Chapter 34(1/2)
Is Zhao Chen good to himself?
Aji couldn't explain it clearly.
Before today, she only hated him, hated him for forcing and threatening, hated him for bullying others with power. Even though he saved himself last night, her gratitude dissipated by his later violation. However, today, although he sarcastically mocked her and teased her repeatedly, he was really kind to her, just like he helped him with the last time the doe was dysfunctional. It was not a verbal promise of nothingness, but a real thing that was impossible for his identity to do, and it was done for her.
Can she say he is not good to her?
In the cave, he gave her the considerate when he was walking on her back, he bent down to spread his robe on the beach, he helped her to remove the patience when charred fish skin bit by bit, and just now, he almost fell from such a high place just to pick flowers for her.
Marry him?
Looking at the orchid in front of her, Aju finally shook her head. She didn't know how to refuse him, so she could only turn around and walk forward.
She is not a stern heart. No man has treated her like this. Perhaps Meng Zhongjing wanted to treat her like this before, but he was honest and respectful, and he never expected that he would not have the chance to be too close to her. Now that Zhao Chen has done so much for her, she cannot be completely indifferent.
But if you are moved, you will marry him.
She and Meng Zhongjing were childhood sweethearts and thought they knew him very well. What was the result? Zhao Chen, who only knew that he was rich and knew that he was good at doing business. He knew that he was imposing when he was cold, and he couldn't help but feel nervous when he was gentle. He also knew that he had a good mother. But she didn't know Zhao Chen, and even Meng Zhongjing could not ignore her for a woman who had only known him for a half month. How could she ensure that this richer and more outstanding man would always be nice to her?
Aji dared not trust any man easily. She just felt that ordinary men would always be less entangled than rich young men. In the villages near and near, Meng Zhongjing was just an exception. Most villagers were married for decades. In the wealthy families in the town, men would take up a house to raise concubines if they had a little money, but their uncles were rare. Aji was not greedy for money and wanted to marry an honest farmer since she was a child. Without Meng Zhongjing, there were other things. Maybe she would not like him too much, but she would live a very stable life. Aji didn't believe that she would always be so unlucky. Every fiancé was hooked up halfway.
In any case, Zhao Chen is not suitable for her. In fact, Zhao Chen doesn't understand her. After all, he insists on marrying her, he still likes her appearance. When she gets old a few years and meets a better-looking woman, he will naturally change his mind and even pester her like he is now.
Aji couldn't afford to gamble. Maybe she would never like anyone as much as she liked Meng Zhongjing, and wouldn't be too sad if she was hurt, but she didn't want to experience another betrayal. Therefore, she dared not marry a person like Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen frowned at Aji's back.
The first two times he begged her to marry him, but she refused, and he didn't say much, but after getting along by the river, he could see that she was not so disgusted with him. She even saw that he had just seen God, why did she still refuse to marry?
He couldn't figure it out.
"Aji." Zhao Chen chased after him again.
Aji lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him. Zhao Chen looked at himself, put the orchid on the ground first, put the clothes on quickly, and tidy up, and chased him up with the flowers again. She still refused to look at him. Zhao Chen's temper became angry and held the flowers in one hand and pulled the person into his arms. "Aji, tell me, why don't you marry me? Don't say whether you are worthy or not, in my eyes, nothing is wrong. I just want to know why you are unwilling to marry me."
He was too tight to pull, and Aji couldn't break free, so he turned his head and scolded him: "Let me go, you promised not to bother me last night!"
"If you don't explain it clearly, I won't let it go." Zhao Chen raised her chin and looked straight into her eyes: "Am I not good enough to you? I almost fell to death just now and wanted to take the risk of picking the orchid you like. What else do you want me to believe that I will treat you well?"
There was a raging rage in his eyes, which made her afraid to look at her. Aji lowered her eyes, "Young Master Zhao, thank you for being so kind to me, but you and I are really not suitable. There is no other reason. Whether you believe it or not, I can only tell you that I don't want to marry you, please let me go?"
There is no reason...
Zhao Chen looked down at her, "You mean, no matter how good I treat you, you will not marry, even if I almost die for you, you will not agree?"
His voice was very calm, and he could not hear the joys and anger, but it was so cold that it made people feel cold. Aji didn't dare to look at his expression and whispered yes.
