Volume 2 Chapter 4: "Flash Kiss"
After resolving this matter, my mother was very happy. She went into the kitchen as soon as she got home. I knew there would be something delicious tonight. Sure enough, she made my favorite chicken stew with mushrooms.
Just after dinner, Fu Xueman and her family of three came to our house with gifts to express their gratitude. I saw that something was wrong. I was wrong first, and I saved Fu Xueman in the afternoon, which was equal to no one owing anyone anything. Bringing gifts tonight must be strange. Sure enough, before we could finish talking, Aunt Ping proposed that Fu Xueman and I get engaged.
I was dumbfounded at the time. Didn't I scare Fu Xueman away last night? How dare she tell me this? Fu Xueman lowered her head and said nothing, with a shy expression on her face. She must be happy. Even if I have no objection, isn't it too fast? How can you get engaged after meeting once? This is a "flash marriage"!
Since the girl was so embarrassed to propose marriage, and my mother was a soft-hearted person, she agreed . I turned my head to face the wall, wanting to bump into it. Mom, you agreed too easily. Do you know how shocking this girl is? Let her recite a few poems to you someday.
At that time, I really didn't understand why they were attracted to me, because I had a bad reputation in the town. I was out all day and night, and I was elusive. Everyone really thought I was running a black shop, and some people even guessed that I was dealing in drugs. Later, I learned that after the exorcism incident that day, they were completely attracted to me. In this era, Yin and Yang masters are very popular, and small sorcerers like Mr. Luo are rich, not to mention that I am more capable .
My mother has served my father and me all her life and has never made decisions on anything. There is nothing wrong with her making decisions on marriage. Besides, there are deep-rooted feudal traditions in our town. Regardless of whether the children agree or not, as long as both parents agree, the marriage is considered a success.
But I was not happy in my heart, and I complained to my mother from time to time. She was good-tempered and didn't say anything at first, but later she couldn't help but said to me: "If you have the ability to bring Shen Bing back, I will agree to cancel this engagement."
Although my mother doesn't talk much, she hits the nail on the head when she speaks, leaving me speechless for a long time. Shen Bing is like Yaxue, both are swan-level animals, and I, a toad, can only sigh in despair. Besides, I treat Shen Bing as my sister and have no intention of doing anything with her.
Engagement was simple, unlike the grand engagements in the city. We chose an auspicious day, asked the matchmaker to take the betrothal gift and give it to the girl, and then brought back the gift from the girl. Then we gave the matchmaker a red envelope and invited her to dinner, and that was it. Although we were engaged, I didn't regard Fu Xueman as my fiancée at all. It was a purely arranged marriage. After the engagement, the girl was too embarrassed to take the initiative to date me, and I played dumb and didn't go to her once. I just left her alone, waiting for her to lose her temper and call our family to cancel the engagement.
Soon it was the Spring Festival, and Ermao sent a letter through a ghost, saying that he had been reincarnated into a wealthy family in a nearby village. Good boy, I am happy for you, and I will go to see you when you are born. Long Shaohui and Yan Xiang also sent gifts from the provincial capital, which touched me very much, but I didn't receive Shen Bing's blessing, so I was depressed for two or three days.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, after paying New Year's greetings, I found Fu Xueman at our house. My mother said, you've been engaged for more than a month, and you didn't look for her, but she came to look for you, why don't you go and treat her well. I felt cold in my heart when I saw Fu Xueman, what if she recited a couple of lines of poetry to me?
Luckily, she wasn't in the mood today, so we sat in the living room, watching TV and eating fruit, without saying a word. To be honest, being with her was so awkward. If you're not attracted to a girl, being with her is like being in prison, torture!
It was almost noon and she should go home, but my mother asked her to stay for dinner. Hey, she was not polite and went to the kitchen to help my mother cook. Did she really think she was the daughter-in-law of the Xi family?
I couldn't hold my temper any longer. It was New Year's Day and I couldn't even let people eat happily. While they were in the kitchen, I got dressed and prepared to sneak away to go drink with my classmates.
As soon as I went out, I saw a car parked at the door, and a beautiful woman got out of it. She was wearing a gray fur down coat, her face was red from the cold, and she was very beautiful. It turned out to be Shen Bing!
After not seeing her for many days, this girl has become more beautiful. Although the down coat makes her upper body look bloated, the over-the-knee boots she wears underneath make her two beautiful legs look longer. With her pretty face, the whole person standing in front of me is full of charm and attractive no matter how you look at her.
She still had the same habit, raising her chin proudly towards me, showing off, saying that I was pretty, and she was stunned, right? If I continued to stare at her stupidly, she would definitely call me a hooligan!
"The sun is rising from the west. You came all the way to wish me a happy new year on New Year's Day?" I said jokingly. Seeing her, I felt an inexplicable joy in my heart, and the depressed mood of the morning was swept away.
"Bah, I'm here to pay New Year's greetings to my aunt, how can it be your turn!" She said unhappily, took out a bunch of things from the car, and yelled at me: "You country bumpkin, you have no sense, why don't you take the things quickly."
I quickly ran forward and hugged the thing. It was quite heavy and looked like it cost a lot of money. I brought her home, and my mother and Fu Xueman had just set the table for food. When my mother saw Shen Bing coming, she was stunned for a moment, looking at Fu Xueman, then at me, with a panicked expression.
When Fu Xueman saw that we were being very intimate, her face darkened and she looked at me with a resentful look.
If others saw this atmosphere, they really wouldn't know how to start the conversation, but Shen Bing was different. She smiled at my mother and said, "Auntie, it's lonely to spend the New Year alone, and I can't cook, so I came to wish you a happy New Year and have a meal. Do you mind, Auntie?"
"...I don't mind, I don't mind." While speaking, my mother kept looking at Fu Xueman.
Shen Bing snatched the things from my arms and said, "I didn't buy anything when I came here, just some supplements to nourish your body." She turned her head and looked at me and said, "Oh, by the way, I also bought you a piece of clothing, but I forgot it in the car." She put down the things and ran out. If this girl remembered everything, she would not be herself.
Fu Xueman took this opportunity to ask me, "Who is she?" with a sour tone.
I was about to answer when Shen Bing came running back and handed me a bag. The packaging looked quite high-end. I opened it and saw a black windbreaker. Shen Bing asked me to try it on. It fit me perfectly. When I looked in the mirror, I looked 70% more handsome.
"That's right. Clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. You look a bit like Andy Lau in this windbreaker." Shen Bing said with a smile.
I touched my nose and said, "Which eye thinks I look like Andy Lau? I think I look like Chow Yun-fat!"
Shen Bing forgot everything when she was joking. She rolled her eyes at me and said, "Actually, he's just a bumpkin!" After she said this, she noticed that my mother and Fu Xueman were still there. She was so scared that she stuck out her tongue. She reacted quickly and looked at Fu Xueman and said, "Oh, there are guests at home. Introduce me to them."
What kind of look? I just opened my mouth when I saw that there were guests at home. Fu Xueman looked up at Shen Bing and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "My name is Fu Xueman, and I am Xiaofeng's fiancée."
"Who is Xiaofeng?" she turned and asked me.
"My nickname." I answered.
Shen Bing's expression changed suddenly, and she bit her lips for a long time without saying anything. For a while, no one spoke, and the room was very quiet, so quiet that it made people feel very depressed.
The moment Shen Bing's face changed, I had a hunch that this girl must like me.
