Chapter 164: Is This a Battleground?

After leaving the house, Qin Jingru arrived at the back courtyard.

However, the back courtyard's gate was tightly shut.

After thinking, she walked out of the Siheyuan.

Before quitting time, Qin Huairu hurried back impatiently.

Because Shazhu told her that Qin Jingru had arrived.

Returning home, only Jia Zhangshi was there.

"Mom, I heard Jingru came?"

Jia Zhangshi nodded and said:

"I feel that Jingru came this time to renegotiate with Shazhu."

Qin Huairu sneered:

"She told you that?"

Jia Zhangshi shook her head:

"Not at all."

"But when I asked if she had found a partner in the city, she kept evading and said nothing."

"I think she means she wants to be with Shazhu."

Qin Huairu looked around and asked:

"What about her?"

Jia Zhangshi: "She went out, said she'll be back soon."

Qin Huairu: "She didn't say that; how did you know she wants Shazhu?"

Jia Zhangshi: "I still can't see that; otherwise I'd have lived all these years in vain."

Qin Huairu snorted and said:

"That won't do!"

"What kind of thing is this?"

"She's just a country girl, yet she looks at the mountains as if they're higher."

"I guess her city partner blew her off."

"So she wants to come back to find Shazhu."

"What does she think Shazhu is?"

"Look at Shazhu, his pride is so strong."

"What a fine face."

"Last time she offended Shazhu and now wants to come back to continue; no way, just let her give up that thought."

Jia Zhangshi patiently listened to Qin Huairu's words before speaking:

"Huairu, Jingru is no longer a country girl now."

"She says she's now working at Hongxing Textile Factory, and her household registration is also in the city."

Qin Huairu, shocked, "Really?"

Jia Zhangshi: "That's what she said."

"By the way, she also brought us a lot of things."

"I put them all in the inner room."

Upon hearing, Qin Huairu hurried into the inner room.

A short while later.

She came out and said:

"She acts so generously; it seems it might actually be true."

"No, how could she possibly have entered the textile factory?"

"How could she have become a city resident?"

Jia Zhangshi: "I don't know that."

"But I know, since she wants Shazhu, we should work hard to match them."

"As long as they become together, she and Shazhu will be grateful to us."

"Then they'll often help us, and our lives will be much better."

Lin Shengli, holding Zheng Juan's hand, returned to the alley entrance when Qin Jingru was standing there.

From afar, Qin Jingru saw them.

It was also her first time seeing Zheng Juan, and she felt a bit ashamed.

Zheng Juan was extremely beautiful, and her temperament was very noble.

No wonder Lin Shengli liked her so much.

Of course, this was just a guess.

After all, she hadn't seen Zheng Juan before.

But who else could be holding Lin Shengli's hand besides Zheng Juan?

Because she didn't know Lin Shengli's thoughts.

She only glanced at him and Zheng Juan, then withdrew her gaze.

Lin Shengli also saw it and couldn't help but nod silently.

"Isn't that Qin Jingru?"

A few steps away, Lin Shengli spoke.

Qin Jingru quickly turned her gaze toward him, nodded, and said:

"Hello, I'm Qin Huairu's cousin."

Lin Shengli: "Hmm, I've seen you before."

Lin Shengli: "Oh, let me introduce you, Juan'er—this is Qin Huairu's cousin Qin Jingru."

"This is my beloved, Zheng Juan."

Qin Jingru looked at Zheng Juan, nodded, and said: "Hello."

Zheng Juan politely nodded and said: "Hello."

Just then, Shazhu walked over carrying a net bag with a lunch box.

He glanced at them, nodded at Zheng Juan, greeted them, and left.

He now increasingly does not want to see Lin Shengli.

His hatred for Lin Shengli in his heart is also growing stronger.

After returning home, Shazhu took the lunch box out of the net bag.

Then.

He took out chopsticks, a wine cup, and wine, sat down, poured a cup of wine, had just taken a sip, when Qin Huairu walked in.

"Qin Huairu, what's the relationship between your cousin and Lin Shengli?"

Hearing this out-of-the-blue remark, Qin Huairu couldn't help but frown and asked:

"What do you mean?"

Shazhu: "Oh, I just saw them together at the alley entrance."

Qin Huairu: "Just the two of them?"

Shazhu: "And Zheng Juan."

Qin Huairu: "Maybe they just met and said hello."

"Shengli has met my cousin before."

Shazhu: "Oh, they've met—I thought they were quite close."

Qin Huairu glanced at the lunch box and said:

"Today's meal is quite vegetarian."

Shazhu: "What should we do then?"

"I can't get any meat either."

Qin Huairu: "Actually, Jingru probably came this time to find you."

Shazhu's face darkened, and he spoke in a deep, gruff voice:

"Ah, ah, ah, don't bring that up."

"A good horse doesn't graze on old grass—it's boring."

Qin Huairu: "You see, I still understand you best."

"I said it—you'll never go back to her."

"If you turn back, I'll tell Jingru to give up hope—there's no chance."

Shazhu hastily said: "No, no, no—we still need to analyze the specifics."

Qin Huairu laughed: "What's up? Aren't you a good horse?"

Shazhu chuckled: "A good horse is a good horse, but when a good horse meets a carrot, if it should turn back, it must turn back."

"Such a beautiful girl slipping by—isn't that a bit of a waste? Right?"

Qin Huairu: "I'm not pretty?"

Shazhu: "You're beautiful, sis."

"Gorgeous to death."

"Back when you just got married, there was no Qin Jingru around."

"Of course, now you've had a bunch of kids, and your charm remains."

"All of it, your charm remains."

Qin Huairu happily said: "Alright, for those few human words of yours."

"When she comes back, I'll have a good talk with her."

Shazhu eagerly nodded: "Okay, okay, okay."

After Qin Huairu left, Shazhu fetched a mirror and comb, and began combing his hair.

About ten minutes later.

Qin Huairu walked in.

Shazhu hurriedly went up to her and asked:

"How did it go?"

Qin Huairu: "Give up hope—Jingru already has a partner, and I can tell their relationship is very good."

"Her job and household registration are probably thanks to her partner's help."

Shazhu's face darkened: "Jingru has a job?"

Qin Huairu: "At the Hongxing Textile Factory."

"Her partner seems quite influential."

Shazhu: "All that excitement was for nothing."

Qin Huairu: "That was also my mother-in-law's misunderstanding."

"I haven't even seen her since I came back."

Shazhu: "No, how could she find someone that formidable?"

"It couldn't be Lin Shengli, could it?"

Hearing that, Qin Huairu frowned involuntarily.

Shazhu: "Bullshit!"

Lin Shengli is now seeing Zheng Juan.

Besides, Lin Shengli and Zheng Juan are already married.

It's impossible not to have Zheng Juan; I want her.

Qin Huairu thought for a moment, then said:

Alright, I'm not talking to you anymore.

Then.

She walked away, looking preoccupied.