Chapter 3: Going Back to My ‘Maiden Home’ Requires a Hush Money

In the courtyard, the three Qin siblings were standing.

They looked at each other, their expressions strange, and they kept glancing at a certain room.

The little guy stood under the eaves, tiptoeing and peeking, wanting to go in and see Grandma, but afraid of disturbing her.

“Dad, is Grandma asleep?”

Seeing his father come out, the little guy immediately ran over, lowered his voice, and asked softly in his baby voice.

“Yeah.” Qin Zhiyi responded, holding a bowl in one hand and rubbing his little head with the other, “Don’t disturb Grandma’s rest for now.”

“Hmm hmm, Third Auntie said Grandma needs to rest for a long, long time, her feet will be better, we can’t disturb her.”

Hearing this address again, Qin Zhiyi subconsciously looked towards Xu Sangluo’s room.

Xu Sangluo had already returned to her room, the atmosphere was too awkward, she needed to calm down.

“Why do you call her Third Auntie?”

“I don’t know, Third Auntie told Yan Yan to call her that.”

Qin Zhiyi nodded and didn’t ask further.

Qin Zhiyu quickly came over to take the bowl and sent it to the kitchen to wash.

The little guy looked around, then looked up, “Then Dad, can Yan Yan go and listen to stories with Third Auntie?”

“Huh?” His pants leg was tugged, Qin Zhiyi looked down.

The little guy blinked his round eyes, “Third Auntie told Yan Yan the story of the dumpling brothers, but Yan Yan didn’t finish listening!”

Qin Zhiyi glanced at the half-open door again.

“Yeah, if she’s resting, you can’t disturb her.”

“Hmm hmm, I know!”

The little guy nodded like a chick pecking at rice, then happily ran towards Xu Sangluo’s room.

Although the Qin family was poor, the earthen house was quite large, and there were many rooms.

Currently, Xu Sangluo lived in one room, Qin’s mother, Qin Zhiyu, and little Qin Yan lived in one room.

Qin Zhishu had his own room.

Qin Zhiyi and Qin Zhifeng shared a room.

Besides that, there was a kitchen, a bathroom, and a storage room.

Xu Sangluo lived in Qin Zhiyi’s room.

It was called a room, but it could only fit a single bed, a small wardrobe for clothes, a washbasin stand, a 30-centimeter wide, half-meter long long table and a long stool, it was really cramped.

But it was fine for Xu Sangluo, at least it was clean.

After she left in her previous life, she had a really hard time for those few years.

Forget about a single room like this, she had even lived in a multi-person underground small cargo warehouse where rats and cockroaches ran around.

The little bean carefully pushed against the wall, peeking around.

He just happened to see Xu Sangluo sitting on the bed, lost in thought.

Xu Sangluo also saw him and smiled at him.

The little guy immediately smiled back, a cute smile, and asked in a baby voice, “Is Third Auntie going to sleep?”

“No, come in.” Xu Sangluo also heard their conversation outside, and she smiled and beckoned him to come in.

The little guy’s eyes lit up, and he immediately ran in.

Children don’t usually hold grudges, and Xu Sangluo had only ignored him before, she hadn’t caused him any real harm.

Now she was smiling at him, and after a delicious meal, she immediately captured the heart of the little guy who had been lacking a mother’s love since he was young.

Outside the courtyard, Qin Zhiyi watched the little guy happily run into the house.

Then he turned to the three people standing there, his face stern, and said in a low voice, “Come with me.”

The three of them shuddered, quickly exchanged glances, and then followed him into the house with dejected faces.

It wasn’t summer or winter vacation, and nothing special had happened.

The three of them, who should have been in school, were all at home, there was only one possibility.

They had skipped school.

Since Qin Zhiyi was discharged from the army, the family’s conditions had become worse and worse.

The three siblings began to think about dropping out of school.

But after Qin Zhiyi found out, he gave them a good scolding, and they dared not mention it again.

Unexpectedly, they learned to disobey openly but obey secretly, and they simply stopped going to school.

In the room, Qin Zhiyi was scolding his disobedient siblings.

In another room, a big one and a small one were lying in bed telling stories, and they both fell asleep halfway through.

As she slept, Xu Sangluo had a dream.

She dreamed that she entered her space at some point.

There was a white mist wall in the space.

She slowly walked forward, and after passing through the white mist, she was surprised to find that she was back at the farmhouse.

It was called a farmhouse, but it was actually like a small village.

Xu Sangluo’s farmhouse, besides the antique restaurant, also included a pond, farmland, orchard, mountains, and so on.

There were various livestock and poultry sheds on the mountain.

Her farmhouse combined dining and vacation into one.

Every year when she opened reservations, they would be instantly sold out, and those who couldn’t get them could only wail and wait for the next year to grab them again.

The farmhouse was still the same as when she left, nothing had changed.