When she spoke, her eyes lowered her eyes and her eyelashes were not trembling. It was obvious that she was not right and wrong. Zhao Chen sneered, let go of her, and walked forward with a big stroll. After two or three steps, he raised his hand and raised the cluster of orchids were thrown into the grass by him, scattered in a mess, desolate, and decayed.
The mountain wind seemed to be colder than before, and it drank the sweat on her body.
Aji looked at the man who was stroking away.
When he was in a good mood, he went to pick flowers regardless of everything. Now that he was angry, he threw away the flowers. Will he treat orchids like this and women the same? When he liked them, he held them in his palm and was disliked and abandoned them as if he was blinded.
Aji turned around and there was only a cluster of green orchid leaves left on the cliff. If the orchid was not picked, those inconspicuous slender leaves would keep guarding it. Aji wanted to marry an ordinary man. He didn't have to be very beautiful, rich, or even sweet words. As long as he was willing to stay by her side, she would be content, that was the life she wanted to live.
The man in front had already walked a long way. Aju took a last look at the orchid in the grass and raised his heels.
She didn't chase Zhao Chen, but just followed him from afar and didn't get lost.
The two of them walked one after another. As they walked, Aji gradually felt something was wrong. She couldn't tell the difference between the mountains and forests, but Zhao Chen turned a corner from time to time. Even though she had not entered the mountain, she realized that he was deliberately delaying the downhill time.
Is it because of being angry?
Aji wiped the sweat from her forehead. It was human nature to try to torture her, but she was really about to lose her way.
Just as she was hesitating whether to ask him, Zhao Chen suddenly turned around and walked towards her.
Aji didn't dare to look at his eyes, and looked down slightly. When the two of them were more than ten steps apart, Aji couldn't help asking him: "We're going down the mountain?"
Zhao Chen continued to approach her, "It's almost done, but I deliberately took you around in circles just now. Did you see that?"
Aji frowned and looked up at him: "What do you mean?"
Zhao Chen smiled at her, "Aji, I told you that I will marry you, and I am kind enough to warn you not to give me a chance. Unfortunately, you were kidnapped by those evil people this time. I was the first to find clues, so I went into the mountain to find people overnight. Before I came up, I specifically instructed Chen Ping to lead his uncle and the others to the foot of the mountain this afternoon. If what I expected was not bad, they would almost enter the mountain at this time."
My father is coming, and Aji should be happy, but the deep meaning in the man's words made her scared. She asked him in a trembling voice while retreating, "Why..."
"Why didn't you notify my uncle yesterday?" Zhao Chen continued to approach, Aji retreated faster and faster, but he was still not slow and calm, and his voice was as quiet as a chat: "I'll come up first, of course I want to spend more time with you. I think I'm good to you, and you will definitely be willing to marry me. But if you refuse, then I have to change my way. Aji, you said, if I carry you down the mountain and are caught by my uncle and others, you can only marry me, right?"
Although she was asking, her eyes looked like a wolf. Aji was cold all over her body. She felt that her gratitude and affection before was like a joke. She was too stupid. How could she really treat someone who was threatening and offending to a girl she had only met several times? Everything he did was carefully calculated, just to make her willingly marry him, and even shamelessly lied to her to sleep with him for a night.
Knowing that he could not escape him, Aji retreated to an old tree and warned him with a white face: "Don't come over, if you take another step, I will hit you head-on to death. I would rather die than marry you!"
Zhao Chen seemed to have not heard of it, and stopped at five steps away, looking at her expressionlessly: "Then you die. If you never want to see your parents again, don't want to see your younger brothers and sisters, if you want the two old white-haired people to send a black-haired person, if you want your younger brothers and sisters to blame yourself for not being able to accompany you at home and causing you to have something wrong with you, if you are willing to make them sad, you can die. If you die, I will carry you down the mountain. I will tell my uncle that you are in the hands of the evil man and commit suicide by being humiliated and killing yourself, and keeping your reputation for saving your reputation, how about?"
Aji had already cried.
She doesn't want to die, she doesn't want to make her family sad, she wants to reunite with them.
"Why, don't you want to die again?" Taking advantage of her dismay, Zhao Chen stepped forward and grabbed her and pressed her against the tree trunk.
Aji struggled and couldn't get away. She hated him to the core, "I won't die, it's not worth it for you to die! Do whatever you want. Even if you force me down the mountain, I will still tell my father all this after I get home. I would rather not marry anyone in my life than marry a beast like you!"
