[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man":3,"chapter-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-183":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1303305,1729,"Chapter 183 - 182: The Nice Guy of Qingshan Team","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-183",183,"\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang were young, and with their parents dead, they were like a juicy piece of meat—bound to attract predators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, ever since she’d arrived at the Qingshan Team, she’d found the general atmosphere to be quite good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most people were reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with nearly two hundred households in the village, you couldn’t say everyone was a good person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trading their belongings for grain was a way to protect themselves, at least for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’To understand all this at such a young age... she’s very clever.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides being clever, Sweet Girl was also very hardworking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the shed at their home, firewood was stacked high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without an adult in the house, they managed to live a decent life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet Girl’s family was so poor, yet when she had found Gu Jiaojiao’s money, she had returned every last cent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao’s desire to help Sweet Girl stemmed partly from a wish to atone for the actions of her body’s previous owner, partly from pity, but mostly from admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Gu Jiaojiao was lost in these thoughts...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang rushed out of the house and stood before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Sister, they fit perfectly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet Girl beamed, looking down at the clothes on her body with immense adoration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao, however, thought the clothes looked a little big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was normal in the countryside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the clothes were a bit bigger, the children could wear them for a couple more years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang didn’t have thick pants, so a larger top would be warmer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re beautiful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Xiuhua was skilled with her hands; her needlework was excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao knew how to sew as well, but she specialized in formal gowns and runway fashion. If you actually asked her to stitch a thick, cotton-padded jacket, she’d be completely lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet Girl was overjoyed. She blinked her big eyes, looked at Gu Jiaojiao for a moment, and then suddenly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Sister, wait for me a second.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she rushed back into the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she came out again, she was holding the few yuan Gu Jiaojiao had given her and stuffed the money into her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao was a bit stunned. She then tried to hand the money back to Sweet Girl. \"You keep it for yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Sweet Girl just shook her head, refusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Sister, if you don’t take this money, then I can’t accept these clothes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gritted her teeth, her expression resolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao felt helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had given Sweet Girl the money with the genuine intention of helping her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, life was hard for Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang. Their home was destitute, and a little money could help improve their situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Sweet Girl was stubborn. If Gu Jiaojiao didn’t take the money, she wouldn’t take the clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao found this tactic a bit familiar; it was something she often used herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, she realized her own methods could be rather infuriating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the way Sweet Girl was staring at her, Gu Jiaojiao sighed in resignation and gently pinched her small cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I’ll take the money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she said that, a brilliant smile blossomed on Sweet Girl’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao felt another wave of helplessness. Noticing that the two of them were still wearing thin pants, she told Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang to go back inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She followed them in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yuan didn’t go inside. Instead, he went to Chen JianShe’s house nearby, borrowed a broom, and began sweeping the snow from the yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, in the neighboring yard, a man was peering over in their direction. When he saw Leng Yuan sweeping snow, his eyes darted back and forth several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood in his yard watching for a moment, then, without a word, turned and went back inside his house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the family Sweet Girl had traded her furniture to for grain. A large wardrobe had been exchanged for ten jin of coarse grain, but after Leng Yuan taught the man a lesson, he had immediately added another twenty jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the large wardrobe, there were also tables and stools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the items in Sweet Girl’s house had been given to this family in exchange for grain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s name was Lin Jiandong, and he was known as the resident \"nice guy\" of the Qingshan Team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jiandong went into his house, his expression immediately darkening. Thinking about the scene he had just witnessed, he turned and went into the inner room.\u003C\u002Fp>",771,"2026-06-05T18:11:09.760Z",1,"novelbin.me","3c9abc985c3fea19a56450f7d55ecb8f4419baa49bfd3e210375d61e70e1b61b","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-184","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-182",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-cover.jpg"]