To tell the truth, she thought this Sister Li Bao was quite good.
Otherwise, being constantly deceived by her Third Sister with just a few words, she always felt anxious for Sister Li Bao.
Moreover, she really disliked Brother Weimin from the Zhou Family. Clearly, Sister Li Bao was nothing but good to him—believing in him wholeheartedly and looking just like a Fairy Girl. Why would he break off the engagement with Sister Li Bao and pair up with the skinny Educated Youth Su, who always carried a sorrowful look as if someone owed her eight hundred yuan?
No taste!
"What exactly do you know?"
Xu Chunxia's internal alarm went off, and she stared intently at her younger sister Chunmei.
"If you don't want others to know, you shouldn't have done it in the first place. Third Sister, I saw everything yesterday afternoon."
Xu Chunmei wasn't afraid of her Third Sister Xu Chunxia at all. She said, "Actually, I noticed a long time ago that you had your sights set on that no-good Zhou Weimin. At that time, I was really angry with you, thinking that you shouldn't do something that would betray Sister Li Bao,
but I also knew you wouldn't listen to me, so I didn't speak up. I thought, after all, you and Sister Li Bao are good friends, you wouldn't really go after her man..."
"Shut up!"
Xu Chunxia didn't want her younger sister to continue speaking. She looked displeased, "If you dare to tell our parents about this, I'll definitely make your life miserable!"
"Am I the kind of person who gossips?"
Xu Chunmei rolled her eyes and muttered defiantly, "Third Sister, you should realize that even if I can keep my mouth shut, our parents aren't fools—sooner or later, they will find out about your falling out with Sister Li Bao. Besides, Sister Li Bao will soon seek out her man, and after that, you and she will hardly ever meet. Considering this, what do you think our parents will do to you?"
"Are you taking delight in my misfortune?"
Fire seemed to shoot from Xu Chunxia's eyes, wishing she could silence her younger sister Chunmei's mouth forever.
"I'm just reminding Third Sister."
With a sigh, Xu Chunxia said despondently, "We all know about Elder Sister's situation. Now that Third Sister no longer has Sister Li Bao as a talisman, our parents will probably find you a match soon,
and once you're married off to a man like Elder Sister's husband, then it will be my turn... To tell you the truth, Third Sister, I don't want to be married off casually by our parents, I don't want to end up like Elder Sister, sold off by the pound like a pig in a pen."
After hearing her younger sister Xu Chunmei's words, a wave of sadness surged in Xu Chunxia's heart, "If we don't get married off casually by our parents like Elder Sister, then what? Our mistake was being born into a family like this,
I originally thought... I originally thought I could achieve what I wanted, but in the end, I was fooled by Li Bao playing dumb. Just like you said, I've completely lost the talisman that was Li Bao, and naturally, the little thoughts I harbored can only become wishful thinking."
Xu Chunmei: "Third Sister, are you really going to accept your fate so easily?"
Xu Chunxia: "What other choice do I have?" If she had had another way, she wouldn't be feeling so uneasy, tossing and turning unable to sleep.
With a clever glint in her eye, Xu Chunmei moved to sit beside her Third Sister Xu Chunxia. Then she leaned in close to Xu Chunxia's ear and whispered a voice only the two of them could hear, "Why not turn the tables and make a done deal with Zhou Weimin by cooking the raw rice into cooked rice?"
"What did you say?"
Xu Chunxia was startled!
"Much ado about nothing." Muttering under her breath, Xu Chunmei leaned closer to her Third Sister Xu Chunxia and spoke in a lower voice, "Sister Li Bao already has no ties with Zhou Weimin, and Educated Youth Su must have used some unspeakable means to become Brother Weimin's partner. Since she can do it, why can't you, Third Sister?"