Courtyard houses: Those who are capable are rewarded, and many children bring many blessings.

"Yeah, at first he was like a bull, just going straight for the kill. Then I don't know who he learned those dirty tricks from. They were killing us! But they were really addictive!" Chen Xueru added.

"He only comes once every ten days or so because he knows we won't betray him."

"You mean, put some pressure on him?"

Xu Huizhen glanced outside and whispered, "Yongmei is his ear. If we do this...this, he'll definitely rush over in a couple of days, do you believe me?"

"Shall we give it a try?"

"Give it a try, but don't go too far, or it'll be hard to clean up later. You have to find the right balance."

"Hehe... Don't worry, I only need to give that one look, and my company manager will be running over like a lapdog, fawning over him. What about yours?"

"You're enough for me; I don't have your charm!"

Although Chen Xueru was a little tipsy, her mind was still sharp: "Wait a minute, Huizhen, this isn't funny. You're setting a trap for me while I'm drunk. Why don't you join in?"

"You go first, I'll come next time!"

Chen Xueru shook her head: "Ah...ah no, if we're going to do it, we'll all do it together, if we're going to die, we'll all die together. What if things go wrong and Dazhuang kicks me out, and you go off and enjoy yourself? I'm not doing that."

"Sigh! As for the crooked neck incident, although Dazhuang doesn't say it, he's definitely not happy with me. If I do it again, even if it's fake, Dazhuang will definitely get angry. By then, I won't be able to make amends."

"Maybe we should just forget about it. It's too much of a shock, and my body can't take it."

"So all we can do is passively wait?"

"If you don't want to wait idly, I have an idea. Let's put our pride aside and go directly to him."

"Is it appropriate? In what capacity should I go?"

"You forgot, you're his cousin, and I'm his god-sister. Hehe... This relationship is fine, isn't it!"

"Knock knock..." Before the two sisters could even stand up, Yongmei, who was watching Xiaojingli sleep in the side room, had already left.

Niu Dazhuang pushed his bicycle in.

Yongmei took the bicycle from her: "It must be cold riding a bicycle so late at night. They're drinking right now. Have a couple of sips of hot wine to warm yourself up."

Niu Dazhuang lifted Yongmei's chin with his hand: "Hmm, not bad, you still know who you are. You come over later too."

"Yes, Master, I also wish to witness your heroic prowess once again."

"Haha...you're getting better and better at talking."

Chen Xueru and Xu Huizhen were already standing at the door, their faces beaming with joy as they looked at the man who had brought them both happiness and emptiness.

"You rascal, it's been so many days and you haven't come to see us sisters!" Chen Xueru spoke first.

"I went to class outside the North Second Ring Road. It's hard to get leave from school, so I haven't been able to visit you guys much, and I haven't even been home much."

Xu Huizhen hurried to the kitchen, brought back a wine glass and chopsticks, and also brewed a pot of wine.

Niu Dazhuang sat cross-legged on the main seat of the kang table: "Have Yongmei heat up the kang, and save the stove. When the room gets warmer, you can change your clothes. I like to see you wearing only your undergarments."

"You're such a boss. You finally come all this way, and you start giving orders as soon as you walk in." Xu Huizhen rolled her eyes at Niu Dazhuang and went to call Lin Yongmei.

"Did you buy more grain later?" Niu Dazhuang asked Chen Xueru, who had stayed behind.

"Not only did we buy it, we also bought two hundred catties of white sugar. We went through a lot of trouble to get those two hundred catties of white sugar."

"Was the item stored in your cellar, or here?"

"The ones we bought later are all stored in this cellar. Huizhen's cellar is big."

"Okay, I'll have someone take it away at dawn tomorrow. Don't be alarmed if you hear any noise."

"Are the people you found and the hiding place reliable?"

"Don't worry, it's absolutely reliable."

The kang (heated brick bed) outside was lit, and the coal stove inside was also lit. It wasn't winter, and before long, it was so hot inside that people couldn't wear clothes anymore.

Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru both know Niu Dazhuang. Xu Huizhen was wearing a red bellyband, but the bellyband was a bit too revealing, showing off her slender waist and not covering her cleavage at all.

Chen Xueru wore a pink bodice. She didn't skimp on the fabric, but there were several egg-sized holes randomly arranged on it.

Xu Huizhen wore a pair of milky white, thin silk seven-inch trousers, just a pair of seven-inch trousers.

Chen Xueru's pants were indeed long pants, but they were made of black gauze, like the kind of mosquito nets that fall down in the summer, except they were black.

"Come on, don't sit down. You're dressed so brightly, I have to take a good look. Everyone stand up. Yongmei, light two more candles. I want to admire this beauty under the lamplight."

"Yongmei, don't go. Once he's here, you won't have a moment to rest. I think a single candle is just right; that's the feeling we're going for. Dazhuang, don't try to hide it either!"

"Holy crap, this woman is ruthless! She was just caught tonight? Da Zhuang, you didn't force yourself on her, did you?"

"Hey, don't even mention it. I ran into a little wildcat the other day, she was so unruly."

Chen Xueru showed him no pity whatsoever: "You deserve it. You already have so many women at home, and you still complain. Someone reported you, and you'll behave yourself after a few days in jail."

"I'm truly innocent this time! I've been avoiding her. I just took her and her girlfriends for a walk around Kyoto Normal University. That little shrew bumped into us and scratched me without even asking what happened."

I'm only ignoring her because she's a woman. If it were a man, I'd beat him to a pulp.

"Haha... Your training session was quite interesting. Tell us from the beginning what happened, so we can help you analyze it. Women really do understand women better."

Xu Huizhen sat sideways on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed). She picked up her wine glass and clinked it against Niu Dazhuang's.

"Hey, I know her, what the worst thing that could happen to me! I can't hit her, and I can't even scold her."

"Who is this person who's causing you so much trouble? If we can't afford to offend her, we can at least avoid her. Since this woman is so troublesome, let's stay far away from her," Chen Xueru suggested.

"I didn't know she was like this at first... This all started when I took her to Michelle's house..."

It turns out that Bai Hongmin stayed at Mi Xue's house for three days, adjusted her mindset, and completed her leave of absence.

When she returned to school, Michelle came along to play too.

The students had been doing voluntary labor for seven or eight days, and the nearby crops had been almost harvested.

The students then resumed their regular classes.

At night, the students were all studying late into the night, while Niu Dazhuang was engrossed in reading a handwritten copy of Jin Ping Mei that Da Xiong had bought at the ghost market.

I was getting a little too involved in the story, and this just started to make me uncomfortable. While my roommate wasn't looking, I bent over, grabbed the book, and slipped out of the dorm.

I was planning to squat by the door and have a smoke before going back in, once I'd calmed down.