Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1257 Want to fly to the sky?

Chen Hui glanced at Xiao Wei, and the two of them rushed over together and pinned Wang Jiwei to the kang (a heated brick bed): "Beat him."

If he couldn't be tickled—his body was too tough—then he resorted to tickling. Surprisingly, this tough guy was actually ticklish; he writhed and laughed until he was weak, saying, "I give up, I give up, I was wrong, I, haha, I fought back! Ah. I give up!"

After making a fuss for a while, Wang Jiwei sat cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed), while Xiaowei and Chen Hui sat on the edge of the kang. All three of them lit a cigarette.

"What's going on? You didn't just come here to disturb my sleep, did you?"

Chen Hui looked at Xiao Wei.

Xiao Wei licked his lips, scratched his head, took a deep breath, and said, "Um, well, Brother Wang, I want to ask you something."

Wang Jiwei looked at the two of them with suspicion and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you all talking so much?"

Xiao Wei rubbed his nose and said, "What do you think of my sister?"

Wang Jiwei paused for a moment: "Xuemei? Great." He nodded: "Good girl, good personality, good looks, smart, hardworking. Uh," he widened his eyes and looked up at Xiaowei and Chen Hui, then shook his head quickly: "No way. No way, no way, that's bullshit."

Chen Hui asked, "What can't be done? What just can't be done?"

Wang Jiwei said, "No, absolutely not. You two don't need to say anything more. Go back to sleep."

Xiao Wei's smile faded, and he asked Wang Jiwei seriously, "Why?"

Wang Jiwei looked at the cigarette in his hand, thought for a moment, and licked his lips: "It really won't work. I appreciate your kindness."

Chen Hui said, "You need to explain yourself clearly. What kind of situation is this?"

Wang Jiwei said, "Forget it, there's no point in saying anything. Let's just pretend this wasn't mentioned. You two go to sleep. I'm not good enough for you."

Xiao Wei said, "What do you mean by 'good enough' or 'not good enough'? What kind of lame excuse is that? It's like we're making things difficult for you. Are you trying to hurt us? My sister isn't good enough for you, is she?" He was a little angry, and his tone was a bit sharp.

Chen Hui patted Xiao Wei on the shoulder and said, "Brother Jiwei, we've been together for quite a while now, and we know each other pretty well, right? We might have been a bit abrupt about this today, but since it's been brought up, you can't just bluntly shut us down, can you?"

Wang Jiwei said, "No, this has nothing to do with you guys. I'm not blind or stupid, do you think I don't know what's good for me? But it really can't work."

Xiao Wei asked Wang Jiwei, "Can we still get along? What does she take my sister for?"

Chen Hui said, "Jiwei, you really need to make things clear. To put it bluntly, given our situation, what kind of guy could we possibly find for my sister? The fact that we came to see you in the middle of the night shows we truly consider you family. Let's not let this hurt our relationship, okay?"

Wang Jiwei frowned and thought for a while, then lit another cigarette and said, "I have a child. I have a daughter who is three years old. All I want to do in my life is earn some money to raise my daughter well. I have never thought about finding someone else."

Xiao Wei and Chen Hui both gaped in surprise. Chen Hui slapped Wang Jiwei on the shoulder and said, "Wow, buddy, that's amazing. Where's her mom?"

Wang Jiwei said, "It's over. I just said it, didn't I? Last autumn, he left."

Xiao Wei said, "Divorced? Last autumn, I don't think you came home at all, right? We've been together the whole time."

Wang Jiwei said, "We never got a marriage certificate. Originally, we were thinking of making some money to bring them to the city and then getting one. In our rural area, we don't really value marriage certificates. If both families feel it's okay, we just move in together to get things done, and that's it."

"Besides, I was in the army, and we didn't even get to do anything. She found out she was pregnant and moved into my house. She stayed there until last year, when she called me and left. I feel bad for her, and I'm too ashamed to go see her. I had my brother send some money to her family."

Chen Hui asked, "Why? There has to be a reason, right?"

Wang Jiwei said, "I can't retire from the army anytime soon, and I don't want to. Someone like me doesn't know anything, and I'd be useless if I went back to civilian life. Can fighting and shooting put food on the table? They don't even care about job assignments anymore."

Being apart so rarely throughout the year is something no one would enjoy. Besides," he clicked his tongue, "you all know how complicated things are in the countryside. My mom is a bit picky and doesn't mince words, and I'm away from home most of the time, so my girlfriend had had enough. In the end, she left with someone else."

Chen Hui asked, "So, is there any possibility that you and the child's mother will get back together?"

Wang Jiwei shook his head: "It's impossible. I can't accept her coming back. I've figured it out. A man has to be rich or powerful. Everything else is useless. I don't want to look for someone else. I'll just work with you guys to save some money, bring the child out, and support her properly. That's enough."

Xiao Wei said, "Is it because of this feeling that things won't work out with my sister? Do you want to hear my sister's story?"

Wang Jiwei looked at Xiaowei.

Xiaowei recounted the stories of Qin Xuemei and Yang Xuemei.

"Now, she is Qin Xuemei, my sister. The old her is dead. Now she is the biggest concern in our family, the biggest worry for everyone. We are afraid that she will not be able to get over this knot in her heart."

And now I'm getting older every year, this can't go on forever. The longer someone is alone, the more unpredictable things are likely to happen. And this is something I can't mention, can't ask, and dare not say in front of her, you understand?

Now, I've finally realized that she's opened a crack in her heart and treats you differently from others. You know, I'm so happy I want to shout it out. Otherwise, would I have come all the way here in the middle of the night?

Chen Hui said, "Besides, Jiwei, things have taken a little wrong turn. Xiaowei got a bit excited and didn't know how to handle things. He talked to Sister Xuemei before coming to you, and most importantly, Sister Xuemei didn't object, you understand?"

Xiao Wei said, "Now, if I go and tell Sister Xuemei that you don't agree, I don't even need to think about what will happen next. My sister will definitely be finished. She'll completely shut herself off, and she might even get seriously ill or do something else."

Chen Hui patted Wang Jiwei: "So, brother, this matter is entirely up to you now. Sister Xuemei has just come out of the shadows, and how she lives her life from now on, whether it's good or bad, is up to you."

Xiao Wei said, "Even if you don't agree in the end, I won't blame you. But I will hate you for the rest of my life."

Chen Hui said, "If you can bear to see Sister Xuemei go back to her old ways, then stick to it to the end, as long as you don't feel guilty later."

Wang Jiwei turned his head and looked at the two of them: "How did this suddenly become my problem? Me."

Chen Hui said, "So stop overthinking it, really. Sister Xuemei definitely doesn't care whether you have a child or not. And to be honest, you should be secretly happy, Xuemei is so beautiful and has such a good personality."

Besides, he's now our brother-in-law, what more do you want? Do you want to fly to the moon?

(End of this chapter)