Daily Life in the 70s-Chapter 448 Refusal

In the quarters of the leather factory workers, news spread with Xiao Tong as the informant, so it naturally reached Yang PeiJun as well.

After hearing this news, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

It was as if Heaven was aiding him! 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

That Qu Fang really had no shame to a certain degree, seeing that his own sister’s endeavor was going nowhere, he shamelessly decided to drag someone else down with him, even if it meant stumbling himself.

He was determined to find someone to marry irrespective of the situation.

There was no need for PeiJun to rack his brain over the subsequent events!

Actually, this was what Qu Fang was thinking: since he could gain nothing from the Yang Family, and Yang PeiYing’s business would bear risks in the future, he might as well find a wife with a steady salary. Moreover, this wife looked rather good. He had been preoccupied with PeiYing’s matter before and hadn’t paid much attention to Lu Hailing, who had just moved in. Upon seeing her at the cinema that day, he realized there was such a beauty in his own courtyard—a beauty and a figure that ten Yang PeiYings couldn’t compare with.

Although his mother tried to persuade him, he had made up his mind: marrying PeiYing was all well and good, and it would greatly assist him financially, but then, getting rid of a wife was not so easy, considering her brother-in-law was an officer in the military. He didn’t look like an ordinary soldier; if he were just an ordinary soldier, how could he afford such a lavish lifestyle?

So, after much consideration, he concluded that marrying Lu Hailing was the best option. Lu was quite taken with him, even though she was also from the countryside.

When Yang PeiMin and the others heard about this, they found it quite amusing. It felt like watching a drama—the turnaround was too quick, wasn’t it?

Yang PeiMin thought both of them were equally matched and suited the saying "A villain meets a worse villain." She let them love and loathe each other to their hearts’ desire.

However, the next day, Lu Hailing came crying for help.

She sought out nobody but Yang PeiYing, pleading with her to explain to everyone that she and Qu Fang weren’t dating, that the movie ticket was Qu Fang giving it to Yang PeiYing courteously, and after refusing it, she threw it away, which allowed her to pick it up later.

Yang PeiYing was utterly baffled upon hearing this.

She didn’t know what to do; she had never been begged like this before.

Lu Hailing was preying on her tendency to be soft-hearted, and upon seeing PeiYing slightly relent, she quickly let her tears fall and cried as if they cost nothing. "Yingzi, please, I beg you, otherwise I won’t be able to survive. You know, my family has arranged a fiancé for me; my parents verbally agreed to it, and his family hasn’t called it off yet. If they find out I’m seeing someone else in the city, won’t they bring disaster upon my family? Please, just do me this favor."

Yang PeiYing shook her head, "I don’t know, I want to ask my brother and sister." She did indeed feel a bit soft-hearted seeing Lu Hailing like this, but she didn’t dare to rashly agree, not knowing whether it was a big deal or not, but knowing it could affect her reputation.

Lu Hailing instinctively felt her brother and sister would definitely not agree to help, especially her brother.

"Yingzi, are you really going to turn a blind eye to my plight? Qu Fang is nearly climbing through my window, and I can’t sleep peacefully with my mother, feeling like he’s gone mad. Is he that desperate for a wife? It’s as if he’s never seen a woman before, clinging to the first one he meets. I merely picked up that movie ticket and went to see the film; before coming here, I honestly had no idea he’d be watching too. I’m so wronged, so innocent, and I’ve stumbled into this mess out of nowhere. If you don’t help me, no one else will! Woohoo..."

Yang PeiMin, being pregnant again, didn’t have as much energy as before. She tried to avoid going to the school when there were no classes, preferring to review at home and spend time with her children, nurturing their bond. When she came out to drink some water, she heard noises coming from the kitchen and someone crying. Curious, she went over to check.

She heard Lu Hailing begging Yang PeiYing for help.

PeiMin couldn’t help but interject indignantly, "Hailing, you really know how to shift your target. Are you hoping that once Yingzi admits to it, Qu Fang’s entanglement will shift to her? How considerate of you!"

Lu Hailing abruptly turned around. Her eyes flickered, and then she sobbed and shook her head. "That’s not it, sister-in-law, I wasn’t thinking that at all. Yingzi has always refused him. I’m just asking Yingzi to acknowledge that Qu Fang is pursuing her, not to admit to dating Qu Fang."

"Hailing, do you truly not understand, or are you pretending not to? Rumors aren’t things you can just dispel by admitting to them or not. Peiying has already refused him; she threw away the movie ticket, and it was your greed that made you pick it up. If you hadn’t picked it up, there’d be no issue, right? It’s your own fault for being too greedy and taking advantage. Don’t say that you didn’t know someone was going to throw away the ticket. If you knew it was us who discarded it, you should’ve come to ask why and whether it was the right thing to pick it up. If you did not know it was discarded by someone, it might have been lost, and the person who lost it might very well be one of our neighbors. If you had any conscience, you should’ve inquired about who lost the movie ticket and returned it to them, not sneakily go watch it yourself."

Yang PeiMin’s words caused Lu Hailing’s face to turn red, but she was resilient and immediately said, "Sister-in-law, sister Yingzi, I know I was wrong to pick up the ticket. Ending up in this situation is my punishment. Can you just help me, for the sake of being future sisters-in-law?"

Yang PeiMin shook her head, "We really can’t! Honestly, Hailing, you’ve been taking advantage of things for more than a day or two. You’ve taken so many good things from our house back to yours, and we know Lele’s grandmother is soft-hearted by nature and likes to help others. But as the younger generation and as a future in-law, you shouldn’t be shamelessly taking things without feeling embarrassed, without considering how your brother would feel. You’re not even married into the family yet but keep taking things from your in-laws’ house. Aren’t you afraid of people laughing at you? We haven’t minded the small things, considering them as charity, but you can’t take this for granted and take advantage repeatedly. Now you’re actually manipulating my sister into admitting to someone else’s relationship. Do you really think we’re easy to bully or what?"

And so, Lu Hailing was scolded away.

Yang PeiYing watched, stunned.

PeiMin then smiled at her and said, "Next time you encounter such a situation, you should do just like now. If you can’t decide what’s right or wrong on your own, you should ask others for advice."

Yang PeiYing nodded, "Mhm mhm," her face breaking into a smile.