"Look who's back, Lingling, come here quickly!"
He heard her voice before seeing her. As soon as Su Ling opened the door, she heard her stepmother's exaggerated tone.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
According to Su Ling's experience, if her stepmother can pretend to be so gentle, it's probably because of the presence of outsiders.
Sure enough, an unknown man sat on her sofa.
Su Ling took a quick look and saw that the man was less than thirty. He was wearing a warm-colored shirt and a pair of common overalls.
But even such a simple outfit cannot cover up the man's characteristics of height, long legs, wide shoulders and narrow waist.
It's a clothes rack, Su Ling commented in her mind.
The light from the window shone on the man's face, making Su Ling take a deep breath.
She had never seen a man with such a superior face.
His high nose made his eye sockets even deeper, and his dark eyes looked at her coldly with a touch of alienation.
"This is Zhou Siyue." Fang Shuhua embraced Su Ling with a smile, "She is Su Ling, your fiancée."
fiancée? I?
Su Ling frowned, why didn't I know that I had an extra fiancé?
Yes, although Su Ling admires good-looking men, it does not mean that she can accept such a fiancé.
But Fang Shuhua didn't care what she thought at all, and pulled her over enthusiastically: "Young people should get to know each other by themselves. You talk... you talk..."
Su Ling was caught off guard and pushed to the man. Hearing his cold words, he only said one name, "Zhou Siyue."
Su Ling: "..."
Brother, you look so reluctant, or would you just blink if you were kidnapped?
"Su Ling, look how compatible I am with you. Not only is he handsome, but his name is also noble!" Fang Shuhua interjected exaggeratedly, pretending to be envious, "If grandpa hadn't made an engagement for you in advance, such a good man would Where can I find it?"
"Engagement?" Su Ling frowned.
Fang Shuhua smiled and nodded.
"Your grandfather was a very good comrade back then. He wanted to get closer, so he exchanged tokens and made an engagement. Now he has come to fulfill the engagement."
An old and yellowed letter and a jade pendant of poor quality were handed to Su Ling.
It is indeed grandpa's handwriting.
Su Ling frowned and finished reading. It seemed that what her stepmother said was true.
but……
"If you don't want to, you can refuse." Zhou Siyue's voice was as cold as a human's, "My family is poor and I won't force myself."
Su Ling glanced at his rolled-up cuffs, where he wore an old military watch.
She suddenly smiled softly.
In fact, her surname is not Su. She didn't have a name until her grandfather picked her up and brought her home. Without her grandfather, she would have starved to death on the streets as an orphan.
Therefore, she would not do anything that would cause Grandpa to lose his credibility.
Besides, she never thought about or cared about who she would marry, so it didn't matter how she got married.
Su Ling said after careful consideration, "If it is the engagement made by grandpa, I am willing to abide by it, but I must declare in advance that my profession is a bit special..."
Before Su Ling could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Fang Shuhua's eye roll: "Our Lingling is a doctor, and her salary is quite high."
Su Ling frowned.
"My job is not stable. I leave early and come home late, and I earn little. If you are still willing, we will go get the certificate."
Zhou Siyue glanced noncommittally at the black jade pendant around Su Ling's neck.
That was her coming-of-age birthday present from her grandfather.
Unexpectedly, there is a layer of engagement behind the scenes...
"It's better to choose a day than to hit it. This is also the wish of the elderly!" Fang Shuhua couldn't wait to push the household registration book into Su Ling's hand.
She was already ready.
Once Su Ling gets married, she will be able to live a good life in the future.
When she thought about the time when her father-in-law secretly transferred the property to Su Ling, Fang Shuhua was filled with hatred. Even the old man's own son, her own husband, was only allocated a suite.
In Jincheng, where land is at a premium, how can a rundown apartment compare to a single-family villa?
Fang Shuhua has always disliked Su Ling. Why should an outsider take what originally belonged to her?
But her husband was also stubborn. He knew that he couldn't even settle the score, but he still defended Su Ling. Fang Shuhua had no choice but to find a way to drive Su Ling out.
But Su Ling was not a good judge either, so she could only use various methods to urge the marriage.
As a result, this damn girl had a bad career. Instead of doing a good job, she went to work as a forensic doctor. What blind date could bear this?
Now there was finally a poor man who was willing to marry her, not to mention that she was an unlucky man herself. Fang Shuhua was happy to see them sharing a pot with a lid.
She has suffered through hard times.
Thinking of this, Fang Shuhua's eyebrows arched and she could hardly hold back her laughter.
"Mr. Zhou, if you marry our Su Ling, the bride price is indispensable. If someone else marries their daughter, it costs at least 300,000 yuan!"
After raising this free-loader for so many years, I have to collect some interest to get it back.
"No." Zhou Siyue said indifferently, "You don't have to marry her if you don't like her."
marry! Of course I want to get married!
Thinking of the independent house, Fang Shuhua sent Su Ling away no matter what.
"Of course we will marry, otherwise others will say that we are not keeping our word." Fang Shuhua smiled hypocritically, scolding these two people in her heart.
"Marry?"
With his thin lips slightly opened, Zhou Siyue uttered two words.
