USWHC -Chapter 196 Proposal of Marriage (Part 6)

Ever since Old Madam Ji had named an outrageously high bride price to Auntie Fei, she had been sitting at home waiting for Auntie Fei to come back with the marriage proposal. Unfortunately, she waited one day—Auntie Fei didn’t compromise. She waited two days—Auntie Fei didn’t appear. She waited three days—where was Auntie Fei? There wasn’t even a shadow of her.

In the blink of an eye, five days had passed. Old Madam Ji finally couldn’t sit still anymore. Could it be that the matter was about to fall through?

“I’m such an idiot! How could I listen to that fool Erhan?” Old Madam Ji was already showing signs of regretting it bitterly. Zhu Jie watched as she kept pacing around the courtyard, as if she couldn’t stop for even a moment.

Ji Mei also said anxiously, “Mother, this won’t fall through, will it?”

“Erhan! Tell me, what should we do now?” Old Madam Ji shouted sharply, kicking Ji Yi beside her with resentment as she spoke.

Ji Yi simply lowered his head and let her whirlwind kicks land on him.

“Mother, don’t worry. Just wait a little longer. In matters like this, the side that loses patience first is the one that loses.”

“Wait? Wait until they get married and you go drink their wedding wine?” Old Madam Ji yelled hoarsely, completely unable to stay calm.

Zhu Jie couldn’t hold it in and burst out laughing.

Seeing her gloating expression, Old Madam Ji immediately grew furious. “What? Are you happy that Mei can’t get married?” As she spoke, she strode toward her aggressively.

Seriously? This had nothing to do with her! She had been trying her best to match Ji Mei with the Sun family! When Zhu Jie saw Old Madam Ji’s spinning kick about to land on her, she immediately glared.

What? Just because I haven’t shown my temper lately, you think I’m Hello Kitty now?

Surprisingly, that glare actually worked. Old Madam Ji abruptly stopped her heroic stride and even scratched her head awkwardly with a sheepish laugh. How did I get stupid again? I actually tried to provoke this disaster.

At that moment, the courtyard gate suddenly clanged.

Zhu Jie and Ji Yi both frowned at the same time.

“Sounds like someone’s outside,” Zhu Jie muttered softly. With a quick movement, she had already reached the door.

With a creak, the door opened—followed immediately by a scream.

“Ah! Ow—ah!”

Thud! A huge plump body fell face-first into the mud.

“The New Year’s already over, and Auntie Fei is still giving me such a big bow. How could I possibly accept that?” Zhu Jie said mockingly.

Yes, the visitor was none other than the missing Auntie Fei. Who knew when she had arrived at the gate or how much she had been eavesdropping outside? Zhu Jie suddenly opening the door had caught her completely off guard, sending her straight into a mouthful of mud.

She was furious!

Her already bulky body was clumsy enough, and now she lay sprawled on the ground for a long time without being able to get up. Not only that, her chubby legs kept flailing—thump, thump, sliding around—making her fall several more times.

“Is this the butterfly stroke?” Zhu Jie joked with a smile. “Or a kowtow?”

Auntie Fei shouted angrily, “Help me up!”

Her voice was full of despair, as if without Zhu Jie’s help she could flop on the ground for an entire day.

Unfortunately, Zhu Jie showed absolutely no intention of helping her, simply watching her lie there.

Old Madam Ji, however, was too anxious. She hurried over and, together with Ji Mei, helped Auntie Fei up. By then, Auntie Fei’s signature red outfit had been rubbed into a muddy brown.

“You really are something—just standing there watching Auntie Fei fall without helping?” Old Madam Ji scolded Zhu Jie angrily, while also taking the opportunity to flatter Auntie Fei a little.

“That’s right! Auntie Fei is such a good person—how could you just watch her fall?” Ji Mei chimed in indignantly.

Auntie Fei immediately glared angrily at Zhu Jie, as if she alone were the villain.

Zhu Jie shrugged lightly.

Hmph. Now that everyone’s had their fun watching, they push me out as the bad guy. When she first fell, none of you moved either—you all wanted to see her eat a few more mouthfuls of mud. Now you’re suddenly acting like good people.

“Auntie Fei, what wind blew you here again?” Old Madam Ji asked with a somewhat flattering tone. She had no choice—the past few days had been torture, and she no longer dared to act so arrogant.

Auntie Fei patted the dirt off her clothes and said proudly, “I originally came to see you about something, and I even brought you some extremely good news. But you people have truly disappointed me. Now that I’m injured, I’m going back!”

With that, she actually turned as if to leave.