Chapter 270 Are You Even Letting Others Live? (7)_1
"I haven’t seen you for a long time, Cousin. I couldn’t make it home on the Double Ninth Festival the day before yesterday. Since we’ve bumped into each other here, let me treat you to a meal," Feng Bo immediately said.
Pei Qin wanted to say there was no need, but Feng Bo had already called out to her and walked into the noodle shop.
Zou Fu’s inquiring gaze fell on Zou Xing, silently asking him. Was this Feng Bo the same cousin that Pei Qin’s maternal aunt’s family wanted her to marry?
Zou Xing nodded, his eyes unconsciously filled with hostility as he watched Feng Bo.
Feng Bo knew him too. His mother had asked Lady Zou to help propose marriage, but Lady Zou was unwilling. Now, seeing him quickly taking a seat beside Pei Qin and the hostile look in his eyes, everything clicked. So Zou Xing had his eye on Pei Qin! No wonder the Sun family was reluctant to undertake the proposal. Zou Xing was Sun Tiezhu’s brother-in-law, and they would definitely side with their own!
Some shopkeeper had made a marriage proposal and got rejected; Feng Bo suspected this was to bluff and make them give up, reducing the competition. His gaze turned colder as he sneered inwardly. The Zou family was nothing but blacksmiths. If it weren’t for Pei Qin making things to sell, the Sun family wouldn’t have been able to make money either. They were still poor and in debt! His Feng family was a legitimate relative. He was educated and could read; in terms of relations, the Zou family was far inferior. And they dared to compete with him?
That’s how people are. When they think something is unattainable but see someone worse off still holding out hope, they instantly believe they can break through and achieve victory. Because if those far below can possibly do it, then one’s own success must be inevitable!
Even though Fang Liuming was studying, his great-aunt had married Pei Zongli, an accomplished Scholar, and what had come of it? She paid with her life, while he went on to marry a rich family’s daughter, living a life of luxury!
Feng Bo took a deep breath and smiled, urging Pei Qin to eat more. He thought to himself that by December, she would be turning fifteen and reaching the age of hairpinning. He had to try harder! Otherwise, conceding without even having spoken out, he would not be content!
After the meal was finished, Feng Bo insisted on paying and then took Pei Qin to a pastry shop to buy her some sweets.