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Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me-Chapter 74 - 73 Blushing from Praise
74: Chapter 73: Blushing from Praise
74 -73: Blushing from Praise
Xu Niannian couldn’t help but step back, not realizing there was a vine behind her, which she tripped over, losing control and falling backward.
Xu Niannian closed her eyes, tense.
Just when she thought she was going to fall flat on her face, suddenly, a strong arm wrapped around her waist.
Jin Yu held Xu Niannian around the waist with one hand but didn’t immediately help her up; instead, he leaned down, closing in on her.
“Are you afraid of me?”
Meeting his dangerous gaze, Xu Niannian emphatically denied, “Not at all!”
“Do you come here often?” Jin Yu changed the subject, and because of the close proximity, he could clearly catch the faint, pleasant scent wafting from the woman before him.
The fragrance lingered around his nostrils, inescapable.
Hearing Jin Yu’s question, Xu Niannian quickly glanced around, and recognizing this as the spot where Jin Yu had taken advantage of her, her heart panicked, although her face was as composed as an old dog’s.
“Isn’t that obvious?
My house is so close by, how could I not come here often?”
Jin Yu observed Xu Niannian’s expression closely.
Calm, too calm, and too natural.
If it had really been her back then, she would have recognized him instantly as the man who had wronged her.
Her silence only meant she didn’t want him to know.
But if that were the case, having him bring up the matter and seeing the location of the incident, she couldn’t possibly act so naturally.
It seems it really wasn’t her.
Thinking this, Jin Yu lost the desire to probe any further and crudely pulled her up.
“Let’s go back, they should have come to an agreement by now,” he said.
Without waiting for Xu Niannian’s consent, Jin Yu turned and walked back the way they had come.
Xu Niannian hurried to catch up, breathing a huge sigh of relief at Jin Yu’s lack of suspicion towards her.
That was too close!
*
After Xu Niannian and Jin Yu returned home, the families had already settled the marriage arrangements.
Due to Xu Niannian and Jin Yu’s adamant requests, the marriage was set for one year later.
At noon, Xu Niannian cooked a large table full of dishes, and even boiled rice.
Xu Niannian was a chef-level cook, and with the help of stream water, even simple dishes were turned into delicious cuisine by her.
Her display of skill completely shocked both families, and the table of dishes was devoured in no time.
Compliments were what Xu Niannian had in abundance at the dining table; they came from all around her, and even she, thick-skinned as she was, couldn’t help but blush at the praise.
Even Du Chunming and Ding Guihua couldn’t help but look at Xu Niannian with new respect.
Ding Guihua knew Xu Niannian’s family situation better than anyone, the poorest household in Qingshan Village.
A family like that could afford to serve such a large table of people white rice?
Recently, Xu Niannian and Xu Zhiqiang had been leaving early and returning late to do their business, which was known to everyone in the village, and Ding Guihua was all the more informed.
However, she, like the rest of the village, didn’t take it seriously.
They felt holding a business was beneath them and also believed they couldn’t be earning much.
After tasting the dishes prepared by Xu Niannian, Ding Guihua was convinced that, with Xu Niannian’s cooking skills, probably a good sum of money had been made.
And now that Xu Niannian had a marriage arrangement with a prestigious family like the Jin Family,
her social status was naturally on the rise.
It seemed she had to put away her dismissive attitude toward the Xu Family from now on.
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Who knows, she might need to curry favor with them in the future.
Not only did Du Chunming and Ding Guihua think highly of her, but even Wu Lan and Jin Nandong were taken aback.
After all, in those days, white rice was considered a luxury, not even factory workers were guaranteed to have it every meal.
Who would be willing to serve rice to their guests?
Only Jin Yu was quite nonchalant about it.
Xu Jiaojiao, that woman had casually sold over 150 yuan worth of goods at the dried seafood store last time; could she possibly worry about not being able to afford rice?