She sat quietly on the edge of the bed, reached into her backpack and carefully took out a pair of exquisite insoles embroidered with beautiful flower patterns. She felt it was time to give them away.
Speaking of this pair of insoles, it carries a sad story in the past - originally, it was embroidered by Qin Ruanruan specially for Zhang Shengli, but before she could give this affectionate gift to him, Zhang Shengli ruthlessly proposed to break up.
When she was packing her luggage, she saw the pair of insoles again and asked Qin's mother to throw them away. However, for some reason, Qin's mother did not do so.
I think Qin's mother saw how delicate these insoles were and couldn't bear to throw them away. It was Qin's mother who packed her own luggage for this trip to the countryside. I think it was then that she slipped the insoles into her luggage.
Qin Ruanruan came to the educated youth station. When she was checking her luggage, she saw the pair of insoles. She was very angry at the time and blamed her mother for not packing them carefully. Who knew that they would come in handy now?
She carefully held the pair of carefully crafted insoles and walked lightly to the captain's door.
After knocking gently on the door, it slowly opened, and the person standing at the door to greet her happened to be the captain himself.
When Qin Ruanruan's eyes met the captain's, her originally shy face instantly flushed.
She took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to hand the pair of affectionate insoles in her hand to the captain, and said softly:
"Captain, thank you so much for calling a doctor for me. This pair of insoles is something I made myself after learning embroidery from someone else. They may not be particularly beautiful, but they represent my sincere gratitude. Please accept them."
The captain, a straightforward man, was completely unaware of the affection hidden behind Qin Runrun's action.
In his opinion, everything Qin Ruanruan did was normal. He didn't think deeply about it, let alone realize that this pair of seemingly ordinary insoles actually had a deeper meaning. So, he took the insoles without hesitation and casually placed them on the table beside him.
The captain thought that since he had helped Qin Ruanruan, it was reasonable for the other party to give some small gifts to express gratitude, so he did not pay too much attention to the matter.
However, he never expected that such an inconspicuous pair of insoles would bring him endless troubles and worries in the future.
Seeing that the captain gladly accepted the gift she gave, Qin Runrun couldn't help but feel secretly happy and nodded silently.
For her, this is undoubtedly a gratifying and good start.
At this moment, she was happily planning to celebrate when she got home, as if she had already foreseen a bright future.
Qin Runrun was well aware that haste makes waste, so she did not stay in the captain's house for long.
She understood that love, like cooking a delicious meal, requires slow cooking to bring out its rich flavor. Only by gradually showcasing her charm, allowing the captain to gradually fall in love with her and actively confess his feelings to her, could she seize the initiative.
If we act too hastily, we might arouse the captain's vigilance and even disgust. If that were to happen, even regretting it would be of no use.
After Qin Ruanruan left, the captain was completely unaware of this and continued to be busy as usual.
However, Mrs. Shi standing by had a solemn expression on her face, with a hint of doubt and thought in her dim old eyes.
She stood there quietly, her eyes fixed on the pair of insoles on the table, and did not speak for a long time.
Before long, rumors about Qin Ruanruan and Shi Yongfeng began to spread quietly in the village.
Some people described the intimacy between the two in vivid detail, claiming that their relationship was unusual;
Others swore that they had witnessed them expressing their love for each other;
Some even exaggerated the rumor that the man and woman had already gone into the quiet woods hand in hand...
These rumors became more and more intense, spreading throughout the village as if they had wings, and became a hot topic of discussion among people after dinner.
Listening to these discussions, Aunt Liu couldn't help but frowned and advised her son worriedly:
"Son, please be more careful! Stop obsessing over that little educated young man, Qin! He's already with the captain. If the captain is personally involved, how could Qin Zhiqing possibly agree to your advances?"
When the son heard this, his face flushed with anxiety and he quickly retorted:
"Mom, don't believe those rumors! There's no story about Qin Zhiqing and the team leader. Don't you remember that the team leader has a hard life and is unlucky in marriage? If Qin Zhiqing knew about this, how could she be willing to be with the team leader?"
Aunt Liu disagreed and shook her head and said:
"Why is it impossible? Erdan from the village saw it with his own eyes. He said that when he was playing outside that day, he saw Qin Zhiqing holding a pair of exquisite insoles in his hands and walking straight into the captain's courtyard. It was the captain who opened the door himself!"
The son still refused to believe it and argued with his neck stiff:
"I don't believe it! I gave her some boiled eggs yesterday, and she gladly accepted them. Not only that, she even asked me to help her with some work. If she really had something going on with the captain, how could she have easily accepted my kindness?"
"What's there to not understand, silly son? Qin Zhiqing is ordering you around. Think about it carefully. You have been so nice to Ruanruan Zhiqing. Has she ever agreed to your pursuit and said she would be your partner?" Aunt Liu felt a little disappointed.
"Mom, now that you mention it, I suddenly realized that she has never agreed to be my partner!" The man muttered to himself with a frustrated look on his face.
"That's right! So I say, you should just listen to the matchmaker Su's arrangements and let her help you find a suitable marriage. We can't possibly marry a girl as outstanding as Ruanruan!" The mother consoled her son earnestly.
"Okay, Mom, I understand." The man nodded slightly, indicating that he accepted his mother's suggestion, but the loss in his eyes was difficult to conceal.
"I'm glad you understand." The mother patted her son's shoulder, her eyes full of love.
However, she knew that when it came to emotional issues, she had to act decisively and cut off ties to prevent her son from suffering more pain in the future.
At this moment, another conversation is unfolding at the educated youth site.
Zhou Guodong asked Qin Ruanruan with a puzzled look on his face:
"Ruanruan, everyone is saying that you and the captain are in a relationship. Is this true?"
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