Upon hearing Bai Qingqing's idea, Lu Jue's grandfather immediately said that he would go to the police station with the people who were taking Lu Jue there.

He was worried that Lu Jue's mother would cause trouble if she came looking for him, so he went to keep things quiet.

Bai Qingqing could tell that Lu Jue's grandfather was sincere; he genuinely wanted to send Lu Jue to jail for reformation, not to protect him.

They agreed.

By the time the villagers who had taken Lu Jue to the police station left in the diesel tricycle, the sun had already set.

The sky gradually darkened.

Now that the villagers have nothing to do in the dam area where Bai Qingqing lives, they are gradually going home.

In less than ten minutes, only Bai Qingqing and Ye Qiuxuan remained in the courtyard where Bai Qingqing lived.

Seeing that it was getting completely dark and Ye Qiuxuan showed no sign of leaving, Bai Qingqing couldn't help but urge him, "Ye Qiuxuan, aren't you leaving? It's almost completely dark."

Ye Qiuxuan glanced at Bai Qingqing, who wished she could fly away immediately, and sat down at a stone table. She said quietly, "Bai Qingqing, I'm so tired right now. You can't drive when you're overworked and fatigued. Driving while fatigued is illegal."

"Let me rest!" Ye Qiuxuan said, then propped herself up on the stone table with one hand and closed her eyes to rest.

Bai Qingqing saw that Ye Qiuxuan looked exhausted, with dark circles under her eyes almost as black as the bottom of the pot in the kitchen that was burned every day.

According to the book, he is currently in the early stages of starting his business. He was born into poverty, has no connections, no relatives or friends, no powerful backers, and no money.

The daily expenses are quite high, and he has to start everything from scratch himself.

No one taught him; he had to research and explore everything on his own, which was indeed very hard and tiring every day.

Seeing Ye Qiuxuan like this, Bai Qingqing was reminded of her days in Fengyue Kingdom before she became empress.

Back then, I was just like Ye Qiuxuan is now, so busy that I barely had time to breathe, and I felt so tired every day, but I thought about the people behind me who needed my protection.

No matter how tired or bitter it is, you have to keep trying and climb up step by step.

Only by constantly striving upwards can you protect the people you want to protect.

Ye Qiuxuan is in the same boat now. He can only keep his brother, who needs a lot of medical expenses every day, by working hard to climb up the ladder and make money.

Only then can his family not have to worry about their food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, or about his younger siblings' tuition fees.

Thinking of all this, Bai Qingqing felt a pang of pity.

Bai Qingqing walked up to Ye Qiuxuan, intending to call him into the room to sleep in bed and get some rest before leaving tomorrow.

At this moment, Bai Qingqing noticed that Ye Qiuxuan's breathing had become steady.

He was already asleep.

How long has it been?

How could he have fallen asleep in less than five breaths?

Bai Qingqing leaned down and stared at Ye Qiuxuan's face, carefully observing his breathing rhythm, and found that he had indeed fallen asleep.

Looking at Ye Qiuxuan's long and thick eyelashes, Bai Qingqing had never seen a man with such beautiful eyelashes before.

As she watched, Bai Qingqing reached out and carefully touched Ye Qiuxuan's eyelashes with her fingers.

As soon as her eyelashes were touched, Ye Qiuxuan's eyelashes moved instinctively. Seeing this, Bai Qingqing was afraid that she would wake Ye Qiuxuan up, so she quickly withdrew her hand.

Then, as if he had done something wrong, he hurriedly looked around with a guilty expression.

Seeing that no one was around, meaning no one had seen what she had just done, Bai Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.