Seeing Xia Chuyi silent and not speaking, Jiang Shuqin felt slightly embarrassed and quickly comforted her, "Chuyi, don’t worry, my cousin won’t go along with their wishes!"
"My cousin, she has someone she likes!"
Xia Chuyi suddenly snapped back to reality and reflexively asked, "What did you say?"
Jiang Shuqin didn’t hide anything and said, "My cousin, she’s always had someone she likes."
"It’s just that, the person she likes has never been willing to be with her."
Jiang Shuqin spoke the last sentence with a touch of emotion.
Hearing this, Xia Chuyi’s eyebrows shot up, "Someone actually refused Jiang Fengqi?"
She thought that a girl like Jiang Fengqi would be liked by everyone.
Jiang Shuqin shook her head and said, "It’s a bit complicated."
"Actually, my cousin and that person have been childhood friends."
"Everyone can see that they both have feelings for each other."
"Alas, it’s just that he has a debt to repay and insists on repaying it with himself."
Jiang Shuqin had a regretful expression, with a hint of complaint in her tone.
A debt to repay, with oneself?
For some reason, Xia Chuyi thought of someone.
"Shuqin, the person you’re talking about, wouldn’t be... Senior Song Zhicheng, would it?" Xia Chuyi couldn’t help but ask.
She had suspected before that Song Zhicheng and Jiang Fengqi were an item.
Because it was quite a coincidence, every time Xia Chuyi saw Song Zhicheng, he was with Jiang Fengqi.
It wasn’t until later, when she learned about the marriage arrangement between Song Zhicheng and the Ou family, that Xia Chuyi dismissed her suspicions.
However, upon hearing Jiang Shuqin mention it, her first reaction was still to think that the person Jiang Fengqi liked might be Song Zhicheng.
Hearing Xia Chuyi’s words, Jiang Shuqin was quite surprised and said, "You know Song Zhicheng?"
Xia Chuyi nodded and said, "I’ve met him a few times and I know he’s a graduate student at our school, about to graduate."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuqin pursed her lips and said, "Of course it’s him."
"The Ou family once lost a daughter, you know about that, right?"
Xia Chuyi nodded slightly to indicate that she did.
Seeing her nod, Jiang Shuqin continued, "Song Zhicheng feels it’s his responsibility and has promised that, once the Ou family’s daughter is found, he will marry her."
Xia Chuyi shook her head and said to Jiang Shuqin, "His way of doing things is not sensible."
"There are a thousand other ways to repay a debt, not necessarily through this method."
In fact, the first time Xia Chuyi heard about this, she felt that Song Zhicheng was not quite right.
It was just that at the time, she had refrained from making any judgments.
"Alright, Shuqin, let’s not talk about this anymore," Xia Chuyi said. "Let’s just deal with things as they come. Whatever the elders want to do, let them be."
"A melon forced off its vine is not sweet."
"If Huo Shiqian isn’t willing, who can compel him?"
Xia Chuyi stated calmly.
Hearing these words, Jiang Shuqin also nodded and said, "That’s true, who can force Huo Shiqian?"
"He’s more likely to be the one forcing others!"
What exactly had Huo Shiqian done during his wild youth to have such a reputation in the eyes of Uncle Liberation Army through Jiang Shuqin?
"Forget it, Shuqin, I’m going to fetch some water." Xia Chuyi decided to shift away from this topic.
Jiang Shuqin nodded and said nothing more.
After Xia Chuyi finished fetching water and returned to the dormitory, she climbed onto her bed, leaned against the wall, unfolded a piece of writing paper, and began to write a letter to Huo Shiqian.