Is Jia Dongxu really getting married?

Madam Jia lowered the curtain, turned around angrily, and said, "I don't know, it seems like Li Xiangyang was moving things out, and there was a jeep parked there!"

"Let me go check it out!"

Old Jia suddenly stood up, went to the door, lifted the curtain, and looked outside.

Upon seeing this, my eyelids twitched, and my heart skipped a beat.

"hiss--"

They quickly pulled the curtains shut.

"What's wrong?" Jia Zhangshi asked quickly.

Old Jia lowered his voice: "That's Lou Zhenhua, the big boss of the steel mill! The one nicknamed 'Lou the Half-City'! Why is he looking for Liu Dong?"

"Really?" Madam Jia was also stunned. "What does he want with that kid?"

Old Jia shook his head, too lazy to guess.

He had no desire to deal with this kind of person.

Why?

Because he knew very well in his heart that Lou Zhenhua was about to be finished.

The pilot program for joint public-private ownership had already begun. Three months later, the steel mill was returned to the state, and Lou Bancheng was nothing.

"Dongxu! You come here right now!"

Old Jia, with a stern face, yelled at his son into the house.

As Jia Dongxu entered, before he could even stand properly, Old Jia launched into a tirade: "Listen up! Don't even think about that country girl again! What good is being pretty? Can you eat her or get a place to live?"

"Look how great Cui Jinfeng is at the match factory! She has a stable job and a promising future! If you marry her, you'll both work, earn double the salary, and your life will be wonderful!"

"Do you even know what dual-income couples mean? Huh?"

As he spoke, Old Jia became increasingly angry.

Plop!

Jia Dongxu immediately knelt down, his voice booming, "Dad! I only acknowledge Qin Huairu! I will marry no one but her in this life!"

"Please don't force me! There's no woman in this world who moves me more than Huai Ru!"

"You..." Old Jia was so angry his chest tightened. "What's so great about her? A country bumpkin, you actually want her? Don't provoke me!"

"Father!" Jia Dongxu retorted, "My heart only belongs to Qin Huairu! If I can't marry her, I'd rather remain a bachelor for life! I'd even accept the end of the Jia family line!"

puff--

Old Jia almost fainted from a sudden rush of air.

"Alright, alright!" Madam Jia, feeling sorry for her son, quickly interjected, "Let Dongxu choose whoever he likes! Although Qin Huairu's household registration is in the countryside, she can have children; what's important is having grandchildren in the future!"

Old Jia glared at her fiercely: "What do you know? Besides having a job, Cui Jinfeng also gets housing from the factory! Once she gets married, Dongxu can move out immediately! It'll be spacious and bright!"

"Where do we put Qin Huairu when she comes in? We only have two dilapidated rooms! The two of us sleep in the inner room, and the outer room is both the kitchen and the living room. Even Dongxu has to squeeze into a corner to sleep!"

"Are you suggesting that after the wedding, the young couple sleep outside while the old couple hog the inner room? What kind of living room would that be? In the summer, they'd have to take a shower, and in the winter, they'd have to run out into the yard to hide! Is that even acceptable?"

"I can't even play cards in peace at night! What kind of life is this?"

"Even if we can manage now, what about after we have kids? We won't even have room to add a bed!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Jia's face turned ashen, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "Then let's switch rooms with Liu Dong! He occupies three large main rooms and two side rooms all by himself, taking up such a large space for nothing, why should he?"

"Yes!" Jia Dongxu chimed in, "He's a bachelor living so luxuriously, while our family is crammed in and can barely move. That's not fair!"

"Dad, let's go find him and exchange it! If he doesn't agree, I'll beat him up! Let's see if he's scared then!"

Old Jia lit a cigarette in silence, frowned and pondered for a long time, and finally waved his hand: "I can't get involved... You two go and try to get him to vacate the house. If that doesn't work, we can give him some extra money, just as a token."

"become!"

Jia Zhangshi pulled her son and turned to leave.

By then it was completely dark.

"Liu Dong! Open the door! Open the door now!"

Bang bang bang!

Jia Dongxu pounded on the door as if it were a wall, showing no mercy.

The door opened.

Moonlight shone on the ground, and Liu Dong stood at the door.

"What's up?" Liu Dong stood at the door, not intending to invite them in.

"It's urgent!" Jia Dongxu pushed his way forward. "Let me in!"

"OK."

Liu Dong stepped aside to let them into the house.

The three of them sat down.

No one poured water, and no one offered to serve them.

Jia Dongxu cut to the chase: "I want to swap apartments with you! It's such a waste for you to live in such a big place all by yourself! My two rooms are perfect for a single person like you!"

"Our house is too cramped, there's really no room for us!"

Liu Dong gently shook his head: "I won't change."

"What's the reason?"

"No reason," Liu Dong said calmly. "It's my house, I don't want to move, it's that simple."

"You!" Madam Jia jumped to her feet. "Liu Dong! How can you be so unreasonable? Don't you have any conscience? Our house is about to burst, and you're hogging three main rooms plus two side rooms all by yourself. Are you living comfortably?"

Liu Dong almost burst out laughing.

This was the first time he had interacted with the mother and son since he transmigrated.

I had long heard that Jia Zhangshi was unreasonable and domineering, and seeing her today, I can confirm it is true; she is even more difficult to deal with than the rumors suggest.

"Just because the house is registered in my name."

Liu Dong said calmly, "If I don't want to change, there's nothing you can do about it."

"Oh dear!" Jia Dongxu put on a pained, earnest expression. "Xiangyang, don't you know the situation? I'm getting married! Once my wife walks into the door, the house will be uninhabitable!"

"As long as you're willing to switch, my dad said he can give you some money; 100,000 or 200,000 yuan is no problem!"

His face beamed with undisguised smugness: "My wife is a beauty! You don't even have a girlfriend, what are you doing occupying such a big house? Just sitting around doing nothing?"

Liu Dong was taken aback: Jia Dongxu is really getting married?

"Is it Qin Huairu?" he blurted out.

Upon hearing this, Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi were both stunned.

How did you know?

"You know Qin Huairu?" Jia Dongxu's face flushed red, and his breathing became erratic.

He was completely captivated the moment he saw Qin Huairu.

In his eyes, Qin Huairu belonged to him alone; no one else could mention her or touch her.

As it turned out, Liu Dong's words were spot on, and his mind was in turmoil.

Seeing his reaction, Liu Dong immediately understood a bit and deliberately said slowly, "I don't know her. I just heard about her from others. They say she has a cheerful personality, is pretty, has fair skin, and soft hands. Touching her can make someone dream for three days..."

"What did you say?" Jia Dongxu looked up abruptly.

Liu Dong continued to embellish the story: "I also heard that many men in the village are eyeing her, and one old bachelor watches her bathe through the window every day!"

"Everyone says her butt is snow-white, round, and perky; it's so eye-catching!"

"Shut up!" Jia Dongxu jumped to his feet, trembling all over, his eyes red. "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Huai Ru isn't that kind of person! She's innocent! I'll chop anyone who dares to talk nonsense!"

"ah----"

With a roar, Jia Dongxu turned and rushed out of the house, smashing open the door and running out, his figure disappearing into the night.

At that moment, Jia Dongxu completely collapsed, his legs were weak when he rushed out of Liu Dong's room.