Chapter 1388 How could I abandon you?
Xia Lu doesn't have to go back to the Xia family anymore. Qin Jiangke will ask someone to buy things for her from time to time.
Because of him, other people in Qinhuai Street also took good care of her. Even though she had a bad reputation, they would bring her food and drinks, and would take her to do any manual work so that she could earn some money.
Stay away from the Xia family.
Xia Lu's hostility was much less, there was no oppression, no insults, no contempt.
She is a normal person, and someone who can be cared for, loved and praised.
When she woke up every morning, she would not be beaten or scolded for being lazy, nor would she hear her parents quarreling. Instead, the children would come to her and drag her to play in the fields, help with the harvest or do some work.
Xia Lu could read and her grades were pretty good. She found that these children basically did not study and their families did not have the conditions. She did not know when she started to learn to teach them to write their own names. Then she taught more and more. Seeing that they could do addition and subtraction, write their names, and some of them could even go to school, Xia Lu seemed to have found her own value and was accepted by other adults.
No matter what they were doing, everyone would call her to join them, and Qin Jiangke would come over from time to time, sometimes acting as a teacher with her to help with homework.
But Xia Lu found that this person was not capable of being a teacher. He was very careless and was easily led astray by the children.
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During these days, Xia Lu's personality gradually became more cheerful. The turning point came in the second year after she left the Xia family. There were many troubles around the widow. One day when Xia Lu came home, she found that the widow's door was closed, even though she should have been in the yard in broad daylight. She called a few times, but no one came. She thought she had gone out, but she heard some noise in the house, so she ran in to see what was going on.
The widow was pretty and attracted the attention of a man who was a factory manager on the street. He drank in the middle of the night and then broke into the widow's house in broad daylight to commit indecent acts.
Xia Lu came at the right time, just a little bit short of the widow getting into trouble.
She drove them away—
The widow begged Xia Lu not to make it public, and Xia Lu agreed. However, the man was still determined to do something evil, and he tried to cause trouble several times. In this era, a person's spit could drown a person. Gradually, the news that the widow and the man were having an affair spread, and everyone was talking about it. One night, the man sneaked in, not to the widow's side, but to Xia Lu's side.
Xia Lu hit the man hard and he fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
The next day, the news spread in Qinhuai Street that the man’s wife was crying and making a fuss, wanting to beat Xia Lu to death.
Saying that Xia Lu seduced her man is shameless.
Ask her to pay for the medical expenses and everything else.
Xia Lu said she didn't, and he was the one who broke in.
Captain Zhou asked the widow.
The widow held the child and shook her head, saying that she knew nothing about it and had never had an affair with this man. While speaking, she avoided Xia Lu's gaze.
At that moment, Xia Lu felt the despair of being betrayed again. No one believed in her, and all the words were condemnations, and the embarrassing words stabbed at her - she thought that she was going back to the past. If that moment could be seen, she would see that her originally open heart was slowly closing, and she seemed to be falling into the abyss bit by bit, and at this moment, the man was kicked to the ground.
It was Qin Jiangke who arrived with Zhou Datu and others.
He kicked the man down, then came over and hugged her without saying a word, and the first thing he said was: "I'm sorry, I'm late."
This man——
He took advantage of me without any explanation, especially when there were so many people around.
Xia Lu felt that she should hit him, but tears suddenly flowed out. She felt embarrassed and rubbed Qin Jiangke's shoulder, "I didn't cry."
Qin Jiangke: "Yeah, you didn't cry."
Qin Jiangke untied the rope for her, looked at the couple with a rare stern face, and said to the chattering woman, "I don't hit women, but that doesn't mean I won't hit women."
"Qin Jiangke, are you still being unreasonable?!"
"Reasoning is for those who understand. There is no need to reason with you and your spouse."
"I know what my sweetheart is like. She would never fall for a pig. I have called the police. Let's wait for them to investigate. If you break into someone's house in the middle of the night and try to do something indecent to a woman, you should go to jail."
Then, the police came to inquire about the situation. The man insisted that it was Xia Lu who seduced him and that they had been having an affair before.
Then Qin Jiangke beat him again.
He was screaming in pain from being beaten, and Xia Lu couldn't stop him. She was so scared that she thought he was crazy. This was happening in front of the police.
However, the police only pulled Qin Jiangke aside for the sake of politeness and had no intention of keeping any account of it.
Finally, the question was turned to the widow - the widow said she didn't know and that she didn't know the man. When asked whether Xia Lu had any grudges against the man, she refused to mention it and said she didn't know.
And that’s when her daughter spoke up, “My mom lied.”
"Teacher Xia has a grudge against this man."
"She broke into my house and tried to beat up my mom, but Teacher Xia beat her away. He hated Teacher Xia..."
"And threatened my mother."
"My mother was afraid that he would come looking for her, so when the man said he wanted to destroy Teacher Xia, my mother opened the door for him..."
The seven or eight-year-old girl cried and said sorry to Xia Lu, and then said to her mother, "Xiao Qin and Teacher Xia are good people. They have helped us a lot. We can't let them down."
The widow burst into tears and finally confessed that she was being harassed by this man, but she was afraid that it would ruin her reputation so she dared not spread it. In desperation she thought of pushing Xia Lu out.
"I'm sorry Xia Lu..." she apologized.
Xia Lu couldn't say it was okay, but she looked at the little girl and said, "Thank you."
Even though that was her mother, she bravely stood up and told the truth.
At that moment, she also re-examined Qin Jiangke——
The man said he could protect her, but Xia Lu didn't believe him.
But he proved with facts that whenever he was needed, he would come like a god.
No matter when or where, he would stand before her and sweep away all the wind and snow.
Including when they got married, her mother-in-law did not approve of this marriage, especially the 2,000 yuan matter. When he brought her home, the Qin family door was closed. Then when Qin Jiangke came out again, there were obvious injuries on his face, and he was beaten.
He pretended to be calm and said my mother agreed.
This time, Xia Lu did not choose to leave or mock him. Instead, she reached out and touched his wound and asked him if it hurt.
After applying the medicine to him, I held his hand and told him: "Although my family background has destined me to not be a cheerful girl, for you, I am willing to enter your world and live with you. But there is a prerequisite. I don't like betrayal, regardless of family and friendship. If one day you betray me, I will drag you down with me even if I die. Are you still willing to be with me?"
How did Qin Jiangke answer at that moment?
He said, Silly Xia Lu.
I will never abandon you. I need you so much, how could I abandon you.
(End of this chapter)
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