Chapter 167 Do You Really Want to Marry Me

They have always used tubs for bathing in the countryside. Even when the houses are demolished in the future, everyone will still use tubs for bathing. They have been doing this since they were young, and no one thinks it is a big deal.

In the past, it was after the demolition, when people bought houses and lived in resettlement villages. Only then did people use bathroom heaters and toilets, and lead a cleaner and more convenient life...

But behind the convenience, there are also endless troubles. Hua Xiali said that she still prefers rural life, but she cannot live in her hometown for a long time. However, she bought a house in the mountains, so she can live there in the future to change her mood.

After taking a shower, Hua Xiali changed into the clothes that Huo Beixi bought for her. The red short-sleeved top, made of very soft and smooth fabric, paired with a black skirt, looked quite elegant.

Hua Xiali had just come out of the bathroom when Huo Beixi picked her up. She put her arm around his shoulders and asked curiously, "What do you want to do?"

"What do you want to do?" Huo Beixi hugged Hua Xiali and went to the room. After putting her down, he lay down beside her.

They often snuggled together on the sofa, but lying together on the bed like this was something they had never done before. Huo Beixi must have been scared.

Hua Xiali reached out and touched his cheek, saying, "We are all alive and well, and nothing will happen to us in the future, don't worry."

Anyway, she had never been sick or had any misfortunes in her previous life. Although she didn't die of old age, she lived for several decades, which means that her body was still very healthy. Of course, in this life, she was busy making money and traveled to many places and knew many people. No one knew when any accidents would happen to her. No one could guarantee it.

Leaning against each other like this, Hua Xiali slowly felt sleepy and fell asleep.

When he woke up, it was dusk outside the window and it was almost dark. Hua Xiali sat up with a somersault and said, "It's getting late. I have to go back, otherwise my family will be worried. You just need to stir-fry some vegetables and I'll bring the rest."

Hua Xiali stood up to leave, but Huo Beixi pushed her back. He kissed her hard for a while and said, "Is our relationship public now?"

Hua Xiali nodded, "Didn't you make it public this afternoon?"

He has told everyone that he wants to repay his life-saving grace with his own body and that he wants to be the daughter-in-law's son-in-law. Doesn't this count as being public?

Isn't this telling everyone clearly that he is going to marry her?

From then on, even if the two of them fought in the village, no one could say anything to them.

As soon as Hua Xiali got home, his family came over and asked him all kinds of questions. Hua Xiali turned around helplessly and opened his arms for them to check. "I'm fine, don't worry. I can swim, you know that. Wasn't it me who rescued Jian Nan from the river a few years ago?"

"That Huo Beixi said he wanted to marry you, but is that true?" Hua's mother asked worriedly, frowning.

"I don't know. Maybe he just said that. After all, I gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. If he didn't say that, everyone would definitely hold on to it."

Now in the 1990s, rural people's behavior is open, but their thinking is very feudal. Even if it is just to save people, doing artificial respiration is a big deal in their eyes, while crawling through haystacks and climbing over the walls of widows' houses are trivial matters. People are so hypocritical.

"What is artificial respiration?" Hua's mother widened her eyes.

"It's nothing, just saving people." Hua Xiali waved his hand, not wanting to continue this topic.

"Why did you come back only now after rescuing people?" Hua's mother asked.

"I sent Huo Beixi home and then took care of him for a while. If I had been a second late, Huo Beixi might have died. How could a person who almost died be left alone without someone to take care of him?" Hua Xiali said seriously.

"You..." Hua's mother didn't know what to say for a moment. Hua Xiali had been taking care of Huo Beixi for a long time. If this matter got out, how could she live her life?

Although Wang Liang and Ding Yong pursued her together before, she had never been alone in a room with anyone. Even if others wanted to accuse her, they had no evidence and no reason to accuse her. But now...

"Xia Li, you don't really want to marry Huo Beixi, do you?" Hua's mother held Hua Xia Li's arm. "He decided to marry you to repay a favor, not because he likes you. If you really marry him, can you live a good life? Can he hand over his salary to you? Look at what kind of life I have lived these years? I raised the three of you by myself. Has anyone helped us? Has anyone given us an extra penny?"

Hua Xiali wanted to laugh, but she couldn't tell them that she and Huo Beixi had been in love for a long time. It would be fine if everyone thought that they started dating because of the life-saving favor.

Hua Xiali looked at her mother and said with a smile, "Mom, Huo Beixi and I are different from you. You are marrying my father, and I am marrying a live-in son-in-law. If Huo Beixi really marries me, he will be a member of our Hua family. If he doesn't hand over his salary and treats me badly, can't we punish him? Don't you see who I am? Who can bully me?"

"Second sister, have you made up your mind to marry Huo Beixi?" Hua Qiuli asked in surprise, because she did not hear any reluctance in Hua Xiali's words.

Hua Xiali smiled awkwardly, "If Huo Beixi really wants to marry me, then it's not impossible to consider it. After all, there is no other young man as outstanding as him in our entire Qinglong Village. And what did the Su Siyun family see when they wanted to plot against Huo Beixi? Didn't they see Huo Beixi's ability and potential?"

"So my marriage to Huo Beixi is not a bad thing for our family, but I don't know if he really wants to marry me."

If it wasn't for the unresolved matters that could not be made public, she would have made their relationship public with Huo Beixi. However, now she just happened to use this excuse to make it public, so that everyone would think that they officially met because of this matter, and it was good to have contact with each other.

"I'm hungry. Is dinner ready?" Hua Xiali didn't want to talk about this anymore, so he changed the subject.

Anyway, if she marries Huo Beixi, she is not afraid that Huo Beixi will treat her badly, nor is she afraid that they will not be able to live together, because she has experience and now knows how to protect herself. If Huo Beixi treats her badly, then she can get a divorce. Does she have to spend her whole life with a man who treats her badly?

In her previous life, she raised two children alone and persevered. Now that she has so many industries and so much money, what else can't she overcome?