Peaceful Farm Life-Chapter 1988 - 1989: Slowly Grinding Away, I’m Not in a Hurry

This second son isn’t getting married, and his younger brothers can’t get married either. His sister can wait, but he doesn’t think those younger brothers can. Especially his third brother, An Yiqing.

Su Yixing thought so.

Thinking about what Su Yixing said, Gong Juechen nodded, agreeing as well, and said, "Then three years."

"Master..." Su Yixing pulled a long face.

Gong Juechen cleared his throat, "Then two years... Just two years, not a day less. If you don’t agree, I won’t tell you where Huo Qingyi is. You decide for yourself!"

Seeing how persistent his master was, Su Yixing had no choice, so he said, "Two years it is, my marriage will be delayed for two years. But, Master, I might not be able to win Qingyi over in two years."

"Disciple," Gong Juechen immediately took on a worldly-wise look, speaking earnestly, "Although I hope you turn out like that—meaning my Lele might not be married off in two years—I still have to say, how could you be so useless? It’s just a girl. You’ve been at it for so many years with no result. But even so, you’re now lacking confidence and saying two years might not be enough to win her over. Apart from calling you useless, I don’t know what else to say."

Su Yixing unapologetically snapped back: "Master, don’t think I don’t know. Back then, you also spent years with Master Mother before she married you, and Master Mother was almost thirty by then. My Qingyi is only twenty-two now, so I can at least spend another eight years with her."

Gong Juechen wasn’t annoyed and even grinned cheekily, "No matter how old your Master Mother was when she married me, marry she did. But as for you, who knows if Qingyi will even like you by then, let alone marry you."

"You!" Feeling the sting, Su Yixing gritted his teeth in anger and then said irritably, "I’ve already agreed to your two-year condition, so hurry up and tell me, where is Qingyi now?"

"She’s at the South Chi Sub-altar, I sent her to manage things there."

"Couldn’t you send her somewhere closer!" Su Yixing gritted his teeth again in frustration. South Chi is super far from the Slayer Tower’s main altar.

"I’m afraid if I send her closer, you’ll find her," Gong Juechen’s reason was quite sufficient. "Who knew your third brother would jump out of nowhere and not need you to become my son-in-law."

Su Yixing just turned around and left. As he walked out, he said, "I’m going to South Chi for a while."

Gong Juechen didn’t stop him, even cheerfully saying, "Go ahead, take your time, I’m not in a hurry."

I’m in a hurry! 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Su Yixing almost turned back to shout this at Gong Juechen, but in the end, he held it in.

...

The next day, early in the morning, Su Yixing set off for South Chi to find Huo Qingyi. Meanwhile, An Yiqing, after recuperating for half a month at the main altar of the Slayer Tower, felt his body was almost healed and said goodbye to Gong Juechen and the others, ready to head home.

Gong Le was reluctant to see him go and escorted him ten miles away from the Slayer Tower.

"Alright, don’t see me off any further. Go back with them quickly, or it will be dark by the time you return." An Yiqing smiled, asking Gong Le to go back with the guards of Slayer Tower.

"But I still want to see you off..."

An Yiqing patted her head, "I’m going back to discuss formally proposing marriage to you with my parents. We should be able to see each other again in less than a month, and then you’ll truly be my fiancée."

Then, An Yiqing gently comforted Gong Le with a few more words, and only then did she reluctantly agree to not see him off further.