Chapter 80 Inviting a Wolf into the House Of course, he had no reason to back down, no reason to stop…
Li Rou and Qian Haishen officially divorced on the first day of December, much faster than expected. Although they went through several rounds of back-and-forth arguments over the division of property and children, they finally reached a satisfactory conclusion.
It may only be a perfect ending for Li Rou and her daughter Qian Qian.
Li Rou's original thought was that she would rather give up everything else and just have the child, but Zhong Ying persuaded her that after working as a nanny for so many years, she should still collect the compensation she was entitled to.
Then, thanks to Zhong Ying's efforts, Qian Haishen was not only ripped off, but he also lost his share of the child. His final compromise was reminiscent of a desperate attempt to get rid of the plague.
Qian Haishen was unaware that Zhong Ying had secretly spoken highly of him to the civil affairs department officials, planting a seed of trouble that would likely explode when he wanted to start another marriage.
Qian Qian, now known as Li Qianqian, originally had her household registration and grain ration under her mother Li Rou's name in the Tonggan Production Team. As soon as Li Rou and Qian Haishen divorced, Li Ming directly changed his granddaughter's surname.
Four-year-olds don't have very good memories, and with the adults' coaxing, Qianqian actually believed that she had always been called by her nickname with repeated characters, and that her real name was Li.
During a break from work, Deng Xia chatted with her daughter. She was a little disappointed that Qian Haishen had "surrendered" too quickly, saying, "Otherwise, I could have seen you come up with a few more tricks to teach him a lesson!"
Zhong Ying's arrangements before leaving the county town amazed Deng Xia, who exclaimed in surprise: "Can it be done like this?"
As much as Qian Haishen hated Zhong Ying, Deng Xia loved Zhong Ying just as much. Look at her daughter, she's so smart and quick-witted!
Deng Xia was still feeling unsatisfied, which is why she made these remarks.
However, after hearing Deng Xia's words, Zhong Ying just looked at her mother strangely and said, "I have no other ideas."
The county town was not Zhong Ying's current territory, so all she could do was have the children sing nursery rhymes and use the name of the Women's Federation to get righteous teenagers to help post propaganda posters.
If these two tricks don't work, the last thing Zhong Ying can think of is to "drag it out"—so what if the Qian family doesn't want a divorce? Li Rou can just live with the child in the Tonggan production team and live apart from them.
Seeing Deng Xia's disbelieving look, Zhong Ying said helplessly, "Mother, you really overestimate me. I'm just an ordinary person. How could I have such great supernatural powers?"
In the distance, Li Ming blew a whistle, signaling the commune members to get up and continue working.
Zhong Ying also stood up with the others and stopped chatting with her mother, who treated her like "my Zihan".
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Qianqian was very happy in the Tonggan production team. She was gradually developing from a gentle and weak little girl into a "crazy girl". She was having so much fun.
When Qianqian was in the county town, she could only stay at home with her mother. Her mother was busy with housework, so Qianqian could only play by herself. To be honest, it was really boring.
When Qianqian first walked into the nursery in the production team with her older brothers and sisters, she held her breath for a moment. There were so many children!
After the adults finish their day's work, Qianqian can go back to her maternal grandparents' house and continue to play with her older brothers and sisters from her maternal uncles' families!
The eldest cousin from her maternal uncle's family would braid Qianqian's hair; the eldest cousin from her maternal uncle's family, although annoying, would also pick pebbles for her to play with; the second cousin, who was about the same age, often picked wildflowers for her; and the second cousin from her maternal uncle's family, Guangfu, was inseparable from Qianqian, just like twins like their parents.
"Qianqian, I'm going to go with Brother Xiaojun and the others to collect bird eggs. Do you want to come?" Li Guangfu asked.
Qianqian's excited voice became high-pitched and shrill, "I want to go! I want to go!"
Li Rou watched the children run off excitedly, shook her head with a smile, and said reproachfully, "I can tell you've become wild; you're always running around everywhere."
Zhong Ying comforted her, saying, "Qianqian is a child who was born weak. Running around will be good exercise for her. If she continues like this, she will definitely grow up to be as strong as a little ox."
Li Rou thought the same way, which is why she didn't stop her daughter in any way and let her grow freely in the mountains.
"Yingnier, do you have any clothes to wash?" Li Rou ignored her daughter and went to do her own thing. "I'm going to the river to wash my clothes later, and I'll wash yours at the same time."
Despite Zhong Ying's repeated refusals, Li Rou ultimately "snatched" the clothes she was supposed to wash.
Li Rou was extremely grateful to Zhong Ying, who not only took her away from the county town and back to the mountain village where she had lived since childhood, but also helped her a lot with her divorce and gave her and her daughter Qianqian a place to stay.
Li Rou didn't know how to repay Zhong Ying, so she could only try her best to be good to Zhong Ying.
Washing clothes and dishes, taking care of the three chickens in the coop, pumping water from the well... Li Rou took on all the housework. She used to do housework at the Qian family's house, but it was nothing compared to now. She was full of energy and willing to do it all.
That's right... Before Li Rou came, Li Linshi did most of these things.
Zhong Ying was still sighing, "My sister is so good to me, she spoils me even more than my mother."
Li Linshi remained silent, inexplicably feeling as if he had "invited a wolf into the house."
However, Li Linshi quickly dismissed the idea. Li Rou was his own sister. His second brother and third sister had always been the closest to him since childhood. How could he think of his sister as a "wolf"?
However, as they spent more and more time living under the same roof, Li Linshi realized that he hadn't been mistaken.
