Greetings, Ninth Uncle

Ch 59 - Pressure

Zhai Yanlin was angry. He knew that he was not in the position to feel angry, but thinking of the possibility, he couldn't help being irritated.

Seeing Zhai Yanlin's complexion turned gloomy, one of his men was about to speak, but Zhai Yanlin stopped them. There was anger in his eyes, and he mentioned his people to not come forward or make trouble.

Meanwhile, Cheng Yujin's eyes widened in amazement. She was beyond surprise. Last time, she thought that Xu Zhixian was merely talking lightly.

Cheng Yujin was baffled. Up until just a moment ago, she always thought that Xu Zhixian liked Cheng Yumo. However, at Cheng Yumo's wedding, Xu Zhixian didn't show anything unusual, and even enthusiastically followed into the fun. Seeing this, Cheng Yujin knew that she probably had made a wrong guess. It seemed that Xu Zhixian really treated Cheng Yumo as a dear cousin sister instead of a love interest.

It might be that Cheng Yujin's misread the feeling Xu Zhixian had towards Cheng Yumo, but knowing that he really wanted to marry her was a totally different matter. A man might sympathize because of his mother's request, but after getting rejected once, he would never propose to that woman again. Although Cheng Yujin was inexperienced in the matter of romance, she still understood these basic principles.

Therefore, Xu Zhixian was not joking, nor was he talking thoughtlessly. He seriously wanted to marry her.

But why? Cheng Yujin always felt that she was not good at flattering men. Her prim and properness were well-received among female elders. But in men's eyes, she was rigid and boring. Cheng Yujin knew that compared to Cheng Yumo, she was unable to get along with young people of her age. She was not as close as Cheng Yumo, and it wasn't easy to find a common topic to chat with her peers. On the contrary, she was very good at taking care of them as an elder sister.

Changing the position, if Cheng Yujin were a man, she definitely wouldn't like her own character, let alone others. However, it didn't matter, because the right to speak in the marriage was in the mother-in-law's hand. Even if she got married, the people with who she had to deal most of the time were the female in-laws. Therefore, after weighing the two sides, Cheng Yujin ultimately gave up pleasing the men and focused her efforts on the female circle. She knew what kind of daughter-in-law these noble madams wanted, and her goal over so many years was to transform herself into such a perfect model.

But at this moment, Cheng Yujin began to doubt her own vision. She had mistaken the feelings between Cheng Yumo and Xu Zhixian, and even failed to notice Xu Zhixian's affection. How could this be?

Cheng Yujin was silent for a long time before she finally muttered: "Second biao brother, what do you mean by this?"

"Exactly what I just said." Xu Zhixian was a little nervous. His eyes focused on Cheng Yujin. "When mother asked to let me marry you before, I was so surprised that I couldn't think properly. It happened that you came at unfortunate timing and didn't hear what followed, resulting in misunderstanding. In fact, I am very happy to marry you. When I think that I will spend the rest of my life with elder sister Jin, I'm very much looking forward to it. Elder sister Jin doesn't like to play around and has been busy with studying over these years. But I know a lot of fun. Later, we can do it together."

For the past two months, Xu Zhixian kept thinking about this, almost to the point of obsession. Whenever he was free, Cheng Yujin's figure would appear in his mind, repeating the words she said that day. Xu Zhixian was secretly worried. In the end, he finally made up his mind to speak clearly with Cheng Yujin in person on the day of Cheng Yumo's wedding.

It took the young man a lot of courage to say all of this. After he finally finished, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. His black eyes looked at Cheng Yujin expectantly.