Chapter 716 Xue Buping's Previous Life (Part 2)

As for the marriage proposal today, Xue Buping actually didn't think that he could get a good look from the county magistrate. After all, he knew that his status and wealth could not be compared with the county magistrate's family. And he himself didn't get along well with the county magistrate, and even now he still felt that the county magistrate was not fair enough.

However, he still came today. Because he loved Meng Xiaoyu deeply, he could bow to the county magistrate for Xiaoyu. He had already thought that as long as the county magistrate agreed to his request without violating his principles, he could even lower his dignity.

However, Xue Buping never expected that he had just arrived at the county magistrate's mansion today, and he didn't even drink a sip of water or sit down, but he was reprimanded by the county magistrate completely without mercy. He was even a little confused now, thinking that his relationship with the county magistrate had become so bad?

His face changed several times, and Xue Buping was naturally very uncomfortable. How could he, a man, become a thief who wanted to take advantage of someone's daughter?

However, he finally calmed down and bowed to the county magistrate again: "Mr. County Magistrate, please don't misunderstand. I am not trying to take advantage of Xiaoyu, but Xiaoyu and I are in love, so I came here today to ask for help sincerely. Please agree to my request for the sake of our mutual affection."

As soon as Xue Buping's voice fell, the county magistrate's face was extremely ugly. He stared at Xue Buping for a long time before saying gloomily: "Mutual affection? Humph, Constable Xue, you really know how to flatter yourself. How could the daughter of my dignified county magistrate fall in love with a small constable like you? Tell me yourself, what do you have, why are you worthy of my daughter, and what can attract her?"

The county magistrate's words were like pearls, aggressive, so that Xue Buping, who was still half-kneeling on the ground, looked at him and opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word for a long time.

Xue Buping was a rough man and not good at speaking. He came here today only with a sincere heart, what else could he have?

After a long while, Xue Buping said: "Mr. County Magistrate, Xiaoyu and I are sincere to each other. Although my family is not rich, as long as I have a bite to eat, I will never let Xiaoyu starve."

The county magistrate shook his sleeves heavily and said: "Humph, what a bite to eat! Do you think that the daughter of my dignified county magistrate can eat white rice with you?"

"Forget it, you don't need to say more here. Put away your thoughts today, I can pretend that this has never happened. I have already made an agreement with Mr. Li in the east of the city. Three days later, his son will come to marry my Xiaoyu, and the betrothal gifts will probably be here soon, so you can go."

At the end of the county magistrate's words, he had naturally issued an order to expel the guest. However, his words when he was bored were like a bolt from the blue for Xue Buping.

How could Xue Buping accept Meng Xiaoyu's marriage? Moreover, the young master of the Li family was a famous playboy in the city, idle all day long. If Meng Xiaoyu really married him, her life would be over!

"I didn't expect that the county magistrate would sell his daughter for money!" The more Xue Buping thought about it, the more angry he felt. He really loved Meng Xiaoyu, so he was extremely angry about the county magistrate's behavior. Such anger was not only because the county magistrate was unwilling to marry Meng Xiaoyu to him, but also because the county magistrate's behavior itself was irresponsible.

However, the county magistrate was Meng Xiaoyu's biological father after all. No matter how much resentment Xue Buping had in his heart, he did not dare to flare up at this moment. So, he could only suppress his anger with a red face, but his voice was still cold: "Mr. County Magistrate, Mr. Li from the east of the city is a famous playboy. If you marry Xiaoyu to him, Xiaoyu will never be happy."

The county magistrate saw that Xue Buping still refused to give up, and snorted again, saying: "Marriage is the parents' order and the matchmaker's words! Who Xiaoyu wants to marry, can't I, as a father, make the decision? What, does Constable Xue want to rely on his high martial arts to decide who my little girl belongs to today?"

"What's more, Xiaoyu has told me some things between her and you. You and her were just having fun on a whim. Xiaoyu now fully realizes that you are not worthy of her, so she has accepted the arrangement of her family and is ready to get married in three days! "

"Xue Buping, listen to me, Xiaoyu knows that you will come to propose marriage recently. So, she asked me to tell you a sentence: 'All the things in the past were just a show. Now, it can end. '"

"What!" The moment Xue Buping heard the county magistrate's words, he felt a thunder exploded in his head, causing him to fall to the ground instantly, his mind blank.

