141 Bad Luck Follows Xiang Qing (2/2)
Seeing Xiang Qing get beaten up, I became worried and hurried to his side to block the attacks. Xiang Qing pushed me aside and said, ”Miao Miao, step aside, since I've done such shameful things, it's only right that I am beaten!”
”But.....you didn't.....” I hastily explained the truth.
He seized my hands, and the quietly ordered, ”Be quiet.”
Sister-in-law held mother-in-law back, and constantly persuaded, ”Calm down, anger is not good for the body. The reckless and foolish things he's done are due to his young age and mischief. What's done has already been done, even if you're angry, it won't change anything.”
I also followed along and persuaded, ”Don't hit Xiang Qing anymore, you can hit me instead. I'm not afraid of pain so hit me instead.”
The eyes of mother-in-law turned white, and she fainted.
Xiang Qing immediately stood up, carried mother-in-law back inside of the house, and placed her onto an ash coloured bed. Sister-in-law quickly rushed in with hot water and a towel in her hands. I hurried out the doors to the tree where Yin Zi had him and called for him a few times.
Yin Zi's expression had also become very unpleasant. He thought long and hard, but no solutions appeared in his mind. Xiao Mao from a branch above, jumped down, and whispered something into his ears, promptly causing Yin Zi to leave with him. He reminded me to not speak too much, otherwise, I'd be adding chaos onto even more chaos.
I swiftly ran back into the house, Xiang Qing pulled me aside and quietly instructed, ”Later on, you don't need to say anything, just leave it all to me.”
”But.....you didn't do anything wrong though, why are you saying you've done something shameful? And why does mother-in-law want to beat you?” I raised my head to look at his complicated expression, and asked, ”They've even said that they had already arranged a marriage for you, what's going on with the Ye Family?”
Xiang Qing sighed and said, ”I've never had too much thoughts about marriage and girls until you came along. When I visited home half a year ago, and because sister-in-law didn't have any children, she became worried and persuaded me to get married sooner. I casually agreed back then because I didn't think too much about the matter, but as you can see, today's results are the consequences of my actions.”
”Since you have yet married the Ye Family's daughter, can't you just withdraw the marriage vows?” I offered a simple solution.
”Human affairs aren't so simple.....pride and face are particularly important.” Xiang Qing touched my hair and whispered, ”If I casually go and retract the marriage vows, then wouldn't the Ye Family's daughter lose all face? She is an innocent bystander so I don't want to harm her reputation.”
”Losing face isn't a big deal, I've often lost face many times.” I was still a little puzzled.
”There use to be a girl from the village who had her marriage broken off by her fiance for no reason. This caused many rumors about her to be spread such as how she did not have any ethics as a woman or how she had a hidden disease. Because that girl had thin skin, she could not withstand the torment and killed herself.” Xiang Qing sighed as he explained to me, ”Therefore I chose to disgrace my own name. Firstly, to avoid being forced into marriage by my mother's old age. And secondly, to avoid receiving the other party's disdain and tarnishing the Ye Family's daughter's reputation. However, by doing this, I may have caused some damage to your name.”
”So it was like that. It doesn't matter to me,” I quickly gave my chest a pat to reassure, ”Even if everyone says you don't have morals or that you have a hidden disease, Miao Miao will still marry you!”
”Thank you Miao Miao, for your love.” Xiang Qing let out a bright smile.
”Qing'er.....Qing'er.....” The mother-in-law on the bed slowly awoke and called out.