Quick Wear: Cannon fodder fly bravely, good fortune will always follow

Chapter 263 The Female Cannon Fodder Who Falsely Claims Favors in the Historical Literature 4

But now, this farce-like marriage caused by a misunderstanding is so innocent to Jiang Erya. She has done nothing wrong. It is not good for her reputation if he changes his words for no reason.

If Jiang Erya was really the kind of scheming woman who wanted to take advantage of a favor, he wouldn't think so much about it, after all, the fault was hers.

But now she has openly admitted that it was not her who saved the man, and that he was the one who proposed the marriage. Now he feels a little guilty.

Zhao Xue looked at Lu Jianjun's flickering eyes, and a hint of viciousness flashed in her eyes the moment she lowered her head.

When she looked up again, she looked over hesitantly, weakly and a little shyly. She licked her lips a little uncomfortably and called softly, "Comrade Lu?"

Lu Jianjun's gaze lingered on those delicate pink lips for a moment, and he recalled the softness he felt in his daze...

After a few seconds of silence, Lu Jianjun pursed his lips and looked up at Jiang Yueshu, "Comrade Jiang, Zhao Zhiqing saved me, so let's cancel the marriage--".

Before he could finish his words, Jiang Yueshu spoke.

"Comrade Lu, could it be that you mistakenly thought that I saved you, so you wanted to find someone to propose marriage to you?" Jiang Yueshu pretended to know, which was unbelievable.

Lu Jianjun remained silent. Not saying anything was the best response.

Jiang Yueshu shook her head in disbelief. "Comrade Lu, you are being too irresponsible. Marriage is not a joke. Someone saved you and you asked him to propose marriage. What if the person who saved you is a man? Would you propose marriage? And if someone saved you many times, you can't propose marriage to each one of them! Isn't free love the norm now?"

Lu Jianjun was speechless. Jiang Yueshu's questions were like slaps in the face one by one. Especially when his face was exposed in such a public occasion, it inevitably tarnished his image.

When Mother Lu saw her son being scolded by a maid, she was the first one who couldn't help herself.

"Er Ya! How can you talk like that?" Mother Lu looked at Jiang Yueshu with great disapproval. "Jianjun was just talking about the matter at hand. It was me, as an elder, who didn't understand the situation and mentioned the wrong person. He didn't say anything because he was afraid that you would lose face."

Jiang Yueshu ignored her and only looked at Lu Jianjun, "What did Comrade Lu say?"

Lu Jianjun looked at the cute Zhao Xue next to him, then at the dark and thin Jiang Erya, "I'm sorry."

"I thought you rescued me and I thought I had contact with you, so..."

Lu Jianjun didn't explain it very clearly, but everyone knew what he meant. He thought the two had physical contact, so he sent someone to propose marriage.

"Hey, Comrade Lu! You really deserve to be a soldier. I remember that day, Miss Erya's clothes were still dry, but she never mentioned pulling you up. You are so careless that you just take her as your daughter-in-law. Aren't you harming the girl? If I save you one day, will you still rely on me?"

A nonchalant voice suddenly sounded. Jiang Yueshu turned her head and saw a ruffian-looking young man standing not far away with a dogtail grass in his mouth.

At the end of his words, he hugged himself tightly, looking like he was afraid of being entangled.

Lu Jianjun's face instantly turned dark, "Cheng Shuo!"

Cheng Shuo looked at Lu Jianjun's dark face and seemed to be even happier, so he whistled restrainedly.

"Oh, Comrade Lu! I didn't say anything wrong, why are you still angry? The people have sharp eyes, I am just playing my role appropriately! I didn't expect you to fall into the water, it's really strange!"

When Mother Lu saw this unscrupulous village ruffian talking about her son, she was immediately dissatisfied, "Cheng Shuo, we do have something to do today. If you want to talk to Jianjun, let's wait for another day!"

Jiang Yueshu looked at the three people with some curiosity. There seemed to be something strange between the Lu family and Cheng Shuo. They were obviously dissatisfied with Cheng Shuo, but they didn't seem to dare to do anything to him.

Seeing that Lu's mother had already spoken, Cheng Shuo stopped talking.

Jiang Yueshu came back to her senses and said, "Okay, if that's the reason, then I agree. I guess it's because the two families haven't explained it clearly, so this misunderstanding happened."

When Lu Jianjun heard that she agreed to cancel the marriage, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and subconsciously looked at Zhao Xue.

Zhao Xue was stared at by his burning gaze, her fair face turned red, and the atmosphere between the two of them suddenly became ambiguous.

