The sturdy stick struck the man's shoulder, and he immediately let out a miserable cry of pain.

"it hurts……"

Lin Yuxi's gaze turned cold and deep as she looked at the unfamiliar man.

"Who are you?"

Lin Yuxi also held back her strength, not going all out, otherwise that stick would have hit him on the head.

Zhou Kaifang, clutching his reddened shoulder, questioned, "Why did you hit me for no reason? I only glanced at you a few times!"

Lin Yuxi narrowed her eyes. She had been studying the water pump in the back, and then Gu Chen came over. Who knows how much he saw...

“My mom even said she’d introduce you to me as a potential partner, how could you stand with another guy? You’re so shameless!” Zhou Kaifang pointed at Lin Yuxi and scolded her. His mom had told him that as long as he got married and had a girlfriend, she would give him ten yuan.

That's ten ten-yuan bills!

Even his brother didn't get such good treatment when he got married. I never expected his family to be so wealthy, and his mother was able to come up with so much money all at once.

He only agreed to the marriage after his mother repeatedly assured him that they would not separate their households.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to sneak a peek.

Lin Yuxi raised the wooden stick and pressed it against his shoulder, frowning as she coldly said, "And who are you? What business is it of yours who I stand with? If you keep talking nonsense, believe me, I'll smash your head open!"

She frowned. As someone who had been sent to the countryside, she hadn't had many people talk to her in the half month she had been in the village. Why would a normal person introduce her to a potential partner? Would they have nothing better to do?

Zhou Kaifang shrank back, swallowed hard, and covered his shoulder with his hand, which was trembling slightly. "I... I'm telling you, if you dare to hit me, my mom will definitely make you pay."

Lin Yuxi stared at the man on the ground, a wooden stick pressing down on him, preventing him from moving. She slowly squatted down and chuckled sinisterly, "I can kill that wild wolf with one blow. How many hits do you think you can withstand?"

"I..." Zhou Kaifang was too scared to move. His eyes darted around, and his body involuntarily tried to curl up.

The girl's words came from above his head again.

"Consider this a lesson for spying on me. You know what to say when you get back. If I hear you talking nonsense again..." Lin Yuxi's expression turned cold as she raised the wooden stick and jabbed it into his crotch.

"I know I was wrong, I'll never do it again." Zhou Kaifang quickly covered his lower body, drenched in cold sweat from fright. "I'll never talk nonsense again."

The woman's expression was absolutely terrifying, even more terrifying than his mother's. That's how people talk in the village, just saying whatever comes to mind, but why did this person start hitting him right away?

Looking at the fearful expression on his face, Lin Yuxi knew that she should hit this kind of person when he deserved it, without hesitation. If she hesitated even for a moment, he would use even more vicious methods to bully her next time.

Enduring it for a while can lead to breast hyperplasia, taking a step back can cause ovarian cysts, and a good beating can prolong life.

Lin Yuxi's face turned cold, and she shouted in a chilling voice, "Get out!"

Zhou Kaifang was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he scrambled away from the mud-brick house.

His mother wasn't trying to introduce him to a potential partner; she was clearly trying to kill him. Marriage and unity were no longer effective options.

Lin Yuxi watched him flee in panic, then put away her stick. With this kind of attitude, he wants to date? He's nowhere near as good as Gu Chen.

...

In the blink of an eye.

The sun was already high in the sky. Despite tidying up, Lin Yuxi still needed to eat. It was almost noon, so she locked the door, put the key in her pocket, and headed towards Gu Zhixiang's house wearing a straw hat.