Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 226 - 225: Don’t Give Up

Chapter 226: Chapter 225: Don’t Give Up

Jiang Mingyuan sized up Xu Haimin, noting that the man seemed to have gained some weight since returning from out of town, making his already unattractive features seem even more crowded together.

"Xu Haimin, how long have you been in the city?"

Xu Haimin rubbed his nose, which was red from the cold; he had truly made great efforts to get a transfer here for the sake of pursuing Ji Man.

But in front of Jiang Mingyuan, he did not dare to pose; if this young man really started a fight, he was no match for him.

"I’ve been transferred here for over half a month now!"

Jiang Mingyuan then asked, "And after coming here you found out where Ji Man lives?"

"Yes!" Xu Haimin said, "Jiang Mingyuan, let’s have an open and candid talk. I genuinely like Ji Man, the moment I saw her I was smitten!

Even if you are friends, you can’t stop me from pursuing her, right?"

He couldn’t believe it; he hadn’t forced anything on anyone, and Jiang Mingyuan wasn’t Ji Man’s boyfriend, so what right did he have to stop him?

Jiang Mingyuan said coldly, "I’m not stopping you! I’m warning you. It’s okay to pursue the girl normally, but you can’t stalk her or engage in sneaky dealings!

If I catch you stalking her again, our next conversation won’t be this simple! You know what kind of person I am!"

He was kindly advising and warning him this time, but next time it would definitely come to blows.

However, if the person being stalked were Lin Xia, he would have thrown a fierce beating immediately.

Different people, different approaches naturally.

He knew Ji Man had feelings for him, and doing too much might easily lead to unnecessary misunderstandings.

Xu Haimin felt stifled. What was wrong with him pursuing Ji Man? What business was it of Jiang Mingyuan’s?

But he knew that today if he dared to say no, Jiang Mingyuan would definitely take him down on the spot.

"Fine! Jiang Mingyuan! I’ll give you that respect! From now on, I will pursue her normally, no stalking or playing dirty!"

"Remember your words today!" Jiang Mingyuan knew inside, Xu Haimin’s promise was not very trustworthy, but for now, he could only do this much.

Soon, Jiang Mingyuan and Xu Haimin approached from opposite directions.

Jiang Mingyuan stood next to Lin Xia, looked at her inquiring eyes, and nodded gently.

Xu Haimin pushed his bicycle but didn’t mount immediately; he smiled at Ji Man, his eyes narrowing into a slit, "Ji Man! I will definitely become friends with you!" After saying this, he rode off on his bike.

No one could quench his fiery enthusiasm and determination to make Ji Man his wife!

Ji Man clenched the handlebars of her bike tightly, Xu Haimin was truly disgusting!

With a slightly questioning tone, she looked at Jiang Mingyuan and said, "Jiang Mingyuan! What did you say to him?"

She had thought at least Jiang Mingyuan would warn him! It didn’t seem to have any effect at all!

Lin Xia also looked at Jiang Mingyuan, she believed her elder brother would definitely have warned Xu Haimin sternly.

Jiang Mingyuan explained lightly, "I told him everything I had to say. He said he really likes you and won’t stalk you anymore, but he also won’t give up.

You should still tell your family to pick you up from school! It’s safer that way!"

As a fellow student, that was all he could do.

What Xu Haimin would do next, no one could guess for now.

"Well, thank you!" Ji Man pursed her lips, a touch of pain crossing her heart; she couldn’t help thinking that if Lin Xia were involved, Jiang Mingyuan would not have handled things so lightly.

She knew Jiang Mingyuan was capable enough to make anyone regret crossing him by knocking their teeth out.

But she also understood that Jiang Mingyuan did not like her, and it was good enough that he agreed not to stalk her after talking with Xu Haimin.

As for the future, if Xu Haimin tried to contact her through other means and cling to her, she would have no choice but to tell her family.

"You’re welcome! Let’s go!" Jiang Mingyuan said indifferently.

At that moment, the weather was quite cold, and he did not know how far it was to Ji Man’s house. After dropping her off, he and Lin Xia would still have to walk home, so he did not want to delay.

The three of them walked in silence, with Lin Xia occasionally turning to look at Ji Man and Jiang Mingyuan.

She sighed to herself, Ji Man liked his elder brother, but his elder brother did not like Ji Man. Love could not be forced.

After they had dropped Ji Man off at her house, Lin Xia and Jiang Mingyuan started chatting on their way back.

While walking, Lin Xia patted her cotton gloves and asked, "Elder brother! What else did Xu Haimin say? Can he really stop stalking? I always feel that he is not a good person!"

The last time she looked at him with his leering gaze, she felt disgusted, including Xu Haihua. In short, she was extremely annoyed with the Xu family.

"He said he had just been transferred here for over half a month! As for whether he can stop, we will have to wait and see. I have said what needed to be said; we can’t follow Ji Man every day!"

Jiang Mingyuan had not expected Xu Haimin to be so persistent either, chasing after them to the city.

"That’s true!" Lin Xia sighed softly, "But Ji Man met Xu Haimin because she was helping me sell goods. I can’t help feeling rather uncomfortable about it!"

Although Ji Man was there more for his older brother, she still felt somewhat guilty.

She thought, if Ji Man had not been there, she might not have met Xu Haimin, and none of this troubling situation would have happened.

But who could have predicted all this.

"Lin Xia! You can’t think like that! No one is to blame for such things; no one can predict what will happen each day!" Jiang Mingyuan changed the subject, "Lin Xia! Are you cold? Let’s walk faster! My feet are completely frozen!"

Lin Xia’s cotton shoes were not thick either; sitting in the classroom when she came to class, she was not wearing the thick cotton shoes she wore when selling goods in the greenhouse;

Like Jiang Mingyuan, she wore a pair of black cotton leather shoes. Walking in the frozen snowy ground for so long, it was impossible not to have frozen feet.

"I’m completely frozen too! Let’s walk faster!"

Yecheng University was not far from their home, so normally she and Jiang Mingyuan would walk home after classes.

Today, after dropping off Ji Man and walking back, the road was not close at all.

Unfortunately, in those years, even if she had money in her pocket, she couldn’t take a taxi, because there weren’t any...

The two hurried towards home, no longer talking about Ji Man.

Next time they went to Yecheng University, Ji Man’s father came to pick her up.

This was the first time Lin Xia had seen Ji Man’s father, a very tall man dressed in a black coat, wearing a hat and a scarf that covered his features.

Ji Man was cautious and did not introduce them to each other.

But she followed Lin Xia and Jiang Mingyuan out, and Ji Man’s father gave a fleeting glance at Lin Xia and Jiang Mingyuan, then rode away on a bicycle with Ji Man.

Seeing that Ji Man had someone to pick her up, Lin Xia felt slightly relieved; at least with Ji Man’s father there, even if Xu Haimin followed Ji Man, he would not dare to show himself.

New Year’s Day of 1983 arrived just like that.

At that time in Lin District, all the factories stressed on having a good start to the new year, so production continued as normal on New Year’s Day without any holidays.

For the year 1983, Lin Xia’s deepest memory was summed up in two words—"strict crackdown."

But those were too far removed from her, so she shook her head and continued with her tasks.