The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 543 Becoming Godparents (1)_1

Chapter 543: Chapter 543 Becoming Godparents (1)_1

Zhao Junchao’s idea was too harsh, and Zhang Shiqian didn’t dare, "This won’t work..."

"What’s wrong with it? You’ve been harmed by that wretched person to end up like this, not to mention marrying Li Baolian, even daughters of ordinary families wouldn’t want to marry you, right? You have this chance to marry her, and you still don’t hasten to do it! Li Baoxiang has already broken his arm, and it’s hopeless for him to pass the imperial examinations in the future. Are you still afraid of him?" Zhao Junchao sneered.

Zhang Shiqian still hesitated, "If the Li family doesn’t agree... Sister Lian, she also... she used to like you." Speaking of this made him uncomfortable.

"I did that to help you!" Zhao Junchao frowned, "Who knew that Li Baolian would also be so vain and greedy, showing me such eagerness upon hearing of my family’s wealth. Didn’t I also reject her, always speaking well of you? If you still like her and want to marry her, you go ahead and do it. If you don’t want to marry her, I’ll leave it to you as well!"

"Sister Lian... she... isn’t that kind of person," Zhang Shiqian said with a furrowed brow.

"If you think she’s good then marry her! Anyway, your marriage prospects are not looking good now. Rather than marrying just anyone, why not marry her? Without a successful examination, the Li family has become rather ordinary! There’s no need to fear them anymore," Zhao Junchao thought contemptuously, but only this fool thought highly of Li Baolian, believing that she wasn’t vain and greedy.

Zhang Shiqian really wished, deep down, to marry Li Baolian. Yet he feared the method was too insidious and that Li Baolian would hold a grudge against him, making their marriage an unhappy one. But once the idea of marrying Li Baolian took root in his heart, he felt compelled to achieve it. This concerned his entire future!

Upon returning to the town, Zhang Shiqian began to pay attention to Li Baolian, who was staying at the Sun Lizheng family’s household.

The Fang family went directly home. The people who came to propose on their behalf left without giving a clear response, and Li Baoxiang’s injury was mainly in the arm. After lying in bed for a few days to recuperate, he couldn’t keep lying there pretending to be a frail and sickly patient anymore. The Li family, with several members, couldn’t stay at the Sun’s indefinitely.

Once Li Baoxiang could get out of bed, with his arm in a sling, he sought out Fang Liuming in Liu’er Alley to inquire about his proposal to Li Baolian.

Fang Liuming met him in the side room and inquired about his injury, "...Listen to the doctor, take good care of yourself, and your arm will definitely heal!"

Li Baoxiang sighed, "The imperial examinations are coming up, my arm... let’s not talk about the future, I can’t participate this time, and my sister’s marriage has been delayed. You..."

Fang Liuming could no longer pretend to misunderstand, "Brother Li should know that I have someone in mind."

"So, you never actually prepared to propose to my sister?" Li Baoxiang’s eyes darkened with some heaviness.

Fang Liuming stood up, "Those thugs indeed came for me, and you got involved and injured while looking for me, which prevented you from participating in this year’s examinations. I’m very sorry, I will provide money for the medical expenses, and buy tonics. Once your cast is removed, if it’s not healed, my family will also compensate with silver. But as for marrying your sister, I apologize, I can’t do that!"

"You... I didn’t come here for compensation. I can’t take part in the examinations, my sister’s marriage is on hold, and I only wish to entrust her to someone reliable," Li Baoxiang said with a touch of indignation.

"I have no obligation!" Fang Liuming’s gaze on him cooled. He felt guilty that Li Baoxiang suffered an injury and couldn’t take the examinations, and he would do his best to offer other forms of compensation. But if Li Baoxiang really considered him a friend, he wouldn’t press him to give up the one he loved to marry his sister.

"My sister is gentle and virtuous, with above-average looks, and our family’s circumstances are a suitable match. How is she not worthy of you?" Li Baoxiang, rejected like this, let out the frustration he had been holding inside.

"You know I have someone in mind and will not marry another woman. If you consider me a friend, you wouldn’t ask this of me!" Even though their friendship hadn’t been long, Fang Liuming truly considered him a friend. Now, as he looked at Li Baoxiang’s angry face, his heart grew colder and colder.