Chapter 09
Registering the Marriage?!
Book Title: In the ’70s, the Pampered Beauty Calls Him Husband, and the Cold-Faced Tycoon Breaks His Vows Author: Tian Xuan Yao Zhang Word Count: 2,081 words Update Time: 2026-03-12 18:41:04
Su Wanqing looked at Zhang Hongying, the corner of her mouth curling into a smirk as she spoke in a hard, uncompromising tone: “You grabbed my clothes and cursed at me. If I want to beat you, I beat you. Do I need to pick a specific time for that?”
Zhang Hongyingâs lips trembled, unable to utter a single complete sentence for a long time.
The onlookers standing nearby also began to lean in close, whispering and gossiping among themselves.
Ignoring the chatter around her, Su Wanqing turned her gaze toward the back of the crowd.
“Production Leader,” she called out, her voice carrying a hint of grievance and a subtle tremor. “Itâs good that youâre here. I have something to say to you.”
The crowd immediately parted to make a path.
With his hands behind his back, the production leader walked over slowly. His face was dark and grim, resembling a heavy storm cloud. He first glanced at Su Wanqing, then swept a look over Lu Shiyan, before finally fixing his gaze on Zhang Hongying.
“What is going on here? Wrecking such a havoc in the middle of the night.”
The moment Zhang Hongying saw the production leader, tears instantly flooded down her face. Clutching her cheek, she pressed closer to him and spoke with a crying sob: “Production Leader! You have to stand up for me! Su Wanqing beat me, she beat me right in front of all these people!”
The production leader shot her a glance, then turned his head back to look at Su Wanqing.
Su Wanqing stood there with her hair still unraveled, quite a bit of straw debris clinging to her clothes. Her face was flushed bright red, and her eyes were rimmed with red as well. She looked both deeply ashamed and furiousâa picture of sheer pity.
“Production Leader,” she spoke up, her voice still trembling slightly, though she enunciated every single word clearly. “You have to be the judge of what happened tonight.”
She extended a finger to point at Zhang Hongying, her tone lacing with anger: “This Comrade Zhang here didn’t sleep in the middle of the night and secretly stalked me. When my partner and I came out to exchange a few words, she followed us, kept her eyes on us all night, and then ran off to call you, claiming I was having an illicit affair.”
As she spoke, her eyes grew even redder, and her voice sounded even more wronged: “Production Leader, I am an unmarried girl with a clean reputation. Having my name dragged through the mud like this, tell me, shouldn’t I have beaten her?”
The production leader furrowed his brows and looked at Zhang Hongying, his tone dropping heavily: “Didn’t you just say you saw her with a man with your own two eyes?”
Anxious, Zhang Hongying wiped away her tears and shouted: “I did see it! The moment it got dark, she snuck out of the youth educated center and walked toward the haystacks to meet up with a man! If that isn’t an illicit affair, what else could it be?”
Looking at her, Su Wanqingâs tears suddenly began to fall, flowing fast and heavy.
Standing to the side, Lu Shiyan watched in absolute speechlessness. He really hadn’t expected this little enchantress to possess such a talentâcrying the exact moment she wanted to.
Her ability to turn the tables on someone was truly admirable.
“Zhang Hongying,” Su Wanqing sniffled, her voice carrying a crying sob, yet every word cut like a knife. “Just because I came out to talk with my partner, it becomes an illicit affair? Following your logic, after you find a partner in the future, does it mean the two of you can never meet for the rest of your lives? The moment you meet once, it counts as an affair too?”
This question left Zhang Hongying utterly speechless. Her lips twitched repeatedly, but she couldn’t squeeze out a single word for a long time.
Su Wanqing wiped her tears with her sleeve and turned back to the production leader. Her tone softened slightly, making her appear even more aggrieved: “Production Leader, Lu Shiyan and I have been dating for a while now. Coming out tonight was precisely because I wanted to discuss the matter of marriage with him. Who knew this Comrade Zhang would follow us all the way, spy on us all night, and even run over to your place to make a malicious report, claiming we’re having an affair.”
