Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife-Chapter 94: Unwilling to Marry, Unwilling to Wed
Zhang Weishan had already heard about what happened at the school during dinner. His younger brother, Zhang Mingyu, wasn’t usually one to gossip about others.
But during dinner today, he had vividly recounted the gossip about the Sheng Family’s sister.
He also said that Gu Jiaojiao had stepped in to save Mrs. Sheng several times and that if it weren’t for her, Mrs. Sheng would have been angered to death on the spot by the Song Family.
Zhang Weishan had thought that his friend and superior, Sheng Shijing, wouldn’t be able to depart on time today.
He was hesitating, wondering if he should go to the Sheng residence to see what was going on, when he saw his childhood friend from the compound, Dong Qihua, come calling for him.
Now, seeing his friend smiling so cheerfully, he didn’t say anything and just waved goodbye to the Su and Gu Families.
Su Shuochi and Gu Jiaojiao followed behind their car to see them off. The car couldn’t go fast inside the compound.
Pedestrians on the road didn’t dare to gossip when they saw Su Shuochi. Once they were out of the compound gate, Zhang Weishan stepped on the gas and sped the car far away.
"Weishan, why are you driving so fast?" Sheng Shijing said, displeased. He had wanted to get a few more glimpses of Jiaojiao.
"You can’t even see Jiaojiao’s back anymore, so what are you looking back for? Were you hoping Yueyue would come to see you off?"
Zhang Weishan asked probingly. He was very curious, as the gossip about Sheng Yueyue and Song Zijin had been flying everywhere since lunch.
’Why doesn’t my friend know about it!’
"She wouldn’t come to see me off. I already said goodbye to my family after breakfast. Sigh, Yueyue has changed!"
"Shijing, have you ever considered that maybe Yueyue hasn’t changed at all, and it’s just that you all felt too guilty to see her clearly?"
His brother had said that Gu Jiaojiao had changed a lot, and that she must have been bullied by Sheng Yueyue all the time.
Seeing his friend remain silent, Zhang Weishan quickly changed the subject. "Shijing, I see you’ve brought a lot of stuff. Is it all food?"
"Not all of it is food. There are also many medicines. Su Shuochi said Jiaojiao got them from the Divine Doctor—painkillers for injuries and medicine to stop bleeding."
As Sheng Shijing spoke, his smile was as warm as a spring breeze, and his eyes sparkled with a hint of pride.
"Medicine is good stuff, but you can buy food anywhere," Zhang Weishan said.
"Hehe... A lot of the food Jiaojiao prepared was bought from the Overseas Chinese Store—beef, chicken legs, and pig’s trotters, all packed in vacuum-sealed bags.
These few mesh bags have fried river snails she made herself, and some things her mother-in-law and her second older brother made, too."
Sheng Shijing said with soaring spirits, his tone full of showiness, making Zhang Weishan and the other person listening drool.
They didn’t know if it was just their imagination, but they could all smell the delicious aroma.
Meanwhile, Sheng Yueyue, whom Zhang Weishan had deliberately brought up, was at home, whimpering through her tears.
"Sob... Since Zijin doesn’t want to marry me, then I won’t force you. A melon plucked by force is never sweet."
Song Zijin: ...
It was one thing for him to not want to marry Sheng Yueyue, but for her to say it so blatantly made him very unhappy.
Unhappy as he was, Song Zijin still didn’t want to nod and agree to marry Sheng Yueyue just to save face.
He was still dreaming that Gu Jiaojiao would divorce and marry him. At the thought of Gu Jiaojiao, Song Zijin’s dark expression grew even darker.
Aunt Song thought her son was simply furious with Sheng Yueyue. Her heart ached for him as she rebuked the girl.
"Yueyue, we are sincerely trying to solve this problem. If you keep up this attitude, then we’ll just go home."
Song Zijin’s attitude was very strange to Aunt Song. A mother knows her son best; she knew that her son had previously dumped Gu Jiaojiao because he wanted to marry Sheng Yueyue.
Today, she could also tell that her son genuinely didn’t want to marry Sheng Yueyue.
