Chapter 13: Five Dollars to Be Returned

It wasn’t until they were leaving that Xu Jiaojiao saw Qin Shuo.

But he acted as if he couldn’t see her, not even glancing her way.

Seeing him like this, Xu Jiaojiao felt her mission was doomed!

Why was this man so difficult? Could it be that he was upset because she bumped into him yesterday?

Confused, she could only follow behind the others, heading towards the mountain.

The atmosphere between the two was awkward.

Ding Xiujing glanced at Qin Shuo, who was walking straight ahead, then at Xu Jiaojiao, who seemed down.

She lowered her voice and curiously asked, “Did you have a fight with your husband just after he came back?”

When Qin Chao argued with her, he acted the same way, completely ignoring her.

Xu Jiaojiao: “…”

“Do you think I dare to argue with him?”

She didn’t even know what she had done to offend him.

Her favorability dropped by another 10 points after waking up.

“That’s true.”

Not to mention Xu Jiaojiao was a coward, just looking at Qin Shuo, who would dare to argue with him?

One look from him, and she would be terrified.

For a moment, her gaze towards Xu Jiaojiao became increasingly sympathetic.

Poor thing, marrying a man like that.

Xu Jiaojiao: “…”

Seeing the genuine sympathy in her eyes made her even more upset!

All the way to the tea garden, the couple didn’t speak a word.

The man didn’t even turn his head back.

But everyone didn’t find it strange, after all, in this day and age, couples still avoided showing affection in public.

When they arrived at the tea garden, the dew on the tea leaves had evaporated.

The tea pickers went straight into the tea garden, quickly picking the tea leaves.

With so many people, Xu Jiaojiao couldn’t find him alone, let alone complete her task.

She could only suppress her thoughts and focus on picking tea leaves.

However, her movements were clearly much slower than yesterday, and she seemed distracted.

“Qin Lao San is not here, look at Xu Jiaojiao, she’s not even trying.”

A sister-in-law said to someone nearby with a smile.

“You don’t understand, if my husband had a body like that, I’d be thinking about him too.”

Another older woman, laughed ambiguously.

“Ugh! You’re so shameless!”

Xu Jiaojiao: “…”

Are people so uninhibited these days?

Xu Jiaojiao was shocked.

And as if summoned by her thoughts, the man who was nowhere to be found just moments ago was now not far ahead of her.

Xu Jiaojiao’s eyes lit up.

Without hesitation, she carried her basket and walked towards the path he was on.

She planned to be friendly first, then catch him off guard and wipe his sweat.

The idea was beautiful, but the execution was difficult.

The man’s back seemed to have eyes, she hadn’t even gotten close, and he left.

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What a jerk!

If this were her boyfriend, she would make him disappear in a minute!

But he wasn’t, he was just her mission target.

What else could Xu Jiaojiao do? She had to endure it.

“Xu Jiaojiao, you’re so pitiful, even your own husband ignores you, he must know about the things you’ve done, right?”

Seeing that the man ignored Xu Jiaojiao, Ye Shuizhen couldn’t be happier.

“You’re not pitiful, you like Gu Zhiqing but you’re too scared to say anything, and you even try to matchmake others, you’re such a big loser.”

Xu Jiaojiao was in a bad mood, and her fighting spirit was also at its peak, directly hitting her weak spot.

Sure enough, as soon as she spoke, the two female intellectuals’ faces turned pale.

“What are you talking about?”

“Do you not know in your heart if I’m talking nonsense?” Xu Jiaojiao said, her hands didn’t stop working.

Arguing was arguing, but don’t let it affect her earning work points.

She was poor now, and her reputation wasn’t good, how could she not work hard?

“Jiaojiao, Shuizhen was just joking, don’t take it to heart.”

Li Wenxiu started playing peacemaker again.

She didn’t expect her to be so bold, daring to dance in front of her. Xu Jiaojiao was about to laugh.

“You’re right, I shouldn’t take it to heart.”

Seeing her expression soften, Li Wenxiu’s face lit up, and she continued, “So, we’re still good sisters, right?”

“Of course.” Xu Jiaojiao smiled sincerely.

The two of them, each smiling brighter than the other, attracting the attention of the young men passing by.

“Do you want to pick tea leaves with us? We’ll have company.”

Hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao almost burst out laughing.

Who gave her the confidence to think that she would help her work?

“Picking tea leaves together is unnecessary, you see, we’re good sisters, your handkerchief, headband, clothes are all gifts from me, you look at what I’m wearing,”

As soon as Xu Jiaojiao said this, Li Wenxiu’s face changed.

Wasn’t it true? Xu Jiaojiao’s clothes today had several patches.

Compared to Li Wenxiu’s, they looked like a piece of rag.

The people passing by all cast strange glances.

Li Wenxiu had never been so embarrassed before, she wished she could just disappear into the ground.

“Jiaojiao, how can you say that?” Li Wenxiu looked like she was about to cry.

“I’m sorry, I misunderstood you.” Xu Jiaojiao sincerely apologized.

But Li Wenxiu dared not be careless, as expected –

“Good sister, are you here to pay me back today? My towel just broke, and I don’t have a penny now, you see, you borrowed my money, and you even bought such beautiful clothes…”

As soon as she said this, the people around started pointing and whispering.

It turned out that in this day and age, there were people who borrowed money to buy clothes, this was capitalism!

Hearing this, Li Wenxiu’s face turned pale.

“Jiaojiao, what are you talking about? I clearly borrowed your money to see a doctor.”

It turned out she was seeing a doctor, hearing her say this, the people’s gazes finally softened.

“Since you’re alright, you should return the money to her.”

“That’s right, no one’s money grows on trees, Xu Jiaojiao’s husband’s leg is still injured, doesn’t seeing a doctor cost money?”

The people around said this and that to Li Wenxiu, directly making her face turn green and white.

Finally, unable to withstand the gazes of the people, she took five yuan from her pocket, “Here you go!”

Xu Jiaojiao took the money, with a moved expression, “I knew my good sister was reliable, now I can finally give my family an explanation, there’s still ten yuan, don’t forget to return it to me.”

And Li Wenxiu lost face, who would bother pretending to be good sisters with her?

She covered her face and whimpered as she ran out of the crowd.

It didn’t take long for a young man to follow her out of concern.

And Xu Jiaojiao, who unexpectedly recovered five yuan, was finally in a better mood.

She withdrew her gaze, ready to continue picking tea leaves, when she saw the man she had been searching for in a corner.

Without hesitation, Xu Jiaojiao hurried over.

He was carrying tea leaves at the moment,

The two large bags of tea leaves, like foam bags, were easily placed on his shoulders.

Qin Shuo carried the tea leaves, about to leave the path, when he was blocked by someone.

There was no way to avoid it, he looked up at the woman standing in front of him.

“Anything?”

Xu Jiaojiao: “…”