"Now, it can end? This is impossible... Xiaoyu can't say that..." Xue Buping said "impossible" and other words stupidly. How could he still look like a heroic man at ordinary times? Now in his mind, there were only the things when Meng Xiaoyu and him were entangled in the past. He felt that those were the best evidence that Xiaoyu and he were in love.

After a long time, Xue Buping finally reacted. His face darkened and he looked at the county magistrate and said, "You lied to me. Xiaoyu said yesterday that she would wait for me to come and propose marriage. How could you change your mind today?"

"I knew you wouldn't believe it." The county magistrate looked at Xue Buping coldly, and then said with a sneer: "Take it, this is what she asked me to give you. What is this thing called, red spider lily? Humph, what a ridiculous name!" As soon as the voice fell, a small crimson flower also fell in front of Xue Buping.

Xue Buping naturally recognized this flower. It was woven and dyed by himself with bamboo strips, and then he gave it to Meng Xiaoyu by himself. It is a token of love between Xue Buping and Meng Xiaoyu, and its origin is because of a sentence from Meng Xiaoyu.

"Brother Xue, I heard that after death, people have to go to the Yellow Spring Road. On both sides of the Yellow Spring Road, there are a kind of crimson flower called the Red Shore Flower. This flower has only flowers, no leaves, and is very lonely, representing that lovers will be separated after death, just like the flowers and leaves of the Red Shore Flower cannot meet each other."

"But I think there must be a kind of Red Shore Flower with both flowers and leaves, don't you think? When we all die, we will go to the Yellow Spring Road to find the Red Shore Flower with both flowers and leaves, and we must find it before we will stop. In that case, we can be together in the next life, what do you think?"

Xue Buping didn't know what the Red Shore Flower was originally, but because of Meng Xiaoyu's words, he went to check the books and saw those magical books that said that the Red Shore Flower is a real flower and the leaves can never meet.

However, he made such a fake Red Shore Flower himself. It has flowers and leaves. Xue Buping still clearly remembered the touching expression on Meng Xiaoyu's delicate face when he gave her the flower.

From that moment on, he knew that he would never be separated from Meng Xiaoyu in his life. Unless Xiaoyu could give up the flower he gave her...

"This flower...this flower...this flower..." Xue Buping picked up the red spider lily that the county magistrate threw on the ground with trembling hands, but he completely lost the ability to think.

This small red spider lily was the thing Meng Xiaoyu cherished most in the past, just like she cherished the relationship between herself and Xue Buping. The flower never left her body, which was Meng Xiaoyu's action to prove her attitude in the past years.

However, now, when Xue Buping held the red spider lily in his hand, he felt that the flowers that existed at the same time, red and green, seemed to be laughing at his innocence, so dazzling, as if an evil spirit was grinning at him.

"Go away, live realistically in the future, be a constable and marry a woman who suits you." The county magistrate waved his hand and finally stopped talking. He didn't care about Xue Buping, who was completely limp on the ground, and walked out of the side hall.

That day, Xue Buping didn't even know how he walked home. After he came out of the county magistrate's mansion, his eyes were completely dull, like a walking corpse.

In his mind, there was nothing. There was no beauty with Meng Xiaoyu in the past, no vows of love, and even the face that he thought he would never forget gradually became dim.

The days passed in a daze. Xue Buping didn't even know how to eat and dress, let alone go to the government office to work. He just locked himself at home, then squatted at the head of the bed, opened his eyes, but couldn't see anything.

Until the third day, which was the day the county magistrate said Meng Xiaoyu should get married. It was almost noon, and Xue Buping, who had been lying motionless in bed for three days, suddenly had a gleam of light in his eyes. Then, he suddenly opened his mouth and said in a voice that was already extremely hoarse: "Everything was said by the county magistrate himself. I want to hear Xiaoyu tell me in person once, otherwise I won't believe it!"