A single man checks into a couples' room; his life of ease and comfort begins.

It must be said that rice noodles are quite unique in Nanxiang.

Miss Elise praised it highly after eating it, wishing she could eat more and have several more bowls.

Miss Elise looked at Hao Qiangzhuang excitedly and said, "The rice noodles here are so delicious! Can you take me here to eat them every few days?"

When the shop owner, Uncle Zhao, heard Miss Elise praise him, he couldn't help but feel proud. He said with a smile, "Niece-in-law, if you want to come and eat, you can come anytime. It's free forever."

Upon hearing this, the proprietress, who was holding chopsticks to cook rice noodles, dropped the chopsticks into the pot. She muttered to herself, "They've never been this nice to their own daughter. She just rests at home and they start nagging and won't let her eat. And this foreigner... ugh... so annoying."

The shop owner, Uncle Zhao, saw Hao Qiangzhuang and Miss Elise off, and watched helplessly as Hao Qiangzhuang drove away.

The proprietress stormed out, angrily saying, "The two bowls of rice noodles I cooked cost over thirty yuan. Do you think you can just refuse payment like that?"

Shop owner Uncle Zhao rolled his eyes at his wife and retorted, "You're really damn ignorant. Back then, Old Hao even called a matchmaker to propose marriage, but you rejected him because he only graduated from junior high school and didn't own a single house."

The proprietress said, "Did I say something wrong? Our daughter is a top student from a national key university. If she marries a junior high school graduate, is she supposed to support that brat after she starts working?"

Shop owner Uncle Zhao was so angry he wanted to slap his wife. He looked at her with utter disappointment and yelled, "You damn screw! Do you even know how much that car Hao Qiangzhuang drives costs?"

The proprietress scoffed, spitting in the direction Hao Qiangzhuang had driven off in his pickup truck: "He's only been gone for six months, he probably stole it. I'll go talk to our boss about this later, and when he catches him, it'll be a huge achievement for him."

The shop owner, Uncle Zhao, shook his head helplessly, pointed at his wife's head, and sighed, "Don't go looking for trouble. Even if they stole it, they didn't steal from our house. With all this meddling, you'll get revenge sooner or later."

The proprietress's lips curled up, her fat twitched, and she said disdainfully, "A toad trying to eat swan meat. He had designs on our daughter and almost... But whatever, if I catch him red-handed, I won't let him get away with it."

Actually, it was all a misunderstanding. It was raining that day, and the shop owner's daughter, Zhao Qing, happened to be passing through the village where Hao Qiangzhuang lived and took shelter from the rain together in a cave.

That place was Hao Qiangzhuang's secret base, so a lot of dried straw was placed there.

Hao Qiangzhuang came here to hide because he had spent twenty yuan of his family's money and his father was chasing and beating him with a carrying pole. He had crawled into a pile of straw that had been prepared beforehand.

When Zhao Qing arrived, a torrential downpour had begun outside, and dark clouds covered the sky, obscuring the sun's rays and plunging the entire horizon into darkness from midday.

It was pitch black outside. Zhao Qing was soaking wet and shivering from the cold, her teeth chattering loudly.

At that time, Hao Qiangzhuang was sleeping warmly in the haystack when a thunderclap exploded outside the cave, like a cannon going off, and the whole world could feel the tremor.

Unsurprisingly, Hao Qiangzhuang was forcibly woken up. In the instant the lightning flashed, he groggily saw a girl standing at the entrance of the cave, completely soaked.

The cave has been modified. The ground is covered with stones and straw, and there are many tall piles of grass, chopped firewood, and cabinets made of tree branches. The entrance has been raised so that water won't get in when it rains.

Hao Qiangzhuang poked his head out of the haystack, which made a rustling sound. Zhao Qing thought there was some wild animal hiding there, so she turned around and ran out. The rain was so heavy that it hurt when it hit her skin, the wind was so strong that it almost blew her away, and it was so dark that she couldn't see the road.

Zhao Qing ran out in the dark; at least the cave would provide shelter from the wind and rain.

After Hao Qiangzhuang came out of the haystack, he lit a campfire in the cave. It was very cold outside, but the cave gradually warmed up with the heat generated by the campfire.

Zhao Qing, who was about to continue groping her way away from the heavy rain in the dark, looked back and suddenly noticed a fire in the cave. She was really cold, and she wished there was a fire to warm her.

Driven by her survival instinct, Zhao Qing gritted her teeth, braced herself, and turned back towards the cave.

When she ran inside, she found it was Hao Qiangzhuang. At this point, Zhao Qing recognized Hao Qiangzhuang, but she didn't know his name.

Hao Qiangzhuang would always eat rice noodles at Zhao Qing's house whenever he went out, so he knew her just as well as she knew him. At this time, Hao Qiangzhuang also did not know Zhao Qing's name.

The two stared at each other, speechless, before simultaneously uttering the same question: "It's you?"

It was already winter, and the weather was getting colder. Zhao Qing was feeling quite cold.

Hao Qiangzhuang noticed her unusual behavior and said, "Take off your clothes and let them dry!"

Zhao Qing shook her head, gave Hao Qiangzhuang a bitter smile, and said, "It's okay, I'm still wearing my clothes... *yawn*..."

Before Zhao Qing could finish speaking, she started sneezing.

My clothes were soaked through, and as they became heavier, they also brought a bone-chilling cold.

Actually, the indoor temperature is already quite high right now. Taking off your clothes won't necessarily make you cold, but if you don't, you'll definitely be unbearably hot.

Hao Qiangzhuang looked outside. Raindrops fell on the ground outside the cave, reflecting the light inside. The sound of rain grew louder and louder, and the thunder became more and more frightening.

Perhaps knowing that her body couldn't take it if she continued like this, Zhao Qing still gave in and took off her clothes, which looked like they had been soaked in water, in front of Hao Qiangzhuang.

Hao Qiangzhuang took out a stick as a support and made a makeshift clothes rack for her to dry her clothes. Then, he took the clothes from her hands one by one and wrung out the water from them.

In the firelight, it was the first time Hao Qiangzhuang had been so close to a woman. Zhao Qing's skin was so delicate and supple that it seemed as if you could squeeze water out of it.

At this moment, any man would feel an indescribable flutter in his heart.

At that moment, a streak of lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a deafening explosion.

Zhao Qing was startled and rushed to Hao Qiangzhuang, crying, "I'm scared, I'm so scared, can you protect me?"

"I will protect you, my sweet girl!"

Hao Qiangqiang hugged Zhao Qing tightly, pulling her into his arms and feeling her hot breath.