Read Novel Full Chapter 1198: Stubborn as a Dead Duck (Twenty-five Updates)
Chapter 1198: Chapter 1198: Stubborn as a Dead Duck (Twenty-five Updates)
"Remember to lock the door."
Zhang Qiang repeatedly reminded and urged, then he left.
"Come on, let’s have a drink." Mo Weidong pulled Zhang Qiang into the car.
Zhang Qiang refused: "No, I need to go back and explain things to my mom."
"Honestly, do you really have no feelings for her?"
Not only did Liu Cuixong not believe it, even Mo Weidong was skeptical. He said, "That girl looks so pitiful, are you not moved at all?"
"Dongzi, if I really liked her, wouldn’t I admit it?" Zhang Qiang couldn’t help but retort.
"You don’t seem like such a kind-hearted person, do you? You’re helping find her a job and a place to stay, even coming to me for help. You say you don’t have feelings for her? You saved her life on the train, isn’t that enough? Why are you providing full service treatment?"
Mo Weidong smirked, thinking to himself: Zhang Qiang is just a stubborn duck refusing to admit it.
"I can’t win against you; I’m too lazy to argue."
Zhang Qiang said, "Thanks for today, I’ll buy you a drink tomorrow."
With that, Zhang Qiang drove off.
Mo Weidong: "..."
What was he in such a hurry to come back for?
He thought he would get drunk with Zhang Qiang today, but who knew, he’d be left alone again.
Sigh.
Mo Weidong sighed long and deep, missing Tang Jun and Wei Jiajie deeply.
*
Xiangquan Lake Villa.
Seeing Zhang Qiang take the person away, Liu Cuixong felt utterly terrible.
"Mom, what did you do?" Zhang Min saw the way Zhang Qiang left angrily with Yan Wei and couldn’t help but be curious about what Liu Cuixong said.
Liu Cuixong exasperatedly recounted her earlier words, saying, "I didn’t say much, honestly. Yan Wei is pitiful, but you can’t marry someone just because they’re pitiful. She’s so young, and both her parents are gone. Who knows if she’s unlucky for the family?"
"Mom, no wonder Qiangzi is so mad." Zhang Min shook her head helplessly.
Zhang Hualian frowned and said, "Cuixong, even if Yan Wei and Qiangzi were dating, how could you talk about a girl in such an unpleasant way?"
"If the Gao Family had said the same about Xiao Min back then, would you be happy?" Zhang Hualian questioned.
"He wouldn’t dare!" Liu Cuixong gritted her teeth and said, vaguely realizing she might have been wrong. She stiffened her neck, embarrassed to apologize, muttering, "If Qiangzi wasn’t interested in her, would he care so much?"
"Haven’t you been hoping he’d get married?" Zhang Hualian couldn’t understand, saying, "Yan Wei has already suffered enough losing both her parents, and the nonsense about being unlucky for the family is impossible. Don’t listen to such words."
"I do want him to get married, but not just to anyone!" Liu Cuixong mumbled, "I, I..."
Liu Cuixong stammered for a long time but couldn’t get out a sentence. Elder Mrs. Zhang said, "Cuixong, it doesn’t matter who Qiangzi wants to marry, as long as he likes her. What? If he really wants to marry that young girl, you won’t agree?"
"Mom, she’s just an orphan, how could she be worthy of..." my son.
Before finishing, Elder Mrs. Zhang interrupted, "Whether she’s worthy is up to Qiangzi. It’s Qiangzi’s marriage, he’s the one spending a lifetime with her. What, do you plan to spend a lifetime with her instead?"
"When our Zhang Family took you in, you knew your family’s situation. Did we ever oppose?" Elder Mrs. Zhang didn’t like Liu Cuixong initially, but still respected Zhang Huafeng’s choice.
Liu Cuixong hung her head, suddenly quiet.
Zhang Min tried to ease the situation: "Grandma, let’s eat. This table full of good food was all prepared by Auntie and the others. It looks plentiful."
"Alright, let’s eat."
Elder Mrs. Zhang didn’t dwell on it; she’d go with the flow. Liu Cuixong, after saying a few words, still had guests. It wouldn’t be good to embarrass Liu Cuixong too much, fearing she might do something foolish.
After dinner, Granny Tang led Tang Zhenghong to rest early. They hadn’t slept well on the train yesterday.
Elder Mrs. Zhang said a few words to Liu Cuixong and went to bed too.
Zhang Min coaxed the child to sleep, then sat with Liu Cuixong in the living room waiting.
Tang Zhengde and Zhang Hualian yawned repeatedly, and Zhang Hualian suggested, "Maybe Qiangzi went to find Mo Weidong and them. He might not come back tonight. Why don’t we go to bed early?"
"You guys go ahead, I can’t sleep now. I’ll wait a bit longer." Once calm, Liu Cuixong felt she might have really been too impulsive.
"Mom, you really made a mistake today."
In the living room, only Zhang Min and Liu Cuixong remained. Zhang Min finally spoke: "Do you know what kind of person Qiangzi is? He rarely fails at what he wants to do."
"If he really liked Yan Wei, he wouldn’t hide it. Your constant targeting of Yan Wei makes Qiangzi feel guilty towards her. It might even make him genuinely interested in her." Zhang Min tried persuading earnestly.
"Really?" Liu Cuixong doubted, saying, "Xiao Min, are you sure he’s not interested in Yan Wei?"
"At least not now." Zhang Min spoke conservatively, knowing Zhang Qiang’s temperament.
No matter what Zhang Qiang might feel later, for now, he has no such feelings. Otherwise, he’d clarify his relationship with Yan Wei instead of denying it.
"Mom, think about it." Zhang Min yawned and went to sleep. Having a child, she couldn’t wait too long and went to the room to coax the child.
When Zhang Qiang returned, the living room lights were still on, with only Liu Cuixong waiting.
"Mom?" Zhang Qiang didn’t expect Liu Cuixong to still be in the living room so late.
"Where’s Yan Wei?"
Hearing he was back, Liu Cuixong immediately asked. The previously accompanying Yan Wei was nowhere in sight.
"Mom, I need to clarify about Yan Wei. I really don’t have the kind of relationship you think with her, and what you said today about Yan Wei was really too much." Every time Zhang Qiang thought about it, he felt sorry for Yan Wei.
Even after apologizing to Yan Wei, Zhang Qiang still felt guilty. He had only intended to help, but then Liu Cuixong spoke like that.
"Qiangzi, I was a bit impulsive today as well." Liu Cuixong felt somewhat embarrassed.
Zhang Qiang, righteously said: "Mom, this isn’t a bit impulsive, it’s very impulsive."
"Zhang Qiang, what I said today wasn’t nice, but do you think it’s necessary to criticize your mother so much over an outsider?"
Originally wanting to reconcile, Liu Cuixong felt sour inside as Zhang Qiang kept talking.
Zhang Qiang: "..."
He thought Liu Cuixong had changed, but apparently, he thought too much.
"Qiangzi, do you really like her? Is she the only one you’ll marry?" Liu Cuixong recalled Elder Mrs. Zhang’s words, thinking of Zhang Huafeng. If Zhang Huafeng were here, he’d surely support Zhang Qiang’s choice.