Zhang Jingya's face stiffened. She had already taken out 10 yuan from her pocket, but upon hearing Qiao Qiqi's words, she frowned, immediately withdrew her hand, and took out another 10 yuan.

When Zhang Jingya slapped the 20 yuan into Hou Yan's hand, her face was already extremely pale.

"This is all the money I have left. The allowance from my family for next month hasn't arrived yet."

Hou Yan's eyes lit up when he saw how much Zhang Jingya had brought out. He was immediately moved and said, "Jingya, thank you so much. I will definitely pay you back in the future."

Zhang Jingya gritted her teeth and said, "What are you saying to me? You don't have to pay back Nana's 10 yuan. We're boyfriend and girlfriend, so my money is yours."

A glint of light flashed quickly in Hou Yan's eyes, "Jingya, I..."

"Alright, if you want to show off your love, wait until I leave. You're still one yuan short, hurry up and collect it." Qiao Qiqi didn't want to watch their whining drama here; she was afraid she'd get corns.

Hou Yan frowned, "You still owe me one yuan..."

"What's wrong with one yuan? Besides, it's my money anyway, why would I take it?" She'd rather feed her money to a dog than to a scumbag like him, and Qiao Qiqi was too lazy to argue with him. "Hurry up, it's just one yuan short..."

"Here you go!" Wu Nana quickly pulled a dollar from her pocket. "Give it to her right now and tell her to get lost!"

Hou Yan glanced gratefully at Zhang Jingya, then handed the money back to Qiao Qiqi, saying, "Here you go, we're even now."

Qiao Qiqi took the money, sorted it according to the number of people, folded it up, and put it in her pocket.

When she looked up at Hou Yan again, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm a man of my word. From today onwards, I promise I won't bother you anymore."

Looking at that fair and delicate face, Hou Yan was slightly stunned.

These were the words he had always longed to hear, but for some reason, he felt very uncomfortable.

After Qiao Qiqi finished speaking, she stopped looking at his expression and walked directly towards the house where the female educated youth slept, preparing to take away her luggage and belongings that she had left there.

When Wu Nana saw that Qiao Qiqi not only took the money but also went into the female educated youth's room, she immediately thought that Qiao Qiqi had broken her promise and chased after her angrily.

"Qiao Qiqi, didn't you say you'd take the money and leave? What are you doing back in? Get out of here! You're not welcome here!"

Another female educated youth followed Wu Nana in. Although she didn't say anything, she looked at Qiao Qiqi with a wary expression.

Qiao Qiqi was too lazy to waste words with the two of them. After entering the room, she saw that her bedding roll was already placed at the end of the kang (a heated brick bed), so she picked it up and took a look.

Once everything was confirmed to be okay, I started packing my other belongings.

Wu Nana looked at her actions and felt only strangeness.

It wasn't until she saw Qiao Qiqi carrying her luggage and things walking out that she realized she had come in to get something, not to shamelessly stay.

Realizing this, Wu Nana breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help looking at Qiao Qiqi's back and sneer, "No need to ask, she must have moved to Qin Huai's house. I don't know if their marriage is real or not. She was still hanging around Hou Yan a few days ago, and she's already hooked up with Qin Huai. These country women are so shameless, ugh!"

Qiao Qiqi had already left, but upon hearing Wu Nana's words, she suddenly turned back.

She walked straight up to Wu Nana and said coldly, "If you have the guts, say what you just said again!"

A flicker of fear crossed Wu Nana's eyes, but only for a moment before she stiffened her neck and said, "Fine, I'll say it! I'll say you're indecent, you... ah!"

With a snap.

Qiao Qiqi put down her things and slapped Wu Nana across the face.

Wu Nana was completely stunned after being hit.

It took her several seconds to react, and she stared at Qiao Qiqi in disbelief, "You dare to hit me?"

Qiao Qiqi's face was filled with murderous intent. "If you dare to spew filth again, it won't be as simple as a slap! You can try if you don't believe me!"

Wu Nana was frightened by the ruthlessness in her eyes. Before she could speak, Qiao Qiqi interrupted her, "Whether Qin Huai and I got our marriage certificate or not, you'll know after the autumn harvest. Before that, if I hear anyone gossiping again, don't blame me for being impolite!"

A warning look swept across Wu Nana's pale face. Qiao Qiqi snorted coldly, picked up her things, and strode away.

By the time she returned home carrying her things, she was already panting heavily.

Fortunately, there was spiritual spring water in the space. After drinking a large cup, I instantly felt refreshed and all my fatigue disappeared.

Only then did Qiao Qiqi realize that she hadn't seen Qin Huai when she came in.

I went out to look for him, but I couldn't find him. I only saw the cleaned cloth shoes on the windowsill.

But for some reason, the shoes that looked fine before now have a tear on the outside of my right foot.

Qiao Qiqi looked at the cut, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

Was it broken before?

Just as I was wondering, I suddenly heard a noise coming from the courtyard gate.

Qin Huai finally returned from outside. His hair was wet and his trousers were rolled up, as if he had just taken a shower.

"Qinhuai..."

Qiao Qiqi stepped forward, about to ask him why his shoes were torn, but the man walked straight past her and into the house without giving her a single glance, as if she didn't exist.

Realizing the man was still angry, Qiao Qiqi smiled helplessly.

Seeing that it was only around 7 or 8 pm, Qiao Qiqi was not sleepy, so she went inside and took apart the bedding she had just brought back, removing the sheets and blankets to wash them.

Because there is no washing machine, she has to wash by hand.

Fortunately, today is the third day of my period, and the discomfort of the first two days has passed.

Qiao Qiqi had filled the basin with water and had just scrubbed the bedsheet a couple of times when it was snatched from her hands. "Who told you to wash it?"

Qiao Qiqi looked up innocently, met Qin Huai's disapproving gaze, and realized that she was concerned about her, so she immediately smiled.

"It's okay, I'm not feeling bad anymore. It's just these two sheets, I can wash them quickly."

Qin Huai seemed not to hear her, and simply pulled her aside before sitting in her seat.

He bent down and started washing, shoveling and groaning.

Qiao Qiqi found his stubborn yet soft-hearted demeanor quite amusing.

She couldn't help but squat down beside him, staring at the man's dark, handsome face, and asked, "Qin Huai, do you know what I was doing just now?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Qiqi clearly sensed that Qin Huai's face darkened even further.

She found it amusing, but said teasingly, "Don't you want to know? If you don't want to know, then I'll go back."

As she spoke, she stood up and turned to walk into the house.

But in my mind I was silently counting 1, 2, 3!

3. Just as she landed, a deep male voice came from behind her, "Where have you been?"

Qiao Qiqi's lips curled into a smile, and she immediately turned around, "I just went to the educated youth resettlement point, I went to..."

With a tearing sound!

The bed sheet, which was perfectly fine, was suddenly torn with a large hole.