When Shi Nuan and the others arrived at the hotpot restaurant, the private rooms were all taken, so they had no choice but to eat in the noisy hall.
Everyone was gossiping about Lin Junyi and Chu Jingyun while eating hotpot.
Actually, the so-called gossip was mainly being shared by Ou Xiaoning.
Ou Xiaoning thought that although Lin Junyi had been divorced, he had no kids, good looks, good character; he had both height and physique, and in his early thirties, he was at the prime age for a man.
And Chu Jingyun, although known as a beautiful teacher in the foreign language department, was turning twenty-seven this year and approaching thirty, which was the age to get married and settle down.
The two of them suited each other in many ways, most likely they’re in love!
He Meisui said, "Hey, your perspective is a bit one-sided, just because it’s time to get married doesn’t mean you have to get married. There’s only love that’s suitable for marriage, not an age that’s suitable for marriage!"
Ou Xiaoning said, "That’s what you think. For the most part, love is still something young people pursue and believe in, especially young people of our age. Women over thirty rarely consider so-called love, thinking more about their own interests!"
He Meisui teased her, "Hey, Xiaoning, saying that, be careful or I’ll tell Wang Sai in your house. If she finds out you won’t love him after thirty, she’ll probably be heartbroken!"
Ou Xiaoning stuck out her tongue, "Even if you tell him, it’s okay. I don’t think there will be much love left between us after thirty, but even without love, there’s familial affection. Familial affection is more stable than love. I hope that by then, Saisai and I live together like family!"
He Meisui laughed, "Hearing you, you don’t seem to believe much in love either, hehe, I thought you and Wang Sai were true love!"
"Of course, we’re true love!" Ou Xiaoning said, "But the world is . Look at my parents, they were very loving at first, like glue, but after a few years of marriage, they argue often. Now they have small fights every three days, a big one every week, but no matter how much they fight, it can’t tear apart this family. That’s what I consider deep true love... Wang Sai and I have only been together for a few years, there are still decades to come, it’s a test over time!"
He Meisui couldn’t be bothered to argue with her.
She looked at Lv Nannan and Shi Nuan, who were silent, and asked, "Hey, don’t just focus on eating, you guys share too!"
Lv Nannan was getting lost in thought and snapped back, asking, "Huh... about what?"
"What else? Talk about the relationship between marriage and love!"
Lv Nannan blinked, "I... I’ve never been in love or married, how would I know? You’d better ask Nuannuan!"
Since Shi Nuan had been in a relationship with Shen Zui for three years and engaged to Song Yichuan for three years, it wasn’t wrong for Lv Nannan to pass the question to Shi Nuan.
As expected, He Meisui turned to Shi Nuan and said, "So Nuannuan, what do you say?"
Shi Nuan lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said, "I don’t really know either, but I think in a marriage, even if there isn’t love, there should be something else, like mutual respect and admiration, independence of character, and understanding and tolerance... Otherwise, the marriage couldn’t go on!"
He Meisui blinked and said, "Nuannuan, you... you sound right, but for some reason, I always feel it’s a bit weird!"
Shi Nuan’s eyelashes quivered lightly, "Weird?"
"Yes!" He Meisui said, "At your age, you shouldn’t be seeing love this clearly, and with marriage, although... although you’ve been engaged, you haven’t married yet. Engagement and marriage are two different things, completely different life states, but I feel you seem to know a lot about it!"