Ning He slept soundly that night.

In contrast, He Shaochuan couldn't fall asleep at all.

He finally realized what it meant to shoot oneself in the foot.

After Ning He agreed to start dating him, she lay back in her seat, saying that they were in a relationship and should keep their distance.

He Shaochuan looked at the vast distance between them and suddenly felt a little regretful.

No matter how hot it was every night, Ning He would sleep with her body close to him. He Shaochuan had long since gotten used to it, and it had gradually become a habit.

The sudden alienation now left him with nothing but staring at Ning He's back.

She kept her eyes open until dawn. When Ning He woke up, she found that He Shaochuan was also awake.

What she didn't know was that He Shaochuan hadn't slept at all.

Ning He stretched, his voice still lazily as if he had just woken up.

"Why are you awake so early? Do you have training today?"

He Shaochuan concealed the emotions in his eyes and replied to Ning He: "I'll get up early to help you move your things."

Ning He raised a smile and said, "I didn't expect you to be so self-aware and have the awareness of having a boyfriend."

He Shaochuan was afraid that Ning He would not believe him, so he immediately replied: "I am serious."

Ning He smiled suddenly when she saw how nervous he was. She reached out and gently patted the top of the man's head.

"Okay, be good. Of course I believe you are serious."

He Shaochuan saw that the way she patted her head looked like she was comforting a puppy.

But He Shaochuan did not feel disgusted. Instead, he felt that this was the first intimate gesture Ning He had made since they started dating.

He cleared his throat to hide the unnatural look in his eyes: "I'll go wash up."

Ning He looked at the man's red ears and his hurriedly turned back, and couldn't help but laugh.

Why are you so thin-skinned? It's so funny.

Ning He got up, walked out of the main room, and found that Ma Xiaohui had already arrived. She was preparing today's ingredients in the kitchen.

Ninghe had soaked the tea eggs in brine before going to bed last night. The first thing Ma Xiaohui did when she arrived was to light the fire and boil the tea eggs.

Then continue with the previous steps, steaming rice, steaming cold noodles, cooking turkey noodles, and finally cutting various side dishes.

When a bucket of glutinous rice was steamed, He Shaochuan helped move the wooden barrel to the car.

It was a summer morning, and He Shaochuan had to do so much work right away; his face and body were soaked with sweat.

After seeing He Shaochuan move the last thing, Ning He waved at him.

He Shaochuan followed Ning He into the main room.

Ning He reached into the basin, wrung out the towel, and said to him without turning around, "Take off your clothes."

He Shaochuan was a little slow to react. Ning He turned around and saw him motionless.

She raised her eyebrows at him and urged, "What are you doing? Do you want to run out and stink of people?"

He Shaochuan realized that Ning He was going to wipe the sweat off his face. He turned around without saying a word and took off his clothes quickly.

Ning He suddenly thought of something and handed him the towel: "Oh, we agreed that we are in a relationship now, you wipe it yourself, I'm going to leave first."

As she was about to leave, before she took a step, He Shaochuan grabbed her wrist tightly.

Ning He lowered her eyes, her gaze fixed on the hand that was tightly holding her wrist.

The cunning fox eyes fell on his face and asked knowingly: "What?"

He Shaochuan stuffed the towel into Ning He's hand and said, "I can't wipe your back. You are my partner, and only you can help me wipe it."

Ning He looked teasing and stopped teasing him: "Okay, but only this time, it won't happen again."

He Shaochuan nodded.

Ning He took the towel and wiped his back gently.

The man has clear muscle lines on his back, a slim waist and abdomen, and a particularly good proportion.

Ning He took advantage of the situation while wiping from top to bottom.

She got the advantage, but He Shaochuan felt bad.

The woman's hands were boneless, light and soft like feathers, and every time her fingertips brushed against his skin, he shivered.

He endured until the end. After Ning He wiped his back, he wanted to wipe the front.

But this time He Shaochuan refused to give in no matter what, and insisted that he could go ahead alone.

After failing to take advantage of Ma Xiaohui, Ning He shrugged his shoulders and had to go out to help Ma Xiaohui.

He Shaochuan went out with two tea eggs and rice balls.

After Ning He and the others were ready, they also set off on their tricycles.

When the car turned into Compound No. 1, Jiang Zhengyu was already waiting at the door with his homework in his arms.

Zhou Yao followed Jiang Zhengyu unwillingly, constantly persuading him about something.

Seeing Ning He coming over, Zhou Yao stared at Ning He.

Ning He gave the clothes that had been prepared long ago to Jiang Zhengyu and asked him to take them into the house first. These clothes were wanted by Jiang Minke's friends.

Jiang Zhengyu ran into the house carrying the bag of clothes.

Zhou Yao folded her arms over her chest, snorted coldly, and glanced at Ning He with disdain.

"Don't think you can get close to Teacher Jiang just like this. What's so great about a village woman who hasn't even graduated from junior high school?"

Ning He sensed Zhou Yao's hostility. After hearing these sarcastic words, Ning He didn't get angry but laughed instead.

"There's really nothing to be proud of, and I don't want to get close to Teacher Jiang."

Zhou Yao was furious: "Why are you pretending in front of me? Do you think you are great just because you can cook something delicious and solve a few problems? Sooner or later, Teacher Jiang will see your true colors!"

After hearing this, Qianlin yelled at her, "Don't you dare say that about my mother! You bad woman!"

Zhou Yao sneered: "The son born by a village woman is also an uneducated wild child. Just wait, sooner or later you will all have to get out of the family compound!"

"Comrade, how can you talk like that? It's okay if you talk about us, but why are you talking about our children too?" Ma Xiaohui couldn't stand it anymore and started arguing as well.

Ning He's eyes gradually turned cold.

Saying that she could do it, or talking about her son, would be touching Ning He's reverse scale.

"Zhou Yao, I am amazing, so what? I can cook some delicious dishes, can you? I can teach Xiaoyu to solve the problems, can you? You said I am a village woman, but you are not even as good as a village woman. Compared with you, I am amazing."

"You, you you you!" Zhou Yao was so angry that she pointed her finger at Ning He, but she couldn't even say a word of rebuttal.

Xiaoyu ran out quickly. He didn't notice Zhou Yao's ugly expression at all. Instead, he smiled and urged Ning He to leave.

"Aunt Xiaoning, let's go!"

Ning He asked him to get on the tricycle, and soon it headed out of the compound. No one paid any attention to Zhou Yao.

Zhou Yao was so angry that she stomped her feet on the spot and glared at their backs as they left. Then she turned and went into the house.

As soon as she entered, she saw the bag on the table.

Zhou Yao remembered that it was Jiang Zhengyu who brought it in just now. It seemed that it was the clothes that the village woman brought to Teacher Jiang.

Zhou Yao casually opened the bag, took a look through it, and suddenly thought of a good idea, and the corners of her lips curled up.