Zhao Xue was feeling very happy, but Jiang Yueshu's tactless voice suddenly broke it all.

"Zhao Zhiqing? I'm not the one lying, so who is it?"

The smile on Zhao Xue's lips froze, and she said, "Comrade Jiang, I misunderstood. Please don't mind it."

Jiang Yueshu sneered, "Zhao Zhiqing, I am not well educated, but you are. Besides being honest, the most basic principle of being a human being should also be to seek truth from facts! You don't know anything, but you immediately accuse me of lying and saying that I am not kind. You slander me without reason. This is worse than lying, isn't it!"

"You... I, I just heard that Comrade Lu was in trouble because of the high price of the bride price, and I was anxious for a moment, so... I misunderstood you." Zhao Xue was choked and could no longer put on a fake smile. Her eyes were red and tears were shining in her eyes, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Lu Jianjun's heart moved. Seeing his beloved looking so timid and aggrieved, he felt a little reluctant. If it weren't for him, how could she be accused like this for no reason.

Lu Jianjun felt sweet in his heart when he thought about the girl who came straight to him without fear of what others said just to prevent him from marrying someone else. The reason why she was so anxious showed that she had feelings for him as well.

Lu Jianjun immediately took the initiative to speak, taking responsibility for everything for love, "Comrade Jiang, Zhao Zhiqing said the wrong thing because she was flustered, and this was caused by me, so I apologize to you and her! I'm sorry! If you have any requests, you can just ask directly!"

With tears in her eyes, Zhao Xue looked at Lu Jianjun lovingly.

"Request?" Jiang Yueshu asked back with her head tilted.

"Yes." Lu Jianjun spoke sincerely.

"I wouldn't dare to do that. I didn't say anything, but Zhao Zhiqing could say such things in a hurry. If I mentioned it, who knows what even more unpleasant and fabricated words Zhao Zhiqing would say in a hurry?" Jiang Yueshu said coldly.

Lu Jianjun looked at Jiang Yueshu, who was unmoved, and frowned. "So what do you want? Zhao Zhiqing and I have already decided on our marriage, and it will not stop because of irrelevant people."

These words made Jiang Yueshu want to spit. Lu Jianjun really thought that he was a popular commodity. But Zhao Xue seemed to have the same idea as Lu Jianjun. She got closer to Lu Jianjun and looked nervous, fearing that Lu Jianjun would be snatched away.

Jiang Yueshu shrugged, "What I want is very simple. Zhao Zhiqing just ruined my reputation, so he should apologize to me in front of everyone and admit his mistake!"

It was so simple! Lu Jianjun was shocked for a moment and blushed slightly for what he had just said. Zhao Xue was a little reluctant. Why should she, a country girl, apologize?

But in a flash, Lu Jianjun looked at her with encouraging eyes, and that look clearly wanted her to apologize to Jiang Erya in front of everyone.

Thinking that her marriage had not yet taken place, Zhao Xue gritted her teeth, nodded to Lu Jianjun, and agreed to apologize.

She didn't dare to look directly at everyone, but just faced the direction of Jiang Yueshu, lowered her head slightly, quickly said "I'm sorry", and prepared to leave with Lu Jianjun.

Unexpectedly, Lu Jianjun did not move, and Jiang Erya's voice followed.

"Who is Lu Zhiqing apologizing to? Is it everyone? What did Lu Zhiqing do wrong that he needs to apologize for?"

Zhao Xue was so upset that she couldn't even lift her head. The next second, Lu Jianjun took Zhao Xue's fingers and squeezed them slightly, as if to comfort her and encourage her.

Such blatant behavior also showed his attitude to everyone present that he was interested in Zhao Zhiqing.

Zhao Xue felt the warm touch from her fingertips, and the rejection in her heart that made her unwilling to apologize instantly dissipated, and she spoke to Jiang Yueshu again.

"Jiang Erya, I didn't know the facts and said the wrong thing, which damaged your reputation. I apologize to you! I'm sorry!"

"Okay, since Zhao Zhiqing knows he's wrong, I'll forgive you. But Zhao Zhiqing, you have to change your careless and impatient habits, so as not to hurt others and yourself and ruin other people's reputations."

After leaving these words, Jiang Yueshu no longer cared whether other people in the village had changed their opinion of Zhao Xue or not. She quietly left everyone's sight, leaving only the two of them staring at each other affectionately in the middle.

The other three women in the Jiang family focused their attention on Lu Jianjun and Zhao Xue. They were all thinking about how to get Lu Jianjun to marry Liu Qingqing, and for a while they didn't pay attention to Jiang Yueshu.

