"When do you plan to get married?" Seeing Huo Commander’s resolute attitude, Aunt Xia didn’t question further and directly asked the key point.
"We’re not in a rush!" Xia Chuyi quickly replied.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, several gazes shot towards her.
"Uncle Xia, Aunt Xia, if Chuyi agrees, I’m ready anytime on my side," Huo Shiqian said calmly after withdrawing his gaze, "Personally, I think the sooner, the better."
He was serious and stern, without a trace of joking.
Hearing this, Uncle Xia nodded, and a satisfied expression finally appeared on Aunt Xia’s face.
"I agree with Huo Commander," Uncle Xia said while nodding, "the sooner, the better."
It felt like being abandoned by the whole world.
"Uncle! Aunt! I’m only eighteen, not yet of legal marriage age!" Xia Chuyi spread her hands helplessly.
But Aunt Xia laughed, "What eighteen? You were born in March, and the year has turned. You’re almost nineteen now."
"Once you’re nineteen, you’re practically twenty by the time you eat your twentieth birthday meal."
With such "scientific" calculations, Aunt Xia managed to age Xia Chuyi by more than a year.
Her mental age wasn’t small, true, but this forced calculation...
"Aunt, have you forgotten? I still need to prepare for university," she threw down her trump card.
Upon hearing this, Uncle Xia and Aunt Xia indeed fell silent.
They looked at each other.
"Cough cough." In the end, it was Uncle Xia who summarized and spoke, "Huo Commander, you see, Chuyi is still quite young, capricious. Getting married and having children, she herself is still a child and might not adapt so quickly."
This was purely an excuse.
In rural areas, it’s common to see people marrying at fifteen or sixteen. If they haven’t reached the legal age, just a few tables of wedding banquets will do.
In fact, many rural people don’t even bother to get a marriage certificate in their lifetime.
Uncle Xia and Aunt Xia were very clear. They said this because, no matter how biased, Chuyi and Huo Commander’s conditions were not equal.
But if Chuyi went to university, it would be different.
"How about this, Huo Commander, let Chuyi try the college entrance examination. If she doesn’t pass, she can return home and get married immediately! How’s that?" Uncle Xia squinted his eyes, pretending to ponder.
In reality, he was carefully considering.
Just trying the exam once, if she didn’t succeed, there was nothing lost in marrying directly.
If she did succeed, her future marriage to Huo Shiqian would almost seem adequate.
But, if Huo Shiqian couldn’t wait, that was also fine. With Chuyi’s status as a female university student, plus her character and looks, she could definitely find someone better.
"Okay," Huo Shiqian nodded in agreement.
He wasn’t blind to Uncle Xia’s cunning.
But as parents love their children and plan for the future, even such self-serving intentions were not to be condemned.
He knew Chuyi’s father had passed away early, and her mother was not kind to her. Having such an uncle and aunt was heaven’s mercy for his little girl.
"Uncle, Aunt, about my family situation, there are a few points I need to add." Understanding Uncle Xia and Aunt Xia’s heartfelt concerns, Huo Shiqian also brought out extra sincerity, saying, "My father is Huo Zhongcheng."
"Huo... Zhongcheng? The Huo Zhongcheng?"
Huo Zhongcheng, the name that often appears in the newspaper?
The illustrious war hero from the founding of the nation.
Uncle Xia and Aunt Xia fell silent together.