Chapter 2: The Truth Behind the Marriage

After dreaming about her past life, Lin Xiangyi took two days to calm down and assess her current situation.

She had slept with Xie Qingxiao. According to the plot of the novel, she was already pregnant that night.

When she first woke up, she had considered taking birth control pills, but firstly, the side effects of birth control pills were extremely severe. She had seen a news report in her previous life about how many people died from blood clots caused by taking birth control pills at this time.

Secondly, it was a special era. She was pregnant out of wedlock, and without a marriage certificate or a family member or husband to accompany her, the hospital wouldn’t prescribe her medication or perform surgery.

Thirdly, in the novel, she became extremely weak after losing the baby…

So, after weighing her options, Lin Xiangyi decided to keep the child.

… While Lin Xiangyi was lost in thought, Xie Qingxiao’s expression was also strange.

He had both loved and hated Lin Xiangyi!

He had been thinking about her for years, but she had never given him a second glance.

Three days ago, she asked him out and took the initiative to have sex with him. He thought she had finally accepted him and was overjoyed.

But the next day, when he bought breakfast and came back, she had run away!

He went to her house to find her, but was turned away every time!

Three days had passed, and he was already disheartened.

She came to him again and told him she was pregnant?

She found out she was pregnant in three days? Was she playing with him?

Xie Qingxiao was about to laugh in anger. He nodded and asked, “Okay, you say you’re pregnant, so what?” What do you want?

“Let’s get married,” Lin Xiangyi looked up at him and said seriously.

The thinking in this era was too closed and backward. If the news of her being pregnant out of wedlock got out, she would be met with a deluge of rumors.

If it were just Lin Xiangyi herself, she might be able to endure it, but what about when the child was born? Would she make her child grow up under so many strange eyes?

Lin Xiangyi had read the novel and knew the helplessness. She didn’t want her child to experience that helplessness. She wanted to give her child a legitimate birth status.

Finding someone to marry was the best option.

As for the marriage partner, the child’s biological father, Xie Qingxiao, was naturally the only choice.

In the novel, when the rumors were swirling around her, he tried to take all the blame upon himself.

It was just that the world was too harsh on women. Even though he tried his best to say it was his fault, she was still the one who was most criticized.

He was the victim, misunderstood by her as having drugged her. He couldn’t prove himself and still treated her with care and attention, doing everything she asked.

This made Lin Xiangyi think better of him. At least he was a responsible man.

“You don’t want to?” Lin Xiangyi asked Xie Qingxiao, who had been stunned since she mentioned marriage.

If he didn’t want to, she could understand…

“Yes!” Xie Qingxiao came to his senses and immediately said.

How could he not want to? He dreamed of marrying her home.

He answered too quickly, so quickly that it was strange.

Lin Xiangyi looked at Xie Qingxiao.

Xie Qingxiao coughed and glanced at Lin Xiangyi. “I’m not the kind of person who doesn’t take responsibility.”

He had been looking for her for three days, just wanting to tell her that he would take responsibility for her.

Lin Xiangyi breathed a sigh of relief. That was good.

“Then let’s go back and talk to our families and finalize the wedding date as soon as possible?” Lin Xiangyi said.

She could wait, but the child in her belly couldn’t.

“Okay!” Xie Qingxiao couldn’t wait. “I’ll go back and have my mother go to your house to propose marriage.”

He wanted to marry her back as soon as possible, lest she regret it later.

“Okay,” Lin Xiangyi replied.

The two quickly finished their meal and prepared to go back.

Xie Qingxiao came by bicycle. Lin Xiangyi’s house was in the county town, a twenty-minute walk from the state-owned restaurant.

She walked here, and she planned to walk back. Xie Qingxiao insisted on sending her.

Lin Xiangyi let him send her.

Xie Qingxiao was eye-catching, a dazzling presence wherever he went.

Now, with Lin Xiangyi, who was equally eye-catching, sitting behind him, the rate of people turning their heads to look at them was undeniably high.

