Chapter 429: Seventies: The Mature Husband 29

Hearing what the village Party secretary said, Xue Xingtong was somewhat surprised and puzzled.

Even though Chen Cheng was divorced, given her family's circumstances, there were plenty of young men eager to marry her. Meanwhile, he was a poor wastrel who was penniless. Why would the Chen family take the initiative to come to his door and propose a marriage?

There had to be a problem.

However, whatever the problem was, it wasn't important to him.

Even if he remained a bachelor for the rest of his life, he would never take Chen Cheng as his wife!

So he quickly said indifferently to the village Party secretary, “Thank you for the offer, Village Party secretary, but I'm always out and about getting into trouble, and I often end up in fights. If something happens to me one day and I end up losing an arm or a leg, then marrying a wife would be no different from not marrying one at all. I'm afraid I'm not worthy of this marriage.”

At these words, the village Party secretary's expression instantly turned ugly.

“Xue Xingtong, don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a penalty!”

Xue Xingtong sneered when he heard this. “Hasn't the village Party secretary given me enough of that penalty wine over the past six months? A few more cups wouldn't make much difference!”

The village Party secretary's breath caught.

Only then did he remember that he had repeatedly made things difficult for this fellow in order to vent Chen Cheng's anger.

Perhaps he was refusing this marriage because he held a grudge over those things.

Thinking of this, the village Party secretary suddenly felt somewhat regretful.

It was better to leave some leeway in one's dealings so that they could meet amicably in the future.

It seemed that he really had gone a little too far back then.

……

However, the village Party secretary would absolutely never admit that he had been in the wrong.

So he could only wave his hand and say coldly, “Don't you dare regret this!”

“I, Xue Xingtong, will never regret it.”

If he really married that selfish and heartless woman, that would be what he regretted for the rest of his life!

Hearing this, the village Party secretary could only leave with an expression full of anger.

After he left, Xue Xingtong furrowed his brows and fell into deep thought.

Could it be that the village Party secretary knew he had made quite a bit of money from buying and reselling goods during this period, and that was why he had taken the initiative to come and offer him his daughter in marriage?

If that was the case, then he would have to be even more careful with his activities from now on!

Otherwise, if the village Party secretary caught him out of spite, he would end up losing both his wife and his soldiers! He might even drag Tang Wan into it.

……

When Chen Cheng heard that Xue Xingtong had rejected the marriage proposal, she immediately exploded.

“What? He actually dared to refuse? That old bachelor! I'm willing to marry him, which means I'm giving him face!” Chen Cheng shouted angrily.

If he were already the tycoon he would become in the future, then of course she wouldn't be worthy of him. But right now, he was still just an old wastrel rolling around in the mud! She was already doing him a favor by being willing to marry him!

And he actually dared to refuse?!

She was furious!

The village Party secretary, meanwhile, held his head high and said, “Don't bring this up again. Fortunately, I went over secretly this morning. Otherwise, if the other villagers had seen me, who knows how they would've laughed at us!”

“Dad! He'll become a big tycoon in the future! As long as we get close to him now, our family won't have to worry about anything in the future!” Chen Cheng said indignantly.

Just then, Chen's mother came in.

“Cheng'er, Huo Shaoting is fine!” Chen's mother hurriedly announced as she entered.

At these words, both the village Party secretary and Chen Cheng froze.

“Mom, what did you say? Huo Shaoting is fine?” Chen Cheng felt dizzy.

“Yes. The army even came to pick him up in a car just now. I saw it with my own eyes—he stood up to greet the people who got out of the car!” Chen's mother said.

Hearing this, Chen Cheng staggered and nearly collapsed to the ground.

“No! I don't believe it! How could this happen? He was clearly not supposed to recover!” Chen Cheng murmured.