Chapter 193 - 188: Turning the Tables
Hearing the pain in Luo Zhiyong’s heart, Fang Pingying smiled faintly, leaning into his embrace and said with a smile, "It was not too bad, people from that era were all like that."
"Not really, my two younger sisters were not like that. Although Hong Lan did some household chores over the years, she didn’t need to do any farming work outside, and physical labor like carrying grain should absolutely not be required of a young girl. I never knew about these things before," Luo Zhiyong said, unconsciously stroking Fang Pingying’s shoulder with his right hand. He somewhat regretted not having known her earlier.
Fang Pingying smiled, looking up at him and raising her eyebrows playfully, "Even if you had known, could you really have helped me? The old you probably wouldn’t have given me a second glance."
"Nonsense, how could I not admire you?" Luo Zhiyong said, and purposely scowled at her.
"Your mother still thinks I’m not good enough for you, saying that only someone good-looking like Xu He, well-educated and from a good family, is worthy of you. She’s mentioned it countless times at home," Fang Pingying couldn’t help but sigh sourly when she mentioned Xu He.
"But today I really saw it: people who read more books are indeed different. At the very least, they know what to say to whom. Look at her, she speaks one way in front of us, but in a completely different tone in front of your mother. She really knows how to adapt."
Playing the pitiful little girl in front of men isn’t something only Xu He can do; she, Fang Pingying, can do it too, and she’s quite good at the plaintive tone.
Speaking of Xu He, Luo Zhiyong remembered how she had been instigating Zhou Yunmei in the room that day, and frowned at Fang Pingying, "This Xu He, I never used to notice, just thought she was a young girl. I didn’t expect her to be so dishonorable. You should avoid her in the future, just pretend you don’t know her."
Fang Pingying rolled her eyes helplessly after hearing this. This man really knew how to twist things around, telling her to avoid Xu He, when he was the one who interacted with her more.
However, she didn’t voice this thought, instead looking up at Luo Zhiyong and blinking, "If Xu He asks you to take her to that place she mentioned to work tomorrow, won’t you take her?"