Chapter 43. What does Chapter 43 mean? You two are sleeping together...

The next day at noon, everyone continued to go to the countryside to sell fruit. Su Tangtang and Huo Yizhou went to villages they hadn't visited before, but unfortunately, sales were not good, and they didn't sell many orders all morning.

On the way back, Su Tangtang suggested, "Let's just go to town and buy something to eat. We won't cook at home today."

Huo Yizhou nodded in agreement, and the two drove towards the town.

Upon arriving in town, they found the streets unusually lively. After inquiring, they learned that it was a market day and all the good spots had already been taken, so they had to stop in a more secluded area.

While setting up his stall, Huo Yizhou said, "I'll find out when the fairs are held in this town and other nearby towns, so we can come earlier next time to secure a spot."

“Great idea,” Su Tangtang agreed.

“I’m going to buy some food. You watch the stall for now,” she said.

Huo Yizhou responded softly and watched her turn and walk into the crowd.

Not long after Su Tangtang left, someone came to ask the price, "How much are the peaches?"

Huo Yizhou quoted a price, and the other party readily agreed to buy a pound.

Su Tangtang bought cold dishes, steamed buns, and bottled water in the town center. On her way back, she saw Gu Qingke's stall in the distance. There were many people gathered around the car, and business was booming.

She thought to herself: They've arrived really early, and they've got a great spot.

She didn't intend to go up and greet them; she walked straight ahead, but after taking only two steps, she heard a familiar voice from behind: "Tangtang."

She quickened her pace, but the man still caught up with her.

"Why are you walking so fast?" Gu Qingke frowned, her tone somewhat dissatisfied, as if she were someone he disliked.

Su Tangtang waved the food in her hand, "Are you in a hurry to get back and eat?"

"Is this all we're going to eat?" He glanced at it.

"yes."

"It's not very nutritious. Let me take you to get some noodles."

"No need," Su Tangtang refused decisively.

Gu Qingke reached out to pull her, but she quickly dodged to the side.

“You guys are pretty busy. I’m afraid Shen Yingying can’t handle it all by herself,” she reminded her.

Gu Qingke paused, then suddenly lowered her voice, "Let's take a walk together tonight."

"No," she replied immediately.

He acted as if he hadn't heard him and said directly, "I have something to tell you. I'll wait for you at the door. Remember to come out."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Su Tangtang: "..."

She couldn't help but roll her eyes, utterly speechless, and turned to walk back.

Soon, Su Tangtang returned to their stall location and saw a crowd gathered in front of it from afar.

Is this location really that good? It's attracting so many people.

She muttered to herself and quickened her pace to get closer.

Before I even got close, I heard a young woman ask softly, "Boss, can I get your contact information if I buy peaches?"

Su Tangtang paused, her gaze falling on Huo Yizhou, wanting to see how he would respond.

"We don't exchange contact information when you buy peaches," Huo Yizhou said calmly, "but we can give you an extra peach if you buy a lot."

The young woman looked slightly disappointed. "That's such a pity."

Huo Yizhou simply smiled.

After being rejected, the girl didn't persist, bought the peaches, and left.

At this moment, an older woman jokingly asked, "Boss, if I buy a lot, can I get free peaches?"

Su Tangtang couldn't help but laugh out loud as she listened.

Huo Yizhou looked at her upon hearing the sound, his gaze lingering on her smiling face for a moment before turning back to the old woman and saying, "It's a gift, ma'am."

The older woman picked out peaches while sizing him up. "Boss, you're really handsome. Are you married?"

"not yet."

"Do you have a boyfriend?" the older woman pressed.

Everyone around them pricked up their ears, waiting to hear the answer.

Huo Yizhou turned his gaze to Su Tangtang, "You have a boyfriend."

When Su Tangtang saw the look in his eyes and heard him say "I have a girlfriend," a strange feeling welled up inside her.

The older woman looked regretful. She had originally wanted to set her niece up with someone, but she sighed and stuffed a large peach into the bag. "Didn't your boyfriend come with you?"

