Chapter 15 First Signs of Good Fortune 08 Breaking Up a Couple Won't Make You Lose Gold Coins...
The shifty-eyed one had already stepped forward with a sly grin to touch the cloth bag. "Let me take this thing off first, it's getting in the way."
Lin Tingyue smiled and said, "Okay, thank you both."
As soon as she untied the rope, the other person tried to snatch it, even preparing to run away as soon as he got it, but he didn't manage to escape.
He tugged twice more, then turned around and found the seemingly delicate woman in front of him gripping the bottom of the bag, completely still.
"Old Sun! What are you standing there for! Come here right now... Ah!" Before he could finish speaking, Lin Tingyue swept him away with her foot, sending him sprawling to the ground. At the same time, the sack slammed into his crotch, making him curl up like a shrimp.
"...I didn't lay a hand on him, I didn't do anything." The man called Old Sun suddenly switched sides and ran away.
The person in front of him was hit on the head by a rock and fell to the ground, unconscious. The person in front of him was also hit and was in excruciating pain. Lin Tingyue was still stepping on his chest, thinking about how to deal with the two robbers.
Without mobile communication, it's difficult to call the police. She doesn't have handcuffs or a rope long enough, so she'd have to wait for someone to pass by.
Just as she was about to knock the person under her foot unconscious, a group of people in police uniforms ran towards her.
There was a very familiar figure among this group.
When Lin Tingyue saw the person's face clearly, she smiled again.
"Officers, you've come at the right time. I was just wondering how to get these two people over there." Lin Tingyue then let go of his foot, grabbed the man's clothes, and pulled him up from the ground. "They were trying to rob us."
"Li Xiaoliu, it's you again." The police officers who arrived recognized him and kicked him to the ground again.
"Xiaoyue, are you alright?" Xu Xingyi suddenly appeared from behind, his hand about to put on her shoulder, but Lin Tingyue subtly avoided it.
"Thanks to this comrade for reporting the case, you should thank him properly," the leading police officer said to her.
“Indeed, I really have to thank you this time, Xu Zhiqing.” Lin Tingyue emphasized the word “this time”, and her meaningful look indicated that she already knew about the sudden patrol at the black market last time.
Xu Xingyi's eyes darted around, and he chuckled awkwardly, "...It's all as it should be, it's good that you're not hurt."
The two went to the police station with the officers and left after giving their statements.
"Xiaoyue, can we talk?"
Lin Tingyue didn't even look up, pushing her bike away. "Call me Lin Tingyue or Lin Zhiqing, and we can talk again."
"Fine, fine, Lin Tingyue, is that enough?" Xu Xingyi grabbed the handlebars, preventing her from leaving. "Your man hit me last time, do you know that?"
Lin Tingyue's lips twitched, and she said speechlessly, "Didn't you hit him too? Besides, wasn't it you who spread rumors and stirred things up when you got hit?"
"Yes... so the brigade leader deducted half of my work points for this month. I need to buy medicine and eat with those few dollars of wages. Could you lend me some more? Even though we weren't destined to be husband and wife, we've had so many years of relationship. You can't just watch me starve to death in a foreign land, can you?"
"I have no feelings for you." Lin Tingyue chopped him in the arm, and he immediately let go in pain.
Xu Xingyi felt his hand go numb from being hit, and he grimaced as he said, "Lin Tingyue, I just saved you!"
"Just because you reported me to the police, we'll wipe the slate clean of all our past grievances. As for borrowing money, don't even think about it. You don't have that kind of credibility with me."
Lin Tingyue is now impervious to both soft and hard tactics; even if he wanted to use force, it wouldn't work—Lin Tingyue always manages to dodge his attacks…
Xu Xingyi had no choice but to go to the post office to call home, to apologize to his parents and tell them that he had broken up with Song Xue, and that he would get his living expenses first.
But the Xu family elders weren't pushovers either. Knowing their son's temperament, they still needed someone to keep an eye on him. So they called the brigade leader's office again, explained the situation, and asked the brigade leader to tell Lin Tingyue.
When Lin Tingyue returned home, she saw the brigade leader squatting at her door.
"What brings you here?" Lin Tingyue wiped her sweat and quickly opened the door. "Come in and cool off for a while."
The captain said mysteriously, "Actually, it's just to pass on a message, but it's really not appropriate to say it outside."
Lin Tingyue's eyes darted around, but she still closed the door first. "Okay, please come in and sit down. I'll pour you a glass of water."
"No need, no need, I'll leave as soon as I finish speaking." Lu Zhenhai pointed into the house with his fan, gesturing for her to come in and listen. "Xu Xingyi's parents don't approve of his relationship with Lao Song's daughter and have cut off his allowance. He just apologized to his family today, but his parents are shrewd and are afraid that Xu Xingyi is lying to them. They asked me to keep an eye on things and if I see them still dating, I'll stop sending him money."
Upon hearing that it was about Xu Xingyi, Lin Tingyue became somewhat impatient, "What does that have to do with me?"
