Since she had already been disturbed, Jiang Qiao put away her book, got out of bed, took a piece of vegetable pancake, and took a bite. "Grandpa Qiao, how about I go outside with you for some fresh air later?"

Ma Liu also felt that he should go out for a walk. Not only would it be uncomfortable to lie in bed right after eating, but it would also be bad for his health.

"It's good to go out for a walk. Everyone should wear more clothes, as it's windy at sea."

Qiao Jie waved his hand, "I don't want to go out in the wind. You guys go and take a look. I'll stay here and watch the things."

Jiang Qiao could understand Qiao Jie's concerns to some extent. He was afraid of losing it, and also afraid that someone would sabotage it. After all, the old man knew the people Jiang Qiao had been in contact with to some extent. He was more afraid of thieves eyeing him than of thieves stealing from him. Besides, those enemy agents had not been eliminated yet. He didn't want to be careless and fall into their trap.

"Okay, Grandpa, lock the door, we'll be back in a bit."

On the deck, Jiang Qiao unexpectedly saw Chen Jianwu. The two had met briefly on the train before. Although they had only met once, Jiang Qiao had a good memory and still remembered him.

"Teacher Chen?"

Chen Jianwu looked at Jiang Qiao in front of him and really couldn't recognize her. He thought he had seen many beautiful girls, but he had never seen a girl with such exquisite features and refined beauty before.

Seeing Chen Jianwu's expression, Jiang Qiao smiled and said, "Teacher Chen, back then, you invited us to your home on the train, do you remember?"

He knew that there weren't many people Chen Jianwu would invite to his home. He wouldn't just go to any random place; he would invite anyone. However, he remembered saying something like this to a little girl once.

"You, you're that little girl, what's your name again? Let me think—"

Chen Jianwu pointed at Jiang Qiao, tilted his head and thought for a while, then exclaimed to Jiang Qiao in surprise, "You, your name is Jiang Qiao, right?"

Jiang Qiao smiled and nodded, "You're right. It's a pity there's no reward."

Chen Jianwu looked her up and down, shaking his head as he did so. "Who would recognize this girl? She's really blossomed into a beautiful young woman. You've become more and more beautiful. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have recognized you. I never imagined that the little girl from back then would have transformed into such a beautiful swan. Hehe, it's really fate that we meet again..."

Seeing that Jiang Qiao had run into an acquaintance, Ma Liu led Gu Zhixuan to look at the scenery without saying a word.

Chen Jianwu was meeting an old friend in a foreign land and was very talkative, mainly wanting to know how Jiang Qiao had been doing these past few years.

Jiang Qiao explained her own situation in just a few words, but she was curious about why Chen Jianwu was here.

"I'm on a business trip, but I went back to my hometown before. Jiang Qiao, how is your grandfather doing?"

Jiang Qiao smiled and said, "I didn't expect that I would still remember my grandfather. He's doing well. He stayed at my cousin's house for a while before, so I brought him back."

As the two were chatting, Jiang Qiao heard a woman's shrill rebuke beside her: "Are you blind? Are you just there to breathe?"

Jiang Qiao turned her head and saw that her cousin was apologizing to a girl, but another girl standing next to her seemed to be making a scene.

Ma Liu apologized politely, thinking he could just buy the woman a new pair of shoes and that would be fine. But the woman acted like a shrew, pointing and cursing at him before anything even happened.

"Young man, what kind of attitude is this? We've already apologized and offered to compensate you. What do you want?"

Even killing someone is just a matter of beheading them. I just accidentally stepped on your foot, why are you making such a fuss?

"You should be kind and considerate. How can a young girl like you not even have a decent tongue? Be careful you don't find a husband later."

This one sentence emboldened the other party, and the insults were so offensive that not only Jiang Qiao but also the people standing on the deck couldn't stand it anymore.

"Teacher Chen, wait a moment, there's a problem with my family."

After saying that, he turned around and rushed towards the woman. Gu Zhixuan was no pushover either, especially when she was cursing, he didn't let her shut up.

"Let me tell you, try swearing at me again, and I'll beat up any woman I encounter—"

Today, Gu Zhixuan really encountered an unreasonable person. Seeing Gu Zhixuan like this, the woman banged her head against Gu Zhixuan's chest.

"Go ahead and hit me, hit me all you want, I'll let you hit me—"

Faced with this situation, Gu Zhixuan really didn't know what to do for a moment—to beat him or not to beat him?

The girl next to the woman was terrified and tried to pull her companion along, but she couldn't.

At this moment, Jiang Qiao rushed over in a few steps, grabbed the woman by the collar and pulled her directly from Gu Zhixuan's arms, then pushed her hard. Due to the inertia, the woman fell quite a distance.

Jiang Qiao coldly sized up the two women in front of her, especially the one who had challenged her older brother.

Then she snorted coldly, "What, trying to act like a hooligan? Is this the first time I've seen a woman act like a hooligan? Did you see that the young man is handsome and start making false accusations?"

"You really think nobody cares about you? Well, I'm doing it today. All you did was step on your companion's foot. Come on, name your price, we'll pay."

The woman jumped up from the ground and shouted, "Who's being a pervert? Are you blind? It's this man who's being a pervert! He's looking good and deliberately provoking us. If we don't stand up for ourselves, this man might do something else even more outrageous!"

"What right do you have to hit someone? It's none of your business!"

The girl next to them kept explaining to Gu Zhixuan and Ma Liu, "We're really sorry, it's not your fault. We were standing behind you, so it's understandable that you didn't see us when you turned around. We also made mistakes, so we can't put all the blame on you."

This is my cousin; I'll talk to her about it later.

"Yang Anxiu, what do you mean? I stood up for you, and you betrayed me? Are you even my cousin? My family has raised a traitor! Let me tell you, I'll settle this score with you later. Just you wait."

After saying that, she rushed towards Jiang Qiao, raising her hand to hit her, but Jiang Qiao grabbed her arm and slapped her twice, left and right. "I'll teach you to be so foul-mouthed. Even if you ate shit, you wouldn't act like this. I'll teach you to curse people. Do you really think no one cares? Let me tell you, I'm not letting this go today."

The woman was stunned by Jiang Qiao's punch. "You, you just wait—"

After saying that, she covered her face and ran away, not even caring about her cousin.

Some people around Jiang Qiao were worried for her. "Girl, don't worry. She just brought in help. We can testify for you. That girl is outrageous."

Yang Anxiu didn't know what to say at that moment, so she bowed to Ma Liu and the others, "I'm sorry, I'll go back and talk to them about this—"

Jiang Qiao smiled and clasped his hands in a fist salute to the surrounding crowd. "Comrades, with your words, I have nothing more to say. This is my grandfather, and this is my cousin. It's alright if she's not satisfied; we can negotiate. It's just a matter of stepping on someone's foot, and it wasn't intentional. It's unreasonable that she would even bring up someone's parents and ancestors to insult them. People like that won't learn their lesson unless they're slapped a few times."