Huo Beixiao glanced at Xu Yizhou with a cold gaze, "Watch your mouth and stop talking nonsense."

"Hehe." Xu Yizhou chuckled mischievously, "For the sake of your and your sister-in-law's health, I'm just offering this friendly reminder from a doctor's perspective."

Jiang Qiaoqiao took several deep breaths to calm her racing heart, then carried the wine into the inner room. "Dr. Xu, this is baijiu. Is there anything else you need?"

"No need, thank you, sister-in-law." Xu Yizhou said, pouring a little wine into his palm, rubbing it to warm it up, and then began to massage Huo Beixiao.

"Take a few days off from the factory. Your back needs at least seven days to recover before you get out of bed. Remember, no strenuous exercise!" Xu Yizhou deliberately emphasized the last few words.

Jiang Qiaoqiao didn't know why, but even though she hadn't done anything wrong, she still felt a little guilty.

The fever that had just subsided on my face instantly flared up again.

After Xu Yizhou left, Huo Beixiao said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm afraid you'll have to make do with sharing a bed with me tonight. I'll be going to the factory tomorrow."

Jiang Qiaoqiao gave him a cute glare with her round almond-shaped eyes. "Didn't you just say that you didn't want me to end up like Jiang Yiran in your dream, and that you would try your best to live a good life with me? You regretted it as soon as you turned your back?"

"No, I don't regret it!" Huo Beixiao answered quickly, his mouth moving faster than his brain.

Jiang Qiaoqiao raised her eyelids arrogantly, "Then that settles it. Since we're planning to try living together, we'll be a real couple from now on. If we're a real couple, won't we sleep in the same bed?"

"Dr. Xu told you to rest for at least seven days. If you go to the factory like this, they'll think I'm heartless and cruel, and they'll kick you out as soon as you get injured!"

Jiang Qiaoqiao's words left Huo Beixiao speechless.

She nonchalantly got into bed, climbed onto the inside of the mattress, yawned, and said, "I'm going to sleep now. If you feel unwell or need to get up at night, just call me."

This was the first time the two had slept so close together, and Huo Beixiao felt a series of alluring fragrances wafting into his nostrils.

His heart felt like it was about to jump out of his chest.

Waves of heat washed over me.

Normally, in this situation, he would have gone out for a run to release the excess energy and then taken a cold shower to calm down.

Unfortunately, I fell and hurt my back today, and I can't move.

Until Jiang Qiaoqiao's breathing became slow and even, and she even started to snore softly.

He finally managed to suppress the fire in his heart and gradually fell asleep.

When Huo Beixiao was home, he would have already bought breakfast from the cafeteria by the time she woke up.

She has to go buy it for Huo Beixiao today.

She just didn't expect that so early in the morning, what happened in her family last night was already common knowledge in the compound.

She has to pass by the banyan tree to get to the cafeteria.

Those family members who had been sitting under the banyan tree gossiping early in the morning all looked at her with a hint of ambiguity in their eyes.

"Qiaoqiao, is Engineer Huo's back alright?"

"You young people are so energetic, unlike us at our age, we just fall asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillow every night, how could we have the energy to do that kind of thing?"

"I think it's not that you don't have the energy, it's that your husband, Lao Song, isn't up to the task."

"screw you……"

...

Those who like to gather under the big banyan tree are mostly married women. They are all experienced and speak without restraint.

Jiang Qiaoqiao had experienced a lot in her past life, but even so, she couldn't help but feel her ears burning when she heard these people's lewd talk.

"I'm going to buy breakfast now. Aunts and sisters-in-law, you can chat all you want."

Huo Beixiao is currently unable to move due to a back injury, and Jiang Qiaoqiao doesn't want to leave him alone at home.

After all, the two of them had just agreed to try to make it work.

They had no choice but to give up setting up their stall.

But you can skip setting up a stall; you can't skip going to the hospital.

Zhou Ling'er was discharged from the hospital today, and she has to go pick up the little girl from the hospital.

When Jiang Qiaoqiao arrived at the hospital, the doctor had just removed the splint from Zhou Ling'er's leg.

"Sister Qiaoqiao".

As soon as Jiang Qiaoqiao appeared in the ward, Zhou Ling'er smiled and called out in her sweet, childlike voice.

"Sister Qiaoqiao, what brings you here? Aren't you setting up your stall today?"

Zhou Yang knew that Jiang Qiaoqiao was coming at this time because she had given up setting up her stall to pick up her sister from the hospital.

The thought that Jiang Qiaoqiao had just stocked up on so much merchandise and wasted a whole day of her time setting up a stall for her sister made her very sad.

He felt a pang of guilt. "Sister Qiaoqiao, I can actually take my sister home from the hospital myself. You don't need to take the time to come here in person."

Jiang Qiaoqiao glared at him. "You're taking Ling'er out of the hospital by yourself? Where do you plan to go after you're discharged? Go back to your shack that doesn't even keep out the wind or rain? Look at the sky outside."

At this moment, thick dark clouds had already gathered in the sky outside.

A torrential downpour is clearly imminent.

"I don't want Ling'er to get sick again from being caught in the rain right after being discharged from the hospital," Jiang Qiaoqiao said.

Zhou Yang was somewhat embarrassed; he naturally didn't want to.

But apart from that shack, the brother and sister had nowhere else to go.

Moreover, they had really troubled Jiang Qiaoqiao too much and owed her too much, so he felt embarrassed to bother her any further.

"Carry your sister on your back, let's go home," Jiang Qiaoqiao instructed Zhou Yang directly.

"Sister Qiaoqiao, we've really gone to so much trouble for you, I..." Zhou Yang carried Zhou Ling'er on his back, so moved that he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Alright, if you really think I'm good to you, then you can work with me in business from now on and repay me," Jiang Qiaoqiao said casually.

She didn't intend to bring Zhou Yang and Zhou Ling'er home when she came.

But on the way there, it got terrifyingly dark. After this torrential rain, the shack where the brother and sister had lived before couldn't keep out any of the storm.

What if Zhou Ling'er's leg, which she had finally managed to heal, gets infected again, or even develops a more serious illness from getting wet in the rain?

When Jiang Qiaoqiao brought Zhou Yang and Zhou Ling'er back to the compound, they once again attracted everyone's attention.

"Qiaoqiao, Engineer Huo injured his back, so why did you go out and bring back a young man and a young woman?"

Jiang Qiaoqiao smiled politely and said, "These are my distant cousins. They've come to visit for a couple of days."

After saying that, she took the brother and sister home.

No sooner had she left than Aunt Zhao curled her lip and said, "What distant cousins? Deputy Factory Director Jiang's family doesn't have any relatives like that who have no parents. They must be poor relatives from her previous family."

Peng Cuiying had said last time that Jiang Qiaoqiao was an ungrateful wretch who couldn't be tamed. The Jiang family gave birth to her and then took her back to be fed and cared for, but all she ever thought about was her former family.

"Before, Deputy Factory Director Jiang and Peng Cuiying were strict, so she didn't dare send anything to that family. Now that Huo Beixiao is injured and can't control her anymore, isn't she just bringing those poor relatives from before to freeload?"