Chapter 971: Xu Hongdou Realizes Something Is Wrong

Chen Nanxing's father's words were heartfelt, filled with helplessness and bitterness.

For a moment,

Chen Nanxing's eyes and nose turned red; she held back her tears, yet they still flowed uncontrollably.

On the opposite side,

Xiong Tao's mother had already wept into a tear-stained mess, her body shaking violently with each sob.

Xiong Tao's father clenched his teeth, saying not a word, yet a trace of blood had already seeped from the corner of his lips...

Seeing this, Xu Hongdou, who had originally not wanted to suspect anymore,

after all,

although Chen Nanxing's father's words were somewhat unreasonable, they fit the logic of small towns perfectly.

After all,

Sister Nannan and Xiong Tao were both terminal cancer patients.

As parents, they were heartbroken and regretful.

Having raised their children with great hardship, what parents might hope for most is their children's wedding.

However,

the current situation was that the wedding had not yet taken any shape, yet they had to start worrying about their children's funerals.

Such pain,

only those who have experienced burying their children while still alive can deeply understand.

No matter how much others empathize, they cannot comprehend the sorrow and helplessness that pierces to the very soul.

Therefore,

two families stricken by cancer, masking their grief and forcing smiles, using this final time to help their children complete the most important journey of their lives,

is actually something that cannot be criticized.

Even if this relationship is fake, even if this marriage is fake,

yet, all of this no longer matters.

What matters is,

at least in their final moments, they completed a grand journey they were originally meant to experience.

Even if all of this is fake, at the very least, they have walked it.

While the parents of both sides are in sorrow and pain, they can also feel some comfort from this.

Even in the underworld, these two children can keep each other company.

In that case, the road to the Yellow Springs would not be lonely...

Xu Hongdou was also a child from a humble family; her hometown was in the countryside.

Although she did not approve of the actions of these two pairs of parents,

she could understand them.

After all,

although she and Chen Nanxing had not yet become parents, they had witnessed many heartbreaking things.

And the pain of losing a son or daughter is something she and Chen Nanxing can imagine but can never truly experience.

Therefore,

Xu Hongdou sighed lightly in her heart, deciding not to dwell on this matter anymore, leaving everything for Sister Nannan to decide.

As long as Sister Nannan agreed, Xu Hongdou would even offer her blessings to Sister Nannan and that unseen Xiong Tao.

It was just that,

as soon as Xu Hongdou made up her mind not to participate anymore,

Xu Hongdou discovered that the groom's mother, Aunt Li, was looking at Chen Nanxing's father with a hint of mockery and amusement in her eyes.

This look made Xu Hongdou feel that something was very wrong.

At this moment,

what Chen Nanxing's father said was from the bottom of his heart.

As fellow families stricken by cancer, the groom's parents should have felt even more empathy for this.

So why,

did the groom's mother show such an expression at this moment?

And the groom's father, to be honest, seemed to be overacting a bit?

Looking more closely at the current state of the groom's parents,

Xu Hongdou's doubts deepened further.

However, at this moment, Xu Hongdou had no way to directly judge the truth or falsehood of the matter.

Thus, she could only wait and see how things developed.

Chen Nanxing's father's speech left everyone speechless.

Chen Nanxing held back for a long time, but finally broke down and wept bitterly with her mother.

Xu Hongdou, with tears streaming down, spoke softly to comfort Chen Nanxing and Chen Nanxing's mother.

After a good while,

the two people's emotions gradually calmed down.

Afterwards,

Chen Nanxing seemed to make a decision.

She raised her head, looking at the groom's parents opposite.

Then, he looked again at his father's graying hair and the corners of his mother's eyes, already crisscrossed with wrinkles,

Chen Nanxing sighed lightly, then said, "Dad, Mom, Uncle Xiong, Aunt Li... if things are truly like this, I, I agree..."

Chen Nanxing had originally meant to say, "I agree,"

but just at that moment,