Chapter 736 It's Really Hard to End a Life Without Getting Married

Guan Xia froze on the bed as if struck by lightning, staring blankly at Jiang Qi's serious expression.

The two were silent for half a minute until there was another knock on the door and Jiang Duo's voice came: "Cousin, the village chief has sent breakfast, come and get it."

Jiang Qi retracted his gaze from Guan Xia and said softly: "Lie down for a while."

He got up and hurried to the outside. Jiang Duo had already brought the food over. Seeing Jiang Qi's face, he retracted his gaze and said in a light tone: "It seems that I came at the wrong time and disturbed your good thing."

Jiang Qi raised his eyes and looked at him: "Is it obvious?"

"You are so shameless that your face is red, what do you think?"

Jiang Qi felt guilty and didn't know if Guan Xia would see that he was pretending to be calm.

He took the food from Jiang Duo: "When are we going back?"

"There are troops clearing the collapsed area ahead. I will take Qiao Bin to help in a while. If everything goes well, we should be able to leave in the evening."

Jiang Qi nodded: "Have you notified your family?"

"I went to the village brigade to make a call early in the morning."

"That's good. I'll go in first. You guys should eat early too." Jiang Qi took the food and pushed the door back to the room with a worried look on his face.

Guan Xia has not yet recovered from the shock just now, but the expression on his face is obviously not as stiff as before.

Jiang Qi put the food on the small table, filled a bowl of porridge, came to the bedside, scooped a few times with a spoon, and made sure it was not hot, then handed it to Guan Xia's mouth: "Xia Xia, eat something."

Guan Xia stepped back awkwardly and reached out to take the bowl: "Brother Qi, I'll do it myself."

Jiang Qi retracted his hand and looked at her tenderly: "Did what I just said to you make you feel pressured?" When

he brought up the previous words again, Guan Xia blushed: "Last night... was just an accident."

Jiang Qi pretended to be calm: "So, you don't want to take responsibility?"

Guan Xia looked embarrassed. This was the first time in her life that she heard that a man wanted a woman to take responsibility.

How should she answer?

"I...haven't thought about getting married."

"I never thought about it before, but after what we did last night gets out, it will be really hard for us not to get married."

"It won't get out. As long as you don't say it, I won't tell anyone. I promise."

Guan Xia raised her hand to swear. How could she have the face to tell anyone about such a thing?

Jiang Qi raised his hand and held her hand: "It's too late. My brother and sister-in-law already know."

Guan Xia blushed, "You...told it?"

Jiang Qi felt guilty for a moment, "My brother and sister-in-law are both smart people. When I carried you down last night, they knew something was wrong. They asked, and I couldn't lie, so..."

Guan Xia lowered her head in embarrassment. It was too embarrassing.

"I'll go talk to Zhuzhu. Zhuzhu will keep the secret for us."

Looking at Guan Xia's attitude, Jiang Qi looked at Guan Xia with burning eyes, "Xia Xia, after what happened last night, why didn't you give me a chance to take responsibility, and you're unwilling to take responsibility for me? Do you really not hate me?" "

I don't hate me, really, I just..."

Guan Xia frowned and stared at Jiang Qi. She had a lot to say, but she didn't know how to start.

Jiang Qi saw through her thoughts, "It's okay, just say whatever you want to say, and we'll see if we can solve it together. If you think there's something about me that you don't like, I can change it."

"It's not your problem, it's me. I don't want to get married, and I don't want to repeat the mistakes my mother and I made in the past."

"I'm not the kind of person your father and your ex are. As long as you marry me, I will live with you until we grow old, and I won't let you down."

Guan Xia shook her head, "My dad was a very good father before, and Xue Shaoshi was a very good boyfriend. He grew up with me, and I even thought that I knew him inside out, but in the end... Brother Qi, people change."

Jiang Qi's eyes were firm, "I always keep my word!"

"I believe it, but Xue Shao also made some promises to me when he was young. He said that he would never let me become my mother in his lifetime, but... he turned out to be more evil than my father. When it came to that point, I hated him, and he tried to save the relationship, still using that extreme method, threatening me with his life again and again.

In the end... he lost his life, and made me suffer from his mother's torture for so many years. After going through so much, I really don't want to gamble my life on an uncertain future."

Jiang Qi understood what Zhuzhu had said to him before. She was afraid of pain.

She had suffered so much for so many years. Even if she had the opportunity to choose again, she would not dare to take that step again, because she wanted to protect herself and she didn't want to get hurt.

So it is a very difficult task to pull her out of the abyss, redeem and warm her, and then get her love.

But since he has understood his own feelings, he will not give up. Before Guan Xia falls in love with him, it is indeed not appropriate for him to push her too hard.

He smiled gently: "Okay, I understand what you mean, then I will also tell you my thoughts, you listen. The education I received since I was a child tells me that there are some things that should not be done, and once done, I must be responsible to the end. This is my responsibility as a man."

"I understand, but..."

"Xia Xia, listen to me first."

Guan Xia nodded, said nothing more, just listened quietly.

"What happened last night, as the person involved, I really can't pretend that nothing happened. If I didn't do something for you, I would feel that I took advantage of someone's misfortune and was despicable.

I have never done anything absurd in my life, and even what happened last night, I don't think it was excessive, because the moment I walked towards you last night, I had actually thought about our future. As long as you nod, I can accompany you for the rest of your life."

Guan Xia was shocked.

A lifetime.

She looked at Jiang Qi. Although they had known each other for a short time, she knew that he was a humble gentleman.

He might really be able to be with her for the rest of his life because of what happened last night.

But...what virtue and ability do I have to delay his life just because of that little thing last night?

I shouldn't, and I can't.

She was about to say something when she heard Jiang Qi say again: "You may not know me well enough and don't trust me, but it doesn't matter. I didn't plan to get married. I'm living alone anyway, so I don't mind waiting for you for a while.

What's more, we are already a couple to the outside world. You can go back and slowly consider my proposal. If you are willing to extend your hand to me, I can bring the entire Jiang family to swear to you that I will treat you well for the rest of my life and never betray you. If I do, let me, Jiang Qi, die a miserable death!"