Chapter Five: The Great Plan to Chase After Her Husband

  Facing the excited and energetic warbler, Jiang Xinyue remained calm and composed. This niece of hers was always over-energized, making a big fuss over every little thing. How could she compare to her own elegance and poise?

  Alas! The river's heart is delighted with its own reflection.

  "Normally, it's one good news and one bad news, so people can choose which to hear first. Since you have two good news, just tell them one by one."

  "I'm afraid if I tell you, you'll be too excited to sleep," Zhan said with a chuckle, taking out half a watermelon from the fridge and sitting cross-legged on the sofa. He decided to start with something that didn't have direct benefits for his aunt: "Auntie, today our class had elections for class representatives, and I became the class monitor! Haha, am I bringing honor to our family?"

  "Class monitor?" Jiang Xinyue stopped tidying up her long hair and looked at her niece with a puzzled expression: "Is it like kindergarten, where everyone takes turns being class monitor for a week, you're the last one, so you go first?"

  It's not that she looks down on her own child, but rather she can't think of any other teacher who would be wise enough to recognize the excellent qualities of Doudou and still dare to go against the norms by making Doudou the class monitor.

  "Pfft!" Zhan Yu almost spat out the watermelon, luckily she held it in at the last second, wiping away the juice that had accidentally dripped from the corner of her mouth. Zhan Yu was indignant: "Auntie, can't you have a bit more faith in me? You need to learn how to look at people with an appreciative eye!"

  "I've always admired you, not that I didn't dare to believe someone had the same taste as me," Jiang Xinyue still trusted Waru's character, and since Waru said so, it must be true: "Come on, come tell Auntie about this historic moment, how did it happen?"

  "Haha! Easy peasy! A loud crash in the sky, and I make a dazzling entrance!" Waruwaru vividly depicted the intensity of the competition, and also mentioned the expression on their homeroom teacher's face when she got angry. The class president, from elementary school to high school, had been a group leader for a short period of time, but was quickly removed... how did she manage to make such a huge comeback in high school?

  "You've got a good deal," Jiang Xinyue poured cold water on her, and after glancing at the white eyes that were staring back at her, she added, "Of course, this is mainly because you have a good personality!"

  This is about right. Zhan Youyou adjusted her posture, beckoning with her small paws for Jiang Xinyi to come over and sit down: "Little auntie, there's also some good news that concerns you."

  "Mine?" Jiang Xinrui was confused: "You decided to start making breakfast for me tomorrow before leaving?" Having eaten too much of Xiaoyu's cooking, her own culinary skills were really terrible. "I can be responsible for buying vegetables, washing vegetables, cutting vegetables and so on."

  "Auntie, is this exploiting child labor or what?! I'm a young sapling of the motherland who needs care, love and attention, going through the most difficult, miserable and painful period of my life. Can't you have some sympathy?! Warmed up to tears, what kind of parent are you: 'If you don't behave, I won't tell you the good news!'"

  "Alright, alright, our Chui Chui is the best, do you want a spiritual reward or a material one?" Jiang Xinyue hugged Chui Chui's straw and made a soothing gesture.

  "Of course, it's about material things!" Zhang Dandan hummed, then immediately changed her expression to a mysterious one: "Little aunt, do you still remember the last parent-teacher conference, Xiong Anan's dad?"

  An Zhijie... Jiang Xinyue certainly remembered, that one glance with a slight bow, elegant and charming smile, magnetic voice made her dizzy... Rarely going out to see a man, as soon as she went out, she saw an exceptional man, unfortunately...

  "Of course I remember, what's the point? I've been writing for so many years, countless romantic stories, but all of them promote positive energy. As long as it's a male and female lead, there will absolutely be no extramarital affairs or third-party interference. You have to maintain your moral bottom line, don't you understand?"

  "Ouch, it hurts to death! I knew I shouldn't have told you. Let you keep your chastity forever, and writing H is just an eternal fantasy," Zhan Zhu Zhu complained, dragging her pillow away from Jiang Xinyue's demonic claws. "Forget it, forget it, I'll just consider Grandma's feelings instead, so she won't worry about you being an old maid all the time. I asked today, and it turns out that Xiong An'an's mom passed away when he was very young."

