FID – Chapter 529

Chapter 529: Cunning From Head to Toe

  They went down memory lane, recalling how Nannan looked, and the joy she brought to the family from childhood to adulthood. There were laughter and tears, and these brought nostalgic expressions on the elders’ faces.

  In a blink of an eye, Nannan has grown into such a lady.

  It was time for her to get married.

  In fact, Liu Dalin wasn’t the only person reluctant, each of them were too.

  They just didn’t express it. 

  Liu Dalin took his wine glass and drank the content in one gulp. At the end, he smacked his lips and said in a voice tinged with sadness, “Now that my daughter has grown up, she will get married sooner or later, and she is bound to leave home. Her parents can’t accompany her for the rest of her life. Do you think I am unaware of this? I just can’t bear it. Otherwise, do you think I want to play the wicked guy? I’m not alone. Who among her grandpa, her grandma and her mother is willing? It’s just that they can’t bear to say it out loud… Why am I telling you this? You can’t understand it. You just want to take my daughter home.”

  ”Uncle Liu, I can understand…”

  ”Then can you propose marriage later?”

  ”…”

  Feng Qingbai looked at the expectant man and wanted to take back his words just now.

  Behind them, the trace of sadness that just surfaces on the elders’ faces was swept away, but they just continued listening to Liu Dalin’s voice. 

  This time, his tone took a turn, and it sounded quite pitiful.

  ”I’m not trying to make things difficult for you. Think about it. Once you are married, Nannan is bound to stay with you in the capital. The capital is thousands of miles away from the Xinghua Village. We won’t be seeing Nannan who used to be around our knees all day long for a long time. You should let us old guys adapt to it, right? Besides, you and Nannan are still young and have a long life ahead of you. You don’t need to get married so early. A year or two or three won’t have any impact on you. It goes without saying, right? If love between both sides can last forever, why do you need to stay together night and day?”

  Behind them, Liu Yusheng’s tears still condensed in her eyes, wavering whether to fall or not.

  Had she not heard it personally, she wouldn’t have believed that her father was eloquent, so eloquent!

  The two elders and Chen Xiulan both blushed, dragging Liu Yusheng and walking away.

  They were worried they couldn’t restrain their laughter.

  People who used to be simple and honest in normal times had learned tricks after getting into contact with Feng Qingbai, the old fox.

  The movement behind them didn’t escape Feng Qingbai’s ears. After the few people left, he sighed helplessly and looked at Liu Dalin, “Uncle Liu, I know that you and the elders are reluctant to let go of Shengsheng, and I don’t mean to rob you. It’s just that I’ve been going in and out with Shengsheng in the past days. Everyone is aware that I am interested in her, but no joyful news has ever been released. It would inevitably lead to miscellaneous gossip, saying that I am just greedy for a momentary novelty to Shengsheng, and my enthusiasm will soon wear off…”

  ”You dare!” Liu Dalin glared angrily at him.

  ”Of course, that will never happen, but I can’t suppress the rumors. It’s damaging to Shengsheng’s reputation, so I’m anxious to get a status.” Feng Qingbai’s voice has always been calm and unhurried. It was laced with something like helplessness and sincerity.

  Hearing that the rumors were detrimental to Nannan’s reputation, Liu Dalin was really anxious this time. “What’s the point of you having such a high status? Nannan has to bear irresponsible remarks by outsiders whenever she is with you! If you were a peasant, there would be so much trouble!”

  ”I totally agree with you, Uncle Liu, but my background can’t be changed. We should solve the current situation first, right? As long as I and Shengsheng establish a relationship, and a status is set, no one will dare to talk nonsense again naturally.”

  ”Marriage is not an option! It’s too early! You don’t have to get married right away if you want an identity, just… just get engaged first. Nannan can stay with us for a few more years, and you can stop those gossips outside.”

  ”Okay, I’ll listen to Uncle Liu’s arrangements.” Feng Qingbai closed his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows, stifling the grievances he couldn’t voice.

  After drinking the wine on the table, Feng Qingbai respectfully sent his future father-in-law back to his room to rest. After Liu Dalin turned around, Feng Qingbai stood under the starry sky. The stifled helplessness disappeared from his sullen and handsome face. His thin lips also curled up lightly, and the black eyes shone brighter than the stars.

  Liu Dalin hummed a tune while returning to the room. In the room, Chen Xiulan had already rested on the bed, but she had not fallen asleep.

  ”Look at how happy you are. Have you embarrassed Axiu again?”

  ”Why would I embarrass him? That kid is very slippery. He was about to propose marriage, but I didn’t agree. I let them get engaged first.” Liu Dalin seemed pleased. “Did he think it’s so easy to marry our precious daughter? He wishes! Men won’t cherish things that they got too easily. This is a deep-rooted bad nature. We have to protect Nannan.”

  In fact, what really moved him was the sentence that the bastard said. He said he wanted an identity, not that he would give Nannan  a status, indicating that he ranked himself behind Nannan. Otherwise, he might not have concurred. In order to avoid gossip, he might as well bring Nannan back to the village.

  Chen Xiulan looked at her man’s complacent appearance, and was extremely speechless. “You, the father-in-law, have always regarded your prospective son-in-law as an eyesore. Do you really think you have won? If Axiu only told you that he wanted an engagement, would you have agreed?”

  Liu Dalin immediately frowned and looked at his wife, feeling that something was wrong. However, he ignored it. “What do you mean?”

  ”He knows that no matter what he says, you will embarrass him, and he also knows that you will not readily agree to a marriage proposal. However, if you don’t give him the watermelon he wants, you will surely give him sesame seeds as consolation. All he wanted is the sesame seeds in your hand.”

  ”You mean he originally meant to get engaged first? He just used the guise of marriage to hoodwink me?”

  ”Even if you are a fox, you can’t beat a wolf.” Chen Xiulan held back a smile and turned over to sleep, making her man slowly sink into depression.

  The man next to her fell silent for a long time, and finally cursed between gritted teeth, “That cunning bastard!”

  Wasn’t he cunning? He saw through his psychology.

  It was the same as when Zhiqiu asked Erlin for money. He usually asked for 10 taels, but Erlin was often so distressed that he would scold Zhiqiu and send him away with an extra tael of silver.

  Compared with ten taels, he was particularly happy and complacent when taking out one or two taels. He then would dismiss his son with one or two taels.

  In fact, Zhiqiu knew his temperament all too well, and it was precisely those one or two silver taels that he wanted from him.

  It was just a different method to obtain the money in his hands more smoothly.

  If Zhiqiu had directly said that he wanted one or two taels, then it was highly likely that Erlin would have given him ten copper coins.

  Now, he has become a fool like Erlin, yet he still patted himself in the back.

  Won? Won, my ass! It’s obvious that the bastard has calculated me!

  He was just too cunning from head to toe!

  The atmosphere of the Xinliu Manor was harmonious and noisy, while the Liu residence, which was also in the capital, was as noisy as dogs biting dogs.

  Consort Liu was assassinated at the ceremony and almost died, and the news reached their ears soon, causing a panic.

  If Consort Liu falls, the Liu family will no longer have powerful backing in the capital.

  As for the two beautiful girls who were sent to the palace from their family, if they could make their mark, the family might still have some hope, but at the ceremony, one of them was almost sentenced to death on the spot. It would be difficult for her to survive in the harem in the future.

  There was only one left, Liu Ningfei. However, she probably couldn’t support them alone.