Chapter 114 Taking Miao Feifei's Money

Once outside the alley, Qin Xiaoxiao identified the direction from which the supply and marketing cooperative was located and chased after it.

Miao Feifei's family was already poor, and she couldn't afford many of the things she liked. She had tried to borrow money from the original owner of the body several times without success, and she hadn't received much benefit from Huang Yuan, which couldn't satisfy her desire to dress herself up and feel superior. Now that she had money, she would definitely spend it first, dress herself up, and go back to the educated youth settlement to let those who looked down on her know that she also had money and that she could afford leather shoes and dresses.

As expected, Qin Xiaoxiao hadn't guessed. She hadn't gone far when she saw Miao Feifei walking slowly ahead of her.

Qin Xiaoxiao immediately slowed down and followed along at a leisurely pace.

Qin Xiaoxiao looked at Miao Feifei's back and smiled coldly.

Although this street is quite large, with the post office and scrap yard located here, the supply and marketing cooperative is not; it's on a different street. There are two routes to get there: a main road, which is winding but safe, and a side road, which takes you almost half the distance but is inhabited by people and has a mixed population, making it unsafe to walk at night.

It's daytime now, and Miao Feifei will definitely choose this path; she can't wait to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to make some purchases.

Sure enough, they soon reached the bend in the path, and Miao Feifei went in almost without hesitation.

Qin Xiaoxiao sneered and followed her inside.

Qin Xiaoxiao followed closely behind Miao Feifei. Several times when Miao Feifei turned around, Qin Xiaoxiao hid behind the debris piled up on the road or took advantage of the absence of people to hide in her spatial dimension so that Miao Feifei would not notice her. After a few times, Qin Xiaoxiao got closer to Miao Feifei.

At a corner, Qin Xiaoxiao planned to knock Miao Feifei unconscious and rob her of her money when no one was around. She wanted to stop Miao Feifei from showing off her wealth, and besides, Miao Feifei was going to go to the mountains in the future. What would she do with so much money? Would she be able to escape again?

Qin Xiaoxiao was determined to eliminate any future troubles, and even considered killing her outright.

As Qin Xiaoxiao was still wondering how much force she would need to accidentally kill her, Miao Feifei suddenly screamed and turned to run back.

Her shout startled Qin Xiaoxiao, who quickly entered the space.

Qin Xiaoxiao witnessed Miao Feifei being knocked unconscious by a man in the space. He even tried to drag her into a side path, but Miao Feifei's cries attracted people, so the man had to curse and give up, then turned and ran away.

The one who spoke up to stop him was a burly man in his thirties. The man glanced at Miao Feifei, then looked in the direction the assailant had fled, before turning and running in another direction.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Qin Xiaoxiao quickly left the space, squatted down and took the five hundred yuan from Miao Feifei, and then went back into the space.

In just over a minute, the man came over with several women in their forties and fifties. Together, they carried Miao Feifei out of the alley and prepared to take her to the hospital.

Once everyone was out of sight, Qin Xiaoxiao left the space and headed away from the alley in the direction the assailant had fled.

After wandering around the county town, they had a big meal at a state-run restaurant. She paid, and Qin Hai paid the bill. Then, when it was almost time, Qin Xiaoxiao headed towards the entrance of the county town.

When they arrived at the county town gate, they indeed saw the oxcarts going to Qinjiagou. Qin Xiaoxiao walked over with a smile and chatted with the aunties riding in the cart.

"Xiaoxiao went to the county town again? What's that smell on her? Did she eat meat?"

Qin Xiaoxiao waved her hand with a smile, "No way, Auntie, don't talk nonsense. I'm still in mourning. The smell on me must have come from the state-run restaurant."

The old woman looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with envy. "Going to the state-run restaurant again? You city people are really rich. You can go to state-run restaurants to improve your lives all the time. Unlike us, we work hard all year and don't even get much money. We don't have any food or meat coupons. How can we afford to eat at state-run restaurants? We can only smell meat during the New Year."

Qin Xiaoxiao wouldn't dare accept money from the educated youth. She put on a stern face and looked at the old woman seriously.

"Auntie, the way you're saying this makes it sound like I'm not from Qinjiagou. Other educated youth came to the countryside, but I came home. My roots are in Qinjiagou."

Besides, where would an orphan like me get money? It's just that my grandma and my uncles help me out. Like this time when I went to my uncle's for a meal, he paid for it.

Everyone likes to hear nice things. You can dislike your hometown, but others can't say it. So when the old lady heard Qin Xiaoxiao say that she was from Qinjiagou, her face immediately brightened up. And when she heard Qin Xiaoxiao say that she had no money and that it was Qin's grandmother who gave her the money, she felt at peace.

“Our little one is so sensible and speaks so nicely. You’re right. Even though you were born in the city, you’re a true Qinjiagou native. When your dad was a kid, I even gave him a big white steamed bun when he was running around naked. I watched your dad grow up.”

Seeing the old lady's proud expression, Qin Xiaoxiao's lips twitched.

Ma'am, how old are you this year? How come someone in their fifties has watched my father grow up?

They even gave my dad a white flour steamed bun. As if everyone knew that if someone had a white flour steamed bun, they wouldn't eat it themselves but would give it to an outsider.

The 1930s were a turbulent time, the country was not at peace, and who could afford to eat white flour steamed buns?

Okay, whatever you say, I'll just listen.

"Yes, Auntie is right."

Upon hearing this, the old lady felt even better and kept chatting with Qin Xiaoxiao the whole way, not allowing her to rest for even a moment.

Upon reaching the village entrance, Qin Xiaoxiao jumped out of the car as if fleeing, greeted her aunt, and rushed towards Old Qin's house.

Back home, lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), drinking the sugar water that Grandma Qin had made for her, Qin Xiaoxiao slowly let out a sigh of relief.

"Milk, how much sugar did you put in? It's too sweet!"

It's so sweet it's almost cloying, comparable to the fruit candies in her online space.

Grandma Qin slapped Qin Xiaoxiao angrily, "Isn't it good to be sweet? You're so troublesome."

After taking the dishes out to wash them, Qin Xiaoxiao was left alone in the room and fell asleep shortly afterward.

Just as Qin Xiaoxiao fell asleep, Miao Feifei from the county hospital woke up.

Upon waking up, Miao Feifei immediately reached for her pockets, only to find them empty.

Miao Feifei was extremely anxious and searched everywhere, but of course, she couldn't find the money she had just received.

Miao Feifei cried, cried so hard she was heartbroken, and didn't even care about the police officers who came to question her.

After Miao Feifei had finished crying, the police, who had long lost patience, truthfully recorded what had happened and said they would do their best to help Miao Feifei find the person and the money.

After the police left, the hospital asked Miao Feifei to pay the bill.

Miao Feifei has no money; she's dragging her feet and doesn't want to pay.

The hospital refused, and Miao Feifei cried again.

Finally, she got so annoyed by the hospital doctors and nurses' crying that they agreed she could write an IOU and pay them back in three days.

Miao Feifei, as expected of the female lead, was hit over the head but was completely unharmed, not even suffering a mild concussion. Therefore, after a doctor's examination, she was discharged from the hospital without any problems.

(End of this chapter)