"If you trust me, take some medicine tonight to relieve it a bit. When the medicine arrives, I’ll give it to you. Come over tonight, and I’ll tell you how to use it."

After seeing off Chen Wen, Qiao Qiqi finally lay down and went back to sleep.

...

The next day, another unfamiliar face came to deliver breakfast to the two of them.

Qiao Qiqi finally realized that the village chief had arranged for every household in the village to deliver a meal to her and Shui Qingcheng.

When Shui Qingcheng saw the breakfast, she was so angry that she cried again. But she was really hungry, so she took the food into her room and ate while crying.

Although Qiao Qiqi loves to eat, she is not picky. She can eat both good and bad food.

Besides, though the villagers are poor, she could tell they were offering the best they had.

After eating, Shui Qingcheng wanted to talk to Qiao Qiqi, but Qiao Qiqi ignored her and went out; she wanted to take a walk around the village.

So, Qiao Qiqi occasionally saw groups of three or five chickens, and sometimes ten ducks, swaggering around the street... so the street was filled with the smell of droppings.

An’an ran over, happily followed her, and the pair, one big and one small, chatted and laughed in harmony. When they reached the mountain behind the village, Qiao Qiqi saw a few villas faintly appearing on the mountain, looking quite imposing.

"Does anyone live over there?" Qiao Qiqi pointed to the distant mountainside.

"Yes, but I’ve never seen them, just seen big cars driving by. Mom says those who live there are rich, very rich, the whole mountain is theirs! We can’t go over there." An’an explained.

Qiao Qiqi was quite surprised; in such a poor place, there were actually rich people who bought mountains to build houses here.

After staying here for a while, the two returned. Before entering the village, Qiao Qiqi glanced back at the distant villas, white and blue, looking very grand, as if not an ordinary wealthy person’s taste.

Gu Cheng arrived, bringing a lot of supplies, and Qiao Qiqi asked the village chief to find an empty house to put these things.

There were medicines and daily necessities.

Gu Cheng was also stunned upon arrival, thinking about how he followed the young master traveling the world for many years, never expecting to end up in such a small rundown place.

"Gu Cheng, since you’re here, don’t leave just yet, I have a task for you!" Qiao Qiqi said.

"Mr. Qiao, you say the word, your words are a royal decree to me! I wouldn’t bat an eyelid even if it were up a mountain of knives or down a pot of oil!"

Even though he was feeling troubled, wanting to find Gu Shili, there was no news yet, so he could only wait for the time being.

"There are no teachers in the village to teach the children. You fill in for now, and I will discuss with my brother about arranging teachers here. The children must not be without education."

As soon as Qiao Qiqi finished her sentence, Gu Cheng was completely petrified.

What? What?

He... become a teacher?

"But I..."

"You want to defy the decree? Defying the decree is punishable by death!"

Gu Cheng was dumbfounded.

"It’s only elementary-level stuff. You can handle it, I believe in you!"

Gu Cheng, "..."

What else could he say?

Gu Cheng also brought a lot of food, so Qiao Qiqi cooked herself that night. When Shui Qingcheng came over and smelled the aroma, she swallowed hard and thick-skinnedly walked in, saying, "Qiao Qiqi, what are you eating, let me join you."

"Gu Cheng, throw her out!" Qiao Qiqi almost laughed. She and Shui Qingcheng barely knew each other and didn’t get along, and she wanted to eat the food she cooked? Dreaming?