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Chapter 699 The Girl Who Broke Off the Engagement Has Returned

After Du Mingxian returned to her room, she casually mentioned the matter to Ling Silang, but Ling Silang didn't react.

A new day begins. Du Mingxian and Ling Silang didn't go to the pharmacy yesterday, but they planned to go today. However, they arrived a little late, and before they even left, the girl that Wang Shi mentioned yesterday arrived.

She has round almond-shaped eyes, an oval face, and fair skin. I heard that her family runs a general store in town, and she has a younger brother and sister. Her family is quite well-off.

As they entered the courtyard, Du Mingxian placed An'an in Wang Shi's arms. Just as Ling Silang was about to leave, they bumped into each other.

Xi Yuchang came early today specifically to see if she could meet Ling Kechen's (Ling Dabao's) uncle, as she had heard that Ling's uncle was a very capable scholar.

When the Ling family had their troubles before, Uncle Ling was not around. Now that Uncle Ling has returned, the Ling family's situation has immediately improved. The shops have reopened and the winery has resumed operations.

As long as you make a good impression on Uncle Ling, marrying into the Ling family will be a sure thing.

The first thing Xi Yuchang saw in the courtyard was the tall and handsome Ling Silang, with a face like jade and eyes like bright stars. The ordinary blue brick house and small farmhouse were really a bit of a waste for the people in the courtyard.

She was stunned.

Du Mingxian put An'an down, straightened up, and turned around to see Xi Yuchang standing a meter away from the entrance, staring blankly with her eyes wide open. She was speechless.

Ling Silang also sensed someone at the door, but he only glanced at the person as soon as they entered, assuming it was a village girl who had come for some business, and didn't pay much attention, as he was waiting for Du Mingxian.

"Let's go." He said gently as he saw that Du Mingxian had already stood up straight.

Du Mingxian didn't answer Ling Silang, but looked at Xi Yuchang at the door, "Who is this, Miss?"

Startled back to her senses by the sound, Xi Yuchang looked up and saw a beautiful woman with a noble air. With just one glance, she felt as if the woman in front of her could see right through her, making her feel inferior and ashamed.

Wang's attention was on An'an in her arms. When she heard Du Mingxian speak, she looked up and saw the person who had come. "Yu Chang is here. Mingxian, is this the girl I told you about yesterday?"

Without waiting for introductions, Xi Yuchang nervously called out, "Fourth Uncle, Fourth Aunt."

Du Mingxian nodded slightly, then turned to Wang and said, "Sister-in-law, my husband and I will go to the county first."

"Okay, you go."

Ling Silang waited for Du Mingxian to leave, but Xi Yuchang didn't want to let it go so easily, so she hurriedly said, "Fourth Uncle, Fourth Aunt, I am Kechen's fiancé."

Du Mingxian turned around in surprise, "Sister-in-law, wasn't Da Bao's engagement called off? This is a new one, how come I didn't know?"

Wang cooperated in the act, saying, "This is the girl who was engaged to Da Bao before, but the engagement was later broken off."

"I was forced into it, it was my parents' wish, I... but I've now convinced them to agree to the marriage," Xi Yuchang quickly explained.

At this moment, Madam Wang said, "Yu Chang, what happened before is in the past. You and Da Bao are not destined to be together, so let's call off the marriage."

"Auntie, I really love Kechen. What happened before was really my parents' idea. Auntie, are you really going to break me and Kechen up?"

Wang was in a dilemma. She had arranged for her son to marry a girl from town, which was the envy of the villagers, and she was very fond of the girl as well. However, breaking off the engagement would hurt everyone.

It's really hard to accept her again; I always feel uncomfortable.

"Sister-in-law, we should ask Da Bao about this."

"He works in the workshop in the back."

Du Mingxian wasn't in a hurry anyway, and she could tell that her sister-in-law actually wanted to refuse, but Xi Yuchang was a formidable woman with a sharp tongue.

"Then I'll go find Da Bao and call him over to ask him."

Ling Silang said, "I'll go, you stay with your sister-in-law."

"Okay." Du Mingxian gave Ling Silang a look, and Ling Silang turned and left.

Xi Yuchang's eyes followed Ling Silang until he was out of sight, then she looked away.

