Ye Yaodong slipped the little box into the pocket of the trousers on the table, then shut the window.
He gave it some serious thought. A-Guang actually wasn't a bad choice. He was his family's only son, and now that his father had bought a boat, he no longer idled around. He went out trawling diligently every day to earn money. Their life was fairly good-not as well-off as some, but better off than others.
Out here in the countryside, a young man who had food on the table, worked hard, and earned an honest living was already a pretty good catch.
He and A-Guang had grown up together, so he could trust his character. He didn't gamble or drink excessively, either. They only played cards and had a few drinks occasionally when everyone got together, which was perfectly normal. He just didn't know when A-Guang had started eyeing his younger sister.
Fuck-I thought of you as a brother, but you wanted to be my brother-in-law!
I couldn't let him get his way that easily. There had to be a few hurdles, something to make it difficult!
Seeing that it was completely dark and windy outside, Lin Xiuqing went in to check whether he was up. If he was awake, she would call the two children home for a bath. They had played wildly all day and were filthy. Once they were washed, she could put them straight to bed.
But the room was pitch-black. Thinking he was still asleep, she moved quietly without turning on the light.
As she rounded the side of the canopy bed to the front, someone suddenly wrapped his arms around her. She screamed in fright, then immediately realized who it was and smacked him hard.
"Why did you scare me like that? You were