Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space-Chapter 630 - 508: Lin Zi’s Heartache

Zhang Guoqing glared at him fiercely, "You’ve got some nerve! Trying to force yourself on someone, even if it’s just a joke. Don’t give me that line about it being an accident, I know your sneaky thoughts. If it was another girl, would you have taken a bath together?"

"We weren’t taking a bath..."

Zhang Guoqing held back his laughter and decisively interrupted, "It’s not a big deal. If Zhao Yuanyuan was truly unwilling, she would have beaten you up that same day, instead of letting you, a clueless guy, succeed. After you go back, immediately! Have your parents go over and propose. With all this fuss, anyone would know that there’s something between the two of you.

Except for the two of us, don’t mention this incident to anyone else. Having this happen before marriage is bad for a girl’s reputation. Especially in front of your parents, don’t bring it up.

Rest assured, once the marriage proposal is settled, everything will be fine."

Zhang Yuntao looked at him eagerly, "Xiao Wu, what if Yuanyuan still ignores me? You don’t know how weird these girls can be. Even after we’ve been through so much, she still won’t let me hold her hand now."

Li Qinglin patted him, "Taozi, be honest. If this hadn’t happened, would you still be clinging to Zhao Yuanyuan like this? As a brother, let me give you some advice. First, figure out your own feelings, otherwise, you’ll end up hurting others and yourself."

Zhang Yuntao poured himself a cup of wine, downed it in one gulp, and said quietly, "I’ve discovered that I’m truly in love with Zhao Yuanyuan. I used to think her laugh was carefree, but now when I see her smile, I feel incredibly happy. When I see her eating wild vegetable buns, I feel like crying. If I don’t see her for a day, I worry something might happen to her. Whenever there’s something nice at home, I want to give it to her. Now I’m here, and I don’t even know how she’s doing."

Zhang Guoqing and Li Qinglin both laughed out loud.

...This lovesick Zhang Yuntao is truly unbearably cheesy. But it’s such a delight to see two friends end up together!

"Did you talk to her this time when you came over?"

Zhang Guoqing snorted, "Do you even need to ask? He must have eagerly invited her over to see my wife, and then got shot down."

Zhang Yuntao put on a flattering smile and revealed his intention, "Xiao Wu, can you ask Jiao Jiao to send a telegram to Yuanyuan? Uncle Zhao has agreed that as long as Yuanyuan nods, the marriage is set."

"Impressive! With women, if there’s a first, there will be a second. Once you pressurize her, keep going, and once she’s subdued, you won’t have to worry about her not listening. Alright, I’ll have Jiao Jiao send an urgent telegram first thing in the morning.

But, let me say this in advance, from now on, you must be careful. No matter how good other women are, remember what you said today, you can’t betray your own wife."

Zhang Yuntao rolled his eyes at him. Silently despising, let’s see you try to make Zhou Jiao obedient to you. He hadn’t met his nemesis before, so he didn’t deeply understand it, but now he was truly caught.

Zhang Guoqing gave him a playful smile. He and Zhou Jiao always wondered if these two would end up together. They never expected such a peculiar way to open the door.

This brother is truly ruthless! You have to admit, this method of forcibly advancing actually worked on Zhao Yuanyuan.

Li Qinglin watched Zhang Yuntao thoughtfully.

"What? Speak your mind."

"How did you find the right place that day?"

Li Qinglin’s question made Zhang Guoqing spit out his drink.

"You...you couldn’t find the door, could you?"

Zhang Guoqing was left coughing by these two—this was too much information. He suspiciously scrutinized Li Qinglin.

Li Qinglin blushed under their gazes, "How could I not?"

"It’s quite possible." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Go ahead... There’s no outsiders here."

Li Qinglin rolled his eyes at them, "There’s nothing I can’t say. Didn’t I mention a girl in a letter last time? It was her, just missed it by a bit."

Zhang Guoqing frowned slightly, "Broke up?"

Li Qinglin nodded to Zhang Guoqing, saying, "She left with her family, and we were never going to work out."

Zhang Guoqing nodded, patted him on the shoulder, "Let’s drink."

Li Qinglin shook his head with a smile, "I’m fine. It’s not what you think. I wasn’t at the point of ’no other but her’, just had some good feelings.

This matter is quite embarrassing when you talk about it.

The night before she left, she asked me out. At that time, I was still in the dark. It wasn’t until I arrived at the place that I felt something was off. An empty courtyard, what could a man and a woman do there alone?

I really admire myself now, honestly, I never realized I could be so gentlemanly. Seeing her bare, I actually wanted to escape, and at the last moment, I really pried her fingers apart and left..."

Zhang Yuntao scrutinized him doubtfully, "Are you sure you left as a gentleman, and not because you couldn’t do it?"

"We grew up wearing the same pants, haven’t you figured out if I can or can’t?"

"Watch your words, it’s easy to make people suspicious. I’m a real man."

Zhang Guoqing looked at them with a delighted smile.

"Xiao Wu, stop giggling. I think we need to take Lin Zi to see a doctor, this is no small matter. Lin Zi, speak clearly, what do you mean by ’at the last moment’, where did you stop?"

Li Qinglin quickly covered his mouth as he spoke louder, "Lower your voice. I said, okay? I’m really not an issue, like I said before, just a bit off."

Zhang Yuntao blinked at him, asking quietly, "Really couldn’t find the door."

Li Qinglin rolled his eyes at him, annoyed, "What do you think? But for a moment there, I suddenly felt that getting in was easy, but what comes after that? At that moment, I felt if I hadn’t planned to marry her, I should just forget it."

Zhang Yuntao was left speechless with his mouth agape. Is this even possible?

What Li Qinglin didn’t say was he did pry open the girl’s fingers, but didn’t successfully leave. In the middle of the night, in such a remote place, he couldn’t really leave her behind.

In the end, what was bound to happen still happened. At the moment of entering the girl, he solemnly promised in her ear that he would marry her on graduation day.

And what did she say? She smiled through the pain and said yes.

But by dawn, he was left alone to face a letter, without even an address, just saying she was leaving and telling him not to wait. Why?

He backed out at the last moment, worried that he couldn’t bear the burden of this relationship, while she clung to him tightly; once he threw himself completely into it, she left without a word.

A night of endless entanglement, how could the emotions he invested be up to her to decide? If she doesn’t show up on graduation day, Li Qinglin won’t let it rest for the rest of his life.

Zhang Guoqing continually kept an eye on Li Qinglin, instinctively wanting to frown again.

He wasn’t Zhang Yuntao; Li Qinglin’s eyes carried many things. Plus, he stated earlier that "at that time, he hadn’t planned to marry", implying that now he wanted to, but she was no longer around. What happened that day definitely wasn’t as simple as he described, something unexpected must have occurred.

After some thought, Zhang Guoqing ultimately didn’t ask Li Qinglin for confirmation, nor did he even inquire about the girl’s name.

What is a good brother?

It’s when your brother wants to talk, you listen by his side; when he doesn’t want to talk, you’re silently there with him. And when he encounters something and needs help, you stand by him with all you’ve got.

Zhang Guoqing hopes his brother can go smoothly through life, without any dramatic clichéd love and hate matters.