Chapter Seventy-Four: My sister really got me into trouble!
Yang Lifang was stunned for a long time after hearing this, then she slapped her thigh and exclaimed, "Oh my! If Chunxue and Secretary Song really get together, that would be a great thing!"
"I've heard rumors before that Secretary Song might not like women..."
Yang Lifang couldn't help but shake her head: "It's just that Secretary Song is too late to realize this!"
Zhong Aiguo looked disgusted: "Does Zhang Chunxue deserve Secretary Song? They're several years apart in age!"
Yang Lifang kicked him in the thigh: "Whether someone is good enough or not is none of your business! Are you Secretary Song's father or his mother?"
She started yelling again: "What's wrong with Zhang Chunxue? Even if it really is Secretary Song's parents who came, if the two of them really like each other, nowadays everyone advocates free love, and his parents can't interfere!"
Zhong Aiguo pursed his lips: "Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore! I think I'm probably overthinking it."
Yang Lijuan, however, became quite thoughtful.
She thought that if she had time tomorrow, she would go to Zhang Chunxue's place to sound her out.
If both of them are interested, she'll act as their matchmaker, to avoid any unpleasant gossip later.
After all, there's also the term "unrequited love."
In Zhang Chunxue's courtyard, after everyone else had left, Song Xingzhi stepped forward and inquired with concern.
"Sister Chunxue, are you alright?"
Zhang Chunxue laughed heartily: "Of course it's nothing! Zhong Jingui is just deliberately trying to cause me trouble!"
"I will not admit to things I did not do."
Zhong Xiaoxiao stood to the side, feeling extremely guilty.
But then she thought, why should she feel guilty when she's avenging her mother?
Thinking about it that way, she felt justified again.
Song Xingzhi frowned slightly: "But it's not good for her to keep causing trouble..."
"I'll talk to Aiguo tomorrow and ask him to have a good talk with Uncle Zhong and discipline Zhong Jingui."
He felt that Zhang Chunxue was being targeted by Zhong Jingui because of him, so he wanted to resolve the matter properly.
Zhang Chunxue disagreed: "In my opinion, Zhong Jingui is just a clown who only knows how to jump around incompetently."
"I treat her stunt as just a little spice in my otherwise mundane life. I tease her like I'm playing with a fool!"
Song Xingzhi breathed a sigh of relief when he confirmed that Zhang Chunxue hadn't taken the matter to heart at all, nor had she held a grudge against him because of it.
"It's getting late, Chunxue-jie, you guys have dinner! I'll head back now!"
"Wait a minute!" Zhang Chunxue called out to him, "Since you're already here, why don't you stay for dinner?"
Zhang Chunxue looked at him with a smile: "Anyway, I cooked for one more person today, because my good-for-nothing second son didn't come back."
Song Xingzhi hesitated for a moment: "Is it convenient?"
"What's inconvenient about this?" Zhang Chunxue coughed lightly. "There are no outsiders at home."
Hearing Zhang Chunxue say this, Song Xingzhi felt a surge of emotion.
He chuckled softly, a gentler look appearing in his eyes: "Then I shall accept your offer."
Compared to Song Xingzhi himself, Zhong Xiao was the second happiest that he could stay at Zhang Chunxue's house for dinner.
She felt that Song Xingzhi was one step closer to becoming her stepfather.
Zhong Chengfa and Zhong Chengyi dared not have any objections.
Not to mention that Zhang Chunxue is in charge of the household, Song Xingzhi gave the three brothers a good scolding today, and now they are still a little guilty when they see Song Xingzhi!
Therefore, Zhong Chengfa and Zhong Chengyi chuckled and invited Song Xingzhi into the kitchen.
As Song Xingzhi entered the kitchen, Zhong Chengyi was about to follow him into the house when he heard a somewhat disjointed whistle.
"Hush! Hush!"
Zhong Chengyi turned around in confusion, only to see Zhong Xiaoyang outside the courtyard winking and making faces at him.
Zhong Chengyi looked around and, confirming that Zhong Xiaoyang was calling him, walked over with some confusion.
What are you doing? Is your eye twitching?
"Your eyes are the ones that are twitching!" Zhong Xiaoyang retorted irritably.
But then he changed to an enthusiastic expression: "Third Brother, do you know who threw the manure at Aunt Jin Gui's house?"
Upon hearing this, Zhong Chengyi immediately became interested: "What? You know?"
Zhong Xiaoyang said mysteriously, "I saw it! I saw that person walk out of Third Grandfather's yard!"
Zhong Chengyi gave him a push: "Stop keeping me in suspense, just tell me who it is! I'm in a hurry to get to dinner!"
Zhong Xiaoyang gave a bright smile: "You know this person too, you're even quite familiar with him."
Zhong Chengyi was about to curse: "Didn't I already tell you? Stop beating around the bush! If you keep nagging me, I'm not listening anymore!"
Seeing his expression, Zhong Xiaoyang knew he was about to get angry, so he quickly chuckled awkwardly, "Hey! It's your sister, Zhong Xiaoxiao!"
"That's impossible!" Zhong Chengyi retorted instinctively. "My sister is so well-behaved, obedient, and sensible, and she has such a gentle nature. How could she possibly do such a thing?"
However, the more he talked, the more guilty he felt.
Logically speaking, it's unlikely that his sister would do such a thing, but if you say it's to avenge his mother, it seems, perhaps, maybe... she really could do it.
He immediately lowered his voice: "Did you tell anyone else about this?"
Zhong Xiaoyang shook his head repeatedly: "I already told you! I reckon even our sister doesn't know that I saw her when she came out."
Zhong Chengyi's face darkened: "What do you mean 'our sister'? That's my sister!"
Zhong Xiaoyang pursed his lips: "Isn't your sister also my cousin? Although we're a bit distant..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhong Chengyi punched him irritably. "Just tell me what you're talking about, don't go around telling everyone else."
Zhong Xiaoyang immediately rubbed his hands together: "Of course! Otherwise, I would have already stood up and told Aunt Jin Gui!"
He licked his lips: "But I'm just thinking about Third Brother, you're going to take me to get rich..."
Zhong Chengyi's face immediately darkened further.
Zhong Xiaoyang had mentioned wanting to work with him before, but he didn't agree because he thought Zhong Xiaoyang was too loose with his tongue.
Unexpectedly, this kid has now turned against him.
"I'll think about it!" he said dismissively. "You go back and eat first, I'm going to eat too!"
"If we don't go in soon, my mom will scold me again!"
After saying that, Zhong Chengyi hurried to the kitchen.
However, as soon as he went in, he glared at Zhong Xiaoxiao.
Zhong Xiaoxiao felt completely baffled.
Without that blockhead Zhong Chengren around, the atmosphere at Zhang Chunxue's house became much more harmonious.
Zhang Chunxue was also surprised that Zhong Chengren and Zhong Chengyi did not react at all to Song Xingzhi's arrival.
After all, this was the first time since Zhong Guosheng's death that a man of similar age who was not related to Zhang Chunxue had stayed at her house for a meal without any reason.
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