How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 32 - Discount_1

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Qin Jin finished grumbling, held Li Qiao’s face in his hands, and pecked her hard, “Wait for me.”

Li Qiao obediently and cleverly said, “Okay.”

Qin Jin got dressed and left.

Li Qiao, wrapped in a blanket, looked for a comfortable position to lie down, touching her lips, which seemed to retain warmth, her heart pounding as if it was about to burst out of her chest, before it finally calmed down after a while.

She didn’t know how much time had passed, dozing off when she heard a creaking sound; she wanted to open her eyes but was overwhelmingly sleepy.

She turned over and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day when she woke up, there was no one by her side, but on the table near the window was a bunch of yellow forsythias.

Could it be from Qin Jin?

It didn’t seem like him to have such a romantic touch.

She put on her clothes, took the flowers, and went outside: “Grandma, look, Jin actually gave me flowers.”

Old Mrs.

Qin’s lips curled, “That brat doesn’t even know what to do with a wife, how would he know about giving flowers to a girl?”

She had found them early in the morning at the foot of a low slope at the edge of the village and had casually picked them.

To glorify her grandson, she went with the flow and said, “He also asked me to find a vase for them.”

Li Qiao’s eyes smiled, “I could weave one out of straw.”

“I don’t know how to weave,” Old Mrs.

Qin said.

“I’ll do it myself.” Li Qiao found a coarse bowl with a notch to use as a base and fixed a circle of thin bamboo strips around it.

She soaked straw in water and threaded it up along the bamboo strips.

Old Mrs.

Qin continued to knit an unfinished sweater, occasionally glancing at Li Qiao’s progress.

When the vase started to take shape, she couldn’t help but reassess Li Qiao.

Her brows and eyes were kind, and her fair and supple appearance made her seem well-behaved and sensible.

The impression the newly arrived granddaughter-in-law had left on her was of a stubborn person.

The look she gave her grandson was as if she had been poisoned.

She was anxious and restless all day, fearing future trouble.

But after the granddaughter-in-law had a brush with death, her temperament seemed to have completely softened.

Initially, Old Mrs.

Qin thought the young woman had come to her senses.

Now, she felt it wasn’t entirely that simple.

“As the twig is bent, so grows the tree,” a person’s personality doesn’t easily change.

If the granddaughter-in-law was pretending, it meant she wanted to work hard to get into college and leave her grandson.

She mused, “Qiaoqiao, you and Jin haven’t gotten your marriage certificate yet.

Find a day to get it when you have time.”

Li Qiao blinked, “Marriage certificate?

Aren’t we both too young for that?”

Old Mrs.

Qin’s brows lifted lightly, “Too young?

Is that a new rule?

Peng Chunhua and Feng Hu next door are your age and got theirs a long time ago.” Does she not want to get one?

Li Qiao: “…” Sweat?

Marriage isn’t age-restricted now?

She smiled calmly, “Forgot who told me that, I need to visit my parents’ home tomorrow, I’ll bring my household registration book, and the day after tomorrow, Jin and I can go to the city to get the certificate.”

“That’ll do.” Old Mrs.

Qin said with a slight smile.

In the afternoon after Qin Jin finished work, Li Qiao showed off her handmade vase, “Jin, thank you for the flowers.” Even though it was a bit rustic, it was still a rare splash of color in life.

Qin Jin was slightly bewildered; when did he give her flowers?

And such ugly ones at that.

“The vase looks pretty good; where did it come from?”

Old Mrs.

Qin said, “Qiaoqiao made it herself.”

Qin Jin was impressed.

She actually had such a skill.

Li Qiao brought up the matter of the marriage certificate on her own.

Qin Jin was casual, “We’ve already had the wedding banquet, why bother with a certificate?

It’s a hassle.”

Old Mrs.

Qin secretly facepalmed, such ignorance!

Li Qiao curled her lips in a smile, “The banquet was a wedding witnessed by the villagers, not protected by the law.

A marriage certificate is recognized by the state, protected by the law.

Without a certificate, if I run away in the future, you wouldn’t be able to do anything about it, right Grandma?”

Old Mrs.

Qin was completely embarrassed; the educated are smart indeed.

She had seen right through her little trick.

She uttered an awkward “eh.”

Qin Jin’s face changed, “You’re thinking of running away?

