"you--"
Lin Haodong was furious, but the people around him burst into laughter, which made Lin Haodong almost explode with anger.
Knowing that there was no longer any possibility between them, Liu Pianran tried to curry favor by pleading softly, "Comrade Ji, can I write an IOU? I'll pay back the money. Just give me a few more days."
"It won't be many days, I'll give you half an hour at most."
Ji Xia glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting dark. It'll be hard to get back if we stay any longer. I'll give you half an hour. You can ask your friends or companions to borrow from someone."
Liu Pianran frowned slightly. She still had about a hundred yuan on her, but thinking of a permanent solution, she pulled three female educated youths aside for help.
A few minutes later, the three female educated youths each lent some money to Liu Pianran.
Liu Pianran counted the money, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Ji Xia.
Now that the debt has been paid off, Lin Haodong and her relationship is a done deal. She can go back to the city with Lin Haodong instead of staying in the countryside.
As for Lin Haodong's womanizing and character issues, Liu Pianran was very confident in her methods and had no worries at all.
Liu Pianran had a wonderful idea, but unfortunately she didn't consider whether Lin's mother would agree.
Taking the envelope and counting the money, Ji Xia nodded in satisfaction: "Okay, two hundred yuan, not a penny less, we're even."
She tore out all the records about Lin Haodong from the black notebook and handed it to Liu Pianran: "I've torn out all the records. Here you go. You can decide whether to burn them or keep them."
"Okay, I understand."
Liu Pianran smiled and took the densely filled account book from her hand.
Suddenly, Lin Haodong sneered, "Where are the things I gave you? You've exchanged all the things you gave us for money and are demanding them back, but shouldn't I be returning the things I gave you?"
Chen Jing couldn't help but chuckle a few times, and the others looked at him with disdain.
Ji Xia slapped her forehead: "I almost forgot about this. Don't worry, I won't keep your things even if you give them to me. You're disgusting, but I am."
She took out a peach wood comb and a butterfly hair clip from her small bag and handed them to Liu Pianran.
The comb was a very ordinary comb with slightly worn edges, and the hair clip was a checkered cloth hair clip shaped like a bow, and the color was also old.
"This was a gift from him. His name is even engraved on the comb. Anyway, I don't want it. You can burn it or throw it away, or keep it for yourself, it's up to you."
"Of course, except for these two little things."
Ji Xia flipped through the ledger: "Besides these two items, I also sent peach blossoms and apricot blossoms in spring, wild chrysanthemums and pear blossoms in autumn, maple leaves and night-blooming cereus in autumn, and some wild fruits picked from the mountain."
She smiled at Liu Pianran as she spoke, "It's not the right season right now, so I can only return one or two kinds to you. If you need anything, I'll have someone pick the flowers and wild fruits he sent back to you regularly."
"No, no need for this."
Liu Pianran quickly waved her hand. Lin Haodong intended to make things difficult, but after thinking it over, he realized that apart from a few free wildflowers and fruits, there really wasn't much else.
He even takes back the wildflowers and fruits he picks in the mountains; if word gets out, people will only laugh at him.
Chen Jing sneered coldly from the side: "What a disappointment. A grown man who spends women's money every day, and all he gets is a broken comb, hair clips, and some flowers and plants."
Lin Haodong noticed the disdain in the eyes of the male and female educated youth around him, which fueled his hatred. He glared venomously at Chen Jing and Ji Xia.
Ji Xia smiled at him and said, "That's all I've recorded. Is there anything else I've left? If not, we're leaving."
Lin Haodong glared at her with a dark face and a look of no regret, and said resentfully, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, wait until I finish my studies and come out, then we'll see how you regret it."
"Hehe, regret? My biggest regret is getting engaged to you. So what if you're a college student? As if you're the only college student in the world."
Ji Xia turned around and gave him a disdainful look. Lin Haodong suddenly pointed at Chen Jing and shouted, "I'm not the only one in the world, but he definitely won't get into university. Ji Xia, I'll wait and see you regret it."
Chen Jing's face darkened. He pushed his cousin toward Ji Xia and was about to step forward to teach Lin Haodong a lesson.
Ji Xia grabbed Chen Jing's large hand and chuckled, "Lin Haodong, if he can't get into university, I will. I'll register for the college entrance examination next year and see how difficult it is to get into university and how amazing it is to get into university."
"You want to take the college entrance exam? Haha, you're really overestimating yourself."
Before Lin Haodong could shout any more, Ji Xia had already grabbed Chen Jing with one hand and Chen Qiuyu with the other, and left with Ji Zhijun and the others.
Several educated youths watched Ji Xia's retreating figure and shook their heads repeatedly.
Comrade Ji is quite beautiful, but she has a rather fiery temper and a rather arrogant tone.
Chen Jing's large hand was held by a soft small hand. A surge of heat rushed from his palm to the top of his head, like fireworks exploding in his mind, leaving his mind blank.
He actually managed to hold Xia's hand; it was soft and boneless. He never knew a girl's hand felt so comfortable to touch.
His thumb twitched involuntarily, gently resting on the back of her hand, and he felt dizzy, as if he were drunk.
As Chen Qiuyu walked on the other side of Ji Xia, he suddenly felt that something was wrong with his cousin. Upon closer inspection in the twilight, he realized that his cousin was walking with his feet turned outwards.
She chuckled inwardly, then smiled ingratiatingly at Ji Xia, saying, "Sister Xia, you're amazing! You even managed to shut up a college student."
Upon hearing this, Ji Xia lowered her head and smiled faintly. How many times in her past life had she been bullied to develop such an overreaction to her sharp tongue?
He turned back and smiled at her: "Thank you for your courage and support today. I'll treat you to a meal when I go to town another day."
As she was speaking, she suddenly realized that she was holding Chen Jing's hand tightly. Startled, she jerked her hand away and quickly shook it off.
Fortunately, dusk had fallen, and apart from her and Chen Jing, no one saw her movements.
Chen Jing's eyes were filled with tenderness as he looked at her back. Was Xia shy? Did she have some feelings for him?
After waving goodbye to Chen Jing and Chen Qiuyu, Ji Xia and Ji Zhijun returned home.
Secretary Ji, his mother, and Zhang Hong were still sitting in the living room waiting for the brother and sister.
Seeing them return safely, Secretary Ji and his mother breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Hong anxiously asked, "How did it go? Did Aunt Lin give you any trouble? How much debt did you recover?"
Ji Zhijun chuckled with delight: "We took them all back, and Aunt Lin didn't scold us."
"Is she being so understanding today?"
Not only did the elderly couple not quite believe it, but even Zhang Hong didn't quite believe it.
Ji Xia scoffed dismissively, "I didn't go to the Lin family to collect a debt. Going to the Lin family would only result in me getting humiliated for nothing. How could I possibly collect two hundred yuan?"
The three looked puzzled, and Ji Zhijun quickly explained, "My younger sister went to collect debts from Liu Zhiqing and also gave him the betrothal gifts from the Lin family."
Upon hearing that they were going to collect the debt from Liu Zhiqing, Secretary Ji simply nodded coldly and said, "It's good that you accepted it. She snatched a perfectly good college student away from us and trampled on the Ji family's reputation. It's only right that we go after her."
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