"Oh, I thought you were rushing back to put out a fire because your house was on fire. I didn't expect you to be here to help your childhood sweetheart with the laundry!"
When Ruan Miaomiao arrived at the Zhao family's house, she happened to see the male and female protagonists, who had just finished pouring out their hearts to each other, washing clothes together tenderly.
In an instant, she retorted sarcastically, "Shen Qingming, we've been dating for half a year, and you haven't even washed a handkerchief for me. Now, you're washing her clothes instead. I don't believe you two aren't having an affair."
Hearing this, Shen Qingming, who was wringing out his clothes, immediately glared at her unhappily: "Ruan Miaomiao, you don't know anything about farming and you're lazy. You don't even wash your own clothes, so why should I wash them for you? Stop being so jealous, okay?"
After he finished speaking, he noticed that the bamboo basket Ruan Miaomiao had been carrying was gone, and his expression darkened even more. He knew that the basket contained clothes he had prepared for his mother, and he had been planning to take them back tonight to please her. He hadn't expected that this woman would catch up with him without bringing the clothes with her.
Ruan Miaomiao, who originally planned to break up with the scumbag boyfriend right from the start, immediately changed her mind upon hearing Shen Qingming's words and hurriedly said:
"Shen Qingming, I knew you cared about me and had wanted to help me with laundry and chores for a long time."
Don't worry, we'll go to the countryside together. No one will wash my clothes for me then, so I'll let you wash all my clothes and shoes, and you can earn my work points too!
"..."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingming's face darkened further, his fists clenched, and the words of cursing were already on the tip of his tongue.
Seeing this, Zhao Xiuyun was overjoyed and quickly pulled Shen Qingming aside, saying to Ruan Miaomiao with a somewhat aggrieved and resentful expression:
"Miaomiao, you really misunderstood me and Qingming. I've known Qingming longer than you. If we were really having an affair, you wouldn't be involved, right?"
Your constant suspicion and doubt about Qingming-ge is hurting his feelings.
Men are a woman's heaven. We women must learn to give men face, especially in public. We must always give men face. Luckily, there's no one else here. Otherwise, if outsiders heard you talking to Qingming like that, he would lose all face..."
Ruan Miaomiao rolled her eyes and asked Zhao Xiuyun, "I remember you were educated, right? Chairman Mao said that women can hold up half the sky, so how can you say that men are women's sky?"
What, your family wasn't notified when the People's Republic of China was founded? Are you still living in the Qing Dynasty?
"..."
Before her rebirth, Zhao Xiuyun was already in her seventies or eighties. She had been tormented by her husband and mother-in-law for most of her life and had long been accustomed to the idea that men should be treated as the most important people.
Even now, even if I were reborn into the body of an eighteen-year-old, I still can't avoid having these thoughts.
She originally intended to use these words to make Shen Qingming more clearly aware of his own gentleness and thoughtfulness, and Ruan Miaomiao's willfulness and capriciousness.
To everyone's surprise, Ruan Miaomiao not only didn't care at all, but even retorted to herself with great enthusiasm.
Standing before her was a woman in a daisy-print dress, the high waist and full skirt perfectly outlining her graceful figure. She also wore red leather shoes, and her bright and flamboyant demeanor made her seem out of place in the dilapidated courtyard of the Zhao family.
That bright and exuberant youthful energy made Zhao Xiuyun feel a little inferior.
Shen Qingming was unaware of Zhao Xiuyun's inner change, assuming that she was frightened by Ruan Miaomiao. He immediately shielded her behind him and rebuked her, "Ruan Miaomiao, we're both women, how can you be so arrogant and domineering? Why can't you be gentle like Xiuyun?"
Seeing the scumbag protecting his mistress, Ruan Miaomiao stepped forward and slapped Shen Qingming across the face:
"You're my boyfriend, and instead of protecting me, you're protecting another woman. If you really like her gentleness so much, then break up with me and be with her!"
If it weren't for the fact that she wanted to use her boyfriend's identity to enslave Shen Qingming for a few more days after arriving in the countryside, and to recoup some of the original owner's sacrifices, she would want to break up with the scumbag right now.
Both of them were stunned by Ruan Miaomiao's slap. After a long while, Shen Qingming stared at Ruan Miaomiao with wide eyes and asked:
"You, you hit me?"
Ruan Miaomiao snorted coldly and gave a mocking smile: "So what if I hit you? Do you want to break up?"
Seeing Ruan Miaomiao's attitude, the two were both shocked: Could Ruan Miaomiao know something?
Otherwise, how could someone who had always fawned over Shen Qingming like a dog suddenly become so shrewish?
Not only did he physically assault me, he even broke up with me!
Almost instantly, both of them felt a stirring in their hearts.
But soon, the thought disappeared without them noticing: they still needed Ruan Miaomiao to live a good life in the countryside, and they still needed the Ruan family to prosper, so how could they break up?
So even after being hit, Shen Qingming didn't agree to break up. Instead, he acted as if he thought Ruan Miaomiao was being unreasonable and said helplessly:
"Miaomiao, I know your family spoils you and you have a bad temper. I'm your boyfriend, so I can tolerate you. But you can't treat outsiders like this."
Especially in the countryside, where no one will stand up for you, you can't afford to act like that.
Seeing the male protagonist who didn't want to break up even after being slapped, and even tried to save face, Ruan Miaomiao was somewhat disappointed: Is this the pure and sincere love between childhood sweethearts in novels?
In novels, don't they always say that the true love was forced to have a secret relationship because of the original owner's obstruction?
Now that Ruan Miaomiao, the villainous supporting character, has taken the initiative to break up, why isn't this true love responding?
If Shen Qingming were to agree to break up like this, Ruan Miaomiao would actually think more highly of him.
Right now, I just feel incredibly unlucky and all I want to do is finish my business and go back.
"May I use your outhouse?"
Ruan Miaomiao didn't even want to look at Shen Qingming, and turned around to go directly to the outhouse that the Zhao family had built behind the courtyard.
After watching the person leave, Zhao Xiuyun cautiously asked in a low voice, "Brother Qingming, what did you say earlier that made Ruan Miaomiao so angry?"
Shen Qingming touched the spot on his face where he had been slapped and replied venomously, "It's normal for a young lady to have a bad temper."
Hearing Shen Qingming's words, Zhao Xiuyun recalled the past: Indeed, Ruan Miaomiao had always been a spoiled young lady, but she had toned it down a bit after dating Shen Qingming.
It seems that seeing Shen Qingming protecting her made her jealous and she couldn't keep up the pretense.
The thought that Ruan Miaomiao might be angry because of this gave Zhao Xiuyun a faint sense of triumph: So what if you're the daughter of the commander? So what if you have the Ruan family backing you up? The man you like still likes me and protects me!
With a subtle sense of satisfaction, Zhao Xiuyun touched Shen Qingming's slapped cheek with a pained expression: "Qingming-ge, you really suffered..."
Feeling the woman's heartache, Shen Qingming felt that all his forbearance had been worthwhile. He whispered to Zhao Xiuyun, "For our future, it's alright!"
Their eyes met, revealing their deep affection and tenderness for each other.
The two tacitly avoided mentioning Ruan Miaomiao's earlier suggestion to break up, knowing full well that without her, they wouldn't fare well in the countryside.
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