Jiang Sui did not come back as soon as he said. When he delivered the things, Xiang Laogen and his family were having dinner.

After learning that Jiang Sui and the others had finished eating in town, Xiang Laogen did not force him to add more food to his plate, but he still forced him to drink two glasses of wine.

This delay lasted for an hour.

When he returned home, Xiang Baiwei was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes.

"What took you so long?"

He opened the door to Bai Wei and looked at Jiang Sui while yawning.

After saying that, Xiang Baiwei faintly smelled the alcohol on Jiang Sui: "You drank in my house?"

"Yes, I did. My father-in-law asked me to drink with him. I couldn't refuse his kindness, so I had to drink."

Jiang Sui locked the door and followed Xiang Baiwei into the main room.

Xiang Baiwei pointed to the bucket beside her and said, "When I washed my face just now, I also got you some water. Use this to wash up. Now that you're back, I'm going to sleep first."

Jiang Sui looked at her back, and held back, not saying, "Are you waiting for me on purpose today?"

He was afraid that if he said that, Xiang Bai Wei would get angry and would no longer wait for him.

The next morning, someone from the machinery factory came to find Jiang Sui and asked him to handle a confidential part.

Before leaving, Jiang Sui met the deputy factory director who asked him to go out for study. According to the deputy factory director, the time was moved forward three days so that he could make arrangements early.

On the way back, Jiang Sui rode his bike while thinking about how he could get Xiang Baiwei to agree to accompany him to study in another place.

When talking about it before, Xiang Baiwei changed the subject and did not make it clear whether she wanted to accompany him or not.

When he got home, Jiang Sui found an opportunity to talk to Xiang Baiwei again about going to the provincial capital to study.

As he expected, Xiang Baiwei immediately and tactfully expressed that she didn't want to go.

Even though Jiang Sui's attitude was very sincere, Xiang Baiwei kept talking about this and that, worrying about this and that, and refused to nod and agree.

"It's a rare opportunity to go to the provincial capital. Don't you want to make jams and preserved fruits? You can take this opportunity to look at the variety of snacks in the state-owned stores and department stores in the provincial capital," Jiang Sui advised her earnestly, "It's good to go to a big city to broaden your horizons."

Xiang Baiwei certainly knew how rare this opportunity was, but because this opportunity was brought by Jiang Sui, she was reluctant to accept it.

"There is work to do everywhere at home. The dog needs to be fed and the fields need weeding. In a few months, the grain workshop will be busy again. I plan to repair the workshop while I still have time."

No matter what Jiang Sui said, Xiang Baiwei could always come up with new reasons to stop him.

Anyway, the point is that she will not accompany Jiang Sui to study abroad.

Although she didn't say it directly, Jiang Sui had already guessed what she was thinking from her reaction.

Jiang Sui felt extremely frustrated, but he didn't want to give up. Fortunately, there were still a few days before he went to study, which was enough time for him to find a way to make Xiang Baiwei change her mind.

The next day, Chi Kunli came back from the market in town and found Xiang Baiwei mysteriously. She pulled her aside and said, "I heard something when I went to the market in town today. Guess what it was?"

"How can you guess that?" Xiang Baiwei was washing clothes with foam on her hands, and she didn't have the energy to guess what Chi Kunli was talking about. "If you want to say it, just say it quickly. I'm busy."

"I heard that the factory where your boyfriend works has arranged a group of people to study abroad. One of them is the factory director's niece, who is said to be as beautiful as a fairy!" Chi Kunli said while observing Xiang Baiwei's reaction, "Did you know about this?"

Xiang Baiwei knew about the study trip, but she didn't know that one of the people who went there had a scandal with Jiang Sui.

"Jiang Sui has a relationship with her? Are you sure?" Xiang Baiwei pinched the washboard unconsciously with her right hand, complex emotions churning up in her heart.

If Jiang Sui and the niece of that factory director… have something going on, does that mean she really has to divorce Jiang Sui? Seeing her in a daze, Chi Kunli pushed her anxiously, "Why are you still sitting there? Your partner must be good-looking and capable. If the niece of that factory director falls in love with him, what will you do?"

What to do... If that's the case, then we can only get a divorce! Xiang Baiwei shook her head, shook off the messy thoughts in her mind, and continued to wash clothes on the washboard: "Who did you listen to? Is it true? People outside are saying all kinds of things now, don't be stupid and believe everything."

"I went to the factory to ask around," Chi Kunli assured him, "It's absolutely true that there is such an outstanding niece. I heard that she is quite capable and someone in her family seems to be an official. So you have to go to the provincial capital with Jiang Sui and keep an eye on him."

Xiang Baiwei looked at Chi Kunli speechlessly: "I can't keep an eye on him. He will leave sooner or later. Why should I waste my energy? He can go wherever he falls in love with."

"Why do you think so?" Chi Kunli stared at Xiang Baiwei in amazement, and then she didn't know what she was thinking, "Could it be that Jiang Sui is... not as decent as he looks on the surface? What did he do in private? Tell me."

Seeing that Chi Kunli was getting more and more absurd, Xiang Baiwei smiled helplessly: "I was just making an analogy. Jiang Sui is quite decent and has not done anything to let me down. Don't say anything nonsense. If this gets out and people hear it, it will affect his future. This is a serious style issue."

Hearing Xiang Baiwei's denial, Chi Kunli finally felt relieved: "It's you who caused people to misunderstand what you said."

"Okay, okay, it's all my fault. Get out of the way. I still need to fix my clothes." Xiang Baiwei rolled up the clothes and handed one end to Chi Kunli. "Don't just talk. Do something. Help me wring out the water."

"Weiwei, let me tell you..."

While working, Chi Kunli was busy talking, repeatedly emphasizing how reliable the information she had heard in the town was.

Her ultimate goal was only one, which was to convince Xiang Baiwei to follow Jiang Sui to the provincial capital and never give others a chance.

Xiang Baiwei felt so annoyed after being nagged for a while!

But she couldn't show it, so she could only insist that she trusted Jiang Sui very much, and emphasized that she had a lot of work to do and had no time to go out of town with Jiang Sui.

Chi Kunli, who was worried about the safety of her best friend's marriage, said with regret that she could definitely help Xiang Baiwei do those so-called tasks that she couldn't leave.

Xiang Baiwei was very troubled by Chi Kunli's fuss. Fortunately, it was almost noon and Jiang Sui went home for lunch. Chi Kunli, who was embarrassed to talk about this any longer, finally left.

then…

(End of this chapter)