Chapter 255: Broken Engagement 2
"Mom, I must marry Sister Xiaoying. Without Sister Xiaoying, what's the point of living?" Chen Dawang looked haggard and depressed.
"Oh! My son, now it's not a question of whether you get married or not, it's that other people are unwilling to marry their daughter to you." Tao Xiu'e also looked worried.
"Is there really no other way?" Chen Dawang asked hopefully.
Tao Xiu'e looked at her son's hopeful eyes, and said distressedly and dejectedly, "Son, I want you to be happy, too. If there is a way, wouldn't I do it? Your father has gone too far this time. No one would be able to bear it."
Chen Dawang felt even more uncomfortable and sighed, "Mom, have you ever thought about it? With a father like me, which good daughter would be willing to marry me? Are you really only happy if you see me unhappy?"
"Chen Dawang, I am your father. If you still recognize me as your father, you'd better give up on me." When Chen Shengli came back, he heard the conversation between his son Chen Dawang and his mother and was furious.
"Dad, are you still being unreasonable? If you continue like this, your son will be single for the rest of his life." Chen Dawang said angrily.
"Don't worry, you won't be single. Doesn't Ma Youcai have a lot of cousins? I tried him last time, and he can make the decision on the marriage of his cousins. When he comes in, I will propose to you, and you can choose first and see which one you like?" Chen Shengli said proudly.
"Dad, you've already made up your mind to break off the engagement," Chen Dawang covered his face with his hands and wailed sadly, "How could I have such a dad?"
"Chen Shengli, you are still dreaming. Ma Youcai is Yi Ke's brother-in-law, and you beat Yi Ke, his wife's sister, and now you want to marry his cousin. How dare you ask for that?" Tao Xiu'e said contemptuously.
"What do women know? This is a man's business," Fu Shengli glanced at his wife and went into the house.
Chen Dawang stood up and walked out. Tao Xiu'e asked hurriedly, "Where are you going?"
"Mom, I'm going out for a walk. Don't wait for me to eat." Chen Dawang left without looking back.
"Oh, we have such a good family, what's going on?" Tao Xiu'e sighed.
Chen Dawang came to Yike's house and went to Li Xiaoying's room. Chen Yue'er happened to be delivering food to Li Shuiying. She was shocked when she saw her elder brother.
"Brother, why did you become like this? Have you not eaten these days? Why have you lost so much weight?" Chen Yue'er asked with concern.
"It's okay, I have something to say to Xiaoying." Chen Dawang nodded.
"Oh, okay, I'll go back first. Brother, take care of yourself." Chen Yue'er took the dishes and left.
"Brother Da Wang, you have really lost weight. You didn't eat well, right? You are worrying about us and didn't eat or sleep well, right? You can't be like this. If your body collapses, what will I do? For my sake, you have to eat and sleep well." Li Xiaoying looked at Chen Da Wang and said distressedly.
"Okay, I'll eat and sleep well when I get back, don't worry." Chen Dawang nodded perfunctorily.
"Brother Dawang, I have something to tell you." Li Xiaoying said seriously.
"You go ahead and speak first. I have something to say to you too." Chen Dawang sat on the stool and made a gesture of listening attentively.
"Brother Dawang, I'm moving back home tomorrow. Dad said I'm almost well now and I can't continue to bother sister Yike's family. From now on, we can only meet outside. My dad will definitely not let you in." Li Xiaoying looked sad, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't run away, this wouldn't have happened."
"No, Sister Xiaoying, I don't blame you. It's my fault. I should have told you my feelings earlier. Then you wouldn't think that I don't like you and you wouldn't run away so rashly." Chen Dawang said regretfully.
"Brother Da Wang, do you have anything to tell me?" Li Xiaoying quickly changed the subject.
"It's like this, Sister Xiaoying, does what you said that day still count?" Chen Dawang asked, staring into Li Xiaoying's eyes.
"Which day? What?" Li Xiaoying was a little confused.
"That day when my father scolded you, you said that you had to marry me no matter whether my father liked you or not. Does it still count?" Chen Dawang asked anxiously.
"Oh, that day, of course it counts. Do you want to change your mind?" Li Xiaoying said curiously.
"No, how could I regret it? I still want to ask again, if I have nothing, would you still be willing to marry me and spend your life with me?"
"Brother Da Wang, why are you saying all these inexplicable things today? Did something happen? Don't you know my feelings? In this life, I will only marry you, no matter whether you are rich or poor. You don't mind me even though I am so ugly, so do you think I care whether you are rich or poor?" Li Xiaoying was anxious.
"No, that's not what I meant," Chen Dawang explained hurriedly, "My father said today that he would find another partner for me. We discussed the other day to delay the time and wait for him to agree, but now we can't wait any longer."
"He, how could he do this? Didn't he do it without your consent?" Li Xiaoying said angrily.
"Haha, if he had gotten my consent, he wouldn't have broken off the engagement without my agreement." Chen Dawang said with a wry smile.
"Then what should we do?" Li Xiaoying wanted to cry.
"I'm here to discuss this with you," Chen Dawang said. "I have two solutions. One is to separate the family. I can live alone and decide my own marriage. And you won't have to endure my father's anger when we get married. The other solution is to escape from the mountains and live there, just like you did last time, but this time it's just the two of us."
"The mountains are very dangerous. You don't have Brother Ziyi's skills, and you have me as a burden. It's very dangerous." Li Xiaoying escaped once and then realized how dangerous she was.
"I know. I will ask Brother Ziyi for help. If he can send us out of the periphery, there will be no problem." Chen Dawang explained.
"Will Brother Ziyi help?" Li Xiaoying said in disbelief.
"Yes, don't worry about that." Chen Dawang answered affirmatively.
"Brother Da Wang, let's try to separate the family first. I heard that life out there is even harder than in our mountains."
"Let me try first. I'm going to leave the house with nothing. Only in this way can the family be divided. Then I will have nothing. Are you still willing to live with me?"
"Yes, I do, Brother Da Wang. As long as we are together, even drinking boiled water will taste sweet."
"Thank you, Xiaoying," Chen Dawang was moved and held Li Xiaoying's hand. "Don't worry, I will work hard in the future and will never let you suffer with me."
"Well, I believe in Brother Dawang." Li Xiaoying blushed as she looked at Chen Dawang who was holding her hand.
Chen Dawang realized it later, and hurriedly let go of his hand, saying unnaturally: "Well, I, I'll go first, Sister Xiaoying, you have a good rest."
Li Xiaoying nodded and watched Chen Dawang leave, recalling what Chen Dawang had said in her mind. Her eyes were confused and clear at times, and finally, she thought of something and her eyes became firm.
Li Xiaoying stood up, picked up the crutches beside the bed, gently stroked the two words, and murmured: "Brother Dawang, I won't let you figure it out alone. I will also work hard for our future happiness."
Li Xiaoying walked slowly out the door with a cane...
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