“This matter your father and I have decided. It’s not up to you.”
“You were careless and caused this situation. Xiao Lu isn’t holding it against you, and you still have the nerve to say you’re unwilling?”
Mother Su wished she could immediately cover her daughter’s mouth.
The rice was already cooked what was the point of being stubborn now?
If she didn’t marry Xiao Lu, who else could she marry in the future?
What if…
Mother Su’s gaze drifted toward Su Wanwan’s stomach. The two of them had been muddle-headed last night. What if she got pregnant by accident? Then her daughter’s reputation would be completely ruined.
The wedding had to be arranged as soon as possible.
“Uncle, Auntie, let me talk to Wanwan alone.”
Lu Xiao knew Su Wanwan was still young and might find it hard to accept getting married so suddenly.
Besides, everything last night had happened so abruptly. There wasn’t much emotional foundation between them.
But he wasn’t someone who avoided responsibility.
Since they were already husband and wife in fact, he would shoulder that responsibility.
He was seven years older than Su Wanwan. With such an age gap, as a man, he should be more accommodating.
“Alright, you two go back to her room and talk it out. It’s best to say everything clearly.”
Mother Su was quite satisfied with this prospective son-in-law.
Mature, steady, capable, and from a good family.
So young and already a battalion commander he surely had a promising future. Even if he retired one day, his family would certainly arrange a good path for him, and her daughter would live comfortably.
It wasn’t that she was snobbish, but how could marriage not consider practical factors?
Daily life revolved around rice, oil, salt, and necessities none of which fell from the sky for free.
She wouldn’t marry her daughter into a family where she would suffer hardship. She hadn’t suffered at home; why should she suffer at her in-laws’?
She hadn’t raised her daughter all these years just to let her endure hardship.
Su Wanwan thought for a moment and returned to her room.
This era wasn’t the one she came from such things couldn’t simply be treated as if they never happened.
Just thinking about it gave her a headache. She didn’t even know what kind of family he came from, yet she was about to marry him.
Even rockets weren’t this fast.
It wasn’t this trendy even in modern times.
She transmigrated to the 1970s and was about to have a flash marriage.
Lu Xiao walked behind her. The girl only reached his shoulder.
Seeing that she didn’t dare take big steps and walked slowly instead, his eyes flickered.
Back in her room, Su Wanwan sat directly on the kang. She felt miserable her whole body ached and she didn’t want to move. All she wanted was to sleep.
Lu Xiao looked around her room. It wasn’t large, but it was cozy. It was obvious the Su family cherished their daughter; everything she needed was there.
It was completely different from the room he had stayed in.
A kang cabinet, a large chest, chairs, a desk, a washstand, and a small kang table.
A young girl’s mirror, a small wooden comb, face cream, soap, and so on.
A faint fragrance lingered in the air.
“Ahem… I think we need to talk this through properly. Marriage isn’t a joke. First, I apologize. I went into the wrong room last night, and I’ll take responsibility for the consequences.”
“If you already have someone you like, I won’t stand in your way. We can pretend nothing happened. I won’t use this to threaten you or demand money or anything like that. I can swear to heaven.”
“If you’re afraid I might go back on my word, I can even write a statement.”
“In many ways… we’re quite different. We’re really not suitable.”
“I’ll talk to my parents.”
Su Wanwan thought that Lu Xiao clearly wasn’t from an ordinary family. His bearing alone revealed a certain nobility. In such families, marriage wasn’t something just any rural girl could casually enter.
She could already imagine the uproar that would happen in his family once they learned of this.
Lu Xiao raised an eyebrow. He hadn’t expected the young girl to say that.
But she was young, after all she didn’t understand the seriousness of the situation.
In a case like theirs, not marrying would only disadvantage her more.
He was a man; he wouldn’t do something so dishonorable. Her innocence was already gone.
“Since you’ve finished, I’ll speak now.”
“First, let me clarify I don’t have someone I like. But it’s true that my family has been urging me to marry.”
“My family is in the capital. My parents and my uncle and aunt live with my grandparents. My uncle has a son. I have two older sisters and a younger sister. There’s also an aunt who occasionally comes home to visit my grandparents.”
“But you don’t need to be afraid. We won’t live with them long-term.”
“I’m currently a battalion commander. After we marry, I’ll immediately apply for family housing. At most, we’ll go back once a year for the New Year.”
“My monthly allowance is eighty-nine yuan and fifty cents. Aside from keeping a little for pocket money, I’ll hand the rest to you.”
“As for my family, you don’t need to worry about them. I’ll handle everything including our marriage and any issues that come afterward. All you need to do is be my wife.”
“And regarding the betrothal gifts, you won’t be shortchanged.”
Lu Xiao could hear the implication in her words she was worried his family wouldn’t agree.
But that wasn’t her concern.
He would handle everything.
All his life, once he made up his mind about something, no one could change it.
“Have you really thought it through?”
Seeing the seriousness on his face, Su Wanwan realized he truly intended to marry her.
“When I, Lu Xiao, say something, I don’t take it back.”
“Lie down and rest for now. I’ll take care of the rest.”
Even after lying down under the covers, Su Wanwan’s mind was still in a daze.
Lu Xiao returned to his room and tidied up the mess. When he saw the streak of red on the mattress, his ears turned crimson.
Next, Lu Xiao needed to submit a marriage application and inform his family so they could come as soon as possible to formally propose.
A swift resolution.
Better to finish it quickly, lest complications arise.
“What?”
“Mom, say that again what did the battalion commander go to do?”
Su Huai’an suspected he had misheard.
His little sister… was going to marry Battalion Commander Lu!