Just then, the bus arrived, and Qiao Qiqi boarded first.
Seeing that there were only two adjacent seats at the very back of the bus, Qiao Qiqi sat down in the empty seat on the left side of the first row.
They kept a safe distance from the two people.
At this moment, Zhang Jingya's face was extremely pale. She angrily said to Hou Yan, "So all your words about loving me were lies. You were so concerned about her in front of me. What can I still believe in you? Hou Yan, you have really disappointed me!"
As she spoke, Zhang Jingya turned to leave, but Hou Yan grabbed her arm.
"Jingya, let me explain. I'm not concerned about her, I just..." I just don't want to pay back the money!
Hou Yan was truly at a loss for words. On the one hand, he couldn't lose face in front of Zhang Jingya, and on the other hand, he didn't know how to explain it to her. He felt like an ant on a hot pan, suffering greatly!
When Hou Yan glanced at Qiao Qiqi, who was already sitting in the car, he couldn't understand what had gotten into her and how she had suddenly become so unreasonable.
When they bumped into each other on the street yesterday, Qiao Qiqi told him to return his things. He thought she was just saying it out of anger and jealousy that he was with Zhang Jingya, so he didn't take Qiao Qiqi's words to heart at all.
Seeing that Qiao Qiqi was clearly serious, Hou Yan was extremely frustrated.
Even if he had money, he wouldn't want to return it to Qiao Qiqi! Why should he? Those things were all given to him willingly by Qiao Qiqi in the past, why should he have to return them?
Moreover, the key point is that, in order to let others know how good Qiao Qiqi was to him, he shared a lot of the delicious food that Qiao Qiqi gave him with other people. He shouldn't return the food that others ate.
After much thought, Hou Yan concluded that Qiao Qiqi was too traumatized by his relationship with Zhang Jingya and couldn't accept it in time. Coupled with Qin Huai's instigation, she did such an extreme thing.
But Qiao Qiqi had been in love with him for a whole year, and he believed that she still had feelings for him. So, as long as he said some nice things to her behind her back, she would definitely let it go.
Thinking this, Hou Yan's confidence returned immediately, and he once again glanced at Qiao Qiqi sitting in the car through the car window.
That fair and delicate face looked even more beautiful than before.
Although Hou Yan already knew that Qiao Qiqi was very beautiful.
She was prettier than any girl he had ever seen.
Hou Yan didn't know what was wrong with him. He met Qiao Qiqi in the village yesterday, and when he lay in bed at night, all he could think about was that delicate and pretty face.
His mind was filled with images of him and Qiao Qiqi together in the past.
That chattering girl who was always around him often made him very happy.
As Hou Yan thought about those things, he realized that he actually felt a little reluctant to part with Qiao Qiqi, especially when the topic of Qiao Qiqi getting married in the future came up. He felt extremely jealous!
Looking at Zhang Jingya's somewhat sallow face, Hou Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. In order to return to the city and develop his career in the future, he naturally couldn't give up Zhang Jingya, who was like a powerful ally. But in fact, it wasn't impossible for him to keep in touch with Qiao Qiqi behind the scenes...
A few years ago, when he lived in the city, he knew that his family had a wealthy relative who, despite having a wife and children at home, was still keeping a small family outside...
Hou Yan felt that it wasn't impossible for him to follow the example of this relative.
After all, I'm so outstanding, I'm sure I'll make a lot of money in the future, so why can't I have two women then?
Hou Yan was still lost in his daydreams when he suddenly heard the driver shout—
"Are you two getting on the bus or not? If not, I'm leaving."
Hou Yan snapped out of his daze and quickly grabbed Zhang Jingya's arm, saying, "Jingya, I'll explain to you after we get in the car. Didn't you want to go to town to buy a floral dress? Let's get in the car quickly! Otherwise, we won't be able to come out for the next two weeks."
Reminded, Zhang Jingya, though still angry with Hou Yan, got into the car with a sullen expression when she thought of the floral dress.
Then, when I looked up, I saw Qiao Qiqi sitting in the first row.
Looking at that fair and delicate face, a flash of jealousy quickly crossed Zhang Jingya's eyes.
That vixen!
"Hmph!" She glared at Qiao Qiqi fiercely before stepping away.
Hou Yan followed her to the car, glanced at Qiao Qiqi with affection, and then followed Zhang Jingya to the back.
Qiao Qiqi gagged in the aisle, "Ugh!"
She was so disgusted by this hypocritical man that she wanted to vomit!
Seeing that the original owner had actually liked such a thing before, Qiao Qiqi was speechless again.
When the bus arrived in town, Qiao Qiqi was the first to rush off the bus and head straight for the state-owned clothing store not far away.
After entering the store, she first bought a set of men's clothing and a hat that were about the same size as her, as well as a thick linen scarf. These were the things she would use for her makeover.
Just as she was about to pay, she saw women's sun hats and gloves on the counter opposite her. Thinking about how Lin Chunying and Wang Guihua were exposed to the wind and sun when they went to work in the fields, Qiao Qiqi immediately picked out two sets for each of them.
Now that both mothers had received gifts, Qiao Qiqi turned back to the men, wanting to pick out a gift for Qiao Weiguo and her father-in-law Qin Baojun, whom she had never met.
She first picked up the British-style baseball cap and looked at it.
The shop owner immediately introduced the item enthusiastically: "This is our store's newest style, a high-quality product imported from the provincial capital. It's made of wool, of excellent quality, and both stylish and warm."
It looked nice, but Qiao Qiqi thought that Qiao Weiguo and Qin Baojun were both simple and unassuming people.
So she handed the two of them two military caps and said, "These two, let's calculate how much all this stuff costs."
The town's consumption level is limited, and the owner was overjoyed to have such a generous customer as Qiao Qiqi so early in the morning.
"Let me calculate. This outfit costs 3 yuan, and the hat costs... It's 11 yuan in total."
Qiao Qiqi paid the bill and was about to leave when her gaze suddenly stopped on a certain spot, and she paused in her tracks...
After she came out of the clothing store, she immediately found a secluded spot, entered her spatial dimension, changed her appearance, and came out again to search for the location of the black market on the street.
Because the book mentioned the location of the black market, Qiao Qiqi found it quickly.
I went inside and looked around. I saw vendors selling meat, eggs, clothes, and vegetables—a wide variety of products—but no fruit.
Is it because the town has limited purchasing power? Is fruit not selling well?
But Qiao Qiqi only had fruit, nothing else.
We'll just have to give it a try.
Finding another secluded spot, Qiao Qiqi filled half a basket each with apples and pears from her spatial storage. She then returned to the black market and squatted down in a quiet place.
Soon, someone came to her stall, saw the blue cloth covering the basket, and asked in a low voice, "What do you sell?"
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