Chapter 37: Frustrated

"Qin Xiao, this is what I brought you, take it." As soon as Zhao Xiaoxue got home, she gave the things she bought to Qin Xiao who had just returned.

"Peach pastry? Where is this from?" Qin Xiao smelled the fragrance coming out from the oil paper bag from time to time, with a look of surprise on his face.

"Jiang He gave it to me." Zhao Xiaoxue said with a smile.

"Eh? Why did he give you peach cake? You guys..." Qin Xiao asked with a gossipy look on his face after hearing her words, "Is there something wrong?"

Zhao Xiaoxue showed helplessness. "I wanted to have something with him before, but he rejected me very quickly. I'm not the kind of person who likes to get entangled. I just want to be an ordinary friend."

"Don't mention it. Jiang He is quite handsome and has a good personality. It's a pity that he doesn't even like someone like you, let alone me." Qin Xiaowan shook her head with regret, and her anger turned into appetite. "Hmm, it's delicious."

"Is it delicious? I saved all the money I had." Zhao Xiaoxue smiled and put all the things she bought into the bedside table. "I have some more in this cabinet. If you want to eat it, just let me know."

Qin Xiao took a bite of the peach cake and squinted his eyes happily. "You should save some for yourself. Delicious food should be saved and eaten slowly."

Zhao Xiaoxue saw her and sat down with a smile, then asked, "Where did you go yesterday? I didn't see you when I came back, so I had to go to the county town with Taohua."

"Oh, Lin Ran told me that the village chief wanted to set up a school and might need teachers, so she took me to see the village chief to ask if he needed teachers." Qin Xiao explained while chewing peach cake.

"Did you go with Lin Ran?" Zhao Xiaoxue asked with a frown, feeling suspicious.

"Um."

As soon as Zhao Xiaoxue heard Qin Xiao say that Lin Ran took her there, she knew that this woman was up to no good. Sure enough, Qin Xiao continued, "The village chief refused at the time, saying that he had found Lu Fengfeng and Jiang He and didn't need anyone else for the time being, so we came back."

Zhao Xiaoxue was a little suspicious. "Did you two come back together?"

"Lin Ran came back first. She wanted to call her mother, so she didn't come with me." Qin Xiao said.

Zhao Xiaoxue's memory went back to the question Jiang He asked in the afternoon, "Did you tell anyone when you entered the city?" Although the other party didn't say anything, something must have happened. Combined with Qin Xiao's words, she guessed that Lin Ran had done something again.

"Squeak!" At this time the door was pushed open, and Lin Ran rushed in holding a washbasin. Seeing the peach cake in Qin Xiao's hand, she didn't say anything and prepared to take off her clothes and go to bed.

"Lin Ran, I have something to ask you." Zhao Xiaoxue stopped her and said seriously.

Lin Ran raised her head and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Tian Taohua told you that we were going to the county town, what did you do after that?" Zhao Xiaoxue stared at her and asked.

"Are you sick? What does what I do have to do with you?" Lin Ran opened the other's hand and sat directly on her bed.