Chapter 1537 (1/2)
”Can't you sleep?”
Xinya nodded without trace and sat down beside Li Qing. She seemed to hesitate for a while before carefully opening her mouth: ”are you thinking of her?”
”Yes.”
”Your wife?”
Li Qing smiled with a gentle look in her eyes: ”it's not a wife, but it's a woman who is very important to me. How to say, I owe her a love debt.”
”She looks good.”
Li Qing took the picture in her hand to the girl. Her voice was very light: ”like this.”
Xinya took the photo and lit the flashlight.
”It's beautiful,” she said with a small mouth. ”You must like her very much.”
Li Qingshu sighed: ”yes, I really like her.”
”Then why not marry her?” Xinya's eyes showed a trace of doubt, ”doesn't she like you?”
”Not at all.” Li Qing took the photo back and shook his head. ”Xinya, in many parts of the world, a man can only marry one woman in his life. Do you understand? I have a wife and children in Lingang, so...”
”Do you like your wife?”
”Of course.” Li Qing nodded without hesitation and then smiled bitterly, ”am I too playful?”
Xinya tilted her little head: ”I don't understand. If you like both, why can't you want both? It's unfair to them.”
Li Qingsi measured it and whispered, ”Xinya, think about it. If a woman has two husbands...”
”How can there be such a thing.” the girl shook her head again and again. ”This is ridiculous, this is unforgivable...”
”Yes,” said Li Qing, ”if a woman can't have two husbands at the same time, why can a man have two wives at the same time?”
Xinya frowned two beautiful eyebrows: ”that's different.”
Li Qing asked, ”what's different?”
”I don't know, but I just think it's different. Men and women are different. There's no way to restrict them with the same rules.”
”Ha ha, you are about to become a philosopher.” Li Qing rubbed her small head with a smile and didn't continue the discussion.
How could it be different.
The night gradually faded. At dawn, Xinya snuggled up in Li Qing's arms and was sleeping soundly.
”Well, you're having an affair behind my back?” Du Huasheng came out and looked indignant. ”Li Qing, didn't you say you wouldn't do it to a minor girl!”
Li Qing was stunned and forced: ”what did I do?”
”You've all gone in your arms, haven't you done less?”
”Do you think everyone is like you?”
The dispute between the two woke up Xinya, who slept soundly. She wiped her mouth and raised her pretty face: ”she's already seventeen.”
Du Huasheng pointed to Li Qing and said, ”he's Chinese. The rules have to be Chinese. A woman can't be an adult until she's 18.”
”But I'm Malays. I've grown up at the age of 14. That's what the doctrine says...”
”That set has long been out of date.” Du Huasheng curled his mouth and leaned forward slightly, ”but Xinya has been... Very early at the age of 14.”
Xinya puffed her pink cheeks and couldn't help blushing.
Taking advantage of the convenience of the little girl running into the woods, Li Qing asked with a confused face, ”what were you talking about just now?”
”This girl's family is religious.” Du Huasheng grinned. ”According to their rules, a girl's first menstruation is considered an adult.”
”Is there such a thing?” Li Qing felt a little incredible. ”Do their teachings also stipulate that mothers can sell their children?”
Du Huasheng seemed to hate the guy who didn't open the pot. He shrugged his shoulders and turned to pack his things.
”Mosquitoes were so fierce last night.” he pulled down the plastic cloth and folded it. He took out a box of antipruritic powder from his canvas bag. ”Do you need it?”
Li Qing rolled up her sleeves and looked: ”although she was bitten, there was no redness and swelling.”
”Your damn blood,” Du Huasheng said, but he couldn't help showing a touch of jealousy at the bottom of his eyes.
After Xinya's convenience, he tiptoed back. He saw that he was patting antipruritic powder on his body and gathered together.
Du Huasheng ”tut” said, ”you're not badly bitten.”
Xinya raised her coat with a red face and showed him the fist sized circle on her white belly.
”Smearing his blood can drive away mosquitoes. It's really easy to use.”