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Chapter 24: He Wanted to Treat Lin Xiangyi Like a Goddess
All the way here, the Xie family’s wedding procession sang so loudly, while Lu Dingyuan and Lin Huihui’s group held back so much anger.
Only after returning to the Lu family did their expressions finally ease.
Lu’s mother couldn’t ask them what was wrong in front of so many people, so she welcomed them in with the crowd.
As she entered, she turned her head and finally realized something was wrong.
Where were the three turns and one ring?
She grabbed a young man who had gone to fetch the bride with Lu Dingyuan and asked. The young man, looking towards Lu Dingyuan, exaggerated the events at the Lin family to Lu’s mother.
Lu’s mother felt dizzy.
She turned to look at the Xie family. They had also welcomed Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi back. Xie’s mother was surrounded by people, standing beside Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi.
She didn’t know what they were saying, but the smile on Xie’s mother’s face stretched almost to her ears.
Lu’s mother thought, the Xie family had snatched the three turns and one ring that were originally supposed to be part of their dowry. How happy they must be!
The matter of Lin Huihui’s three turns and one ring dowry was something she had personally spread. Everyone in the village knew that Lin Huihui’s dowry was three turns and one ring, but now they were with the Xie family.
Lu’s mother was someone who cared about face. At this moment, she felt like everyone was laughing at her.
Unable to bear the shame, she rushed into the courtyard.
Lin Xiangyi, on the other hand, was surrounded by people as she entered Xie Qingxiao’s room.
“You must be tired from the journey. Come, sit down and rest,” a woman in plain but clean clothes quickly walked to the bed, tidied the bedding, and smiled, asking Lin Xiangyi to sit down.
“Okay,” Lin Xiangyi smiled and sat down.
Xie Qingxiao introduced her, “Wife, this is my elder sister, Xie Wenjing.”
“Elder sister,” Lin Xiangyi quickly said.
“Water, water! Sister-in-law, have some water first. The banquet will start soon,” a relatively younger woman came in quickly, carrying two enamel cups with double happiness characters on them, while talking.
“This is my second sister, Xie Wenqi,” Xie Qingxiao said again.
“Second sister,” Lin Xiangyi quickly stood up and took the water cup from her hand, “Thank you.”
“We’re family, no need to be polite,” Xie Wenqi handed the other cup to Xie Qingxiao, smiling and looking at Lin Xiangyi, “Oh, you’re so pretty. I’ve been wanting to meet you for a long time, but this kid wouldn’t take me to see you!”
When Xie Qingxiao and his parents went to the Lin family to propose marriage, they went to the supply and marketing cooperative where Xie Wenqi worked to buy gifts. So, Xie Wenqi was the first person in the Xie family, besides his parents, to know that Xie Qingxiao was getting married.
At that time, she was very curious about who could make her rebellious brother so eager to get married. Now, she finally met the person.
“Oh? I didn’t think about that,” Lin Xiangyi was surprised and quickly said, “I should have come to see you before…”
“Xiangyi, don’t mind her. It’s not your fault. Now you’ve met, it’s not a day or two difference,” Xie’s mother, beside her, gave Xie Wenqi a displeased pinch, urging, “Alright, if you have nothing to do, go out and help set up the banquet. Let Xiangyi rest. Xiangyi, rest for a while. Come out to eat later.”
“Okay,” Lin Xiangyi said.
Everyone left one after another.
Xie’s mother had something to ask Xie Qingxiao, so she called him out too. Only Lin Xiangyi and Shen Xiaolan were left in the room.
Lin Xiangyi moved over to make room for Shen Xiaolan to sit down. Shen Xiaolan shook her head and refused, smiling, “This sheet looks like it’s newly made, red and festive.”
Lin Xiangyi looked at the quilt. The back of the sheet was striped, while the front was bright red, embroidered with double happiness characters and blooming flowers, full of the characteristics of this era.
It did look very new.
Shen Xiaolan looked around the room, “They’ve also bought a lot of new things, and the room has been repainted. The Xie family really cares about you… Your mother-in-law and two sisters-in-law seem nice.”
Lin Xiangyi nodded, “They do seem very nice.”
Shen Xiaolan, “It’s just that Xie Qingxiao is a bit unreliable…”
“How am I unreliable?”
Before Shen Xiaolan could finish, Xie Qingxiao’s voice came from outside.
Shen Xiaolan was fierce in front of Lin Xiangyi, but she was actually a paper tiger. She was protected too well by her family, so her world was black and white. She hated and feared “bad guys” like Xie Qingxiao, and she used to avoid them.
Now, seeing Xie Qingxiao’s playful smile, she felt a little scared, but thinking of Lin Xiangyi, she still dared to humph, “You don’t know how unreliable you are? Don’t think I’ve forgotten. You bullied our Xiangyi a lot when we were in school!”
Xie Qingxiao: “…” He remembered the stupid things he had done in the past.
Shen Xiaolan thought he admitted it and warned, “I’m telling you, now Xiangyi is married to you, but don’t think she has no one to back her up. She doesn’t have a brother, but I do. My brother is Xiangyi’s brother. If you bully her, my brothers won’t let you go!”
Xie Qingxiao: “…”
Lin Xiangyi was both touched and amused. This silly girl.
“Xiaolan,” Lin Xiangyi quickly called her, holding back a smile, “Don’t worry, with your brothers around, Xie Qingxiao definitely won’t dare to bully me! Right, Xie Qingxiao?”
Lin Xiangyi looked at Xie Qingxiao.
“…” Xie Qingxiao was speechless. Someone was actually using her husband’s irrelevant brother to threaten him to treat Lin Xiangyi well?
Did he need to be threatened?
He wanted to treat Lin Xiangyi like a goddess!
“Heard that,” he still replied.
Shen Xiaolan thought she had intimidated Xie Qingxiao and smiled triumphantly.
Xie Qingxiao reached out to Lin Xiangyi, “Come on, wife, I’ll take you to meet everyone.”
This wasn’t the first time Xie Qingxiao called her wife today, but it was the first time Lin Xiangyi noticed him calling her that. She paused slightly, looked at Xie Qingxiao.
She thought his nerve was so thick, he called her wife so naturally the first time.
On the contrary, she felt unnatural when she first called him without his surname.
He was so straightforward, and she didn’t want to appear too coy, lest he say she was being pretentious. So, she put her hand on his arm and walked out.
Xie Qingxiao glanced at her, his eyes soft.
Xie Qingxiao took Lin Xiangyi for a tour, introducing many people. Lin Xiangyi had a good memory and remembered many of them.
By the time the banquet started, Lin Xiangyi and Xie Qingxiao were able to call out many people’s names at each table, winning the favor of many.
After the banquet, the guests left one after another.
Lin Xiangyi and Xie Qingxiao went to the door to see them off. They noticed that the guests from the Lu family gathered in groups, talking among themselves, but their eyes kept glancing at them, clearly discussing something related to them.
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