novelaction Chapter 386 The Hunter's Little Darling 47
Chapter 386 The Hunter's Little Darling 47
Ma Erya avoided eye contact, her palms were sweating, and she timidly told everyone that she didn't remember.
Not remembering is indeed a very good excuse, making it impossible for people to investigate what happened before.
Tu Shen's brows remained furrowed.
He vividly remembered the heart-pounding feeling he had when he saw Xie Qingyu being pushed, and he never considered letting Ma Erya go.
But now she doesn't remember anything she said, which puts her in a passive position.
In this situation, it seems there's no way to do anything to Ma Erya, otherwise it would be like bullying the weak.
Besides... there's a family here waiting to propose to her, so naturally they'll speak up for her.
"She really doesn't remember. Why don't we just get married and let bygones be bygones? She's already received what she deserved," someone in the crowd advised.
"Yeah, I almost thought he was dead. It's a miracle he's still alive. That's all for now," someone else said.
"Maybe she was just joking around..." People are most helpful when it doesn't concern them.
In this situation, if they insisted on doing something to Ma Erya, it would make Xie Qingyu and Tu Shen seem unforgiving.
"Since you don't remember anything, then let's just forget about it," Xie Qingyu said. "I just hope that after you get married, I won't see you again. I can't be with someone who tried to harm me. Who knows when you might have bad intentions? Right now you're eyeing Tu Shen, but who knows if you'll covet our family's things or the children in the future? I'm scared." Xie Qingyu's words were harsh, but with the groundwork laid by her previous statements, everyone could understand her.
After all, they were the victims.
Such a request is understandable.
The old lady was happy to agree.
All she wants now is to get her son a wife; nothing else matters. She doesn't visit other people's homes much anyway, and Xie Qingyu can't see her, so it's fine if she doesn't interact with their family. At worst, it's just men interacting.
“In that case, as an elder, I will take charge of Er Ya’s marriage. I can rest assured that the child will get married on the mountain,” Granny Tu said at this moment.
She was naturally happy.
Shuanzi's mother said from the beginning that if Ma Erya were to get married on the mountain, the mountain's customs would apply.
Those are betrothal gifts, and once they arrive at their home, these things will naturally belong to them.
Ma Erya has lost her memory and naturally doesn't remember her family down the mountain. Now, Granny Tu is claiming to be a member of her maternal family.
He immediately said he wanted to discuss the matter with them, and that it would be best if the two of them got married in the next couple of days.
The butcher was quite satisfied with the result. Although it didn't go as planned, it was still a good thing that Ma Erya married into the mountain family.
No one expected things to turn out this way.
The rest of the people dispersed, and Tu Shen helped Xie Qingyu slowly walk back.
"She got off too easy." Tu Shen's voice was filled with frustration, he couldn't breathe, and he couldn't be happy at all.
If it were just him suffering a little, it would be fine, but it was Xie Qingyu who suffered this misfortune.
He absolutely did not want to let it go like this.
"She's already pretending to have amnesia in order to escape, so there's nothing she can do." Xie Qingyu patted Tu Shen's hand reassuringly.
"Pretend?" Tu Shen stopped, somewhat puzzled.
Xie Qingyu smiled and said, "If you woke up and remembered nothing, would you be willing to marry the first person you saw?"
Tu Shen immediately shook his head; he didn't want to marry anyone but Xie Qingyu.
Xie Qingyu clearly understood what he meant and told him to think it over carefully.
"If I wake up and don't remember anything, I should first find out who I am, and then look for my family..." Tu Shen was still thinking about what he would do, but the first thing he wouldn't think about is getting married.
“That’s right,” Xie Qingyu said. “She doesn’t think about asking her family, nor does she think about going home.”
"That's how it is." Tu Shenjing understood only after Xie Qingyu said that.
"And that old woman also said that if they didn't agree to her getting married on the mountain, they would go down the mountain to give her a betrothal gift. This means that she should know that her home is down the mountain, but she didn't think about going back, which is quite obvious."
Xie Qingyu had already determined that Ma Erya was faking amnesia after just a few words.
But it's precisely because of this simple thing that no one can expose it.
If she said this to Tu Shen's face, Tu Shen would trust her and follow her train of thought, thus realizing that Ma Er Ya was indeed faking amnesia.
But if she had spoken up back then, as long as Ma Erya insisted that she didn't remember anything, all the opinions would still have been on her side.
The weak deserve our sympathy.
"I'm going to find her!" Tu Shen stopped in his tracks.
"Forget it, she brought this on herself." Xie Qingyu stopped Tu Shen with one sentence, "And she won't get away with this in the future."
Xie Qingyu is not the type to hold grudges, but she is not one to passively accept injustice either.
If Ma Erya wants to use the rest of her life and marriage to escape the revenge she deserves, then she should suffer for it.
Xie Qingyu's certainty that she was not doing well was not unfounded.
It's not easy to find a wife in the mountains, which is why this old lady doesn't care about her reputation and wants to bring a wife home for her son.
But things change after marriage.
Ma Erya was clearly not someone who could easily endure hardship, but life on the mountain was obviously much harder than down below. Not everyone could be as capable as Tu Shen and still save money.
Most hunters work hard all year round just to feed their families, and can't even afford extra needles and thread.
Ma Erya will definitely regret it.
Furthermore, Ma Erya's health is not good.
Tu Shen was worried that Xie Qingyu's health might be affected by falling into the water, making her unable to have children. Xie Qingyu was unaware of this.
However, she understood that Ma Erya's body was probably truly infertile.
Putting aside the fact that she knew how thin and weak Ma Erya was before, and how she was always the one who got bullied at home, even though Ma Erya had tried to gain weight after transmigrating, she was still physically weak.
The river water was icy cold at night, and it's impossible to say that she spent the night in it without any impact.
Each and every one of these things, taken together, could become a trigger.
Xie Qingyu also had her own plans. Even if Ma Erya was happy after marriage, she wouldn't let her have her way. She was quite good at making things difficult for her.
Just like her seemingly factual statement, it had already planted an anchor in Shuanzi's mind.
Let him know that Ma Erya used to like Tu Shen, so that he will think of this matter every time there is a similar argument in the future.
Especially if Ma Erya wants to pretend to have accidentally regained her memory in the future, she can bring up the old story again.