If You Dare To Marry Me, Then I Do Too - Chapter 8

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After dinner, I helped my mother clean up the kitchen then sat on the sofa to watch TV.

My brother called and said that he wouldn’t be coming home tonight. He would stay at Xiao Mi’s house and help her run some errands early tomorrow morning. My mom chattered on and on for a long time, and I couldn’t help but laugh to myself.

I think my mother regards Xiao Mi more valuable than her precious daughter. That makes me feel jealous!

Just then, I received a text message from the dead mouse. He said that he was annoyed, he wanted to talk to me on the internet. I thought it was urgent so I went to the study and immediately went online.

When I logged into my *** account, the dead mouse told me on the video call with a sad face that his parents called him again, urging him to bring back a daughter-in-law to celebrate the New Year.

“Where the heck am I going to find one in such a short time? It’s not like going to the mall to buy things, then just choose whatever’s good. Girls are not easy to find, ah! Mother is just catching ducks on the shelves[1]. Ugh! So annoying!” He sighed.

It’s no wonder though that his parents are rushing him. We’re already reaching our thirties. Girls that are supposed to be girlfriends are still being kept in their houses when it is indeed time now to start a family.

My parents are a good example. My brother is only 27 years old, with a girlfriend that he’s been with for several years now. But my parents are still feeling anxious as if this girl will be stolen away by others if they don’t marry as soon as possible.

I really don’t understand how these old people think.

I couldn’t help but gloat when I saw the dead mouse’s frustrated expression. But we’re actually on the same boat since my mother also tried to force me to go on a blind date. I felt sorry for both of us.

I really hate going on blind dates. It’s like being in a livestock market. The matchmaker guides two strangers and then forces them to get together and talk about marriage. Isn’t that embarrassing? Just thinking about it makes me break out in a cold sweat.

The most exasperating blind date I went to was with a 35-year-old uncle. Well, he was just a little older than me. He also had a fat head and ears. The matchmaker was the f**cking worst. His mouth was full of flowery words and kept on saying that we were a match made in heaven, that he was a man beyond compare, very young and promising.

He said that the man was honest and filial, has a very good income and a car. He also said that the man has delayed this great event of his life because he had become so devoted to his career.

Duh, how could there be such an old guy like that? I can’t even listen to what he said!

Sadly, the matchmaker’s words tickled my mother’s heart, as if a wonderful son-in-law was about to come. Despite my desperate pleas, she pushed me out of the house to go with the matchmaker.

At that moment, I felt like a child who got abandoned by their biological parents and then got forcibly sold. I reluctantly walked into the tea house, then saw a man who stood up and shook hands with me. He was a fat man with red bumps on his face. His nose was red similar to Santa Claus’, and his bulging belly made him look like a pregnant frog.

I got so scared, I almost fainted on the spot. I ran away disregarding my manners.

When I think about that, I can’t help but have mixed feelings.

Why is it so hard to find a man that my family and I could both like? I think Luo Luo’s threshold regarding blind dates has been broken in 7749 ways. I didn’t even meet anyone I like. Is God not even willing to take care of me even once?

Aiya, it is indeed hard to be a man but it is also hard to be a woman. But it’s more difficult to be a woman that needs to get married soon!

The more I think about it, the more it makes me feel worse. I can’t help but feel sad and sigh along with the dead mouse.

The dead mouse saw me sighing and he suddenly said, “Luo Luo, do you believe in love at first? I’ve never believed in that before but this time I think I have to. Whether you accept this or not, I have to say that I really like you. No girl has ever grabbed my heart like this. Your innocence, your cheerfulness, your indifference… I like everything about you. I especially miss the night when I had dinner with you. Your busy figure in the kitchen still moves me and makes me feel warm even now. I really kind this warm feeling…”

That was a long string of words. I’m at a loss.

Is this man named Mumu really the one God has arranged for me? Or is this dream-like encounter we had, just doomed to fail? Who could have told me that there is such a wonderful and romantic thing in the world like this?

I got so confused and wasn’t able to answer him.

I was forced by my mother to go on a blind date before and it made me so anxious. It was like asking me to go to the grocery store to buy some vegetables. It made me so annoyed. Do I really look like someone who can’t get married? Do I really look that bad?

Hmph, I’ll reincarnate as a man in my next life and marry 800 thousand wives! This really makes me depressed!

In the midst of my random thoughts, a hazy thought flashed through my head. I didn’t even think about the string of texts that I sent.

“Mumu, if you dare to marry me tomorrow, then I’ll marry you! I’m a man of my word, I never go back on my words!” Heck, I’ll just go throw myself at this!

“Marry me tomorrow? You, are you serious? Are you kidding? You’re just teasing me, right?” Dead mouse stared at me with his eyes wide open, his mouth open for a long time, as if Vega[2] had just hit the earth.

“Of course, I’m not lying. I’m sincere and honest, a single minded person, so why should I tease you? Forget it if you don’t dare. I’m too lazy to wear out the skin of my teeth with you[3], it’s no fun!” I said angrily when I got a little annoyed.

“Alright, I will, I’ll marry you. I’ll pick you up tomorrow morning then we’ll go get our marriage license, okay?” He gnawed his teeth, his expression looking like he was about to die.

“Okay, I’ll go to bed now. You sleep early, too. See you tomorrow!” I answered then I turned off my computer. An indescribable tragic emotion filled up my chest.

Should I really gamble my life away like this? I’ve only known this man for a week, I don’t know anything about him, is it really worth it to gamble? I’ve never gambled before, and the first bet of my life is with marriage. If I lose, then what? Marriage is nothing like child’s play. Will God punish me for my recklessness?

My mind was blank as I lay in my bed, it seems like there isn’t even a nerve working in my brain now.

The phone rang, I answered it. It was dead mouse.

“Luo Luo, I’m still not sure about what you said. Tell me, is it true or are you just joking? You can’t just flip out tomorrow, I won’t be able to stand that blow!” There was an obvious tremor in his voice, probably scared of my ever-changing mood swings.

“I won’t, don’t worry. I’ll keep my word. Trust me!” I looked at the ceiling and smiled, my face looked pure and holy. I’m sure dead mouse could feel it.

Now that the words have been spoken, why should I look for a way out now? So let’s just gamble in style!

As soon as the break of dawn came, the dead mouse woke me up by calling me and said that he was already downstairs waiting. This brat, he’s probably scared that I’ll regret what I said and escape so he came early.

I told him to come up and that my parents went to my uncle’s house early in the morning so I was alone.

After a while, I heard the doorbell ring. He was standing outside the iron gate with dignity. He was wearing a black suit, his face looking very white. He had a kind of comforting bookish aura to him.

My eyes flashed with a trace of confusion. This strange, handsome man… will really become my husband? Very unfamiliar… but also familiar!

After washing up, I made two different breakfasts.

I was worried that he wouldn’t be used to a western-style breakfast, I made him another one. He sighed for my being carefree, saying that there were a few girls who could make food look like a scenery.

Up until now, I still don’t get what he meant by that…

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Footnotes:

[1] To force you to do something beyond your ability

[2] Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra

[3] to talk incessant nonsense