Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander-Chapter 56 - Interception

56: Chapter 56: Interception

56 -56: Interception

“What, afraid your aunt can’t carry you?” Lin Baojuan chuckled as she looked at her niece, “With your petite frame, never mind one, even if two of you were tied together, I could carry you easily.

Come on, get on.”

Zhao Yulan, seeing her daughter still hesitating, then smilingly gave her a push, “Chuxia, get on, remember your aunt’s kindness, and repay her later.” freewebnoveℓ.com

But to get on first like a child, when she was already so big, was really…, “Auntie, you ride first, I’ll jump on by myself later,” Chuxia said.

This time, it was Lin Baojuan’s turn to feel embarrassed, “Chuxia, if you jump on later, then I won’t be able to ride.

When I first learned to ride a bike, my mother-in-law asked me to give her a lift.

She jumped on and ended up throwing both of us into a ditch.

I swallowed so much dirty water that time, I’ve been afraid to let anyone jump on since.”

With no other option, Chuxia could only obediently sit on the bike, letting Lin Baojuan push her forward a few steps before kicking off and swinging her leg over the bike from the front to ride out of the village.

Fortunately, apart from not daring to let anyone jump on from behind, Lin Baojuan handled the bike quite steadily.

The aunt and niece talked and laughed along the way, and before they knew it, they had covered more than half the distance.

“Auntie, you can drop me off at the next fork, and I can walk the rest of the way,” noticing they were approaching a fork, Chuxia gave a heads-up.

Her aunt’s Dali Village and her grandma’s Xiaolin Village were situated to the left and right of the fork respectively, and she truly hated to make her aunt detour again.

“It’s not that much farther, I’ll take you there and then head back.” Lin Baojuan felt pity for her frail niece and disliked making her walk more than necessary.

“It’s fine, just five or six minutes’ walk, moving a bit more will do me good.” Just as Chuxia was about to jump off the bike, remembering Lin Baojuan’s aftereffect, she gave a heads-up, “Auntie, it’s okay if I jump down, right?”

“Ah?…Ah…Ah…Ouch…”

“Bang!”

Chuxia, thrown sprawling, deeply regretted having given advanced notice about her jump; had she known her aunt’s “jump bike” aftereffect was so severe, she would never have mentioned it!

“Chuxia, Chuxia, are you alright?”

Lin Baojuan, who was physically strong, immediately got up and seeing Chuxia lying there, her little face contorted in pain, became extremely worried.

“Auntie, I…I’m fine…

my butt…

hit…

a rock…” Chuxia gasped in a breath and reported her unfortunate and sorry state to Lin Baojuan.

“It’s all auntie’s fault, it’s all auntie’s fault…” Lin Baojuan said as she helped Chuxia up, rubbing her backside back and forth, “Does it hurt anywhere else?”

“Auntie, I can rub it myself.” For a grown girl to have her bottom rubbed by someone was really too embarrassing.

Just at that moment, a bicycle came to a screeching halt beside them, “Lin Chuxia, did you hurt your rear?”

Hearing this voice, Chuxia immediately knew who it was.

Such a lack of manners!

Asking a girl such things, what was a grown man thinking?

Lin Baojuan quickly stopped what she was doing and looked up, slightly frowning, “Comrade Xue, please move aside, I need to pick up the bike.”

Xue Guohong’s bicycle was blocking the pedal of Lin Baojuan’s bike, she couldn’t pick it up unless he moved it.

“Lin Chuxia, where are you going?” Xue Guohong simply couldn’t be bothered dealing with Lin Baojuan.

“What’s it to you?” Chuxia glared at him, “Move aside, you’re blocking my aunt’s bicycle.

Are you blind?

The road is so wide, why park on top of her bike?”

“I didn’t do it on purpose…” Xue Guohong smiled and waved at Chuxia, “I’ll take you where you’re going, don’t worry.

I’m good at biking, I won’t bump into anything.”

Lin Baojuan’s face flushed red to the roots of her ears — from anger.

Her niece had fallen to the ground, and she was already terribly upset; this wretch had to come and expose her shortcomings.

Such a rude man was definitely not marryable material.

Thinking about how her own parents were pushing her niece into a fire pit for her little brother’s sake, Lin Baojuan’s affection for Chuxia deepened, and she hurriedly stepped forward to block her, “Comrade Xue, you are the son of a head of the commune and a boy.

Whatever you do, people won’t gossip, but it’s different for Chuxia.

Whether you truly like her or not, please consider her reputation, can you?”

“She is my wife, I don’t care about her reputation, and nobody else dares to care,” Xue Guohong’s attitude toward Lin Baojuan was extremely hostile, since she supported calling off the engagement.

“Who is your wife?” Chuxia stared at Xue Guohong furiously, “Have you no shame?

By the way, why are you passing through here?

Were you intentionally following us?”

“Following you is hardly necessary, I just couldn’t find you in your village, I asked around, and just followed you here,” Xue Guohong looked seriously at Chuxia, “I say you’re my wife, you are my wife.

Who dares to court the person Xue Guohong has chosen?”

“Weren’t you supposed to be funded through college?” Chuxia rolled her eyes, deciding to step back, “A college student should find a college-educated wife.

I only attended high school for one year, I’m not good enough for you, it would embarrass you, truly.”

“If I can attend college, you definitely can too.

I’ve already discussed it with my dad, no matter what, we will get you into school.

I came here to give you this…” Xue Guohong untied a cloth bundle from the back of his bike, “Here are some books for you, start with these, don’t worry, you will definitely be able to join me at the same school.”

Chuxia was so conflicted; no matter how much she needed it, she couldn’t accept it from him.

Oh, why did the thing she wanted have to be in his hands?

“I don’t need it, and I don’t want to go to college…” Chuxia shrank behind Lin Baojuan, firmly keeping Xue Guohong from touching her.

Lin Baojuan frowned and dragged her own bike out from under Xue Guohong’s.

She was now certain that Xue Guohong had intentionally trapped her bike underneath his to delay her and talk more with Chuxia.

Alas, this meant the boy really was smitten with Chuxia.

Good women are afraid of persistent men; if he kept this up, who knew what the outcome might be.

Thinking of her niece’s character, Lin Baojuan grew even more worried.

A seventeen-year-old girl, how could she resist a man so eager to offer favors?

Her current rejection might just be playing hard to get…

The more she thought about it, the more anxious Lin Baojuan became, so she hurriedly pushed Chuxia, “Let’s go to Grandma’s house.”

“Aunt, why must you block your niece’s good marriage prospect?” Xue Guohong swerved his bike to block Lin Baojuan, “Do you think that by doing this, I would marry your daughter?”

“Marry my daughter?” Lin Baojuan trembled with anger, “Don’t spit blood; when have I ever asked you to marry my daughter?”

Xue Guohong raised an eyebrow, “Aunt, are you going to deny sending a matchmaker to my house yesterday?”