Chapter 3: Twists and turns
These words were meant to draw a clear line between him and Qi Xu, which made Qi Xu feel a little embarrassed for a moment, as if he had taken advantage of him.
Well, she forgot that in this era, both men and women seem to mind if the opposite sex suddenly gets into a relationship for no apparent reason.
"Uh, sorry, I really wasn't being rude. I just wanted to find an excuse to get rid of my aunt."
Qi Xu was now nervous and embarrassed. He wanted to scratch his hair, but because of Mr. Qi's mummy-like bandaging method, he reluctantly touched his ears and continued to explain.
"Your belt should still be able to hold it. I really made a mistake back then. It was definitely not intentional..."
After she finished speaking, she realized that she really wanted to slap herself in the face. Her mouth was really ahead of her and her brain couldn't keep up at all. She said all kinds of inappropriate things.
Qi Xu's mention reminded Jiang Hongyi of the scene where the edge of his red underwear was exposed. His aura suddenly dropped several degrees. He protected the waistband of his pants with one hand and nodded goodbye quickly.
"Girl, what happened to you? Tell me the truth."
After there were no outsiders around, Mr. Qi asked with a stern face.
"Ahem, Grandpa..."
"explain!"
That one decisive word completely dispelled Qi Xu's idea of ​​continuing to play dumb.
"Grandpa, it's really not my fault. It was all done by Aunt and my cousin and his wife."
Qi Xu explained the whole story in one breath, and only then was he cleared of the grievances temporarily.
After knowing the whole story, Mr. Qi took Qi Xu's hand and said, "Qi girl, it's because of grandpa's incompetence that you have been bullied for nothing, but...ah...what should I do, what should I do..."
"Grandpa, I don't blame you. It's not your fault. You've been the best to me."
Qi Xu helped Mr. Qi sit back in his chair and kept counseling him.
"Grandpa, I'm hungry and want to eat."
"Hungry? Okay, let's eat. Grandpa will cook for you."
After lunch, Mr. Qi felt a little drowsy and went to take a nap.
She slept until the afternoon. Qi Xu didn't want to disturb the old man. After helping out at noon, she had already become familiar with the small kitchen.
She planned to use the little remaining flour to make dumpling soup. There were no vegetables in the kitchen, so she wanted to pick some fresh ones from the fence outside the door.
It was probably a bit late for her to cook. After opening the door, she could see neighbors bringing their own benches and chatting under a big tree not far ahead.
They said they were chatting about family matters, but in fact, it was all gossip. Isn't that how all the gossip in the village spreads?
"Oh my, look at the gauze wrapped around the head of that fat girl from the Qi family. I heard that she was abused by someone. How could anyone still look down on such a big, fat, and ugly girl?"
"Haha, I also heard that the guy seemed to be the favorite of the fat girl from the Qi family, so that's why that incident happened. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, this is the first time I've seen such a dishonest person."
"That's right. It has ruined the reputation of our Lingxi Village. It would be so embarrassing if this got out."
Qi Xu originally wanted to keep things quiet, so he lowered his head and picked vegetables, not wanting to bother with those troublemakers.
"Hey! Fatty, I saw you carrying a man back this morning. Is that your other lover?"
"Hahahahahaha, does this fat girl know how to enjoy life?"
Being bullied right in front of her, she couldn't stand it. "What's the point of talking about mistress or not? Can I eat it? What? Auntie, you have a mistress? Is it delicious? I'm afraid I'm the one who enjoys it the most."
Qi Xu retorted without hesitation, not even noticing that the old lady's face turned blue. He turned around, went back into the house and locked the door, and his ears were instantly quiet.
Jiang Hongyi's family is not at peace at all now.
Li Jinyan was very thoughtful. She brought her daughter Qi Baihua, a flour bag and a bottle of cooking oil, and asked the village matchmaker Liu to come to propose marriage.
Jiang Hongyi looked at the elder he met at the fat woman's house in the morning and Li Jinyan who appeared at his home this afternoon, and his face became even more tense.
The old man in his family doesn't care whether he is in a good mood or not. It is the best thing that someone is proposing a marriage for his grandson.
The two elders were chatting back and forth, and Qi Baihua looked at him with a crazy look on her face, as if she was going to rush up to him in the next second.
Jiang Hongyi's eyes were full of disgust. To be honest, the girl sitting opposite him was not as pleasant to look at as the fat girl that morning.
"Grandpa, I have someone I'm interested in."
He felt that if he didn't stop it, the marriage would be settled.
The reason Jiang Hongyi came back from vacation this time was, firstly, to see if his grandfather's legs and feet were still working well, and secondly, the organization asked him to solve his personal problems as soon as possible.
After he finished speaking, the conversation in the living room stopped abruptly. Li Jinyan's eyes were full of disbelief, Qi Baihua was rejected in person and burst into tears, only Mr. Jiang's eyes were full of stars.
"Monkey has a girlfriend? Who is it? Which girl? Since you two like each other, shouldn't we come to visit?"
Old Mr. Jiang looked at his grandson and felt that there was a chance, so he politely declined the matchmaker Liu and asked his wife to send him out. He turned around and looked at Jiang Hongyi with anticipation.
Jiang Hongyi was stuck here, neither knowing whether to speak nor not, and hesitated for several seconds. "My boyfriend is called Qi Xu..."
"Qi Xu? Is she the slut who was rumored to have been abused this morning? No! She's not suitable!"
Before Jiang Hongyi could finish his words, his mother Liang Jing, as if she had eaten a firecracker, refused in a loud voice.
Waste? Slut?
Jiang Hongyi remembered that the fat girl had been staying with him since he was knocked unconscious by her in the morning. How could such a bizarre rumor spread in the village?
"Mom, no, Qi Xu has been with me all morning. What you said can't be true. Someone must be deliberately ruining her reputation behind her back."
"How is that possible? I heard from the villagers that she used to be a promiscuous woman, always flirting with other men. They even said that she brought a male lover into her house this morning!"
Liang Jing didn't believe what Jiang Hongyi said at all. She just thought that he was bewitched by that little bitch and that was why he was protecting her like that.
"Ahem! Mom! Don't listen to hearsay. The man Qi Xu carried into the house this morning was me."
All the talking in the room stopped instantly, and everyone looked at Jiang Hongyi, their eyes so scorching that they could burn holes in his body.
"What's going on?"
Old Master Jiang wanted to hear the truth from him and instantly became dignified.
"I originally thought it would be faster to walk the mountain road this morning, so I didn't take the ox cart back home, but halfway..."
"Just as I was about to take the small path back, Qi Xu fell down the hillside and knocked me unconscious..."
"That girl carried me back so that Mr. Qi could apply medicine on me."
In order to prove to everyone that what he said was true, Jiang Hongyi turned around and exposed the lump on his head.
This was considered substantial evidence, and everyone in the house finally put their minds at ease.
"In that case, it's a good thing that girl saved you, otherwise you would still be lying on the rocks now."
"No matter what, our Jiang family still has to repay this life-saving favor."
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