Chapter 480 Sir Zheng, do you like my Jiayue?
Such a good child...
When the aunt looked at Zheng Qinghe, her heart felt warm as if she had a hot sweet potato in her arms.
He has a good family background, good looks and a steady temperament. This is a golden son-in-law that is hard to find anywhere!
Now that things have come to this, if I don’t ask further, I’ll miss the opportunity.
The eldest aunt leaned forward, the chair legs squeaked against the bluestone slabs. She lowered her voice, but her eyes sparkled. "Qinghe, what do you think of my Jiayue?"
"I'm not bragging as an aunt." She slapped her thigh, her tone filled with pride. "My Jiayue is a one-of-a-kind girl in this area! Look at the school she runs, the students' scores are all top-notch. Her shops in the provincial capital are always packed with customers. Take our Taohua Village, for example. Ever since she came, we've been setting up workshops and planting new crops. Who in the surrounding villages wouldn't envy her?"
She paused, then looked at Zheng Qinghe, her eyes brightening. "Speaking of looks, let alone in this small town, how many people in Kyoto can compare to Jia Yue? To describe her as stunning as a fish sinking to the bottom of a river, a geese falling to the ground, or a moon hiding in shame a flower, wouldn't be an exaggeration!"
My aunt has been attending literacy classes for over a year and now knows a lot of idioms. Whenever she goes back to her parents' home, she speaks in a very elegant manner, and people there envy her.
Zheng Qinghe didn't expect that his aunt-in-law would go around in circles to talk about this.
His hands hidden in his sleeves clenched suddenly, and his heartbeat quickened without warning.
These words really touched his heart!
"Aunt, I..." He just opened his mouth when he was interrupted by his aunt.
"Don't blame me for being nosy," my aunt smiled like a chrysanthemum. "I see you seem to be a little interested in our Jiayue, right? I'm an experienced person, so I know how to see that."
Zheng Qinghe's face flushed instantly, even his ears felt hot. He avoided his aunt's gaze, his voice as low as a mosquito's hum, but revealing a serious tone. "Aunt, I really have...been in love with Jiayue for a long time."
He didn't dare to tell anyone about the engagement in Kyoto.
He was not sure whether Gu Jiayue had told her family, and he was even more afraid that mentioning the incident of his mother breaking off the engagement would make the Gu family have an opinion of him.
If I can marry Jiayue, it won't be too late to apologize for this matter later.
"Ouch!" The eldest aunt clapped her hands excitedly, almost knocking the melon seed plate off the stone table. She turned and shouted at Li, "Third sister-in-law, I told you I wasn't seeing things! My eyes are really sharp!"
Li was laughing so hard that she couldn't stop.
Gu Jiayue's marriage has always been a stone weighing on her heart.
The girl is so outstanding that it is also a worry. Since last year, she and her mother-in-law have searched all the young men in the surrounding area, but they haven't found anyone who is a good match for her.
Occasionally there are two people with similar conditions, and their family backgrounds are too prominent.
Their family is just an ordinary farmer. If they really marry their daughter into a wealthy family, what will they do if she suffers injustice?
So this matter has been dragged on and no one dares to mention it.
Until today, her aunt said to her mysteriously: "I saw the way Master Zheng looked at Jiayue, and there was something wrong!"
Li was hesitant at first. Zheng Qinghe's family background was not ordinary. He was said to be the son of the Crown Prince's tutor, making him one of the most prestigious families in Kyoto. Would Jiayue be bullied if she married him?
But the aunt rolled her eyes. "With your daughter's abilities, who knows who will bully whom! Besides, let's test the waters first. If there's a chance, we'll match them up. If not, there's no point in thinking too much. After the New Year's Eve, she'll be nineteen. If we delay any longer, she'll become an old maid!"
"Besides, if she, the elder sister, doesn't marry, how can the younger sisters get married? Haven't you seen that the corners of the second sister's mouth are covered with blisters recently? It's because she's worried about Xi Que's marriage."
Li was persuaded, but when she really walked in front of Zheng Qinghe, she was so nervous that her palms were sweating and she was so tongue-tied that she couldn't utter a word. In the end, she had to rely on her aunt to take the lead.
The noise in the yard woke up Yue'er who was sleeping in a daze.
Her tentacles twitched and her compound eyes blinked blankly. After listening for a while, she finally understood.
My aunt is helping her find a marriage!
This...woman
Isn't it a bad idea for the Fang family to take the initiative?
Yue'er crawled along the stone table towards Zheng Qinghe, wanting to see his reaction.
Zheng Qinghe's face flushed, but he didn't refuse. Instead, he stood up and bowed deeply to his aunt and Li, his tone solemn as if he were swearing an oath. "Aunts, Qinghe is sincere to Jiayue. If I can marry her, I will never leave her and will only have her in my heart! If I break this oath, I wish to be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"
"Oh! How can you swear such a solemn oath!" The aunt quickly stood up and helped him up. "Today, I want to ask your opinion. If you are willing, let's go and test Jiayue's attitude."
"I sincerely want to marry Jiayue, and I hope my aunt will agree!" Zheng Qinghe said as he was about to kneel down.
Li quickly grabbed his arm, her hands shaking. "Don't worry, wait until I find a chance to ask Jiayue what she means, and then we can make a long-term plan."
"In that case, I'll trouble you, aunt." Zheng Qinghe's voice was full of gratitude.
Yue'er saw and heard all this, and her heart felt like a mixture of five flavors: sweet at one moment and bitter at another.
The sweet thing is that Zheng Qinghe has always liked her and has not changed because she is not the daughter of a marquis.
The sad thing is that the soul in this body now is not her.
But if Zheng Qinghe ends up marrying Sister Gu, it seems... it's not unacceptable.
Sister Gu is so nice that not only men, but even she, a woman who has only been with her for a day or two, can't help but like her.
If you think about it, they are indeed a good match.
Besides, she is a cockroach now. Even if she has some ideas, what can she do?
In fact, after taking the soul-stripping pill, she deliberately gave her body to Sister Gu.
At that time, she had a strong premonition that she would not live long.
Instead of occupying this body, it would be better to let Sister Gu continue to do meaningful things with this body.
But who would have thought that she didn't die, but turned into a cockroach.
This is worse than death.
No, even if I have to die, I can't die as a cockroach!
Yue'er secretly made up her mind and crawled two steps towards Zheng Qinghe.
"System, how long will it take to complete the task?" she asked in her heart.
"There is about another hour left. Host, please continue to keep a distance from the target." The system's mechanical voice sounded.
Only one hour left.
After completing the mission and receiving the reward, she would feel better and find a way to leave this cockroach body and die in a decent way.
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