Aunt Fat combed Xu Xingchen's hair again and again, muttering to herself, "One comb to the end, two combs to make our daughter's hair as white as her eyebrows, three combs to make our daughter have children and grandchildren all over the ground..."
As I combed my hair, my eyes couldn't help but turn red.
"Aunt Fat..." Xu Xingchen didn't know how to comfort her.
"It's okay, Auntie Pang is just happy. Auntie Pang has never had a daughter in her life, and Xiaoniang Xu is letting me experience what it's like to be a mother."
Aunt Pang wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said with a smile.
As they were talking, there was laughter outside the door, "Let's pick up the bride——"
The women in the house rushed to block the door.
There were questions and answers inside and outside the house, and a few copper coins were stuffed in from time to time. The Zhang family was really poor, and every family would stuff small change in their wedding.
Although I dislike being inside the house, it is better than not coming at all.
The girls had been blocking the door for quite some time, so Auntie Fat pretended to be fierce and shouted at them to leave, "That's enough, it's just a few copper coins, don't miss the auspicious time."
Xu Xingchen was covered with a veil and was helped into a sedan chair. A group of people carried her away unsteadily.
Xu Xingchen felt very uncomfortable in the swaying sedan. Not only had she not eaten anything in the morning, but the sedan was also swaying so much that she felt dizzy and wanted to vomit.
She suppressed the surging feeling of nausea and comforted herself that the village was not big and Zhang Tiansheng's house was not far away, and she would arrive in less than ten minutes.
However, more than ten minutes passed, and the sedan was still shaking. She felt something was wrong, very wrong. At this speed, the Zhang family should have arrived by now, so why was it still moving?
She lifted the curtain and found that the sedan chair did not go to the Zhang family in the south of the village, but came to the west entrance of the village, and was about to leave the village!
Alarm bells rang in Xu Xingchen's mind. She calmed herself down and stopped the sedan.
"Can you stop for a moment? I'm not feeling well."
The sedan stopped and a village woman in her thirties lifted the curtain and asked, "What's wrong with you, young lady?"
Xu Xingchen covered his chest and replied with a painful expression: "Maybe I am a little dizzy. I want to get some fresh air."
The village woman tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Well then, girl, you better hurry up and don't miss the auspicious time."
After getting permission, Xu Xingchen got out of the sedan chair and looked around. In addition to the two cooks who carried the sedan chair, there were three other village women including the one just now.
The village woman was one step away from her and wanted to follow her. She rolled her eyes and said she wanted to go to the toilet. The village woman couldn't follow her and stood there waiting for her.
Xu Xingchen walked to the wall behind the fence, slowly squatted down, and looked at the surrounding terrain.
Climb over the wall and you will reach the west side of the village.
After a moment's thought, she took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and resolutely climbed over the wall and ran away.
She seldom came to the west of the village, and she was in such a hurry that she didn't know where to go and ended up getting lost.
She stood there in a daze, looking back at the road she came from. Go back?
It's impossible to go back.
She had no choice but to keep running. As she passed the hillside, she saw a familiar forest—the Deadwood Forest. Jun Haoyue had brought her here several times.
The familiar terrain reassured her, and without looking back, she plunged into the woods. The woods provided a perfect hiding place.
She groped around in the woods for a while, found a slope, and sat down with her knees hugged on the back. She didn't know whether the group of people who came to pick up the bride were enemies or friends, so the safest way was to wait for rescue.
Her red dress was very eye-catching in the green. The birds in the woods chirped, as if they were curious about her uniqueness.
Xu Xingchen rested her chin on her knees, looking at the forest with a sense of melancholy. This forest held many memories of her and Jun Haoyue. In a daze, she seemed to see the sky full of fireflies again.
“Crack.”
Xu Xingchen suddenly woke up, someone was coming!
She shrank back, held her breath, and tried to reduce her presence.
However, the footsteps were getting closer.
One step, two steps, and the person coming was already on the other side of her slope!
It was too late for Xu Xingchen to move. She closed her eyes in despair, raised her hand to touch the light brain beside her ear, and thought that if it was an emergency, she could click "suicide" to leave her body and return to the planet.
No matter who she is, let her go back to Kokodo Star. She doesn't want to stay here anymore.
The capture he had imagined did not come, but he was hugged by someone. Xu Xingchen was frightened and struggled violently.
After a sigh, a clear and elegant voice sounded: "It's me."
She slowly opened her eyes and suddenly a tear fell.
Jun Haoyue gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, his tone becoming even gentler, "Why did you run away? I'm very worried, you know?"
Gentle words, gentle movements.
Xu Xingchen finally couldn't hold it in anymore, tears kept falling down, Jun Haoyue was panicked and flustered, unable to wipe them away in time.
"Jun Haoyue, please don't marry someone else."
The hand wiping away the tears paused, and the owner's expression was very calm. "Why?"
God knows how excited he was, but he didn't dare express it, fearing that it was just his wishful thinking.
It’s all Xu Xingchen’s fault for being too slow. Every time he is given hope, he is disappointed.
"You ask why..." Xu Xingchen was also stunned and muttered to himself, repeating his words.
Seeing her like this, Jun Haoyue felt relieved but couldn't help feeling disappointed at the same time. Look, it started again, this slow-witted woman.
Jun Haoyue adjusted her expression, trying to make the atmosphere more relaxed, but Xu Xingchen's next words almost made her heart stop.
"I, I don't want you to marry someone else. You won't be alone. I'll accompany you in the future, okay..."
She said 'accompany', not liking, nor being pleased, nor loving. It sounded no different from the meaning of ordinary accompanying.
But she cleverly used the word "later". What does the word "later" mean? It means the future, the next few decades, Xu Xingchen will be with him!
Her confession was conveyed, and Jun Haoyue understood it. He also understood that it was not easy for someone with social anxiety and a mind full of scientific research to make such a "blatant" confession!
Jun Haoyue suddenly hugged her tightly, burying his face in her neck, not letting her see his overjoyed and somewhat confused expression. After taking a deep breath, he raised his head, looked at her steadily, and spoke word by word.
"You've always been the only one I wanted to marry."
Xu Xingchen pouted in grievance, "Then you..." Why do you want to marry Zhang Xiaochun?
Jun Haoyue's eyes sparkled with a hint of cunningness. "How can you see your own heart clearly otherwise?"
"My heart...?" Xu Xingchen slowly opened his eyes wide, "You plotted against me?!"
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was true. She was so angry that she wanted to hit him. Jun Haoyue was smiling happily, his eyes narrowed into slits, just like a fox.
After letting her hammer him for a few times, he grabbed her hand, put it to his lips and kissed it, coaxing her, "Don't be angry, okay?"
Feeling the touch of his lips on her fingertips, Xu Xingchen blushed and took her hand back, pursing her lips in silence.
Jun Haoyue approached her, their foreheads touching, "Believe me, I won't marry anyone else, and you can't marry anyone else either."
"You can only marry me."
He was rarely so overbearing. Xu Xingchen turned his head away and muttered, "Who wants to marry you?"
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