Seeing Shen Qingming's excited expression, Zhao Xiuyun became even more certain of the man's feelings.
She hurriedly walked to the courtyard gate, closed it, and pulled Shen Qingming into her house. Looking at the man with teary eyes, she said:
"Brother Qingming, I have feelings for you and I have feelings for you. I've liked you since I was little, and I secretly hoped that I could be your bride when I grew up."
But, unexpectedly…
Zhao Xiuyun's tone was so pitiful and sorrowful that it broke Shen Qingming's heart.
He grabbed Zhao Xiuyun's hand and said urgently, "Xiuyun, I didn't know, I didn't know you had feelings for me. If, if I had known you had feelings for me sooner, I wouldn't have been forced to be with Ruan Miaomiao, and I could have been with you..."
"Brother Qingming..."
The helplessness in the man's voice broke Zhao Xiuyun's heart. She stretched out her index finger and gently pressed it against Shen Qingming's lips, shook her head, and sobbed, "Brother Qingming, things have come to this point. We can't afford to offend Ruan Miaomiao and the Ruan family."
But Qingming, I'm willing to wait for you. I believe that one day you'll be able to trample Ruan Miaomiao and the Ruan family under your feet, and you'll no longer have to worry about their suppression and retaliation. Then we can be together openly and honestly..."
"Xiuyun..."
Hearing Zhao Xiuyun's words, Shen Qingming was deeply moved: This is a woman who truly cares about herself and is willing to compromise for her future, unlike that Ruan Miaomiao, who is willful and reckless!
Touched, Shen Qingming made a promise: "Xiuyun, don't worry, I will make sure Ruan Miaomiao brings more things and I will never let you suffer any hardship in the countryside."
When we go to the countryside, I'll definitely take good care of you!
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xiuyun immediately feigned reluctance and refused, saying, "Brother Qingming, won't Ruan Miaomiao upset you if you do this?"
"snort!"
Zhao Xiuyun's words only fueled Shen Qingming's resentment: "What right does she have to be angry? Isn't this all something she owes us? If it weren't for Ruan Miaomiao interfering, and if the Ruan family hadn't been so domineering, would we be unable to be together openly?"
Seeing Shen Qingming's attitude, Zhao Xiuyun was very satisfied, but she still said coyly, "Brother Qingming, I believe that you will be more powerful than the Ruan family sooner or later, and we will definitely be able to be together openly and honestly."
Sensing the unwavering and fervent trust in the woman's eyes, Shen Qingming felt his blood boil and his fighting spirit soar. He could almost see himself trampling Ruan Miaomiao and the Ruan family under his feet...
Ruan Miaomiao was unaware that the male and female leads had already hooked up. After receiving the plot, she secretly regretted not having endured her discomfort and beaten up the scumbag male lead earlier.
However, judging from Shen Qingming's anxious appearance just now, he must have gone to coax his little white lotus again.
Perhaps the two of them will even discuss how to get the sucker to bring more things.
While the Shen family members were all at work, Ruan Miaomiao suddenly felt that this was a good opportunity to get revenge on the male lead.
She checked and found that the space she was in before she traveled through time had also been transported here.
Although the supplies she had stockpiled during the apocalypse didn't come with her, as long as the space existed, she essentially had the biggest trump card in this strange world.
Besides, in the apocalypse, Ruan Miaomiao was able to rise to the top of the base on her own merits. There's no reason why someone with her skills wouldn't be able to thrive in this era.
Seeing that no one was around, she tried it out, and her spatial abilities were still working.
She picked up the bamboo basket beside her feet and saw that inside were clothes the original owner had prepared for her future mother-in-law, Shen Qingming's mother, in preparation for her upcoming trip to the countryside. There was even a luxurious box of Yongfang Premium Beauty Cream, brought back from Hong Kong and Macau. In 1974, the Nanyuan Yongfang Group was established in Hong Kong, entering the Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan markets. That same year, the classic product, "Yongfang Premium Beauty Cream," was officially launched. Instantly, she had an idea.
She first went to the department store and bought a pencil sharpener and a pillowcase.
She found a public restroom, changed into the clothes she had bought for Shen Qingming's mother, and even dressed like a country person, covering her head with a pillowcase. She also mixed Yongfang beauty cream with pencil lead powder to darken her fair face by one shade, and didn't even spare her hands that were exposed outside her sleeves. She also used a pencil to make her eyebrows look fierce, dressing up so that even her own father probably wouldn't recognize her, before heading towards the Shen family home.
Shen's parents were both employees of a textile factory, but they were just ordinary employees. The family housing they were allocated was only about 40 square meters, and the family of six squeezed into it.
When Ruan Miaomiao arrived at the door, she knocked a few times. After confirming that no one was inside, she took out a wire, fiddled with the lock for a while, and then slipped into the house.
Once inside, Ruan Miaomiao saw many familiar things, all of which were items that the original owner of this body had purchased for the Shen family at Shen Qingming's suggestion in order to please him.
The original owner came from a military family and was the only daughter in three generations of the family. She was extremely pampered and never lacked money or good things.
She genuinely liked Shen Qingming, this "pure and upright" man, and when she heard him occasionally mention his family's financial difficulties, she felt a heartfelt desire to care for the Shen family.
Although she always forced Shen Qingming to accept those things, she was genuinely happy to see the relaxed look on his face.
It's a pity that she considered Shen Qingming as her marriage partner and the Shen family as her own.
However, Shen Qingming and the Shen family only thought that Ruan Miaomiao was a sucker.
In fact, in the novel, Shen Qingming even felt that the original owner of the body gave him those gifts because he thought he was an embarrassing boyfriend and couldn't be presented with them, and that the original owner was looking down on him!
Ruan Miaomiao really wanted to say: If you're so sensitive about your self-esteem, why are you even working as a gigolo?
With time running out and the task heavy, Ruan Miaomiao wasn't a picky person. She had only one principle: "A thief must not leave empty-handed." She made sure that after she left, nothing would be left in the Shen family's house.
The bed for sleeping has been tucked away into the space.
The wardrobe for clothes has been put away.
Tables, chairs, benches, pots, pans, and utensils are all stored away.
Vegetables, fruits, grains, oils, and meat—all can be stored in the space.
...
After receiving the items, the Shen family home was completely empty. Ruan Miaomiao felt that she hadn't had enough, so she took down all the doors in the house and put them into her space.
Although she looked down on the two dilapidated doors, at least she could chop them up and use them as firewood in the countryside, right?
If the floor hadn't been made of cement, Ruan Miaomiao would have wanted to pry it up and take it away as well.
The male protagonist always felt that the original owner of the body was insulting him by giving him things. Now that Ruan Miaomiao has come, she definitely respects the male protagonist and has emptied his house, allowing him to truly "exhaust himself."
After leaving the Shen family, Ruan Miaomiao found a place to wash off the beauty cream on her face, revealing her fair and tender face. She then changed back into her original dress and hurried towards the Zhao family's courtyard.
Since it's true love, and since they're the male and female leads, there's no reason to favor one over the other. They emptied the Shen family's coffers but left the Zhao family untouched, right?
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