Chapter 654: Chapter 1: Wan Chu’er vs. Jiang Kechu
Aunt Ma saw Wan Chu’er clenching her fists tightly, her whole body trembling, but still stubbornly straightening her spine, staring hard at her mother’s body, as if wrestling with someone, looking extremely pitiful.
"Xiao Chu..." Aunt Ma lamented as she called out, wanting to say, "take one last look at your mom," but before she could finish, Wan Chu’er suddenly took two steps forward.
Wan Chu’er tore off the cloth covering the head end, and Bai Zhixi’s peacefully sleeping face appeared in front of her.
Upon seeing that face clearly, Wan Chu’er felt her heart explode with pain, followed by a sweet taste at her throat as she spat out a mouthful of blood, her vision went black, and she collapsed limply, losing consciousness.
"Xiao Chu!" Aunt Ma cried out in shock, supporting Wan Chu’er, while people from outside rushed in, chattering as they helped.
After she woke up, she retrieved a cloth bag from Bai Zhixi’s usual hiding spot for money, took out all 2,000 yuan inside, handed it to Aunt Ma, and said, "Please help me." Then she knelt before Bai Zhixi’s body and wouldn’t get up.
Wan Chu’er knelt in a daze for three days, without eating or drinking, stubbornly holding on, speechless.
Aunt Ma, always a helpful person, sighed, then used the 2,000 yuan to help arrange Bai Zhixi’s funeral.
During those three days, former leaders from the glass factory came to offer condolences, and kind neighbors from the compound came back and forth to help as much as they could.
Wan Chu’er just knelt in front of Bai Zhixi, as if her heart was dead, entirely devoid of energy and spirit.
It was she who caused Bai Zhixi’s death, and from then on, the world was just left with her alone. Wan Chu’er blamed herself, regretted, felt guilty, but didn’t know how to make up for the pain.
Three days later, Bai Zhixi’s body was cremated, and she buried Bai Zhixi’s ashes next to their grandmother, then, like a lost soul, returned to her home in the compound, shutting herself away, seeing no one.
Aunt Ma would come to knock on the door and call for her twice a day, and she still wouldn’t respond.
Two more days passed like this, and just as Wan Chu’er thought she would die, the door was kicked open, and a tall figure stood at the doorway, silhouetted against the light, like a deity.
Jiang Kechu appeared.
Jiang Kechu frowned at the girl huddled under the table, took two steps forward, and dragged her out.
At this moment, Wan Chu’er was weak, powerless, but still frowned and tried to struggle against his iron grip, "Let... go..."
Jiang Kechu, without a word, picked her up, carried her to the bed in the room, then somehow found some milk, and despite her resistance, poured it all into her mouth.
Hot milk flowed into her stomach through the esophagus, and her cold body slowly regained warmth and strength.
"Who are you? Who let you into my house, get out of here! Get lost!"
As soon as Wan Chu’er regained her strength, she roared at Jiang Kechu.
Jiang Kechu said, "Look at you, do you think you are worthy of your sacrificing father? Do you think you are worthy of your devoted mother?"
"It’s none of your business! Get out!"
"Pull yourself together, you’re only nineteen, you have a lot of life and time ahead of you." Jiang Kechu, facing this fierce girl, felt a headache, trying hard to wake her up.
Wan Chu’er glared at him, her cold gaze like a knife, "I don’t need your sarcasm. It was because of you people that my father died, if my father hadn’t died, my mother wouldn’t have died, and our family would have lived happily ever after."
"You have to be strong," Jiang Kechu said awkwardly.
Wan Chu’er sneered, "What’s the worth of being strong? What does it mean for me to be alive alone? If you’re so capable, marry me! Don’t you want to be a hero saving people? Marry me! My father died because of you people, so marry me to repay him!"
She originally wanted to drive Jiang Kechu away with her words, but who knew Jiang Kechu looked at her calmly for a moment, then actually said one word: "Okay!"
"Hahaha..." Wan Chu’er laughed, mocking, "You think you can trick me, get lost!"
"I am willing to marry you, and in the future, you won’t be alone," Jiang Kechu said very calmly.
Wan Chu’er simply thought he was trying to trick her into living well, and did not back down, but pushed even more, "Okay, then let’s go register for marriage, and don’t tell me I’m not old enough. If you really want to marry me, you can solve this issue, if you can’t, then get lost!"
Having mixed with Lu Mao and the others for a while, she knew many underage couples got married, and could pull some strings to get a certificate.
Who knew after Jiang Kechu thought for a while, he actually said: "Okay, I need to report to the army and apply for this first." Seeing Wan Chu’er show a mocking face again, he helplessly said, "After the application is approved, I will stay with you, but you need to eat well."
A week later, the application was actually approved, and Jiang Kechu and Wan Chu’er really registered for marriage.
Looking at the bright red marriage certificate in her hand, Wan Chu’er couldn’t come back to her senses for a while, she actually really married this man named Jiang Kechu.
Oh, it was just when registering that she learned his name was Jiang Kechu.
Their names were interesting, and the lady handling the paperwork even joked, "Girl, this life you will be restrained by him."
Will she?
Who exactly is restrained by whom?
Wan Chu’er thought of herself as a social outcast and found it unbelievable that she could have climbed up to such a promising young officer, it seemed that she was the one restraining him.
