In the end, it was Li Aihua who broke the awkward silence by laughing heartily and said to Gao Sheng, "Actually, what my daughter Pingying said is not wrong. Marriage is not a simple affair. If Gao Sheng really wants to marry, he must show some sincerity."
After pausing, Li Aihua deliberately teased Gao Sheng with a smile, "Gao Sheng, our Xiu’er is no less than the city girls; she is not someone you can propose to so casually. At the very least, pick a good day and formally visit the house."
Fang Pingying saw Gao Sheng hesitate for a moment. Then, a faintly impatient expression appeared on his face, yet it quickly disappeared. He replied with a faint smile, "Alright then, we’ll talk about this marriage properly another day."
This action of Gao Sheng made Fang Pingying feel that deep down, Gao Sheng seemed to belittle Fang Xiu, or perhaps even her parents.
He felt that he was more than qualified for Fang Xiu, providing favorable conditions, initiating the marriage proposal himself which Fang Xiu should be overwhelmingly grateful for. Unexpectedly, they responded with such hesitancy.
At that moment, Fang Pingying felt this man was not suitable for marriage.
From the core, he had already started to look down upon Fang Xiu. If she married him, Fang Xiu’s life would not be happy.
However, Fang Pingying naturally did not voice these thoughts at that moment but just gave a light smile and casually responded, "Alright..."
Before Fang Pingying could finish speaking, Zhou Guangsheng from the other side of the table suddenly came over and greeted them, "Sister-in-law, I just remembered I have duties at the military base, and it’s almost time. I must leave first."
Following that, he awkwardly greeted everyone in the room and hastily left.
Fang Pingying did not even have the chance to get up and see him out.
The atmosphere in the hall was already tense due to Fang Pingying not agreeing to Gao Sheng and Fang Xiu’s marriage, and now with Zhou Guangsheng’s departure, everyone sitting there didn’t know what to say.
After a moment, Qiu Lian and juzi also stood up, bid farewell to Fang Pingying, "Pingying, we should all be going, it’s getting late, and they need to return to the base."
Since Qiu Lian and juzi were not strangers, Fang Pingying did not hold them back, knowing they were aware of some family matters. She nodded her head and escorted them to the door, "Then take care on the road."
After Qiu Lian and juzi left, Zhao Longsheng also mentioned he needed to return to base and would leave first. Since Li Aihua’s home was on the way to Grandma Tingting’s house and Gao Sheng also mentioned returning to school, Fang Pingying let Li Aihua take Tingting and Gao Sheng with her.
When only her family remained, Fang Pingying sat everyone down and looked at Fang Xiu seriously, "Xiu’er, do you really want to marry Gao Sheng?"
Since Zhou Guangsheng left, Fang Xiu wasn’t sure what she was thinking. Her response to Fang Pingying also seemed careless, "Just like that, Mom and Dad are right, Gao Sheng is a good person, from a good family, and he treats Haohao well too."
Fang Pingying nudged her a bit, bringingher back to focus, looked at her seriously and said, "Fang Xiu, think it over yourself. Don’t use marriage as a tool for acting on impulse again. You have already experienced a failed marriage. I hope you think things through more deeply so you don’t regret it later."
"Pingying, what is this all about? From the sound of it, you don’t seem to wish for Fang Xiu to be with Gao Sheng," Li Yuchun looked puzzled at Fang Pingying, "What’s wrong with Gao Sheng? I think..."
Knowing Li Yuchun would again praise Gao Sheng’s qualifications, Fang Pingying interrupted her, pointing at Fang Xiu, "Mom, Fang Xiu is your own daughter, you’re with her every day, do you truly think she wants to marry Gao Sheng?"
"I..." Li Yuchun was stunned, realizing she indeed hadn’t genuinely considered Fang Xiu’s feelings.
"You also didn’t think that this morning she was so resistant to the marriage, and suddenly she agrees, what really changed her mind?" Fang Pingying sighed, turned to Fang Xiu and Li Yuchun and said,
"A woman doesn’t marry just to secure a long-term meal ticket, saying the man’s conditions are good isn’t enough. They also need mutual affection, otherwise, any little problem between the couple could lead to marital issues."
After pausing, she continued, "Fang Xiu’s marriage has already failed once before, if it fails again, her life would be utterly ruined." Content originally comes from novel(ꜰ)ire.net
Having said this, Li Yuchun remained silent for a while, because of Fang Pingying’s stern expression, she didn’t dare to speak rashly but instead sought Fang Ping’an’s opinion.
Fang Ping’an seemed to catch something different from Fang Pingying’s words. After a moment of silence, he frowned and asked Fang Pingying, "Xiu’er, Pingying, are you hiding something from me?"
Fang Pingying knew by this time, there was no need to hide it from them, she looked at Fang Xiu, "Fang Xiu, you tell them."
Fang Xiu, annoyed by the messy events, especially when mentioning Zhou Guangsheng, replied irritably, "Big Sister, I already said, I misunderstood, he has no feelings for me, why bring up that matter again?"
Seeing her still only focusing on the blind date issue, Fang Pingying poked her forehead in frustration, "Have you gone mad, or can’t you see things clearly? If he really had no feelings for you, why would he hastily leave when discussing your marriage?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Ping’an immediately reacted, "Xiu’er, do you like Chief Zhou from your sister-in-law’s military unit?"
"I..." Fang Xiu’s face flushed, not knowing what to say.
Li Yuchun, hearing this, her eyes lit up, and she immediately smiled, sitting next to Fang Pingying, somewhat happily said, "If it really is Chief Zhou, then I think that’s fine, that young man looks very honest and dependable."
"Mom, can you not change sides so quickly?" Fang Pingying rolled her eyes. Just a while ago, she was insisting Gao Sheng was good, and upon hearing Zhou Guangsheng’s name, she immediately switched sides.
Li Yuchun, hearing this, ignored Fang Pingying and laughed, "Actually, the time Chief Zhou came to our house, I had already taken a liking to him, but then you all interrupted."
Fang Ping’an, hearing it was Zhou Guangsheng, seemed to calm down as well. Judging from his demeanor, he also had no objections to Zhou Guangsheng and, compared to Gao Sheng, he liked Zhou Guangsheng a bit more.
But he glanced at the Fang sisters and thought of Fang Xiu’s previous demeanor, feeling that something was off, suddenly asked again, "Wait, what misunderstanding did Xiu’er mention just now? What does no feelings mean?"