Chapter 454: Chapter 454: Choose the Heart of the Cabbage, Marry a Liberation Army Man
Chapter 454: When Eating Vegetables, Go for the Heart of the Cabbage
Xie Hongjun originally thought that with his charm, by just lifting his little finger, he could easily hook a girl who grew up in a rural area like this.
But now, he found that Jiang Mengyu actually disdained him!
This made him feel utterly depressed and also a bit resentful: He is Xie Hongjun, after all!
However, the more Jiang Mengyu ignored him, the more she disdained him, the more he wanted to conquer her, and indeed, he felt a bit of interest in this girl.
He hurriedly caught up to Jiang Mengyu: "Miss Jiang, I know I was a bit presumptuous today, but I sincerely love you."
"Don’t desecrate the word love!" Jiang Mengyu abruptly stopped, "Whether you’re sincere or fake has nothing to do with me! And—"
Jiang Mengyu sized up Xie Hongjun from head to toe: "Men like you, who are so effeminate, aren’t my type."
Indeed, Xie Hongjun was very pretty, even bewitchingly so, but his prettiness was of the effeminate kind. If dressed as a woman, it would be hard to find many women prettier than him.
Such a man, in the future, would become a national male god.
But Jiang Mengyu honestly didn’t like this kind of prettiness; she preferred the rugged beauty of men like Gu Dongxing!
Being called effeminate by Jiang Mengyu made it hard for Xie Hongjun to save face.
He had always been very proud of his good looks, and although men didn’t like him, whether they were older women or young wives, everyone showed a super level of affection for him as soon as they saw him.
Was it wrong for him to be beautiful? And don’t all the girls like his kind of beauty?
Although he was beautiful, his speech and behavior were not effeminate. Why, then, did this Jiang Mengyu not like him?
He became angry: "Do you actually like rough men like Gu Dongxing?"
Jiang Mengyu smiled: "Wrong, Gu Dongxing is not rough, but very masculine, something you, with your effeminate ways, can’t compare to.
Moreover, when eating vegetables, go for the heart of the cabbage; when getting married, marry a man from the liberation army. The man I want to marry is from the liberation army, even if he used to be one, a pity you’re not!"
Xie Hongjun’s mouth fell open; such a powerful reason, yet he had no way to rebut. There he stood, unsure whether he should continue to follow.
He watched Jiang Mengyu walk away, and it suddenly occurred to him, "When eating vegetables, go for the heart of the cabbage; when getting married, marry a man from the liberation army" - that was the viewpoint of the sixties and seventies.
For that reason, in any village and even in the cities, the most outstanding girls were often chosen by military men.
But now it’s the eighties, lady, the eighties! How can people still be so blind, only considering profession when getting married?
He felt a little dejected; perhaps he had been too self-confident, thinking his charm was irresistible and that once he declared his love, the other party would either agree with delight or shyly say they’d consider it while already agreeing wholeheartedly in their heart.
Yet he hadn’t expected to be rejected by Jiang Mengyu!
He should have first made his presence known to her to become familiar, then gradually and methodically pursued her.
But he would not give up!
Now that she had piqued his interest, how could he let her go?
Jiang Mengyu shook off Xie Hongjun, feeling a chill in her heart; this Xie Hongjun had been Jiang Huaiyu’s lover in her past life! This life, he actually came to woo her!
And he had even investigated her, knowing about her faux engagement with Gu Dongxing.
However, how did he not find out that she and Gu Dongxing had already turned the fake engagement into a real one?