Zheng Chunzhi was stunned, and her face instantly flushed an even deeper red.
"Song Ning! Your brother... I..."
Song Ning smiled and pulled her aside, asking in a low voice:
"Chunzhi! I won't ask about what happened before. I just want to know whether you like my brother."
Zheng Chunzhi's face burned crimson. She lowered her head, too embarrassed to answer.
"We don't have any elders in our family. I'm my brother's only relative, so I'm asking on behalf of his family. If you like him, I hope you'll give me a chance to help settle things for him, so he can have a family of his own!" Song Ning said sincerely.
Only then did Zheng Chunzhi lift her head.
"Song Ning! You... you don't look down on me?"
Song Ning smiled. "Answer my question first! Then I'll answer yours!"
Zheng Chunzhi gradually calmed down. Without hesitating for long, she gave Song Ning an earnest nod.
Her answer was yes.
Song Ning gently patted Zheng Chunzhi's hand, then turned and walked over to Song Wang.
"Brother! Do you like Chunzhi?"
At that, Song Wang immediately looked this way and that, at a complete loss.
"Brother! Answer honestly, right here in front of Chunzhi!"
Song Wang's face turned as red as a monkey's bottom. He wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
But Song Ning wouldn't let him back down now.
"So when you hugged Chunzhi just now, was it only because she was crying and you felt sorry for her?"
"No! It wasn't! I... my heart ached for her! It hurt to see her suffer! She's such a good woman, yet she's been wronged so much for no reason!"
"Then would you be willing to marry Chunzhi?"
Deeply embarrassed, Song Wang tried to dodge the