bookrebus Chapter 209 Strong Hunter 4
Chapter 209 Strong Hunter 4
Han Xu had always liked Jiang Wan. He had thought that he would propose to her after some time, after he had renovated his house and built a small yard to provide Jiang Wan with a safe environment. However, he did not expect that everything would happen so soon!
It was impossible for him to witness Jiang Wan being sold to a brothel with his own eyes, so he nodded and agreed without thinking.
Hearing his reply, Jiang Wan was so moved that she cried with joy and kept thanking him.
This made Han Xu a little uncomfortable. He cleared his throat and said stiffly: "You...you don't have to thank me. This house is very simple now. If you come to live here, it would be wronged for you..."
Jiang Wan was a little stunned, as if he didn't understand what he meant, then he forced a smile and said, "It's not shabby, not shabby at all, and it's not wronged. As long as you can give me a place to shelter from the wind and rain, I will work hard to make money in the future and return the money I earned from selling myself to you as soon as possible!"
Originally, he was in high spirits, thinking that he could marry his wife long in advance. After hearing what Jiang Wan said, Han Xu felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him. He coughed twice in embarrassment, and then he said stiffly, "I am willing to buy you back, but not to make you work like a cow or a horse for me, and you don't have to pay me back for selling your body..."
Seeing that Jiang Wan still didn't understand, Han Xu simply said directly, "I don't lack servants who work like slaves for me. I just lack a wife!"
After hearing Han Xu's words, Jiang Wan was startled and her ears suddenly turned red. She had never seen such a scene before. Her face quickly turned red, and it looked even redder than Han Xu who had a low fever. "You...what nonsense are you talking about? Who wants to be your wife!"
Han Xu was not in a hurry. He handed the dried meat on the table to her again. "What are you going to do? You want to run away after eating my dried meat? Before this incident, I would have thought of coming to propose marriage. Jiang Wan, think carefully, are there any young men more handsome than me in the nearby villages? My family has no shortage of food and drink. As long as you marry me, these meat and rice will be enough! On weekdays, there is no farmland at home. You just stay at home and wait for me to come back from hunting in the mountains!"
"Oh, by the way, it's not safe for you to be alone at home. You can build a big yard when the time comes! I don't have parents yet, and you don't have to serve your parents-in-law. Is there any more comfortable life than marrying me?"
Jiang Wan was stunned. He opened his mouth slightly and was about to say something. After thinking for a while, he closed it helplessly. What Han Xu said made so much sense! Not to mention that it was her who was here now, even if the original body was here in person, she would probably agree to his request.
Jiang Wan thought about it and added, "If I marry you, can you give my brothers and sisters some food? They are all children and don't eat much. I will call them over to eat something to replenish their bodies when they come out. I will never let them take it back and subsidize my parents!"
Seeing that Han Xu did not agree immediately, Jiang Wan continued: "My brothers and sisters are very good and listen to me very well. When they grow up, they will definitely repay you!"
Han Xu frowned slightly. He was not worried about this. They were just two children. He had met them when he was digging wild vegetables. He knew Jiang An and Jiang Yu very well. Eating them was nothing. It was Jiang Wan's mention of his parents that suddenly reminded him of something.
"Your mother...wasn't your mother very kind to you? Didn't she stop your father from selling you to a brothel?"
Originally, Jiang Wan came here to dig wild vegetables, and Han Xu couldn't even say a few words to her. She insisted on rushing home to cook, saying that she was worried that her mother would be hungry. Why did she suddenly change her attitude now? She just scolded her father before, but now that there are good things, even her mother is unwilling to subsidize her?
Han Xu knew that something must have happened to cause Jiang Wan to change like this. He had not understood her well before, so he was not familiar with everything about her. But since he had decided to marry Jiang Wan, he needed to know everything about her.
When this matter was suddenly brought up, Jiang Wan's excitement immediately dissipated, and his face became a little gloomy.
Han Xu noticed that the atmosphere was not right and secretly hated himself for saying the wrong thing. He opened his mouth to change the subject, but he didn't expect that Jiang Wan was staring blankly into the void in front of him and talking to himself.
"Before, I just thought my father was awful. He would go home and beat my mother when he was drunk. I hated him when I was little. I wished I could grow up quickly so that I could have the strength to stop him and let my mother be beaten less... Later, I really did it. Every time my father beat my mother, I would stand in front of her. She has a soft temper. I have always known that, and I have never blamed her. My father was heavily in debt and did not take care of the family. We mothers had difficulty even eating at home. My mother only knew how to cry every day, but I did not admit defeat. I took my brothers and sisters to the mountains to dig wild vegetables, and I endured it in this torment..."
"In fact, it's not that I haven't thought about rebelling against my father. He's a drunkard. Although my mother and I are not as strong as him, as long as we unite, we can definitely beat him down. At that time, I couldn't help it, so I told my mother all my thoughts, but her face changed drastically. She said that he was my father, how could I have such an idea? That day, when I came back from picking wild vegetables, I was beaten by my father. I almost died there that day..."
"I didn't understand it at the time, but I just thought it was my dad's impulse, until what happened today..."
When Jiang Wan said this, he suddenly looked up at Han Xu, his eyes filled with tears of grievance, "My father lost money and wanted to sell me to a brothel to pay off his debts, but guess what happened? It would have been fine if he just beat me up, but my mother actually stood with him and forced me to go to a brothel!"
"She has lived for so many years, how could she not know what a brothel is? She actually persuaded her daughter to sell herself in a brothel! Is she worthy of being a mother? I take care of my younger siblings at home, and I also have to take care of her. I shoulder all the burdens of the family by myself. These are what she should have done! I feel sorry for her, but what about her? Usually my father goes straight to her when he gets drunk. When he beat me that day, there were only the two of them at home. He suddenly wanted to beat me to death. Now that I think about it, wasn't it her who told the secret?"
"Why? Why do you treat me like this? Am I not good enough for her? Wuwuwu..."
Jiang Wan cried sadly, and Han Xu's heart ached when he heard about what she had been through. He had the urge to hold Jiang Wan in his arms immediately, but when he thought about their current relationship, he just clenched his fists tightly and suppressed his thoughts.
Still feeling that this was a bit bland, Han Xu pushed the dried meat on the table toward Jiang Wan again, patting his chest and promising: "Jiang Wan, if you marry me, I will never let you suffer such grievances in the future! From now on, no one will bully you anymore!"