How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 89: Not Jealous_1

Qin Jin let out a breath of exasperation, then arrived at Yu Feng’s home, and with a menacing look, he grabbed Feng Hu by the collar, "I heard that you wanted to beat my wife while I was away?!"

"No, no, not at all." Feng Hu quickly denied.

Qin Jin said, "From now on, I’m not taking any of your stuff."

"Don’t do that, please." Yu Feng panicked.

During this time, Peng Chunhua could make seven or eight woven items a day, earning a good amount of money. If they stopped taking her stuff, how could she make money?

"You go around saying my wife might run away and even cursed my grandmother to die soon. If you dare to spout nonsense again, I’ll rip out your tongue!" Qin Jin dropped Feng Hu and left.

He went home and took out the clothes and pants he had bought for Li Qiao, asking her to try them on.

Li Qiao unfolded the clothes, a bright red tracksuit that was comfortable and thick.

A pair of black capri pants that looked slightly slim fit; these pants could go with a coat.

The weather was just right for wearing it.

She first tried on the tracksuit and felt it was quite nice.

Li Qiao smiled brightly, "I really like it. Are ready-made clothes like this very expensive?" The classmates at school all wore tailor-made clothes.

"You buy them to wear them."

Li Qiao then tried on the pants, paired them with a wool coat, and changed into a pair of white sneakers before heading out.

"You look beautiful!" Qin Jin said with a smile in his eyes.

Li Qiao hugged him voluntarily, shyly saying, "Jin, I can tonight."

"I have to dine with the brothers tonight. You go to school; we have all the time in the world." Qin Jin bit the words "another day" as he spoke.

Li Qiao: "..." Dining with his brothers was more important than her? Fine! She wouldn’t get jealous.

Qin Jin prepared food and necessities for her and personally cooked her a meal before sending her back to school after she had eaten her fill.

"I’ll come pick you up on Saturday," he said.

Li Qiao: "If it rains, don’t bother coming." The ground still bore the marks of the floodwaters, which explained the collective effort to dig the river ditch this spring, to prepare for the floodwaters during the spring flood season.

Qin Jin: "I’ll judge the situation. Don’t run around in the rain either."

Li Qiao nodded once, and Qin Jin watched her enter the school before leaving.

Not long after Li Qiao returned to the dormitory, the end-of-class bell rang, and about ten minutes later, everyone came into the dormitory with their lunchboxes one after another.

Hu Xiufang joyfully said, "Li Qiao, you’re finally back. What were you doing at home these days, and did you buy new clothes? They look pretty good, but you won’t be able to wear that coat for much longer now that it’s getting warmer."

Li Qiao remembered the past events and still felt heartsick.

It hadn’t even been three days, yet she had experienced the warmth and cold of human relationships, and she understood even more the importance of Qin Jin to the Yu family. "It’s a long story."

Hu Xiufang didn’t think much of it: "If it’s too long, just skip it. I have many questions I don’t understand, you can teach me after we eat."

"Sure." Li Qiao climbed onto the bed to rest.

Li Jinhua came inside and, upon seeing Li Qiao, was clearly disappointed. After the heavy rain subsided, she had returned home once; Feng Family Village had suffered severe damages, and all the fields were submerged. How come Li Qiao hadn’t been washed away by the flood?

She had changed into a new outfit, too.

That coat must be the one gifted by Qin Jin, right? Why is she wearing it only now?

She was also wearing the slightly tight pants, paired with the little white shoes.

She was dressed no less fashionable than the girls on the bustling streets decades later.

Had Qin Jin struck it rich or what?

She wasn’t falling short either, so why couldn’t she have such a good life as well?

Li Qiao glanced sideways, "I had someone look at that talisman you tucked under my pillow. It’s for exorcising spirits. What were you thinking, putting it there for me to sleep on?"

Hu Xiufang glanced at Li Jinhua with disdain, "What other intentions could there be? She thought you had suddenly become clever because you were possessed by a ghost, and she wanted you to revert to how you were before."

Li Jinhua feigned ignorance, "You really have an imagination! And that talisman isn’t mine; you’re the thief crying ’stop thief.’"

