One Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-One Marriage (II)

During this period, she and her second uncle were happier than ever. They were no longer as hostile to each other as they were in the past, and they would no longer quarrel over every little thing. She liked the peaceful life she had now. However, in such a peaceful life, there was a person who was the shackle of guilt that had always been on her neck.

"Xingxing, your phone has been ringing for a long time." Chen Cheng saw that she had been holding the phone in a daze, and he couldn't help but gently bumped her with his elbow, "What's wrong with you? You are so distracted."

Song Zhixing came back to her senses and smiled, "I'm too tired from studying recently. I'll answer the phone first."

Chen Cheng nodded. Song Zhixing answered the phone and put it to his ear. Li Hanyan's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Are you still in class? It took you so long to answer the phone."

To Song Zhixing, she always maintained her usual gentleness.

"No." Song Zhixing replied, "I just... had too many books in my hands just now."

"You little heartless person, have you forgotten me, your aunt? You said you would contact me often on the day you left, but it's been so long and I haven't seen you call me once. If I hadn't called you today, would you never contact your aunt?" Li Hanyan's words seemed to be filled with anger and pampering.

Song Zhixing was in a heavy mood, and even though the other party couldn't see it, she lowered her head lower and lower. She didn't mean it. It's just that she was so guilty that she didn't know how to face it, so she could only force herself to forget. It seemed that if she didn't contact her aunt or meet her, she wouldn't have to think about this tangled triangle relationship.

"I'm sorry, aunt..." Song Zhixing apologized.

Li Hanyan laughed, "Are you serious? Auntie knows you've been working hard lately. I heard from your second uncle that you've moved to live in the school now."

"...Yeah. I've been living there for several days. Auntie, you called me, is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing. It's like this, your second uncle's family invited me to have dinner with them tonight. Your second uncle's parents are also with us. I thought you're also one of our family, so auntie will come to pick you up later, okay?"

Song Zhixing hugged the book in her arms tightly, "You are meeting so many people today... There must be something important to discuss, right?"

Li Hanyan smiled, "Isn't your fifth uncle getting married soon? Your grandfather and your great grandfather meant that after Tang Yi got married, they would start to arrange things for me and your second uncle. Recently, Uncle Tang and Auntie finally came over, so we have to talk about the marriage tonight. Speaking of which, your second uncle and I are not young anymore."

Talk about marriage...

Song Zhixing stood there blankly holding the phone,

I only felt that these three words pierced her eardrums one by one. She raised her eyes and looked into the distance for a long time, then retracted her gaze and asked softly: "What about the second uncle? Has the second uncle agreed to get married now?"

"Since he is willing to take me to meet his parents, I think your second uncle's intention should be very clear." Li Hanyan seemed very happy. At the end, as if because Song Zhixing did not respond, she asked again: "Xingxing, why are you silent? Haven't you always hoped that I would marry your second uncle and want to match us up? Don't you have anything to say to your aunt now?"

Song Zhixing wanted to say something hypocritical like "Congratulations" and "Happily Ever After", but she really couldn't say it. She felt embarrassed to say a single word.

"Aunt, you are a family gathering, I won't go with you." After a while, Song Zhixing squeezed out a few words stiffly from her throat, and as if she wanted to make her voice sound normal, she took a deep breath and continued: "I have already had dinner."

Li Hanyan didn't force it, "Okay. In this case, then aunt won't come to pick you up."

"Okay."

"You must do well in the exam. Your grandfather also said that he will come to pick you up in person."

Song Zhixing held the phone tightly, and her breathing became tighter. In the end, she didn't tell her aunt that she had no plans to leave Youcheng. At least, she didn't have such plans recently.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Cheng couldn't help but look at her twice more. Seeing that her face was not right, he was a little worried, "Are you okay?"

Song Zhixing's mind was still echoing the word "marriage" for a long time. Hearing Chen Cheng's question, it took a while for her to finally come back to her senses. Shaking her head, "Let's go back to the dormitory."

She didn't want to say it, so Chen Cheng naturally didn't ask. But it can be seen that she has been worried. The two of them put down their books and went to the cafeteria to have dinner. Song Zhixing was absent-minded and ate with a few bites.

Chen Cheng couldn't help asking several times, but Song Zhixing put down his chopsticks first, "Chengcheng, you eat first, I'll go back to the dormitory to make a phone call."

After saying that, without waiting for Chen Cheng to say anything, he put away the tableware in the restaurant and left in a hurry.

Because Tang Yu was reluctant to let Song Zhixing share a dormitory with several other classmates, she was a special case and lived in a single dormitory. Chen Cheng moved in to keep her company. After returning to the dormitory, Song Zhixing called Tang Yu directly.

Tang Yu's phone rang only briefly a few times, and then he picked up.

"Hello."

His voice came from the phone, and Song Zhixing suddenly felt much better when she heard it. She knew Tang Yu's thoughts about his aunt, and he didn't want to get married.

She thought for a moment before tentatively speaking, "I heard that your parents are here, Uncle. Although I have been in the Tang family for so many years, I have very few opportunities to see them. So, should I meet them?"

Song Zhixing originally thought that his second uncle would definitely arrange a meeting for them. However, unexpectedly, after a moment of silence, he said, "Xingxing, don't be in a hurry to meet them."

Song Zhixing's heart sank.

In fact, she was not mentally prepared to meet them, but when she heard him say that, she still felt disappointed. Some sour bubbles kept jumping in her chest.

He took his parents to meet his aunt, but he was not in a hurry to meet her, and his aunt was his nominal fiancée. What did he mean by this? She couldn't guess, so she couldn't help but think about it.

"You called me to talk about this?" Tang Yu asked her.

"Ah, um." Song Zhixing came back to her senses, and then, her voice lowered, "It's okay, second uncle, you do your thing. I'm going to do my homework! Goodbye!"

She hung up the phone without waiting for Tang Yu to say anything else. However, her tone was so wrong, and the last two words "goodbye" were so heavy, obviously there was a component of anger. As smart as my second uncle is, he would be able to easily tell that something is wrong.