Ye Weiwei then noticed that there were still people in the car, and upon seeing them, she couldn't help but widen her eyes, "Auntie! My eldest cousin and second cousin!"
The elegant woman with a warm smile in the car was her aunt-in-law, Bai Wenshan, along with her cousins Zhang Juncheng and Zhang Haoran.
Bai Wenshan smiled as she got out of the car, took Ye Weiwei's small hand, and then looked Ye Weiwei up and down carefully before saying, "I'm sorry my Weiwei has been wronged."
They traveled for four days and three nights by train and then drove for more than two hours to get here. Seeing the environment along the way, Bai Wenshan couldn't help but feel sad and heartbroken.
Their precious little darlings, whom they had cherished since childhood, had ended up in such a poor and remote place to suffer.
Seeing that her aunt's eyes were red and moist, Ye Weiwei quickly said, "Aunt, I'm not wronged at all. You don't know, I'm perfectly fine here."
"Yeah, it's so good for you to be here, so good that you'd marry a local and live here for the rest of your life!" Second cousin Zhang Haoran sneered with a sour face.
Zhang Juncheng looked at Ye Weiwei with affection, "Little sister, is there any way to discuss the marriage? Or you can get married a few years later, since you're still young."
If it had been a few years later, they probably would have been able to find a way to bring their younger sister back to the city, and then...
Ye Weiwei: ……
So these two cousins are here to sabotage me?
She looked to Zhang Changnian for help, but her uncle gave her a look that said, "You'll have to figure it out yourself," and turned his face away.
Ye Weiwei angrily snatched the meat back from her uncle's hand, "I'm angry, you can't eat it."
Zhang Changnian: "What's the point of taking back what's given away?"
Ye Weiwei snorted: "So you agreed to the marriage in the first place and now you're going back on your word!"
Anyone can cheat!
Zhang Changnian quickly distanced himself, saying, "This has nothing to do with me. It was those two brats who insisted on coming along."
Although he was also secretly hoping to annoy Huo Xiao.
We can't just let that brat Huo Xiao steal our precious child away so easily.
Ye Weiwei rolled her eyes and handed the meat in her hand to Zhang Changnian.
Zhang Changnian beamed with joy as he held the meat he had lost and found again.
Bai Wenshan couldn't stand it anymore. "How old are you? You're still acting like a child. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if people see you like this?"
Zhang Changnian said smugly, "My niece is being filial by serving me meat. What's so funny about that? Others are probably envious of me!"
When the second cousin saw that his little cousin was ignoring them, he became anxious and said, "Little sister, is Huo Xiao here? Point him out to us!"
Hmph! Forget everything else, let's beat them up first!
The older cousin pulled his younger brother aside, smiling innocently, "It's time to see what kind of outstanding man has caught our little sister's eye."
Bai Wenshan knew her two sons' character best, and quickly said, "Don't be silly."
The second cousin was about to say something indignant when the eldest cousin grabbed him, saying, "Mom, don't worry, we know our limits. Since we're going to be family, we'll have to get along eventually, so of course we need to get to know each other first."
Bai Wenshan didn't say anything more.
Ye Weiwei knew that these two people wouldn't give up until they saw him, so she pointed and said, "Look, he's coming over."
The group all looked over at the same time.
The man walking towards them was tall and had long legs. Although he was dressed in coarse cloth, he still couldn't hide his imposing presence.
When Bai Wenshan saw Huo Xiao's face, her expression softened with the gentleness of an elder meeting a younger person.
Zhang Juncheng and Zhang Haoran were also taken aback by Huo Xiao's appearance, but they quickly regained their hostile expressions.
"You're Huo Xiao?"
As Huo Xiao approached, before Ye Weiwei could even introduce them, his second cousin Zhang Haoran spoke first, his tone sharp with hostility, "Why do you look so old?"
Ye Weiwei: ……
My second cousin really knows how to stab; every strike hits the vital points.
Huo Xiao first gave Zhang Changnian a military salute, then looked at Bai Wenshan and greeted her with a smile: "This must be your aunt, right? Hello, aunt, I'm Huo Xiao, Weiwei's boyfriend."
Bai Wenshan replied with a smile, "Yes, he's a nice young man."
"Mom!" Zhang Haoran called out in dissatisfaction. His mother was too spineless; she betrayed him the moment they met.
She's definitely in cahoots with Dad; I shouldn't have trusted her.
Bai Wenshan acted as if she hadn't heard, and introduced them to Huo Xiao without changing her expression: "This is Weiwei's eldest cousin, Zhang Juncheng, and this mischievous boy is her second cousin, Zhang Haoran. We've come here specifically to see Weiwei off at her wedding."
"Big cousin, second cousin," Huo Xiao greeted with a smile, then said to Bai Wenshan, "Then I'll trouble you and your parents to come over for dinner tonight."
Bai Wenshan smiled and declined, "Not today. We need to settle down first, and we'll come to bother you after we're settled."
"We're not bothering you. We and my family are very happy to have you here." Upon learning that they would be staying for several days, Huo Xiao asked, "Where do you plan to stay? Is there anything I can do to help?"
Bai Wenshan said, "After your uncle came to visit a while ago, he bought a courtyard in your village and asked the village chief to find someone to help tidy it up. We'll be staying in the village for the next few days so it'll be more convenient to see each other."
Huo Xiao paused for a moment, then asked, "Is it the courtyard behind the village? I'll take you there."
It turns out that the courtyard that the village chief had villagers repair a while ago was bought by Weiwei's uncle's family.
"We need to get the key from the village chief first," Zhang Changnian said.
Huo Xiao: "The village chief is distributing meat over there. I'll go find him."
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