Chapter 88: He’s a Match for Her? She’s the One Reaching High
Grandma Chen saw her pause and naturally knew she had heard those nasty words. She quickly comforted her, “Qinghuan, dear girl, you must never take those people’s words to heart. They’re just jealous that you’re doing better than them.”
“If you really let these words get to you, then you’ll truly fall into their trap. The best way to retaliate against them is to live better than them and make them seethe with envy!”
Grandma Chen earnestly advised her.
Back then, after Grandma Chen lost her husband, many people had also gossiped behind her back, so she naturally understood Yun Qinghuan’s feelings.
But many things, as long as you persevered through them, didn’t seem so bitter when you looked back.
Yun Qinghuan knew that Grandma Chen was concerned about her and couldn’t help but smile at her, signaling her to rest assured. “Grandma Chen, it’s okay. I didn’t take it to heart.”
She had long known the evil of human nature.
Especially in such a feudal and backward rural area, it was particularly unfriendly to women.
The matchmaker was about to continue her incessant chatter when suddenly, she froze, staring at Bai Naihan with some horror.
Bai Naihan had appeared from nowhere, turning his wheelchair, with his bayonet in his hand. The bayonet was so sharp that with just a light touch, the bamboo standing beside him snapped immediately.
He looked at the matchmaker with a cold smile. “If you say one more word, I can’t guarantee that the knife in my hand won’t accidentally injure you.”
Xia Tiejun, standing beside him, had been watching with some smugness. After all, he had seen Yun Qinghuan before. In the past, he was indeed unworthy of this educated youth from the city. But now, Yun Qinghuan was just a widow who had brought misfortune to her husband. He was a match for her; she was the one reaching high.
Xia Tiejun had almost arrogantly asked the matchmaker to come and propose marriage, certain that she would agree.
But at this moment, seeing Bai Naihan’s cold eyes and the bayonet flashing a chilling light in the sun, Xia Tiejun felt that Bai Naihan really wanted to kill him.
In an instant, fear spread through his chest.
The matchmaker was even more terrified, her whole body trembling. “B-Brother Bai, I-I came here with good intentions to propose marriage for your sister-in-law. W-What are you doing?”
Xia Tiejun thought of Yun Qinghuan’s extraordinary face and slender figure. Even though Bai Naihan was threateningly looking at him, he couldn’t help but feel a stirring in his heart. Sticking out his neck stubbornly, he said, “Brother Bai, you’re not happy about your sister-in-law marrying me? Could it be that what people outside are saying is true, that there’s something improper going on between you and your sister-in-law?”
One sentence made the surrounding onlookers, who had been enjoying the spectacle, instantly look at Bai Naihan strangely, their gazes scrutinizing, as if they really suspected something impure between Bai Naihan and Yun Qinghuan.
The coldness on Bai Naihan’s face intensified.
He didn’t care if others suspected him, but they shouldn’t tarnish his sister-in-law’s reputation because of it.
Clearly, his sister-in-law had done nothing wrong and shouldn’t be slandered like this.
Instantly, his gaze towards Xia Tiejun became even colder, the military bayonet glinting with a chilling light.
Xia Tiejun was very smug, as if he couldn’t see Bai Naihan’s expression. “If you don’t agree to your sister-in-law marrying me, it means you have a guilty conscience!”
As if he had caught Bai Naihan and Yun Qinghuan’s weakness.
He was determined to make the Bai family agree to this marriage today.
This wasn’t proposing marriage at all; it was simply forcing marriage.
If Yun Qinghuan really didn’t agree to marry him, it would be admitting that she had an affair with Bai Naihan. But if she agreed, looking at Xia Tiejun’s character, he wasn’t a good match at all. Wasn’t this gambling her happiness for the rest of her life?
Bai Naihan’s hand gripping the wheelchair formed a fist, his veins bulging.
His other hand held the bayonet, his eyes staring straight at Xia Tiejun, he uttered word by word, “Courting death!”
As he spoke, the bayonet seemed to come alive, flying straight from his hand with a “whoosh” sound.
Xia Tiejun looked at the bayonet flying towards him, his whole body frozen as if nailed to the spot, unable to move at all. His eyes widened in horror, and a “hoarse, hoarse” sound came from his throat.
He was so frightened that he couldn’t even utter a complete sentence.
The surrounding people, seeing this scene, cried out in alarm, “The second son of the Bai family is killing someone!”
One by one, they scattered and fled, seemingly very afraid of being implicated, even more afraid that this cripple of the Bai family would stab them with his knife at the slightest disagreement.
Thinking of the tragic state of the wild boar that had been stabbed last time, everyone was even more terrified. How could they have forgotten? Although the Bai family’s youngest son was now a cripple who couldn’t walk, he was an exceptionally skilled discharged soldier who had been stained with who knows how much blood. Even the wild boar was no match for him, let alone a small Xia Tiejun?
For a moment, everyone felt a bit regretful. They shouldn’t have come to watch the show. Even if they were watching, they should have watched quietly, and if possible, not said a word. They didn’t know if Bai Naihan had held a grudge against them.
And beside them, Liu Yuzhi, seeing her son’s sudden action, turned pale with fright and ran over shouting, “Bai Naihan!”
Her face was deathly white, afraid that her son’s anger would lead to a death and he would spend the rest of his life in prison.
It wasn’t worth dirtying his hands for a scumbag like Xia Tiejun.
Even Yun Qinghuan was startled and quickly called out, “Be careful!”
Wanting Xia Tiejun to avoid it, it wasn’t that she was afraid something would happen to Xia Tiejun. She wouldn’t even glance at such a trashy man if something really happened to him. But Xia Tiejun couldn’t cause trouble for Bai Naihan.
Having spent more than a month together, Yun Qinghuan knew that her younger brother-in-law had a cold exterior but a warm heart and was a good person. Xia Tiejun wasn’t worth him ruining the rest of his life.
And Xia Tiejun himself was already scared out of his wits. A bright yellow liquid flowed down his pants, the color of his pants suddenly deepening, and a pungent odor wafted out.
Making the surrounding people, who were already somewhat frightened, pinch their noses in disgust and run even further away.
And the bayonet, in everyone’s sight, passed through Xia Tiejun’s ear with a “sizzle” sound and nailed into the big tree behind him, trembling a few times before becoming firmly embedded.
“Phew~” Yun Qinghuan’s heart finally calmed. She took a long breath, and then, taking advantage of the fact that everyone hadn’t reacted yet, she walked directly to Bai Naihan’s side.
Just now, she had been so frightened that half of her soul had flown away. She directly reprimanded Bai Naihan like she would reprimand An’an, pinching his ear and scolding, “You really scared me to death just now! Was it worth risking yourself for trash like him? It’s lucky it didn’t hit him, otherwise your whole life would have been ruined, do you understand?”
She was really angry, saying so many words in a row without even taking a breath.
Her usual soft voice was now like a tiger’s roar, even startling her mother-in-law, Liu Yuzhi.
Bai Naihan probably hadn’t expected her to suddenly rush over and pinch his ear, and she had used force. Half of his face was red and painful, and he hissed softly.
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