Chapter 870: Chapter 585: Kindred Spirits?
Before dawn.
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"Do you think my love is pretty foolish?" Seeing that Chuxia didn’t respond, Xiao Feng smiled and said, "Actually, I also feel my love is quite foolish, but I’m just willing. It’s like the saying: ’Willing to receive what you signed up for.’ That describes me."
"That’s why it’s Fifth Brother’s good fortune." Chuxia sighed with a laugh, "However, heaven is quite fair. Look at Fifth Brother now, how much he cares for you, isn’t that right?"
"Yes, so I’m quite content." Xiao Feng couldn’t help but smile, "I’m really conflicted too. On one hand, I’m happy for my love, on the other hand, I’m sad for my family. Sigh, could it be that it’s impossible to have both in life?
But that can’t be right. Look at you, you have family love, romantic love, and friendship all in abundance. Or maybe I didn’t do enough good deeds in my previous life, so heaven only granted me one kind of love?"
"You’re overthinking it again, aren’t you? Didn’t I just say, maybe your family has already forgiven you? Even if they once wanted you to marry Qiao Jingjun, if they see you happy now, what reason would they have to oppose?
Besides, hasn’t your big brother always been good to you? With him helping to mediate, you’ll definitely be able to gain your family’s acceptance soon. So, relax, take care of yourself, and make sure you look healthy, so they won’t be worried when they see you."
"You think I’m raising a pig, making it look all plump and healthy?" After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Feng lowered her voice, "Third sister-in-law, there’s something I want to tell you, but don’t overthink it or blame me, okay?"
"What is it? Tell me." Chuxia examined her, "Even if you did something to wrong me, I wouldn’t hold it against you. Don’t worry."
"You’re overthinking it. Even if I wanted to do something to wrong you, I wouldn’t have the chance. It’s about my big brother. I’ve noticed before that my big brother likes you. Did you know that?"
"Big Brother Mei likes me?" Chuxia pointed at her nose, completely incredulous, "Are you serious? Are you just trying to mess with me?"
"Am I such a boring person?" Xiao Feng looked speechless, "If it weren’t for our great conversation, I wouldn’t have told you. It’s not exactly an honorable thing."
"I never would have guessed. But, I’m quite grateful to Big Brother Mei. He’s helped me a lot," Chuxia paused for a moment, "But him liking me still comes as quite a surprise."
"Why be surprised? He and Zhou Mikang have very similar tastes. Remember with Ye Meiru, he was even more smitten than Zhou Mikang."
"Previously with Ye Meiru, Zhou Mikang was just passively accepting. He didn’t look for a girlfriend for many years afterward, not because he couldn’t forget Ye Meiru, but because he knew what he wanted and just hadn’t met the right one yet.
But Big Brother Mei, he initially liked Ye Meiru a lot, but after countless times of being hurt by her, he lost heart. So in that sense, their tastes should be different. As for his attitude toward me, are you sure you didn’t misunderstand?"
"What’s there to misunderstand?" Xiao Feng huffed, "You think I liked you initially for no reason? Since I’ve already brought it up, I’ll be honest with you.
On the day of your wedding to Zhou Mikang, my foolish big brother locked himself in his room and got drunk. No one could get him to open the door, so I climbed in through the window in the middle of the night and found him staring blankly at the ceiling.
When I asked him what was wrong, he just stared at me without saying anything. Later, he turned his head and pretended to sleep on the floor. I knew he was faking it, but I didn’t ask further. I just covered him with a blanket and left.
Then, a few days later, on my birthday, my brother drank a lot. Since Zhou Zhongkang had traveled with a teacher, my brother chatted with me at night.
After drinking, he revealed his feelings to me. He said the first moment he saw you, he thought you should be his wife, but sadly, Zhou Mikang had already noticed you first.
If it hadn’t been for the issue with Ye Meiru, he might have fought Zhou Mikang directly. But first, he met you too late, and second, he couldn’t undermine Zhou Mikang again, so he buried these feelings deep inside.
He said he thought it was just a simple admiration, but on your wedding day, he realized your image was engraved in his mind. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t forget.
Thinking he would never have a chance again, thinking you were married to Zhou Mikang, he couldn’t control his emotions. He said he always envied Zhou Mikang, because even though Ye Meiru had betrayed him, she still loved Zhou Mikang, while he was always experiencing unrequited love.
He even asked me if it was because of his looks or personality that girls particularly disliked him, since it always ended up the same way.
Before that, Zhou Zhongkang and I had visited the Zhou family once. I had a good impression of you, but after what my brother said, I was really angry with you. I thought you were a frivolous woman, already having a husband, yet still enticing my big brother.
Basically, I categorized your character as similar to Ye Meiru’s, and then I scolded my brother, saying he had fallen for another shameless Fox Spirit.
As a result, my brother hit me. It was the first time he ever hit me since childhood. I really hated you to the extreme then, so afterward, whenever I saw you, I’d always try to put you down.
If it weren’t for staying at the Zhou family this time and truly getting to interact with you up close and understanding your character, maybe I would still hate you. Third sister-in-law, I’m telling you this to be honest and sincerely hope we can become real friends."
After Xiao Feng said this, Chuxia finally understood the real reason why Xiao Feng’s attitude toward her changed so much between the first and second time they met. She couldn’t help but chuckle bitterly: "So that’s it. You were like a completely different person the second time we met. Makes sense. I was really wronged."
"Third sister-in-law, I’ve told you all this, but please don’t tell anyone, especially Third Brother. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him and my brother to get along."
"I know, I won’t tell him. Do you think I’m stupid?" She recalled how on the way back, Commander Tongzi was worried about Ma Chao and Jiang Qi, filled with jealousy. If she told him this, she’d be asking for trouble.
However, she was really surprised by Mei Yitong’s love at first sight for her.
At the first meeting, she certainly felt Mei Yitong’s interest in her, but she thought it was all for show, to make others misunderstand the relationship between the Mei and Zhou families.
Later, Mei Yitong indeed helped her a lot, but from her perspective, that was just because they were in the same boat. In retrospect, she realized how adorably naive she was.
Thinking about it now, Mei Yitong and Zhou Mikang’s tastes were indeed quite similar. Though she was a completely different type from Ye Meiru, it seems men like Zhou Mikang are attracted to these two different types of women.
Commander Tongzi and Mei Yitong were indeed like those classic loving and rivalrous good brothers. Hahaha, but her smile froze, for what was there to be happy about being compared with Ye Meiru?
Xiao Feng looked puzzled at someone whose expression suddenly turned stiff amidst silly laughter: "Third sister-in-law, what does that mean?"
"I don’t like being compared to Ye Meiru." Chuxia put on a bitter expression, "You think people won’t misunderstand my character? Or maybe I should consider not talking to men anymore?"
"Who said anything about comparing you two?" Xiao Feng looked at her, speechless, "My brother said that he later realized he wasn’t truly fond of Ye Meiru; he just happened to like outgoing, generous girls at that age. In fact, he didn’t really understand Ye Meiru, so fundamentally, he liked girls with your type of open personality but was deceived by Ye Meiru’s fake cheerfulness."
"Turn the page." Chuxia made a page-turning gesture, "I’m married now, so talking about this isn’t appropriate. If Commander hears it, he’ll give me the cold shoulder again." (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it at Qidian (). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit to read.)