Chapter 167 Do You Really Want to Marry Me
They have always used basins for bathing in the countryside. Even when the houses are demolished in the future, everyone will still use basins to bathe. They have been doing this since they were young, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with it.

In the past, it was after the demolition, when people bought houses or lived in resettlement villages. At that time, people used bathroom heaters and toilets, and lived a cleaner and more convenient life...

But behind the convenience, there are also endless troubles. Hua Xiali said that she still prefers rural life, but she cannot live here for a long time in her hometown. However, she bought a house in the mountains, so she can live there in the future to change her mood.

After taking a shower, Hua Xiali changed into the clothes that Huo Beixi bought for her. The red short-sleeved top, made of very soft and smooth fabric, was paired with a black skirt. She looked quite elegant.

Hua Xiali had just come out of the shower room when Huo Beixi picked him up horizontally. She took his arm around his shoulders and asked curiously, "What do you want to do?"

"You don't want to do anything!" Huo Beixi hugged Hua Xiali and went to the room. After putting her down, he lay down beside her.

They often snuggled together on the sofa, but lying together on the bed like now was something they had never done before. Huo Beixi must have been scared.

Hua Xiali reached out and touched his cheek, saying, "We are all alive and well, and nothing will happen to us in the future, don't worry."

Anyway, she had never been sick or had any disaster in her previous life. Although she didn't die of old age, she lived for several decades. This shows that her body was still very healthy. Of course, in this life, she was busy making money and traveled to many places and met many people. No one knew if any accident would happen at any time. This was something no one could guarantee.

Leaning against each other like this, Hua Xiali gradually felt sleepy and fell asleep.

When he woke up, it was dusk outside the window and it was almost dark. Hua Xiali sat up with a somersault and said, "It's getting late. I have to go back, otherwise my family will be worried. You just need to stir-fry some vegetables and I'll bring the rest."

Hua Xiali stood up to leave, but was pushed back by Huo Beixi. He kissed her fiercely for a while and said, "Is our relationship now public?"

Hua Xiali nodded, "Didn't you make it public this afternoon?"

He has told everyone that he wants to repay the favor of saving his life with his own body and that he wants to be the son-in-law of the bride. Isn't this considered public?
Isn't this telling everyone clearly that he is going to marry her?

From then on, even if the two of them walked hand in hand in the village, no one could say anything to them.

As soon as Hua Xiali got home, his family members gathered around him, asking him all kinds of questions out of concern. Hua Xiali turned around helplessly and opened his arms for them to check. "I'm fine, don't worry. I can swim, you know that. Didn't I rescue Jian Nan from the river a few years ago?"

"That Huo Beixi said he wanted to marry you, but is that true?" Hua's mother asked worriedly with a frown.

"I don't know either. Maybe he just said that. After all, I gave him mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration. If he didn't say that, everyone would definitely hold on to this matter." It was the 1990s. Rural people's behavior was open, but their thinking was very feudal. Even if it was just to save someone, giving artificial respiration was a big deal in their eyes, while for them, crawling into a haystack or climbing over the wall of a widow's house were just trivial matters. People are so double-standard.

"What is artificial respiration?" Hua's mother widened her eyes.

"Nothing, just saving people." Hua Xiali waved his hand, not wanting to continue this topic.

"Why did you come back only now after rescuing people?" Hua's mother asked.

"I sent Huo Beixi home and then took care of him for a while. If I had been a second later, Huo Beixi might have died. How could a person who almost died be left without someone to take care of him?" Hua Xiali said seriously.

"You..." Hua's mother didn't know what to say for a moment. Hua Xiali had taken care of Huo Beixi for a long time. If this matter got out, how could he live his life?

Although Wang Liang and Ding Yong pursued her together before, she had never been alone in a room with others. Even if others wanted to accuse her, they could not provide evidence, nor had any reason to accuse her. But now...

"Xia Li, you don't really want to marry Huo Beixi, do you?" Hua's mother grabbed Hua Xia Li's arm. "He decided to marry you to repay a favor, not because he likes you. If you really marry him, can you live a good life? Can he hand over his salary to you? Look at what kind of life I have lived these years? I raised the three of you by myself. Has anyone helped us? Has anyone given us an extra penny?"

Hua Xiali wanted to laugh, but she couldn't tell them that she and Huo Beixi had been in love for a long time. It would be fine if everyone thought that they started dating because of this life-saving favor.

Hua Xiali looked at her mother and said with a smile, "Mom, Huo Beixi and I are different from you. You are marrying my dad, and I am marrying a live-in son-in-law. If Huo Beixi really marries me, he will be a member of our Hua family. If he doesn't hand over his salary and treats me badly, can't we deal with him? Don't you see who I am? Who can bully me?"

"Second sister, have you made up your mind to marry Huo Beixi?" Hua Qiuli asked in surprise, because she didn't hear any reluctance in Hua Xiali's words.

Hua Xiali smiled awkwardly, "If Huo Beixi is really willing to marry me, then I can consider it. After all, there is no other young man as outstanding as him in our entire Qinglong Village. And what did the Su Siyun family see when they wanted to plot against Huo Beixi? Didn't they see Huo Beixi's ability and potential?"

"So marrying Huo Beixi isn't a bad thing for our family, but I don't know if he really wants to marry me."

If it weren't for the fact that there were some unresolved matters before and they couldn't be made public, she would have made their relationship public with Huo Beixi. However, now it was just the right excuse to make it public, so that everyone would think that they officially met because of this matter and had contact with each other, which was also good.

"I'm hungry. Is dinner ready?" Hua Xiali didn't want to talk about this matter anymore, so he changed the subject.

Anyway, if she marries Huo Beixi, she is not afraid that Huo Beixi will treat her badly, nor is she afraid that they can't live together, because she has experience and now knows how to protect herself. If Huo Beixi treats her badly, then they will divorce. Does she have to live with a man who treats her badly for the rest of her life?
In her previous life, she managed to raise two children alone and it was so hard. Now in this life, she has so much property and money. What else can't she overcome?