I Got Rich in Period Fiction-Chapter 82 King Qiao Gets Married

"He looked down on people by lifting his chin when he first came to Qiao Family Team with Grandpa Lu. He called us little kids ’little loach bumpkins’ and said our heads were full of lice. Tell me, doesn’t a kid with such a smart mouth deserve a beating?"

He Xiuyu slowly nodded, "Beat him, definitely!"

"Right? And I’ve forgotten all the things I said, but how can he remember them so clearly? His memory is as small as the tip of a needle."

Lu Ye’s face suddenly darkened as he reached the doorway.

The secretary of Mr. Xu and the clerk who came with Lu Ye from the provincial city stopped in their tracks too.

They happened to catch the last part of the conversation.

Their expressions weren’t great either.

This Comrade Qiao Qingyu really is brazen. Even if she’s too embarrassed to apologize for her wrongdoing, at least she should say sorry.

After all, they were just kids back then. No one would take it seriously with a child of that age. But what kind of attitude is this now?

Does she think she’s got a backer now that her husband is here?

Qiao Qingyu, empowered by He Xiuyu’s approval, continued, "And he said we locked him in a pigsty. When he and Grandpa Lu came to Qiao Family Team, they really were there for re-education. But he was so arrogant! Us kids had to collect pig fodder every day and exchange it for work points at the collective pig farm. He would stand far off, pointing at us and laughing, saying we smelled like pig manure, that our homes were like pigsties. He called us piglets..."

"You tell me, with such a brat, wouldn’t it be right to put him in the pigsty to get a real taste of it?"

He Xiuyu had a smile playing at the corners of his eyes as he looked down at the girl standing very close to him.

Angered, her fair complexion was touched with two spots of red, and her eyes sparkled brilliantly. She was so beautiful it was hard to look away.

Yet, his hands at his sides clenched into fists.

Qiao Qingyu and Lu Ye.

How old was she then? Right, she’d just said eight.

How could an eight-year-old Qiao Qingyu remember all these things so clearly?

Although He Xiuyu’s eyes were gentle, and he listened patiently as Qiao Qingyu spilled her grievances, a touch of discomfort had emerged within him.

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He really wanted to ask Qiao Qingyu, "Do you remember me?"

"When I was five, I took you tree climbing to raid bird nests, and I even gave you a bag of White Rabbit Creamy Candy."

"Why don’t you mention that now? How could you have forgotten it all so cleanly?"

It’s only a three-year difference.

At this moment, Lu Ye, standing at the doorway, had an expression that was hard to read. It seemed like he was smiling, reminiscing, maybe even feeling embarrassed, but overall, very complex.

However, Qiao Qingyu spoke with a clear rationale and distinct enunciation, so Mr. Xu’s secretary and the young clerk both unanimously stepped to the side.

They needed to distance themselves from this troublemaker. They had thought Qiao Qingyu had really wronged him back when they were kids.

Turns out Lu Ye was such an annoying loudmouth. He really did deserve a beating.

The two didn’t glance sideways, showing a clear intention to distance themselves from Lu Ye.

Mr. Xu’s secretary was also thinking that they’d need to give their leader a good report later on.

They couldn’t unjustly blame someone else.

Qiao Qingyu was oblivious to He Xiuyu’s mental shift and gritted her teeth, "He even said I stole his candy. Do you know what really happened then?"

He Xiuyu was very cooperative, and his voice was gentle as he said, "He must have said something deserving a spanking."

Qiao Qingyu nodded eagerly, "Yes, yes, he was holding a White Rabbit Creamy Candy, coaxing the village’s Gou Dan to bark like a puppy.

Just when I saw it, Gou Dan is only four years old, he doesn’t understand anything, and he was really about to bark for that piece of candy.

I beat him up for it. He really is a little rascal, thinking that since we’re country folk, we haven’t seen anything nice.

But you know, when I was little, a young boy from Hejia Village gave me White Rabbit Creamy Candy too, and not just one piece but a whole bag of it, and he never asked me to bark like a puppy..."

He Xiuyu’s peach blossom eyes suddenly lit up with tenderness.

Little girl, so you remember, huh? You just don’t know who that person was.

The uncomfortable feeling he had just a moment ago vanished in an instant, and he nodded, "This Lu Ye is really hateful. Well done, I support you!"

The secretary and clerk instinctively took a step back, wanting to keep their distance from this wild child.

So handsome and always smiling, how could he have been so annoying as a child?

The voices continued inside the room.

"...just now, in the wasteland outside, Lu Xiaopang recounted word by word all the times I hit or scolded him, making it seem like he and Grandpa Lu truly endured such injustice and bullying in our village. He’s so heartless. When Grandpa Lu fell ill in the middle of the night, my uncle braved the heavy rain to carry him over twenty miles to the county hospital...

Such an ingrate, was I right to kick him?"

"Right, that kick was well-deserved!" He Xiuyu stated emphatically.

Lu Ye, standing not far from the door, gazed distantly at the two people inside the room. They were close and seemed very intimate.

One hung their head in gentleness; the other’s small face was full of grievance, yet her mouth remained unforgiving.

They shared a household registration book.

They both had a marriage certificate.

They looked so well matched.

A complex look of sadness mixed with joy appeared on Lu Ye’s face.

Qiao Qingyu remained the same Qiao Qingyu, the dominating King Qiao of Qiao Family Team.

After so many years, her nature hadn’t changed.

He believed, had there not been so many people there, she wouldn’t have stopped at just giving him a kick.

Lu Ye’s hand slowly moved to his chest where it had hurt in the hospital, it had been fine earlier on the road, but now, for some reason, it began to hurt again, a dull, throbbing pain...

Lu Ye turned and left.

Qiao Qingyu, you blind fool, aren’t you King Qiao? How could you marry so soon? Weren’t you supposed to snatch up a pretty boy to be your captive husband as you used to say?

You even said back then you would snatch me up.

Yet all I did was go abroad to study for two years, and when I come back, you’re already married.

Lu Ye’s pace quickened, eventually breaking into a jog. To Mr. Xu’s secretary and the clerk watching, this seemed like guilt, a hasty escape; just moments ago, this kid had everyone believing he had suffered so much when he was young.

At that moment, He Xiuyu glanced at the direction of the door, reached out his hand, and took Qiao Qingyu’s hand, smiling gently, "Let’s go, I’ll take you home."

"But this matter hasn’t been settled yet," Qiao Qingyu was a bit concerned.

"It’s okay, this is just how two childhood playmates greet each other after growing up, it’s harmless."

"Is it really like that?" Qiao Qingyu asked disbelievingly.