"I’ll bring it in for you," Qin Ye felt that since he had already helped her boil water, bringing it in was no big deal.
"Okay," Rong Yan didn’t stand on ceremony with him.
After Qin Ye busied himself for a while, he took advantage of the time Rong Yan was taking a bath inside, and quickly took a bath himself using well water in the courtyard...
Half an hour later, Rong Yan came out.
However, this time she didn’t let Qin Ye dispose of the bathwater; she took it out herself.
Qin Ye saw her struggling and wanted to help, but it seemed like she didn’t really need him.
So, he just sat back down.
Still, he watched her pouring out the water thoughtfully.
Rong Yan initially wanted to sit in the courtyard, but seeing him there, she went back inside... Nevertheless, the place was truly too hot.
In the middle of the night, she felt so hot that she couldn’t sleep, so she had to e out.
When she saw Qin Ye in the courtyard, she paused.
Qin Ye had not been asleep either. He had taken a plank and set it on a chair to lie on.
He had surrounded himself with mosquito coils, and with his thick skin, he wasn’t bothered by mosquitoes.
But he just couldn’t sleep... His mind was filled with thoughts about Rong Yan today.
He felt that she was pletely different today, as if she had transformed into another person.
She used to always keep her head down... He had also forgotten what she used to be like since they hadn’t interacted much.
But today’s Rong Yan... She had seemed so vivid that he seemed to have suddenly remembered her face, even the way she sneered seemed deeply ingrained in his memory.
Because he was thinking about her, seeing her suddenly appear really gave him a start, making him feel guilty.
"...Why are you out here?"
Rong Yan saw that he was planning to sleep in the courtyard.
"The room is a bit hot, I can’t sleep."
Hearing this, Qin Ye was silent for two seconds before he said, "Wait a moment, I’ll go get you an electric fan."
With that, he got up and walked outside.
Rong Yan: ...
Before she could even ask where he was going to get it, she saw that he had already left.
At this time, Qin Ye couldn’t go to the store to buy one since it was already eleven o’clock, and the shops were all closed.
So, he went straight to Lu Yong’s house...
Upon arrival, he just walked in.
Inside, the place was smoky... they were playing cards, each with a cigarette in hand.
"Eh, Brother Qin, what brings you here? Weren’t you supposed to be...?" He stopped before saying "sleeping," intuitively feeling that saying so might get him punched.
"I need to use your electric fan," Qin Ye said without much ado, immediately picking up the electric fan Lu Yong had just bought yesterday and heading off with it.
Lu Yong: ...?
Wait, you’re taking my electric fan, what am I supposed to use tonight?
Moreover, there are four of us playing cards here, and you just took the only fan away... Is that appropriate?
"Why is Brother Qin taking it? I thought he wasn’t afraid of the heat?" Someone remembered that yesterday, when Lu Yong was buying the fan, he even asked if they needed one.
But Brother Qin had said he wasn’t afraid of the heat and buying one was useless.
So, why has he changed his mind today?
At that moment, Ye Cheng solemnly said, "He’s not afraid of the heat, but someone else is."
Someone naïvely asked, "Who?"
Ye Cheng: ...
You’ve seen idiots, but you’ve never seen one quite like this.
"Of course, his wife. Didn’t you know Brother Qin is married now? He’s a family man."
For the past month, he had been away from home with them, even on his wedding day.
Initially, they thought Brother Qin didn’t like his wife! But today... even a mere extra glance from someone else was unacceptable, clearly showing how much he cared!
Now rushing over to take away an electric fan, clearly it was for his wife.
Tsk...
The hearts of men are truly as unfathomable as a needle in the sea!
***
Meanwhile, Qin Ye brought the electric fan home.
Seeing Rong Yan still sitting in the yard... tsk, she’s quite well-behaved!
A smile appeared in his eyes as he said, "I’ll put it in the house for you."
Rong Yan stood up, "Where did you get this from?"
"From Lu Yong, he wasn’t using it, so you can use it for now. Tomorrow, we’ll go buy a new one." After Qin Ye entered the house, he put down the electric fan.
He silently assessed the room and found it to be very clean.
It didn’t look like how it used to be when he lived there.
That’s right, this room was his before. Since she came, he had given up the room to her.
Then, he himself had been sleeping in the outside yard.
It should be said, he had only e home to sleep in the yard two or three times in the past month, not including today.
As for the room that had been cleaned out... he had never slept in it.
When Rong Yan heard him mentioning buying an electric fan tomorrow, she looked at him, "Do you have money?"
Qin Ye suddenly came back to his senses and raised an eyebrow.
In her heart... did she really see him as a good-for-nothing, or a drifter?
Or did she truly regard him as an unemployed vagabond?
Without saying a word, he turned and walked out.
Rong Yan: ...?
She had just asked a simple question, and he got angry?
She didn’t mean anything else, did she?
After a while, Qin Ye came back, holding a cloth bag.
"This is for you."
Rong Yan looked at the item being handed over, somewhat confused.
Seeing her not moving, Qin Ye simply stuffed it into her hands.
"Open it and see, all of this will belong to you in the future."
Rong Yan opened the cloth bag... and when she saw the stack of cash, she looked up in surprise.
"Where did this e from?"
"I earned it." He quickly added, fearing she might misunderstand, "Don’t worry, this money is clean. I got it from a construction crew I’m part of in the city, earning it from building projects."
He had known the importance of money since he was young, so how could he really be wandering around like a vagabond?
Besides, that reputation was spread by The Liangs.
And having fought a few times, that’s what the people in the town came to think.
As for explanations, he disdained them, deeming them unnecessary.
And wasn’t it better to quietly amass wealth?
If everyone in town knew he had money, the first person who would e calling was his "lovely" mother.
None of that family should even think about getting a penny from him.
Rong Yan handed the money back, "Then you keep it yourself."
Qin Ye’s smile stiffened on his face, his expression turning somewhat unpleasant.
"You don’t believe me?"
Rong Yan shook her head, "I believe you, but this money..."
"Keep it, you’re my wife." He hadn’t acknowledged that before, always thinking they were meant to split apart.
After all, he hadn’t seen her show much affection for him.
From what he understood... she had probably approached him just to escape an arranged marriage at home.
After all, this past month, she had always avoided him whenever she saw him.
And he also couldn’t stand to see her being forced into a relationship by her family.
But today... he found her especially pleasing to the eye.
Pleasing to the point... he thought this marriage wasn’t too bad.
For the first time, he felt a sense of family.
Rong Yan: ...?
What did he mean?
His wife? Did he want to be with her?
She stared straight at him, unblinkingly.
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