Zhou Jiuzhen's eyes widened as he turned to look at Ling Huanwu behind him.
Nose tip touching nose tip, breaths mingling.
The surprise in Zhou Jiuzhen's eyes gradually cracked as Ling Huanwu moved, and a blush crept onto his cheeks.
Ling Huanwu rummaged through her shirt, but because she was tied too tightly to Zhou Jiuzhen, she could only struggle to find a gap. It took her a long time to finally pull out an account book from her shirt.
"This notebook contains a detailed record of every transaction between Boss Lai and Qin's Company. It clearly records the evidence of their underhanded operations and exploitation of loopholes to amass wealth over the years!"
The guard, seeing the account book in Ling Huanwu's hand, felt as if the sky had fallen. Completely disoriented, he frantically grabbed Qin Jinshen's arm, pleading, "What do we do, sir? If you go in, how am I supposed to live...?"
The next second, the words stopped abruptly, because Qin Jinshen looked like a eunuch who was anxious but the emperor was not, his eyes fixed on Zhou Jiuzhen's neck twisted into a pretzel and his nose rubbing against Ling Huanwu's cheek in a shy manner, his eyes red with anger, "Zhou Jiuzhen, believe it or not, I'll cut off your nose!"
If it weren't for Guard Ma desperately holding him back, Qin Jinshen probably would have pulled out the knife from his sleeve and rushed over to slice off his high nose.
Zhou Jiuzhen was confused. He turned around and touched his nose, only to find that the tip of his nose was filled with fragrance, and his ears turned red.
Ling Huanwu watched as Qin Jinshen was handcuffed and taken away, and then let out a long sigh of relief.
If he is convicted, the ownership of the mudflats on the island will return to the island's villagers, and they will no longer have to live in fear.
*
When we returned to the island, the sky was gradually turning a pale white.
Zhou Jiuzhen carried the sleeping Ling Huanwu all the way back to the educated youth settlement, then turned around and carefully placed her back on the bed.
He ordered two guards to stand watch at the door.
They paused in the house where Qin Jinshen used to live.
The place was empty; it seemed that the educated youth named Zhao Ergou and his second uncle had not returned all night.
Zhao Jingxiang just came out of the house, his gaze falling on Zhou Jiuzhen, a smile playing on his lips, "Commander Zhou, are you here to see Ling Zhiqing? Ling Zhiqing hasn't come back all night."
"Yes, something happened to her, I just brought her back."
Zhou Jiuzhen didn't dislike the man in front of him who was similar in stature and appearance to him. But the man stepped forward, a wicked smile spreading across his lips, and whispered in his ear, "Commander Zhou, don't get too emotional. Women all like money, and Ling Zhiqing is no exception. Believe me or not, your sweetheart will agree to date me within a week!"
Zhao Jingxiang watched with a pleased expression as the veins on the forehead of the man beside him gradually bulged. He took a step back, picked up a hoe, and followed the other educated youth to work.
Zhou Jiuzhen squinted at the arrogant figure of the man who had just provoked him and left, and took a deep breath to suppress his anger.
When Commander Zhao made a sudden visit to the island, someone reminded him that this Zhao Jingxiang was actually Commander Zhao's son.
Zhou Jiuzhen's mind was in complete turmoil, not understanding why Zhao Jingxiang had said those words.
He felt a splitting headache, and a sense that something was about to slip out of his control and quietly slip away from him...
*
Three poles in the sun.
As soon as Ling Huanwu stepped out, she saw Zhou Jiuzhen standing blankly at the door, motionless like a piece of wood, his shoulders slumped as if all his strength had been drained away.
"Zhou Shiba!"
Ling Huan called to him in a sweet voice.
But when Zhou Jiuzhen turned around to look at her, her heart ached as if it had been pricked by a needle.
Zhou Jiuzhen, an eighteen-year-old with clear, bright eyes.
Zhou Jiuzhen, who usually argues with people just like his mother-in-law.
Zhou Jiuzhen, who would carry her around like a child the whole way.
Now he looked at her with red eyes like a wronged child, as if he had lost something important and was waiting to be comforted.
"What's wrong? Who's bullying Zhou Shiba...?"
Before she could finish speaking, a warm hug pulled her tightly into its embrace, rendering her unable to move.
"Comrade Ling, could you please not marry someone else?"
His voice choked, his eyes were broken, and his amber eyes were filled with unspoken thoughts.
Ling Huanwu gently patted the man's broad back, as casually as she had when she coaxed her triplets, "But I already have someone in my heart, and I've already agreed to marry him..."
She has actually married Zhou Jiuzhen, who is 23 years old!
Ling Huanwu wanted to tease her, but her scalding tears fell onto her neck, soaking it and making her tremble.
She was just about to whisper in his ear that "he is the one she wants to marry."
A villager working in the production team rushed over, shouting anxiously, "Something terrible has happened, Commander Zhou! Your brother and that new educated youth, Zhao, are fighting in the fields! You'd better go and see!"
Zhou Jiuzhen and Ling Huanwu exchanged a glance and hurried to the field.
When the two arrived, they saw Zhou Shuyao and Zhao Jingxiang locked in a fierce battle, exchanging blows and kicks in the field, crushing the newly sprouted potato seedlings and breaking some of them.
The production team leader was so anxious he was almost in tears.
The villagers dared not approach.
Several people who tried to break up the fight were actually swatted away by Zhao Jingxiang and sent flying several meters.
His strength was so great that the educated youth who had mocked Zhao Jingxiang earlier trembled in fear, regretting their earlier rudeness and offending such a powerful figure who was intimidating both in terms of his background and his own strength.
No one dared to step forward and break up the fight.
They were even more curious about how Zhou Shuyao, with his slender build, could withstand Zhao Jingxiang's relentless punches.
Only Song Yaoyao, who was still in her postpartum confinement period, looked anxious and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Stop fighting! Stop fighting for me!"
Zhou Jiuzhen jumped into the field, and even with his great strength, he used all his might to pull the two people who were entangled together apart.
"What exactly happened? You two have no grudge against each other, what's the point of fighting?"
Song Yaoyao, wiping away her tears, answered first, her sobs so pitiful, "It's all my fault. I was worried that Brother Zhao wouldn't like the food here, so I specially brought my postpartum meals for him. I didn't expect that Zhou Shuyao, that fickle womanizer, would get jealous, and the two of them started fighting over nothing, waah..."
Dragged back to the ridge, Zhou Shuyao clutched his aching chest, looked at Ling Huanwu beside him and shook his head repeatedly, trying to explain himself, but he vomited blood and couldn't utter a single word.
Zhao Jingxiang, standing to the side, glanced at the self-deluded Song Yaoyao and was speechless.
He couldn't understand how a married woman with three children to have the nerve to flaunt herself in front of him and try to win his heart.
He had only just heard that Zhou Shuyao was Zhou Jiuzhen's younger brother and wanted to find out how close Zhou Jiuzhen and Ling Huanwu's relationship really was.
When Zhou Shuyao asked him why, he simply answered truthfully that he wanted to pursue Ling Huanwu, and Zhou Shuyao's expression changed instantly.
Just then, Song Yaoyao came to bring him food, and the two of them started fighting right in front of her.
When Song Yaoyao rushed over and gently touched the wound on Zhao Jingxiang's face, then turned to angrily berate Zhou Shuyao, the words Zhou Shuyao uttered while coughing up blood were like a bucket of cold water poured over her head, chilling her to the bone.
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