The crops in the fields were thriving, big fish were swimming in the pond, and the orchard was full of fruits.

The only strange thing was that there was no one.

There were no tourists who liked to wander around or go to the restaurant early to wait for the meal.

There were also no busy

The employees were listless.

The surroundings were eerily quiet, as if she were the only one left in the world.

Xu Sangluo felt a little panicked and ran towards the restaurant.

She tripped over the doorpost in her haste and fell to the ground, clutching her forehead and bottom, gasping for breath.

Then she froze.

“Does it hurt?”

She thought of something and twisted her thigh hard.

The pain made her wince.

The next moment, she jumped up.

“I’m not dreaming? Then where am I now…”

Suddenly, her eyes widened, and she turned her head to look at the white mist that hadn’t disappeared yet.

She clutched her heart, which was pounding, and ran towards the mist.

When she passed through the mist wall, she saw the familiar space again.

Xu Sangluo stood there, a little dazed.

But she couldn’t help but smile.

Then she closed her eyes and tried.

In reality, Xu Sangluo on the bed suddenly opened her eyes.

After seeing the unfamiliar surroundings, she paused for a moment, then closed her eyes and sensed again.

The next moment, she opened her eyes again, but she silently cracked a smile, her eyes full of excitement.

Her farmhouse had actually come with her.

Just as she was about to continue exploring, she heard a roar from next door.

It was Qin Zhiyi’s voice.

Xu Sangluo subconsciously looked at Qin Yan next to her.

Seeing that he was still sleeping soundly.

She thought for a moment, then carefully got out of bed and stood at the door.

There was a muffled argument coming from the next room.

Xu Sangluo frowned and carefully pulled open the door.

She stood under the eaves, hesitating whether to go over.

At this time, the door was suddenly flung open, and Qin Zhiyi’s deep and sonorous voice rang out.

“Your most important task now is to study hard and get into a good university, you don’t need to worry about anything else.”

The tall and thin Qin Zhishu was pushed out by the collar of his shirt, his glasses were askew, and he looked a little disheveled.

“But…”

“No buts, get back to school right now. If I find out that any of you dare to skip class or be absent, I’ll break your legs.”

The twins behind him were scared like quails, they lowered their heads and dared not say a word.

At this time, the brothers finally saw Xu Sangluo standing under the eaves of the next room.

The atmosphere suddenly froze for a moment.

Xu Sangluo stiffly pulled at the corner of her mouth.

Qin Zhishu’s face flushed red, he angrily pulled his clothes straight, ran back to his room, grabbed his schoolbag and left.

The twins, who were allowed a temporary day off, also slunk back to the next room.

Qin Zhiyi finally let out a sigh of relief and turned to look at Xu Sangluo.

Xu Sangluo unconsciously straightened her back, “Uh, that, I heard some noise in the room.”

She stammered, trying to explain.

Qin Zhiyi just nodded, “Is Xiao Yan asleep?”

“Yeah.” Xu Sangluo responded.

Then the air fell into an awkward silence again.

Seeing her discomfort, Qin Zhiyi thought for a moment and said, “The dumplings were delicious.”

Xu Sangluo was stunned, she responded slowly, “Oh, oh, you like them, that’s good.”

Qin Zhiyi didn’t say anything else, he turned around and wanted to see if Qin’s mother had been woken up.

At this time, Xu Sangluo called out to him.

“Wait.”

Qin Zhiyi turned to look at her.

Xu Sangluo had her hands behind her back, her feet unconsciously rubbing against the ground.

“That, are you free this afternoon?”

Qin Zhiyi turned around, “What’s the matter?”

Xu Sangluo stiffened her face, “It’s just, would it be convenient for you to accompany me back to the city?”

She said back to the city, but actually it was to go back to the Xie family.

The air froze for another second.

Xu Sangluo’s scalp tingled, and she felt a pang of regret.

Now that Qin’s mother was still injured, it was indeed inappropriate to ask him to go back to the city with her at this time.

But she urgently needed money, and she wouldn’t be able to borrow a bicycle on her own.

Just as she was about to take back her words,

She heard Qin Zhiyi say in a calm voice, “Okay, when?”

Xu Sangluo raised her head in surprise, then quickly said, “Whenever you’re free.”

But Qin Zhiyi said, “Okay, then get ready now, I’ll go borrow a bike.”

After saying that, Qin Zhiyi went to the next room and gave the twins a few instructions.

Then he turned and left the yard.

He just thought that Xu Sangluo was still not giving up and wanted to go home.

He didn’t want to force her to stay either.

However, Xu Sangluo’s unusual behavior today did have an explanation.

Xu Sangluo didn’t know that Qin Zhiyi had misunderstood, she let out a sigh of relief.

She thought for a moment, then ran into the kitchen and took out a bamboo basket and rope.

She planned to tie it to the bicycle later, and then after she extorted… no, after she asked for “living expenses” from her stepmother, she could buy some things back.