Zhao Chen smiled softly, covering her face with his right hand. Aji turned his head to hide, he held her chin and refused to hide, and then lowered his head, his forehead was almost about to touch her, murmured like a death talisman from hell: "Aji, do you know what life is worse than death? Today I carry you down the mountain and will run into two uncles, Zhao and the servants of the Zhou family. You promised to marry me, and this matter will not be spread. Otherwise, before dark, you will be kidnapped by the thief and then with me.
The thing about being alone in a cave for one night will spread throughout the village town. Even if you don’t care, even if you can become a monk and hide in peace, your parents, and the gentle and beautiful eldest daughter will be better off when they end up like this? Your sister, the eldest sister has a bad reputation. What kind of good family do you think she can find? There is also Xiaojiu. One of the two sisters becomes a monk and the other can’t get married. Which good family will marry her daughter? Do you think this is considered life is worse than death?”
He seemed to be used to doing this kind of thing, and there was a kind of bewitching in his voice, which led to Aji's thoughts. She seemed to see her parents crying and advise her not to become a monk, she saw her originally cute sister trapped at home and sighing, and saw the girl she liked by her parents who was arranged to marry someone else...
Aji was trembling all over. If the man hadn't been holding her, she would have lost all her strength and fell down. She could not die and would suffer even if she was alive. What should she do?
Aji didn't want to beg Zhao Chen, but she was desperate. She cried and begged him: "Young Master Zhao, I beg you, please let me go..."
She cried so hard that she was desperate and helpless, and Zhao Chen just watched quietly.
He tried to please her in every way, but she was unwilling to accept it. So don't blame him for letting her see these methods and plotting earlier. In the future, he would do his best to take care of her and protect her, but in that kind of place, whether he was striving to be the best at first or he was the best minister in the future, she had to grow up slowly, at least be able to protect herself. Now he was just teaching her in advance.
He reached out to help her wipe her tears, and his tone was softer: "Aji, in fact, I have done so much, I just want to marry you. As long as you promise to marry me, my uncle and others will live a good life. In other words, I can let your family go, and I will never let you go. Now it depends on how you choose. Death is better than death, marry me happily. No matter which path you choose, I will accompany you."
In a gentle voice, he said the cruelest words.
Aji closed her eyes, would she have any choice?
Zhao Chen looked at her and did not ask any more. He took her hand and turned around and squatted down, pulling her on his back. Aji instinctively resisted. Zhao Chen suddenly increased his strength. She fell on him without any resistance and was lifted up skillfully and steadily by him. No matter whether she cried, scolded, grabbed or beaten, he didn't care and walked forward step by step.
This is the second time Aji was carried by him. Unlike last time, she is not shy and embarrassed, only deep despair. The three paths he gave are death, one is death, one is worse than death, and the other is to marry him. Aji can't imagine what kind of life will be after marrying him. He is just a wolf, licking her gently the moment before, and the next moment, the sharp teeth will penetrate her throat...
Tears slowly stopped, Aji looked at the man blankly, his side face was cold and handsome, his lips were pursed tightly, and he was determined and stubborn. As he looked, Aji thought of Mrs. Zhao, and she spoke quietly: "I don't like you. Even if I have children for you, I won't like you. Do you have to marry me?"
Zhao Chen kept walking: "You will fall in love with me sooner or later."
Still so arrogant.
Aji smiled bitterly.
Suddenly, footsteps came from the front. Aji identified his father's voice, uncle's voice, and some messy strange voices. She was happy and wanted to call someone. However, Zhao Chen stopped and turned his head to remind her: "You'd better pretend to be unconscious, that would make me carry it, otherwise I would be sober and let me carry it when I was awake. Your father wouldn't think too much, and those servants might have misunderstood."
Aju was speechless.
Which good girl would be carried away for no reason? Unless she was interested in him.
The chaotic footsteps were getting closer and closer. Aji looked ahead and thought of the three paths the man gave her. He slowly grabbed his shoulder with his hands, and used all his strength to sink his nails into his flesh and blood. Zhao Chen felt her hatred silently, until she leaned over to his shoulder and completely accepted his life, he continued to move forward. "You have a good rest, leave everything else to me, don't worry, as long as we two get engaged, this matter will only be a good story and will not harm your reputation."
No one answered him.
