Chapter 815: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 815: Father and Son's Rift and Anger (4)
Mo Yan was indeed exhausted, so she didn't say much and simply greeted her father before heading to her room. However, as she lay on her bed, she couldn't sleep, tossing and turning, with Xiao Shiyi’s words echoing in her mind, disturbing her thoughts.
Unable to sleep, Mo Yan decided to get up and enter her space. She found Xue Tuanzi, who was busy harvesting crops, and, looking anxious, asked, "In this life, will I be able to be with Xiao Ruiyuan?"
This time, Xue Tuanzi didn’t answer immediately. Instead, it calmly finished harvesting the crops and sowing seeds before replying to Mo Yan, whose anxiety was palpable: "Natural disasters are irreversible, but man-made calamities can be avoided! A person’s fate isn’t fixed, and neither is their romantic destiny. Even if I tell you now that you and Xiao Ruiyuan can marry, if you don't cherish it, there will be unnecessary obstacles along the way. Whether these obstacles affect anything else, no one can know. It all depends on how you handle it!"
This was the first time Xue Tuanzi had spoken such philosophical words, and Mo Yan, after hearing them, fell into deep thought.
She believed that her feelings for Xiao Ruiyuan were genuine. Although they didn’t know each other completely, they could clearly sense their mutual affection. They were already at the point where marriage was a serious consideration.
When her father had first learned about her relationship with Xiao Ruiyuan, he had only said that he would wait and see. Mo Yan, still not having reached the age of fifteen and not wanting to marry so soon, had quietly accepted this stance. Looking back, if they had settled the matter back then, tonight’s events might not have happened.
Xue Tuanzi continued, "Things that belong to you should be held tightly in your hands. Since you’ve already accepted that young man, you should try to persuade your father to approve of the marriage. It’s not as if you have to marry immediately. After the engagement, your father will have plenty of time to assess the young man’s character. If he’s not suitable, you can always find someone else!"
Mo Yan had listened seriously up until this point, but upon hearing the last part, she couldn’t help but roll her eyes at Xue Tuanzi. "You make it sound easy, but this isn’t a time or place where you can simply break off an engagement. If it were that simple, I would have already encouraged Sister Lan to break off her engagement with the Du family!"
At that moment, Mo Yan suddenly remembered something and quickly grabbed Xue Tuanzi, asking eagerly, "Will that young man from the Du family be Sister Lan’s future? Will Sister Lan be happy?"
Xue Tuanzi, unprepared for the sudden question, was so startled that its heart (if it had one) almost jumped out of its chest. It angrily shouted, "Bad Yan Yan, stinky Yan Yan, you scared me to death!"
Mo Yan hurriedly patted Xue Tuanzi’s round belly, trying to calm it down. "It’s my fault, it’s my fault, please don’t be angry!"
"Hmph! You can’t even manage your own affairs and still have time to meddle in others’ matters!" Xue Tuanzi turned away, grumbling in frustration. However, it did acknowledge that it valued Mo Yan’s loyal and loving nature.
Mo Yan had made up her mind about her own situation, but she didn’t intend to share her decision with Xue Tuanzi just yet. Instead, she asked about her good friend’s future again: "Just tell me, if that Du family young man is really Sister Lan’s fate, I will accept it."
In her heart, she didn’t want her best friend to end up with someone as lacking in character as the Du young man. If she could, she would have torn that engagement apart.
Xue Tuanzi, however, fell silent after hearing Mo Yan’s question, and for the first time, it didn’t answer.
Mo Yan’s heart sank with an uneasy feeling as she looked at Xue Tuanzi and asked in a low voice, "Sister Lan won’t be happy, will she?"
"Mm, that Du guy isn’t a good person. Your Sister Lan will eventually be discarded by him and will climb to a higher branch," Xue Tuanzi knew that if it didn’t speak the truth, Mo Yan would only worry more, so it decided to stop hiding.
Hearing this, Mo Yan took a deep breath, her eyes filled with fury. Even though the tragedy hadn’t occurred yet, just the thought of it made her unable to bear it. She couldn’t stand the idea of her best friend being abandoned. She wanted to castrate that Du person right now and make sure he could never be a man again! How could someone so driven by greed and selfishness be worthy of Sister Lan?
Seeing Mo Yan’s strong reaction, Xue Tuanzi seriously reminded her, "This isn’t your life. Even though Miss Liu is your best friend, you must not interfere with this matter, or the consequences will be something you can’t bear."
[End of Chapter]
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