Chapter 18: Strange Feeling

If Duan Ping wanted to make trouble, let her.

Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.

Her original goal was to bring down the Dong family and make Dong Yumei’s life worse than death.

It was just a bit uglier to make a fuss now.

Jiang Mingyue realized this, but Duan Ping was scared.

She didn’t know how the secret that Dong Chengcai had worked so hard to keep for twenty-three years had been discovered by Jiang Mingyue, a mere “bitch.”

Duan Ping was unsure how Jiang Mingyue knew, so she lacked the confidence to fight back.

Jiang Mingyue…Jiang Mingyue…

Duan Ping pointed at Jiang Mingyue, her fingers trembling, and her pale lips kept quivering.

But she couldn’t even form a complete sentence.

Jiang Mingyue turned and walked towards Jiang Xinyue with a smile on her face.

Duan Ping stood there, watching Jiang Mingyue’s back slowly walking away in despair.

She walked back to Dong’s house, and she didn’t know what possessed her. From the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a hoe placed by the wall. She picked it up and rushed out of the door.

She charged towards Jiang Mingyue’s back.

“I’ll beat you to death!”

“Sister!” Jiang Xinyue turned pale with fright, and she quickly ran towards Jiang Mingyue.

“Watch your back!”

Jiang Mingyue turned her head subconsciously.

A figure passed Jiang Xinyue faster.

The hoe in Duan Ping’s hand had already swung towards her head.

Jiang Mingyue’s first reaction was to reach out to grab Duan Ping’s hoe, but a hand much larger than hers grasped it faster.

The other hand held her other arm and pulled her behind him.

“Aunt Duan, what do you want to do?”

Gu Dongqing stood in front of Jiang Mingyue, his voice deep and authoritative, a tone Jiang Mingyue had never heard before.

She raised her head in surprise, just in time to see Gu Dongqing’s strong and profound facial features shrouded in the sun.

Usually, Gu Dongqing had a smile on his face, appearing relatively easygoing, as he was busy with his business.

But don’t forget, he had served in the army for several years and had only returned three years ago.

A rough man who had served as a soldier on the border where knives were sharp and blood flowed had a ruthlessness hidden deep in his bones. He usually didn’t show it easily, but it didn’t mean it was gone.

At this moment, he held the hoe in Duan Ping’s hand with one hand, and his frowning eyes were full of cruelty!

This was completely unfamiliar to Jiang Mingyue.

Of course, Duan Ping was also very strange.

She didn’t expect that Gu Dongqing would come to stop her from doing what she deemed right!

Facing Gu Dongqing’s sharp gaze, especially the powerful arms still visible under his shirt, Duan Ping’s heart beat like a drum.

Subconsciously, she shrank her hands and took half a step back.

Without saying anything, she let go of the hoe, turned around, and ran towards Dong’s house.

Jiang Mingyue, who had just come to her senses, called out to Duan Ping.

Duan Ping, I didn’t tell anyone what I just told you.

As soon as these words came out, Duan Ping paused.

Turning around, she looked at Jiang Mingyue.

Jiang Mingyue continued, “As long as you stop letting people in the town spread rumors and slander my reputation, then I can guarantee that what I just said to you will never come out of my mouth again.”

Her meaning was clear enough.

Duan Ping looked at Jiang Mingyue suspiciously, “Are you serious?”

As long as she didn’t spread rumors about Jiang Mingyue, would this “bitch” keep the secret of Dong Chengcai’s condition? Duan Ping looked Jiang Mingyue up and down, weighing the importance of the matter.

Jiang Mingyue didn’t wait for Duan Ping to make a decision.

The ‘conditions’ she gave were right there. Duan Ping could choose whatever she wanted. No matter what Duan Ping chose, she would accept it.

After finishing speaking, Jiang Mingyue thanked Gu Dongqing and walked towards Jiang Xinyue.

Gu Dongqing raised his eyebrows slightly, still holding the Dong family’s hoe in his hand, and his face returned to its usual look.

It seemed like a smile but not a smile.

It looked so close, but in fact, it was not even close.

He said to Jiang Mingyue’s back: “I’ve helped you a lot, can you just say thank you?”

After walking a few steps, Jiang Mingyue stopped and considered the same truth.

“Sister”

Jiang Xinyue just happened to come over with a backpack on her back.

Jiang Mingyue thought of how to thank Gu Dongqing.

She took out a piece of meat from her basket. It was pork belly that she had just bought in the department store. It weighed about two kilograms.

It was suitable for thanking people.

Of course, this was the best sincerity the Jiang family could show at the moment.

Gu Dongqing looked at the meat in Jiang Mingyue’s hand and then at her. He clicked his tongue and threw the hoe at the door of Dong’s house.

Duan Ping, who had just closed the door, was startled by the sound of the hoe hitting the ground.

Gu Dongqing clapped his hands and put his hands in his pockets. “How can I eat this raw meat?”

Jiang Mingyue blinked.

Could it be that he still wanted her to cook the meat for him?

How many days will it take for me to deliver cooked food to you?

Jiang Mingyue asked.

Gu Dongqing, who originally had only a slight smile, was amused by Jiang Mingyue’s words and laughed out loud.

“Why are you laughing?”

Jiang Mingyue was a little confused and looked up at the man in front of her.

The height difference between them was significant. Gu Dongqing was taller than most of the men in Tonglin Town, and Jiang Mingyue was as tall as his shoulders.

When speaking, you had to look up to see the expression on his face.

Gu Dongqing curled his thin lips and said, “Take me a bowl of noodles and it will be settled.”

Jiang Mingyue hesitated, “Now?”

“No?”

“Not appropriate.”

Because of Duan Ping, her reputation was very bad now. At this time, going to dinner with Gu Dongqing might cause him trouble.

Jiang Mingyue took out two dollars from her pocket and handed them to Gu Dongqing.

She couldn’t go, but she could pay.

Gu Dongqing looked at the two dollars in her hand, then at the sisters, but finally confiscated the money.

“Forget it, remember it first, and pay it back when it’s convenient.”

After the words fell, Gu Dongqing left first.

Jiang Mingyue looked at Gu Dongqing’s back and frowned slightly.

“sister”

Jiang Xinyue came to her side and asked, “Sister, isn’t this person next door to the Dong family? Why didn’t he enter the house when he got home? Instead, he went somewhere else?”

Jiang Mingyue shook her head.

“I don’t know.”

After saying that, she called her sister and went home with the backpack on her back.

Gu Dongqing went to a restaurant and had a bowl of beef noodles. He also understood why Jiang Mingyue was so embarrassed when he asked her to treat him to noodles.

Tonglin Town was not that big, so what happened outside couldn’t be hidden.

When he heard others say that Jiang Mingyue was flirting with others, he just wanted to laugh for some reason.

If that girl really had the ability to flirt with others, she wouldn’t have left such a big man invisible…

Ahem…

Gu Dongqing had gone to the county after returning from Qianjin Village yesterday and had only come back today.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have allowed the rumors to spread so fiercely.

After hearing the whole story, Gu Dongqing snorted coldly, put down his money, and left the restaurant to find someone.

Now he and Jiang Mingyue were partners. As a man, he naturally couldn’t let others throw dirty water on his ‘partner’.

He came to a dilapidated courtyard at the end of the street, knocked on the door, and walked in.