At this point, Liu Changsheng glanced at Zhou Chi with a little embarrassment, and then continued: "I recognize the person in the portrait, is it Xie Lun? I met him last time he came to Guangxi."
"It's him," Zhou Chi felt relieved, as if a big stone that had been weighing on his heart for a long time had been pushed away. He breathed out gently, and then continued, "I like him. It’s been years, it’s just that he fell in love.”
"What about you?" Liu Changsheng thought for a long time before speaking carefully, "Then do you only like men, or..."
"I don't know either," Zhou Chi held his lips bitterly, took a sip of the slightly bitter Bamboo Leaf Green, and continued, "Since I was a child, I have only liked him and no one else, so I also I don’t know if I only like men, and I don’t know if I can also like women.”
"Then... what are your plans?" Liu Changsheng was a little anxious and frowned, "Zhou Chi, why don't you give it a try first? Ranran has been longing for you to marry and have children a few years ago, and has been planning to I'm looking for a suitable girl for you, but you haven't answered her question, so she can only get anxious, otherwise... let Ranran look for you first, maybe there is a girl who is suitable for you, maybe? You...you can like it too."
"Eldest sister has already told me," Zhou Chi smiled faintly, his eyes as calm as two ancient wells, "I have also agreed. The woman that eldest sister likes must be good."
"But... but..." Liu Changsheng was honest and clumsy, and after holding it in for a long time, he finally said, "But what if you don't like it? What should you do? Do you really want to live with the person you don't like for the rest of your life?"
Zhou Chi was startled, lowered his eyes and said nothing.
"Zhou Chi, I don't understand your situation, so I can't say whether I should advise you or let Ranran get you engaged and married as soon as possible so that you can get back on track. Then I will simply tell you about my own situation. Well," Liu Changsheng drank half a cup of tea in one breath, then stared at Zhou Chi and said, "Speaking of it, I was a late starter. At that time, all my peers in the village had already given birth to two or three babies, but I still hadn't. I knew everything about men and women, so my parents had asked me to marry her to a girl called Zhou from a neighboring village who made tofu. I even ran over to take a look at that girl. She didn’t look outstanding, but she was a person. She is very virtuous and a girl who is easy to get along with. My parents are very satisfied with Miss Zhou. Not only my parents, but also our seven aunts and eight aunts are satisfied, but I am not satisfied. There is nothing wrong with Miss Zhou. But I just don’t like it. Although I am an ordinary person with no money and no appearance, I am not willing to waste my life like that. I feel that there is always something waiting for me ahead, so I ran away secretly when I was twenty-three years old. After joining the army, I was sent to the front line the next day, and half a month later, I met Ranran on the front line. "
Zhou Chi never knew that Liu Changsheng had such a past, and was dumbfounded for a moment: "Did you join the army to escape from marriage?"
"It's true what you said," Liu Changsheng smiled and shook his head, "At that time, the matchmaker mentioned girls from several families. My parents and family were most satisfied with Miss Zhou, so they wanted to save some money at the end of the year and then ask for help. I went to the matchmaker to arrange a marriage, and I knew in my heart that if this matter really was delayed until the end of the year, it would probably be a sure thing, so I ran out of home just after August 15th. "
"Then your parents must blame you, right?" Zhou Chi asked.