Rebirth in the 90s: Her Counterattack and Redemption

Chapter 1632: Farewell, Teacher Qin

Li Xiaoning was also surprised by Xiao Xian’s behavior. Second Sister had been a tomboy since she was young. Although she was four years older than him, he often felt she wasn’t as mature as himself.

When they were young, Second Sister often made trouble and feared being punished by their parents. She would frequently have him take the blame. Although she grew up not to fight with boys over every disagreement, she still had a carefree personality.

So, when Second Sister mentioned such far-reaching plans, he suddenly felt like he didn’t understand her at all. Thinking about how he had betrayed her actions these past days, he felt guilty.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaoning said, “Second Sister, I want to apologize. You asked me to keep the matter of you meeting President Qu from Big Sister, but I turned around and told her.”

Xiao Xian rolled her eyes at him, scoffing coldly, “I knew you were unreliable, but it doesn’t matter, the original plan wasn’t used anyway, sigh…” She glanced worriedly at Li Xiao Yan, “Big Sister, you should prepare yourself mentally, even if you drive back, Mom and Dad may not come to terms.”

“Second Sister, you asked me to keep it a secret, but didn’t you later tell Big Sister yourself?” Li Xiaoning felt a bit aggrieved being scorned by her.

“I only said it because the situation changed, otherwise I wouldn’t have said anything. Actually…” Xiao Xian awkwardly smiled, “In fact, it was mainly because I didn’t want Big Sister to act unnatural in front of President Qu, otherwise, it wouldn’t matter if President Qu knew.”

“Humph!” Li Xiao Yan glanced at her younger sister through the rearview mirror, “You’re always worrying about what’s not important, it’s better to focus on yourself instead.”

Xiao Xian raised her eyebrows, “Big Sister, when we get home, I’m going to tell Mom and Dad that you encouraged me to date early.”

“I only suggested you think ahead and make a plan, didn’t tell you to rush to find someone now.” Realizing they had two high school girls in the car, Li Xiao Yan quickly explained, “Yuanyuan, Li Hua, we’re just joking among sisters.”

Lin Yuanyuan sweetly smiled, “I should thank both sisters for the reminder. If someone suitable comes along, I’ll grab the opportunity early to avoid being urged by my parents later, which would be too embarrassing.”

“Yes, I think so too. Seeing a few of my cousins being urged to the point they dare not go home, I decided I mustn’t follow in their footsteps.” Lu Lihua spoke and secretly glanced at Wang Qiayu, seeing he remained calm, she quietly exhaled.

“I also deeply feel this. Now when I go home, the neighbors look at me as if I’m crazy.” Wang Qiayu sighed helplessly, “It’s gotten to the point where I deliberately return home after dark, and leave early in the morning, like a thief.”

“Haha…” Li Xiao Yan laughed, “It seems everyone deeply feels this. Frankly speaking, Teacher Wang, if it weren’t for the unwillingness to endure villagers’ stares, I wouldn’t have stayed away from home for so long. Sometimes I really miss my parents and want to go back. But just thinking about others’ looks makes me lose interest. I came back this time not because I thought bringing a car back would solve the problem. But feeling that sooner or later the matter needs to be faced, might as well resolve it early and relieve my worries, avoiding gossip from passing to my parents’ ears causing them needless worry. Hey, among my colleagues at work, very few married at twenty-five. In our village, at twenty-five, I’m the only one unmarried, perhaps this is why many rural kids don’t want to go to small places after college. Don’t want a loveless marriage, but can’t endure people’s gazes, so we choose to be part of the Ant Tribe, drifting outside, anyway only going home a few days a year, idle talk enters one ear and leaves through the other, once gone, pretend nothing was heard. When someone suitable is found and taken home, rumors naturally vanish without a trace.”

This matter was heard by everyone at the drinking table, thus, Li Xiao Yan didn’t conceal it. Moreover, it was her subconscious defense—not that there’s no one willing to marry me, but rather, I don’t want to end my singlehood with someone incompatible.

This might be the sentiment of some older single men and women—we aren’t not good enough, but, we don’t want to settle in marriage.

Wang Qiayu couldn’t help but sigh, “I also want to hide, but unfortunately, there’s no place to go.”

Lin Yuanyuan’s eyes flickered, “We’ve all heard that Teacher Wang has the opportunity to transfer to City First Middle School, but he’s still in Shangguan Town Middle School because he can’t bear to leave us.”