Chapter 9

The early summer evening breeze was slightly cool.

A repressive silence fell between the two.

After a while, Zhou Yubai whispered, “I won’t let go until she lets go of my hand.”

“Zhou Yubai, if A-Li is willing to go with me, will you let go?” Gu Qichuan looked at Zhou Yubai, as if to confirm the truth of his words.

Zhou Yubai’s hands on his side were tightly rolled up, and then he nodded, “Yes.”

Gu Qichuan’s body relaxed, “A-Li will go with me.”

Zhou Yubai glanced at Gu Qichuan. He had no chance of winning against Gu Qichuan.

From Gu Qichuan’s conversation and clothing, it was not difficult to tell that his family must be very well-off.

He looked good, at least better than himself. If he didn’t have a scar on his face, he could be better, but… he was disfigured.

Gu Qichuan and Shen Qingli were childhood sweethearts. They had feelings for each other, and they had been in love for many years. He and Shen Qingli had only been together for one night and one day today.

But he still agreed for some reason.

He thought that if Shen Qingli was really willing to stay with him, his life would belong to her, and all his principles could be changed for her.

If Shen Qingli really wanted to go with Gu Qichuan, he would let her go. At worst, he would go back to his previous loneliness. He… it’s not like he had never been lonely before.

When Zhou Yubai returned to the room, Shen Qingli was still sleeping. She seemed to be sleeping very uneasily, with her brows furrowed. As soon as Zhou Yubai approached, Shen Qingli went straight into his arms, raised her hands to hug his arms, and then her brows relaxed.

The peace of mind made Zhou Yubai’s tense heart slowly relax…

the next morning.

When Zhou Yubai got up, Shen Qingli was still asleep. She was too weak, and after so many things happened yesterday, she suddenly relaxed, as if she was swept by fatigue.

Zhou Yubai got up quietly, went to the kitchen to make breakfast, moved the firewood into the kitchen, filled the water tank with water, and went to work.

When Shen Qingli woke up, it was already past nine o’clock.

She sat up, dazed for a moment, and then slowly came back to her senses and remembered the reality that she had traveled through time and was very weak.

Shen Qingli got out of bed, and as soon as her feet touched the ground, she felt that her legs were very weak. What happened? I didn’t make any sauce last night, so why are my legs still weak?

After a while, Shen Qingli’s stomach growled.

Shen Qingli: It turns out that my legs are weak because of hunger. Hehe, I misunderstood.

Kitchen.

Shen Qingli looked at her kitchen. The adobe house was very old, with mottled marks on the wall, some traces of old cigarette ash, but no spider webs.

Zhou Yubai is very clean.

The pot was covered, she opened it, and inside was a bowl of rice porridge, two eggs, and a white flour steamed bun.

Shen Qingli felt warm in her heart; Zhou Yubai gave her only refined food.

He was raising her very attentively.

Shen Qingli curved her lips, tested the temperature, it was still hot, she was too lazy to take it out, and directly moved a small stool to sit by the stove and eat. She ate half a bowl of rice porridge, an egg, and the white flour steamed bun, and she was full without eating a single bite.

After eating, Shen Qingli tidied up the kitchen, opened the cupboard and looked at what other vegetables were inside.

A piece of pork belly, she remembered that there were green vegetables in the vegetable garden in the backyard of the house, at noon, she could make a braised pork, stir-fry some green vegetables, and then bake a few cornmeal pancakes.

Cornmeal is also delicious, but the current grinding technology is not good, and the cornmeal is full of grains, which makes the throat hurt when eating.

Shen Qingli wondered how to grind the cornmeal again.

It would be great if her space was there.

People in the end times have the habit of hoarding supplies. Her greatest achievement is occupying the largest comprehensive shopping mall in Y Continent, which has everything from furniture and building materials to screws and sewing needles.

The food storage capacity in the underground supermarket is also amazing.

Unfortunately…she has tried it, and she can’t open the space.

Shen Qingli sighed twice again. Alas, maybe her supernatural attribute is too low. Maybe after she upgrades, the space can be opened.

Let’s take it one step at a time.

Shen Qingli has just tidied up the kitchen and is ready to go for a walk at the foot of the mountain. She felt very good when she practiced the wood-related supernatural power there last time.

Just as she walked out of the kitchen, the courtyard door was pushed open.

A middle-aged woman with a pale face and thin body walked in. Seeing the displeasure on Shen Qingli’s face, the woman did not hide it, “Shen Qingli, you jinx, you lowly creature.”

“How dare you instigate him to be alienated from his own brother, you shameless thing.”

Shen Qingli recognized the woman in front of her, she was Widow Zhou, Zhou Yubai’s mother.

The corners of Shen Qingli’s lips twitched. She couldn’t call her mother no matter how hard she tried. “I didn’t instigate Zhou Yubai and Zhou Sicheng to quarrel. It was Zhou Sicheng who took the initiative to come and provoke me.”

“What nonsense are you talking about, you little bitch! How dare you contradict your mother-in-law? ” Widow Zhou got furious instantly. She looked around, trying to find a handy weapon, but the yard was empty. There was nothing there.

Widow Zhou simply raised her hand and hit Shen Qingli in the face.

If Shen Qingli had her own skills, she would have easily fought back, but now she was dragging a sick little body, how could she possibly be a match for a village woman who had been doing farm work all year round.

Since she couldn’t beat him, she could only run.

Shen Qingli dodged and ran out.

Widow Zhou never thought that Shen Qingli would dare to hide. When the mother-in-law in the village taught her daughter-in-law a lesson, the daughter-in-law would not be there quietly, letting her be beaten and scolded!

“You little bitch, you dare to run, I will beat you to death!” Widow Zhou was furious and chased out quickly. She also picked up a stick on the side of the road and swung it directly at Shen Qingli.

Shen Qingli didn’t run fast. She was panting heavily after just two steps. She originally thought that she would see people after leaving the yard, but she forgot that her home was at the foot of the mountain in a hurry.

This place is far away from other families and far from farmland.

Widow Zhou hit Shen Qingli hard on the back, and she fell forward uncontrollably. The dirt on the ground choked her throat, causing her to cough violently.

Widow Zhou raised the stick and hit her a few more times, “Little bitch, you think you can be so domineering just because you married Zhou Yubai. I tell you, he is my son, whether we split up or not, he is still my son, and you are my daughter-in-law, I can beat you however I want!”

“Even if I beat you to death, Zhou Yubai wouldn’t dare to say anything!”

Shen Qingli was so angry that she exploded, but she was weak and spit out blood all over the floor.

Widow Zhou stopped beating her, “You, don’t pretend, I tell you, I know that you spit blood all the time, and it’s definitely not me who beat you.”

Shen Qingli felt her chest surging and her internal organs were shaking. She spit out blood mouthful by mouthful, looking so pitiful, as weak as if she was about to die at any time…

“Ali!”