Chapter 6: If You Won't Support Me, Then What's the Point of Finding a Wife?

Huh?

This......

Wang Jiajia's eyes went wide, her face blank with confusion. Before coming, her second aunt Wang Shulan had told her that this blind date's guy was very honest, and a local from Beijing.

And right now, she just wanted to find a Beijing local to marry quickly—the sooner the better!

But Zhang Xian was a bit too "honest"—completely speaking his mind, he even didn't want to go to work. This book is first published at Tiantian Kan Novel Library, ttk s. tw choose for you, providing you with an error-free chapter, no out-of-order chapter reading experience

Still, this did meet her basic requirement of finding an honest man.

"If you don't go to work, how do you live?"

Wang Jiajia asked again.

"Live off my parents, of course!"

Zhang Xian shrugged: "My dad's a huge internet celebrity, didn't you know?"

"Oh right, I also have five older sisters. Besides leeching off dad, I can leech off my sisters!"

"In short, I don't want to work a single day!"

After saying that, Zhang Xian did a Ge You lie-down and sprawled right onto the sofa.

The corner of Wang Jiajia's mouth twitched slightly. She was actually quite satisfied with Zhang Xian's looks, but this guy's remarks were truly outrageous.

She unconsciously touched her belly, gritted her teeth, and spoke again: "You mean, if we get married, I'd live off your parents with you too?"

"That won't do!"

Hearing this, Zhang Xian sat bolt upright: "It's enough that I don't work. The two of us at home can't both lie flat—you have to work and support me!"

"Huh?"

"I have to work and support you??"

Wang Jiajia was completely dumbfounded. If her situation weren't so special and she weren't so desperate to find a man to take the fall, she would've slapped him long ago.

"If you're not going to support me, then what's the point of me finding a wife?"

"Isn't lying flat alone comfortable enough? I have to find someone to lower my quality of life!"

Zhang Xian said, full of conviction.

"You......"

Wang Jiajia opened her mouth, momentarily at a loss for words.

And Zhang Xian continued: "My requirements aren't actually that high. After we marry, hand over your salary card, and I'll give you living expenses each month. Also, I'm the kind of person who likes a sense of ritual—remember to give gifts on all kinds of holidays and such."

"Oh right, I like traveling. After marriage, we should travel two or three times a year, at least one trip abroad!"

"Also, I have a bit of a bad temper, and I don't do housework. I hope you'll handle the housework while also providing emotional value!"

"Huh, why's she leaving......"

"I haven't finished yet!"

Wang Jiajia really couldn't listen anymore, got up and left, while inwardly raging: You take me for a wishing well's turtle, don't you?

Never seen such a shameless man!

At the courtyard gate.

Zhang Dongshan was chatting up Wang Shulan, gesticulating excitedly.

"Shulan, let me tell you—overnight, I gained 150,000 followers. At this rate, a million followers is just around the corner!"

"Do you know what a million followers on Douyin means?"

"Financial freedom isn't far off......"

Wang Shulan actually paid quite a bit of attention to Zhang Dongshan, this big fish in her own pond. She'd specifically searched for the song "Apple Fragrance" and found it really had gone viral, so today she was especially warm toward Zhang Dongshan.

She was even already mulling over her and her niece Wang Jiajia joining the Zhang Family together.

That way, the moment she entered the household she'd have a capable ally, and there'd be no mother-in-law/daughter-in-law conflict or anything like that.

But just as the two were chatting away flirtatiously, they saw Wang Jiajia storm out of the courtyard, furious.

"Jiajia, why are you out here?"

"What happened?"

Wang Shulan looked at her niece, puzzled.

"Second Aunt, let's go."

Wang Jiajia didn't say anything, just darkened her face and went to pull Wang Shulan's arm.

At this moment, Zhang Xian came chasing out of the courtyard, putting on a show: "Jiajia, don't go! I was just speaking honestly. I'm all about honesty. If you think some condition doesn't work, we can discuss it!"

"There's nothing to talk about!"

"I can't measure up!"

Wang Jiajia shot back huffily.

Although she was anxious to find a man to take the fall, a man as "extreme" as Zhang Xian was more than she could swallow.

Marrying him—she'd starve to death!

"What did you do to her, kid?"

Zhang Dongshan glared hard at his own brat of a son.

"I just stated my requirements for a partner, and I hadn't even finished!"

"Jiajia probably thinks my requirements are a bit high."

Zhang Xian sighed: "Looks like we're not meant to be."

"Shulan, there must be some misunderstanding here. Let's talk more!"

Zhang Dongshan felt the girl Wang Jiajia seemed pretty decent—perfect as a daughter-in-law for him—and wasn't planning to give up right away.

"Uncle Zhang, your son and I really have nothing to talk about."

"Our values are different; we can't even talk on the same wavelength."

Wang Jiajia spoke as she pulled Wang Shulan toward the alley entrance.

Hearing the exchange, Liu Fusheng, who sat outside his own door enjoying the evening cool, immediately sidled over to eavesdrop: "What's going on?"

"Didn't you say this was a blind date?"

Earlier, when Wang Shulan had brought Wang Jiajia to the Zhang Family, they had passed by the Liu household and exchanged a few words with Liu Fusheng, so this "NPC" Uncle Liu, who sat outside his door nearly every day, knew the backstory.

But he hadn't expected a blind date to turn into such a mess—by the girl's tone, she was completely unimpressed with Zhang Xian.

"The two kids didn't get along."

"Old Brother Zhang, I'll go home and talk to Jiajia properly, then I'll contact you on WeChat!"

With so many people around, Wang Shulan couldn't ask her niece outright what had happened.

Hearing this, Zhang Dongshan couldn't insist on keeping them, so he forced a smile and then dragged Zhang Xian back into their house, muttering curses.

"You brat, not even trying to find a job is bad enough!"

"You can't even take a blind date seriously—what the hell are you up to?"

"What a great girl! She's more than good enough for you!"

Zhang Dongshan scolded angrily.

Zhang Xian, however, shrugged indifferently: "Dad, I'm only twenty-two—I'm still a kid. There's no rush to get married!"

Zhang Dongshan sneered: "When I was twenty-two, I was already married to your mother!"

"Times are different now!"

"You can't hold me to your generation's standards."

"By the way, Dad, you'd better keep your distance from Aunt Wang—she seems to have unusual relationships with several men."

Zhang Xian warned. Although Aunt Wang's red threads were nowhere near as thick as Jiajia's, there were dozens of them—clearly, this "Widow Wang" was no ordinary woman.

His own father had only two red threads on his head—he was no match at all!

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

Seeing his brat slander his goddess, Zhang Dongshan flew into a rage: "Since her husband passed, Aunt Wang has always been respectable—who in the alley doesn't know that?"

"Dad, you can't know a person's heart just by their face!"

"There's a saying: distant lovers, nearby gamblers!"

"Aunt Wang may seem respectable in the alley, but who knows what she's like outside? I saw her with a man just the other day!"

Zhang Xian couldn't reveal his external advantage, so he made up a random excuse.

"Which day? Where did you see her?"

At this, Zhang Dongshan frowned.

"The day before yesterday—or maybe the one before that—near the seafood market..."

Zhang Xian replied offhandedly, deliberately vague about the timeline.