Turning Antagonist to Protagonist: He is Both Soft and Fierce-Chapter 210 - 205: Tingfan, Can You Marry Your...

Once Lin Qiao left, Li Guifen set her gaze on Song Tingfan and saw him going to wash the dishes, so she followed to help.

"Aunt Lin, you take a rest, I’ll wash them." Song Tingfan reached out to stop her from washing.

The more Li Guifen looked at him, the more pleased she felt. This child is capable and fears no hardship. She probed, "Tingfan, do you have any good candidates in mind for your sister-in-law?"

Another match for his sister-in-law. Song Tingfan clamped his lips tight, finally shaking his head. "No."

Li Guifen pretended to sigh, "Ah, if only we could find someone like you." She said and secretly observed Song Tingfan’s reaction.

The young man paused his hand for a moment, unconsciously tightening a bit.

Could he do it?

But he dared not ask, fearing his sister-in-law would detest him, would distance herself from him.

Sister-in-law probably doesn’t like someone like him.

He wasn’t good anywhere.

The young man felt an unprecedented sense of insecurity concerning matters involving his sister-in-law.

"It will happen."

What does "it will happen" mean? Li Guifen thought for a moment and then said, "Tingfan, do you think your sister-in-law treats you well?"

"She does." Song Tingfan nodded without hesitation.

"As long as it’s good, I only hope you two can live well together. Us getting old, we’ll be in the ground in a few years, and you two will need to support each other in the future."

Li Guifen paused, her expression full of concern, and added, "We can’t let go of your sister-in-law. She’s a widow, and if she doesn’t remarry, who will support her in her old age?"

"I will take care of my sister-in-law. Aunt Lin, don’t worry." Song Tingfan said firmly.

"Tingfan has a good heart, I know, but you will also need a wife. It’s not that I’m badmouthing your future wife; everyone has their little schemes, and when it comes to your sister-in-law, it’ll certainly cause discord between the two of you." Li Guifen’s words weren’t exactly untrue. Once married, it’s not just one person’s business but a whole family’s affair.

Aunt Lin still wanted to find someone for his sister-in-law, and Song Tingfan lowered his eyes, a hint of struggle flashing through.

He stayed silent, and Li Guifen felt he didn’t understand, but if he didn’t, there was no point in asking. She frankly said, "Tingfan, what I’m going to say next might be a bit much, but I still need to brazenly ask you."

"Could you marry your sister-in-law? Besides you, I don’t know who else I can trust to take good care of her."

The boy’s mind was still wrestling with how to refuse to stop the matching for his sister-in-law. Suddenly hearing her words, he stood there dazed, the bowl in his hand fell to the ground with a "crack" and shattered in two.

Mrs. Wang Tan hurried over to pick up the broken bowl, anxiously saying, "Young Master, are you okay? Let me wash, you go sit and rest."

Song Tingfan hastily shook his head, signaling her not to wash, so Mrs. Wang Tan had to go do other things.

His reaction seemed to have scared him in Li Guifen’s eyes, thinking he probably hadn’t thought about it. She quickly explained, "Tingfan, don’t mind it, if it doesn’t work just forget it. I was just asking, your sister-in-law doesn’t know about this, don’t tell her, if she finds out, she’ll definitely be mad at me, I..."

Before she could finish, the young man quietly replied, "I can, as long as sister-in-law doesn’t despise me."

As long as she didn’t despise him, he was willing to do anything.

Li Guifen was stunned for a moment, finally reacting with a bit of disbelief, "Tingfan, are you saying you can marry your sister-in-law?"

"I will marry her." Song Tingfan suppressed the excitement bubbling inside him.

Seeing he didn’t look troubled, Li Guifen smiled with joy and then seriously said, "How could your sister-in-law despise you? She praises you a lot in front of me."

Actually, if it comes to that, it should be more worrying whether he would despise her daughter, not him worrying she would despise him.

Though in their hearts as parents, their daughter was perfect, outsiders saw otherwise.

With a sense of guilt, she said, "Don’t worry, as long as we, her parents, are here, we’ll help as much as we can."

As long as their daughter could marry into a good family, she was willing to empty the coffin savings.

Song Tingfan immediately shook his head, "I can work."

He wasn’t marrying his sister-in-law because he needed their help.

He wanted to marry her.

"I know, you’ve always been diligent since you were little."

Li Guifen sincerely praised him, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Don’t tell your sister-in-law yet; let me talk to her. You know she only sees you as a little brother she adores, if she knows what your uncle and I think, she definitely won’t accept it."

Regarding that part of her daughter, she really couldn’t be sure.

But Song Tingfan agreed.

Song Tingfan also didn’t dare to tell Lin Qiao, so he nodded, "Alright."

Lin Qiao didn’t know during this time her beloved mother had arranged her for the villainous young uncle.

All she noticed was that when she returned, Song Tingfan was secretly glancing at her several times, leaving her somewhat baffled, thinking she had dirt on her face. She went to the attic to get a copper mirror to check, but saw nothing.

However, there was no time to ask him, it was busy all afternoon with packing and delivering cakes.

Another day passed with this busyness, and on the day Song Tingfan went to private school, Lin Qiao naturally saw him off, only to see Zhou Tiedan at the entrance.

Zhou Tiedan cheerfully greeted them, "Tingfan, Sister-in-law."

"With Tie Dan around, I’ll be relieved. You two take care of each other." Lin Qiao was worried that Song Tingfan, being new, might get bullied in the private school.

Zhou Tiedan patted his chest, "Sister-in-law, rest assured, I will definitely protect him."

Song Tingfan didn’t like the idea of being seen as weaker than Zhou Tiedan in his sister-in-law’s eyes, so he stiffly said, "I don’t need your protection, I can do it myself."

Zhou Tiedan’s mother laughed and joined in, "Tie Dan is useless. Tingfan, please look after him a bit in school."

"Mom! How am I useless? I helped the family carry water yesterday."

Zhou Tiedan tried to stand straight to show his strength, but still fell short of Song Tingfan by half a head. He felt a bit dejected and said, "Mom, it’s your fault for not letting me eat, that’s why I’m not as tall as Song Tingfan."

"Blame me for not letting you eat? Look how fat you are, and Tingfan doesn’t eat as much as you do." Zhou Tiedan’s mother glared at him in exasperation and motioned him to hurry into the private school.

After the two of them went in, Zhou Tiedan’s mother exchanged a few words with Lin Qiao before parting ways.

Lin Qiao returned to the shop. Seeing it was not very busy, she took Silver Coins with her and prepared to head out. Li Guifen asked, "Daughter, where are you going?"

"I’m going to look at beds." Lin Qiao had wanted to buy another bed for a while but had been too busy.

Knowing she and Song Tingfan had been squeezing onto a floor bed lately, Li Guifen simply nodded.

Granny Fan assumed she had taken over the bed and quickly exclaimed, "I’ll go sleep in the alley."

"Granny, it’s not your fault. I’ve been meaning to buy a bed for a long time." Lin Qiao continued, thinking of something, "Granny, today you should go back to the village with Mom. You’ve got no one to talk to here, and I’m sure you and my grandmother will have plenty to talk about. You two can keep each other company." 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

In these days, she had come to understand the elderly woman’s temperament quite well, besides being overly frugal, everything else was good.