The mute old woman brought Xi Yuchang a small stool, put it down, and turned to leave. Xi Yuchang didn't sit down, but instead went up to tease An'an.

An'an woke up and ate breakfast in the morning, and now she was too lazy to move. She was so lazy that she wouldn't smile no matter who tried to coax her. Du Mingxian felt embarrassed for Xi Yuchang.

She explained, "The child is a little sleepy and doesn't like to smile."

Xi Yuchang gave a reluctant compliment, "It's very good, very cute."

On the other side, Ling Silang went to the workshop and saw Da Bao treading on the yeast. He called out, "Da Bao."

Ling Dabao turned around and saw Ling Silang, who hurriedly came out, "Fourth Uncle, something's wrong."

"Something came up, come out."

Ling Dabao rinsed his feet, put on his shoes and socks, and came out. The young man was seventeen years old this year, but he had grown quite a bit and was now about the same height as Ling Silang, but he was thin and didn't have much meat on his body.

"Fourth uncle."

"Let's go home, your fiancé is here."

Ling Dabao stopped walking out, somewhat hesitant.

Ling Silang turned around and met his eyes, "Why aren't you leaving?"

Ling Dabao hesitated for a moment but said without any hesitation, "Fourth Uncle, I don't want to marry her."

"Then let's go ahead and tell her so we can break things off cleanly. An unmarried girl comes to our house every day. If we don't make things clear to her and keep dragging things out, it's our fault."

"it is good."

The two walked side by side. Ling Dabao turned his head to look at Ling Silang and suddenly asked, "Fourth Uncle, aren't you going to ask me why I don't want to marry her?"

“You must have your reasons for doing this, and I know you’re a good kid.”

Ling Dabao felt a little better. "Her family has a shop in town. After we got engaged, I went to deliver something to her once and found that a young man from a pork shop not far from her family's shop was delivering meat to her."

“She accepted it happily at the time. The young man’s eyes lit up when he saw her. I don’t believe she couldn’t tell, but she was still willing to take other people’s things for free, which made me feel very uncomfortable.”

Ling Silang turned to look at him, "If that's the case, why didn't you tell your family back then and have them break off the engagement?"

“I told my dad when I got back, but he said it’s normal for neighbors to exchange gifts, and we’re already engaged. If we break off the engagement directly, it wouldn’t be good for either of us, so we have no choice but to accept it.”

“Your father is wrong. Marriage is a major life event and cannot be taken lightly.” Ling Silang said to Ling Dabao very seriously, “If you find a good partner, you will be happy every day. If you don’t like her or your values ​​don’t align, every day may be chaotic. You will either have to swallow your anger and keep quiet to avoid trouble.”

Having experienced a major family upheaval and hardship, Ling Dabao has grown up and become more sensible. Therefore, he is more eager to find someone he can get along with. In the past, whenever he went to deliver something to the Xi family, Xi Yuchang would intentionally or unintentionally make some requests.

They all want things.

He can deliver it, but he always asks for it, so he'll be upfront about the price, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

So every time, he would pretend not to understand or just laugh it off.

Every time he went to see Xi Yuchang, he would feel terrible for days, constantly wondering if he could really spend his life with such a person. Could his family accept such a woman?

When trouble broke out in his family, the happiest thing for him was that the Xi family proposed to break off the engagement, but he didn't dare to show it and could only pretend to be sad.

"Thank you, Fourth Uncle."

Ling Silang reached out and gently patted Ling Dabao's shoulder. "You're all grown up now. You can make your own decisions. If your parents disagree but you feel you're right, you can ask us uncles for help, as well as your grandparents. We'll all help you."

"okay, I get it."

The two entered the courtyard, where the atmosphere was somewhat silent. Wang was gently coaxing An'an with her head down. Du Mingxian was not in the courtyard, while Xi Yuchang sat quietly inside.

The two people entered, breaking the silence.

Madam Wang looked up and asked, "Da Bao, Yu Chang is here. She wants to continue the previous engagement. What are your thoughts?"

"Mother, we've already broken off the engagement, so let's leave it at that. I don't want to continue the previous marriage agreement."

Xi Yuchang immediately became anxious, "Kechen, I was forced to do this before. Breaking off the engagement with you was not my choice. I have already persuaded my parents, and they agree."