Chapter 29: A Man’s Apology

This happened before Chi Wanshu transmigrated…

During that time, Chi Wan couldn’t contact her family, her parents, and the organization kept sending bad news.

Ye Siling was close to her, so she would secretly tell her some things.

If the news from above was true, Chi Wan would also be implicated.

Forget about the production brigade, she might not even be able to stay in this village.

She would be forced to go to those places where people shouldn’t be, doing the hardest and dirtiest work.

Chi Wan, a fair and delicate girl, going to such a place would be pure suffering, she wouldn’t even last three days.

Ye Siling didn’t want the worst to happen, she wanted Chi Wan to be well.

So she came up with a plan, to have Chi Wan marry a poor peasant in the village.

This would be of great help to Chi Wan’s situation at the time.

After marriage, she wouldn’t be implicated by her parents, and she could stay in the village, and even have a man to rely on.

So, Ye Siling chose Huo Nanchuan, thinking he was a good candidate.

And Chi Wan also understood the purpose behind this blind date.

So when she met Huo Nanchuan for the first time, she was so scared and nervous that she didn’t even dare to look up.

Even to the point that…

Later, Lu Xiang Xiang’s few words without any evidence tricked Chi Wan, and she staged a runaway bride on her wedding night.

These things were all in Chi Wan’s memory.

But after she transmigrated, one thing after another, these things became insignificant.

And…

Chi Wan never expected that Huo Nanchuan would also know.

Ye Siling might mention her situation, but she wouldn’t be so detailed, in other words, this man figured it out himself.

Huo Nanchuan looked at Chi Wan’s stunned and pale face and continued.

“At that time, I had just broken off my engagement with Lu Xiang Xiang, and I didn’t intend to get married. If getting married could help you, I agreed.”

So on the wedding night.

He knew Chi Wan had put something in the wine, but he pretended not to notice and drank the cup.

This was deliberately letting Chi Wan go, letting her do what she wanted.

“About the things outside, I have also heard some things gradually. Several educated youths in the neighboring village have found ways to return to the city. Xiao Wan, you also have a chance to go back. We will get a divorce then, maintaining this kind of… relationship, it’s better for you.”

So even though he had desires for Chi Wan, he was still unwilling to take the final step.

Because only in this way would Chi Wan be clean, and she wouldn’t have any entanglements when she returned to the city later.

“Xiao Wan, I don’t want to force you to do anything you don’t want to do.”

After saying this, Huo Nanchuan seemed to have finished a difficult task, his chest heaved heavily.

He seemed calm, but his eyes were filled with turbulent waves, he didn’t want Chi Wan to see them.

After saying these things today, his relationship with Chi Wan would also change.

It would become even more distant, polite, right?

Huo Nanchuan was thinking this.

Suddenly, a pillow flew over and hit him in the face unexpectedly.

Huo Nanchuan was caught off guard, his body swayed.

The pillow landed softly with a thud.

Then came Chi Wan’s angry shout.

“Idiot! Fool! Log!”

“How do you know I wasn’t voluntary? I ask you, how do you know I wasn’t voluntary?!”

“If I wasn’t voluntary, would I take the initiative to kiss you? Would I take the initiative to hug you?! If I wasn’t voluntary, would I willingly be kissed by you, and sleep in your arms?!”

“Huo Nanchuan, was I voluntary or not! Can’t you really tell?!”

Chi Wan was so angry that her face turned red, her watery eyes turned even redder, and she glared at Huo Nanchuan angrily.

Indeed!

Every word Huo Nanchuan said was true!

But those things were done by the original Chi Wan, they had nothing to do with her now.

Because Chi Wan transmigrated into this identity, she had to bear these consequences.

But since they got married.

It was her who interacted with Huo Nanchuan; it was her who took the initiative to express her love; it was her who wanted to spend her life with him, even grow old together.

Even such strong feelings, this man couldn’t feel them?!

“Huo Nanchuan, I like you, I might as well like a stone!”

Chi Wan was really angry.

She even blurted out the confession hidden in her heart.

She originally thought that this “like” would be said in a romantic and enchanting atmosphere, in her close embrace with Huo Nanchuan.

Never expected that it would be on such an absurd morning.

It was terrible!

…Like?

Huo Nanchuan couldn’t believe his ears.

What Chi Wan just said was… like, she… liked him?

——If I wasn’t voluntary, would I take the initiative to kiss you? Would I take the initiative to hug you?

——If I wasn’t voluntary, would I willingly be kissed by you, and sleep in your arms?

——Huo Nanchuan, was I voluntary or not! Can’t you really tell?

Chi Wan’s excited expression kept flashing in his mind, the words she said echoed over and over in his mind.

The man’s thoughts, which he thought were as solid as a fortress, seemed to be pried open with a small crack.

But it was enough to make the entire fortress collapse.

Even those dark eyes began to shine.

“Xiao Wan…”

Huo Nanchuan desperately wanted to say something, but his heart was beating too hard, he became tongue-tied.

At this time, Chi Wan didn’t want to hear Huo Nanchuan’s voice at all.

She was really mad.

She wanted to get out of bed.

But looking at the thin floral pajamas on her body, she thought it was wrong.

Chi Wan grabbed another pillow and threw it at Huo Nanchuan.

And ordered loudly, “Get out, get out! I don’t want to see you!”

Just like that.

Huo Nanchuan was driven out of the room by Chi Wan.

The noise they made in the room was not small, Zhang Yue’e, who got up early, also heard the noise, and couldn’t help but chuckle when she saw Huo Nanchuan stagger out.

After all, her eldest son was always calm and rarely so flustered.

Besides, a couple quarreling, they would make up after the fight, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

Zhang Yue’e chuckled and didn’t take it to heart.

