didn't tell you because I was afraid you'd laugh at me. During those years in high school, that woman always looked at me with lustful eyes. I was genuinely afraid that one day I wouldn't be able to keep my guard up and she'd force herself on me.
"Right after graduation, I packed my bags and came to the countryside."
Zhao Di was amused, and her tone softened further, "Right? I told you before, you're upright and kind."
If an annoying neighbor girl can evoke your sympathy, what about your parents?
If, as you say, we got married without our families' knowledge, and our parents, in a fit of anger, didn't want you as their son, then...
They are young now, but once they get older and their health declines, won't you feel guilty as someone who isn't there to take care of them?
When Wu Xueliang thought about that scene, he knew he would feel heartache and guilt.
“Right?” Seeing that he agreed with her statement, Chen Zhaodi continued, “At that time, you will think that it was all because of me that your parents were left destitute in their old age.”
"They're the ones who disagree with this marriage, indirectly forcing you out of the house. Believe me, in the end, it'll all turn out to be my fault."
Wu Xueliang laughed, “No one to rely on in old age? They’ll be angry and die in two or three years at most. Believe me, once they have a grandson, my mother will protect you, her daughter-in-law, more than anyone else.”
You overestimate them.
"I don't believe it." Chen Zhaodi said those three words with exceptional firmness.
Her dizziness subsided, and she stood up to look out the window. Under the hospital lights, she saw Ruan Xianxian leaning against the hood of the car, playing a game with Mu Xia where the loser had to slap someone.
"Your mother was right about one thing: we grew up in different environments, which inevitably led to different perspectives and lifestyles."
I grew up in a large, cramped courtyard and have witnessed too many women who have become haggard and worn out after marriage. To name just a few, there's my mother and my sister-in-law.
She didn't like this daughter-in-law. She treated my brother one way in front of him and another way behind his back. She often talked about how hard it was to raise my brother and how he had forgotten his mother after getting married.
After a lot of talk, before I went to the countryside, my brother concluded that whenever my mother had a headache or fever, it was always because my sister-in-law was upset.
"If I hadn't married that spendthrift woman back then, my mother wouldn't be so old and still have to worry about him. It's all my sister-in-law's fault."
Zhao Di's smile slowly faded. Looking at Wu Xueliang, who was eager to speak, she said softly:
"Can you guarantee that if your parents have health problems during our marriage, they won't blame me?"
At twenty, Wu Xueliang, full of poetry and dreams of distant places, would not have done so. But at thirty, a middle-aged man burdened by the daily grind of life, would he have done so?
So, the problem between us has never been Jingxuan, understand?
Wu Xueliang stared blankly at Chen Zhaodi, whose face showed no sadness or grief and who could still smile, while he pressed his hand against the spot in his heart that was tearing apart.
"After saying all this, you just want to end things with me, right? You think it's unfair that your mother blames your sister-in-law for your brother's mistakes?"
So, just because of my mother, is it fair to completely reject my actions?
Seeing Wu Xueliang getting more and more agitated, Chen Zhaodi rubbed her throbbing temples and said, "I didn't say I completely rejected you. Let's give each other some time to calm down."
The examination room was wide open, and an old doctor with a gossipy face, wearing a single-lens reflexoscope, poked his head in.
"Young man, you need to rest more after your head injury. You can talk about it after you recover. It's not like you're not going to live to see that day!"
"You agree, right, young man!"
The young man, Wu Xueliang, retracted his words that were about to cross the road and hurriedly looked back at Zhao Di. Her face was indeed even paler, and he was secretly annoyed that he had to say something irrelevant at this moment.
The doctor smiled and said, "Go out and call a female colleague in. The patient needs to be transferred to the inpatient department."
"Is it... that serious? I'll go right now."
When only the elderly woman and the young girl remained in the room, Chen Zhaodi bowed and solemnly thanked them, "Doctor, thank you."
There's no need to thank me; if a concussion really causes a nosebleed, then it's serious enough to require emergency medical attention.
The old doctor could clearly see that she had picked at it herself, but he didn't expose her to the police.
The elderly man, whose face was full of smile lines, looked at Ruan Xianxian and Mu Xia as they ran in, and waved with a smile, "You can go home after a day of observation in the hospital. If there's nothing wrong, you can go home."
He walked towards the door with his hands behind his back, but halfway there he suddenly turned back, one of his exposed eyes smiling.
"I really want to thank you. When you have time, come back and tell this old man whether you and that young man ended up together!"
Just as the two women, accompanied by a nurse, escorted Zhao Di to the inpatient department, Wu Xueliang, filled with pent-up frustration and nowhere to vent, asked Chu Li for a cigarette and began to ramble on...
Finally, the question was, "What would you do if you were in that situation?"
Amidst the swirling mist, Chu Li extinguished his cigarette and opened the car door. "I'll turn around and kick the person who dared to hit my girlfriend twice."
"What if that person is Chu Xi?" Chu Xi is Chu Li's younger sister, who is still young but is already a notorious little firecracker in the compound.
Chu Li turned around, looked at him, and after a long while:
"Don't say Xi'er wouldn't. If that day ever comes, as the younger sister-in-law, she's disrespectful and bullies her sister-in-law. It wouldn't be too much for her to get a good beating from her own brother, would it?!"
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