But what’s done is done between them, so how could they not get married!
But if Sheng Yueyue was the one who insisted on not marrying, she would be truly happy for her son. She’d go to the temple on September 19th and burn the finest incense to give thanks.
Although Aunt Song and Song Zijin were both there to ask for her hand in marriage, their attitudes were extremely perfunctory.
Everything they said, both directly and indirectly, implied that Sheng Yueyue was forcing herself on him. Sheng Yueyue was so angered by the attitude of Song Zijin and his mother that she almost fainted.
"What attitude? It’s Zijin who’s unwilling to marry me! Sob... There’s no need for me to be so desperate to marry him, is there?"
At this moment, Sheng Yueyue truly no longer wanted to marry Song Zijin. The Song Family would become very wealthy in the near future, but He Aijun wouldn’t do too badly either. If she married him, she would be an official’s wife, after all.
’I remember my past life. He Aijun didn’t treat me badly; it was mainly because I had such low self-esteem back then that our relationship soured.
Seeing He Aijun again today, I just remembered—he’s much more impressive than Song Zijin in *that* department.
If I marry He Aijun again in this life, I definitely won’t be so insecure that I let his mom and sister-in-law bully me.’
"Yueyue, what are you saying in anger? My Zijin never said he wouldn’t marry you. It’s just that after what you two did, he feels too ashamed to propose."
Mr. Song was worldly and experienced. He could see the situation clearly: his son didn’t want to marry, and the Sheng’s daughter didn’t want to marry him either.
But then, why would the two of them have let things go so far? Perhaps she was already carrying his grandchild. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
’How could they not get married!’
Song Zijin couldn’t withstand his father’s stern gaze and, after a long moment, roared furiously.
"Sheng Yueyue, what nonsense are you spouting? When did I ever say I wouldn’t marry you?"
"Sob... Zijin is so fierce before we’re even married. Sob... Will you hit me after we get married?"
Seeing Sheng Yueyue constantly sniffling and crying made Song Zijin extremely irritated, but he still said in a gentle voice, "I don’t hit women."
’I don’t dare say I won’t marry Sheng Yueyue. It would be wonderful if Yueyue herself decided she didn’t want to marry me.’
"Old Sheng, since the two kids have no objections, let’s pick an auspicious date."
Mr. Sheng had always liked Song Zijin before, perhaps because when he first met him, Song Zijin was already Jiaojiao’s good friend.
Later, when Song Zijin broke off the engagement and refused to marry Jiaojiao, he stopped liking Song Zijin.
Now, Mr. Sheng especially looked down on Song Zijin and even disliked him a little. "Song Zijin, are you sincerely asking to marry Yueyue?"
Mr. Song jabbed his son with his elbow, his eyes filled with a stern, undeniable pressure.
Song Zijin endured his father’s murderous glare, weighed the pros and cons over and over, and finally lowered his head and said,
"Uncle Sheng, I sincerely want to marry Yueyue. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have tasted the forbidden fruit."
Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Sheng were so angered by Song Zijin’s words that they almost spat blood. Sheng Shiwen jumped to his feet, pointing a finger at him.
"Song Zijin, you have the gall to bring that up? You’re shameless."
"It takes two to tango. Besides, Yueyue was the one who dragged me there," Song Zijin argued, craning his neck stubbornly.
"Zijin! Are you trying to drive me to my death again? Sob... If you don’t want to marry me, just say so!"
"I... very much want to marry you." Song Zijin had been about to blurt out, ’I don’t want to marry you.’
’It was only then that I realized with a start that in my relationship with Sheng Yueyue, she had always been the one in control.
Even going to the woods was her idea. She seems to understand the affairs between men and women so well, while I was just an idiot who didn’t understand anything.
Why does everyone in the compound think I’m the heartless scoundrel!
Back then, I never planned on dumping Jiaojiao to pursue Yueyue. It was just that whenever I was with both of them,
Yueyue was always the understanding and considerate one, while Jiaojiao was the unreasonable and willful young miss.
With that comparison, of course I would side with Yueyue a little. What man doesn’t like to be the hero?’
