Chapter 65: Life Story

Hearing Su Xueya's words, I gave a bitter smile. Zhang Fengnan actually wanted to see me. Before, she had specifically told me to stay away from her daughter. Now that she knew about this, she would probably beat me to death, but I had to face it eventually.

"Do you have any money on you?" I asked San Mao, who was standing to the side.

"You're overthinking it. Do you think I have money?" San Mao, looking terrified, immediately hid to the side.

I ran over to him quickly and snatched his wallet. Just as San Mao was chasing me, I opened it, took out a few banknotes, handed the wallet back to him, and said, "Borrowing it for now, I'll pay you back later!"

"Damn, that's my hard-earned money! Are you even human?" San Mao clutched his wallet and cursed, his heart aching.

"Forget it. Didn't some young married woman give it to you? You got your pleasure from her and she even gave you money. How can you have the nerve to call that hard-earned money?"

"Damn it, isn't that hard-earned money? I worked myself to the bone to make them happy. Isn't it only right that they give me some money?"

I simply ignored San Mao's words and turned to leave with the money. After all, I couldn't go to Su Xueya's house empty-handed tonight, and I couldn't ask Su Xueya to borrow money, so this was my only option.

When school let out that evening, Su Xueya walked out carrying her bag, limping. I looked at her, reached out to take her bag, and then crouched down, saying, "Let me carry you on my back!"

"Who asked you to carry me? And give me my bag!" Su Xueya snatched the bag from my hand and glared at me.

I just gritted my teeth—if I was going to be scolded, so be it. I didn't care anymore. I scooped Su Xueya up. Su Xueya was startled and subconsciously wrapped her arms around my neck. "What are you doing?"

I didn't speak, just carried her forward. Su Xueya struggled, but as a young girl, she was no match for me; it was completely futile. "Asshole, put me down!"

"Stop, what are you doing?"

"Are you stupid? You're going the wrong way, go that way!"

I turned around in embarrassment. Su Xueya pleaded, "Alright, I was wrong, okay? Put me down quickly. It's so embarrassing if people see us like this. I promise to let you carry me, is that enough?"

"You said that yourself, I didn't force you!"

Su Xueya gritted her teeth in anger and said, "I know, put me down now!"

I slowly set her down and then gently crouched. Su Xueya was still quite shy and hesitant, but thinking of the terrifying experience earlier, she could only slowly climb onto my back, wrapping her arms around my neck, her expression slightly shy as she remained silent.

We walked along quietly like that for a stretch.

When we reached the small shop at the entrance of the village, I put Su Xueya down. Su Xueya looked at me suspiciously and asked, "What's wrong? Are you tired?"

"No, I'm buying something!"

An auntie at the shop saw the situation, smiled, and said to Su Xueya, "Xueya, you brought your boyfriend back this time? Your mom will probably be overjoyed when she sees this!"

"It's not like that, Auntie Zhao. He's not my boyfriend, please don't misunderstand!" Su Xueya quickly explained.

Auntie Zhao wore an 'I understand' expression. "It's fine, it's fine. Auntie understands. Auntie has been through it, I get it!"

Seeing this, Su Xueya became a bit anxious. *You get it? You understand? You don't understand a damn thing! * But she didn't want to explain; she figured explaining would only make it look worse.

I picked out some fruit and gifts and carried them. I wanted to carry Su Xueya on my back again, but she absolutely refused. Auntie Zhao, standing nearby, noticed the strangeness in Su Xueya's body and gave me a peculiar look, saying, "Young man, show some restraint. Look at what you've done to our Xueya!"

"Auntie Zhao, what nonsense are you talking about!" Su Xueya's face turned so red it looked like it could drip water.

Auntie Zhao laughed heartily. "I'll say no more, I'll say no more. You two lovebirds can handle your own business!"

Su Xueya quickly pulled me away from that place. When we arrived at Su Xueya's home, I saw that Zhang Fengnan had already prepared the meal. When Zhang Fengnan saw us arrive, she didn't offer a smile, but coldly told us to take our seats.

I sat in my seat, nervous, watching Zhang Fengnan's reaction. Zhang Fengnan noticed Su Xueya's strangeness and said to us with a cold face, "You two have already done it, haven't you?"

"Auntie, I'm sorry, I!"

Before I could finish, Su Xueya interrupted me: "Yes, we have!"

"Then what do you intend to do?" Zhang Fengnan watched my reaction with a cold face.

I lowered my head and thought for a long time. Neither of them urged me. Su Xueya couldn't bear it anymore and was about to speak, but Zhang Fengnan glared at her and said, "I wasn't asking you!" Su Xueya was so scared that the words she was about to say were swallowed back.

I gritted my teeth, took a deep breath, looked at both of them, and said, "Auntie, I will take responsibility for this. In the future, I will work hard at school and work to take care of you both!"

Hearing my words, Su Xueya quickly said, "Mom, you can't blame him for this. It was those people who drugged me in the first place. You acting like this makes us look a bit!"

"Shut up! Did I tell you to speak?" Zhang Fengnan glared at Su Xueya.

Su Xueya lowered her head, too aggrieved to speak. It was clear that Su Xueya was usually very respectful toward her mother.

Then Zhang Fengnan nodded at me and said, "Hmm, I can see that you've thought about this seriously for a long time and didn't just give me a random answer to brush me off. I believe your words, but you have a lot of trouble following you right now. Do you think you have the qualifications to take care of her? This kind of thing has already happened twice. Do you want her to live her whole life in fear with you?"

"I'm sorry, Auntie. I know that no matter how many pretty words I say right now, they are useless. But I can guarantee that as long as I am alive, I will never let Xueya be harmed!" I said firmly.

"If you had an engagement, would you still marry Xueya?"

"Ah? An engagement? How is that possible? I'm an orphan, where would an engagement come from!"

"I'm speaking hypothetically! If one day you found your parents, and your parents had already arranged an engagement for you, what would you do?"

"If that were really the case, that's an engagement they arranged. What does it have to do with me? I've already set my heart on Xueya!"

"Hmm, alright then. Remember what you said. Let's eat!" Zhang Fengnan didn't continue on this topic and told us to eat.

The sudden end to the topic left me feeling a bit unaccustomed. I had thought Zhang Fengnan would continue to talk about a lot of things, like life ideals or goals, but there was none of that at all. Had I really passed the test so easily?

I ate my meal nervously. After a long time, I realized that the conversation really had stopped. We barely spoke throughout the entire meal. However, what I found strange was that Zhang Fengnan didn't ask about my situation. And what did she mean by what she said about my parents earlier? Could it be that she knew some inside information? ===== CHAPTER 66 =====