Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse-Chapter 389 - 385 Gossipy Woman Wouldn’t Say This [Honor Roll+]
Chapter 389: Chapter 385 Gossipy Woman Wouldn’t Say This [Honor Roll+]
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"Mr. and Mrs. Xie, Third Sister-in-law, I’ve always wanted to pay you a visit. I am one hundred percent serious about Xiaozi. We’ve been dating with the intention of getting married. As for my Zhou family, we truly hold no concern for family doors or lineage. If you don’t believe me, I can invite my elders to come right away to discuss the wedding proceedings for Xiaozi and me."
Zhou Zhenghui finished speaking solemnly and then gazed at Xie Jingzi with focused affection.
Xie Jingzi’s face turned red with embarrassment, stealing glances at her parents. Seeing that her mother’s expression was still calm but her father’s face turned pale green, it was clear he was displeased, and she immediately felt anxious.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her third sister-in-law calmly pick up her cup of red tea, take a gentle sip, and her demeanor appeared peaceful, and the strong warmth in her hands gradually steadied her somewhat chaotic breathing. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
"Secretary Zhou, your opinion may not necessarily represent the view of your Zhou family, right?" Xie Tiesheng, seeing his daughter shrinking like a quail next to the young man, her little hand being held by him so tenderly without even a twitch, felt a surge of resentment watching them. How could he converse peacefully?
"Mr. Xie, I can represent the view of my Zhou family." Zhou Zhenghui spoke with an extreme confidence, looking straight into Mr. Xie’s eyes unabashedly.
As the legitimate eldest grandson of the Zhou family, he naturally represents the Zhou family. Moreover, he’s not just eight or eighteen years old; he’s a grown man at twenty-eight, having held a significant position for six years. What kind of storm hasn’t he seen?
The title Crown Prince of the courtyard was not spoken in vain.
In his view, he was not afraid of Mr. Xie’s bit of moodiness.
It was only for Little Zi’er’s sake that he showed so much respect to the Xie family.
Because of his affection for Xie Jingzi, there was naturally a trace of plea in his manner towards her family. Just this alone would be enough to surprise the Zhou family, were they to see it.
"..." Xie Tiesheng glared, his tiger eyes glaring with suppressed energy at the confident and self-assured young man from the Zhou family in front of him, knowing that he is now the Deputy Secretary of the county town, a man with both status and power. To genuinely fancy his youngest child, he should be happy, in theory.
However, his eldest daughter married into the ’officialdom,’ and although her husband is good, his family is extremely difficult to deal with—a man with ambition who puts all his thoughts on his career will not care for the women of his household, how would he know if his wife is doing well in her own home?
Like his eldest daughter, her previous marriage life could only be described with the word ’endurance’!
If it weren’t for the support of his son, Xie Jingchen, the eldest daughter’s position would be even weaker. After all, a woman’s status always falls once she gets married.
When you are dating, everything is wonderful, but once you’re married, the mindset changes completely!
Zhou Zhenghui, the young man, has delicate and poised features, a high bridge nose, clearly a man of ambition. Looking at him sitting with elegance, speaking with measure, and his forceful presence, in Xie Tiesheng’s view, this young man is not one to indulge in sentimentality.
The most important thing is, although Xie Tiesheng deeply resents what Wang Junxuan has done and knows that his youngest has not been harmed by him, the village gossips say otherwise!
If it were not for the village’s harsh and baseless rumors about his youngest daughter, would he and his wife have been so readily persuaded by the Third Son’s Wife to stay here?
Although taking care of the Third Son’s Wife is one thing, as the biological parents of their youngest, they naturally favor their own child. Seeing their daughter cooped up in her boudoir at home, not even daring to step out the front door, they were incredibly worried!
They feared that with one fatal thought, she would end up like the daughter of the old distillery root, drowning herself in the lake.
Now, regarding the boyfriend their youngest daughter is seeing, even the Third Son has made it clear that the Zhou family is a prominent household. Could Xie Tiesheng and his wife not think further?
If the two are indeed to be married, they can’t fail to return home to pay homage to their ancestors even once, right?
Besides, their roots have always been in their hometown!
When it comes to getting married, of course, they can only get married back home!
But once they return to the hometown, the rumors about Xiaoqi will be impossible to contain!
They are family and know the truth. But to the Zhou family, they’ll only listen to the whispers of others!
When that time comes, wouldn’t that embarrass Xiaoqi?
Xie Tiesheng thought deeply, weighing heavily in his heart while Zhou Xiuhua kept a watchful eye on Xiaoqi and Wang Junxuan’s interaction, discovering that although her daughter didn’t say anything, the subtle movements revealed the true feelings in her heart.
Didn’t you see? Right after Zhou Zhenghui finished speaking, Xiaoqi’s face turned red with shyness, their hands tightly clasped together, gripping each other. If anyone says there is no affection between them, who would believe it?
At the same time, feeling her husband’s worries, Zhou Xiuhua, being a woman, understood even more the difficulties of becoming a ’wife’ and struck upon a crucial point.
"Xiaoqi, have you really thought it through?" With the thought of the future hardships Xiaoqi would face, Xie Tiesheng’s voice was filled with reluctance and concern.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiuhua’s hand tightened.
Following Zhou Zhenghui’s straightforward answer caused an abrupt silence in the living room.
When Xie Tiesheng’s solemn voice rang out, everyone instinctively held their breath and listened attentively.
"Dad..." Xie Jingzi softly called out with a low voice, choked with emotion.
Although Xie Jingzi’s voice was barely audible, everyone in the living room heard it.
"Mr. Xie, Xiaoqi is just dating someone, don’t sound so grave," said Yan Jinsu. The thoughts inside her heart weren’t as complicated as her in-laws; she could almost vividly recall her own wedding. Seeing Mr. Xie looking as if he was facing a life-or-death parting, she promptly used a toothpick to skewer a piece of apple and placed it in his hand, offering:
"Have some apple to aid digestion."
Xie Jingzi, who was originally fearful and teary-eyed, suddenly felt a sense of amusement upon hearing Third Sister-in-law’s teasing remark, as the ’aid digestion’ reminded her of ’cooling off one’s anger’.
"Dad, Mom, I, I am only dating this one person," Xie Jingzi finally said, affirming her feelings with Yan Jinsu’s support.
That was indeed what she thought, and she finally mustered the courage to explain her feelings to her family.
After all, it had been more than half a month since Zhou Zhenghui appeared at the hospital, and considering she was facing the college entrance exam, plus being extremely annoyed by this uncle’s ’do first, ask later’ behavior, she had been procrastinating.
In the meantime, the little spy Tiantian had also put in a lot of effort, exerting all her ’sucking-up’ energy to ’market’ her little uncle!
Among them, Xiao Si and Xiaoqi benefited the most.
Helpless, it was only Xiao Si and Xiaoqi, the youngest two children, who were still not mature enough, easily tempted by ’outside influences’, and readily defected without any stance!
According to mischievous Tiantian’s expression––
