The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man

Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang used to be very afraid of the people in the village.

While there were some kind people, there were also those who always liked to bully them.

But they weren’t afraid anymore.

Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang stood with their backs straight, meeting the villager’s gaze directly. Their tone was calm.

”We’re going to the village chief’s house to do homework with Xiao Ni.”

Xiao Ni was Chen Xiaoli’s youngest daughter. She was ten years old and in the fourth grade at the commune’s primary school.

Besides Xiao Ni, there were also Er Hu and Da Wa. They were both twelve years old and in the fifth grade at the commune school.

Though the two of them were two years older than Xiao Ni, they were born later in the year, so they’d started school a year later.

The five of them had walked back from school together that day.

On the way, they had already made plans to do their homework together at the village chief’s house.

The villager looked at the two children holding their heads high, their faces lit with warm smiles, and was slightly taken aback.

As far as they could remember, these two children had always worn tattered clothes and were constantly filthy. Their hair was a mess, their faces were never clean, and they always kept their heads down, scurrying away the moment they saw anyone.

’It looks like these two children are really doing well after being adopted by Leng Yuan and Gu Jiaojiao.’

The villager glanced down at the schoolbags the two were carrying. While they were a common style, the patterns seemed especially lovely.

”Who made your schoolbags for you? They’re quite pretty.”

”Sister Gu made them!”

Both Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang cherished their schoolbags. Even now, they looked as good as new.

The onlookers were a little surprised that Gu Jiaojiao was so skilled with her hands and could even make schoolbags.

But then again, it seemed normal.

After all, what woman in this day and age didn’t know how to sew?

It wasn’t just the women; even men without a wife at home knew how. It wasn’t anything remarkable.

But Gu Jiaojiao, with her fair and delicate skin, looked so pampered. They hadn’t expected her to know her way around a needle and thread.

Just as Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang finished answering and were about to leave, Chen Shulan, who had just gotten off work and was heading home, happened to overhear the villager’s question.

She glanced at the schoolbags on the two children, her face filled with disdain.

”What’s the use of a pretty schoolbag if you’re bad at your studies? It’s all a waste.”

Finished, she adopted the posture of an elder to lecture Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang. ”You two are idiots. If you’re so bad at school, why don’t you ask Leng Yuan and Gu Jiaojiao for help? They’re both teachers. Don’t tell me they won’t teach you?”

The words had barely left her mouth when Chen Shulan’s eyes darted around. A wide smile spread across her face as she said, ”They don’t teach you, do they? Are they treating you poorly? If that’s what’s happening, you tell me. I’ll help you get justice.”

’Leng Yuan and Gu Jiaojiao only adopted Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang for the reputation,’ she thought. ’How could they possibly be truly good to those two kids?’

’If they’re not treating them well, I’ll just take the children to the village chief and have a little talk.’

’It doesn’t matter if I actually get them justice. At the very least, I can drag Leng Yuan and Gu Jiaojiao’s reputations through the mud.’

Before Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang could even speak, a nearby villager couldn’t take it anymore.

”You from the Lin Family, are you nuts? Weren’t you the one who treated them poorly? And now you’re talking about getting justice for them? That’s hilarious, you’re killing me.”

”Besides, are you blind? These two kids are clean, they’re wearing new clothes and new shoes, and they even get to go to school. How is that not good?”

’It wasn’t just good, it was incredible.’

Nowadays, so many families couldn’t even feed themselves, let alone send their own children to school. Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang must have had some incredible luck to be adopted by Leng Yuan and Gu Jiaojiao.

But Chen Shulan’s mind worked differently. She was convinced Gu Jiaojiao was just putting on a show for appearances.

”So what if they spend a little money on the kids? They probably have some other scheme in mind! You’re all just being fooled by how they look.”

Hearing this, the people around her couldn’t even be bothered to mock her.

’Treating kids well, spending money on them, letting them wear new clothes... and that’s supposed to be a scheme?’

Someone couldn’t help but fire back.

”Fine, then. You tell us. What could Leng Yuan and Gu Zhiqing possibly be scheming to get from Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang?”

’What could anyone possibly get from these two dirt-poor kids?’

’They’d love to hear it.’