"They're here," Huo Yizhou said with a slight smile. "They're right behind you. They just came back from buying food."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Su Tangtang.

Suddenly becoming the center of attention, Su Tangtang felt a little embarrassed and glared at the culprit, Huo Yizhou, with annoyance.

The other person was looking at her with a smile.

This glance made Su Tangtang's heart skip a beat. She hurriedly looked away and gave everyone a polite smile.

The older woman's eyes lit up. "Wow, boss, you've found a really handsome partner!"

Those around them echoed their sentiments.

Su Tangtang was pleased by the compliment. "Auntie, I love hearing you say that. Here's another peach for you."

Seeing this, the others also chimed in with their praise:

You two are such a perfect match!

"They're such a perfect match!"

Su Tangtang felt her cheeks burning and quickly said, "Buy ten yuan worth of peaches today and get two free!"

Customers who originally planned to buy only five or six yuan's worth of items changed their minds and asked for ten yuan's worth. Before long, more than a dozen orders were sold.

After the customers left, Su Tangtang spread the food she had bought out on the cart. "There's no one here now, let's eat first."

Huo Yizhou nodded.

Su Tangtang handed him a wet wipe to dry his hands, and the two ate side by side. Recalling the scene just now, she teased, "Boss Huo is quite charming. Were all those people here for you?"

Huo Yizhou paused, looked up at her, and answered seriously, "More or less."

"How narcissistic," Su Tangtang then pouted, "Why didn't you accept that girl's request to add you on WeChat?"

"I was afraid you'd mind," he said softly.

Su Tangtang was startled, and when she looked up, she met his deep gaze.

Whether he was being sincere or joking, her heartbeat honestly quickened.

Seeing that she remained silent for a long time, Huo Yizhou pressed her for an answer, "So, do you mind?"

Su Tangtang smiled and said half-jokingly, "Of course I mind! You're my boyfriend, how could I not mind if you added other people's contact information?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Yizhou's eyes lit up with a smile, "It's good that you mind."

Su Tangtang gave a soft "hmm," but dared not look at him again.

Every time she met his gaze, her heart would involuntarily race. She lowered her eyes, picked up some food and put it in her mouth, then changed the subject, "How many orders did we make while I was buying food?"

“Twenty orders,” Huo Yizhou replied.

Su Tangtang's eyes lit up. "So many? It's only been a short while."

She paused, then remembered something, "Oh right, I just ran into Gu Qingke and Shen Yingying in the town center. They were also setting up a stall there."

Upon hearing Gu Qingke's name, Huo Yizhou's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly. The thought that the man now had other feelings for Su Tangtang made him inexplicably irritable, and he wished he could kick Gu Qingke away.

"Did he see you?" Huo Yizhou's voice deepened.

“Not only did I see him,” Su Tangtang said with a helpless pout, “he even chased after me to say hello. It’s really speechless. He even asked me to go for a walk with him tonight.”

Huo Yizhou's heart tightened, his gaze fixed on her. "Are you going?"

Su Tangtang reacted as if her tail had been stepped on, her voice rising, "Am I crazy? Why would I go for a walk with him!"

Huo Yizhou's tense expression softened instantly upon hearing her words, and the corners of his lips unconsciously curved upwards. "He is indeed not a good person, nor is he worthy of trust. It's the right thing to stay away from him."

Su Tangtang nodded vigorously, "I know."

She knew in her heart that Gu Qingke was not a good person. He had been so in love with Shen Yingying, and then he turned around and told her that he liked her. It was ridiculous. And such affection was really too cheap.

Setting up a stall in town was indeed much easier than going door-to-door in the village; she sold seventy orders in just one afternoon. When she got home that evening, Su Tangtang carefully calculated that she had sold a total of ninety orders that day.

"You did really well today!" she said cheerfully.

Huo Yizhou nodded, "Keep up the good work tomorrow."

