Chapter 443: Confronting a Group of Cowards
Zhong Cuiping regained her composure, and with a smile on her face, walked over, intending to pull Luo Qiao’s hand, but Luo Qiao deftly dodged her.
A moment of awkwardness crossed Zhong Cuiping’s face, which she quickly masked, and said, "Luo Qiao, I had Zhang Xiao send you some things before, and you wouldn’t accept them. In the future, we will be one family. There’s no need to be shy."
Luo Qiao was straightforward and didn’t want to play guessing games, she asked, "Auntie, that’s an interesting thing to say. What do you mean by ’in the future, we will be one family’? Can you explain that to me?"
At this point, Zhao Jianing had stopped crying, and Ning Xueling was also looking over. Zhong Cuiping cleared her throat and said, "It means you and Zhang Chao had a child betrothal when you were young.
"Previously, when that girl Jia Ning wanted this marriage arrangement at the military unit, I did not agree. I said that even if there was such an arrangement, it’s Luo Qiao’s. Rest assured, I’m not going to give this arrangement away to someone else on a whim."
Luo Qiao laughed and said, "Whoever acknowledged this marriage arrangement should take care of it; it has nothing to do with me. Oh, I get it now. Sending me things through Zhang Xiao was to soften me up by obligation, to force me to acknowledge this marriage arrangement in the future, right?
"But, I heard from my father that it was all just a joke back then and should not be taken seriously. Moreover, he explained it clearly to Uncle Zhang. Didn’t Uncle Zhang tell you?"
Zhong Cuiping, somewhat embarrassed, said, "You child, how can such matters be a joke? Besides, today your mother personally agreed to it."
Luo Qiao burst into laughter, "Back then, if you did have a token of betrothal, was there any written marriage contract?"
Zhong Cuiping was at a loss for words—indeed, there was nothing back then—and could only smile and say, "It was all impromptu at the time. There were no valuables on hand, so how could there be any token?"