After Xu Qinghu returned to the county, he told the Yue Family about the incident, half-truths and half-lies.
Upon hearing this, the Yue Family was immediately furious!
It was true that Xu Nianji was injured, but Yue Hongliang was also hurt.
Yue Hongliang, the precious darling of the Yue Family, was someone they couldn’t bear even to touch on normal days, but now he had been beaten up by Xu Nianji.
The Yue Family had initially wanted to confront the Xu Family right then and there.
However, Yue Hongliang still had thoughts about Xu Nianji’s sister, so he suppressed the matter and let Xu Qinghu step in.
Now, with Xu Qinghu’s half-truths, claiming that the Xu Family wanted to back out of the marriage, the dissatisfaction in the Yue Family’s hearts grew even bigger.
At Xu Qinghe’s house, it was bustling and warm.
Even with the incident involving the Yue Family, the gathering of the family was still a very joyous occasion.
Xu Qinghe assured, "Nianhua, don’t worry, I will absolutely not let you marry into the Yue Family."
"Right." Ji Ying nodded affirmatively.
"Little sister, if anyone despises you because of this, I’ll support you for a lifetime," Xu Nianji said.
Xu Nian’an patted his chest, also expressing his stance that even if he remained a bachelor his whole life, he would not push his sister into a pit of fire.
"If someone despises me for this, then he has no taste, isn’t a good person, and doesn’t deserve my lifelong commitment," Xu Nianhua said seriously, a gentle smile always present on her face. "Besides, I have hands and feet, I can support myself. Big brother, Second brother, you guys aren’t in a hurry to get married, I still want a sister-in-law and a second sister-in-law!"
Her slightly playful words made everyone burst into laughter.
Xu Nian’an was fine, but in Xu Nianji’s eyes, a fleeting shadow passed by, so quickly that it was hard to catch, then it disappeared.
He believed that Zhou He would definitely not despise him because of this matter, but as for Zhou He’s parents...
"Big brother, you were hurt by the Yue Family, how about we call the police?" Xu Nianhua wanted to say this yesterday, but it was very late, so she didn’t bring it up then.
"I hit him too," Xu Nianji replied, looking somewhat surprised at Xu Nianhua, as if he hadn’t expected her to say that.
"You were defending yourself. They outnumbered and hurt you ; why should they bear no responsibility?" Xu Nianhua thought of the bloody wound she saw yesterday and felt heartache.
It was all because of her that her big brother was injured.
Thinking of the last time his little sister was hurt and how Gao Jianshe kept hiding at Zhong Juan’s grandmother’s house and did not come back, Xu Nian’an sneered.
Hmph, may he never come back if he’s so capable.
"Let’s see what the Yue Family says," Xu Nianji said, with no immediate plan to escalate the issue.
If the Yue Family gives up on this marriage, then let it be, but if they still refuse to let go of his little sister, he definitely wouldn’t just let it go.
The next day, the Yue Family came over, bringing a brand new bicycle and sewing machine with them.
The Yue Family arrived in a tractor, with the bicycle and sewing machine decorated with big red flowers, as if they feared people wouldn’t know the purpose of these gifts.
Xu Qinghe, fearing the Yue Family’s visit, had deliberately stayed in and was on high alert when he saw them.
"That one in the white shirt, that’s Yue Hongliang,"
Limping with a cane, Xu Nianji stood beside Xu Qinghe and said.
Today, Yue Hongliang was dressed in a white shirt and crisply ironed trousers, stepping in shiny leather shoes, his short, cropped hair slick and glossy with mousse. No matter how neatly he was dressed, it couldn’t hide his fierce square face. Already thirty-five, he naturally looked older, seeming not much younger than Xu Qinghe.