"That's for sure! Look how tall he is, and how sloppy he is, he doesn't even shave. How good-looking can someone like that be? Everyone agrees, right?" The woman got even more excited when she saw everyone looking at her, and pointed at Qin Yu to make a direct mockery.
"So what if you're good-looking? Look at the man you married! I really don't know how you could have married such a slovenly man..."
The woman repeatedly mocked Qin Yu, like a proud rooster, smugly raising her chin.
"Young man, you really are too sloppy..."
"Oh my, you're so tall, why don't you tidy yourself up a bit?"
"What a pity, such a beautiful woman..."
The onlookers couldn't help but compare Qin Yu and Xia Lan, and felt that it was a pity that Xia Lan, who was so beautiful, was paired with Qin Yu.
"He's the most handsome in my eyes!" Xia Lan was furious when she heard everyone around her laughing at Qin Yu.
Qin Yu stroked his beard as he watched Xia Lan get angry and flustered.
Is she really that sloppy?
"Comrade, although what they said was a bit excessive, do you want to shave your beard? It really looks quite unkempt. I have a razor here, you can borrow it." A male comrade couldn't stand it anymore and came over to pull Qin Yu towards the men's bathhouse.
"Thank you." Qin Yu glanced at Xia Lan, who was pouting and angry, and decided to shave off the beard he had been growing for several years.
Qin Yu waved to Xia Lan, then followed the man who wanted to borrow his razor into the men's bathhouse.
"Ha, does he think he'll become handsome after taking a bath? If he were good-looking, I'd give him my head and a chair to sit on!" The woman laughed disdainfully as Qin Yu entered the bathhouse.
She thought Qin Yu wanted to become more handsome just by taking a shower, and mocked his overestimation of his abilities.
"Aren't you going a bit too far? This woman didn't marry that man because of his looks. He must have treated her very well for her to marry him!" The girl behind Xia Lan couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up for Xia Lan.
Xia Lan glanced at the woman.
"He may not have shaved, but he's got a good physique, and most importantly, he cooks for me. Let me ask you, how many men can you find who cook for you?" Xia Lan sneered.
Is her man someone she can laugh at?
She doesn't even look at her own circumstances, yet she dares to mock Qin Yu!
Upon hearing that a man could cook, the women in line immediately turned their attention to him.
In this day and age, a man who can cook for his wife is a top-notch man.
So what if he's not good-looking? You'd marry a man who cooks for you, no matter how ugly he is.
"Wow, he can cook? This guy is pretty good!"
"Exactly, what's the use of being good-looking? It's just a pretty face. But being able to cook is really great!"
"A man who helps you with chores is a truly good man. Ladies, you've found a great man!"
Many married women immediately chimed in to help.
She's busy at home every day, taking care of the whole family's needs, while the man in the house just sits there waiting for her to cook, acting like a king, and she has to serve him carefully.
They would be truly blessed to have a man who could help them with the work.
Who could understand better than them that once you marry into another family, you have to endure your mother-in-law's temper, swallow your anger, take care of the elderly and the young, and do all the housework from morning till night?
In the first few months of marriage, the man would offer token assistance, but after the baby was born...
They've all become old men.
"So what if he can cook? What's so great about that!" The woman wouldn't agree.
I just thought it was just about being able to cook.
What's so surprising about that?
"Lady, you don't understand. You'll understand after you get married..." A group of women began to explain married life to the woman.
"The daily necessities of this household..."
"This man just sits there after he gets home from get off work..."
As Xia Lan listened to them pour out their grievances about married life, she exchanged bewildered glances with the girls behind her; they were both horrified by what the girls were saying about their married lives.
"Why are you telling me this? I'm not married. You're saying her man is slovenly..."
The woman suddenly lost her voice while speaking, and then the other women suddenly lost their voices as well.
Xia Lan, who was being attracted by the ants at her feet, was suddenly blocked by a dark shadow. Xia Lan looked up.
"..."
The strange man standing in front of Xia Lan was the same height as Qin Yu, but his face was completely different from Qin Yu's.
With clear, bright eyes, a high nose bridge, and delicate, well-defined features, his face is perfectly proportioned and flawless.
His fine, fluffy hair, bathed in the setting sun, appeared fuzzy, softening his otherwise aloof demeanor.
His eyes, which looked at Xia Lan, held both coldness and tenderness. When their eyes met, his gaze was like hooks, catching her soul.
He slowly extended his hand toward Xia Lan. Xia Lan noticed that his hand was very beautiful, long and slender with distinct knuckles. His movements were unhurried and gentle, extending a silent invitation to Xia Lan.
"Wife?" A familiar voice came from the man in front of her, his deep, husky voice that she was absolutely certain she wouldn't mistake.
That's Qin Yu's voice.
But the man in front of me...
"Brother Yu?" Xia Lan asked cautiously.
"……Um?"
His voice was languid and sexy, with a hint of doubt.
Xia Lan placed her hand in his, and with just a slight effort, he easily pulled her up.
"..." Everyone was still reeling from his sculpted features.
Xia Lan herself found it hard to believe that Qin Yu's beard concealed such a handsome face.
For a moment, Xia Lan didn't know whether to scream with excitement or giggle with smug satisfaction...
"Are you stunned?" Qin Yu asked worriedly, looking at Xia Lan, who had a blank stare.
He knew he was pretty good-looking. It was fine in the army, but after leaving the army, he always received advances from unfamiliar female comrades.
At first, he would politely refuse, but some women would persistently pester him, and eventually he simply stopped taking care of his face and let his beard grow wildly.
To avoid these enthusiastic women, the beard was clearly very effective; after that, no strange women bothered him again.
He wouldn't have scraped it off if Xia Lan hadn't been bullied.
"You...you...how can you be so handsome?" Xia Lan looked at Qin Yu, her small hands excitedly clutching her clothes, somewhat incoherent.
"I've always looked like this..." Qin Yu replied helplessly; he had simply shaved his beard.
However, seeing Xia Lan's stunned expression just now, it at least proves that she must like his face, right?
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