CH 22.1

The two walked forward silently, neither of them spoke, nor did they intend to stop.

Zhang Fangyuan gritted his teeth, regretting secretly, why did he look drunk today even though he hadn't had any alcohol. He was talking nonsense, he was so happy to see people coming that he lost his minds.

Serious people, who would go to hold someone else's hand without getting married?

Xu He didn't speak for a long time, and he didn't know what to do in his heart. Xu He didn't think that he was the kind of person who came here randomly, he coughed dryly: "I'm not..."

Before he finished speaking, he closed his mouth, the little finger and ring finger of his right hand were warm, and they were held lightly.

Zhang Fangyuan blushed slightly, and his breathing was short for a moment. After he realized it, he quickly backhanded and grabbed Xu He's tentative hand into his own.

Xu He was a tall little ge’er, but he was still very small in front of him, his fingers were clearly long and slender, but Zhang Fangyuan's big palm could still completely cover it.

Both of them fell into silence again, closely feeling the warmth from the touching hands, the corners of their mouths slightly raised, and their eyes were softer than the moonlight.

Xu He suddenly asked: "Is my hand not good to hold?"

"Huh?" Zhang Fangyuan didn't know, so he said: "How can it be?" He was eager to weld their hands.

"I have a lot of calluses on my hands, and they are not soft at all."

Zhang Fangyuan touched Xu He's palm lightly with his fingers. His fingertips indeed found a few hard calluses, but the rubbing made him careless.

"I won't let you do so much work in the future, and you will be able to take care of yourself."

Xu He paused, and murmured with a smile: "The work is always in our house, can you still take care of our family's affairs?"

Zhang Fangyuan stopped suddenly. Although he didn't want to let go of Xu He's hand, he did so first. He took out a handkerchief from his chest and slowly opened it. The bracelet silver glowed under the moonlight.

"I asked you out today to give you this."

He took Xu He's right hand and put the bracelet on his wrist.

Xu He felt a warm and cool touch. The cold silver bracelet had been placed on Zhang Fangyuan's chest for an unknown amount of time, and it had already taken on his body temperature. This thing was expensive, it was so big, at least three or four taels, and it was heavy to hang on the wrist, Xu He panicked: "This is too precious, I can't..."

"This is left by my mother."

Xu He completely confused: "What do you mean!?"

"I want to go to your house to propose marriage!"

Zhang Fangyuan eagerly said what was in his heart. He held down Xu He's movement to pull out the bracelet, which also interrupted Xu He's refusal.

"..."

"You, you want to marry me?"

Zhang Fangyuan hurriedly said: "Of course!"

Xu He had mixed feelings for a moment, and suddenly lowered his eyes: “You really want to get married, so you choose me...”

Zhang Fangyuan was a little anxious when he heard the words: "I really want to get married, but I didn't find you because I wanted to get married. It's you who made me want to get married."

Xu He didn't speak. Zhang Fangyuan was uneasy: "I, did I explain it clearly? Can you understand me?"

"Why..."

"I have already held your hand, so naturally I want to marry you!" Zhang Fangyuan said as a matter course.

"Why me?" Xu He looked at Zhang Fangyuan: "Is it because you can't marry my second sister?"

"I want to marry you because I like you! I have nothing to do with your second sister," When Zhang Fangyuan heard such words, he was so angry that everyone could only see Xu Shaochun that made Xu He became like this, so he had to explain patiently: "At the beginning, I really wanted to get married as soon as possible, so I asked the matchmaker to talk about marriage, and then I went to Guang family. Later, I knew that I liked you, so I wanted to find something serious to do, so that I can go to the Xu family to ask for marriage."

Xu Hexu was shocked, and seemed to think about the truth of what Zhang Fangyuan said, so he kept silent.

Zhang Fangyuan's heart was in a mess, silence was more difficult than a blunt refusal: "Am I too anxious and scare you? It's my fourth uncle, fourth uncle said that if you like other, you must let the other party know your mind. I’m in hurry, I'm in hurry..."

Xu He's complexion didn't change, but his heart felt warm, and his eyes were filled with his own emotions: "You...why do you like me." He knew that such a question was too vulgar, but...he was different from others, and he really wanted to know why.

"I've thought about this too, but I can't figure out why. Maybe it was when I first saw you, when I went to your house."

"Maybe when you told me that the thief wanted to take my things. Or... when everyone didn't believe that the Guang family was a thief, you didn't have to say anything, but you still explained it for me..."

Too much, he wiped his blood and bandaged his hands...

They were like two people in the crowd who no one cared about, and then cared about each other and saw each other.

Zhang Fangyuan answered all Xu He's questions, but his own questions hadn’t been answered for a long time. He was anxious and shook Xu He's hand: "You haven't told me, is it okay? If not, I can wait a little longer."

"Okay."

"What did you say?"

"I say yes!"

Xu He was very confused, but he still couldn't help but agreed, so straightforward that even he was astonished.

Zhang Fangyuan laughed, and then began to scratch his ears and complain: "Then I will tell my aunt when I go back, and let her come with me to your house to propose a marriage. Now I know what to buy for a marriage proposal, very soon."

Xu He listened to his ramblings, and felt as if he was looking forward for him to come to the door tomorrow. He regained his sanity, and hurriedly stopped him: "We need to wait until my second sister's marriage is completed. Don't worry now."

Zhang Fangyuan knew the situation of  the Xu's family, and he didn't want to make things difficult for Xu He at home, but he didn't want to wait too long: "Then if your second sister doesn't marry for a long time, won't it also difficult for us to get married?"

The words fell into Xu He's ears, which made him a little embarrassed, but he still tried to calm down and said: "The family is optimistic about the Fei family. After the exam, the Fei family will come to propose. It will take less than two months."

"Your second sister and Fei Lian?"

"Yeah."

Zhang Fangyuan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and he solved two worries in his heart with one sentence: "Then that's great! I'll go back and make preparations. You don't have to worry about anything. Just wait at home and wait for me to come and marry you."