Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Do You Have an Older Sister?

Indeed, there had been an injury.

Chiang Xiao’s heart skipped a beat, and she couldn’t help but ask again, ”Is it very serious?”

”I don’t know the specifics.”

”And Zhao Xin?”

”Zhao Xin is fine; he returned to the Alliance.”

”To Capital City as well?”

Hu Xibing was startled, then shook his head. He thought Chiang Xiao knew Zhao Xin and the others, but it turned out she didn’t even know which Alliance they were from.

”They are from our G Province Alliance. Didn’t you know that?”

Chiang Xiao truly didn’t know.

She had thought they had come from Capital City just to carry out a mission.

The G Province Alliance, she roughly knew where it was, because in the past Deng Qingjiang had taken her to the provincial city to catch a train, and the north station in the provincial city was a place where Supervisor Guards got on and off, and it seemed that the north station wasn’t far from the Alliance.

However, Peace Town was far from the provincial city, and nowadays the roads were bad, not like a few decades later when highways and high-speed rail would be in service. There were green-skinned trains now, slow in speed, and long-distance buses as well, but those would still take six or seven hours, and they were also bumpy. Moreover, the cars didn’t have air conditioning, making for a particularly pungent ride.

Therefore, even though they were in the same province, for her, a little village girl from a small town, it was still a totally different world—she guessed they would probably not cross paths again in the future.

Now that she knew their situation, Chiang Xiao felt at ease, as if she had given herself an explanation.

However, another reason she came here was to urge Hu Xibing to keep her secret.

”Brother Hu, I want to ask you a favor. If someone asks about me, could you tell them you don’t know me? And don’t talk about my situation either.”

Hu Xibing looked at her in surprise. ”Little student, I actually don’t know your personal details. I only know that Captain Meng brought you, and he trusts you.”

Huh? This meant Meng Xinian and Zhao Xin hadn’t told him, had they?

Chiang Xiao breathed a small sigh of relief.

”However,” Hu Xibing lowered his voice, ”do you know who you saved? If they are grateful, it would be easy for them to help you leave this small town and go to a big city to study...”

Hu Xibing was somewhat fond of Chiang Xiao, not in a romantic way, but because he thought she was very straightforward in her speech and actions for her age, unlike other girls who were either shy and introverted or vague and coquettish. So, if she could leave the backward town for the big city, he would be happy for her.

But after saying it, he regretted his words a bit.

The people had already left, and if they hadn’t taken the initiative to ask about Chiang Xiao, was she supposed to seek them out for gratitude?

Why had he blurted out such words upon seeing her in washed-out old clothes and her pale complexion, worrying that if it sparked her ambition but led to no results, wouldn’t it hurt her instead?

Hu Xibing felt awkward, and just as he was about to say something to take back his words, he heard Chiang Xiao say with a hint of a smile, ”Thank you, Brother Hu, I know you mean well, but don’t say such things in the future. It was Captain Meng and Zhao Xin who saved the people, not me. I will make it to the city to study on my own, without anyone’s help, and it’s best if you don’t tell others I know Captain Meng. After all, I won’t see him again.”

The sunlight streamed in from outside, casting a warm golden glow on the fair-skinned girl against the light, making her black hair seem to shimmer with a layer of warm gold. Hu Xibing stared at her bright eyes brimming with light and was momentarily transfixed.

”Little student, do you have an older sister? The kind without a partner?”

Hearing Hu Xibing’s question, Chiang Xiao couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.

”I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I don’t have any siblings. Brother Hu, my name is Chiang Xiao, so stop calling me little student.”