Chapter 35

Sunday.

After finding out that Han Guibing was on leave today, Qi Sisi dragged Zhao Xingyu to his house to collect the debt.

I asked someone to help pass the message.

After waiting in the dormitory building for a while, I finally got the person to come.

“What do you want from me?”

Han Guibing looked at the two of them with complicated eyes, and his gaze lingered on Qi Sisi for a few seconds.

She should have been his wife, standing by his side, instead of being with another man and holding his arm…

This behavior made him feel excited and he wanted to go forward and separate the two of them.

“Sisi, go ahead.”

Zhao Xingyu gave the right to speak to Qi Sisi. After all, it was his wife who took the initiative to do this, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to check what Sisi’s attitude towards Han Guibing was.

“You ask me?”

Qi Sisi laughed a little, “Didn’t Miao Cuicui and Aunt Han tell you?”

It’s been two days, and Han Guibing is still in the dark?

Are you trying to default on your debt?

“What? What happened?”

Han Guibing was confused and felt dissatisfied with Miao Cuicui. Qi Sisi had brought Zhao Xingyu to him, but she actually kept it from him!

Qi Sisi glanced at him sarcastically and said slowly, “We met her in the army’s logistics vehicle a few days ago. Your mother was very arrogant. She couldn’t bear to see my husband, an injured man, sitting in the front seat, and she didn’t stop until we went to the carriage to sit down.”

In fact, Aunt Han was criticized by everyone and stopped halfway through, but that didn’t stop Qi Sisi from putting the blame on her.

She was the only one who knew that Zhao Xingyu’s leg was healed, no one else knew. If something really happened, the old lady would probably be so happy!

Han Guibing took a deep breath and cursed in his heart.

What is going on? They are still in the army. His mother is so arrogant. Even if he doesn’t like Zhao Xingyu, he can’t show it too obviously. What if someone tells others about it and it affects him…

“Let me apologize on behalf of my mother. My mother is just a rural woman. She doesn’t have much knowledge and her vision is narrow. You don’t have to bother with her.”

Since the person has come to his door, he can only express his attitude to suppress the matter. Otherwise, if it is made out of a big deal…

Seeing him feeling aggrieved, Qi Sisi felt very happy and said seriously, “Your mother is ignorant, but Platoon Leader Han is quite sensible.”

Zhao Xingyu said coldly, “Since you know that your aunt has a narrow vision and no knowledge, teach her more when you go home. After all, there are so many people in the army. We are easy to talk to, but others may not be like that.”

“That’s right, Captain Zhao.”

Han Guibing gritted his teeth, and his inner hatred became even stronger.

His mother is really something. She is always causing trouble but not being able to help. Every one of them is holding him back.

If he could be raised by Qi’s father, he could also be as bright and handsome as Zhao Xingyu. Why bother to scheme so hard, only to end up with nothing…

“Anything else?”

He thought that after the apology, the two would leave, but Qi Sisi’s footsteps were still firmly rooted there.

Qi Sisi smiled maliciously, “The other thing is the issue of betrothal gifts.”

“It was my aunt who reminded me. If she hadn’t said that she wanted to go to the Qi family to take back the bicycle and sewing machine, I wouldn’t have thought of it.”

“Platoon Leader Han, those betrothal gifts were all bought with the one thousand yuan my father gave. The bicycle and sewing machine, plus other sundries, would not cost more than one thousand yuan. The remaining money should be returned to the original owner, right?”

Han Guibing was speechless, his face flushed.

Qi family!

That money did solve his urgent problem, but now, it has become a death warrant.

When he was pursuing Qi Sisi, he bought her a lot of gifts and received a lot of valuable gifts from her. So, in the end, he made a profit.

Within a month, his savings were almost empty. The salary and allowances he earned after three years of military service were naturally not as good as the Qi family’s wealth. That was why he accepted the money given by Qi’s father to buy the betrothal gift.

Of those one thousand yuan, there was more than four hundred left.

The room expenses of the guesthouse and the banquet for him and Miao Cuicui were all paid with that money. He only had thirty or fifty dollars left. He had been thinking that after receiving his salary and allowance this month, he could buy some clothes for his mother and Cuicui to ease the tension between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. But now… all his plans have gone down the drain.

These few hundred dollars are a drop in the bucket for the Qi family, but they are his annual salary and allowance, not to mention that he has to support a family. He doesn’t know when he can pay it back…

For now, he can only delay!

“Sisi, I…”

Zhao Xingyu interrupted: “Platoon Leader Han, be careful with your words!”

“Sisi is my lover now, it’s not appropriate for you to call her that.”

Han Guibing took a breath, “Qi, Comrade Qi, it’s not convenient for me now, can you return it next time when it’s convenient?”

“When is the next time?”

Qi Sisi looked at him leisurely.

Han Guibing was speechless.

He originally thought that the Qi family was not short of money, and if he delayed it a few times, the other party would realize what was best for them and let him go.

“Sisi, let’s calculate the specific amount first,” Zhao Xingyu reminded.

“Yes!”

Qi Sisi took out a handful of receipts and said, “Here are the receipts for the big items. There’s a Yan brand sewing machine for 127 yuan, a Forever brand bicycle for 178 yuan, and a United single-card recorder for 240 yuan. The total is 545 yuan. The rest are some miscellaneous items. I remember you have the habit of keeping accounts, so you must know better than me, right?”

As the numbers were read out one by one, Han Guibing’s face became paler and paler.

If these items were not related to Qi Sisi, he would not even have the confidence to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to check them out. But after getting engaged to Qi Sisi, he could buy it with just a wave of his hand. He still remembers the admiring looks those cashiers gave him.

How glorious it was then; how desolate it is now.

Han Guibing felt deeply regretful. Why did he give up Qi Sisi and be blinded by Miao Cuicui?

Seeing that Han Guibing didn’t say anything, Qi Sisi didn’t care. He couldn’t deny these accounts unless Han Guibing didn’t want to stay in the army anymore.

Noticing his eyes, Zhao Xingyu sneered in his heart, pretended to be unsteady, leaned on Qi Sisi, and held her tightly.

“Are you okay?”

Qi Sisi was a little puzzled. His legs are healed, so why can’t he stand steadily?

“Fine.”

Zhao Xingyu felt very happy that his wife cared about him, and this happened in front of Han Guibing, his defeated general. He was secretly delighted.

“If it’s convenient, why don’t Platoon Leader Han bring the account book here now so we can check it together?”

“How about next time?” Qi Sisi was worried about his health.

Zhao Xingyu shook his head and said with a smile, “Don’t worry, Sisi. We can get it done in one go so you don’t have to make another trip.”

Qi Sisi thought about it and didn’t refute.

After all, she and Han Guibing had talked about marriage and almost got married. It would not be appropriate to meet alone. If it was divided into two meetings, she would have to trouble Xingyu next time.