338: Chapter 337 I’ve Made Up My Mind 338: Chapter 337 I’ve Made Up My Mind Lin Dong listened and was slightly stunned; he really didn’t know there had been such a matter, and of course, he didn’t want his older sister to marry off so soon either.
He wanted both his sisters to be happy and joyful, not to suffer at the hands of mothers-in-law and husbands, like their mother had endured.
It could be said that the mories from his childhood had instilled a fear of marriage in him, perhaps even without his realizing it.
“Second sister!
Wait for the oldest sister to return!
Actually, I also wish you would marry later!
Once you are married, you will belong to soone else’s family!”
“Dongzi!
Second sister understands!
But now it is just an engagent, and not yet a marriage!” Lin Qiu was also very conflicted inside, worried that Lin Xia might disagree, yet feeling that if she rejected again, Wu Zhengyang would surely be upset.
Last ti, after she had rejected, he had been depressed for many days.
This ti, she really felt sowhat heartbroken.
Next door, Mrs.
Wu and Wu Zhenghong were sitting together, talking.
Mrs.
Wu said, “Dahong!
Lao Xiao has already asked Lin Qiu, and if she also agrees, I will directly raise it with Lin Xia!
The two have been seeing each other for nearly a year now.
We are not forcing them to get married right away, but an engagent won’t hurt!”
In fact, during the New Year, her eldest daughter had already ntioned this.
But she thought to wait until after the New Year, and thus delaying this long, if they didn’t bring it up now, it would soon be May Day.
Wu Zhenghong nodded, “Lin Xia is a sensible person; she shouldn’t object!
Besides, we live right next door, and everyone can see how Lao Xiao treats Lin Qiu.
He won’t let her sister down!”
Having lived together for so long, they had more or less figured out each other’s temperants.
She believed Lin Xia was a reasonable person, although a bit harsh at tis, but that was understandable, wasn’t it?
After all, who wouldn’t be harsh if they had a stepmother and stepbrother full of malice, caught red-handed and still pampered?
Mrs.
Wu’s face lit up with a smile, “Right!
That’s what I think too!
Once their family agrees,
we can’t be careless.
We need to ask Wang Lan what gifts are usually given for an engagent, and we’ll do the sa!
Oh, right, and we also need to have a sit-down with their dad!
An engagent isn’t a wedding, but it is still a significant life event!
Once engaged, it can’t easily be broken off…”
Mrs.
Wu was thinking further; being in a relationship could end any day without causing delay, but what about her boy?
An engagent ant they were halfway to being husband and wife, and though there wasn’t the actuality of marital relations, there was the na of a married couple.
Lin Qiu was practically stepping one foot into the Wu Family’s door; they the groom’s side had provided the betrothal gifts.
Backing out of the engagent afterward would not be easy unless sothing significant happened.
Moreover, if it ca to regrettably calling off the engagent, no matter whose fault it was, it was the woman who would suffer from gossip and slander more.
“Fine!
Mom!
You handle it!” Wu Zhenghong also looked forward to her brother settling down with Lin Qiu soon, which would give her peace of mind.
Lin Xia returned from the provincial city with goods and had found a truck to deliver them to the costics store, instructing Ding Ling and the others to take inventory and count them in before she headed ho.
When she got ho, Lin Qiu imdiately shut the clothing store’s door and followed her back to the house where she and Lin Dong circled around her.
Lin Xia picked up her chopsticks and had a few bites of her al when she noticed the two sitting to the side, elbows on the table, staring at her.
She asked curiously, “What’s the matter with you two?
Everything okay at ho?”
Lin Qiu quickly shook her head, “No issues!
Sister!
You eat first, and I’ll talk to you about sothing after you finish!”
She was afraid if she spoke now, her sister would lose her appetite.
Lin Xia observed her sister’s expression and Lin Dong’s face, guessing it was likely about her and Wu Zhengyang, so she wasn’t in a hurry and continued to eat her al slowly.
After dinner, Lin Dong went to clear the table and wash the dishes.
Lin Xia went to sit on the sofa, and Lin Qiu kindly brewed her a cup of hot tea.
Lin Xia took the tea and glanced at her, her eyes clear and bright.
“Speak!
What is it?”
Lin Qiu sat on the other end of the sofa.
“Sis!
Here is the thing…
Wu Zhengyang told that he wants to get engaged first!
He said we could marry in a couple of years too…” She looked at Lin Xia nervously, waiting for her reaction.
Lin Xia curled her lips, exactly as she had guessed.
How could this be spoken aloud?
A grown daughter is hard to keep at ho; the longer she stays, the more trouble she might bring.
“What do you think?”
The Wu Family had brought up marriage before the year’s end, which Lin Qiu had then declined.
Now they had started talking about settling for an engagent.
As an elder sister, if Lin Qiu was really willing, she would not keep obstructing her repeatedly.
“I actually think an engagent is fine!
But I still want to hear your thoughts!” Lin Qiu’s tightly gripped fingers on her lapel revealed how nervous she was.
Lin Xia took in the scene, lowering her eyes in thought.
She understood that her sister and Wu Zhengyang had been together for almost a year, and bringing up engagent was perfectly normal.
If it wasn’t for the fact she wasn’t married, and Lin Qiu felt that she couldn’t marry before her elder sister, it would be perfectly normal for her to marry.
However, in this era, getting engaged also ant she was half a step into the Wu Family’s ho.
Afterwards, unless sothing serious occurred, the marriage would be definitive.
“Xiaoqiu!
You two have been together for so long now, I don’t really object to the engagent!
But you need to think it through!
Once engaged, it won’t be easy to break it off!”
Especially since they lived next door; if soti in the future sothing happened, the constant coming and going would be very awkward.
Lin Qiu hadn’t expected her sister to agree so readily.
She nodded earnestly and excitedly, “Sis!
I’ve thought it through!
Wu Zhengyang has really been good to , that’s why I considered agreeing to the engagent this ti!
We’ve had a hard life since we were kids, seeing what our mom endured.
I don’t really have grand desires; I just want to find soone who knows how to care and treat well…”
Lin Xia could understand what her sister ant; she felt the sa way.
Wu Zhengyang and his family were a hundred tis better than Lin Qiu’s ex-husband and that wicked mother-in-law from her past life.
Of course, she wanted her sister to be happy in the future; it had always been her earnest wish.
But there were things she needed to say behind closed doors.
“Miao Xue hasn’t left her job at Wu Zhengyang’s company, has she?”
Having a woman who liked Wu Zhengyang in the sa office ultimately made one uneasy.
However, there had indeed been no news from Miao Xue for the past few months; it was unknown whether she had given up or changed her strategy.
Lin Qiu shook her head: “No!
According to Wu Zhengyang, she hasn’t bothered him again; she must have given up!
Sis!
I know what you’re thinking!
Don’t worry!
Even if we get engaged and he does sothing unforgivable, I won’t continue painfully holding on; I will definitely break it off cleanly!”
Lin Qiu couldn’t entirely dismiss thoughts of Miao Xue.
Especially since Wu Zhengyang and she worked in the sa office, spending every day together.
But she trusted Wu Zhengyang.
If he had feelings for Miao Xue, sothing would have happened by now, so why would he be with her?
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