Chapter 394 - 390: A Ruined Reputation
"Village Chief, no matter what, I am not marrying Xu Wenwan."
Yun Hao closed his eyes for a moment.
He truly didn’t know how to explain what happened in the past, but now, he absolutely would not marry Xu Wenwan.
He would not marry a woman he detested.
Village Chief Xu laughed out of anger.
"You say you won’t marry her, so you won’t? Do you think you’re the one calling the shots now?"
"Village Chief, what do you mean? Are you trying to force me to marry Xu Wenwan?" Yun Hao’s words were laced with sarcasm.
It wasn’t confidence; he had the means to back it up.
"Village Chief, although I am a sent-down youth, no one can force me to do something I don’t want to do. And what a coincidence, a good friend of my father was just transferred to work in our county. I was just planning to pay him a visit in the next couple of days."
Village Chief Xu couldn’t possibly miss the threat in Yun Hao’s words.
But was he scared? At his age, Village Chief Xu had seen and experienced it all. Did Yun Hao really think a few words could frighten him?
He sneered.
"Yun Hao, I don’t care how capable your father’s friend is, but my daughter’s reputation has been ruined because of you. If you don’t marry her, you’ll be committing the crime of hooliganism."
"You should be well aware of how serious the crime of hooliganism is these days."
"No matter how powerful your father’s friend is, he can’t shut the mouths of everyone in this village."
"If this gets out, your reputation will suffer too."
"I can’t speak for other places, but here in Qingshan Team, I still have some influence. I’m sure there will be people willing to testify for me when the time comes."
"You’d better think it over carefully yourself!"
"I expect you to come to my house with a marriage proposal within three days. Otherwise, I’ll be going to the county to demand justice for my daughter."
Village Chief Xu was a cunning old fox, after all. His speech left Yun Hao utterly speechless.
Village Chief Xu snorted coldly and left.
’He didn’t want to throw his weight around, but his daughter had been close with Yun Hao, and her reputation was completely ruined because of him. Now he says he won’t marry her—as if he had a choice? If he never intended to marry her, he shouldn’t have gotten close to my daughter in the first place.’
Yun Hao collapsed onto the bed, feeling as if all the strength had been drained from his body.
The moment Village Chief Xu left, Hu Ziqiang rushed into the room. Seeing Yun Hao’s pale face, he asked anxiously.
"Yun Hao, what’s wrong? What did the village chief say to you?"
Yun Hao’s face was pale. "The village chief told me to go propose in the next two days."
Hu Ziqiang’s jaw dropped.
It took him a long moment to come back to his senses.
"Yun Hao, didn’t you use to like Wen Wan a lot? You rejected Gu Jiaojiao so many times for her sake. Are you regretting it now?"
Yun Hao gave a bitter smile.
"Yes. I regret it."
The last three words were very soft, but Hu Ziqiang heard them.
For a moment, he was filled with mixed emotions.
He had said before that Yun Hao would regret it, but he was always joking. He never thought Yun Hao would actually regret it, especially not under these circumstances.
The sent-down youths waiting outside got a bit cold after a while and finally pushed the door open to go inside.
They didn’t know what had happened, but seeing the tense atmosphere between Yun Hao and Hu Ziqiang, they knew something unpleasant had occurred.
None of the youths spoke. They just entered the house and went about their business.
Gu Jiaojiao had been cooped up at home for the past two days making facial soap.
The last batch she sent over had already sold out. Lu Yuanbin sent a message asking her to make more.
Her facial soap was becoming more and more popular.
But no matter how popular it was, the market would eventually become saturated. However, Lu Yuanbin was resourceful. He had opened up an external channel, and a buyer was purchasing the facial soap from him at a wholesale price of one yuan per bar.
They wanted three hundred bars.
That’s why Gu Jiaojiao was so busy.