As for Huo Dongzhi and Huo Chuchun, they were even more confused.

They just felt that the atmosphere at the breakfast table was strange.

Even though Huo Nanchuan put Chi Wan’s favorite egg soup in front of her, Chi Wan snorted and didn’t even look at it.

Probably because Chi Wan and Huo Nanchuan gave people the impression of being sober and rational, gentle and calm, they didn’t seem like people who would lose their temper, so no one took it to heart.

Then in the following days.

They realized that the couple had completely gone cold.

It’s not accurate to say cold war.

It should be Chi Wan’s cold war, Huo Nanchuan was always trying to get her attention.

Huo Nanchuan picked up food for Chi Wan, Chi Wan turned around and picked up food for Huo Chuchun, “Xiao Chun, you are young and still growing, eat more good things.”

Huo Nanchuan poured water for Chi Wan, Chi Wan didn’t even look at it, she turned around and poured herself a cup, blowing on the heat and drinking slowly.

Huo Nanchuan went to the production brigade to pick up Chi Wan from work.

Chi Wan barely gave him some face, she didn’t say anything sarcastic.

But she walked in front, letting Huo Nanchuan follow three steps behind her, not allowing him to get close.

If Huo Nanchuan quickened his pace, she would walk faster.

Huo Nanchuan didn’t want her to be tired, so he didn’t dare to get too close.

They were just like that, awkward and distant.

The only time they could be close was when they slept.

Chi Wan couldn’t bear to make Huo Nanchuan sleep on the floor in the early spring when it was still cold.

So they were still lying on the same bed.

But Chi Wan wouldn’t take the initiative to snuggle into Huo Nanchuan’s arms anymore.

He didn’t want to be polite.

Then she would “freeze” him.

Chi Wan had a lump in her throat, it was uncomfortable if she didn’t vent it out.

Their quarrel made Huo Nanchuan feel a little reassured, after all, that “like”, when he thought about it in his dreams, it was still sweet.

But this situation scared the rest of the family.

Zhang Yue’e pulled Huo Nanchuan aside and asked softly what was going on.

She was worried, “What’s wrong with you two? You’ve been quarreling for days.”

Huo Nanchuan just said, “I did something wrong, I made her unhappy.”

Zhang Yue’e couldn’t pry open Huo Nanchuan’s mouth, so she pulled Chi Wan to help her son.

She nagged, “Xiao Wan, my eldest son is just like that, if he did something wrong, just tell him, you can hit him or scold him. But you two are a couple, you should make up after a fight, don’t make yourself sick because of anger.”

This sentence “make up after a fight” stepped on Chi Wan’s landmine.

She wanted to, but it depended on whether Huo Nanchuan would give her that chance!

But she wouldn’t get angry at Zhang Yue’e.

She still said softly, “Mother, don’t worry, I’m not really angry.”

Zhang Yue’e was an experienced person, after hearing this, she understood that the couple didn’t have any major conflicts, maybe they just had a little argument.

Even lips would bump against each other.

What couple wouldn’t argue?

As long as they didn’t take it to heart, it would be fine.

The two younger ones were also worried.

Huo Chuchun quietly begged Chi Wan to make up, “Sister-in-law, can you stop being angry? My brother must know he was wrong.”

Chi Wan said to him, “Little kid, don’t get involved in adults’ matters, this is not something you should know.”

Huo Dongzhi complained to Huo Nanchuan, “Brother, Sister-in-law is so good, what did you do to make her not forgive you?”

Huo Nanchuan knocked his forehead, “Now you know she’s good, the one who was sarcastic and gave her a cold shoulder before was you.”

The couple’s cold war lasted for a week.

The peach blossoms in the mountain valley bloomed completely under the warm spring.

The busiest time for sowing in the village was also coming to an end.

The production brigade was the same.

After inspecting the farmland and paying the wages, Captain Zhang gave everyone two days off, so that everyone who had been working hard for a while could have a good rest.

Chi Wan wouldn’t take the initiative to tell Huo Nanchuan about this.

But even if she didn’t say anything, Huo Nanchuan found out everything carefully.

The man silently planned a big thing in his heart.

On the first day of the holiday.

Chi Wan had already planned that she would stay at home to sun the quilts and fluff the cotton with Zhang Yue’e. The weather was getting warmer day by day, the thick quilts should be put away after sunning.

Every daughter-in-law in the family knew how to fluff cotton.

Chi Wan had never learned, she planned to learn from Zhang Yue’e.

In the afternoon, she also wanted to go to the back mountain to do something she had been thinking about for a long time.

However, plans never go according to plan.

That morning, Chi Wan had just gotten up when Huo Nanchuan grabbed her wrist.

This was the first time they had been so close in days.

The man stood behind her, the heat from his chest kept coming, even his breath was beside her ear.

Huo Nanchuan used a low voice to speak softly.

“Xiao Wan, let’s go to the county town today.”

County town?!

Chi Wan’s ears twitched when she heard these two words.

She had wanted to go to the county town for a long time.

But the village was remote, and it took a very long time to get to the county town, at least three or four hours, if it was a round trip, it would take a whole day.

Chi Wan didn’t know how to get to the county town.

She didn’t expect Huo Nanchuan to take the initiative to suggest it.

She thought—

No!

She was still in a cold war with Huo Nanchuan, she didn’t want to go to the county town with him, she wanted to sun the quilts and fluff the cotton.

Huo Nanchuan saw Chi Wan’s conflicted expression and her ever-changing face.

He didn’t expose her.

He just lowered his posture and continued to plead softly.

“Xiao Wan, there are cooperatives in the county town, you can buy a lot of rare things. You can buy whatever you want, it’s my way of apologizing to you. Will you go with me?”