However, Zhang Ke didn’t know about this, otherwise he would have understood why Li’s mother’s attitude towards Wang Zhao was still acceptable.

“Just because the in-laws are easy to get along with doesn’t mean they’re easy to deal with,” Zhang Ke said, obviously speaking for Wang Zhao in the driver’s seat to hear. “They’re friendly to us for the sake of the child. Wang Zhao, you can’t bully Zhenguan in the future. That child is soft-hearted, and you have a strong personality. You should be more accommodating to Zhenguan in the future.”

Wang Zhao felt somewhat helpless.

Perhaps because theirs was considered a shotgun marriage, Zhang Ke always felt that she would mistreat Li Zhenguan. She couldn’t understand it. The original owner didn’t seem like someone who was cruel at heart, so why did her father have so little faith in her?

In fact, in this world, most men felt that women couldn’t be trusted, just like in Wang Zhao’s previous world. Groups in a disadvantaged position in society would subconsciously be wary of more powerful groups.

The opposition between the two sides had already appeared when there was inequality in status.

As a man, Zhang Ke subconsciously put himself in Li Zhenguan’s shoes.

In this situation, all Wang Zhao could do was agree.

However, besides these things, Zhang Ke and Chen Li Nong had a lot more to say. The two didn’t consider that Wang Zhao, a child, was sitting in front, and began to discuss more worldly topics.

The bride price.

Today, the parents of both families had basically communicated. Although the Li family didn’t state any requirements, the Wang family couldn’t possibly not make a gesture.

These were all big issues.

Everything had to be settled within half a month, and some wedding matters also needed to start preparation. According to the Li family’s thoughts, they hoped to hold the wedding as soon as possible. After all, Li’s mother was also a person of social influence. If her youngest son’s wedding was too quiet, it would attract attention. If they had a child out of wedlock, it would likely invite criticism.

So in about a week, Wang Zhao and Li Zhenguan would go to the civil affairs bureau to get their marriage certificate, and now they had to start booking the registration date online.

In the foreseeable future months, Wang Zhao could imagine how busy she would be. Moreover, the civil service exam dates had also been announced recently, with the registration date in the next month. It was the most urgent moment, with all things coming together.

After returning home this time, Wang Zhao didn’t go out again. She stayed at home comfortably doing practice questions, and incidentally tutored Wang Zhao on his homework, teaching him how to do several questions that couldn’t be found online.

The next day, she took her aunt’s family to tour Jiangda University, then after eating dinner together, she sent the three of them to the high-speed rail station. Wang Zhao would start school tomorrow, so they had to return tonight. By the time they got home, it would probably be seven or eight in the morning.

Li Zhenguan had originally wanted to come along, but Wang Zhao refused. It wasn’t anything urgent. She would send her aunt’s family off and then go home. If Li Zhenguan came, she would have to take care of this pregnant man all the way, and they would probably get home very late at night.

The position she was applying for had many applicants, several hundred, but only a few would be admitted. She had wasted too much time recently, and even though her efficiency was high, Wang Zhao didn’t dare to relax too much.

Also because of this, she had refused the classmate gathering that she had originally promised Xu Yingchun she would attend, saying she was too busy to leave. She was getting married and needed to prepare for the wedding, which might take a lot of time. She also invited the other person to come to her wedding if they had time.

This reason was quite shocking, almost making Xu Yingchun blurt out: “You and Chen Fangli got back together so quickly? He’s only been back for two or three days, right!”

“You’ve already set the wedding date so quickly?”

A series of questions were almost blurted out. Xu Yingchun said several “holy shit”s in her heart before suppressing her rapidly beating heart. She felt like she had heard an incredible secret, and she was sure not many people knew about this, otherwise the group chat would have been in an uproar.

On this side, Wang Zhao narrowed her eyes when she heard Xu Yingchun’s previous words, frowning as she asked: “Chen Fangli has returned to the country?”

However, Xu Yingchun quickly reacted to the question from the other end of the phone: “The person you’re marrying isn’t Chen Fangli?”

Another series of “holy shit”s.

Xu Yingchun took a sip of cold water, but still couldn’t help saying a dirty word: “Wang Zhao, you’re not fucking joking with me, are you? Are you really getting married? You’re not pulling my leg?”

Wang Zhao now felt somewhat helpless. She sighed: “It’s as true as it can be. Both our families have agreed. We’ll get the marriage certificate in a few days and hold the wedding next month.”

“Come and give a gift to liven things up when the time comes.”

She didn’t know many people. Currently, Xu Yingchun barely counted as one. Since meeting at the hospital, Wang Zhao would occasionally contact Xu Yingchun, mainly to discreetly inquire about the original owner’s college life.

At that time, Xu Yingchun was completely unaware, sometimes even sighing that indeed people reminisce about the past when they get old. Even Wang Zhao, once the celebrity and prodigy of Jiangda University, was no exception. She would jokingly add that maybe one day Wang Zhao would also become a middle-aged person with a bit of a wealthy belly.

Now, although Xu Yingchun’s heart was still unsettled, after a series of “holy shit”s in her heart, she had somewhat sobered up and couldn’t help saying: “Since it’s not Chen Fangli, you should at least tell me who the groom is.”

“You probably don’t know him. His name is Li Zhenguan. He’s someone I met later through a friend,” Wang Zhao modified the story of how she and Li Zhenguan met, saying, “He’s a bit younger than me, quite well-behaved and sensible. You’ll know when you meet him later.”

After she said this, Xu Yingchun was silent for a few seconds, then couldn’t help but sigh: “I never thought that among all our classmates, you would be the first to have a flash marriage. Wang Zhao, do you remember what you said back then?”

Xu Yingchun laughed and said: “Back then, you said you wouldn’t marry until your career was established, that you wouldn’t consider marriage before you were thirty. Because of that statement, Chen Fangli argued with you for a long time.”

To be precise, it wasn’t really an argument. ‘Cold war’ would be more appropriate. Wang Zhao wasn’t someone who could be argued with. She would only ignore you, be cold to you. Anyway, she was just that kind of person, seeming not to care about anything.

But this attitude was more hurtful than arguing, making people unable to bear it. However, Chen Fangli, who seemed so gentle and soft, actually managed to endure not contacting Wang Zhao for half a month. In their view, he was also considered a tough person. So later they all said, like attracts like, only someone like Chen Fangli could subdue someone like Wang Zhao.

Wang Zhao neither agreed nor disagreed, just said “Is that so?”, then continued to ask her previous question, “What did you mean when you said Chen Fangli had returned to the country?”

She was more concerned about this question. In her view, the original owner’s ex-boyfriend had always been a trouble.

Xu Yingchun also remembered this and was somewhat surprised: “You don’t know? He just returned to the country a few days ago, saying he won’t go abroad again and plans to develop his career domestically.”

After saying this, she couldn’t help adding quietly: “It’s quite a coincidence. He just came back and you decided to get married. People who don’t know might think you’re in a competition.”