Sha Zhu hummed a little tune as he started packing his things, touching his chest as he did so, savoring the feeling from earlier.
"The squeaky wheel gets the grease," Sha Zhu thought to himself smugly.
When Sha Zhu returned to the Hongxing Courtyard with his bedding roll, he met Qin Huairu, who had been waiting for him at the door.
“Zhu Zi, I’ve thought about it again. Why don’t you talk to Uncle Yi? This matter can’t be allowed to escalate any further. We need to stop it as soon as possible.”
"Why should I discuss it with him? Besides, I never agreed to get involved in your mess."
Sha Zhu grabbed the blanket and started walking into the yard.
Qin Huairu panicked as soon as she heard this. This was at the entrance of the courtyard, unlike inside the house. She couldn't use her charms to her advantage.
She could only grab Sha Zhu's arm and plead with him, "Zhu Zi, just believe me this once. I've sworn that if I've ever done that kind of thing with Uncle Yi, may I be struck by lightning and may my whole family die a horrible death."
Sha Zhu was taken aback, but knowing that Qin Huairu wouldn't joke about a child, he immediately believed her to some extent.
However, he still wouldn't let it go: "What's the use of swearing an oath? You've done what Yi Zhonghai did, how can anyone believe you?"
"Zhu Zi, I really have no other choice. If this continues, the factory might fire me. Then my whole family will starve to death."
Qin Huairu started to cry as she spoke.
Sha Zhu sighed, "Alright, stop crying. The problem is, I just beat up Yi Zhonghai last night. How can I face him now? You're just making things difficult for me."
"Please, Sister Zhu."
Qin Huairu hugged Sha Zhu's arm and rubbed against him vigorously.
She sent Sha Zhu to find Yi Zhonghai to dispel Sha Zhu's doubts. Then, if Yi Zhonghai could reassure him, Sha Zhu would be completely convinced that nothing was wrong between them.
"Hey, Sha Zhu, Qin Huairu, what are you doing? It's broad daylight, what kind of behavior is this?"
Yan Bugui only had one class this morning. After class, he rushed to get his glasses repaired because it was too uncomfortable to tie these glasses to his head with a rope.
In the end, they only repaired the lenses; they didn't bother to repair the temples, and as usual, they just used white tape to fix it.
After getting his glasses fixed, it was lunchtime. Just as he entered the courtyard, he saw Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu arguing and pulling at each other at the gate.
"It's Second Uncle. I wanted to ask Sha Zhu for a favor. You're back from school now."
Seeing Yan Bugui staring at them intently, Qin Huairu quickly took a step back, distancing herself from Shazhu, and said, "You two keep chatting, I'll go home first."
Seeing Qin Huairu leave, Yan Bugui adjusted his glasses and sternly reprimanded, "I'm telling you, Shazhu, don't do so many little things with Qin Huairu in the courtyard anymore. It's bad for everyone and for the whole compound."
"Get lost, you really think you're something special."
After saying that, Sha Zhu spat a mouthful of phlegm at Yan Bugui's feet, which landed right on the top of Yan Bugui's feet.
Looking at Sha Zhu's back, it took Yan Bugui a while to react: "Sha Zhu, you stop right there. These are my shoes for work. You have to pay for my shoes."
Sha Zhu didn't want to pay any attention to Yan Bugui at all, and walked home with his bedding roll in his arms.
When Sha Zhu got home, he threw down his bedding, his mind still in turmoil.
Qin Huairu's matter was causing him great distress.
Just as he was lost in thought, his second uncle, Yan Bugui, stormed over to his door.
"Shazhu, you have to give me an explanation today. What are we going to do about these shoes?" Yan Bugui said, pointing to the dirty shoe surface.
Sha Zhu waved his hand impatiently, "It's no big deal. Why are you, Yan Laokou, acting like a woman? You're not even as good as Xu Damao."
Yan Bugui, however, persisted, saying, "Your attitude is unacceptable; you need to apologize properly."
Sha Zhu was immediately enraged. Last night, that old bastard Yan Bugui had been making sarcastic remarks about him quite a bit.
Finally, Yan Bugui was dragged out the door by Sha Zhu.
"Fine, you just wait, Sha Zhu." Yan Bugui really couldn't do anything about Sha Zhu's shamelessness, so he could only leave with a slinking smirk.
...... ......
Qin Huairu ran home and bumped into Jia Zhangshi as soon as she opened the door.
Madam Jia rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "Oh, where did you come from? Did you go to see some random man?"
Qin Huairu was angry, but she didn't dare to show it at the moment. She only said, "Mom, please don't talk nonsense."
"I'm talking nonsense. Do you know what people in the hospital are saying about you and Yi Zhonghai? And that idiot Zhu. If you and idiot Zhu didn't have something going on, would he have gotten so worked up and even beaten up Yi Zhonghai?"
When Jia Zhangshi brought up this matter, she was so angry that she almost set herself on fire.
"Qin Huairu, you've been married into our Jia family for over ten years now, and I never realized you were such a shameless vixen."
"Dongxu's 49th day memorial service has just passed, and you've already caused such a mess. How am I supposed to put my old face in public?"
As Jia Zhangshi spoke, she grew increasingly angry. She flung the shoe sole in her hand and threw it at Qin Huairu.
Unfortunately, she didn't throw very accurately, and Qin Huairu didn't even dodge.
"You're not even trying to dodge me, are you trying to provoke me?"
Qin Huairu: ......
"Mom, I swear there's really nothing between me and Uncle Yi. We're completely innocent."
"Hmph, I'm so old, it would be a miracle if I believed you." Jia Zhangshi squinted her triangular eyes. "Even if nothing happened, it's only because Xu Damao blocked the door in time, otherwise who knows what you were doing in there."
Qin Huairu ignored Jia Zhangshi and went into the inner room to lie down on the kang (a heated brick bed), thinking about how to further win over Sha Zhu, since the family still needed Sha Zhu's help to make ends meet.
As for Liu Haizhong, there are no results yet.
Before she was mentally prepared, she dared not provoke Yi Zhonghai again.
...... ......
After chasing Yan Bugui away, Sha Zhu made the bed and lay down on it, his mind filled with images of Qin Huairu.
I must say, the feel of this is absolutely unbeatable.
Since Yi Zhonghai could lure Qin Huairu to the vegetable cellar, why couldn't he invite her to his home? Home would be better than the vegetable cellar. He could just say Qin Huairu came to borrow something, and no one could say anything.
Dare to say anything? Fine, I'll borrow it from your house!
No matter what, we have to get Qin Huairu into our mouths safely first, and we can't end up like Yi Zhonghai.
After Qin Huairu's oaths, Sha Zhu finally realized that nothing like that had happened between them.
However, the two of them went into the vegetable cellar, which was probably for that purpose.
But man proposes, God disposes; that idiot Xu Damao ruined everything.
It's unclear what role Qin Huairu played here. Was she forced into it, did it voluntarily, or was she unaware of Yi Zhonghai's purpose in calling her to the vegetable cellar?
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