Guo Ting and Xu Xiao met again on the sixth day of June, when Yao Yu and Guo Yan were getting married.
Guo Ting was helping her cousin at her cousin's house with her younger brother, and Xu Xiao was helping Yao Yu come to pick up the bride. That's when the two met.
However, they couldn't say a few words. When the person who picked them up left, their mother, Mrs. Zhuang, took her hand and said, "Several people came to ask about your marriage just now. Mother looked at it, and her family background is similar to that of your brother-in-law."
.If you don’t choose, mother will make the decision for you.”
Guo Ting was absent-minded, but she didn't want to worry her mother, so she nodded.
The Yao family's side was very lively.
When the person who picked up the bride went back, several people sitting at the same table were all asking about Guo Ting, and then they secretly envied Yao Yu.
My elder sister is so good-looking, so my younger sister must be no different.
Some people who suggested going to the wedding ceremony were stopped by Xu Xiao. He invited them to drink and got them all drunk.
When Yao Yu came out to toast, everyone at the table fell down, and only Xu Xiao was still sitting there steadily.
Yao Yu smiled and asked, "Why did they recruit you?"
Xu Xiao explained: "They didn't recruit me, they wanted to recruit you. They said they were going to have a wedding ceremony, so I'd like to help you stop them."
Yao Yu chuckled and said, "I'm not used to you being so nice."
Xu Xiao snorted slightly, not feeling happy.
Yao Yu sat down and whispered to Xu Xiao: "I just asked Guo Yan. She said that her mother and aunt were talking about marrying her cousin Guo Ting. Maybe she would choose from the relatives and friends who came today.
If you mean it, just hurry up. If you don't mean it, don't worry about it, so as not to cause gossip and harm other girls."
Xu Xiao ridiculed: "We haven't even had a wedding yet, so you become a member of the Guo family?"
Yao Yu said: "Then don't worry about it. Anyway, we are worshiping and we are a family."
Xu Xiao didn't argue with him, but just said: "After she came back, I went to see her twice, but she didn't see me both times."
Yao Yu said "Oh" and said nothing further.
Xu Xiao was dissatisfied and said: "Maybe she already has a sweetheart. If I go to find her again, wouldn't it be more trouble?"
Yao Yu said: "That's right, forget it, you can marry someone else."
Xu Xiao was unwilling to give in again. She raised her head and glared at Yao Yu, her depressed eyes full of grievances.
Yao Yu said: "Look at you, it's always like this. Whatever you can reach for is yours. If you can't get it, you convince yourself not to think about it. If you really don't think about it, you feel that it is yours."
"Xu Xiao, Guo Ting is a person, not an object. It's not an object that you can't get now, but you can still get it when you have rights and wealth in the future. If you want it, go back to her now, tell her clearly, and then beg her.
I will marry you. Otherwise, just be a human being and stop disturbing her."
Xu Xiao felt full of bitterness, he was just such a person.
A very hypocritical person.
He opened his eyes, looked at Yao Yu sarcastically and said: "There are still benefits to studying knowledge seriously, I can't even praise you."
Yao Yu poured him wine, toasted him, and said seriously: "Among the friends I have made, you are the only one who can let me go through life and death for him."
"If you were really willing to give up, you would have already made them have a wedding tonight. How would you be able to sit still?"
"Whether it's for me or for yourself, just face your heart calmly. People who really care about you won't blame you, just like me."
Xu Xiao still didn't move. He looked at Yao Yu blankly and said, "If I had known you loved me so much, I would have married you."
Yao Yu snorted, but then said: "You are drunk now, and it is suitable for you to speak the truth after drinking. I think you can go."
Xu Xiao's eyes lit up slightly. When he stood up, he patted Yao Yu's shoulder and said, "Have a good wedding tonight. Don't go to bed too early."
Yao Yu raised her eyes and stared at him, and said angrily: "Get out!"
Xu Xiao laughed lightly, then said seriously: "Thank you."
Yao Yu said: "You haven't even written your horoscope yet, why are you so happy?"
Xu Xiao didn't answer. Just looking at his face, he really looked much better.
Then he hurriedly left the table and strode away from the Yao family.
Yao Yu looked at his back, smiled with relief, turned around and went to another table to toast.
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The summer is hot, the cool breeze doesn't stop at night, and the heat lingers.
Zhuangyuan Street is still brightly lit and lively.
Her mother and younger brother stayed overnight at her cousin's house to help pack away the utensils after the wedding banquet, while Guo Ting came to the shop to pick up her sister and go back with her.
The carriage stopped at the corner of Zhuangyuan Street, and she told the driver to turn around and wait. However, when she passed the chestnut shop at the corner of the street, she found a person sitting on the stone pier.
It’s Xu Xiao.
The night breeze blew slowly, and he looked melancholy. His handsome face was flushed, his eyes were blurred, and he looked like he was drunk.
But what does that have to do with her?
Guo Ting had already walked over, but she suddenly remembered how kind Mrs. Zhang was to her, so she left Xu Xiao on the roadside like this. If something happened, she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.
When she stopped and turned around to look, she saw that Xu Xiao had lowered his head, looking helpless and pitiful, as if he had been abandoned.
Under the night light, even if you can't see his face clearly, his handsome and upright figure still attracts passers-by.
Guo Ting took a slight breath. She thought about what happened to her in Suzhou, and how Xu Xiao put the curtain hat on her head to protect her when she left the prefect's Yamen.
With that face of his, how could he not cause trouble?
Guo Ting walked back resignedly, took off the curtain hat she was wearing, and put it on his head.
Xu Xiao didn't want to, so she pulled away and looked at her.
The deep and dark eyes were red, smudged by the mist, and seemed to be accusing.
She didn't know what he was accusing, so she just picked up the curtain and covered it for him.
At this moment, she suddenly remembered that Xu Xiao's shop was here, and his people should be nearby too.
But when she looked towards Xu Xiao's shop, she found that the lights that were usually on suddenly went out today. And there was no one in front of the shop, as if it had been raided.
It's really strange. Could it be intentional?
Guo Ting looked at Xu Xiao and saw him holding her hand wantonly, and said sadly: "You are ignoring me."
Guo Ting pulled away her hand and wanted to ask Aunt Zhuang to serve him.
But just as she turned around, Xu Xiao suddenly said: "I am not the third young master of the Xu family, I am a fake."
What?
Guo Ting turned around in shock and looked at Xu Xiao in shock.
Xu Xiao sneered and said self-deprecatingly: "Don't you want to know why I don't marry you?"
"Because I don't deserve it!"
"They all think that I am the concubine of the Xu family. Although my background is a little different, I am still a member of the Xu family."
"But I'm not. Even my last name is fake. I'm not the real Xu Xiao."
As he spoke, the redness in his eyes was submerged by tears, and his expression was so sincere that it felt like he was gouging out his heart.
This bloody truth was placed in front of Guo Ting. She exclaimed and went to cover his mouth, but he held it tightly in his hand and said: "Now that you know, you will dislike me, right?"
"
A drop of tear fell on the back of Guo Ting's hand, which was so hot that her heart trembled.