Li Rou had almost completely replaced him, taking meticulous care of Zhong Ying in every aspect of life. Zhong Ying was the kind of person who would become more enthusiastic the better she was treated, and their relationship grew better and better.
On one hand, Li Linshi rationally thought, "This is my own sister, what's there for me to argue with her about?" On the other hand, he couldn't help but feel jealous, like waves crashing in a storm, surging and unable to calm down...
Zhong Ying was completely unaware of this. Li Linshi looked like an exquisite porcelain doll, and she couldn't read minds, so how could she know what he was thinking?
Unlike Li Linshi, who was unhappy, Zhong Ying was quite happy.
Li Rou treated her so well that she was practically Zhong Ying's fourth mother. The first three were, of course, her mother in modern times, her current mother Deng Xia, and her mother-in-law Liu Hongyan after she married into the family.
Zhong Ying was naturally happy that someone was willing to pamper and take care of her.
And there's also a lovely little girl who calls her "Little Aunt" all day long, like a little oriole. When Zhong Ying is bored, she teases the child and the dog, which adds a bit of fun to her mundane life.
The widowed younger brother and sister-in-law, the divorced older sister, and the young girl lived together in this way, making them the only all-female family in the production team.
Even Zhong Ying herself thought that rounding could be done this way, but she just said it offhand and Li Linshi heard it, which made him "go crazy".
Li Linshi may not care that others cannot see or touch him, but he will not allow Zhong Ying to ignore him in the same way.
Isn't she ignoring him?
Then let's really feel his presence.
The trickling stream climbed up her slender ankles like a chain, coiling and tightening upwards. Her body behind her seemed to be punished by dropping to freezing point. The winter weather was already cold, and Zhong Ying didn't want to be stuck to such a "big block of ice." She couldn't help but want to escape forward, but was quickly enveloped again from behind.
A pale, large hand simultaneously covered Zhong Ying's hand, completely enveloping it. Long, slender fingers intertwined, the tight grip conveying an unyielding possessiveness.
The icicles knocked on the door again and again, and the kisses were like snowflakes falling on the smooth skin, melting from the heat of the body. The combination of heat and cold turned into water.
Water is precious, and of course, it is cherished and not a single drop is wasted.
"Yingnier, I've boiled some water. Do you want to take a bath? I remember you said you wanted to take a bath during the day..."
Li Rou's voice came from outside the door, calling out to Zhong Ying.
Zhong Ying panicked and immediately signaled to Li Linshi to stop.
Li Linshi's nose was completely blocked by her body. He only raised his eyes, revealing a pair of beautiful, dark, and dull eyes. He looked at Zhong Ying with a cold gaze, but continued his actions without any regard for her presence.
Why did he stop?
He's not some random guy having an affair with Zhong Ying.
The woman outside is his sister, not some wife catching him cheating.
Li Linshi thought that he certainly didn't need to back down or stop.
After receiving no reply for a long time, Li Rou looked at the dark room and wondered if Zhong Ying hadn't lit the candles or if she had already fallen asleep. Sigh, that's the downside of not having electricity; it's so inconvenient.
However, Li Rou thought again that the hydroelectric power station's factory building had already been built, and the educated youth were researching and designing the production of wooden water turbines. She believed that it wouldn't be long before every household in the production team would be able to use electric lights like people in the county town, and they would no longer have to fumble in the dark at night.
"Yingnier, are you already asleep?" Li Rou asked again.
Zhong Ying tried to steady her rapid breathing, suppressing the gasps threatening to escape her throat, and answered in a normal voice, "Yes, I'm already lying down. Sister, you and Qianqian can take a shower, no—"
Zhong Ying suddenly stopped talking, thankfully she hadn't given anything away. She glared at the troublemaker with a flushed face, though his mouth was covered, she wasn't!
Li Linshi remained calm, as if he hadn't just made the light biting and nibbling motion, and continued licking slowly and deliberately.
"Don't worry about me, I'm going to sleep." Zhong Ying tried her best to finish the second half of the sentence calmly.
Li Rou, standing outside the door, had no suspicions and assumed that Zhong Ying's muffled voice was because she was about to fall asleep.
Li Rou still felt a little guilty for disturbing your sleep, "Okay, then you go to sleep. I'll boil water for you again tomorrow."
Li Linshi could hear his sister's footsteps as she left, followed by the sound of rushing water and the cheerful, innocent sounds of a little girl playing in the water...
After Li Rou and her daughter finished bathing, the other room, separated by a wall, finally came to a stop.
Under the moonlight, Zhong Ying raised her leg, which was illuminated like a lustrous piece of jade, and kicked Li Linshi's shoulder hard.
Li Linshi guessed that his bad behavior would inevitably be met with such a response from Zhong Ying. He was not surprised, nor did he dodge. He simply straightened up with her help.
Zhong Ying was genuinely angry. "Aren't you afraid your sister will find out?"
Li Linshi leaned closer, his fingers caressing the lips that had been bitten until they were bright red, and gently placed a kiss on them. He raised his eyelashes just inches away and looked directly at Zhong Ying, "Why should I be afraid?"
Whether in life or in death, he was the most reasonable person to stay by Zhong Ying's side.
Besides, Li Linshi thought that his sister should have discovered his existence by now.
Although his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and his second brother and sister-in-law didn't know, his parents and Zhong Ying's whole family knew about his existence. It wouldn't matter if his sister knew too.
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Author's Note: The male lead is inexplicably jealous even of his own sister, haha.
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