  "That child is so pitiful," was Jiang Xinyue's first reaction, just like Wartian's. At first glance, they all seemed to be from good families, and only later did she recall the underlying meaning: "You're saying..."

  She nodded, looking at Xiaoyi's shining eyes and the excitement that couldn't be hidden on her face, feeling very pleased. That's what I said, when I saw Xiaoyi for the first time, she had a lovesick look on her face, but she didn't admit it. Now it's out in the open, no need to hide her admiration anymore. "This time you must seize the opportunity!"

  "Pfft!" Jiang Xinyue snapped back to reality, reining in her expression of admiration. She must be reserved, she must be reserved: "Other people's singleness has nothing to do with me!"

  "Come on, little aunt, there's no outsider at home, what are you pretending to be?" Zhan Zhu Zhu was speechless, and hit Jiang Xinyue with a pillow: "Little aunt, wake up! You're already an old leftover woman. The emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is. Just follow the will of the people and get married early! Grandma said that no matter how much dowry, just find someone who can accept you. Take advantage of now while you can still choose someone you like, don't wait until grandma finds a man you've never met in rural Guangdong and then you'll regret it!"

  "Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about? I'm so young and beautiful, what's the hurry?" Jiang Xinyue still wanted to be stubborn, but then thought better of it and put on a smiling face as she leaned in: "Alright alright, let's talk properly."

  "This is just right!" Zhang Dandan was satisfied: "Come, come, little aunt, let's carefully study the strategy and tactics of chasing a husband. I will unreservedly impart all my accumulated experience over the years to you..."

  Two women, one big and one small, put their heads together and chattered away.

  Today, Xia Zhi wrote a particularly long email. He reported on the class members, detailedly described the ups and downs of today's class president election, and also mentioned his younger aunt's lifelong major event. With more than 3,000 words, he rubbed his slightly sore eyes, yawning and preparing to go to bed.

  Just as I was about to shut down my email, I hesitated for a moment. Hmm, today being the class leader is really something to be proud of, it's like a farmer turning over a new leaf and becoming the master. This kind of thing that's worth celebrating with the whole world should also be shared with Xia Feihan, so he can stop looking down on himself.

  It's been several weeks since I left, and I've been sending emails to Xia Zhi Gege every day. He usually replies once every few days. But as for Xia Fei Han, except for our weekly video calls, we haven't had much contact at all. It feels weird, at first, I felt a sense of liberation, but after some time has passed, I suddenly realized that without him nagging me, life is actually quite boring.

  I have a kind of loneliness, as if I am invincible and unmatched in the world, but also feel an unshakeable chill of being alone at the top.

  Sighed, shook his little head and clicked forward.

  Sleep!

  At the moment when the warhead went offline, on the distant shore of the ocean, Xia Fei's computer reminded him that a new email had arrived.

  Xia Feihan, who was originally about to leave the room, frowned slightly. He usually used two email accounts, and the one he often logged into on his computer was the one he used to send learning materials to Zhan Yu.

  With your computer skills, it's unlikely that spam can be intercepted, that is... Li Qiu? Zhan Zhu Zhu?

  Li Qiu is also an extreme case, she rarely uses mobile phones and computers in her daily life unless absolutely necessary.

  Xia's heart skipped a beat and she quickly put things back on the sofa, taking a swift step to rush in front of the computer.

  Bean sprouts.

  Someone is coming.

  "Hmph, still has a conscience, finally knows to send him an email too? Xia Fei thought coldly in her heart, scolding inwardly, but her gaze continued to scan down eagerly."

  Fine, I shouldn't have had too much hope for her conscience anyway. Just below that line, the title poured a bucket of cold water on me from head to toe: "Repost: It's been 11 days since Xia Zhi Gege missed you".

  He needs her reminder, every day she sends Xia Zhi an email, or has he been in the United States for eleven days? Is she intentionally angry with him, or did her hand cramp when sending the email?

  If she were in front of him, just with this title, he would have to fix her up. But now that she's not here... Xia Fei Han continued to calmly open the email.

  The first paragraph is too cheesy to read, looking at it will only make you feel more depressed and want to vomit. What can be achieved by those who always talk about their thoughts and feelings every day? And what's the point of that anyway?

  Upon reading the second paragraph, Xia Fei suddenly understood why Zhan Yu would send this email to her: she wasn't having a muscle spasm, she was being sarcastic.

