A house? Xu Shuanghong knew this was merely an excuse. Even after the house was built, he would probably claim they lacked land, or that they needed to clear fields for farming first. When would it ever end?
"We don't need a grand ceremony. We can just invite a few elders to bear witness, ask the Clan Leader and the clan elders to oversee it, and register my name in the genealogy book. That will settle the matter," Xu Shuanghong pressed on. "Or was everything you said before just a lie to deceive me?"
As she spoke, she wrapped both hands around Gu Baijiang's arm, using the softness of her chest to persuade him.
Gu Baijiang was slightly distracted. Perhaps it really was time to find a woman. "How could I deceive you? It's just that we have absolutely nothing right now. I don't want to wrong you.
"This is what I was thinking—wait until we build the house..."