Zhao Chen didn't need her answer either.
One hour later, two carriages drove into the Lin family's yard one after another.
Lin Xian jumped out of the first carriage, turned around and took his daughter from Zhou Pei. When Zhao Chen jumped out of the carriage behind, Lin Xian was already holding Aji and walking up the room. The Liu family's little Liu family Lin Zhu and others were trying their best to hold back their tears. When Lin Xian put Aji on the kang, Liu immediately took off his shoes and hugged his sleeping daughter and asked her husband: "What's wrong with Aji? What's wrong with her..."
Hearing his mother's voice, Aji could no longer help, pretended to wake up, and the next moment he threw himself into Liu's arms and cried bitterly. Those fears and grievances, those helpless and inability to resort to their mouths, can only be relieved by crying and will not suffocate.
The mother and daughter cried in a panic. After a while, Liu picked up the veil to wipe the tears, hugged her daughter and asked her husband: "Tell me quickly, what's going on?"
Lin Xian looked at her and thought of seeing Zhao Chen walking over with his daughter on the mountain, and didn't know how to speak for a moment.
Zhao Chen has been standing outside the door. At this time, he walked in, glanced over the people in the room, and finally lifted his robes and knelt down at the kang: "Auntie, yesterday I found out that the eldest girl was caught by a villain and went to find her overnight and rescued her from the thief. Auntie, don't worry, the eldest girl is safe and sound, but she fainted from the scare. The road in the mountains is difficult to walk at night, so we had to stay overnight in the cave, and we only hurried down the mountain this morning
.Aunt, Chengyuan has always admired the eldest girl and has long wanted to marry her. He was afraid that his uncle and aunt would not be at ease to entrust the eldest girl to me. The past two days in the mountain, the eldest girl was unconscious, and I was inevitably abrupt when I took care of her. A man stood tall and stood up. Today, Chengyuan sincerely proposed to his uncle and aunt, begging his uncle and aunt to betroth the eldest girl to me. I swear that he would be nice to her and that there would be no two people in his life."
Word by word, meaningful.
Everyone in the Lin family was stunned. Except for Aji who was buried in Liu's arms and sobbing, they all looked at the man kneeling on the ground in shock.
Liu couldn't help but look at her husband.
To be honest, if Aji is like this, if Zhao Chen is unwilling to marry him, they will have no choice but to force the other party to be responsible. If someone really looks down on his daughter, it may not be better if he barely marrys his daughter. But if he doesn't marry him, Aji has been hugged by him. The man and widowed woman stay in the mountains for a night. Once it is spread, Aji's reputation will be completely over. Therefore, Zhao Chen takes the initiative to propose marriage, which undoubtedly solves the difficulties of the Lin family.
Mrs. Liu almost agreed.
After years of marriage, how could Lin Xian not see what his wife was thinking? Just looking at his daughter who never looked up when she heard Zhao Chen propose marriage, he sighed silently, and helped Zhao Chen up with both hands and said, "Chengyuan, you have saved Aji's life. Now you are willing to give her a title. It is Aji's blessing and our Lin family's high-ranking success. However, Aji's return from the disaster, your aunt and I are busy comforting her now. He wonders if he can let us take a few days off and give you a reply?"
Zhao Chen hurriedly said, "Uncle and aunt don't have to worry. If you can marry a big girl, Chengyuan will treat her like a treasure. If I have no chance with the big girl, I promise that today's affairs will never be spread from the Zhao family. Well, uncle and aunt take care of the big girl. Chengyuan will say goodbye first and come to visit again in three days."
Lin Xian was so grateful that he had to make such a promise and personally sent him out.
After seeing Zhao Chen off, Lin Xian came in, he did not discuss the marriage with his family immediately. Instead, he instructed Lin Zhu and his brothers: "Azhu, go and cook some hot water, then cook a bowl of ginger soup for your elder sister to drink. Xiaojiu went to the backyard to bring firewood and help your second sister."
Of course, the siblings were happy to do things for the elder sister and went out together by wiping their eyes.
Lin Xian left his wife's sister-in-law to take care of his daughter in the house. He asked Zhou Pei outside and whispered: "Son-in-law, now, Mr. Zhao is willing to propose marriage. He has such a family background. It is logical that our Aju has been competing for the two families. But the two families have not known much about the Zhao family, so I want to ask you to ask for help. How about you?"
To be continued...