Chapter 41: Past Events
He Ji almost bit his tongue at her sudden words. Looking at her clean little face, he clicked his tongue.
"Why are you so well behaved all of a sudden? You scared me."
He picked up Su Yan horizontally and carried her directly into the room. After putting her on the bed, he squeezed in.
He reached out to hold Su Yan close to him, but his hand was grabbed.
"What's wrong?"
"Lying down puts pressure on my stomach and makes me uncomfortable."
He Ji hummed, changed to a side-lying position, held her in his arms, and put one hand on her waist, "Is this position okay?"
Su Yan hummed, snuggled in his arms, and played with the patterns on his clothes with her fingers.
He Ji grabbed her hair and twisted it around his fingers, occasionally putting it under his nose to smell it.
After going back and forth several times, Su Yan couldn't help but look up, "You seem perverted."
He Ji: ...
The kid is annoying me again and my tooth is starting to hurt again.
"If I'm a pervert, you're a perverted wife."
Su Yan blinked and blushed. She pushed her hard chest and muttered, "Don't talk nonsense."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Are you a pervert or are you saying you are my wife?"
This time, even Su Yan's ears turned red. She buried her face in his chest and didn't dare to look up.
He Ji bit the tip of his tongue, his chest vibrating as he let out a low, hoarse laugh, "If you want to marry me, just tell me. It's not shameful."
"Tell me quickly, do you want to be my wife?"
The big hand on her waist patted her gently, as if urging her to answer quickly. Su Yan grabbed his clothes on her chest and took a long time to utter a word.
"I just feel that our current relationship is very unreliable."
He Ji narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement, "You're right. If I don't tie you up tightly, you might run away again someday. How can I find another wife who's both obedient and tender enough to make her cry like a baby?"
"I'll take you back to meet my parents-in-law in a couple of days and get the marriage certificate while I'm at it."
Su Yan: ...
"Does this even count as a proposal? Without even a single flower?"
"Oh, it's too late today. I'll make up for it tomorrow. What flowers do you like?"
"I don't know, I don't have any favorite."
"Okay, then I'll pick it myself tomorrow."
After two minutes of silence, He Ji lowered his head and kissed Su Yan on the top of her head, then asked softly, "So, let's just make this a deal?"
Su Yan did not answer He Ji's question, but asked: "Why did you stop studying in junior high school?"
He Ji: ...
Do kids nowadays jump around so quickly?
He rubbed Su Yan's head and sighed, "This topic is a bit heavy."
From the way he spoke, it seemed like something bad had happened. Su Yan was just about to say that she didn't need to tell him, but he spoke again.
"When I was in junior high school, I was almost a head taller than the other students. I didn't look very kind, so I was always mistaken for a teacher at school. I was thin-skinned and embarrassed. So one dark and windy night, I packed my things and climbed over the wall to go home."
"I didn't dare go home at the time, so I hid in the internet cafe for three days until my old man rushed in with a metal pipe and chased me and beat me."
Because of this incident, he became completely famous in their town. He refused to go to school again, and after several fire sticks were broken, his family members no longer insisted.
His injuries were not healed yet, but he packed up his bags and went out to make a living. It was not that he came out on his own initiative. To be honest, he was kicked out.
After Su Yan heard what he said, she kept her mouth open for a long time. It was only after He Ji helped lift her chin that she was able to close it.
"Stupid?"
Su Yan shook her head. "I'm not stupid. I just feel like you're telling a story."
She had only seen this kind of thing in novels. Not only had she never seen it in real life, she had never even heard of it.
He Ji pecked her mouth and smiled. "You are so deaf to what's happening outside, so of course you don't know about this. If you go out more often and listen more, you will find that there are many such cases."
"Do you regret not continuing your studies?"
He Ji glanced at her and nodded, "Of course he regrets it, especially after hitting the wall so many times. He regrets it so much that his intestines are turning green."
"But that was in the past. I don't regret it now. If I had continued studying, I definitely wouldn't have met you."
Su Yan moved her mouth but couldn't say anything. At this moment, she felt that whether she was comforted or not was no longer important.
"Don't think my life is hard. I have money and a wife now, and my life is great."
Su Yan said "oh" and felt relieved. It was good that she didn't have to say anything to comfort him.
"Alright, alright, let's talk tomorrow if you have anything to say. You can hardly keep your eyelids open, go to bed quickly."
Her eyes are so swollen, and she doesn’t know if the swelling will go away when she wakes up tomorrow. If not, she will definitely be sulking tomorrow.
He Ji scratched his head and began to regret bullying her so harshly.
After coaxing Su Yan to sleep, he went to get a basin of water, wrung out a towel and covered Su Yan's eyes with it.
It’s not that Su Yan didn’t feel his movements, but she was so sleepy that she couldn’t even open her mouth. She moved her fingers and fell asleep.
He Ji was very patient and applied hot compress to her for more than an hour until he felt it was almost done, then he put the things away.
After packing up his things, he didn't rush to bed. Instead, he walked out, closed the door, and went to the balcony to make a phone call.
He's mother has been calling He Ji these days, but the calls were never connected. She was so angry that she sent countless one-minute long voice messages to He Ji.
Now He Ji took the initiative and called back. She pushed the child in her arms aside, walked out the door, and started cursing into the phone.
He Ji threw his phone on the coffee table, went to get a cup of Coke and drank it slowly. He didn't pick up his phone until he finished it.
"Mom, don't be so anxious. If you hurt your throat from scolding, you'll be very uncomfortable for the rest of the day."
He's mother had been scolding for a long time and was now tired and was gasping for breath. When she heard He Ji's voice, she became angry again.
"You little bastard, if you don't want me to scold you, just be good."
He's mother really had no way to deal with He Ji. This child was too shameless. He would pretend not to hear when she scolded him, and she would beat him until the stick broke, but she wouldn't even hear a groan from him.
Come back to see him when you are in a good mood. If you are in a bad mood, don’t even think about seeing him for a year or two.
She used to have a good temper, but now she is so irritable, all because of him.
"Mom, your future daughter-in-law is sleeping. You'll wake her up if you're being so loud."
He's mother: ...
"You little brat, why didn't you tell me earlier? She probably didn't hear what I said just now, right? If she did, please help me explain. I'm actually very kind."
Thinking of the well-behaved girl in the photo, He's mother subconsciously softened her tone.
She didn't want to be so cautious, but the little girl was really well-behaved.
This little brat must have stepped in dog shit to have found such a pretty girl.
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