Chapter 18: Rebirth in the Nineties: The Tyrannical Flower Chapter 18: The Unknown Secret Love

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

"Then Chai Mi... come down first?" Liu Zhanggui glanced at Chai Mi, still on the roof holding a kitchen knife, his eyes full of worry: "A girl standing that high is a bit dangerous, isn't it? Let's talk nicely—come down first. If you bump into something, that wouldn't be good."

To say why Liu Zhanggui was somewhat worried about Chai Mi's safety, that's a long story...

Except for Liu Zhanggui, no one else knew about this.

Liu Zhanggui's wife divorced him some years ago, and now he has only one son, named Liu Zhijing.

Liu Zhijing is twenty-two this year and still unmarried. In this era, in the countryside—a relatively closed and feudal place—a man of twenty-two is already an old unmarried youth...

Although the law stipulates the legal marriage age for men is twenty-three, in reality, young people in the village generally marry and have children early. Most marry at eighteen or nineteen, or in their early twenties.

Many even marry at seventeen or eighteen. Like a distant cousin of Chai Mi's, who by twenty-two already had a son old enough to be making soy sauce...

So Liu Zhanggui's eldest son Liu Zhijing became a worry to him. Especially in the last two years, due to Liu Zhanggui's divorce, his family's reputation wasn't ideal. For his son to marry a wife more smoothly in the future, Liu Zhanggui went to his ex-wife's home many times seeking reconciliation, but without success.

Some rural people are dead set on their principles and will talk about particularly principled issues. In Liu Zhanggui's situation, outsiders would reckon: Liu Zhanggui, as Liu Zhijing's own father, divorced—so will his son also divorce in the future?

Just thinking that way, basically no matchmakers would come knocking.

Highlighting "the beam is not straight, so the lower beam is crooked"—parents' divorce implicates the children...

Therefore, Liu Zhijing's marriage became a worry for his old father Liu Zhanggui.

In terms of living conditions, Liu Zhanggui's family situation was good; years ago he worked as a skilled mason and had considerable savings. Now Liu Zhanggui is also Village Chief, of good character, good image, and decent income. Liu Zhanggui spent some money to open a motorcycle repair shop in town, repairing motorcycles and selling some, and this business was managed by Liu Zhijing.

When idle, Liu Zhijing would also drive a tractor, hauling bricks or sand, with decent income.

Although everyone knew this was Liu Zhanggui deliberately packaging his son, Liu Zhijing was indeed like that—capable of standing on his own.

Moreover, Liu Zhijing was not bad-looking.

But there was no matchmaker.

Privately, Liu Zhanggui anxiously asked: "Son, do you have a girl you fancy? Dad won't care about this old face, I'll help you ask around."

Liu Zhijing never said, until once when he was drunk he said: he liked Chai Mi...

Of course, Chai Mi knew nothing about this.

Chai Mi wasn't even clear whether Liu Zhijing existed... so many people in the village, Chai Mi went out little, knowing only neighbors on the street; although Chai Mi knew the Village Chief, she truly didn't know the Village Chief's son...

But this did not hinder Liu Zhijing's secret love for Chai Mi...

Liu Zhanggui was an experienced hand and knew not to spread this recklessly. But today he happened to hear the Chai family had a matter, so he came in a hurry.

Upon seeing it was actually Chai Mi involved, he was somewhat unintentionally biased toward Chai Mi.

However, Liu Zhanggui spoke and acted with reason and evidence, nothing too improper, and everyone felt the Chai family's matter was best handled by making a big thing small and a small thing nothing.