Chapter 19: Making Trouble

He Xiaolan gossiped and complained at the same time.

"Is there really a fool who could lend something this precious to Xu Li?"

In the era of planned economy, industrial coupons were needed to buy anything. In addition to being used to buy large items such as bicycles and sewing machines, industrial coupons had a wide range of uses.

Just like in later generations one had to buy a house to marry off one’s son, in this era one had to have industrial tickets to marry off one’s son.

You must have three turns and one ring, right?

So this thing is in short supply.

We are all students with no source of income, and it is impossible for our families to hand over such important things to a student for safekeeping.

Although Xia Keqing had read the original text, she didn't know much about this era, so she didn't say anything.

Li Fen has a deep understanding of this. "I think it's difficult, unless she borrows from someone who has a job."

Zhao Juan remained silent.

Xia Keqing simply said, "Who cares who she borrowed from? Just give me my ticket back."

The roommates nodded, that was right.

As long as they paid back what they owed Xia Keqing, they didn't care who she borrowed from.

Xia Keqing didn't know where Xu Li got the industrial ticket from. Anyway, just after lunch, she rushed to find Xia Keqing with the industrial ticket, looking arrogant.

"Here! I'll return the industrial ticket to you."

Xia Keqing was a little surprised. She held Shen Jichuan's arm. Shen Jichuan was already used to her intimacy.

There are also many men and women in love walking hand in hand on the street.

Shen Jichuan thought, perhaps these educated young girls are open-minded and just like to express their emotions in this way.

Shen Jichuan's ears turned slightly red, and he stood aside with his lips pursed in silence.

He looked at his little girl and spread out her snow-white hands. "Give it to me."

Xu Li looked alert and immediately retracted her hand, "Just look at it like this."

Xia Keqing was speechless. "I can't see clearly, who knows if your ticket is real?"

"What if you try to fool me with a fake one?"

Xu Li almost exploded when she heard this, "Xia Keqing, who do you think you are? You are the only one in the world who has an industrial ticket, right? You are relying on having a boyfriend who is in the army, otherwise where would you get the industrial ticket?"

Xia Keqing raised her chin and said, "Is it great that I have a boyfriend who is a soldier?"

Shen Jichuan coughed dryly.

Xu Li's cheeks turned red with anger.

Xia Keqing spread her hands again, "Show it to me, or I won't want it. I'll tell the counselor that Chen Zhou has a problem with his character because he doesn't pay back the money he owes."

Xu Li: “You!”

She was controlled by Xia Keqing and had no choice but to hand the ticket to her.

Xia Keqing immediately handed the ticket to Shen Jichuan, "Brother Shen, you are well-informed. Please check for me to see if it is forged."

Xu Li was so angry that her face turned black. "Xia Keqing, please don't slander me. I borrowed the ticket from my counselor. Do you still want to doubt my counselor?"

Xia Keqing was a little surprised.

But he still said, "I don't care who you borrowed it from. I have to check whether it is real. What if it is fake?"

Shen Jichuan looked at the cunning little girl in front of him, and Xu Li who was shaking with anger on the other side, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

I didn't expect that this little girl has the ability to make people so angry that they die!

It seems that I must never provoke her easily in the future.

Although he thought so in his heart, Shen Jichuan still resigned himself to checking the bills for his fiancée.

Tickets in this era are worth more than money, and counterfeiting is illegal.

So Xu Li didn't have the courage to forge the information.

After Shen Jichuan checked, he nodded.

Xu Li's eyes lit up, and she began to like Xia Keqing's partner. Her expression immediately returned to arrogance.

"How about it?"

This time it was her turn to reach out, "Give me back my Ah Zhou's IOU!"

Xia Keqing was very happy, as her original purpose was to take back the things from the original owner.

After confirming that the ticket was genuine, he gave the IOU to Xu Li.

Unexpectedly, after checking it, Xu Li tore it up directly and threatened Xia Keqing, "From now on, you and Azhou will go your separate ways. If you dare to harass our Azhou again, don't blame me for being rude to you!"

Xia Keqing admitted that she was disgusted.

This woman and Chen Zhou are just like shrimps with shrimps, fish with fish, and turtle with tortoise. They are both equally shameless.

"Xu Li, is there something wrong with your brain, or are there problems with your eyes and ears?"

Xu Li had been spoiled and pampered by her family since she was a child, but she was repeatedly humiliated by Xia Keqing. "What are you talking about?"

Xia Keqing took Shen Jichuan's arm, "My fiancé and I have a good relationship. I've said it before, I never cared about that piece of mud Chenzhou. I have nothing to do with him."

"I'll tell you clearly once again, it's Chen Zhou who has been pestering me. If you have the ability, please keep a close eye on him and never let him appear in front of me again, otherwise I will scold him every time I see him!"

Xu Li's face darkened, but she was afraid of the tall Shen Jichuan, so she had to leave in dismay.

Xia Keqing pouted her lips and complained to Shen Jichuan, "What kind of person is this? Will it lower my IQ if I go to college with such a person?"

"Brother Shen, do you think my IQ level is on the same level as hers?"

Shen Jichuan's eyes were smiling, and from being stunned at the beginning, his expression now unconsciously showed a little more doting and appreciation.

"Definitely not."

Xia Keqing turned her head to look at him and gave him a thumbs up.

"I think you have good taste."

What she said just now was just an angry remark, but it happened to remind Xia Keqing of Xu Li going to college.

She frowned slightly, "Brother Shen, there is one more thing I would like to ask you to help me with."

Shen Jichuan didn't even think about it, "You say."

Xia Keqing considered her words carefully and said, "I just think Xu Li is a bit strange."

Shen Jichuan doesn't talk much and is a good listener. At this time, he didn't say anything and waited for Xia Keqing to continue.

Xia Keqing coughed dryly, "That's right, according to Xu Li herself, her father used to be the captain, but if she hadn't admitted it herself, I would have thought her father was some big shot in our provincial capital."

"She always says that her father is great and can handle anything. What can a captain handle? It's nothing more than the things in the village."

"But I always feel something is wrong. With Xu Li's brain, how did she get into university? She usually skips classes, fails the final exam, and always has to take make-up exams. Do you think it's possible that she didn't even get into university?"

Shen Jichuan was confused by the little girl's words.

But he is a very smart man.

Soon he got to the point: "Do you suspect that her college entrance examination results were fake?"

Xia Keqing was a little embarrassed.

This is indeed just a guess on her part and there is no evidence so far.

But Xu Li’s character is really not trustworthy.

She softened her tone, sounding like she was acting like a spoiled child, "Brother Shen, just think of this as helping me vent my anger. Find someone to check her out and see if her college entrance examination scores are her own."

"I'm not doing this out of personal grudge. If there's nothing wrong with her college entrance exam results, I'll definitely personally pour her some tea and admit my mistake, but if there really is a problem, we're saving another person's life."

Shen Jichuan frowned subconsciously.

If these words were spoken by anyone else, they would be absolutely unreasonable.