Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Qin Shen was carrying a hoe, about to go out, when he heard this and dropped the hoe with a clatter. And his face turned pale.
“Dou Dou, what did you say? How could Wan Jun marry an old bachelor?”
Dou Dou said breathlessly.
“I just came from over there. I heard that the old bachelor next door gave 300 yuan as a betrothal gift to your sweetheart’s parents. He’s going to take your sweetheart to the bridal chamber soon. Everyone’s watching the show.”
Qin Shen clenched his fists. He wanted to rush out, but for some reason, he could only stand there motionless, his face full of dejection.
Yun Zheng frowned and said, “Isn’t that my brother’s sweetheart? How can she be betrothed to someone else?”
Qin Shuanglu smiled coldly, “You still have the nerve to ask? If you hadn’t jumped into the river and caused the family to sell the house, would the Wu family have gone back on their word and broken off the engagement?”
Only then did Yun Zheng recall from her memories that Qin Shen was already 22 years old this year. Last year, Qin Heshi had arranged for him to meet a woman named Wu Wanjun. They were originally planning to get married the year after next, and half of the family’s house would have been given to the Wu family as a dowry.
However, because the original owner jumped into the river and they had to sell the house, they couldn’t come up with the dowry, so the Wu family went back on their word and broke off the engagement.
Nowadays, marriages were basically arranged by parents, and if the parents went back on their word, the engagement was off.
“What nonsense are you spouting?” Qin Baishi slapped Qin Shuanglu on the back of the head, then turned to Qin Shen and said, “Shen-ge’er, you and that girl Wanjun aren’t meant to be. Since the Wu family looks down on us for being poor, we don’t care either. I’ll tell your dad to work hard and find you a better match.”
Qin Shen hung his head dejectedly, muttered a reply, and squatted down, burying his face in his hands.
Qin Baishi, mindful of Qin Shen’s bad mood, didn’t let him get out of bed and left with the others.
Once the house was quiet, Qin Shen suddenly punched a pillar beside him, tears streaming down his face.
“Big brother, I’m sorry,” Yun Zheng slowly squatted down beside Qin Shen and said, though she was also furious that she was taking the blame for the original owner.
“It’s alright, fifth sister, you didn’t do anything wrong to big brother. It’s just that big brother is incompetent.”
Qin Shen wiped away his tears. He truly didn’t resent Yun Zheng. Although he lost the house because of Yun Zheng, it was also because he had no choice but to do it to save her. Even if he had to do it all over again, he wouldn’t hesitate.
He only hated himself; if he were more capable, he wouldn’t be so poor as to not even have the money to get married.
Yun Zheng sighed. Her eldest brother was the most honest and upright of the three. Thinking back to her past life, after Wu Wanjun married that old bachelor, Qin Shen never married again, spending his entire life farming alone in poverty.
This life, she absolutely couldn’t repeat the same mistake. The person she, Yun Zheng, wanted to protect had to have a truly happy ending.
Yun Zheng gently placed her hand on Qin Shen’s shoulder.
“Big brother, don’t be sad yet. Come with me to the Wu family. We’ll stop my sister-in-law from marrying that old bachelor and protect your wife.”
Qin Shen’s body trembled, as if he couldn’t believe what Yun Zheng said.
Yun Zheng’s eyes gleamed mischievously.
“I have a way to make sure my sister-in-law ends up marrying you.”
Qin Shen’s ears turned slightly red as he whispered, “Fifth Sister, don’t talk nonsense. Wan Jun and I are not engaged. She’s a pure and innocent young woman, about to get married again. It wouldn’t be good for her if people heard about it.”
“Alright, Big Brother, let’s hurry to the Wu family. If we’re late, your future wife will be gone.”
“Fifth Sister, no! Marriage is a serious matter that children can’t decide. Wan Jun and I have no relationship anymore. If I go to her again, it will only damage her reputation.”
Qin Shen was a typical honest and simple man, not very cultured, very traditional at heart, and conscientious.
“Big Brother, I know you’re following the rules and don’t want to offend Sister Wan Jun, but can you really bear to let her marry an old bachelor more than twenty years her senior?”
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