Chapter 19: Making a Fuss

He Xiaolan gossiped and complained.

“Is there really someone stupid enough to lend such a precious thing to Xu Li?”

In the era of planned economy, everything required industrial coupons. Industrial coupons could be used to buy big items like bicycles and sewing machines, but they had a wide range of uses.

Just like how people in the future needed to buy a house for their son to get married, in this era, a family needed to have industrial coupons for their son to get married.

Did you have the “three turns and one ring”?

So these things were in high demand.

Everyone was a student, with no source of income, and their families wouldn’t easily entrust such an important thing to a student.

Xia Keqing had read the original text, but she wasn’t very familiar with this era, so she didn’t say anything.

Li Fen had a deep understanding of this, “I think it’s difficult, unless she borrowed it from someone who has a job.”

Zhao Juan remained silent.

Xia Keqing simply said, “Who cares who she borrowed it from, as long as she returns my coupon.”

Her roommates nodded in agreement. That was true.

As long as they returned what they owed Xia Keqing, they didn’t care who she borrowed it from.

Xia Keqing didn’t know where Xu Li got the industrial coupon. Anyway, right after lunch, she came rushing to find Xia Keqing with the coupon, her expression arrogant.

“Here! The industrial coupon, it’s yours.”

Xia Keqing was a little surprised. She was holding Shen Jichuan’s arm, and Shen Jichuan was already used to her intimacy.

There were also many couples holding hands on the street.

Shen Jichuan thought, perhaps these young girls who had received education were more open-minded and liked to express their feelings this way.

Shen Jichuan blushed slightly, pursed his lips, and stood silently aside.

He watched his little girl spread her white hand, “Give it to me.”

Xu Li looked alert, her hand immediately retracted, “Just look at it like this.”

Xia Keqing was speechless, “I can’t see clearly, how do I know if this coupon is real?”

“What if you’re trying to fool me with a fake?”

Xu Li almost exploded, “Xia Keqing, who do you think you are? Are you the only one with an industrial coupon? You’re just relying on having a soldier boyfriend, otherwise where would you get an industrial coupon?”

Xia Keqing raised her chin, “So what if I have a soldier boyfriend?”

Shen Jichuan coughed lightly.

Xu Li’s face flushed red with anger.

Xia Keqing spread her hand again, “Let me see, otherwise I won’t take it. I’ll tell the counselor that Chen Zhou owes money and doesn’t pay it back, he has a character problem.”

Xu Li: “You!”

She was being manipulated by Xia Keqing, so she had to hand the coupon over.

Xia Keqing immediately passed the coupon to Shen Jichuan, “Brother Shen, you’ve seen a lot, please help me check if it’s fake.”

Xu Li’s face turned black with anger, “Xia Keqing, don’t slander me! This is a coupon I borrowed from the counselor, are you going to doubt the counselor too?”

Xia Keqing was a little surprised.

But she still said, “I don’t care who you borrowed it from, I have to check if it’s real, what if it’s fake?”

Shen Jichuan looked at the cunning girl in front of him and Xu Li who was trembling with anger on the other side, a faint smile curled at the corners of his lips.

He didn’t expect this little girl to have the ability to make people die of anger!

It seemed he couldn’t easily provoke her in the future.

Although he thought this in his heart, Shen Jichuan still dutifully checked the coupon for his fiancée.

In this era, coupons were more valuable than money, and counterfeiting was illegal.

So Xu Li wouldn’t dare to forge it.

After checking, Shen Jichuan nodded.

Xu Li’s eyes lit up, and she even found her boyfriend’s appearance pleasing to the eye. Her expression immediately returned to its arrogant state.

“How is it?”

This time, it was her turn to reach out, “Give me A Zhou’s IOU!”

Xia Keqing was very happy. Her goal was to get back what belonged to the original owner.

After confirming the coupon was real, she gave the IOU to Xu Li.

But after checking it, Xu Li tore it up directly and threatened Xia Keqing, “From now on, you and A Zhou will go your separate ways, if you dare to bother our A Zhou again, don’t blame me for being rude!”

Xia Keqing admitted, she was disgusted.

This woman and Chen Zhou were truly a match made in heaven, a perfect pair.

“Xu Li, are you mentally ill, or are you deaf and blind?”

Xu Li had always been pampered and spoiled by her family, but she had been repeatedly defeated by Xia Keqing, “What are you talking about?”

Xia Keqing held Shen Jichuan’s arm, “My fiancé and I are getting along very well. I’ve already said it, I never liked that piece of trash Chen Zhou, I have nothing to do with him.”

“I’ll tell you again, it’s Chen Zhou who’s been pestering me. If you have the ability, please keep him under control, don’t let him appear in front of me again, otherwise I’ll scold him every time I see him!”

Xu Li’s face turned black, but she was intimidated by the tall and imposing Shen Jichuan, so she left angrily.

Xia Keqing pouted and complained to Shen Jichuan, “What kind of person is she, studying in the same university as her, will it lower my IQ?”

“Brother Shen, do you think my IQ level is on the same level as hers?”

Shen Jichuan smiled, from his initial astonishment to now, his expression unconsciously showed more fondness and admiration.

“Definitely not.”

Xia Keqing turned her head to look at him and gave him a thumbs up.

“I think you have good taste.”

Her previous words were just a vent, but it reminded Xia Keqing of Xu Li’s college experience.

She frowned slightly, “Brother Shen, there’s actually one more thing I want to ask you to help me with.”

Shen Jichuan didn’t even think, “You tell me.”

Xia Keqing carefully chose her words, “It’s just that I think Xu Li is a bit strange.”

Shen Jichuan was a man of few words and a good listener, so he didn’t say anything, waiting for Xia Keqing to continue.

Xia Keqing coughed lightly, “It’s just that, according to Xu Li herself, her dad was once a village head, but if she hadn’t admitted it herself, I would have thought her dad was some big shot from our province.”

“She keeps saying how powerful her dad is, how he can settle anything. A village head, what kind of things can he settle? It’s just village matters.”

“But I just feel something’s wrong, with Xu Li’s brain, how did she even get into college? She skips class all the time, fails the final exams, and always has to retake them. Do you think it’s possible that she didn’t actually get into college?”

Shen Jichuan was completely confused by the girl’s words.

But he was a very intelligent person.

He quickly got to the point, “You suspect her college entrance exam results were fake?”

Xia Keqing was a little embarrassed.

This was just a guess, there was no evidence to support it.

But Xu Li’s character was simply untrustworthy.

She softened her tone, sounding like she was acting cute, “Brother Shen, just treat it as helping me get revenge, find someone to check her, see if her college entrance exam results are real.”

“I’m not entirely out of personal grudge. If her college entrance exam results are fine, then I’ll definitely personally apologize to her with tea. But if there’s really a problem, we’re saving someone’s life.”

Shen Jichuan subconsciously frowned.

If these words came from someone else, it would definitely be considered unreasonable.