Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

Sha Zhu saw Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai writhing incessantly, and if it were before, he might have been furious.

Right now, Sha Zhu just feels disgusted. He feels disgusted by Qin Huairu, disgusted by Yi Zhonghai, and disgusted by his past self who used to frantically fawn over Qin Huairu.

The onlookers exclaimed that it was an eyesore, saying, "I never expected Yi Zhonghai to be this kind of person," and "Who knows?"

"Look how plump Qin Huairu is," someone remarked. "Yi Zhonghai's butt is quite white too."

Various murmurs arose from the crowd.

Just as the crowd was getting into the show, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui arrived.

"Hey! Lao Yi! What are you doing!"

"Qin Huairu, what are you doing?!"

Liu Haizhong said loudly

As Yan Bugui read, he said, "This is an insult to scholarship, an utter disgrace to scholarship!"

"Shazhu, Xu Damao, hurry up and pull Yi Zhonghai away!" Liu Haizhong said hastily.

Seeing that Sha Zhu and Xu Damao went up to pull them up, the onlookers also joined in the effort.

Unexpectedly, Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai were still tightly embracing each other, and it took the combined efforts of everyone to separate them.

Upon seeing Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu naked, the middle-aged woman was so enraged that she could barely stand. She plopped down on the ground, muttering repeatedly, "Divorce, I want a divorce from him."

Hearing the commotion from the vegetable cellar, Jia Zhangshi, who was fast asleep, slowly and unsteadily walked over.

Upon seeing Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu separated, both of them were now wrapped in clothes and squatting in a corner.

However, Madam Jia immediately realized what had happened between the two.

"Qin Huairu, you slut, you little whore, you even tried to seduce that old dog Yi Zhonghai!"

"You couldn't seduce the Li family's son, but I never expected you to seduce Yi Zhonghai instead."

As he spoke, he started hitting and kicking Qin Huairu, who just curled up without saying a word or resisting.

"Jia Zhangshi, stop hitting her! You'll kill her if you keep hitting her!" Liu Haizhong said, quickly pulling Jia Zhangshi away.

After being pulled away, Jia Zhangshi angrily cursed at Liu Haizhong:

"You dare to interfere with what happened to Fatty Liu today? Even if you beat this little bitch to death, it's none of your business."

As he spoke, he turned and walked towards Yi Zhonghai.

Upon reaching Yi Zhonghai, Jia Zhangshi grabbed his face.

Four deep bloodstains immediately appeared on Yi Zhonghai's face.

Immediately afterwards, Jia Zhangshi also started cursing and hitting Yi Zhonghai.

But Yi Zhonghai was no Qin Huairu; he pulled up his pants and kicked Jia Zhangshi in the stomach.

After being kicked out, Jia Zhangshi sat down on the ground, slapped her thighs, and began to shout:

"Old Jia, Dongxu, come up here quickly! Take Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu away! Those two adulterers are having an affair!"

"Jia Zhangshi, that's enough!"

Yi Zhonghai roared as he put on his clothes.

"Qin Huairu and I are truly in love!"

The entire room fell silent instantly. Even Jia Zhangshi stopped talking and stared at Yi Zhonghai with her mouth agape.

Yi Zhonghai helped Qin Huairu up and whispered in her ear, "If you don't want to be paraded through the streets, listen to me."

Qin Huairu gave a soft "hmm".

Yi Zhonghai looked at the crowd and said, "Everyone knows I have no children. Even today, everyone in the courtyard is secretly calling me childless. I know all of this."

"I used to wait for Ruihua to cure me, but now that I'm getting older, I have to consider finding someone to have a child for me."

"Everyone knows that the Jia family is in a difficult situation right now. Qin Huairu came to me and asked me for help, so we developed feelings for each other over time."

Some intelligent people knew that Yi Zhonghai was just talking nonsense, but a considerable number of people began to sympathize with him.

"Yi Zhonghai, you shameless person!" An old woman looked at Yi Zhonghai with a face full of grief and indignation.

"Smack!" The old lady gave Yi Zhonghai a solid slap and then ran home crying.

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was still making excuses, Jia Zhangshi began to ask:

"Then why don't you get a divorce? You're seduce a widow now, you deserve to be paraded through the streets!"

"I'm not getting a divorce because I'm afraid Yang Ruihua will starve to death without me. After all, we've been married for so many years."

"Now that you've found out about my affair with Huai Ru, I'm going to give Yang Ruihua some money, then divorce my wife and marry Qin Huai Ru."

Jia Zhangshi immediately jumped up and said, "You shameless thing, I don't agree, I won't allow Qin Huairu to marry you!"

Yi Zhonghai knew he had to appease Jia Zhangshi first, so he said:

"Free love is encouraged now, so your opposition is useless."

"And sister-in-law, once Huai Ru and I get married, I'll give you fifteen yuan a month for living expenses. We won't abandon you."

When Jia Zhangshi heard that Yi Zhonghai actually wanted to support her in her old age and even give her money, she immediately accepted it.

But he still said, "Fifteen dollars, I don't want at least twenty!"

Yi Zhonghai didn't object and planned to agree first: "No problem, twenty."

The onlookers were stunned; it seemed like the two families were about to get married, after all the adultery at the beginning.

Everyone felt that the sudden turn of events was so abrupt that they were about to strain their backs.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, who were originally going to report the matter to the subdistrict office, were now at a loss as to how to proceed.

Even Bai Ling and Li Yu, who were eavesdropping at home, looked at each other blankly, their eyes filled with confusion.

Li Yu never expected that Yi Zhonghai could find a way to turn the situation around, which only shows that the original work's portrayal of him was far from adequate.

Seeing that everyone had been calmed down, Yi Zhonghai quickly said:

"This is a family matter now, everyone go home. We'll invite everyone over for a proper meal when Huai Ru and I get married."

After saying that, he took Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi and left.

After leaving the vegetable cellar, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi promised her a sum of money, plus a monthly allowance of twenty yuan, before Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu returned home.

Back home, Jia Zhangshi said to Qin Huairu, "I didn't expect you to be so resourceful. You even managed to win over that old bastard Yi Zhonghai. You two must have been flirting quite a bit!"

"Hmph! Qin Huairu, I don't care what your situation is, but if you lose even a penny of your 20 yuan a month, I'll report you to the neighborhood committee."

Although Qin Huairu was unwilling to marry Yi Zhonghai, she had no other choice given the current situation.

If she were dragged into the streets, she would definitely lose her job, and then she would have no choice but to take her three children to the countryside. But then again, marrying Yi Zhonghai isn't so bad.

After all, Yi Zhonghai's monthly salary of 99 yuan was enough to make the family live very well.