Chapter 372: You Can Change It Now If You Don’t Want To (6)_1
Old Scholar Fang became even more puzzled, "Qinqin doesn’t agree!? Isn’t she..."
"Isn’t what?" Shen Songming pressed.
"Didn’t she accept your Jade Hairpin? She even wore it during her coming-of-age ceremony!" Old Scholar Fang was also somewhat confused, as she was unwilling to return it when asked.
It turned out to be because of the Jade Hairpin. Shen Songming gave him a disdainful look, "I merely presented her with a respectful gift, just like the donkey cart I gave her before, and she didn’t make much of it, probably thinking the trinket was quite valuable."
It took Old Scholar Fang a while to catch on that he had misunderstood so gravely, and had been self-scheming, aiming to carve out a favorable path for his granddaughter. But if neither of them felt that way, why did Shen Songming now wish to marry Pei Qin?
"I didn’t dare to before," Shen Songming wasn’t afraid to tell the truth, "When I mentioned marriage, she beat me up so badly, even now my backside hurts when I sit!"
Old Scholar Fang imagined the scene of Pei Qin grabbing Shen Songming and pummeling his backside, and Shen Songming still wanting to marry her as his wife, he couldn’t help feeling somewhat embarrassed, "Qinqin... why doesn’t she agree? If it’s about being a concubine, rejection wouldn’t be a pity. But the primary wife... Qinqin is clever, and her mind is quite mature; she must realize the dangers of marrying Shen Songming."
Shen Songming then shared with him the circumstances of his two deceased fiancées, "...basically, it’s not easy for me to find a wife now! Pei Qin’s and my astrological compatibility is supremely auspicious. We’re a good match! It’s a win for me to marry her, and she wouldn’t be at a loss marrying me!"
Initially, Old Scholar Fang considered that Shen Songming might be married or a widower, but it turned out he was yet to have his first marriage and had lost his fiancées without tying the knot. Even so, for Qinqin to marry into the Fourth Rank Magistrate’s House was no easy task! And now she disagreed.