Chapter 174
Su Xiaoxiao could feel their goodwill, and her smile became even sweeter. “No, he’s fully recovered.”
“That’s good! That’s good!”
These people couldn’t help but nod, but their gaze fell on the large bamboo basket that Jiang Yexun was carrying, and they couldn’t help but wonder what they had bought. However, seeing Jiang Yexun’s expression, they didn’t dare to ask further.
But in their hearts, they were thinking about visiting the Jiang family later. What kind of good things had this young Jiang brought back from Educated Youth Su for them?
Jiang Yexun, accompanied by his partner, pushed through the curious villagers and first went to his friend’s house. Su Xiaoxiao finally remembered where they were going.
“Why are we going to Luo Shanzhu’s house first?”
Upon thinking that she would see that annoying person first, her little face immediately drooped.
Seeing her unhappiness, Jiang Yexun reassured her, “I know he’s not a good person, so we’ll just go there, drop off the gift, and say we have to go to other houses. That way, we won’t have to stay long. You can trust me; I’ll make sure he’s excluded from our group before the Lunar New Year.”
If it weren’t for not wanting to tip their hand, he wouldn’t even want to send this gift.
Su Xiaoxiao was relieved that Jiang Yexun hadn’t forgotten that Luo Shanzhu was not a good person.
But as they neared Luo Shanzhu’s house, Jiang Yexun stopped Su Xiaoxiao on a side road.
“You don’t have to come in. I’ll go alone.”
He hadn’t forgotten the way Luo Shanzhu looked at Educated Youth Su when he visited her in the hospital. He remembered how Luo Shanzhu had gone to the restroom window, trying to communicate with Educated Youth Su through eye contact. In the coming days, he planned to teach Luo Shanzhu a lesson by giving him a good beating.
“Then come back quickly. Don’t leave me here alone for too long,” Su Xiaoxiao waved to him.
Seeing his little partner blinking her big watery eyes at him, Jiang Yexun almost couldn’t move his feet.
After clenching his teeth, he suppressed the urge to hug her and turned to enter Luo Shanzhu’s house.
“Yexun, you’re back!” Luo Shanzhu saw Jiang Yexun coming in and stood up with excitement. However, his expression quickly fell when he looked behind him and didn’t see the figure he had been yearning for. He felt a pang of disappointment, but he continued to put on a facade of excitement.
If it weren’t for Su Xiaoxiao reminding Jiang Yexun, he would never have noticed this subtle detail. However, now that he noticed, he naturally understood what Luo was plotting. And his expression, which wasn’t particularly happy to begin with, darkened even further.
Luo Shanzhu finally noticed something wrong with Jiang Yexun, and he mustered up the courage to ask, “Brother, is something bothering you?”
“Yeah, I just got back last night, and those jerks at home haven’t been quiet.”
Jiang Yexun casually made up a reason, then took a belt and a box of biscuits from the bamboo basket and handed them to Luo Shanzhu.
Luo Shanzhu was somewhat surprised. “Brother, you remembered to bring us a gift?”
“No big deal; I picked them up while I was out.” Jiang Yexun replied nonchalantly.
If it weren’t for this being his first time going so far away, and happening to visit them when they were all recovering from injuries, he wouldn’t give Luo Shanzhu the time of day.
“Alright, I won’t bother you. We still have to visit Tiewa and Xingzhi.”
Jiang Yexun didn’t even bother sitting down; he was eager to leave.
Luo Shanzhu had endured for a long time but couldn’t hold back anymore. He pretended to be curious and asked, “Weren’t you going to meet Educated Youth Su’s parents? Have they agreed to your relationship?”
Jiang Yexun stopped in his tracks, and his gaze carried a hint of coldness as he fixed it on Luo Shanzhu.
Luo Shanzhu quickly smiled awkwardly. “Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Her brother really likes me. During the Lunar New Year, he’ll come back with us and put in a good word for us with her parents,” Jiang Yexun said, knowing Luo Shanzhu’s thoughts, and deliberately showing off.
As expected, when Luo Shanzhu heard this, his expression became even more unnatural. However, he continued to put on a fake happy appearance.
“That’s great! I knew Brother is so outstanding; it’ll definitely work out.”
“Indeed.” Jiang Yexun snorted triumphantly before turning and leaving the yard.
Watching Jiang Yexun’s back completely disappear from view, Luo Shanzhu’s face turned dark. They were both villagers, why should Jiang Yexun be able to marry a beautiful girl from a good family, while he was stuck with several burdens and not a single girl willing to be his matchmaker?