  The people who understand you best are always your opponents and enemies.

  The words in the email were originally full of joy and excitement about becoming a boss, and just by reading it, you can almost see a proud little person standing with their hands on their hips, laughing loudly.

  Virtue! Naivety! No prospects! Petty success!

  Xia Nianchen couldn't help but sneer coldly. What's so great about being a small class leader? Even the student council president wouldn't want to be in his position. How ignorant must one be to be so happy and announce everywhere because of such a trivial matter? Moreover, looking at her detailed narration, anyone with a bit of brains would think that this cheap class leader is not worth boasting about, she should be ashamed! And yet, she's still so smug all by herself.

  Xia Fei shook her head, and indeed no one was around to remind her or strike her, so she didn't know the height of the sky or the thickness of the earth. What was that famous saying of hers? "Your life is incomplete without me?" It should be that her life would be pitch black all the way without his supervision.

  As he continued reading, he initially sneered and laughed coldly, but slowly, Xia Fei Han's face fell.

  Damn it! How did she get involved with An Ran again? What? Is she going to try to please An Ran, under the pretext of seeking her younger aunt's lifelong happiness?

  You've forgotten Xia Zhi right before your eyes and started having a crush on someone else? Still saying you have deep feelings for Xia Zhi?

  Damn it! Previously, she followed Xia Zhi's ass and couldn't shake her off like a sticky candy; now she wants to follow another boy's ass and run, he should be happy instead, why is he still uncomfortable?

  And it's even more unbearable because before he could control it, but now he is far away in a foreign land and has no idea what the situation is like.

  But why can't he stand her being with other boys?

  Why?

  In Xia Fei's mind, countless scenes flashed by in an instant. There was an answer that was on the tip of her tongue, but reason ruthlessly suppressed it, refusing to acknowledge it.

  That idea must be an illusion, just an illusion! At most, it's just because Pandora's box was opened and evil thoughts emerged for a moment, he can definitely suppress them.

  His life was destined to be in opposition to hers, his existence a constant reminder to her, striking her, making her confront the reality of her own existence, how pathetic and laughable it was.

  How could he possibly like her?

  Xia Fei Han shook her head, clicked reply, and her fingers flew quickly across the keyboard. The more vicious the tone, the better; the more venomous the words, the better, because only then could she firm up her stance against her.

  The next morning, the rickshaw driver picked up Xia Liqiu. As soon as he got on, he saw that there was an extra thing in the front basket: "Rickshaw driver, we didn't really bring lunch, did we?" The amount was enough for two people to eat twice.

  "Hehe, this is a secret weapon, it's useful," said Li Qiu naturally without hiding anything. Zhan Zhu Zhu single-handedly pulled out a hook and pointed at her ear, while Xia Li Qiu cooperated by bending down and putting her ear on her back.

  Then...

  At breakfast time, Baozi looked incredulously at the full table of dim sum, silver fish egg custard, egg pancakes, cheese sandwiches, ham and eggs, and things that he couldn't name but smelled and looked delicious. He then looked at his own bowl of steaming hot Shandong-style mantou, crispy fried dough sticks, and soy milk made from bean powder, and felt a little unbelievable.

  Similarly, there are also some people who can't be digested, such as An Ran, Da Shu and Fan Tong.

  "Come on, everyone eat, don't be polite." The enthusiastic and warm invitation from the host. For a married man who wants to remarry, the biggest reaction usually comes from the children. In order for the long march of remarriage to succeed, the first step is to establish a good relationship with Anran.

  Yesterday, Anran didn't come to eat dinner at all. At this rate, he won't have any chance, so I made a big investment in blood and sweat this morning, forcing myself to get up an hour early and making a nutritious and sumptuous breakfast - um, originally only prepared for Anran, of course it's not difficult, the key is that there are three other boys, this amount is obviously too little. But don't worry, just consider it as a supplement.

  "Who's that, the Great War? Where did they come from?" asked Rice Bucket, living up to his nickname by swallowing a mouthful of saliva. The four of them were all basketball enthusiasts and had a good relationship with the sports department, so they weren't unfamiliar with the nickname "War". Now, in this situation, it seemed that using nicknames was still more suitable.

  "Hehe, every day we trouble you to help us with meals, and we're also very embarrassed. From now on, I'll be in charge of adding dishes for everyone every morning, a strong body is essential for studying hard!

