Are you alright?

When Qiao Qiqi saw that Hou Yan actually wanted her to apologize, she immediately sneered, "Everyone on the bus saw it. Zhang Jingya rolled up her sleeves and was about to hit me first. I was just acting in self-defense. Why should I apologize?"

Hou Yan frowned. "Qiao Qiqi, how did you become so unreasonable?"

He put on a pained expression and said, "Although Jingya started it, she didn't actually hit you, did she? Instead, you're the one who beat her up like this. Shouldn't you apologize?"

"So, according to you, I was wrong to act in self-defense? I should have just stood there and let her hit me?"

Qiao Qiqi crossed her arms and looked down at her: "Who gave you the confidence to tell me what to do with my life?"

"you……"

“And you—” Qiao Qiqi ignored Hou Yan’s dramatic expression of disappointment and turned to look at Zhang Jingya, who was glaring at her with hatred.

“You want to go to the police station? Great! I’m ready to go anytime! I also have something to say. I heard that there was a young educated youth in our brigade who was supposed to go to a brigade with more difficult conditions, but because his family had powerful connections, he managed to get his spot replaced in our brigade.”

Seeing Zhang Jingya's rapidly changing expression, Qiao Qiqi smiled and said, "Guess what will happen to this educated youth... oh, no, I should say his whole family if this matter is found out?"

As the last word fell, Zhang Jingya's sallow skin instantly became several shades lighter, even more effective than foundation.

"You... how could you..." Zhang Jingya visibly panicked.

Her father said that only her family and the family she was transferred to knew about her change of brigade, and that the family had already received their money and promised not to tell anyone.

If that's the case, how did Qiao Qiqi know?

Zhang Jingya frowned. Could it be because of Team Leader Qiao?

Considering that the list of people sent to the countryside was sent down in advance, and that she was temporarily replaced, she had indeed been questioned by the brigade...

Realizing that Qiao Qiqi must have found out at that time, Zhang Jingya gritted her teeth instantly.

Even though she was extremely unwilling, she didn't dare go to the police station anymore and could only turn around and run away in a sorry state.

"Jingya..." Hou Yan looked suspiciously in Qiao Qiqi's direction when he saw her run away. Although he had a lot of questions, chasing after her was the priority at the moment.

He immediately picked up the items scattered on the car and the ground and quickly chased after them.

As soon as the two left, Qiao Qiqi sat back down in her seat.

In those days, buying and selling jobs and exchanging quotas for rural assignments were not uncommon, but they were not unheard of either.

And importantly, people who do this are either rich or powerful. Plus, they're usually very secretive about it, so most people wouldn't expose them.

But if it is truly exposed, there will definitely be clues to follow.

The reason Qiao Qiqi knew this was naturally because she had read the contents of the book.

As the only bug in this book, does Zhang Jingya want to fight her?

No way!

Holding the braised pork belly close to her chest again, Qiao Qiqi thought that it would still be warm when she got home. She just needed to quickly cook some rice so that Qin Huai could enjoy the fragrant braised pork belly as soon as he got home from work. Qiao Qiqi was eager to go home.

So, as soon as the bus stopped at the village entrance, she immediately ran home without stopping.

Just as the rice was cooked, villagers who were finishing their work passed by outside the courtyard gate.

When Qiao Qiqi saw that she had finished work, she realized that Qin Huai would definitely be back soon, so she put the food on the table and waited for him to return.

As a result, they waited and waited, but more than ten minutes passed and Qin Huai still hadn't returned.

Qiao Qiqi waited at the courtyard gate for a while, but when she still didn't see Qin Huai, she suddenly became a little anxious.

After thinking for a moment, she simply locked the door and followed the original owner's memories into the field, intending to pick up Qin Huai.

Halfway there, they happened to meet Zhang Qing, who had a solemn expression on his face.

Qiao Qiqi has the original owner's memories, so she recognizes Zhang Qing.

Thinking that Qin Huai and Zhang Qing had gone fishing together last night, and assuming that the two had a good relationship, he quickly walked up to them and asked, "Zhang Qing, have you seen Qin Huai?"

Zhang Qing suddenly looked up!

Upon discovering that the person standing in front of him was Qiao Qiqi, he immediately looked like he'd seen a ghost. "How could it be you?"

Qiao Qiqi looked completely bewildered. "Why can't it be me?"

Too lazy to argue with Zhang Qing about this, Qiao Qiqi immediately asked, "Have you seen Qin Huai? He's been off work for half a day, and I haven't seen him come back. Do you know where he's working?"

At this moment, Zhang Qing felt completely disoriented.

When he thought about how the villagers said that Brother Qin got his marriage certificate yesterday, and the person he got was Qiao Qiqi, whom the whole village knew liked Hou Zhiqing, he just couldn't believe it.

Before he could even ask Qin Huai, Team Leader Qiao suddenly stormed into the field and called Brother Qin away.

We've been walking for almost an hour now.

Zhang Qing had a bellyful of questions on his mind, and he spent the entire hour pondering them after Qin Huai left.

Upon seeing Qiao Qiqi, Zhang Qing finally couldn't hold back any longer and quickly asked, "Qiao Qiqi, did you really get your marriage certificate with Brother Qin? The villagers all said that you and Brother Qin went to town yesterday afternoon to get your marriage certificate, is that true?"

Zhang Qing didn't want to believe it, but Qin Huai had indeed taken leave to go to town yesterday afternoon and even borrowed his family's donkey cart. Combined with Qin Huai's strange behavior last night and his eagerness to get home...

Zhang Qing felt that the matter was almost certainly true.

But he still couldn't believe it. They were two single dogs just yesterday, so why was he the only one now?

He felt wronged.

And the key point is that he wasn't the first person to know the news; in fact, he seemed to be the last.

He had always thought he had the best relationship with Brother Qin, but now it seems...

In the end, it was all for naught!

Qiao Qiqi was displeased when she saw that Zhang Qing not only didn't answer her question after she asked him twice, but also turned around and asked her the same question.

If she hadn't looked up and seen that Zhang Qing was no longer visible behind her, she would have definitely left.

But now, all she could say quickly to Zhang Qing was, "Yes, yes, the whole village knows that Qin Huai and I have gotten our marriage certificate!"

Zhang Qing: "..."

Secondary damage.

"Now can you tell me where Qin Huai is?"

Zhang Qing finally realized that when Brother Qin was called away by Team Leader Qiao, Team Leader Qiao's expression seemed quite unpleasant...

"Oh no! Your dad called Qin away! Will Team Leader Qiao make things difficult for Qin?"

"What?!" Qiao Qiqi was shocked.

She heard that Qin Huai had been called away by her father, Qiao Weiguo, and that she hadn't even told him about her marriage to Qin Huai yet.

This clearly indicates an intention to demand an explanation...

Qiao Qiqi immediately turned around and ran away.