Qin Jianjun turned his head.
Gao Lele continued, "My mom set me up through a matchmaker, wanting me to meet this guy on the weekend. I don’t really want to."
Qin Jianjun finally realized something and thought for a moment, "If you don’t want to see him, then don’t. Marriage is a lifetime commitment. Now the state advocates for freedom in love and marriage. Your parents shouldn’t arrange your marriage. Have a good talk with them. As long as your reasons are sound, I think they will understand."
After Qin Jianjun left, Gao Lele couldn’t hold back her tears anymore.
Qin Juan watched the two from not far away, frowning. When she saw Qin Jianjun approaching, she asked quietly, "What’s going on?"
Qin Jianjun scratched his head, "It’s probably something to do with her family. Her mom mentioned a suitor and wants to set up a meeting this weekend. She doesn’t want to meet him and asked me to go boating in the park this weekend instead. But I don’t want to go either; the shop is so busy, where do I have the time to go boating?"
Lin Chuxia laughed when she heard what he said. Seeing no one around, she whispered, "Look here, you silly boy, her family talks about a suitor she doesn’t want to see, and she specifically asks you to go boating in the park. Can’t you understand what that means?"
As for Gao Lele’s little crush on Qin Jianjun, she and her elder sister had noticed it a long time ago.
Thinking about young love, what they’re looking for is exactly this kind of clueless and unripe feeling, so neither of them had pointed it out.
But after all this time, this naive nephew of theirs is not just unripe; he’s just utterly clueless.
Without a little reminder, he probably will never get married in his lifetime.
Qin Juan also asked him with a speechless expression, "What do you think of Lele?"
In her opinion, Gao Lele is quite nice: pretty, sweet-talked, and with a good personality.
Her nephew standing with her looked like a handsome couple, quite well matched.
Most importantly, after working together for such a long time, they knew each other well.
Qin Jianjun was scared stiff by his fourth aunt and Aunt’s words. He wasn’t dumb, he just hadn’t thought about it that way.
Now looking at Gao Lele, it was like facing some dreadful flood or savage beast.
"Fourth Aunt, Aunt, I really didn’t mean it that way. I’m still young; I just want to study well, work well, and get my diploma first. As for other things, I really haven’t thought about them."
"You could think about it, you’re almost a 20-year-old young man. Now the state advocates for free love, if there is a suitable young lady..."
"No, no," Qin Jianjun hurriedly interrupted Lin Chuxia, "Fourth Aunt, I really don’t have that on my mind. In my plans, at least I should consider marriage when I’m at the age of Fourth Uncle. I genuinely don’t want to get married and have children too early."
By the end, his face turned red first.
It was unclear whether he blushed out of embarrassment or urgency.
Lin Chuxia and Qin Juan exchanged a glance, seeing clearly the boy really wasn’t thinking about it.
"Alright, don’t rush. If you don’t have that in mind, just keep your distance from her. Once she understands your stance, she’ll drop the idea."
After all, the window paper hadn’t been pierced, and Qin Jianjun couldn’t directly tell Gao Lele he didn’t like her; that wouldn’t leave the young lady with any dignity.
It also happened that they were planning to transfer him to the shopping mall side. With time, she’d probably forget.
"When you’re not busy later, clean up and come over to my place. Your second aunt is home cooking something delicious for us, she specifically asked me to call you and your aunt over."
Qin Juan also smiled, "Your eldest sister-in-law can’t stay idle. She came to the shop a few days ago wanting to help out too."
"Right, we’re going south in a few days. Your eldest sister-in-law said she wanted to stay at your place. She has mentioned it twice now; probably she’s calling you over today to talk about it."
Lin Chuxia left, leaving only Qin Yang and Zhang Guilan at home.
Although the sister-in-law and the younger uncle were not like the elder uncle and younger aunt, always a topic of gossip in doubtful circumstances, Zhang Guilan still feared that they might cause idle talk and bad rumors for Lin Chuxia and her family.
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