Chapter 56: They are not as good as a finger of yours

Su Peng intended to teach Qi Xiuer a lesson, but he couldn’t let go.

He really liked her.

Qi Xiuer was truly beautiful.

More importantly, after chasing her for so long, he couldn’t leave without a taste, could he?

He felt resentful.

“Hey, Xiuer, wait for me.”

Su Peng quickly chased after her.

Su Daguo watched the two run out one after another from inside the house, tapping his long pipe to knock out the ashes.

He thought his son was incredibly stupid.

Su Daguo closed his eyes and sighed again, thinking, why didn’t Su Ai’s intelligence go to Su Peng? If they had switched places, Su Peng would still have a chance.

It’s a pity that Su Ai is a girl; what’s the use? She’s someone else’s daughter.

A disloyal dog.

Su Peng grabbed Qi Xiuer’s arm.

Before he could speak, he saw Qi Xiuer’s red eyes and tear-stained face.

“Xiaoxiu!” Seeing his beloved crying like this, Su Peng immediately panicked and hugged her.

However…

He hadn’t showered after returning last night, and hadn’t washed up this morning either. Qi Xiuer, embraced in his arms, immediately held her breath.

Her face contorted for two seconds.

Damn it, Su Peng, this idiot, smelled of sweat.

“Xiaoxiu, what’s wrong? Don’t cry, what happened? Tell me, who bullied you? I’ll go find them.”

Qi Xiuer held her breath and sobbed.

“Brother Peng, are you angry with me?”

“Angry that I rejected you yesterday?”

“You weren’t like this before when I came to see you.”

She sobbed, looking wronged.

Su Peng immediately felt guilty.

“No, no.”

“What I said yesterday was true. My parents were there; my marriage isn’t something I can decide on my own.”

“Actually, I really like you.”

“I was very sad when you left yesterday.”

“Brother Peng, don’t dislike me, okay?”

“I talked to my parents last night, and they’re willing to marry me to you.”

“I wanted to tell you this news first thing this morning, but Brother Peng, don’t you want me anymore?”

Qi Xiuer couldn’t hold her breath anymore.  Taking advantage of this, she struggled out of Su Peng’s embrace and finally took a deep breath.

She cried even harder.

“If you don’t want me anymore, then forget it, forget it.”

Tears streamed down her face, she looked like she was about to collapse, saying she wanted to leave, but looking at Su Peng with loving eyes.

With these words and this expression, who wouldn’t be moved?

Su Peng’s brain turned to mush; all he could think about was that Qi Xiuer agreed to marry him.

Remembering how cold he had been towards her this morning, he immediately felt guilty and remorseful.

“Xiaoxiu, I like you, I really like you.”

“Don’t cry.”

“It’s my fault.”

“It’s all my fault.”

“This morning I just woke up, my mind wasn’t clear, I made you sad, I’m a scoundrel.”

“Hit me, don’t be angry.”

“I’ve liked you for so long, I’ve dreamed of marrying you home, how could I not want you?”

He cupped Qi Xiuer’s face and tried to kiss her.

Qi Xiuer smelled the odor from his mouth and really wanted to vomit.

She forced herself not to contort her face and pushed Su Peng away.

“No, I won’t hit you.”

“Okay, okay, wait a minute, I’ll go clean up and change my clothes, I’ll take you to the city, okay?”

“I said I would buy you clothes yesterday, but we came back without buying anything.”

“I made a fortune yesterday, I’ll buy you a lot today.”

“Made a fortune?” Qi Xiuer blinked and looked at Su Peng.

Su Peng jolted, quickly explaining: “Yes, yes, yesterday my sister came back and gave me two hundred yuan, saying it was for me to buy you things to apologize.”

He absolutely couldn’t mention the gambling.

He would only tell her after he at least became a ten-thousand-yuan household.

Qi Xiuer didn’t expect Su Ai to take her so seriously.  Remembering how Su Ai treated her to dinner yesterday and sent her home, she thought it was possible.

This stupid woman, she really seems to like her future sister-in-law.

If she could get her hands on that large sum of money in the future…

Qi Xiuer was full of schemes.

“Okay, then I’ll wait for you here.”

Su Peng happily went back to change his clothes and quickly came back clean.

Today, he spent a lot of money taking Qi Xiuer to the city. They watched a movie, bought food, and several clothes, spending almost two hundred yuan.

This was the first time someone had been so generous to Qi Xiuer.

Qi Xiuer was very satisfied, and Su Peng was also very satisfied.

At the same time, Qi Xiuer’s desire to marry Su Peng intensified.  Someone who could spend hundreds of yuan a day, while city workers only earned a few dozen yuan a month, couldn’t support her spending habits.

Under Qi Xiuer’s deliberate cultivation, their relationship progressed rapidly in a single day.

However, on the way back, Su Peng only sent Qi Xiuer to the bus going to her village.

“Aren’t you going back?”

“I still have something to do.”

“What?” Qi Xiuer asked with wide eyes.

Su Peng’s mind raced: “Something my sister arranged, it’s a secret for now.”

Qi Xiuer smiled and waved at Su Peng.

Su Peng stood outside the bus, talking to Qi Xiuer at the window.  When Qi Xiuer waved, he quickly tiptoed closer.  As a result, Qi Xiuer quickly kissed Su Peng on the face.

Su Peng was stunned.

The bus started immediately, and Qi Xiuer shyly waved goodbye to Su Peng.

Su Peng felt his heart beating rapidly; he involuntarily started running after the bus.

“Xiaoxiu!”

Qi Xiuer poked her head out of the window and waved to Su Peng.

Su Peng was overwhelmed with emotion; at this moment, he felt that Qi Xiuer was the love of his life.

“Xiaoxiu!! Wait for me to marry you!!”

“I will definitely marry you!”

Unable to catch up, Su Peng stopped, touched the place on his face where Qi Xiuer had kissed him, and burst into a silly smile.

He walked along, smiling foolishly.

He went back to the mahjong parlor.

The two brothers were already waiting for him.  Seeing him arrive, they exchanged a smile.

So the three of them naturally sat down to play mahjong again.

Su Peng’s luck was still incredibly good today; he won another two hundred yuan.

The next day, Qi Xiuer didn’t come to find Su Peng, so Su Peng got up early to go to her house.

But Su Peng could sense that Qi Xiuer’s parents didn’t like him very much.

They seemed to disapprove.

When he went to the county again, Su Peng told Qi Xiuer about this.

“Xiaoxiu, I think your parents don’t seem to like me very much.”

Qi Xiuer grabbed Su Peng’s hand: “Brother Peng.”

“There’s something I need to tell you, don’t be angry, okay?”

“Tell me.”

“Actually, my parents had already been looking for someone for me. They liked a worker from a steel factory in the city, with a good salary, a few dozen yuan a month.”

“They were about to agree to the marriage; I went back that day and told them I wanted to marry you.”

“They were very angry.”

“I had to kneel down and beg them, and only then did my parents relent.”

“They even beat me.”

Qi Xiuer’s eyes reddened, but she pretended to be strong: “But it’s okay, as long as I can marry Brother Peng, I’m willing to do anything.”

“My parents say you’re a hoodlum, but I know Brother Peng isn’t.”

“They don’t understand Brother Peng’s character, they don’t know how capable you are, how loyal, kind, and good to me, they don’t understand.”

“Brother Peng, don’t worry, no matter how good a man is, I won’t marry him, because in my heart, they’re not even as good as one of your fingers.”