Mother Lu looked carefully at Zhao Xue, who looked like a young girl in love, and her gaze moved back and forth between Zhao Xue and Liu Qingqing.

Liu Hongjuan was getting anxious. As soon as that Zhao Zhiqing came out, Lu Jianjun's eyes were almost glued to her. It was obvious that he liked that woman more. What should she do with her daughter?

After changing her mind, Liu Hongjuan pulled her daughter to continue talking to Lu's mother intimately, preparing to take action from Lu's mother.

"My dear relatives, what do you think of us?"

With the choice, Mother Lu naturally started to speak in a pretentious tone, "Good daughters, one or two are all good daughters!"

Liu Hongjuan's smile froze, she glanced at Zhao Xue and continued, "Of course, Zhao Zhiqing is a good person, but he is a little thin."

Mother Lu subconsciously looked at Zhao Xue and frowned. Zhao Zhiqing was indeed a little slim, and the daughter-in-law she wanted was the kind with a big butt and good at giving birth.

Seeing that there was hope, Liu Hongjuan immediately added fuel to the fire. She leaned close to Lu's mother and whispered, "Alas, the educated youth and we are not on the same path after all. The world changes so quickly. No one can predict when they will go back."

Mother Lu seemed to be thinking about something, and after a while her expression became a little warmer when she looked at Liu Hongjuan.

The two of them praised Liu Qingqing to each other for a while, and then prepared to let Lu Jianjun take Liu Qingqing back.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lu's mother called Lu Jianjun, Lu Jianjun led Zhao Xue over and said something to the surrounding villagers.

"Today is a big day for Zhao Zhiqing and I. Fellow villagers, please go to the Lu family to show your support."

After these words were spoken, no matter how many thoughts Liu Hongjuan had, she could no longer do anything and could only glare at Zhao Xue angrily.

Although Mother Lu was somewhat unhappy, since her son had already spoken, and Zhao Xue was a pretty educated youth, she was much better than Jiang Erya after all, so she did not say much and looked at Liu Hongjuan apologetically.

"Hongjuan, Qingqing is a good girl, but my boy has made up his mind, you..."

Liu Qingqing's eyes were red as she looked at the tacit smiles on Zhao Xue and Lu Jianjun's faces, and she felt as if her heart was stabbed.

Liu Hongjuan suppressed her unhappiness and quietly patted her daughter on the back to remind her to maintain the appearance. "Hey, you are all good children."

"Since the marriage between our two families has been cancelled, I will find someone to take away the previous betrothal money and other things. Let's be quick and don't waste the children's time."

After saying this, Lu's mother immediately called her sisters and relatives into the house to start moving things, while she held Liu Hongjuan's hand and waited for her to get the money.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, Liu Hongjuan had no choice but to pay the money back to Lu's mother with a painful heart.

Lu's mother and her sister held Liu Hongjuan tightly and insisted that she join in the fun. Liu Hongjuan couldn't refuse, so she had to go with them despite the urge to vomit blood.

Grandma Jiang also followed them consciously. On such a happy occasion, the Lu family must have prepared a lot of candies, peanuts and other things. She wanted to go and get some food and take advantage of it.

Only Liu Qingqing was shy and felt extremely embarrassed. She didn't dare to look at the meaningful looks from others and ran back to the house with a red face and shame.

Her shy and satisfied look just now showed that she was eager to marry Lu Jianjun, but he didn't even consider her and treated her as nothing the whole time. Now he just dragged an educated youth to get married. It was really embarrassing.

She paced back and forth in the room irritably, kicked the cupboard door several times in dissatisfaction, and complained about everyone. First of all, she shouldn't have come out that time. She just came according to what the elders said. What's it got to do with her?

The second was Zhao Xue. When Brother Lu proposed marriage, he never mentioned that he wanted to find the person who saved him. But she, as soon as she appeared, made Brother Lu fall in love with her.

If it weren't for her, she would have married into the Lu family by now.

I'm so angry!

The more Liu Qingqing thought about it, the more annoyed she became. She listened carefully to the noise outside and prepared to go and scold Jiang Erya to vent her anger after everyone left.

It was quiet outside, as if everyone had left. Liu Qingqing immediately left the house and walked towards the woodshed.

When her mother Liu Hongjuan first got married, the Jiang family's house was not big enough, so they built a new house. The three boys in the family lived in the new house, while she and Jiang Erya lived together in the previous house.

But she really didn't like Jiang Erya. Every time she saw that dark and thin face, she felt sick. Moreover, that person always had a stinky smell of sweat on her body, which made people want to vomit. She didn't want to live with her at all, so she drove her to the woodshed.