How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 321 - 323: Evaluation_1

The moon had just risen, scattering fragments of gold across the ground.

Li Qiao leaned close to the glass window, looking at the gate.

It was nearly nine o’clock and there was still no sign of anyone. Could something have happened on the road?

Just then, the sound of the gate opening reached her ears, followed by a tall figure bursting into view.

It was Qin Jin.

She immediately ran to the bed, lay against the headboard, and reached for a book on the side, opening it to a random page.

A moment later, the sound of the door opening echoed through the room.

"Waiting for me?" Qin Jin said with a grin.

"Who’s waiting for you? I’m reading. I’ve always been studious. I can’t sleep at night if I don’t read for a while," Li Qiao stated solemnly. She would never admit to waiting for him and give him the satisfaction of being smug.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Qin Jin’s lips. She definitely was waiting for him. She usually took the bookmark out of the book when reading, and this time she hadn’t. He didn’t call her out on it: "I have something to tell you." He went on to describe in detail how Li Jinhua had drugged them, with animated gestures illustrating Li Jinhua’s embarrassing pleas for mercy.

Li Qiao didn’t know what to say for a while before finally speaking, "She really knows how to stir up trouble and she’s got guts." Li Jinhua had known about Qin Jin’s future. Now, was it possible that she also knew about Li Jianguo’s future?

Otherwise, why didn’t she just live peacefully with Li Jianguo from the start?

Ah! It’s better to struggle on your own than to count on a man for a good life.

Living another lifetime and still not understanding this?

"I’ll accompany you first thing tomorrow morning," Qin Jin said.

"Tomorrow, huh? Aren’t you afraid of too many dreams in a long night? Besides, if it doesn’t involve a criminal case, we can’t intervene. You need to get Li Jianguo to report the case at the local station, to accuse Li Jinhua of drugging and assault. If the drugs are unidentified, we will go there to collect evidence. But we’ll also have to wait for the report from there before we can take over," Li Qiao replied.

"That’s so troublesome!" Qin Jin exclaimed.

"Rules are rules, and you have to follow procedure. Get Li Jianguo to report the case quickly," said Li Qiao.

"I want to do something else," Qin Jin said, looking at her with hopeful eyes.

Li Qiao, with a suggestive tone, replied, "Someone’s waiting for you to come back."

"Great!" Qin Jin immediately sprang into action. When he arrived at Li Jianguo’s place, Li Jianguo said, "I was just about to look for you. My mother dumped the water from that vat."

"What?" Qin Jin was furious. He’d left his beautiful wife, traveled all the way from the city, and now the crucial evidence was gone? This was the epitome of being counterproductive! "Didn’t I tell you to guard it?!"

"That’s my fault too. I told her the vat had medicine in it and to not touch it. But my mother was afraid I’d wake up in the night, forget, and drink it, risking poisoning... So she dumped it. Can’t we just state directly that it won’t do?" Li Jianguo was equally frustrated.

Li Jinhua made him marry twice, and she wanted to treat him like a cash cow too. He was more eager than Qin Jin to have her reformed in jail.

Qin Jin was so annoyed he started scratching his head. All his efforts had come to nothing. Damn it! "Who would believe you without proof? Investigations are about evidence! Understand? You need both human and material evidence to convict someone. How can they proceed without enough evidence?"

Li Jianguo: "But this vat..."

"But your head! This vat, my foot," Qin Jin stormed off.

He’d never seen anyone so foolish.

It wasn’t foolishness!

It was the stupidity of a mother!

Knowing it was poison in the vat, who’d drink it?

He’d never seen an old person cause such a drag.

.....

Due to the lack of critical evidence, Li Jinhua was given a stern reprimand and then let go.

But the Feng Family could no longer accommodate her.

Li Jinhua was kicked out of the house. Li Shengcai also didn’t want to support a do-nothing Li Jinhua, whose reputation had been tarnished.

With no other choice, she had to move into a nearly collapsing house in the village.

All of this was relayed to Li Qiao by Qin Jin.

"She got what she deserved!" Li Qiao said with satisfaction.

Qin Jin: "It’s still letting her off easy. She should be behind bars."

Li Qiao: "Being inside where you get food and drink is letting her off easy? Besides, that place is full of talent, who knows, maybe she could pick up a few skills there." She had heard a joke before, about people going in and coming out to make a fortune baking.

There were also those who learned to barbecue, to cut hair, to sew...

In other words, they had acquired a useful skill.

