Old Man Zhao, the legendary healer of Xinghua Village!

"If you didn't offer any suggestions to my mom, why does she keep saying it was your suggestion?"

Qi Gaoxue didn't believe Zhao Dazhu's words at all, and said with her fists clenched:

"I really didn't! Village Chief Qi, you've really misunderstood me. I'm more wronged than Dou E!"

Zhao Dazhu said with a mournful face.

"Do you dare swear to God?"

Qi Gaoxue said.

"Of course I dare!"

Without hesitation, Zhao Dazhu raised his right hand and declared firmly, "If I, Zhao Dazhu, have ever suggested to the female county head Qi Gaolan that you become our new village chief, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death!"

"Okay, I'll trust you this once."

Seeing Zhao Dazhu's serious attitude, Qi Gaoxue's angry expression finally softened.

Zhao Dazhu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and then kindly comforted him, "Village Chief Qi, I admit that our village is indeed very backward, very remote, and even very dilapidated. But... but no matter what, this is the place where hundreds of households of us depend on for survival."

"Besides, you're already the village chief, and that's a fact that won't change no matter what. Since that's the case, I think you should face reality and stop talking about how this village is a mess. If people from other villages hear that, they'll be disheartened, and it won't be good for your future management work."

Qi Gaoxue pouted, like a little girl throwing a tantrum, and said, "I admit what you said makes a lot of sense, but your village is just so run-down! I'm a college graduate who just graduated, and I could be living a very good life in the city, but instead... I'm getting angrier and angrier!"

"There's nothing we can do about it," Zhao Dazhu said earnestly.

Qi Gaoxue glared at Zhao Dazhu and said, "You're lecturing me now? Are you trying to teach me how to do things? Don't think you can act superior just because you know my mother. We're not from the same world. You'd better know your place!"

Hearing Qi Gaoxue's words, Zhao Dazhu was genuinely angry.

How come this girl has no sense of the bigger picture at all?

Forget it, arguing with her won't get me anywhere. Making things too tense will only make things worse for our future relationship.

So Zhao Dazhu said, "Village Chief Qi, do you have anything else to say? If not, then I'll be leaving."

"You can leave now!"

Qi Gaoxue waved her hand impatiently.

Zhao Dazhu then left without looking back.

After leaving the three-story office building of the village committee, Zhao Dazhu noticed a small, exquisite car parked in a corner of the village committee compound. It looked charming and cute.

That looks like the Chang'an glutinous corn that's really popular online?

Could that be Qi Gaoxue's car?

Zhao Dazhu thought for a moment and then nodded, feeling that his guess must be correct.

After all, Xinghua Village was indeed extremely poor; the number of cars in the village could be counted on one's fingers.

This Chang'an Nuoyu car had never appeared in the village before. If it wasn't driven by Qi Gaoxue, the new village chief, then whose car was it?

After taking a few more glances, Zhao Dazhu finally came out of the village committee compound.

After walking a distance, Zhao Dazhu took out his phone and called Qi Gaolan, the female county head.

"Hey, Chief Qi, have you eaten?" Zhao Dazhu asked with a smile.

"Not yet, I'll eat later... Why did you call me? Have you seen my daughter?" Qi Gaolan asked with a smile on the phone.

"I've seen her, I've seen her! County Chief Qi, your daughter is truly beautiful! I've never seen such a pretty girl before! No wonder she's from the city, her demeanor clearly indicates she's from a well-to-do family!" Zhao Dazhu flattered enthusiastically.

Qi Gaolan couldn't help but laugh several times before saying, "What do you mean by 'a lady from a respectable family'? Uncle Zhao, don't try to flatter me with nice words. As long as my daughter doesn't cause you any trouble, I'll be perfectly content."

After a long exchange of pleasantries, Zhao Dazhu finally got to the point, tentatively asking, "Chief Qi, I don't recall ever making any suggestions to you, much less requesting your daughter to become the village head. Why did your daughter call me into her office today to question me?"

"this……"

Qi Gaolan fell silent.

After a moment, she said somewhat awkwardly, "She probably misunderstood me. I just told her that your village is very poor, so it urgently needs a good village chief to lead the villagers to prosperity. I also talked to her about your situation, so she might have misheard me."

"Oh, I see." Zhao Dazhu suddenly realized.

Qi Gaolan asked seriously, "My daughter threw a tantrum at you? Does she think your village is too poor?"

"No, no, she's fine..." Zhao Dazhu said against his will.

"Don't lie to me. She must have said some nasty things to you. She can control herself in public, but when no one is watching, she can't control her spoiled princess temper," Qi Gaolan said.

Having no other choice, Zhao Dazhu honestly said, "Village Chief Qi does look down on our village a bit... but that's normal. She's a top student, and being assigned to such a poor and remote place, it's not surprising that she has some reservations."

"Don't worry, Uncle Zhao, I will educate her properly and correct her wrong ideas," Qi Gaolan said.

"That's not it..."

Before Zhao Dazhu could finish speaking, Qi Gaolan hung up the phone.

After staring blankly at his phone for a while, Zhao Dazhu finally came to his senses.

With a helpless smile, Zhao Dazhu stuffed his phone into his pocket and continued walking towards home.

But before we even got to our doorstep, we heard a series of beeping car horns behind us.

Zhao Dazhu turned around and saw the cute and charming Chang'an Nuoyu car driving up, then suddenly braked and stopped in front of him.

As soon as the driver's side window rolled down, Qi Gaoxue poked her head out, tears streaming down her face, and cursed, "You, Zhao Dazhu, you're two-faced, aren't you! How come I didn't realize you were such a two-faced scoundrel!"

"What did I do?" Zhao Dazhu was completely baffled.

"How dare you say that? I'm asking you, did you tattle on me to my mother?" Qi Gaoxue said angrily, her teeth grinding together.

"No..." Zhao Dazhu quickly replied.

"If you hadn't snitched, why would my mom have suddenly called me and given me a good scolding? Zhao Dazhu, if you did it, just admit it. Daring to do it but not admitting it will only make me despise you even more!" Qi Gaoxue shouted.

Zhao Dazhu was now completely speechless and couldn't utter a single word of explanation.