What puzzled her even more was that there was another person inside the carriage.
After Zhou Bin got out of the car, Qiu Dayu introduced him: "Xiao Yan, this is Zhou Bin, from Yiyun Academy, he's my friend. Zhou Bin, this is my niece, Qiu Yan."
Zhou Bin alighted from the carriage, clasped his hands in a respectful greeting to Qiu Yan, his face showing nothing but embarrassment. "Miss Qiu, I apologize for disturbing you."
Qiu Yan smiled and nodded, leading the group into the courtyard.
After dinner, Qiu Xu and Qiu Ling'er went to sleep.
Xia Minmin came to find Qiu Yan and briefly told her about the incident at Zuixiangju.
Of course, she only recounted her relationship with Yang Mama of Zuixiangju, and made no mention of being harassed.
Upon hearing this, Qiu Yan recalled the humiliation she suffered at the hands of the burly man from the brothel when she first arrived in this strange world. "Cousin, did the people from Zuixiangju bully you? Tell me the truth. If they did, I'll help you get revenge."
"No." Xia Minmin didn't want Qiu Yan to get into trouble because of her. "On the contrary, I smashed quite a few things in that brothel."
"That's good. Go to bed early. We'll go to your house tomorrow."
"Okay, sure." Speaking of going home, Xia Minmin thought of the one or two taels of silver she had lost, and felt a pang of regret.
She was too embarrassed to tell Qiu Yan directly that she had lost the money, and could only silently feel the pain on her own.
After Xia Minmin returned to the house, Qiu Yan went to the yard where Qiu Dayu was diligently washing clothes.
There's no way around it; the bookworm has to wear this academy uniform tomorrow.
But this bookworm doesn't know how to do laundry.
Qiu Dayu felt that it was hard to find a brother like him.
Qiu Yan: "Where did you go all afternoon today?"
Qiu Dayu: "I... I didn't go anywhere. I've been at Xingyue Tower the whole time."
"Really?" Qiu Yan just looked at Qiu Dayu quietly, which made him feel guilty and turn his head away.
As Xia Minmin just said, Qiu Yan already knows that her cousin's safe escape was related to her uncle.
Qiu Dayu looked down, wringing his clothes: "Xiaoyan, where's your second brother?"
Qiu Yan: "Don't change the subject. You know my second uncle lives in the south of the city. How about the girls at Zuixiangju?"
Qiu Dayu coughed stiffly, "Don't make fun of me." If he could, he didn't want to tell Qiu Yan about this, after all, he had only tied the knot halfway.
However, he felt that the marriage he had arranged was almost a done deal.
"Yuanyuan is deeply in love with you, you mustn't let her down." Qiu Yan guessed, "Could it be that you've fallen for my cousin instead?"
She was being honest and just wanted a definite answer.
Of course, there was a reason for her guess.
Ever since Qiu Dayu last met Xia Minmin, he has been trying his best to get close to her.
For the past two months, whenever he came home, he liked to talk to Xia Minmin, whether he had something to say or not.
In contrast, Zhao Yuanyuan, who usually loved talking to Qiu Dayu, hadn't come once these past few days.
"Absolutely not! Xiaoyan, what kind of person do you take me for?" Qiu Dayu shook his head repeatedly. Compared to her, he still thought Zhao Yuanyuan was better.
He wanted to say that Xia Minmin was as stubborn as a mule; she wouldn't give up until she achieved her goal. If Zhou Bin hadn't fallen into the water today, she probably wouldn't have forgiven him so easily.
He wickedly thought that if Zhou Bin and Xia Minmin got married, he would definitely be afraid of his wife.
Qiu Yan: "It's not the best. I heard from Aunt Wang that Yuanyuan's future husband's family has been visiting frequently lately, and the two families have even discussed moving the wedding date forward."
"This matter is indeed a bit tricky," Qiu Dayu said, but with a mysterious smile on his face.
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