Quick Transmigration: The Control Group in Sweet Novels

Lin Huaixu's trouser legs were soaked through with mud and water, and the chill seeped into his bones through his skin, but he was completely unaware of it.

The rain has stopped.

As Lin Huaixu walked on the muddy ground, the closer he got to the Qi family's courtyard wall, the clearer and more jarring the distant noise became. It was a jumbled mess of children's cries, making everyone who heard it tense.

He almost stumbled as he rushed to the half-closed courtyard gate.

The courtyard was covered in mud. Dong Yuehua slumped to the ground, her face ashen, her whole body trembling with sobs. She pointed at Qi Rongguang and cried out, her voice hoarse, "I shouldn't have listened to you! You drove my two daughters away!"

Qi Rongguang's anger flared even more. "Now you know you're blaming me? You didn't stop me when I was accepting the bride price, and now that something's happened, it's all my fault?"

"But you can't let Yangyang marry in your place..."

The Miao woman, listening impatiently from the side, said, "What are you crying for? I'm the one who should be crying! So you took the money, and I didn't get a single penny, huh?"

Qi Rongguang, his chest heaving, declared defiantly, "Go find them if you dare! Do whatever you want with them, you can have both of them, okay?"

"What are you talking about?" the Miao woman retorted angrily. "Whose fault is it that your daughter is like this? She even eloped with a man! Bah! Anyway, I'm not here to waste my breath on you. Give me back my money right now, or we'll be going to the town police station to call the police!"

Upon hearing the words "call the police," Qi Rongguang's arrogance deflated considerably. "I never said I wouldn't pay you back. I'll definitely pay you back once I borrow the money. What's the point of forcing us like this? Do you think I can conjure up money for you?"

The Miao woman scoffed, "Now everyone in the village knows that with your reputation, who would dare lend you money?"

Qi Rongguang tried to reason with her: "You know who my daughter ran away with. In my opinion, instead of making a scene here, you should make a scene at the Zhou family's place. That Zhou kid can't just kidnap my daughter for free, can he?"

"Come on, that family is just as stingy as you guys. When I got there, they even demanded I compensate them for their son!"

The Miao woman felt it was bad luck and spat again. She glanced at the Qi family's low mud-brick house, then her eyes darted around. "I think your house is quite decent. Why don't you just mortgage it to us? Then we'll be even."

"Absolutely impossible!" Qi Rongguang retorted angrily, "Have you ever seen anyone sell their home? That's utterly outrageous!"

Furthermore, what will Qi Tianci use to get married after selling the house?

"Don't even think about it." Qi Rongguang spat.

The Miao woman spread her hands: "Then tell me, if you can't even hand over a single person, then you should come up with a real solution. You can't let us suffer losses for nothing."

Qi Rongguang felt a tightness in his chest. His gaze swept over Qi An, who was huddled in the corner, timidly shedding tears. In a moment of impulsiveness, he grabbed her and shoved her towards him. "Come on, come on, can you just take this little girl with you?"

These words stunned everyone present.

Dong Yuehua's pupils contracted as she stared in disbelief at her husband of decades. Her last glimmer of hope shattered, and she didn't know where the strength came from, but she suddenly stood up and lunged at Rong Guang, grabbing his face.

"Qi Rongguang, are you even human? An'an is only a few years old, how could you push her out like that!"

Caught off guard, Qi Rongguang was scratched several times, leaving bloody marks. His anger flared up, and he shoved her hard to the ground, saying, "Then go and pay back the money if you dare."

Dong Yuehua stumbled and fell into the muddy water, crying so hard she almost couldn't breathe.

The Miao woman shook her head, her face ashen, and said with obvious disgust, "No, no, this child is too young. Bringing him to our home would mean he can't work and we'd be feeding another mouth for nothing. It's a losing proposition. We don't want him."

Qi Rongguang was caught in a bind, his anger exhausted. He spread his hands and said shamelessly, "I've already given you a solution, but you're unwilling..."

Before he could finish speaking, a solid fist suddenly slammed into Qi Rongguang's face.

Caught off guard, Qi Rongguang stumbled and fell heavily to the ground, his clothes soaked with mud. Clutching his burning cheek, he roared, "Who the hell dares to hit me?!"

He looked up in a flustered manner, and was momentarily stunned when he saw who it was.

The man was very tall. He had taken off his glasses, and his features were cold and sharp, with an overwhelming aura of ferocity emanating from him.

Qi Rongguang was stunned for a long time before belatedly recognizing the man's identity.

"You...you're not that Teacher Lin, are you?" Qi Rongguang questioned, "You came to my house and started hitting me, do you believe I...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Huaixu took another step forward without saying a word and kicked him hard.

Qi Rongguang's cries of pain echoed throughout the courtyard. Dong Yuehua stared dumbfounded at the out-of-control Lin Huaixu, momentarily forgetting to cry.

Lin Huaixu barely held back, beating Qi Rong until he was completely naked and pissed himself.

The Miao woman trembled with fright and dared not get involved in the trouble any further, fearing that she would be implicated. She hurriedly ran out of the courtyard.

When the relatives waiting outside Qi Yang's door saw her come out looking flustered, they quickly approached her and whispered, "Auntie, should we still go to town to report it to the police?"

Having witnessed the horrifying scene, the Miao woman, after calming down, heard his words and quickly patted his arm, saying urgently.

"Why report it? Let's wait. That scoundrel Qi Rongguang can't come up with the money. Even if we send him to jail, we'll still lose money. I'll take my time and eventually get that house of theirs into the Miao family's hands."

Inside the courtyard, Lin Huaixu stopped what he was doing, looking down at Qi Rongguang sprawled on the ground, his voice as cold as ice shards, "You are not fit to be a father."

Qi Rongguang's face was contorted with rage; he was furious, but Lin Huaixu's chilling aura held him back: "You...you're an outsider, what right do you have to interfere in our family affairs!"

Lin Huaixu kept his lips pressed together and remained silent.

Qi Rongguang was furious and blurted out without thinking, "You wouldn't happen to be Qi Yang's lover, would you?"

"What a pity." He looked up, resigned to his fate, and said, "She eloped with another lover. Why didn't she take you with her?"

Lin Huaixu lowered his eyes, bent down slightly, and threw another punch.

Qi Rongguang fell completely silent.

Qi An stared at the scene before her, trembling. It was the first time she had ever seen the usually gentle Teacher Lin like this, and she was momentarily stunned, tears streaming down her face.

She still vividly remembers what her sister whispered in her ear last night.

She didn't tell her parents a single word.

Suddenly, something floated at her feet. Qi An lowered her head and saw an envelope floating by her feet, as if it had fallen from Teacher Lin's body.

The envelope was soaked in a puddle, its edges torn, and the tear was slightly open from being soaked in mud and water, revealing its contents.

A thin ticket, also soaked and softened, was conspicuously wedged between the tears.