Qin Jin: "..." Full of talent? Can talented people commit crimes?

Li Qiao: "When are you returning to Beijing? It’s already your fourth day here. Aren’t you working anymore? I haven’t even seen you study your vocabulary." She had finished marking the test papers he had practiced with before, and his improvement was quite evident, with a very low error rate. If the exam was of the same difficulty level as those papers, scoring ninety would definitely not be a problem for him.

"Why are you in such a hurry for me to leave? Don’t tell me there’s another man," Qin Jin said, cupping her face and staring intently into her eyes, trying to detect a hint of guilt.

Her eyes were so pure, glittering brightly.

As if they could draw someone in.

Li Qiao shook her cheeks to get away from his hand: "I’m genuinely concerned about you neglecting your work."

Qin Jin laughed out loud: "I was just joking."

Li Qiao: "..." So she was taking this too seriously—like she was hiding something?

It was nearly dusk at this time, and Qin Jin suggested they go for a walk outside.

Li Qiao found it too hot and didn’t want to move.

"Come on, let’s go for a stroll," Qin Jin urged, tugging at her wrist.

With his pull, Li Qiao started walking forward, and the two of them strolled to the riverside in the outskirts. Under the setting sun, the reeds swayed gently with the breeze, creating layers of green waves that had a rhythm and charm of their own.

"It’s so beautiful!" she exclaimed.

It was a pity she hadn’t brought her painting supplies.

Qin Jin: "I’ll buy you a camera later."

Li Qiao: "Don’t! Please don’t buy it, painting is what has meaning." In fact, cameras were too expensive; she had inquired about their prices, and even the cheapest one cost two hundred, with some ranging from five hundred to a thousand.

There were also imported ones that cost several thousand.

With that kind of money, it was better to buy a house.

The small courtyard they were renting had a selling price mentioned by the landlord—it was only six hundred yuan. frёeωebɳovel.com

But that person’s character had taught her a lesson.

She wouldn’t buy it even if it were half the price.

Qin Jin thought to himself, what can you do if I buy it? I’m not only going to buy a camera, but I’ll also get you a bicycle later. How about that?

"Didn’t you say earlier that you would hand over all the money you earn to me? Give it to me then, and I’ll return it when you start your business." Li Qiao said. He always liked to buy her things or add to their home supplies with his money, sometimes purchasing items that wouldn’t be used even once in half a year.

His grandmother said he must have been born in the wrong body, always shopping like a woman.

If she could control his money, they could save a lot on household expenses.

Qin Jin: "....In this case, a man should manage the household."

"Didn’t you say you would give it to me? You don’t want to give it when I actually ask for it." Li Qiao was speechless. It was like he was coaxing her.

"I will give," Qin Jin said!

Li Qiao: "Give it to me when we get home."

Qin Jin: "..." If only he hadn’t bought Song Lin the bicycle; then she wouldn’t have known he was carrying the passbook with him.

As soon as Qin Jin got home, he handed over his passbook.

Li Qiao locked it up in the cabinet, hid the key, and then went to the bathroom to wash up.

Qin Jin’s gaze involuntarily swept towards the cabinet. Oh, his money!

.....

Li Qiao came back into the room after freshening up and saw that Qin Jin’s eyes were still fixed on the cabinet, which she found quite amusing. Pretending not to notice she said: "Hurry up and wash up so we can go to sleep."

"Oh," Qin Jin came back to his senses and went off with his change of clothes.

A little while later, he returned to find Li Qiao leaning against the headboard reading ’Anna Karenina.’

He leaned in to read along with her.

After some time, he commented: "This main character Anna has a husband and a son yet insists on getting entangled with another man—it’s too much. She ends up in a tragedy, doesn’t she!"

Li Qiao: "...There’s nothing wrong with pursuing love. Why don’t you say that Anna’s husband is hypocritical, or Warren is selfish—knowing she’s married yet still throwing himself at her. When he gets her, he doesn’t cherish her, and that’s the nature of men. Bad!"

Qin Jin: "...I don’t agree. As for the ’other man,’ let’s not even go there. Her husband has faults, but he provides for her, allows servants to wait on her; how is that not good? She should at least maintain some basic marital fidelity, shouldn’t she?"

"In reality, it’s usually the women who maintain fidelity while the men do not."

"I’ve maintained it," Qin Jin said.

"Then I have too. You abide, I abide; you play, I play," Li Qiao retorted.

Qin Jin: "..."