Chapter 1807: Want

Qiao Nan retorted, “Do you not? People’s words are scary. I’m already of this age. It’s best that I live a simple life.” It took too much effort to endure being scolded and lambasted for something that was fictional and a figment of their imagination.

Just like how Qiu Chenxi had always caused trouble for her in her dream, Qiu Chenxi had found the right owner in the end. She had indeed been Zhai Sheng’s girlfriend. As such, Qiao Nan had not been too surprised at that time.

But everything was different now. She had nothing to do with Zhai Sheng. She was just a hired help at the very most. So why did she have to bear that burden of being humiliated and lambasted?

“Since you know very well that you should lead a good and comfortable life, why do you care about the gossip? You’re the one living your life, not others.”

“…” Qiao Nan wanted to grasp at her hair. “Why don’t you understand? All right, Bro Zhai. Think about it. If I really agree, I’m just your hired help. The problem is that I don’t need your salary, but I’ll have to suffer malicious comments hurled at me because of it. What would you do if you were in my position?”

It did not seem worth it to have so many people scolding her for a job that she did not even need. It was not as though she needed this salary to save a life. Even though it was no longer as easy to survive on the translating website now, it was not difficult to support herself with whatever she earned there. Even if she could not survive on this job alone, it was not as though there were no other jobs in Qingshui Town. In fact, she already had one on hand.

Since she was drawing a salary all the same, why would she not find a simple and pure job instead of one that would bring trouble to her? She was not even hankering after fish, but other people were taking the initiative to offer it to her! She was being wronged!

Zhai Sheng finally understood a little more. “What if it’s real?”

“What’s real?” Everything she had said was merely a hypothetical situation. Nothing was for real yet.

Zhai Sheng, who had always been invincible in front of Qiao Nan, suddenly felt a piercing feeling in his head. Before Zhai Hua had gotten married, she had always said that he was a robot without any feelings. Now, he suddenly realized that his emotional intelligence was not very low. In fact, there was someone who had an even lower emotional intelligence right in front of him.

“You’re forty this year and I’m forty-five. We’re actually still quite young. We should still have another forty years left in our lives. Have you made any plans on how you’re going to spend the rest of your life? Are you planning on remaining single and free like you are now? From what I hear, you’re looking for a man to settle down with, right? Perhaps you can consider me.”

She should probably understand what he meant now.

“…” Qiao Nan landed a tight slap on her own face. “Oh, am I still dreaming?” It hurt. Yes, it hurt. But the problem was that she felt pain in her dream too.

It must have been because Xiao Xu had looked for her yesterday that she had misunderstood and was now dreaming again. Now, she had dreamed that Zhai Sheng had not only personally come to visit her, but Zhai Sheng had even fallen for her at this age, saying that he wanted to get together with her. This dream was too ridiculous and frightening. She had to wake up as soon as possible!

“I’m sorry. I think I’m still dreaming. Why don’t you return first and let me wake up? Once I wake up, everything will be fine. But Bro Zhai, your words are scary even in a dream!” Thinking that she was still in her dreamland, Qiao Nan put down her defenses toward Zhai Sheng and treated him more freely. “It’s true that you dream of what you think of in the day. If I had known this would happen, I would never have agreed to meet Xiao Xu yesterday. I’m dreaming about you wanting to get together with me! If this goes on any longer, I think I’ll go crazy!”

Perhaps her plan of living in Qingshui Town would no longer be feasible. Should she leave Qingshui Town and move elsewhere? But Zhai Sheng would only be in Qingshui Town to recuperate for a few months. Once he got well, the country and army would not allow him to remain in Qingshui Town.

Once Zhai Sheng left Qingshui Town, she would move back. After all, she had already purchased a house in Qingshui Town.

“You often think of me?” Qiao Nan’s slap had caught Zhai Sheng off guard. Even though she had not slapped him, Zhai Sheng felt pain on Qiao Nan’s behalf. Although Qiao Nan’s words were confusing, Zhai Sheng had understood the gist of it.

Qiao Nan looked at Zhai Sheng with an urge to cry. “I don’t just miss you. I miss the triplets as well.” When she was alone and felt lonely, she especially missed the family she had had in her dream. She had a father-in-law, mother-in-law, a husband who loved her, and three adorable children. That dream had been like heaven to her.

“The triplets?” It was understandable that she missed him, but who were the triplets?

Seeing that Qiao Nan looked a little unwell, Zhai Sheng did not press her any further. “If you’re tired, you should return to your room and get a good rest. Keeping your body healthy is the most important thing. We can chat again once you’ve gotten some rest.”

Perhaps his words had come as too much of a shock to Qiao Nan. It was not just Qiao Nan who had been surprised. He himself had been surprised by his own words. He had come to find Qiao Nan today for a very simple reason. He had simply wanted to incite Qiao Nan back to take care of him. Clearly, there were other women of about the same age.

But he felt rather at ease when Qiao Nan was by his side, even if she did not speak to him or do anything. Zhai Sheng had subconsciously accepted Qiao Nan in those two days that she had taken care of him.

But compared to Xiao Zhao, Zhai Sheng suddenly realized that he did not despise Qiao Nan. He actually quite liked that peaceful feeling that Qiao Nan brought to him.

It was only because Qiao Nan kept harping on how she was afraid that other people would gossip about her that Zhai Sheng could not help but say what if he did indeed have a relations.h.i.+p with Qiao Nan. What about that?

Zhai Sheng did not know how other people would react to this, but what Zhai Sheng knew was that unlike a decade ago when he had agreed to marry Qiu Chenxi, this time, he did not feel oppressed and upset about such a hypothetical situation. In fact, there was a voice in his head telling him that his second marriage would not be such a ch.o.r.e if he were to get remarried to Qiao Nan.

It seemed like his future would be good if he were to choose to spend it with Qiao Nan. Now, Zhai Sheng had a little recollection and felt that Qiao Nan was a very comfortable person to be around with, was pleasing to the eye, and he had feelings for her!

Even without any feelings for Qiu Chenxi, he had managed to live with her for three years. Now, it was clear that he felt differently for Qiao Nan from other women. It was not that pa.s.sionate love written in books but a more subtle warm feeling like the sun in spring.