Ye Qing had just lifted her foot when she saw Liang Ziqiang move as well, and Ye Qing was so frightened that she shrank back into the corner.
He thought Liang Ziqiang was going to cause him trouble again, but to his surprise, Liang Ziqiang ran out in a flash.
Seeing this, Ye Qing was less nervous and slowly moved closer to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), preparing to go out as well. Just as she got off the bed, she heard Liang Ziqiang's voice outside: "I'll take you there. Don't let the police arrest me. My mother made me do it... I heard that if the police find out what your wife and that man did, they'll be locked up."
Although Xi Quan and Xu Ying are only nominally husband and wife, regardless of his true feelings for Xu Ying, she is still known as his wife. After this incident, Xi Quan is undoubtedly embarrassed.
He was also eager to end his nominal marriage with Xu Ying as soon as possible.
Since he had met Liang Ziqiang and Ye Qing before, Xi Quan thought he could just find Xu Ying, get a divorce, and return to the city, keeping the scope of his knowledge to a limited range.
Xi Quan originally intended to find Ye Qing, since Ye Qing was Xu Ying's cousin and should know what to say and what not to say. However, Yang Xiujuan's attitude made Xi Quan realize that it would be inappropriate to say he wanted to find Ye Qing, so he changed his mind and said he wanted to find Liang Ziqiang.
But Liang Ziqiang kept reminding him of this embarrassing thing, time and time again, without getting tired of it.
That's fine, but after pondering Liang Ziqiang's words, Xi Quan couldn't help but frown: "What did you say? What did your mother make you do?"
"It's nothing." Yang Xiujuan was afraid that her son would blurt out everything, so she quickly bumped Liang Ziqiang's shoulder and pushed him behind her. Then she stood between Liang Ziqiang and Xi Quan. "Xi Quan, you too, how could you ask our Qiangzi? Although I don't like people talking about my son like that, I have to admit that his brain... Taking you there is fine, it's always awkward for outsiders in this kind of thing. I can tell you where it is."
After Liang Ziqiang came out of the house, Ye Qing slowly moved to the doorway and stood behind the curtain. Hearing this, Ye Qing lifted the curtain and came out: "I'll take you there."
As Ye Qing spoke, she pulled off the rubber band from her braid, tidied her messy hair with her hands, and tied it up again.
Out of the corner of her eye, Ye Qing noticed Yang Xiujuan's disapproving frown and said, "Although Xu Ying's matter is something that everyone knows but no one is stupid enough to say it out loud. It's not appropriate to have someone else take Xi Quan there, and it's not appropriate for you either. You are, after all, a distant relative of my aunt and Xu Ying's mother. Although you may not care about your distant relative status, you've already made the villagers gossip by forcing me to marry Liang Ziqiang. If you take Xi Quan to see Xu Ying now, how will you live in the village afterward?"
Yang Xiujuan was speechless at Ye Qing's words and rolled her eyes at her in dissatisfaction: "So what if you graduated from high school? That sounds nice, but what about you? You and Xu Ying are closer than I am."
"It is closer than you, but you know better than anyone how the Xu family has treated me. What do I have to be afraid of?" After Ye Qing finished speaking, she winked at Xi Quan, meaning to leave quickly.
Xi Quan listened to Ye Qing and Yang Xiujuan's conversation with a furrowed brow. He had even vaguely heard about Ye Qing's plan to marry the mentally challenged Liang Ziqiang, but he had never taken it seriously. Who knew that people would actually be so shameless.
Seeing Ye Qing's expression, Xi Quan curled his lips and gave Yang Xiujuan a mocking smile.
Seeing Xi Quan's expression and noticing Ye Qing's anxious look, Yang Xiujuan didn't care about anything else: "Ye Qing, I'm warning you, don't even think about running away. Everyone in the surrounding villages knows about you and our Qiangzi..."
Xi Quan suddenly spoke up: "Have you registered?"
Yang Xiujuan was speechless again. Just as she was about to say something, Ye Qing had already left the yard. She subconsciously wanted to chase after him, but Xi Quan took the opportunity to close the yard gate, found a tree branch, and tripped over it outside the gate. Yang Xiujuan couldn't pull it open no matter what she did inside the yard.
Hearing the commotion in the courtyard, Ye Qing couldn't help but smile. Seeing Xi Quan leaning against the tree staring at her, Ye Qing quickly composed herself and said, "Thank you."
Xi Quan raised an eyebrow and chuckled lightly: "Weren't you trying to use me? Then what's the meaning of your thank you?"
Ye Qing froze, nervously twisting her fingers, wondering how he had figured it out.
Seeing that Ye Qing seemed frightened by him, Xi Quan put away his joking thoughts, pressed his tongue against his back teeth, and said, "I want a divorce. You want to get rid of your uncle's family, including Yang Xiujuan. So why don't we discuss this?"
This was exactly what Ye Qing had thought of, but she didn't expect Xi Quan to say it outright. She looked up at Xi Quan, her eyes sparkling: "How do we do it?"
Seeing the starlight in Ye Qing's eyes, Xi Quan looked away, silently lit a cigarette, squinted and took a puff. The smoke made it impossible to see what he was thinking, but the smile on his lips looked like a wicked grin. Ye Qing thought that perhaps he already had a plan, so she obediently followed him and waited quietly for him to speak.
Holding the cigarette butt between his fingers, Xi Quan flicked off the ash and slowly said, "Do you know why I married your cousin Xu Ying back then?"
“Your household registration has always been in our village. You wanted to move it back to the city, but at that time my uncle was the village party secretary. He used your household registration to blackmail you, and even said that you and Xu Ying had done *that*, so…”
Xi Quan chuckled, then turned to look at the shy Ye Qing: "What's up?"
Ye Qing was too embarrassed to look at Xi Quan.
Xi Quan didn't tease Ye Qing any further: "I'm very picky. Your cousin... back then, it wasn't me who was with your cousin, it was the son of the current village secretary. They even have a child together. Your cousin even secretly went to the county town for surgery."
Ye Qing nodded: "I know she went to the county town for surgery, but I thought that child..."
At first, Ye Qing thought the child was Xi Quan's, but now it seems not. However, it was not easy to say this, as it would embarrass Xi Quan. So she changed the subject: "Just tell me what you want to do. As long as you can help me get rid of Yang Xiujuan, I will definitely cooperate with you."
"The current village party secretary and your uncle don't get along," Xi Quan said, only hinting at the point.
Ye Qing was taken aback at first, then instantly understood what Xi Quan meant. Her eyes lit up again, and she clenched her fists: "Okay, I'll definitely cooperate with you. So where should we go now? To the village committee to make a scene?"
As soon as Ye Qing finished speaking, he saw someone running very fast as if they were doing something. After that, he saw many people heading towards the village committee from various intersections.
"What's wrong?" Ye Qing asked in surprise.
"There's going to be some excitement." Xi Quan laughed, his anger turning into a mocking laugh. "Let's go take a look."
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