Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 132 What Have You Done for My Sister

"That's not what I meant. Xiaoyuan, don't misunderstand me." Rong Jin was a little anxious.

"I didn't misunderstand, Brother Pei, I believe you won't make things difficult for my sister." Xiao Yuan said sincerely.

"Well, I won't do this again in the future." Rong Jin thought about the fact that he wanted to give the hairpin to his sister Hua just now, and he couldn't help but feel a lingering fear. He really didn't think so much. Fortunately, Xiaoyuan stopped him just now.

"This is the best, Brother Pei. I know you and you have no bad intentions, so I told you so much. Otherwise, when you asked me to hand over the hairpin, I would have suspected that you were kind to me for a purpose and wanted to use me. Now you are trying to repay me and control my sister and her marriage. I would also suspect that your kindness to me was not out of your sincerity, but was earned by me selling out my sister."

"No, Xiaoyuan, I don't want to use you. I really care about you and I sincerely... like Sister Hua. I just... just want to give her a hairpin to express my feelings. I haven't thought too much about it." Rong Jin was a little incoherent.

"That's the best. I believe you, Brother Pei. Otherwise, your behavior would disappoint me." Xiao Yuan said with a smile.

"But, Brother Pei, even if you let me pass the hairpin to my sister, or you personally give it to my sister, do you think my sister will accept it?"

Without waiting for Rong Jin to answer, Xiao Yuan asked himself and answered, "I don't think so. My sister will not accept this hairpin." Xiao Yuan said.

Rong Jin looked at Xiao Yuan in a daze.

"Brother Pei wants to give my sister a hairpin, so he can just give her a hairpin without considering her situation or her thoughts. But my sister should consider her own practical problems."

“Not to mention that my sister is in mourning now and will not accept your hairpin. Even if she has passed the mourning period, my sister will not accept anything from you except for the sake of mourning.” Xiao Yuan said firmly.

"Why, am I...am I so bad?" Rong Jin's face looked a little ugly.

"It's not because you're bad, it's because you're too good. Brother Pei, you have to be confident." Rong Jin couldn't understand Xiao Yuan's words. Xiao Yuan explained, "Look, you're the eldest son and grandson of the Dingbei Marquis's Mansion, you have a good family background, you're good looking, you're good at school, and you're good at martial arts. You're so good, how could my sister accept your hairpin?" Rong Jin couldn't understand even more.

"Although my sister is very pretty, gentle, and smart, she has a big flaw that you don't know."

"What shortcomings?" Rong Jin was a little confused.

"It's just that she's not confident. My sister is not confident. She thinks she is not worthy of you, so she won't accept your hairpin. You know, we are now without a father or a mother, lonely and helpless, living in the Marquis's Mansion. To put it nicely, we are the descendants of Grandfather Pei's old friend.

To put it bluntly, my sister and I are just stray cats and dogs on the street. The Marquis's family is big and powerful, and taking us in is just a good thing to raise more cats and dogs. How could my sister not know this? She also knows herself, so how dare she marry you?"

Rong Jin's face turned red. He remembered that when his grandmother mentioned the engagement, he had said the same thing to Hua Lei and his brother. Hua Lei and his brother could stay at the Marquis' Mansion, just like the Marquis' Mansion had more cats and dogs.

"Putting this aside, my aunt probably doesn't know that Brother Pei gave my sister a hairpin, right? If my aunt knew, she would stop you. My aunt doesn't like my sister, a country girl, being your wife.

If she knew that you gave the hairpin to my sister, how do you think my aunt would view my sister? She would definitely think that my sister seduced you, that my sister, a toad, wanted to eat you, a swan. She would not think that you took the initiative to give it to her. In the eyes of my aunt, you can do no wrong. "

"Xiao Yuan, how can you say that about your sister?" Rong Jin frowned.

"What I say is not important. What is important is what great aunt thinks. Am I wrong? Brother Pei, don't you know that great aunt wants you to marry Sister Qingge?" Xiao Yuan smiled and said.

"Besides, Brother Rong Jin and Sister Qingge are not in a clear relationship. My sister won't even consider you." Xiao Yuan said calmly.

"I don't have anything unclear with cousin Qingge, Xiaoyuan, you can't wrongly accuse me." Rong Jin jumped up.

"Brother Pei, don't get excited. Look, it's true that Sister Qingge has lived in the Marquis' Mansion since she was a child and has been your childhood sweetheart, right? It's also true that Sister Qingge likes you and wants to marry you, right? Even if there's really nothing going on between you and Sister Qingge, will it be nothing in the eyes of outsiders?

Rong Jue can see it, how can my sister not see it? So do you think my sister will accept a man who already has a childhood sweetheart? No." Xiao Yuan explained slowly.

"We are not childhood sweethearts. I said, I just treat her as an ordinary relative. Besides, my cousin is not the only one staying in our mansion. There are 17 or 18 other families in the southwest courtyard of the mansion.

If everyone can be counted as my childhood sweetheart, then I have too many childhood sweethearts. If we must count them this way, then Hua Meimei and I should also be counted as... childhood sweethearts. Hua Meimei hasn't even reached the age of marriage yet, so she's still a child." Rong Jin was a little lacking in confidence.

Xiao Yuan looked at Rong Jin's blushing face and said, "Well, you are right. Let me put it the other way around. If my sister has a cousin who is about the same age as my sister and has been with my sister since childhood, and has grown up with my sister, and this cousin has always liked my sister and wants to marry her. Would you mind, Brother Pei?"

Rong Jin's face was full of hesitation and solemnity.

Seeing the hesitant expression on Rong Jin's face, Xiao Yuan continued, "Look, Brother Pei, you are concerned, right? It's normal for my sister to be concerned about the things you are concerned about. Why do you only allow the officials to set fires but not the people to light lamps?" Xiao Yuan looked as if it was a matter of course.

"Did Sister Hua tell you this?" Rong Jin looked at Xiao Yuan with some doubt.

"Of course not. My sister is so busy, how could she tell me these things? I'm just putting myself in her shoes. These are just my guesses. It's good that you've heard it, Brother Pei." Xiao Yuan smiled, tidied up the books that were blown by the wind, put them aside, and pressed them down with an inkstone.

Rong Jin was silent. But Xiao Yuan spoke again.

"Brother Pei, you just said that there was nothing between you and Sister Qingge, but on the other hand you said that you really liked my sister. Then why didn't you stop Sister Qingge when she was embarrassing my sister today? Are you defending Sister Qingge?