As she spoke, a crying sob returned to her voice, and her eyes grew increasingly bloodshot: “Production Leader, you know my parents aren’t by my side. I came down to the countryside all by myself, with no one to rely on. I finally managed to find a partner, thinking I’d have someone to lean on in the future, only to have my reputation ruined by someone like this. How… how am I supposed to hold my head up in the village in the future? I don’t want to live anymore…”
Saying this, she made a motion as if she were going to hurl herself against a nearby tree trunk. The onlookers nearby quickly reached out, catching and holding her back.
Standing on the sidelines, Lu Shiyanâs eyelids twitched slightly, though a trace of admiration surfaced on his face.
As expected of the woman he had his eyes on. Just a moment ago, she was smiling while slapping someone, and now she was weeping like a broken soul. Tsk, what a flawless performance.
The anxiety that had been hanging in his heart finally settled completely. Shoving both hands into his pants pockets, he simply stood there quietly, watching Su Wanqing put on her show.
The production leader looked at Su Wanqing, who was crying so hard she could barely catch her breath, and then looked at Zhang Hongying, who was stomping her feet in anger. His face grew darker and darker, his brow furrowing so deeply it could have crushed a mosquito.
Panicking, Zhang Hongying took a step forward and shouted loudly: “Production Leader, don’t listen to her nonsense! What do you mean discussing marriage? Drilling into a haystack in the dead of night to discuss marriage? Who would believe that! This is clearly a lie she made up on the spot because she got caught red-handed!”
Su Wanqing lifted her head, looking at Zhang Hongying with rimmed red eyes, her tone carrying a hint of defiance: “Zhang Hongying, what do you mean by that? When my partner and I discuss marriage, do we have to pick a time that accommodates your convenience? Do we have to discuss it right in front of your face? Are we not allowed to find a place that’s a bit quieter and more romantic? We live in a new era now, so why are you still clinging to those old, outdated mindsets? This attitude of yours is truly unacceptable.”
Choked by her words, Zhang Hongyingâs face turned bright red. She pointed a finger at Su Wanqing, completely speechless for a long time: “You… you… you’re just twisting words with flawed logic!”
Su Wanqing stopped paying attention to her. Turning back to the production leader, she sniffled, her tone growing a bit more sincere: “Production Leader, I know that meeting up with Lu Shiyan in the middle of the night is indeed somewhat inappropriate. But we really had no choice. He lives in the cowshed while I live in the youth educated center. We don’t get to see each other at all normally. It took so much effort just to arrange a time to say a few words and discuss our marriage, yet we were targeted by someone.”
Saying this, she wiped her tears once more, looking up at the production leader with a highly earnest gaze: “Production Leader, I just want to ask one question. Just because his family background is bad, does it mean he isn’t allowed to date? Does it mean he can’t get married? Is there such a rule in the village?”
The production leader was stumped by her question. He opened his mouth, but found himself unable to say a word.
A rule? There really wasn’t any such rule. People with poor family backgrounds could get married too; it was just that no one was willing to marry them, since nobody wanted to get dragged down by association.
Seeing that he remained silent, Su Wanqing took another step forward, her voice softening into a gentle plea: “Production Leader, Lu Shiyan and I are genuine. His background might be poor, but he treats me well, and I am willing to be with him. Tonight’s matter was our fault for coming out in the middle of the night and giving rise to gossip. But we really were just discussing marriage. It wasn’t what Zhang Hongying claimed at all; it wasn’t an illicit affair.”
Saying this, she cast a glance at Lu Shiyan, then quickly lowered her head again. Her cheeks flushed with a faint tint of red, carrying a touch of shyness: “Originally, we planned to tell you about this in a few days. Since we ran into each other tonight, then I’ll be completely transparent with youâthe two of us are planning to register our marriage.”
Registering the marriage?!
The moment those three words left her mouth, the entire surroundings fell instantly silent. The onlookers all sucked in a breath of cold air, exchanging glances with one another, their eyes filled with absolute shock.
Zhang Hongyingâs eyes widened to the size of saucers, her face painting with complete disbelief, as if she hadn’t heard the words correctly.
Registering the marriage? Su Wanqing actually wanted to register a marriage with Lu Shiyan?
Hadn’t she always been hovering around Lin Wenyan? Hovering around the educated youth Lin every single day, wishing she could glue herself onto him? How had she suddenly decided to marry Lu Shiyan?
