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At that moment, George, reeking of alcohol, pushed through the crowd and squeezed his way to Grandpa’s side.
He pleaded, “Grandpa, you can’t let them get engaged.”
Mr. Chapman Senior saw his intoxicated and incoherent state, feeling both anxious and angry.
“Take him away! If he’s had too much to drink, he should go home and rest. Don’t embarrass yourself here.”
But George refused to leave no matter what: “Grandpa, Beatrice and I grew up together. We love each other. You can’t tear us apart.”
Grandpa looked at me and said sarcastically, “Grew up together and love each other? That’s not what I understand to be the case. Beatrice, you tell us yourself.”
I smiled slightly, my tone calm: “Grandpa, I don’t know why George would say such things. I’ve always only seen him as a brother, and the one he likes is my sister Isabella, not me.”
George’s eyes widened in disbelief: “Beatrice, it’s you I like, it’s you!”
He suddenly smiled eerily: “I know now–you must be jealous, so you’re using Nathaniel to make me angry, right? You’re just upset that I gave the gift to Isabella on your birthday, aren’t you?”
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Hearing me say this, George’s face contorted menacingly as he tried to embrace me.
“Beatrice, you can’t get engaged to someone else. You can only
like me!”
Unfortunately for him, before he could touch me, Nathaniel pulled me behind him protectively.
“George, today is the Mid–Autumn family banquet with so many relatives and friends present. Stop making a scene. Beatrice has already chosen me.”
George spat: “What are you supposed to be? Do you even deserve to talk to me?”
“What about me? Do I deserve it?”
Grandpa’s cane struck the ground heavily with a dull thud, and everyone fell silent.
“You worthless fool! From today on, you’re not allowed to go to the company. Stay home and reflect on your behavior.”
George still wouldn’t give up: “Beatrice, tell Grandpa quickly that the person you like is me! It’s me!”
I completely ignored him and turned to smile at Nathaniel,
But he avoided my gaze.
For a while, rumors spread like wildfire outside. Everyone was
ying that George actually dared to defy Grandpa for my sake??
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after I chose Nathaniel, he grew closer and closer to my sister.
I paid no attention to any of this gossip because my wedding date with Nathaniel had already been set for next month.
During this time, Nathaniel came to see me once. He looked at me with complex eyes for a long time before speaking: “If you regret this, I’ll go tell Grandpa and ask him to cancel this engagement.”
“Why would I regret it?”
“I know you like George.” His tone reminded me of how he had gone crazy for me before my death in my previous life.
I almost cried: “I used to like him, but I don’t anymore.”
“Why?”
“It used to be an obsession–thinking that if I wanted something badly enough and persisted, I could eventually get it. Now I realize that feelings can’t be sustained through persistence alone. Besides, I had a very long dream where you saved me, so the first two times we met, I was a bit out of sorts–I was too
excited.”
His ears turned bright red: “Have you really thought it through about marrying me?”
I nodded firmly.
He couldn’t help but smile, then pulled out a document envelope om behind him, about the same size as the one Granapa had 27
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“Keep this safe. Grandpa gave you his, and I’m giving you mine —everything goes to you.”
He lowered his head shyly: “If I ever wrong you in the future, let me have nothing.”
It seemed he had already made up his mind before coming to see me. I stared seriously at the document envelope in my hands, feeling its immense weight.
Grandpa was repaying the life–saving debt to my grandfather from years ago, but what about Nathaniel? What was his
reason?
I didn’t ask, just solemnly put it away and removed the jade gourd necklace that Grandma had left me.
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