Qin Jian also shook his head and said with a helpless smile, "I’m not sure either, it seemed like the rumors just flew around overnight."
"When did it start?" An Hao asked curiously.
Having been reborn twice, she hadn’t even noticed this widely spread rumor back then!
"It seemed to start shortly after I returned from the China-Vietnam Battlefield?" Qin Jian recalled briefly, "After coming back, Captain Zhang’s wife introduced several matches to me, none of which I was quite satisfied with. I wanted to refuse, but Captain Zhang’s wife disagreed and asked me to reconsider. Afterwards, those women mysteriously fell ill. Later on, someone claimed I was a wife jinx, and after I clearly expressed my refusal of them, their illnesses miraculously healed."
Subsequently, his reputation as a wife jinx spread.
Many people also became unwilling to pursue a relationship with him, and thus the matter was delayed.
In those years, he was filled with youthful enthusiasm, hoping to make something of himself in the army. Moreover, after seeing many soldier’s wives quarrel with their husbands, he wasn’t particularly hopeful about marriage at the time.
So, he remained single because of that rumor.
But Captain Zhang didn’t see it that way; he probably still thinks that Qin Jian orchestrated the whole thing.
"Who would try to smear your name like that?" If it weren’t for that rumor, Qin Jian would have probably gotten married a long time ago, and might have a child in elementary school by now, right?
"I don’t know." Qin Jian said with a smile and a shake of his head, "But I am actually grateful to the person who started the rumor. If it weren’t because of that rumor, I might never have met An Hao!"
An Hao pondered silently. Perhaps some things are just meant to be.
This rumor was the thread that connected her and Qin Jian.
"Yeah. I think Qin Jian and An Hao are quite fated for each other. Otherwise, Qin Jian wouldn’t have waited so long to get married, and he wouldn’t have met An Hao." Ning Yibin was very satisfied with this marriage; although his son married late, the key thing was that his son and daughter-in-law loved each other dearly and seemed very happy, which was enough for him.
"That’s true." Zhang Yun did not deny it, people with a relationship as good as theirs were indeed rare.
"Alright, since the son is happy now, why mention so much of the past? Go and make some food, they definitely haven’t eaten yet," Ning Yibin urged Zhang Yun.
During the meal, An Hao’s mind was still on the matter of the rumor.
"What’s wrong? What are you thinking about? You seem distracted," Qin Jian asked An Hao.
"Oh." An Hao bit into a steamed bun and chewed slowly, "I’m thinking about the rumor of you being a wife jinx."
"Does it bother you?" Qin Jian stopped his chopsticks.
"No," An Hao laughed, "I just feel that fate is a strange thing. Like you said, if it weren’t for that rumor, you probably would have been married by now, and might not have met me."
Qin Jian reached out to pinch her cheek, "Stop worrying. I don’t jinx my wife. If I really did, I wouldn’t have married you. I’d rather just watch you be happy from a distance for the rest of your life."
"I wouldn’t want you to be so noble," An Hao grasped his hand, "Even if life is as brief as fireworks, I’d be willing to blossom in your life."
"Silly wife! If you’re really worried about the rumor, then you might as well understand it this way. The emergence of this rumor was to allow us to meet! To put it in a very romantic way, it was destiny!" Qin Jian said, smiling with the corner of his mouth hooked up as he looked at her.