“Great!” Su Tangtang said enthusiastically, “Let’s go to the county town to sell them tomorrow? Maybe we can sell them even better.”

Huo Yizhou hesitated for a moment, "I don't know if this car can get into the county town, but we can go and take a look first, and come back if it doesn't work out."

“Okay,” Su Tangtang said.

Just before going to sleep, Su Tangtang had just lain down when she heard a knock on the door. She frowned and turned over, not wanting to pay attention, but the person outside kept knocking persistently.

Just as she was about to get up, she heard Huo Yizhou's movements next door.

So she got out of bed and quickly walked to the main room.

Huo Yizhou's heart tightened when he saw how hasty she was. Before he could feel disappointed by her eagerness, he heard her mutter angrily, "Gu Qingke is a lunatic!"

These words instantly dispelled the gloom in his heart.

Su Tangtang grabbed a broom from the corner and stormed to open the door. Gu Qingke, who was outside, was about to knock again when the door suddenly opened, and his hand froze in mid-air.

“I thought you weren’t coming out,” he said.

Su Tangtang said irritably, "Gu Qingke, are you sick in the head?"

Gu Qingke didn't seem to care. "I made an appointment with you today."

"You think I'll go just because you asked me to?" Su Tangtang sneered.

“If it were before, you would have been overjoyed.”

"That's all in the past."

Gu Qingke took a deep breath. "I have something to tell you."

"I don't want to hear it," Su Tangtang said bluntly. "Go get some rest."

As he was about to close the door, Gu Qingke reached out and blocked the door from the crack.

Su Tangtang had no choice but to stop what she was doing and said coldly, "Believe it or not, I'll record you looking like this and post it online so your fans can all see it?"

Gu Qingke was taken aback, then said confidently, "You won't."

"I can."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Yizhou handed her his phone. "I'm already recording."

Su Tangtang: "..."

Gu Qingke: "..."

Su Tangtang turned to Huo Yizhou and smiled brightly, "Well done!"

Gu Qingke gritted her teeth, "Huo Yizhou, you're asking for death!"

Huo Yizhou retorted without backing down, "You're the one who's looking for death."

"You're nothing but Su Tangtang's kept man, what's there to be proud of?"

Faced with such humiliation, Huo Yizhou laughed instead of getting angry, "At least she wanted to support me. What about you? You don't even have that chance."

Gu Qingke: "..."

Seeing Gu Qingke speechless and with veins bulging on her forehead, Su Tangtang almost burst out laughing. It felt so satisfying.

"It's the middle of the night, you should go back now," Huo Yizhou said, dismissing them. "Don't disturb our sleep."

These words instantly ignited Gu Qingke's anger. "What do you mean? You two are sleeping together?"

Su Tangtang was truly impressed by his thought process. "Yeah, we're a couple, of course we sleep together."

"How can you be so shameless!" Gu Qingke glared at her.

Su Tangtang's face darkened, and she raised a broom to hit his leg. Gu Qingke neither dodged nor avoided the blow.

"Go ahead and kill me!" he said shamelessly. "Even if you kill me, I'll still get you back!"

Su Tangtang looked at Huo Yizhou, "Brother Zhou, close the door."

Just as Huo Yizhou was about to close the door, Gu Qingke seized the opportunity to squeeze in, looking at the two of them triumphantly.

Su Tangtang was so angry she almost laughed.

"I don't believe you two slept together, and I don't believe you're really dating," Gu Qingke said confidently after her initial outburst of anger. "Su Tangtang, you only got this fake boyfriend to pursue me and go on a variety show with me! You don't love him at all. Everything you did was for me. Now that I'm willing to accept you, you should dump him and be with me."

Listening to his self-righteous words, Su Tangtang was so frustrated she was about to lose her temper. She grabbed Huo Yizhou's hand, "Brother Zhou, what do you think we need to do to make him believe us?"

Huo Yizhou looked down at their clasped hands, paused slightly, met her pleading gaze, gently lifted her face, and tenderly kissed her lips under her surprised gaze.