[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s":3,"chapter-sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-258":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1060610,1373,"Chapter 258 - 258 256 A Tricky Matter","sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-258",258,"\u003Cp>258: Chapter 256: A Tricky Matter 258: Chapter 256: A Tricky Matter “Whether he likes me or not doesn’t matter,” Bai Xue confidently said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have a way to make Qin Jian dislike you but still have no choice but to marry you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yanjiao looked at her mother in surprise: “Mom, you have such a skill?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He can still marry me even if he doesn’t fancy me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you think this is the old society?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I a landowner’s precious daughter, and he’s just a laborer carrying heavy loads?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’ll have no choice but to marry me, tell me, where does your confidence come from?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xue, upon hearing her daughter’s reply, suddenly realized she might have spoken too confidently: “Okay, perhaps I did brag too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the intentions behind my thoughts are good, and I have come up with a plan that I think could really work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of plan?” Bai Yanjiao asked eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know why Qin Jian has been delaying getting married?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qin Jian is cursed with a wife-killing fate!” Bai Xue whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wife-killing fate?” Bai Yanjiao was terrified: “Mom, you know he has a wife-killing fate and you still want me to marry him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s what you don’t understand,” Bai Xue said with a mysterious smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s probably just a rumor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, they even said your father had a wife-killing fate, didn’t they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That old rascal of your father left us sooner than anyone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about the matter of the wife-killing fate, Bai Yanjiao suddenly recalled: “Right, Mom, why did you marry dad despite the rumors that he had a wife-killing fate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your deadbeat dad was quite well-off back then, and handsome too; girls’ families were practically wearing out his threshold with their proposals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You see, my family wasn’t well-off at the time, but I was pretty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your dad was so smitten with me, and since your grandma didn’t approve, he came up with this tale in a fit of pique.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Bai Xue believed the same was true for Qin Jian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for him having a wife-killing fate, was it really true?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, they would have to consult a fortune teller to check his birth chart to know for sure if he truly had a wife-killing fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The idea that Bai Xue planted started to take root in Bai Yanjiao’s heart, imagining if she married Qin Jian, she could have an income of over two hundred a month and live in the provincial city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she were to encounter An Hao later, she would be able to hold her head high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay,” Bai Yanjiao nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mom, let’s go with that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please help me work it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it works or not, it’s still an opportunity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her daughter agree, Bai Xue nodded with satisfaction, having already thought through her plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day after returning from the reporting meeting, Bai Xue went out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went to the next village to find Liu Shenpo, who had treated Zhang Juyun before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shenpo hadn’t had customers for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With fewer issues to handle, she had less money to spend and was pondering how to make some money when she heard someone calling at her door: “Is Liu Shenpo here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing someone calling her, Liu Shenpo’s spirits instantly lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hurriedly hopped down from the Kang, shuffled her small feet out the door, and saw a reasonably decent-looking middle-aged woman seeking her out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re looking for me…” Liu Shenpo eyed Bai Xue with a sidelong glance, noting she was well-dressed and had softer skin than the average rural woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed like someone with money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Liu Shenpo, I’m from the neighboring village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve long heard of your great reputation and made a special trip to see you.” Bai Xue smiled as she uncovered her basket, revealing half a basket of eggs, “This is a little token of my appreciation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fortune-teller’s eyes swept over the offering, and her eyes gleamed with excitement: “Very well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you here to have your fortune told?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or to catch ghosts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or is it for a medical consultation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None of the above.” Bai Xue shook her head and said with a smile, “I’ve come to invite a ghost.”\u003C\u002Fp>",708,"2026-06-03T10:10:23.911Z","2026-06-03T10:10:27.529Z",1,"novelbin.me","71826621e3e2d659b311b2898b1b31bb5dbbab45c54e9c376fce840947f1c3c5","sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-408","sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-407",2511,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-cover.jpg"]