Zhang Pengfei, one of Xie Qingxiao’s fox friends, happened to pass by. Seeing Xie Qingxiao sending Lin Xiangyi back, his eyes widened.

After Lin Xiangyi said goodbye to Xie Qingxiao, Zhang Pengfei hurried over. “Brother Xie, why are you sending Lin Xiangyi back?”

“I’m sending my girlfriend back. Is there a problem?” Xie Qingxiao turned the bicycle around, glanced at Zhang Pengfei, his eyes full of pride.

“Right, girlfriend?” Zhang Pengfei’s jaw almost dropped.

As one of Xie Qingxiao’s closest fox friends, Zhang Pengfei naturally knew that Xie Qingxiao liked Lin Xiangyi.

And he liked her very much.

Xie Qingxiao could handle everything else with ease, but when it came to Lin Xiangyi, he was always at a loss, using many foolish methods to attract her attention and causing her to dislike him.

How did these two suddenly get together?

Didn’t Lin Xiangyi hate Brother Xie the most? She was still deeply in love with Lu Dingyuan, that kid…

Thinking of this, Zhang Pengfei remembered the rumors that had been circulating lately. He said hesitantly, “Brother Xie, it’s not that Lin Xiangyi told you she wanted to be your girlfriend, is it?”

Xie Qingxiao didn’t say anything.

“You just agreed?” Zhang Pengfei couldn’t believe it.

Xie Qingxiao: “What else could I do?”

“Damn,” Zhang Pengfei said, “Brother, do you know you’re being used as a spare tire!”

Xie Qingxiao frowned. Spare tire?

Before, Lin Xiangyi had been indifferent to him. Three days ago, she had inexplicably asked him out and taken the initiative to throw herself at him. Today, she told him she was pregnant and wanted to marry him.

It was not strange if he didn’t feel strange, but he hadn’t had time to investigate.

“Just say what you have to say, don’t beat around the bush!” he said.

“It seems like Brother Xie really doesn’t know,” Zhang Pengfei said indignantly, leaning closer to Xie Qingxiao and starting to blabber. “I heard that Lu Dingyuan, that kid, is getting engaged to Lin Huihui. Their wedding is in a few days!”

In a flash, Xie Qingxiao understood. “You mean to say that Lin Xiangyi wants to be my girlfriend to make Lu Dingyuan, that kid, jealous?”

“Yes! She’s too much!” Zhang Pengfei was indignant.

Lin Xiangyi liked Lu Dingyuan, that was common knowledge.

In high school, she was always with Lu Dingyuan, considered the golden boy and girl, and everyone thought they would end up together.

But for some reason, in the second year of high school, Lu Dingyuan claimed that he was just friends with Lin Xiangyi, that the person he liked was Lin Xiangyi’s stepsister, Lin Huihui, and he was dating Lin Huihui.

Later, there were rumors that Lin Xiangyi had been secretly in love with Lu Dingyuan and had been pestering him for years.

Lu Dingyuan was tired of her and finally broke up with her.

Now, Lu Dingyuan was going to marry Lin Huihui. Lin Xiangyi, out of revenge or to prove herself, found someone to marry. That wasn’t impossible.

Especially since Xie Qingxiao and Lu Dingyuan had always been at odds. Finding him was the most suitable choice.

Xie Qingxiao “…” He suddenly became murderous.

“Brother Xie, let’s not be her spare tire. Come on, let’s go tell her we don’t want her!” Zhang Pengfei pulled Xie Qingxiao towards Lin’s house.

Xie Qingxiao shook off Zhang Pengfei’s hand.

“Brother Xie, what’s wrong with you? You’re really going to be her spare tire?” Zhang Pengfei was incredulous.

“I’m happy to be!” Xie Qingxiao said angrily.

He was a man with a strong sense of self-esteem. He had always been the one who was adored by others. Now, he was suddenly being used as a spare tire by Lin Xiangyi. How could he not be angry?

But he had been thinking about Lin Xiangyi for so many years. Now that she was finally in his hands, he wouldn’t let go for anything.

He had to take out his anger on Lu Dingyuan!