  Warrior War originally wanted to shift the credit to Little Auntie, but Little Auntie comrade didn't cooperate, now she's boasting about her cooking skills being so good, later it will surely be exposed, might as well be honest."

  "This... it's not like we're going out of our way or anything." The big tree rubbed his hands together, staring at An Ran with a eager expression. He wasn't blind to the fact that they weren't familiar with each other, and it was clear they were coming for An Gongzi. But who cares? They had a goddess to look at and delicious breakfast food, what's not to love?

  He can't just hide from her all the time and not eat, he was going to confront her this morning and clear things up. What's the point of being powerful if you're afraid of a little threat? If you're in the right, you don't have to be afraid of anything.

  But who knew she changed her route... What's this, big stick yesterday and gold today? Those few kids, obviously rich and arrogant...

  Although he is proud, he doesn't understand the war as well as Xia Fei Han does, nor does he have that kind of suppressive attitude. He simply measures it with normal human interaction, and thinks that the war's behavior falls within the range of friendly expression, so it's hard for him to say anything bad about it, right?

  Zhan Zhan smiled at him, with a please-do-it expression; the three brothers also looked at him with a let-him-decide look. As the saying goes, eating from others' mouths makes one's hands soft and short, An Ran knew that if he stretched out his hand, he would be on an irreversible path.

  An Ran felt like sitting on pins and needles.

  Xia Liqiu silently looked at everyone, a pair of beautiful eyes floated over the other five people, and then slightly tilted her head, soft and smooth long hair like a black shiny waterfall, hanging down on her shoulders, almost staring straight at the eyes of the person opposite her.

  Then Xia Liqiu's slender fingers picked up a piece of ham and cheese sandwich and handed it to the baozi opposite her, with clear eyes.

  Baozi was caught off guard, and when faced with the beauty's trick, he didn't have a single bit of resistance. Subconsciously, he reached out to take it, his language already unable to express himself, only remembering to smile foolishly several times, opening his mouth wide, taking in one-third of it in one big bite, stuffing his mouth full, just to show the goddess his joy at accepting her gift.

  Xia Liqiu smiled softly in the autumn morning, then fairly divided the big tree and the rice bucket between them. The two of them looked at each other, their hearts understanding each other at a glance.

  At this moment, brotherly love is as thin as bean paste, which can't compare with the richness of homemade cheese.

  Two people suddenly joined the ranks of those who were devouring everything in their path like wolves and tigers.

  These three useless... An Ran thought angrily in his heart, just as he was about to teach them a lesson later, he saw Xia Liqiu stretch out her arm and smile at him with a sly smile.

  An Ran suddenly felt relieved, looked around and found that the three people beside her didn't even look at her, only the opponent across from her still maintained a smiling face.

  There's also Xia Liqiu.

  He won't flirt with the goddess, but he can't refuse her either, especially when she's smiling so warmly. Why, why is she with that Warthog? It's like heaven and earth! The quality of bundled sales products shouldn't be so different, customers have different needs!

  She took the sandwich from Xia Liqiu's hand without a word and said thank you.

  One of them took action, and immediately Zhan Doudou was overjoyed, and she also grabbed a piece to eat first. The food in the cafeteria was something she had experienced before, it absolutely made people lose their appetite, which couldn't compare to her own cooking as Zhan Da Chef.

  Xia Liqiu also lowered his head and ate elegantly without slowing down at all.

  Is it really this delicious?

  Then, An Ran bit into it with a suspicious attitude.

  Then, he entered the kitchen of a small restaurant by the sea, and from then on, the dining hall was filled with travelers.

  She stole a glance at An Ran, her eyebrows and eyes filled with smiles, feeling triumphant in her heart - the first step of chasing her husband was a success!

  The battle has entered its second phase!

  Digression

  The relationship between Zhan Yu and Xiong An'an, isn't it clearer now? The pavilion near the water gets the moon first, Xiong An'an's good conditions are just a convenience! Don't ask me about Xiao Ge and Xiao Zhi, these two took advantage of the situation and left, Fanzi will have to deal with them for a few days, creating a pursuer for our Yu. Then, Xiao Ge gets jealous, and Xiao Zhi has a sense of crisis, right?... Cough cough, actually, Xiao Ge will appear soon too.

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