Chapter 750: Chapter 499: Grandma Proposes
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“My grandpa talks about you all the time at home; my ears are about to develop calluses…” Rolling her eyes at Elder Yuan, Yuan Hui continued, “And Zeng Meili has always praised you, saying you’re so talented and has wanted to see your true face for a long time…” After sizing up Chuxia for a few moments, Yuan Hui snorted coldly, “I don’t care whether you’re really talented or not. To me, the health of my grandpa is the most important thing. From now on, you’re not allowed to let him work so hard, or else don’t blame me for being rude to you.”
“How exactly will you be rude to me?” Young Master Lin couldn’t hold back any longer. His own dear sister, could she be bullied by someone else? He respected Elder Yuan, but that didn’t mean he would allow Elder Yuan’s daughter to bully his own sister!
“Did I even speak to you?” Yuan Hui glared at him. “When girls are speaking, can a big man not act like a woman and gossip along?”
“I don’t care what you say to others, but threatening my sister is not okay!” Lin Wenbin also glared at her, “You have neither the right nor the qualifications to treat her like this!”
“She’s my grandpa’s student, and that gives me the right to treat her this way. Oh no, what I mean is, as Elder Yuan’s student, if she doesn’t consider my grandpa’s health, I have every right to treat her this way!”
“It’s normal for you, as his granddaughter, to understand grandpa’s health, but what about her? How long has she known Elder Yuan? To expect her to understand Elder Yuan’s health like you do, aren’t you being unreasonable?”
“Did I ask her to understand my grandpa’s health like I do?”
“Didn’t you?”
“Huh?” Yuan Hui suddenly widened her eyes, “Where’s my grandpa?”
“Where’s Chuxia?” Lin Wenbin also looked around, “Where did she go?”
“Don’t follow me!” Yuan Hui pointed at Lin Wenbin, then jogged into the courtyard, just in time to hear her grandma praising Chuxia, “This young lady is truly pretty. She’s so lively and bright; I haven’t seen such a pretty young girl in so many years…”
“Ahem!” Yuan Hui coughed loudly.
Lin Wenbin, who followed her in, couldn’t help but chuckle: “You could cough to death, but you could never be as pretty as my sister.”
“You…” Yuan Hui rushed forward, grabbing his collar, “I’m warning you, don’t keep provoking me. I’ve got a bad temper, you know? Today I’m being polite. Next time you mock me, don’t blame my scalpel for not having eyes!”
“Xiao Hui!” Elder Yuan shouted angrily, “Can’t you act a bit more like a lady?”
“Sigh!” Old Lady Yuan also sighed, “Hui, can’t you give me and your grandpa some peace of mind? With this attitude, how can you ever get married? You’re really worrying me to death…”
“Grandma, I was wrong, I was wrong. Please don’t cry, isn’t it enough that I know I’m wrong?”
Chuxia watched the scene before her in amazement, as if watching a play. Just a moment ago, Yuan Hui, fierce like a tigress, was now shrinking like a little kitten in Master Wife Yuan’s arms, speaking in such a gentle and soft voice, almost ready to flip over and beg for her belly to be rubbed…
Even after getting in the car, Chuxia was still in a daze. The scene had been a huge shock to her. In this day and age, such a girl seemed extremely rare!
Glancing at her, Jing Zhe began to narrate: “Professor Yuan only had one son. When Yuan Hui was three years old, Professor Yuan’s son passed away. Yuan Hui’s mother then lived with her and Professor Yuan’s family.
The year Professor Yuan was sent away for reeducation, Yuan Hui’s mother left her daughter behind and went away. Yuan Hui and Grandma Yuan depended on each other, and it was inevitable that two women would be bullied. Yuan Hui’s personality became more and more like that of a boy.
If there were any kids with foul mouths cursing at her grandpa in front of her, she would roll up her sleeves and fight them. Even if she wound up with a bleeding head, as long as the other party didn’t apologize, she would never back down.”
Gradually, the kids living near her didn’t dare to bully them, including some nosy women, who also didn’t dare to speak ill of their family. They were all scared of her recklessness.
Zeng Meili became her friend after she helped Yuan Hui during a fight with a boy, one where she was all bloodied up; Zeng Meili helped her and bandaged her wounds.
Yuan Hui was someone who clearly distinguished between gratitude and grudges. Since then, she took Zeng Meili’s matters to heart, even more so than her own. After Elder Yuan was rehabilitated, she joined People’s Hospital.
She started as an apprentice as well, smart and studious, with Elder Yuan’s careful guidance. In just two years, she was capable of performing surgery independently.
If you’re to be called talented, then she truly worked hard for it. In her first six months of studying medicine, her hands were constantly wounded, and her body was covered in needle marks.
What she has achieved today is entirely the result of her own efforts. Chuxia, don’t mind her attitude toward you. For her, the most important people in the world are her grandparents.
Even if it meant risking her life for them, she’d be willing. Just look at how she acted just now, and you’ll see how much she cares about Master Wife’s Yuan. Once you get to know her better, you’ll understand that asking her to admit she’s wrong in front of others is simply impossible.”
