When the female supporting role has a beauty system

Chapter 1454 Jin Yue 55
Gu Yu asked somewhat shyly, "Miss, do you think I should marry Lu Yuan?"

Tan You: "In this life, all I want is stability. In my eyes, marriage is a choice, not an inevitable outcome. Whatever choice you make, I will accept it."

"But sincerity is also precious. If the other party shows great sincerity and you are also interested in them, then you might as well take a look first."

"If you find someone who resonates with you on your life's journey, there's no need to deliberately reject them."

Gu Yu quieted down and after a long while, she whispered, "Miss, I understand."

Tan You chuckled: "That's more like it. Don't deliberately reject fate. When it's time to embrace, be generous and open. Does getting married mean you're no longer yourself? You just have the identity of a wife."

You are still you.

"If one day you are unhappy, then leave him without hesitation, and put yourself at the center of everything."

Lin Jinyue: "I agree with what the girl said. Only by experiencing and feeling things can we better know which way to go in the future."

"If things don't go well for you, Yun-ge'er will always be there for you. Wouldn't he protect you?"

The maids exchanged glances; to be frank, they weren't all strangers. Their families had been getting increasingly anxious about their unmarried status for years.

Xiaoman: "My mother told me a few days ago that she was worried that I would have no one to take care of me in my old age, so she was thinking of giving me my younger brother's son to adopt."

“I’m not willing. If I want to retire, can’t I just get married and have my own child? Why should I raise someone else’s child? Not even my own brother’s.”

"The money I've saved from working all these years isn't for anyone else to spend."

Tan You: "Since you're interested, I'll help you find someone. I can't let you suffer any injustice."

"To be honest, these past few years, having you stay with me in this border town has delayed your marriage prospects."

With tears in her eyes, Gu Yu said, "Miss, what are you saying? If Miss doesn't wake up, we will not get married. We will only be able to put our minds at ease when Miss returns safely."

Lin Jinyue smiled faintly: "It's my fault for not waking up sooner."

Seeing that the master and servant were about to cry again, Tan You had to interrupt them: "It's not like we're filming a melodramatic scene, why are there so many tears?"

Cheng Sui, mature and prudent, said: "Tears are a blessing; if you cry too much, your future blessings will be diminished."

The master and servants looked at each other, then quickly burst into laughter.

Cheng Qian was able to take a position in the capital, but Cheng Kun was not; he remained stationed on the border. When Wei went to her estate to practice Buddhism and cultivate her spirituality, Cheng Kun naturally received the news.

Cheng Kun simply laughed it off; he and Wei Shi had long since lost all affection for each other. Now that Wei Shi was at the estate, Cheng Kun felt nothing. With concubines and illegitimate children by his side at the border, why would he think of Wei Shi?

The men of the Cheng family are inherently cold-hearted.

Cheng Qian could not sway Cheng Kun's will. Since joining the Western Suburbs Camp, he had maintained a frequency of visiting the estate approximately every three days. It could be said that Wei had seen Cheng Qian more times during this period than Cheng Qian had in the previous 22 years.

That day, after finishing his shift, Cheng Qian went to the Wei family's estate.

At that time, Madam Wei was cooking over a fire. She was wearing coarse cloth clothes, an apron around her waist, and her hair was wrapped in a cloth. She no longer had the elegance and nobility she once had in the Duke's mansion.

Cheng Qian stood in front of the kitchen for a while before stepping in: "Why didn't you have the maids do it? You've never made these before." Wei wiped the dust off her face with her sleeve, and smiled when she saw Cheng Qian: "I'm learning to make them. The head of the estate's wife is very kind. I've learned a few farm dishes from her recently. Since you're here, please give me your feedback."

Cheng Qian felt a tightness in his chest: "You...you don't need to do everything yourself."

Wei paused as she picked up the firewood, then suddenly laughed: "It's too boring on the estate. I need to find something to do, otherwise I won't have peace of mind."

Cheng Qian's heart skipped a beat: "No peace?"

Wei stuffed firewood into the stove: "Whenever I calm down, I think about all the terrible things I've done over the years. When I close my eyes, all the people I've harmed line up in front of me."

“I used to think I was right, but now that I’ve started reading Buddhist scriptures and sincerely repenting, I realize how wicked I was.”

"I'm sorry to you, but I'm even more sorry to Lin Jinyue and Cheng Sui."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore."

Wei changed the subject and started arranging for Cheng Qian to eat: "The head of the estate sent over a rabbit this afternoon. I made spicy rabbit cubes. Would you like to try it and see if it's good?"

Cheng Qian took a bite of the rabbit meat and noticed that Wei was only focused on eating cabbage and tofu. He placed a piece of rabbit meat on Wei's plate: "You should eat some too."

Wei placed the rabbit meat on his plate, saying, "I've switched to a vegetarian diet now."

Cheng Qian lost his appetite: "Even if we're at the manor, you shouldn't treat yourself so harshly."

Wei laughed: "What kind of mistreatment is this? I eat and drink well here. Although I don't eat meat, I'm full at every meal. I'm just settling down and starting to live the life of an ordinary person."

“In the past… life wasn’t this extravagant. It’s just because of you and your father that the Cheng family went from a fifth-rank family to a first-rank Zhenguo Duke’s mansion, which suddenly fueled my ambition.”

"Looking back now, no matter how great one's ambition, if one's virtue does not match one's position, the disasters that will befall one will only be greater."

Cheng Qian chewed on the rabbit meat: "Don't you resent her?"

Madam Wei put down her chopsticks: "To say I don't resent her would be a complete lie. But more than resentment, I admire her."

Seeing Cheng Qian's surprised expression, Madam Wei couldn't help but smile and ask, "Are you very surprised?"

“Just like you said, I am a woman of the backyard. That’s how I was raised by my parents. All I can see is the struggle in the backyard, vying for a man’s favor, fighting for benefits for my children, and consolidating my own position.”

"But when I met a girl, I realized that this was wrong. Compared to pleasing and flattering men, I am the most important. A woman's battlefield is never on men, but should be fought for from outside."

"She took Cheng Sui to the border, where she opened a sweater workshop and supported many poor families. She also organized caravans that traveled between the Central Plains and the border."

"She made me realize that the world of women is not so narrow."

“I didn’t understand it before, but now that I’ve come to the village, I’m gradually beginning to understand this principle.”

"But the mistake has already been made, and no matter how much I regret it now, the evil I have done will not be forgotten."

Cheng Qian looked at Wei Shi as if he were seeing her for the first time, and after a long while he said, "You've changed a lot."

Ms. Wei: "I've just figured it out. I've figured out what kind of person I am, and I'm no longer floating in the air. I used to think I was high and mighty, but now when I look back, I think I'm ridiculous."