"They're still hoping you'll marry into their family, so they specifically asked me to tell you about this so you can help keep an eye on things."
Lin Tingyue immediately waved her hand, "I don't care about this. Why should I interfere in other people's dating life?"
“It’s not that the man’s family is unwilling, but we can’t let Lao Song’s daughter suffer, right? If you see it, just let me know, and I’ll have to talk to Lao Song about it.”
Lin Tingyue outwardly agreed, but in reality, she couldn't be bothered to care. The male and female leads were destined to be together, and there was no point in her interfering and causing them trouble.
Instead of causing trouble for the young couple, they came after her.
On a perfectly peaceful afternoon, Yu Xingzhou was fanning her and she was about to fall asleep when the door outside was suddenly banged on loudly.
"Lin Tingyue! You come out here!" Xu Xingyi was about to kick him when Song Xue, who was standing next to him, quickly pulled him back, but she couldn't stop him from continuing to yell, "I know you're home! Get out here right now!"
Yu Xingzhou went to open the door, while Lin Tingyue took a stick and aimed it at Xu Xingyi, who was trying to rush in. The dust on the stick brushed against Xu Xingyi's neck, like a postmark.
“Lin Zhiqing, let’s talk this out. Can you put the stick down first?” Song Xue said.
Lin Tingyue shoved the stick aside, glanced at the person glaring at her fiercely, and asked, "Xu Xingyi, do you want to talk this out, or should I throw you out?"
Xu Xingyi: "You think I wouldn't dare to fight you?"
"Alright! Stop messing around." Song Xue pulled him again, this time pulling him behind her. "I came here today to ask you, did you tattle on Xingyi's parents? His parents have completely stopped sending him money now."
"Do I look like I have nothing better to do? Can I make money by tattling on Xu Xingyi's parents?"
Song Xue thought about it and agreed. Lin Tingyue always earned full work points whenever she went to work, and she didn't gossip while working. She didn't seem like the kind of person who would have time to gossip.
Xu Xingyi retorted, sticking her neck out, "That's hard to say. What if my parents give it to you?"
"If that's how you want to think, there's nothing I can do." Lin Tingyue was too lazy to waste any more words with Xu Xingyi and looked directly at Song Xue. "You should know why his parents don't send him money, right?"
Song Xue nodded.
"Then you shouldn't have come to me. The key issue isn't who told his parents, but how his parents view your relationship." Lin Tingyue couldn't possibly implicate the brigade leader. Besides, the whole thing started because Xu's parents didn't approve of their relationship. To solve the problem, we need to find the root cause.
As she finished speaking, she was about to close the door when Xu Xingyi immediately tried to stop it with his hand. However, Yu Xingzhou, who suddenly appeared behind Lin Tingyue, pushed him hard, causing him to stumble.
"……you!"
"Xu Xingyi, you don't have much money right now. If you break this door of my house, you'll have to pay for it. Even if you don't pay, if it goes to the brigade leader, he'll deduct your work points. In two months, when the autumn harvest is distributed, are you planning to starve, or are you planning to sell yourself to the Song family as a live-in son-in-law?" Lin Tingyue's words infuriated Xu Xingyi, but at the same time, they also enlightened Song Xue.
If Xu Xingyi's family really can't accept the two of them, they can support him as long as he's willing.
Song Xue pulled him away before asking, "Brother Xingyi, if your family can't accept us, would you be willing to marry into our family?"
Xu Xingyi certainly didn't want to. Only extremely poor families would choose to marry into the woman's family. But right now, besides a job that earns him five yuan a month, he had nothing else, and he didn't want to close himself off.
"Xiaoxue, how about this? After the autumn harvest is over and we're not so busy, you can come back to Beicheng with me to meet my parents. They'll definitely like you when they meet you."
"Answer my question first, and then I'll consider whether I want to go back to Beicheng with you to meet your parents."
Song Xue wasn't so easily fooled, and Xu Xingyi refused to tell the truth, so the two parted on bad terms.
When she got home, she saw Hunter Song plucking the feathers off chickens in the yard, so she took a small stool and sat down to help.
Hunter Song asked, "Why are you unhappy? Did that kid surnamed Xu upset you?"
"Well, his parents don't approve of us dating..." Song Xue told him everything that had happened recently, wanting to hear what her father thought.
“You really misunderstood Lin, the educated youth. It was Lu Zhenhai who informed his parents.”
"The captain? Why would he care about this?"
“It was their parents who asked for it. Lu Zhenhai told me personally. I didn’t agree with the two of you before, but you just wouldn’t listen.” Song the Hunter poked her forehead with his finger. “You still want that boy to marry into our family. You really dare to dream.”
"He's going hungry... what are we going to do now?"
After pondering for a moment, Song the hunter asked her, "Do you want the job as a primary school teacher in our village?"
"Of course I want to!"
“Dad will pay to buy him his job, so he'll have money and you won’t have to work in the fields every day.”
Song Xue knew her father had saved a lot of money, but she never expected him to use it to buy her a job. Her eyes immediately welled up with tears. "Dad, you're so good to me..."
