How big could a village really be?
So it didn’t take long for Su Nian’an to follow Comrade Wang before they arrived near the adobe houses where the educated youths lived together.
At this time, every household was having dinner. Su Nian’an could smell the faint aroma of cooked rice.
As for the smell of the dishes, she couldn’t smell much of that.
In the countryside, everyone was simply satisfied as long as they could fill their stomachs. Who would be willing to use lots of oil and salt when cooking?
So Su Nian’an guessed that there probably weren’t many tasty dishes being made at this time.
But that wasn’t something she needed to worry about. She only needed to worry about herself and the male protagonist’s family.
“The Gu family has quite a few people, so they were given a separate adobe house. It’s all the way at the very end over there,” Comrade Wang explained to Su Nian’an.
“Okay.”
She was finally going to meet the male protagonist and his family. To be honest, Su Nian’an was actually quite nervous.
According to the novel, the male protagonist’s grandfather was already a deputy commander-level figure. However, because he had backed the wrong side, his opponents had framed him, and he had been sent down to the countryside.
The members of the Gu family were all cultured, reasonable people who fiercely protected their own. According to the novel’s description, the male protagonist’s mother had been raised in a scholarly family and had the demeanor of a refined lady. She was gentle and gracious by nature.
Su Nian’an felt that as long as the other party was genuinely a good person, she wouldn’t have trouble getting along with them.
There weren’t many people along the way. Occasionally, they would run into one or two educated youths, who would immediately greet Comrade Wang warmly.
It was already getting dark, and there wasn’t even a single streetlamp. They couldn’t see Su Nian’an’s features clearly, so no one paid much attention to her.
Finally, Comrade Wang brought Su Nian’an to an adobe house.
The main door was already closed. Comrade Wang stepped forward and knocked twice. A few seconds later, someone inside asked, “Who is it?”
“It’s me, Comrade Wang. Someone from your relatives has come looking for you. It’s already dark, and I was worried that this young lady wouldn’t be able to find your house by herself, so I brought her here.”
After another short while, the door slowly opened.
By now, it was completely dark outside, and a candle had already been lit inside the house.
Although the room wasn’t particularly bright, through the faint flickering light, Su Nian’an still recognized the tall man standing in front of her.
It was actually the iceberg man who had helped stop that middle-aged woman’s slap when she was on the train earlier that day!
The same train, the same destination…
How had Su Nian’an not thought of it?
Her future husband was actually him!
The main reason was that Su Aiguo had told her that the Gu family had already set out for Honghe Village. They had supposedly left the capital more than half a month ago. So why had Gu Qingyu been on the train today?
Su Nian’an didn’t understand, but she certainly wasn’t going to ask such a question in a situation like this.
“It’s you? Why have you come looking for my family?” Gu Qingyu naturally recognized Su Nian’an as the girl who had boldly stood up to the rude woman on the train.
He had merely stepped in and stopped that woman from slapping her. He really didn’t understand why the girl had now followed him all the way here.
“I… Of course I have a reason for coming to find you. I… I’m your wife!” Su Nian’an said directly.
Forget it. Something like this had to be made clear right away. Was she supposed to beat around the bush and make him guess?
“My wife? I don’t have a wife!”
Gu Qingyu’s brows furrowed tightly. His gaze was cold as he scrutinized Su Nian’an.
“My surname is Su!” Su Nian’an said, her eyes widening into round circles.
To be honest, when she saw that the person who had opened the door was actually the iceberg man she had encountered on the train, she felt secretly delighted.
He was simply too handsome. Whether it was his looks or his physique, he was completely her type, okay?
At the same time, Su Nian’an was also worried about whether she could actually trick the space bracelet out of Gu Qingyu’s hands with his personality.
He really was exactly like the novel had described a block of ice that couldn’t be warmed.
It seemed that the female protagonist had pursued Gu Qingyu for a very long time without making any progress, precisely because Gu Qingyu was so difficult to deal with.
Gu Qingyu was also staring at Su Nian’an. When he heard her say that her surname was Su, he couldn’t help thinking of the Su family in the capital.
He did indeed have a fiancée whose surname was Su, but it was absolutely not the woman standing in front of him.
“I’m not married. I don’t have a wife,” Gu Qingyu insisted.
Su Nian’an was speechless. She hadn’t expected that after finally finding the Gu family, she might not even be able to get through their front door.
Was Su Aiguo out of his mind? Hadn’t he told the Gu family in advance that the marriage partner had been changed to her?
Now she had come all the way here only to end up in such an awkward situation.
But she had only been brought from the countryside to the capital a few days ago. Perhaps the letter hadn’t even reached the Gu family yet?
Su Nian’an was thinking about this when a voice suddenly came from inside.
“Is that Nian’an?”
Su Nian’an hurriedly replied, “Yes! It’s me!”
At that moment, a woman walked out. Although she was dressed very simply now, her gentle and dignified air was still impossible to conceal.
It was obvious that she had taken very good care of herself. Skincare products in this era were far from adequate, yet this middle-aged woman’s face was still fair, smooth, and flawless.
“Oh my this… Isn’t this wonderful?”
As soon as Bai Yuyan came in front of Su Nian’an, she immediately took Su Nian’an’s hand. Then she turned to Comrade Wang and said, “Comrade Wang, thank you for bringing my daughter-in-law back.”
Comrade Wang was a little confused.
Didn’t Gu Qingyu just say that Su Nian’an wasn’t his wife? So why was Bai Yuyan now holding Su Nian’an’s hand and acknowledging her as her daughter-in-law?
But this was ultimately a family matter, and Comrade Wang had no reason to interfere.
“All right, no need to thank me. I’ll leave her with you. I’m heading back now. I haven’t even had dinner yet,” Comrade Wang muttered.
“Would you like to come in and have dinner with us?” Bai Yuyan warmly invited him.
“No, no. My family has already cooked dinner. I’ll head back first.”
The moment he heard her invite him to eat, Comrade Wang practically ran away faster than anyone else.
In this era, every household’s income was limited, so people rarely went to someone else’s house to eat. It would be considered rather impolite.
Therefore, when someone extended such an invitation, the other person would generally decline rather than actually stay for dinner.
“Take care, then. Thank you so much for today,” Bai Yuyan said with a smile as she watched Comrade Wang leave.
Once he had gone some distance away, Bai Yuyan took Su Nian’an’s hand again and asked with a smile, “Your name is Nian’an, right? Su Nian’an?”
Seeing that she already knew her name, Su Nian’an couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It seemed that Su Aiguo was probably afraid of being blamed by the Gu family, so he had indeed sent a letter in advance explaining that the marriage arranged between the Gu and Su families had been changed, and that she would be the one marrying into the Gu family instead.
It was just that Gu Qingyu probably didn’t know about this, or perhaps he did know but simply hadn’t taken it to heart.
“Yes, my name is Su Nian’an. It’s… it’s Su Aiguo who said that I would replace Su Nianxi and marry into the Gu family.”
Su Aiguo wasn’t merely scheming against his own biological daughter. He had also played the Gu family for fools.
Su Nian’an was not the kind of person who would simply swallow her grievances, so the moment she arrived at the Gu family, she immediately began sowing discord between the two families.
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingyu, who had been leaning against the doorway with his arms crossed, looking as though the matter had nothing to do with him, finally raised his head and glanced at Su Nian’an.