Li Qiao cursed with "Shameless!" She wasn’t a gossiper, but she couldn’t help but say, "Do you know why I haven’t been to school for several days? Because..." She emphasized Dong Lamei’s actions, "If my partner hadn’t come back in time, I might have been forcibly taken to her cousin’s place by my evil stepmother."

She had nowhere to go but to stay at school, and she had little money on her.

That wouldn’t last many days, and the educated youth had their own tasks to complete, they couldn’t stay at the Qin family’s every day to take care of Old Mrs. Qin.

Dong Lamei’s behavior bordered on illegal, and would make the news decades later.

The dormitory exploded with chatter.

"Really? Can that be true?"

"Li Jinhua, your mom is way too venomous, snatching a person right in front of her in-laws. It’s clear bullying of a helpless old widow. No wonder you and Li Qiao don’t get along."

"Isn’t that downright wicked? Luckily, they got it wrong, otherwise Li Qiao, you could forget about studying ever again."

"...."

"Less of your nonsense!" Li Jinhua, hearing her classmates’ discussions, lost her temper and slammed the table.

Li Qiao: "Whether I’m talking nonsense, you can ask at home. Before I came here, Jin brought a bunch of people to your house. I don’t know if your mom got hurt by him. If you care, you’d better hurry home to check."

Li Jinhua couldn’t sit still any longer.

Firstly, she was genuinely worried about Dong Lamei getting hurt, and secondly, she was afraid that Qin Jin might take back Li Qiao’s dowry.

If her family’s finances were drained, how would they afford her retake studies?

She had made some progress in her grades recently. Just a few months of intensive revision, and even if she couldn’t get into a university, she could still get into a college.

College wouldn’t cost anything either, only that the allowance would be a bit less, but she would still get a formal job after graduating.

With her insight from ’living’ a lifetime more than others, she wouldn’t fare much worse than college graduates in the future.

She finished her meal quickly and headed to the office to ask for leave to go home.

Hu Xiufang sympathized with Li Qiao’s plight and said some comforting words.

Li Qiao smiled, "It’s all in the past, didn’t you say you had a question to ask?"

"You don’t have to if you’re not in the mood, we can do it another day," said Hu Xiufang.

"I’m fine now. I just lost control of my emotions for a moment when I saw Li Jinhua because I thought of her mother’s actions," Li Qiao remained indignant.

She had come close to being married off.

She had pondered over Dong Lamei’s haste. Without Qin Jin, she couldn’t become pregnant.

Dong Lamei had sent Dong Qiang to make it a done deal with some sweeteners. That sweetener was allowing her to continue studying until she fell pregnant and then coaxing her to prepare the exams as a bridal garment for Li Jinhua.

Why else would she be unable to wait? It was nothing but the fear that she wouldn’t be controllable if she went off to university.

Hu Xiufang joined in cursing a bit and then suggested Li Qiao go for a walk to clear her mind.

The campus was muddy everywhere, and Li Qiao didn’t feel like wandering around, so she filled her bottle with water, washed up, sat down on her bed, and Hu Xiufang brought over the study materials, "The questions marked with circles."

Li Qiao pointed them out one by one.

"Ah! All these concepts we’ve learned. The pity is that I’m too dumb; I never know how to apply them when it’s time," Hu Xiufang realized.

"Your foundation is not bad. Just keep practicing and solidifying, it’s not a big problem."

"Now that you’ve explained, I feel confident," Hu Xiufang said with a wide smile.

Li Qiao also smiled, tired from the past few days, she soon fell asleep next to the bed.

She was awakened by the wake-up call.

After hurriedly packing up, she went to the classroom for morning reading.

The English teacher saw Li Qiao and asked her to lead the reading.

Li Qiao agreed, and as soon as she opened her mouth, many students who hadn’t heard her read English before looked at her with new respect.

At the end of the morning read, those eager to learn swarmed around her asking for pronunciation tips. She patiently replied to those who hadn’t opposed her before, offering advice and encouragement, and the study atmosphere in the class rose to unprecedented levels.