"Now you know who's been good to you? Alright, stop being so lovey-dovey. Go tidy up the house and call that kid over for dinner tonight."
Summer is rainy, and rainstorms come from time to time, so there are two people soaked to the bone standing in front of the house.
"Are you cold? Why don't I boil some water for a bath first?" Yu Xingzhou was still wet himself, but he was in a hurry to take a towel to dry the woman in his arms' hair.
"Shall we shower together?" Lin Tingyue asked, tracing the muscle lines of his chest and abdomen, even pulling out the corner of his shirt that was tucked into his belt.
“Okay, but you’ll have to sit on me to wash, our tub isn’t that big.” Yu Xingzhou looked at her leisurely, but his usual blushing and shy demeanor was nowhere to be seen. The only things that showed he was putting on a brave face were his two bright red ears and his two arms tightly wrapped around her.
As the two spent more time together, Yu Xingzhou's ability to resist flirting did improve, but not much, and he still needed to work on it.
Lin Tingyue wrapped her arms around his shoulders, stood on tiptoe, and nuzzled his ear with her nose. Even though it was just the two of them, she still whispered, "Just bear with it."
Yu Xingzhou suddenly felt his blood boil, lowered his eyes and gave up, coughing awkwardly twice, "...I'll go boil some water first."
The rain was too heavy today, so there was no need to go to work this afternoon. The two of them weren't in a hurry to cook either, and they actually squeezed together in the wooden tub to soak.
To distract himself, Yu Xingzhou started talking about what he saw at school, saying, "Guess who I saw at school today."
Is there a range?
"Young women".
Are you very familiar with me?
"I don't think so."
Lin Tingyue thought back on her network of relationships. Besides the girls at the educated youth settlement, who else could be worth Yu Xingzhou specifically asking her about when he went home?
"Could it be Song Xue?"
"It's her, she's here to take over Xu Xingyi's position."
Sensing the juicy gossip, Lin Tingyue immediately turned around and straddled the man. "Xu Xingyi's quitting?"
Looking at her excited expression, Yu Xingzhou was unsure whether he should say what was next, but he also wanted to see Lin Tingyue's reaction to the matter.
"They said the two of them are already engaged. Xu Xingyi felt sorry for her, so he transferred his job to her. Moreover, Xu Xingyi will be moving to Song Xue's house soon."
"They're engaged already? Xu Xingyi's family probably won't agree. I have a feeling there's more to it than meets the eye."
Yu Xingzhou instinctively put his arm around her waist, his large hand caressing her slightly damp skin. "Didn't your family disagree back then?"
The woman blurted out, "We're different from them."
Yu Xingzhou stared straight at her and asked, "What's different?"
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Gu Wanyu never expected that she would see her scumbag ex again at the dinner table when she was meeting her current boyfriend's parents.
Qi Jingrong was slightly drunk, and the way he looked at her was exactly the same as that night many years ago.
"Xiao Yu..." He called her name and tried to pull her up, but his fingertips barely touched hers before he was stopped by the sharp-eyed man beside him. At the same time, a large, warm hand under the table intertwined with hers without any room for doubt, the thumb gently stroking her palm.
"Jingrong, you're back just in time." Qi Chenglin's voice was steady and powerful. "Let me introduce you, this is your future sister-in-law."
My girlfriend, whom I lost contact with for many years, has turned out to be my sister-in-law?
Qi Jingrong's last vestiges of drunkenness vanished instantly. He shook off his elder brother's hand, forcefully grabbed the woman's slender wrist, and a playful smile curled at the corner of his lips. "Sister-in-law? Are you sure? I know exactly how many moles she has."
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Having been single for over twenty years, Qi Chenglin never expected that as an adopted son, he would be pressured by his family to get married.
He reluctantly agreed to the blind date, but fell in love with the woman in front of him at first sight.
When he mustered up the courage to take things further, the other person looked apologetic and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not actually your blind date. I'm here on behalf of a friend."
His Adam's apple bobbed, and his palms clenched. "It's okay, as long as it's you."
"...But I have a child, can you do that too?"
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[Mini Theater]
Gu Wanyu suddenly ran away, so the two brothers had no choice but to go to their mother-in-law's house to inquire about her whereabouts.
Qi Jingrong squatted down to coax his daughter, "An'an, be good, tell Daddy, where did Mommy go?"
The little girl, who looked like a glutinous rice ball, shook her head. "No, Mom specifically told me that I absolutely cannot tell Uncle."
Qi Jingrong went berserk, "I'm your biological father! What the hell is this 'second father'?!"
An'an ignored him, grabbed Qi Chenglin's leg, and looked up at him with her little face: "Daddy! Take me to the amusement park, and I'll tell you where Mommy is!"
Qi Chenglin glanced at his disgruntled younger brother, then smugly picked up his daughter and left.
Meanwhile, Gu Wanyu, who was enjoying the sun on the beach, suddenly shivered, completely unaware that her padded jacket was already leaking like a sieve...
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