“Comrade Jiang, don’t you want to get revenge on them?”
“I can just beat Jiang Zhiyuan up.” There was no need to marry the young woman in front of him over this matter. He wasn’t crazy.
How could that work? Ji Yang grew a little anxious. He didn’t want to get married, but she did!
Her eyes darted around as she decided to appeal to both his emotions and his reason.
“Comrade Jiang, why did you start dating my younger sister in the first place?”
Jiang Ye answered indifferently, “It’s like drinking water when you’re thirsty or eating when you’re hungry. I’ve reached the age when I should naturally get married.”
What reason was there? He simply wanted a wife to hold in his arms.
Ji Yang smiled. “Comrade Jiang, let me introduce myself first. My name is Ji Yang. I’m nineteen years old and a high school graduate. I…”
She wanted to talk about her strengths, but then she realized that apart from acting, she didn’t seem to have any particular talents. She couldn’t cook and had hardly ever washed clothes properly. Given her somewhat selfish personality and her tendency to put her own happiness first, she couldn’t honestly claim to be hardworking, frugal, and eager to improve herself. There was no guarantee she could live up to those lofty claims in the future, either.
Compared with others, she suddenly seemed to have very little going for her.
She felt a little discouraged.
No, wait! She could feel discouraged later. She had already gotten this far, so she had to give it a shot.
“I still have plenty of good qualities. You’ll discover them in the future. Besides, you know that the government is encouraging educated young people to go to the countryside, and this year’s graduating students are all waiting to be sent away. If I don’t get married, I’ll have to go to the countryside. Why don’t you consider marrying me? After all, you’d be getting married either way, so what difference does it make who you marry?”
After finishing her speech, Ji Yang fell silent, leaving Jiang Ye time to think it over.
The July weather was hot and muggy. The sun gradually climbed higher, baking the earth until the ground itself seemed to radiate heat. Ji Yang stood quietly beneath the tree without looking at Jiang Ye again, directing her gaze toward the distance instead.
Based on the memories in her mind and her limited understanding of this era, Jiang Ye was an excellent candidate in terms of both appearance and employment. He certainly wouldn’t have any trouble finding a girlfriend.
If he refused… if he really refused… then so be it. She would think of another way.
A living person couldn’t possibly be stumped forever!
The problem was that time was running out. She was afraid she wouldn’t be able to find another man of such high quality. If she had to lower her standards, then as long as the man had good character, she could consider him even if he had a few flaws.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!
If she was going to die, then fine, let her die! But why had she transmigrated? And if she had to transmigrate, why into this era?
Fine, transmigrating into this era was one thing, but why at this particular point in time?
Wouldn’t it have been much better to arrive directly in the period of reform and opening up? Perhaps she could have ridden the wave of economic reform all the way to success. Even if she couldn’t live an especially carefree life, it would certainly have been much more enjoyable than this!
Sigh…
Jiang Ye finally took the cigarette from behind his ear and lit it.
He understood the situation now. The young woman in front of him had had her boyfriend stolen, and the deadline for registering to go to the countryside was fast approaching. If she didn’t find someone to marry soon, she would be forced to leave the city.
In the early years, educated youths had gone to the countryside full of enthusiasm and idealism. However, returning to the city had become an endlessly distant dream, and life in the countryside was simply too difficult. By now, nobody wanted to go. Finding ways to avoid being sent down had become a major headache for those facing relocation every year.
Everyone wanted a comfortable life, so Ji Yang’s desire to stay in the city rather than go to the countryside was perfectly understandable.
Besides, she had originally had a boyfriend, only for her younger sister to steal him away. In a fit of anger, wanting to steal her sister’s boyfriend in return was at least understandable.
As for him, he had no real feelings for Ji Man. Marrying someone else… wasn’t entirely out of the question.
Thinking this, he looked at the young woman in front of him again.
She had a face about the size of his palm, fair and clear skin, and large, bright eyes. Her eyelashes were long, fluttering every time she blinked. A few loose strands of hair had stuck to her cheeks because of the sweat from earlier. She looked a little disheveled, yet there was an indescribable hint of innocent charm about her.
She was rather pretty.
By the time he finished his cigarette, Jiang Ye had sorted out his thoughts.
“You want to marry me?”
“Yes.” Ji Yang nodded honestly.
“It’s not entirely out of the question.”
Ji Yang waited for him to continue.
“From now on, I’ll be the one making the decisions in our household,” Jiang Ye declared. A real man should be the head of his household. He was sick to death of the spineless men around him who let their wives boss them around.
Heh. Hehehe. Hahahaha.
Ji Yang lowered her head and chuckled before looking up at Jiang Ye.
“Sure.”
She wasn’t going to argue with him about it now. In the future, she would make him understand who the real boss was.
Just like that, the two of them made a rather hasty decision to get married after exchanging only a few words.
Ji Yang touched her bag. She had brought the household registration booklet with her. Since they had reached an agreement, they might as well register their marriage right away to avoid any complications.
Who knew whether Ji Man had some kind of protagonist halo? If something went wrong before they registered their marriage, where would Ji Yang go to seek justice?
While Ji Yang was thinking about how to bring up the matter of registering their marriage with Jiang Ye, Jiang Ye took two steps forward and asked, “You saw your former boyfriend kissing my former girlfriend yesterday?”
Why was he bringing the conversation back to that again? Nevertheless, Ji Yang nodded.
Jiang Ye warily scanned their surroundings. After confirming that no one was nearby, he raised his long fingers and pinched Ji Yang’s chin, forcing her to lift her face.
The next second, his scorching lips pressed against hers.
The kiss was completely unpracticed, yet it carried an unrestrained, domineering intensity. As their lips and teeth intertwined, soft, intimate sounds escaped between them.
Ji Yang’s eyes widened. Her mind went completely blank.
In her previous life, all her kissing scenes while filming had been done with clever camera angles and positioning. She had never experienced anything like this before.
At that moment, she felt like a fish laid out on a chopping board, about to be devoured by Jiang Ye. It was also as though a powerful electric current had passed straight through her body, leaving her trembling with a tingling sensation from her lips all the way to her toes.
This was way too stimulating!
She could barely handle it!
Just as she was about to push him away, Jiang Ye straightened up before she could act.
“All right. Now you’ve kissed your former girlfriend’s former boyfriend, too. You’ve gotten your revenge.”
Ji Yang: “…”
Ji Yang: “…………”
Ji Yang: “………………”
Ji Yang was speechless. Her legs were also a little weak. She steadied herself against the willow tree beside her, wanting to say something but having no idea what to say.
Finally, she whipped out the household registration booklet.
“Ahem, well… since you’ve kissed me, you have to take responsibility. So, how about we go register our marriage right now?”
They had already kissed. There was no point in being coy now. She had to maximize her gains!
Jiang Ye: “…”
Who carried their household registration booklet around in their pocket every day? Jiang Ye’s booklet was at home.
He glanced at Ji Yang’s slightly swollen lips, then shifted his gaze to the tree she was leaning against. His hand itched to reach for his cigarette, but in the end, he held back.
“Fine. Wait here. I’ll go back inside the factory to get a letter of introduction and ask for leave while I’m at it.”