Chapter 57
After Lin Xinghua's bluff and thorough interrogation, Xun Yi's face darkened, and his heart turned to ashes.
Before he could recover, Lin Xinghua brought up Chen Sanhe and Pang Zhishan, making him even more speechless.
"Alright, alright, your aunt won't tease you anymore, okay?"
Lin Xinghua looked amused. Now that she knew everything, she naturally couldn't resist getting involved.
Especially since neither the village chief nor his wife noticed or discovered anything, but she did, doesn't that show her even more ability?
Of course, she didn't want to ruin the marriage.
After all, there's an old saying: "It's better to tear down ten temples than to break up one marriage." Xun Yi and Shu Wanxiu had no past grudges or recent enemies with her, so their getting together wouldn't do her any harm.
She straightened her expression and began to speak seriously.
“You, such a tall and strong young man, are at a disadvantage because you don’t have any elders or relatives who care about you.”
"Your aunt has watched you and Xun Ai grow up over the years, and she loves you both like her own descendants. Think about it, your aunt helped a lot when Xun Ai got married, didn't she?"
The last sentence made Xun Yi nod.
When Xun Ai got married, the whole village helped out, but when they were carrying the dowry out, Lin Xinghua discovered that a silver hairpin had been left in the room and hadn't been taken with her.
Everyone had gone to watch the excitement, and the room was empty.
If Lin Xinghua wanted to keep it, she could simply put it in her bosom.
But she did tell him, and Xun Ai still wears that hairpin in her hair very often.
Xun Yi recalled the events of the past, and his expression softened considerably.
Lin Xinghua had been observing Xun Yi's expression, and seeing that he was no longer so tense, she slowly began to speak again.
"You've never understood your own heart. The reason you keep having these dreams is simply because you've fallen for Shu!"
Do you like it?
Xun Yi murmured these two words in his heart.
To be honest, if Lin Xinghua had stated unequivocally from the beginning that he was interested in Shu Wanxiu, Xun Yi would definitely have denied it.
But after Lin Xinghua said so much, Xun Yi's state of mind had already changed and was no longer the same as before.
They accepted this fact so easily.
Seeing that he didn't object to what she said, Lin Xinghua put her hand on the table, leaned closer to him, and whispered in a tone of disappointment, "Why do you secretly help her weed all day long?"
She was so good at building rapport; her tone, actions, and expressions all worked together to make Xun Yi feel like she was one of his own.
He spoke the truth with a bitter tone, "She doesn't want anything to do with me."
Lin Xinghua suddenly felt that Xun Yi was all that tall for nothing.
"Are you a blockhead?!"
"Shu is clearly an honest girl. She's unmarried and you're always helping her without any official status. What will others think? How nasty will they say?"
After shaking her head and sighing, Lin Xinghua said, "Only daughters raised in respectable families would be so proper. Xun boy, you are a grown man, now that you have found someone you like, why not ask someone to act as matchmaker and see if she is interested in you?"
To act as a matchmaker?
Xun Yi's breath hitched, his head buzzed, and his blood rushed to his head.
Seeing that he was confused and disoriented, Lin Xinghua smiled subtly.
He was secretly pleased that he had fooled the young lad, but on the surface he put on a pretentious act, with a frown and a sigh.
"No, no, that's not right."
Xun Yi was startled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lin Xinghua hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Oh dear, if you think about it, you've already missed a great opportunity."
Xun Yi naturally pressed for details about what opportune moment.
"You haven't been seeing Shu girl for a long time, have you? Otherwise, you wouldn't have secretly helped her pull weeds."
Lin Xinghua counted on her fingers, carefully calculating the date when Shu Wanxiu had explicitly refused Xun Yi's offer.
"It's... late April or early May, right?"
"It's July now."
"If you hadn't been in contact for months and someone suddenly proposed marriage, would you have agreed if you were a woman?"
For a young boy who has just begun to understand things, nothing can defeat him, not even the opposition of his relatives or the injustices of the world.
But anything can bring him down, from something as small as a disapproving look or a hint of rejection from a loved one.
Xun Yi had just been thinking about who to find as a matchmaker, but when he heard Lin Xinghua say this, his heart felt like it was being squeezed.
Lin Xinghua wasn't afraid of scaring him.
“Young Xun, your aunt thinks that marriage can’t be rushed.”
“Look, Shu made things so clear to you months ago, but you didn’t say anything and even accepted the money she gave you. Now that you’re proposing marriage, she’ll only be embarrassed and angry, and she’ll only avoid you.”
Xun Yi's emotions were once again controlled by Lin Xinghua, and he was led by her.
"What does Auntie mean?"
Lin Xinghua raised her delicate eyebrows.
"So that's how it is..."
The two huddled together, discussing for almost half an hour.
Wang Jincai, who had been waiting at home for half a day after preparing breakfast, finally arrived at the Xun family's door with a fierce look on his face, only to see Xun Yi seeing Lin Xinghua off.
Xun Yi looked hesitant, as if worried, while his wife smiled radiantly, like a blooming flower.
Wang Jincai's suspicions were instantly dispelled.
He recognized his wife's expression—she had definitely gotten the better deal.
After a brief pause, he still hid in the nearby woods.
After Xun Yi entered the door, he came out of the woods again, caught up with Lin Xinghua, patted her on the shoulder, and asked, "What did you do?"
"Huh?!" Lin Xinghua jumped in surprise. "You rascal, you scared me to death?"
Wang Jincai was about to ask a second question when Lin Xinghua immediately stopped him with a look, "We'll talk about it when we get home!"
...
It was the time when the villagers were working in the fields, so Lin Xinghua was cautious. She grabbed Wang Jincai and left. Once home, she opened the bedroom door and told him about the incident in detail.
Wang Jincai's expression shifted from suspicion to shock, then to disbelief, before he relentlessly questioned, "How could you treat these two poor children like this?!"
"Keep your voice down!"
It's not like no one passes by outside; what if someone hears us?
Lin Xinghua tightly covered Wang Jincai's mouth.
Wang Jincai didn't move, he just stared at her with his eyes open.
"Hmph!" After a brief standoff, Lin Xinghua reluctantly withdrew her hand, but turned her back to Wang Jincai.
This is a trick that never fails.
Sure enough, Wang Jincai, who had a mild temper, lowered his voice and began to persuade her in a low voice.
“Xun Yi and Shu Wanxiu are both good children. They both call you Auntie. Don’t stand in the middle and ruin their marriage.”
"Huh? What do you mean by causing trouble? What do you mean by ruining their marriage?" Lin Xinghua spat at him, pointed at his face, and cursed, "You don't know anything!"
“I didn’t sow discord; I even pointed him in the right direction!”
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