Free Web NovelChapter 31: Chapter 31: Withdraw a Head
Just then, a loud CLANG came from the kitchen.
They both whipped their heads around to look.
Mrs. Fu poked her head out, a sheepish smile on her face. "The knife... I dropped the knife. You... you two carry on—"
And just as quickly, her head disappeared back inside.
Fu Mingxue: ...?
Qin Wenhao: ?...
Fu Mingxue brought her focus back to him. "So, what do you think?"
"What I want to say is, this matter—"
"Wait, is that Song Yan in your unit?" Fu Mingxue asked.
Qin Wenhao glanced at her, wondering how the conversation had taken such a sharp turn.
But he nodded nonetheless. "—He is."
"Song Yan has ruined my reputation. Since you’re his superior, shouldn’t you take some responsibility for that? Don’t say anything just yet, please hear me out—"
Fu Mingxue glanced toward the kitchen.
Then she took a large stride forward, closing the distance to Qin Wenhao.
"I know my proposal is audacious, but there’s really nothing wrong with my family’s background. My dad was a soldier, too. I just don’t want my mom to worry. Anyway, you’re not married, and I don’t have a partner, so why don’t we just get married? Of course, we can make a deal. If after a year, you decide it isn’t working out, we can get a divorce."
’I can get the reward first and save my life while I’m at it.’
’As for what happens later—’
’The system never said I couldn’t get a divorce.’
Qin Wenhao: ...?
His face darkened.
’We aren’t even married, and she’s already bringing up divorce.’
He straightened up and asked seriously, "Can you please let me finish speaking first?"
"—Go on!" Fu Mingxue also felt that she had indeed been quite forward.
’This was all too sudden. It definitely wasn’t part of the life plan she’d made after being reborn.’
"You’re Fu Mingxue? And your father is Fu Yongjian?"
"Ah, yes!" Then it dawned on Fu Mingxue. "How do you know my dad’s name? Did you know him?"
Qin Wenhao looked at the young woman before him, his expression complex.
He pulled a letter from his pocket and handed it to her. "Read this first."
Fu Mingxue: ...A letter?
She took the letter, puzzled, and opened it—
After she finished reading, she wished she could take it all back. ’Damn this big mouth of mine, why did I have to be so quick to speak!’
Qin Wenhao’s expression was calm. "Your father and my father were comrades-in-arms. They arranged a childhood betrothal for us. Originally—"
’He had come to see if he could call off the engagement first.’
’After all, it wasn’t a good time for him to get married.’
’But he never expected the young woman to propose to him before he could say a word.’
Fu Mingxue was cringing in embarrassment.
She decided to just shout toward the small kitchen, "Mom! Mom! Get out here—"
Hearing her daughter’s call, Mrs. Fu rushed out immediately, still holding the large kitchen knife.
"What is it?"
Qin Wenhao’s gaze fell on the knife.
Mrs. Fu realized holding it wasn’t appropriate and immediately, and quite naturally, lowered her hand.
"—What did you call me for?"
"Mom, look. This is a letter from Dad, from years ago. He said he arranged a childhood betrothal for me. Did you know about this?" freēwebnovel.com
Mrs. Fu: ?...
"What letter? What childhood betrothal?"
"Look at this." Fu Mingxue handed the time-worn letter to her mother.
Mrs. Fu quickly took it and began to read—
By the time she finished, her hands were trembling with emotion. "It’s your father’s handwriting. It’s his—"
"Mom, so did you know about the betrothal?"
’If she had told me earlier, I wouldn’t have been so impulsive and proposed to the guy myself.’
Mrs. Fu’s eyes grew red. She took a moment to compose herself.
"—I didn’t know. But that doesn’t matter. In any case, it was your father’s decision, so—"
She suddenly turned to Qin Wenhao. "You’re the boy from the Qin family in the letter?"
