Chapter 36

Yu Tuanjie was standing beside her.

Old Man Zhao was also beside her.

Yu Li held the phone with a calm expression, but her heart was racing wildly!

How could she dare to say “I miss you”?

But Lu Guanshan insisted on asking: “Do you miss me? I want to hear you say you miss me.”

Yu Li could only reply: “Mm.”

Lu Guanshan: “…Say you miss me.”

Yu Li took a deep breath: “I miss… you… With the doctor’s care, you should recover soon! My older brother is also worried about you.”

Lu Guanshan instantly understood, letting out a low laugh.

“I get it. It’s inconvenient to say now, so I’ll wait until it’s more convenient, and then you can whisper it in my ear.”

Yu Li bit her lip: “Rest well, and we’ll talk about it later!”

If she didn’t hang up, she was afraid her face would turn as red as the sunset!

On the other side, Lu Guanshan’s handsome face was filled with a smile.

Having a wife was truly wonderful.

He had never felt that life could be so beautiful!

When the Yu family learned that Lu Guanshan had gone through such a dangerous situation, falling into a coma and then waking up, with Commander Fu personally sending him to marry, everyone felt as if they were preparing for battle!

They hurriedly started preparing the house overnight!

Yu Jiefang wished he could tear down the house and rebuild it.

Chen Ailan even brought the dog over and gave it a bath.

Yu Li looked at her busy family and couldn’t help but smile. Turning around, she saw her second sister-in-law, Wang Xinghua, was about to get busy as well, so she quickly went over to stop her: “Second Sister-in-law! You’re pregnant, you should rest!”

Wang Xinghua pulled her aside and whispered: “Mm, I’m not busy with anything else, but there’s something I want to talk to you about. Since you wouldn’t let me give you money for your dowry, how about I buy your wedding dress for you?”

“My distant cousin knows embroidery and is good at making clothes. I asked her, and she said she could spare time to make a wedding dress for you. It’s Su-style embroidery, it’s going to be so beautiful!”

Without waiting for Yu Li to refuse, Second Sister-in-law grabbed her hand and smiled: “You can’t say no! How often will we get to see each other as sisters-in-law in the future? Just thinking about it makes me feel so sad. Pomegranate is reluctant to part with you, and I am too.”

Yu Li’s heart softened: “Okay, Second Sister-in-law, I’ll accept it, thank you!”

Wang Xinghua finally nodded in satisfaction.

On Yu Li’s side, preparations for the wedding were in full swing.

Meanwhile, Wu Guohua was also preparing for a banquet at home.

He had originally planned to hold the event only at the army base.

But Wu’s mother insisted on having one at their hometown as well. Since they didn’t have much money, it would be a good opportunity to collect some contributions from relatives.

Xia Yuying agreed as well.

It was perfect—holding the wedding would be a way to provoke Yu Li!

Lu Guanshan was dead, unable to come and marry Yu Li, and yet Yu Li would see how she was having a lively wedding with Wu Guohua. Yu Li would probably feel hurt and cry in secret!

When discussing the wedding arrangements, Xia Yuying made a request: “I’m not concerned about material things, just follow the usual process. We can get married using a tractor? It’s hard to carry a dowry and everything, so we don’t need any. The 160 yuan bride price you promised me will be enough. Guohua, is that alright?”

Wu Guohua didn’t respond.

160 yuan? He didn’t even have 16 yuan now.

And he certainly couldn’t afford a tractor.

But he didn’t know how to tell Xia Yuying this.

He couldn’t help but tell himself that Yuying wasn’t like Yu Li—she wasn’t the kind of person who was obsessed with money.

Xia Yuying cared about him, so she definitely wouldn’t mind these things.

So, Wu Guohua took a deep breath and honestly told her, “Yuying, as you know, Yu Li took more than 300 yuan from our family, so we’re really short on money right now. The wedding might be a bit simple. I don’t have the bride price for now, but once we’re married and my salary goes to you, it’ll be the same.”

Xia Yuying was stunned, not reacting immediately.

“What? The bride price is gone? But you said your salary was with your mom, and there were more than 800 yuan.”

Wu Guohua paused: “My sister spent it all. Right now, we really don’t have any money. Even the banquet is being funded by borrowing from relatives and friends. It’s not that I don’t want to give you the bride price, it’s that I don’t have it. I can’t force my sister or my mom to the point of collapse just to get money for the wedding.

Yuying, I know you’re not the kind of person who cares only about money. You’ll understand, right?”

Xia Yuying was momentarily stunned!

What did he mean by “forcing his sister and mother to death for the wedding”?

What did he mean by saying she wasn’t a person who only cared about money?

Wasn’t the bride price something he promised?

And now it was gone?

Xia Yuying’s brain was shaking with anger: “Guohua, do you respect me? We only get married once in our lives! Are you saying you want me to marry you with nothing? What will others think of me? What will Yu Li think? She’ll definitely laugh behind my back!

She’ll think our wedding is so shabby! Do you really want to be looked down on by Yu Li? All I want is a grand wedding with you, but it’s not for myself! It’s to prove that you’re capable! Guohua, do you really want people to think it was right to give you up?”

These words made Wu Guohua fall into deep thought.

That’s right—he didn’t care what others thought of Xia Yuying, but he did care about what they thought of him!

After a while, Wu Guohua spoke bitterly: “I’ll think of a way. I won’t let our wedding be too simple.”

At the very least, he had to get the tractor and make the wedding lively.

As for the bride price—nobody else needed to know how much he gave.

He could easily say it was 160 yuan!

Anyway, he wouldn’t lose to Lu Guanshan, and he was determined to make Yu Li regret not marrying him!