Chapter 622: 622 Li Gui’s intentions
Staring at her in confusion, he asked, “Why are you wearing a veil?”
“Too ugly.” She replied lightly.
He couldn’t see her face under the black veil, but he could see that her eyebrows were elegant, her skin as pale as snow. Because of the veil, the beautiful pair of eyes blinking behind it seemed even more enchanting, presenting a kind of mysterious beauty.
Suddenly, he wanted to reach out and remove her veil, “I have seen you before, there’s no need to cover your face.”
She made up a story casually, “I have a blister on my face.”
He laughed, “When does your face not have blisters? I heard your skin is bad, and you always have pus.”
She was completely healed now. She let him continue misunderstanding her, “If there’s nothing else, move aside.”
Li Gui spoke unhappily, “Su Qingyue, I’m more than just interested in you. I genuinely want to marry you.”
Raising one of her eyebrows, she questioned, “You have a brother, Li Cai. Do you mean you want to share a wife with your brother?”
“I never thought of such a thing,” he replied. “With the Li family’s conditions, there is no need to share a wife.”
He frowned, “Are you suggesting marrying both me and Li Cai at the same time?”
She looked at him with a sarcastic expression. “You think too much.”
Seeing her reaction, he felt relieved, “Even if I, Li Gui, am a wretch, I would not share my wife with anyone. The entire wealth of the Li family would only amount to four or five hundred taels of silver. Even if I were to divide the family wealth with my second brother, I could still get over two hundred taels. Though it’s not a lot of money, it’s enough to live comfortably. Su Qingyue, if you marry me, I promise to treat you well…”
She paid no attention to his words and turned to leave.
He reached out to pull her back, and said urgently, “Su Qingyue, I’m serious! My family isn’t wealthy. I’ve already spent one hundred taels trying to buy you. I wouldn’t spend that much money for a joke…”
Her small hands were soft as hold. It excited him just to hold them, to the point where he thought of embracing her.
But she broke free, and her figure disappeared in the blink of an eye, having covered dozens of meters.
Even though he was puzzled about her speed, he hurriedly chased after her, “Su Qingyue, listen to me…
As Su Qingyue walked faster and faster, so did Li Gui’s chase.
At the fork in the road, the village chatterbox, Wang Qigu, noticed them and found it strange, “Oh, who is this veiled woman… judging by her clothes, she must be the wife of the Xiao family…”
She glanced in the direction from where they had come, “Li Gui? You’re walking so fast, are you chasing after Su Qingyue?”
Qingyue didn’t want to waste words with Wang Qigu, as it would only stir things up even more.
Li Gui saw her turn the corner heading towards the Xiao Family’s courtyard.
Seeing Wang Qi there, he didn’t continue chasing her and simply responded with a stern face, “Aunt Qi, I just ran into Su Qingyue that’s all. I have urgent matters at home, so I’m walking a little quickly.”
Saying nothing more, he headed towards the village well.
“Is that so.” Wang Qigu watched great suspicions as they left in separate directions. However, considering the good conditions at Li Gui’s family, she wanted her own daughter to marry him, so she kept her thoughts to herself, “Hey, Li Gui!”
Li Gui was not in a good mood. Knowing that Wang Qigu must be thinking about urging him to propose, he didn’t look back and continued walking away.
Wang Qigu had repeatedly suggested him to propose to her daughter. He feigned ignorance, leading her to understand, he didn’t fancy her daughter.
No one had heard about Li Gui liking any unmarried girl in the village. As he had not directly rejected her, she still held some hope.