Even if you ran into a mouse hole, I’d dig you out and break your legs.”

Li Qiao: “…” Why did her legs suddenly feel sore?

…..

The next day, Li Qiao got up early, packed everything neatly, and sat in the back seat of Qin Jin’s car.

Qin Jin pulled her, signaling for her to sit on the front pole.

Li Qiao went back inside to grab a coat, wearing it back-to-front to block the wind, not expecting it to greatly facilitate Qin Jin’s advance to take advantage of her, which infuriated her, “If anyone sees us, you’re dead meat.”

“Who’s out here in the wilderness to see us?

See that hut over there?

I’ll take you there later.”

The warmth of the youth’s breath sprayed on her ear, and Li Qiao hurriedly reached up to cover her ears, blocking his breath.

Her face, already flushed, felt burning hot.

She particularly regretted letting him in.

He used to be so innocent, but now she’s the one who’s become innocent, and she truly hated herself for being so bewitching.

Biting her lip, she said, “You have to promise me that when we get there, you won’t drink or smoke.”

Qin Jin responded promptly, “Sure thing.”

Soon, the car stopped at the Li Family’s gate.

Li Jinhua, with her powdered face, greeted them, “Third Sister.” She timidly glanced at Qin Jin and called out, “Third Brother-in-Law, you’re quite early.”

Qin Jin looked her up and down, “You seem to have gotten a lot whiter; you used to be dark and swarthy.”

Li Qiao stifled a laugh, such a straight male, no, a poisonous tongue!

Low EQ.

Li Jinhua’s feelings rollercoastered, her face blushing as she said, “This is powder, very expensive.”

Qin Jin passed by her into the house, first greeting the elders, then inquiring about Dong Lamei’s injury, being thorough in his attentiveness.

Since Dong Lamei injured her hand, accommodating the relatives naturally fell on Li Jinhua.

Dong Lamei, feeling sorry for her biological daughter, said to Li Qiao, “Qiaoqiao, there’s no need for you to keep me company here, why don’t you go help out your sister in the kitchen?”

Li Qiao understood, Dong Lamei wanted her to help in the kitchen.

“I’ll help Jinhua with cooking.”

“Eh.”

As Li Qiao entered the kitchen, Li Jinhua enthusiastically poured her a cup of water, and coincidentally Li Qiao was a bit thirsty, so she accepted it and took a sip only to taste a strange flavor, bitter and astringent, like the antipyretics she had when she had a fever before.

Li Jinhua really went too far, spiking her drink with something.

But without evidence, she couldn’t make a scene.

Discretely probing, she said, “I’ll ask Jin if he wants a drink.”

Li Jinhua quickly said, “Third Sister, drink yours, I’ll pour a fresh cup for him.”

Li Qiao confirmed it, there was something wrong with the water.

She took a sip, but would it poison her to death?

She had reminded herself to be cautious when she came, yet still fell into their trap.

Suppressing the anxiety rising in her heart, she secretly poured the water onto a handkerchief, pretending to accidentally wet it and hung it outside to dry, leaving evidence behind.

If anything happened to her, Li Jinhua wouldn’t get away with it.

Li Qiao washed a cup again and, behind Li Jinhua’s back, poured herself a big cup of water and drank it greedily, trying to dilute the first sip she had taken.

Drinking too much water’s side effect was having to use the toilet frequently, but fortunately, she experienced no other adverse reactions.

As she was tending the fire, Qin Jin’s voice from outside filtered in.

Hearing it in her ears, it was unexpectedly magnetic.

Thinking of how he had leaned close to her ear not long ago, asking to get closer to her, her heartbeat suddenly quickened.

She raised her hand to cover her chest, and at that moment, Li Jinhua said, “Third Sister, are you feeling unwell?”

“I’m not feeling unwell,” Li Qiao said.

Li Jinhua then said, “That’s good, then you can go to the store to buy some snacks for the drinks and come back.”

“I don’t have any money,” Li Qiao said.

During New Year’s, Old Mrs.

Qin had given her and Qin Jin fifty cents each as New Year’s money, which she had divided into red envelopes and given to her five little nephews.

She had hoped Dong Lamei would also give her fifty cents or a dollar, but it ended unpleasantly because of Li Jinhua’s ruckus.