CHAPTER 74: CHAPTER 71: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT WITH HIDDEN SECRETS

"Hehua! Hehua!" Seeing Liu Yinghe run away like that, Jiang Jian Guo hurriedly started to chase after her.

Jiang Mingyue laughed, "Big brother, if you dare to chase after her today, I will never call you big brother again."

This statement made Jiang Jian Guo halt abruptly.

Although he didn’t understand everything that just happened, he knew his sister would not harm him, he could at least distinguish that much.

"I, I want to go learn carpentry from Master Wu."

Hmph! Fool.

Jiang Mingyue recalled everything she had just witnessed.

Jiang Beihua and Liu Yinghe had long been fooling around together.

After discovering she was pregnant, she went to find Jiang Beihua, but Jiang Beihua already had someone; he was about to become the son-in-law of a city family, so it was impossible for him to marry Liu Yinghe.

Yet, he was shameless enough not to want her to abort the child, coming up with an unprecedentedly brilliant idea.

He asked Liu Yinghe to find Jiang Jian Guo, who was struggling to find a bride, assuring Liu Yinghe that he would find a way to confuse the timing when she gave birth, so no one would suspect, thus preserving Liu Yinghe’s reputation.

He then continued to date his city fiancée, whose family was wealthy and influential, and she was an only child. After they got married and the assets were under his name, he would divorce and bring Liu Yinghe and her son to the city to enjoy life, implying everything he was doing now was for the future of Liu Yinghe and their son.

Jiang Mingyue almost laughed aloud; only Liu Yinghe could believe such nonsense.

Also, the handkerchief she found last time was indeed something Liu Yinghe used to seduce her brother.

She once thought if her brother knew he lost the handkerchief, he would definitely search for it everywhere. Turns out Liu Yinghe secretly tucked it in.

Did she really think a single handkerchief could win over a man?

The most unexpected part was, this person was related to Wu Cuilan, a daughter of Wu Cuilan’s cousin, making her essentially a niece, which was shocking.

Because she was seeing things at N times speed, she didn’t know if Wu Cuilan was aware of these things or if she was involved as well?

She listened to what Wu Cuilan and Jiang Beishan were saying, indicating that this woman was not just good at causing trouble and taking advantage, but she also had some schemes of her own.

Thinking of it, she was really similar to Old Mrs. Jiang.

Liu Yinghe had run far, and her brother crouched on the ground like he was mourning, his pitiful look made Jiang Mingyue’s heart ache, and she couldn’t help but spill the truth.

"Big brother, do you know why Liu Yinghe was scared off by me just now?"

No reply!

"It’s because I told her if she dared to pester you again, I’d tell everyone that she’s carrying a child, so the people of Lotus Village and Qingshan Village would know."

After a long while... finally, a head lifted up, "Sister, what, what did you say?"

"Why do you think she suddenly approached you? Wasn’t it just to make you the convenient father to raise the child, and later claim it’s yours? Big brother! If Liu Yinghe was a good girl, I would have been happy if you married her, but Liu Yinghe is not worthy."

At this moment, Jiang Jian Guo felt as if a bucket of cold water was dumped on his head in the dead of winter, bringing him a piercing clarity.

Strangely he didn’t jump up against his sister, rather, he started to believe her words.

Even though sister hadn’t been at home long, he wasn’t so naive as to not feel that she genuinely cared for everyone in the family, wholeheartedly.

If it were anyone else, he would have grabbed their collar and gone mad today, but not his sister.

It’s either sister or Liu Yinghe, putting the two side by side and choosing calmly wasn’t hard, of course, he would choose his sister, even if it meant never marrying in this lifetime, he would rather choose his sister.

"Sister, how do you know?"

Jiang Mingyue lied without blinking, knowing well that since the relationship wasn’t good, her brother wouldn’t go fact-checking.

"I overheard it unintentionally, of course. You know Jiang Beishan and Liu Yinghe have a good relationship, the two were whispering in the corner behind the wall of brother’s room, and I happened to overhear them through the window. Initially, I thought they were joking, but just now I scared Liu Yinghe a bit, and you saw her turn pale with fear, she must be guilty, brother." And there was that handkerchief; she was giving you medicine, lucky you ran away quickly, you fool.

Such speculative words made Jiang Jian Guo think deeper.

For instance, Hehua hadn’t spoken to him in three years, but suddenly blocked him at the village entrance saying she always loved him and wanted to marry him soon; asking Yang the Third to convey messages both directly and indirectly, urging him to find a matchmaker to propose. That day he was again asked to go to Lotus Village to find her, saying it was urgent, but then suddenly she came alone, saying she wanted to marry him and that a little dowry would do, a matchmaker would do, no need for a wedding banquet, just bring her over to live directly—

Wasn’t it too rushed?

All these were doubts. They were laid out in front of him like a big net, just waiting for him to step in.

The more Jiang Jian Guo thought about it, the more cold sweat he broke into. After all, being played for a fool was something no man could accept.

Jiang Mingyue watched her brother’s reaction, then turned her head to look at the soapberry tree overhead, and she smiled!

Between men and women, at first, it’s like there’s a veil. It’s thin, but it can make the one who likes it mesmerized, seeing Xiao Xiannu everywhere. But once the veil is torn away one day, you’ll feel that’s not the person you liked, it’s different from the one you always adored. Once there’s a gap in perception, you’ll find more and more discomfort, leading to doubt about life.

Jiang Mingyue knew, making her brother accept all this at once wasn’t easy, the book reveals why later, Jiang Jian Guo was so obsessed with Hehua. Was it because she was as beautiful as a lotus flower?

Not really!

Liu Yinghe might have forgotten, but her brother always remembered.

The front mountain of Lotus Village and the back mountain of Qingshan Village are connected, separated only by a small natural rocky hill. When her brother was fourteen, Qingshan Village was also in famine, the family relied on Uncle’s help, but it was like a drop in the bucket, he couldn’t bear to eat for himself, leaving all the little grain for his younger siblings, while he went up the mountain looking for food.

But back in those days, every family was the same, you went to look on the mountain, and so did others. Wild vegetables, grass, leaves edible up there were long gone, even tree bark was stripped away, but he was starving, so he went, hoping to try his luck for something to fill his belly.

Biting his teeth, driven by the will to survive, he went up the mountain, but after searching all the way, there was nothing to eat; the trees on the mountain were bare. Coming to the small rocky hill he was on the brink, lying there, ready to resign to fate.

At that moment, a girl a bit younger than him stuffed half a corn and wild vegetable pancake into him, saving his life.

She said her name was Hehua.

He wanted to talk to her, tell her his name, but at that moment he hadn’t recovered, and someone called the little girl, she ran off vanishing.

Since then, the girl named Hehua took root in Jiang Jian Guo’s heart.

Although he kept trying to find her, he never saw her again.

Until three years ago, when Jiang Zhenzhu was playing with Liu Yinghe, he bumped into them, and at one glance, he recognized her.

That’s how the story of love at first sight came about.

Jiang Mingyue patted her brother on the shoulder, this man was truly heartbroken, crouching on the ground, licking his wounds, Jiang Mingyue did not disturb him.