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The village party secretary stood aside, listening to these city people quarreling, looking embarrassed and rubbing his hands, at a loss as to what to do.

Xia Yun's face turned pale. Seeing Tong Muzhen enter the room, she choked and cried, "Auntie! I know you are blaming me because of Xia Rongrong! But I wasn't even born 27 years ago. What Xia Rongrong did had nothing to do with me!"

Shi was also standing beside Xiao Yue. When he heard Xia Yun's pity, his eyes flickered slightly, and he interrupted with an innocent look, "Xia Yun, what do you mean by that? Auntie just thought that you and Zhao Huai were cousins, so she asked you to go home with him and stay for one night. Why did you get involved in so many things? What about you? Are you blaming me for asking so many questions?"

Listening to the sound of the tea, Xia Yun was very angry. She glared at Shiye with red eyes, but was caught by Xiao Yue. He glanced at Xia Yun coldly and said calmly, "There are many things to do today. Go to bed early. Secretary, please lead the way."

Xia Yun choked with tears and looked at Shi Ye, who was hiding behind Xiao Yue and looking at her with a mocking look. Her cheeks twitched violently.

The village party secretary was already tired, so he agreed repeatedly and took Xiao Yue and Shi away from home to stay at another family's house.

Zhao Huai and Xia Yun were the only ones left in the room. Zhao Huai looked at her and said, "Cousin?"

Xia Yun glared at Zhao Huai with her bright eyes: "It's all your fault! What are you doing here? Your mother did such a thing, do you think we can still be relatives in the future? You are just slapping me in the face! I can't stay in the Xiao family!"

Zhao Huai's eyes darkened slightly, but he didn't show it on his face. He said humbly, "Cousin, we are relatives."

Xia Yun's chest was heaving with anger. She had originally wanted to find an opportunity to sneak into Xiao Yue's room while Shi was asleep at night. But how could she get close to Xiao Yue? Wouldn't that mean she had wasted her chance? It was all Zhao Huai's fault!

However, it had already happened, and it was useless to feel bad. She raised her eyes and glared at Zhao Huai: "Are you still not leaving?"

"Hey! Hey!" Zhao Huai nodded repeatedly, humbly held Xia Yun in his arms, and took his people away from the secretary's house.

Walking on the road, the dark country road, Xia Yun could only feel that the exquisite leather shoes under her feet were one step deep and one step shallow. Her face was full of disgust. This kind of place was no different from the cowshed in the mountains where she stayed in her previous life. She treated them all the same and hated them equally!

Zhao Huai followed behind Xia Yun, watching her walk crookedly, cursing under her breath, with coldness in his eyes.

*

Xiao Yue pulled Shi Ye and followed the village party secretary, and soon they arrived at a farmhouse with lights on.

This family's house seemed to be newly built. Although it was not as spacious as the village party secretary's house, it was clean and tidy, and there was no chicken shit all over the yard. As soon as the village party secretary knocked on the door, the person inside came over to open the door. It seemed that he had been waiting.

The host had a simple and honest face. When he saw Xiao Yue and Shi Ye, he excitedly said, "Hello, comrades!"

Everyone in Tuanjie Village knew that those who came today were leaders from Yandu. It was a special honor to have a leader stay in one's home. This could be seen from the way the family put on new clothes and tidied up their home.

After exchanging a few polite words, Xiao Yue and Shi stayed at this family's house that night.

They told everyone that they were a couple, so naturally no one would say anything. They prepared hot water and new quilts.

Shi also sat on the bed with her feet in the basin, looking around at the farmhouse accommodation with a look of freshness in her eyes. The worst environment she had ever lived in was in the northwest, a collective dormitory for forty educated youth. The smell of that environment was so bad that she didn't want to smell it a second time after smelling it once. Fortunately, this time when she went back, her and Xiao Yue's marriage report was approved, and they held a simple wedding and lived together.

With Xiao Yue's position as a deputy division-level officer, he could certainly be allocated a family dormitory with a small courtyard.

By then, she will be able to grow some fruits and vegetables in the yard, which can be regarded as the start of a new life. She only hopes that she can go on every mission with Xiao Yue in the future. In this way, she will be at the rear while he will be overcoming difficulties. What will she have to worry about in the future?

However, the most urgent task is to deal with the matter of Tuanjie Village. She must find out the origin of this straw that was the last straw that broke the camel's back in Xiao Yue's previous life. It's not because of her attachment to the Xiao family, but no one else can touch Xiao Yue's things!

While she was lost in thought, she suddenly realized that the basin had become much warmer. When she came to her senses, she saw Xiao Yue pouring hot water into the basin. She chuckled, "You've been out for so long, you went to boil water. You're worthy of being the deputy division commander Xiao who went to the northwest early. You can even boil a big pot on the stove in the countryside. After a tiring day, soaking your feet will make you feel much better. You should come and soak your feet too."

Shiye held Xiao Yue's hand and asked him to move a small stool. Xiao Yue's eyes were gentle and he moved a stool as he was told. However, he also wanted to soak his feet with Shiye. After sitting down, he rolled up his sleeves and started to wash Shiye's feet.

Shi was slightly stunned, and subconsciously retracted his feet, curling up his toes, and blushing from the inside out: "You, you..."

The Xiao Yue in her memory, no matter he was gentle as jade in the previous life or full of hatred in this life, was always in a high position of power and extremely arrogant. Washing a woman's feet was something that not only him but even an ordinary man would never do.

Xiao Yue pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and then reached out to hold her ankle, saying softly, "Don't move."

His movements were gentle, and he treated the act of washing feet as if it were a rare treasure.

After washing her feet, Xiao Yue took a towel to dry her feet, then looked up at the stunned Shi Ye and said, "Go to bed."

Shi Ye sat cross-legged on the bed, watching Xiao Yue wash up in a swift and decisive manner, even calculating the timing just right. After washing up, pouring water, and brushing teeth, there was no unnecessary movement. He looked like a product of military management, calm and natural.

Shi just looked at him eagerly. When he finished cleaning himself and came to the bed, he was only wearing a black short-sleeved shirt.

"Come." Shi also lay down in the quilt and patted the empty space beside him. His watery little deer eyes seemed to be surrounded by a whole galaxy in the dim light. When they fell into Xiao Yue's eyes, he hummed lightly, lifted the quilt and lay down in it.

The quilt was already warm, and even the coolness on his body was instantly covered up.

Di also leaned sideways, her eyes fixed on Xiao Yue's profile. His neat black hair was stained with moisture, and he looked very clean. The tip of her nose was filled with the refreshing and cool scent of his body. However, when he lay beside her, this freshness was mixed with tenderness.

Noticing Xiao Yue's stiff body, Shi curled her lips, moved closer, held his arm, and whispered to him, "Didn't Auntie tell you that the marriage report has been issued? Why are you so nervous? When we return to the northwest, we will hold the wedding. The sunset over the Danxia is so beautiful."

There was a smile in Shi Ye's eyes, which eased Xiao Yue's stiff and nervous mood.