Hearing Jing Zhe say this, Chuxia understood Yuan Hui’s behavior a moment ago. She believed that when Yuan Hui acted like a cat, she must have been extremely resistant internally, but she still forced herself to do it to please the old lady and in front of everyone at that. For someone so stubborn, how deep must her love be? Chuxia felt her eyes well up with tears and reddened, “I’ll apologize to her another day.”
Jing Zhe shook his head, “That won’t be necessary. You’re not aware of Professor Yuan’s real situation, and besides, Professor Yuan is also quite stubborn. If he doesn’t want to rest, no amount of persuasion from you will work.
Actually, Yuan Hui’s personality is just like Professor Yuan’s, only expressed differently; both are incredibly stubborn to the core. If Professor Yuan were just a bit more tender, his legs wouldn’t have ended up the way they did.”
“Sigh!” Chuxia didn’t know what to say with a sigh, thinking that if Professor Yuan truly were more mild-tempered, things wouldn’t be the way they are.
So, everything really is contradictory.
However, after learning about Yuan Hui’s actual circumstances, Chuxia did start to consider becoming friends with her. A girl like that, clear about love and hate, generous of spirit—if you get on the right side of her, she’s absolutely a friend for life.
Lin Wenbin had been silent the whole time.
Chuxia quietly observed him and just as he looked her way, she caught his eye: “What are you being so shifty for?”
“Bro…” Chuxia was flabbergasted, “How am I being shifty? I’m just wondering if you’re still mad. Thank you for being so protective of me. Having two brothers like you looking out for me makes me extremely lucky. But Yuan Hui has it tough too, right?”
“What do you mean by ‘right’?” Lin Wenbin looked at her, partly annoyed and partly amused, “Am I that petty? If you want to be friends with her, I won’t interfere. But, if she isn’t warm to you, don’t go sticking your warm face to her cold ass. We Lins don’t do that kind of thing.”
Chuxia quickly nodded, “I’ll listen to you, bro. If she gives me the cold shoulder, I won’t stick to her at all. If she’s friendly, then I’ll be friends with her.”
“Alright, who you befriend is your choice, and I won’t interfere. But if anyone dares to bully you, I absolutely won’t let them off the hook, no matter how pitiful they are. That’s no excuse for them to mistreat people.”
Chuxia wore a lopsided expression, realizing that her beloved cousin and Yuan Hui really didn’t get along very well.
Jing Zhe took Chuxia and Lin Wenbin to the Zhou family’s old mansion and then headed straight home. As soon as he walked through the door, he found Zeng Meili making dumplings with his mom, chuckling. Thinking about Yuan Hui’s accusations against him, he smiled at Zeng Meili apologetically, “Sorry, I’ve been really busy and haven’t had the chance to come see you these past few days.”
“Oh, being polite with me now?” Zeng Meili laughed as she looked at him, “We have barely seen each other for a month and you’re like this now. What would you be like if we hadn’t seen each other for a year?”
“Exactly, stop with the pointless courtesies. Hurry up and wash your hands to help out,” Zhu Xinqin glared at her son, “You even have the face to make excuses. Since you know you’ve done wrong, you’d better pay attention in the future!”
“Yes, yes, I’ll be more attentive from now on,” Jing Zhe said, dashing to the bathroom to wash his hands only to look up in the mirror and find Old Master Jing and Grandma Jing standing at the door watching him.
“Grandpa, Grandma, what are you doing? You could scare someone to death with that stare if they were faint-hearted!”
Grandma Jing stepped forward, grabbing her grandson’s arm, “Xiao Zhe, we want a granddaughter-in-law to join the family!”
Elder Jing quickly agreed, “Yes, Xiao Zhe, we’ve discussed it, and your grandma and I think you should get married before New Year. It’ll be livelier with more people in the house for the celebrations.”
Jing Zhe looked at the pair of old mischief-makers speechlessly. Did they think marriage was like buying vegetables, that they could just decide on it and it would happen? The New Year was just seven days away; where was the time? Moreover, this wasn’t the way to go about things. Without any heads-up and suddenly demanding that someone marry into the family… it just didn’t seem right.
“Well, what do you say? Do you agree or not?” The old couple wouldn’t let up, cornering him at the door and pressing for an answer. Helpless, Jing Zhe could only share his thoughts with them.
“That’s what you’re worried about?” Old Lady Jing raised her eyebrows, and before Jing Zhe could say anything, she had already turned and left. He had a feeling something was off, but it was too late to stop her. Jing Zhe had no choice but to help his grandfather walk outside.
But as soon as they stepped out of the bathroom, they heard his dear Grandma Jing proposing on his behalf, “Meili, how about marrying Xiao Zhe before the New Year? He’s been longing for you to join us every day, even dreaming about it. The boy is too shy to say it, so I got anxious and spoke up for him. Meili, please say yes. Performing surgeries all the time, you need a good spirit, right?”
Zeng Meili hadn’t expected the old lady to pull such a move on her and felt at a loss. To agree would seem a bit desperate, but to refuse might seem ungrateful… (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian () to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to to read.)