Lin Ruyan's face had just been slapped by the old woman and his daughter-in-law, and it was already red and swollen. Now, after being slapped repeatedly by himself, it was even more red and swollen.

When she raised her hand to slap herself for the umpteenth time, a big hand reached out, grabbed her wrist, and ordered her.

"Lin Ruyan, stop hitting me!"

Lin Ruyan seemed to be possessed by a demon. When he grabbed her wrist, she hit him with her other hand. Then, her other wrist was also grabbed by Mo Wuwei.

"Lin Ruyan, why do you have to degrade yourself like this?"

Lin Ruyan raised her eyelids and looked at Mo Wuwei blankly.

"Teacher Mo, I'm not humiliating myself. This is my punishment for myself."

Mo Wuwei sighed, "I've been punished enough. I won't beat you anymore."

"Ah?" Lin Ruyan was slightly stunned. "Teacher, what do you mean?" She was a little hesitant to ask, but she still asked, "You, you can't forgive me just like this, right?"

She thought it was impossible.

Mo Wuwei said, "Okay, I forgive you, Lin Ruyan. From now on, we're even. You don't owe me anything, and I don't blame you for anything. We'll each go our separate ways and cross our own single-plank bridges. We have nothing to do with each other."

"No!"

Lin Ruyan's tears suddenly flowed down. She had just had a fight with someone and was pinned to the ground and beaten by the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but she did not cry.

She just hit herself and her face became swollen, but she didn't shed a single tear.

But she couldn't bear to hear Mo Wuwei say such words, "Teacher Mo, don't say that. Even if you hate me, at least you have feelings for me."

"I don't hate you, nor do I blame you, and I certainly don't like you. There's absolutely no way the two of us are together."

His tone of voice was calm and emotionless, yet it made Lin Ruyan feel cold in her heart.

"teacher."

Mo Wuwei didn't listen to what she said anymore. He turned around, went inside, and closed the door.

No matter whether Lin Ruyan would show up outside or not, he would not see him again, so he simply went back into the house.

There was no sound outside. He took out a pen and paper and leaned over the table to write something, but his mind could not calm down. He simply put the pen down and stared at a sycamore tree outside the window that was shedding its leaves.

Watching the sycamore leaves fluttering in the wind, watching the shadows gradually appear on the leaves...

I don't know how long it took before he came to his senses. He looked at the time and found that more than an hour had passed.

He involuntarily walked behind the gate and stood there for a long time. He didn't hear any sound from outside and wanted to open the door to see if Lin Ruyan had left. He raised his hand but put it down before he touched the door. When he heard Fang Suyun and Xu Zhenqing talking, he went to look for them.

After more than ten minutes, he opened the door again and found that there was no sign of Lin Ruyan outside.

It must be his words just now that took effect. Lin Ruyan finally realized that it was impossible for them to be together and was willing to give up.

He heaved a long sigh. It was good to be in the same position as before. It seemed like he was back to four days ago, when Lin Ruyan had just entered high school and he had just become her homeroom teacher. They had just met and didn't know each other well. Their impression of each other was strange yet vaguely beautiful. Unfortunately, the beauty only stayed at the moment they first met.

He treated Lin Ruyan, including all his students, as his own children and juniors. Even if Lin Ruyan had feelings for him, he would never have anything to do with her.

Now that Lin Ruyan was finally willing to give up, he felt relieved.

In the evening, after Xu Nuannuan had dinner, she rested at home for a while. At ten o'clock, she and Tuanzi went to the cowshed to check around. Then she asked Tuanzi to transform, and she rode the big dog to the county town.

It was only half past ten when they arrived at the grove south of the city. Xu Nuannuan counted the food in her space again, put on makeup, and moved the food she wanted to trade with the old monster out of the space. Then, she and Tuanzi stood guard over the food, waiting for the old monster to arrive.

At eleven o'clock, a car drove over, a medium-sized truck.

The truck stopped, and the old monster and two of his men got out. They saw Xu Nuannuan and called out, "Old Zhao Zhi."

As it got a little closer, it suddenly found a big black dog squatting next to Xu Nuannuan. Even when squatting, the dog was almost as tall as a person, and it looked majestic and had a fierce look in its eyes, which scared it.

"Old Zhao, your dog looks very powerful."

Xu Nuannuan: "You see, I came here alone, so of course I have to find a bodyguard for myself."

The old monster's face froze slightly, then he smiled.

"In our line of work, it's normal to have some concerns. Mr. Zhao can completely trust me. I would never do anything that would rob other gangs."

Xu Nuannuan knew that no matter how nice someone said on the surface, it was just polite talk. The other party knew exactly what everyone was thinking.

No matter how decent a person appears on the surface, he or she will inevitably have some ulterior motives.

"Of course I trust Weird Brother, but it's better to be safe than sorry. If I'm not on guard against Weird Brother, I have to be on guard against others too. Weird Brother, don't you agree?"

"Yes, yes, brother, you are really thoughtful and careful."

Xu Nuannuan asked them to inspect the goods and weigh them. After confirming that there were no problems, they made the transaction in cash.

Xu Nuannuan received more than 13,000 yuan in payment for the goods. Because there were too many bills, more than 1,000 in total, and each hundred bills were in a stack, she only counted four stacks and thought there was no problem, so she put the money away.

The old monster ordered his men to move the food again. Xu Nuannuan said goodbye to him: "Brother Weird, you guys are busy. I'll leave first."

"Okay, Brother Zhao, if you have any good stuff, remember to contact me."

"Okay, I'll go find Brother Guai when I have the goods."

"OK."