After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 349, Episode 0378: Qi Yingying's Past
Qi Yingying was naive and easily swayed by the pursuit of the school heartthrob, and the two quickly started dating.

Unbeknownst to her, the school heartthrob also maintained close relationships with several other people, including her good friend Yang Siliu.

Back then, college students didn't get in based on their own abilities, but rather through recommendations from various localities, so you can imagine how low their quality was.

The school heartthrob is named Li Mu. He got the recommendation because his father was the brigade leader and his uncle worked in the commune, but actually he didn't even finish junior high school.

He was indeed good-looking, a refined and handsome young man, especially popular with young girls.

Moreover, he was particularly good at charming girls and knew how to "raise fish" (i.e., win over girls). Even after having Qi Yingying as his official girlfriend, he could still use his silver tongue to get benefits from other girls, and they would not complain.

Well, that's not entirely true. They were completely devoted to Li Mu, but they hated Qi Yingying to the core.

Even though it was Li Mu who pursued Qi Yingying first, the girls all thought that Qi Yingying had taken a liking to Li Mu first and then used the power of the Qi family to pressure Li Mu into dating her.

Lin Yuexi's lips twitched.

That's ridiculous! Li Mu is the son of a brigade leader, which means he comes from the countryside. Although it's unpleasant to say, that's the reality. And what is Qi Yingying's status? She's the darling of the Qi family in Beijing. Old Master Qi's status is comparable to that of a duke in ancient times. If Li Mu hadn't taken the initiative first, Qi Yingying might not even know who he is. Their perspectives are completely different.

What's with this talk of using power to force him to date? How can he be so shameless? Qi Yingying could have any outstanding man she wanted, why would she use power to force the son of a battalion commander?
No matter how handsome someone is, can they be as handsome as the young people in the compound?

Putting everything else aside, in terms of temperament alone, there's no comparison.

What's wrong? You've seen so many delicacies that you're not interested anymore. Why would you be so foolish as to eat coarse food?

Huo Han noticed her speechlessness; in fact, he was quite speechless himself.

He continued, "The Qi family knew of Li Mu's existence, and not a single one of them agreed to Qi Yingying being with him."

That goes without saying. The family’s precious child has a boyfriend. How could Old Qi and the others not investigate the person’s family and character?
The Qi family has people from all walks of life, so finding out about Li Mu wouldn't be difficult. They could probably even find out about him being bedwetting at a young age.

Every step leaves a trace. Li Mu was still young then. He could fool young girls, but it wouldn't be easy to fool people like Qi Lao.

It can be said that Elder Qi and his team found out that Li Mu was the Sea King without much effort.

But their investigation was useless. Even when they presented the evidence to Qi Yingying, she still didn't believe it. She seemed to be under a form of manipulation, believing that the Qi family looked down on Li Mu's family background and was slandering him. She even wanted to break with her parents and brothers for Li Mu's sake.

Yang Siliu deserves much of the credit for this.

Yang Siliu had two abortions for Li Mu. Li Mu had promised her that he would marry her once he got enough money from Qi Yingying to support them.

Anyone with a modicum of rationality wouldn't believe such a thing, but Yang Siliu believed it and even helped Li Mu gain favors in front of Qi Yingying.

Even though Li Mu coaxed Qi Yingying into secretly registering their marriage by stealing the household registration book, Yang Siliu still believed that Li Mu was making a sacrifice for their future.

You know what, from this point of view, Li Mu is quite capable.

Their original plan was to trick Qi Yingying into marrying Li Mu first. They thought that since the Qi family cherished Qi Yingying so much, they wouldn't really abandon her. And since Li Mu was Qi Yingying's husband, the Qi family, wanting Qi Yingying to have a good life, would naturally not abandon him. The two thought it was a beautiful plan, but little did they know that the Qi family could be just as ruthless as they were when they wanted to be.

After learning that Qi Yingying and Li Mu had gotten married, Old Master Qi gave Qi Yingying two choices: either divorce immediately and cut ties with Li Mu, or cut ties with the Qi family.

Love-struck Qi Yingying chose the second option and even went back to Li Mu's hometown with him.

Huo Han leaned close to Lin Yuexi's ear, his thin lips seemingly unintentionally brushing against her earlobe, his hot breath burning against her ear.

"Li Mu couldn't find a job in Beijing because the Qi family was behind it."

His tone was calm, but his gaze lingered on her earlobe, which had turned pink, and gradually deepened.

My throat moved involuntarily, and I suddenly felt a little thirsty.

But seeing his wife's calm expression, Huo Han, whose heart was stirring with certain thoughts, immediately calmed down as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water.

I really have no thoughts at all.

Sigh, my wife still hasn't figured it out.

But it doesn't matter. At least he's gained the advantage of winning her favor. He can marry her first and then take things slowly. He can afford to wait.

Lin Yuexi was truly straight-as-an-arrow. Her ears turning red was merely a natural bodily reaction. She had no idea how ambiguous their current posture looked to outsiders.

"Does Grandpa Qi want Qi Yingying to suffer before she realizes what's happening?"

Destruction before construction?
It's not that the idea was bad, but from a family's perspective, making such a decision really requires some courage.

Once Huo Han calmed down, he stopped making things difficult for himself. He stepped back a little, but he couldn't bear to let go of her hand. He carefully observed her and, finding that his wife didn't mind, he would gently pinch her every now and then, without making a fuss.

His wife is perfect in every way, even her hands are so smooth and soft, but there are quite a few calluses on her palms, which makes me feel sorry for her.

"Li Mu didn't suffer much after returning to his hometown; on the contrary, he was quite at home. Qi Yingying, on the other hand, had a hard time in the countryside."

Li Mei's family had some connections in the local area, and since he was a college graduate, his uncle easily arranged for him to work in the commune.

On the other hand, the Li family initially had the same idea as Li Mu, waiting for the Qi family to regret their decision and take Qi Yingying back. This way, not only could Li Mu go to the capital, but after Li Mu was settled, the rest of the Li family could also go to the capital to enjoy a better life.
So the Li family didn't arrange a job for Qi Yingying. They treated her quite well at first. Although she lived in the countryside, they didn't make her work in the fields. In addition, Qi Yingying had money ration coupons with her, so she was able to get by in terms of food and drink at first.

About six months later, the Li family learned that Qi Yingying had actually transferred her household registration to their village under the name of an educated youth, which stirred up a hornet's nest.
[In the past, urban and rural household registration was primarily based on the woman's household registration. For example, if a man had an urban household registration and married a woman from the countryside, his wife and children could not obtain urban household registration. However, if a woman had an urban household registration and married a man from the countryside, as long as the woman's household registration was not transferred to the countryside, although the man could not obtain urban household registration, their children could obtain urban household registration through the woman's household registration.]

Although Li Mu's household registration was transferred to the university when he went to college, it was supposed to be transferred to his workplace after graduation. Li Mu was a shrewd person, and just in case, he and Qi Yingying only got a marriage certificate and did not change their household registration, just to add an extra layer of protection for their child to obtain a Beijing household registration in the future.

Little did anyone know that Qi Yingying was so love-struck that she had lost her mind and secretly transferred her household registration to their village under the name of an educated youth.

Qi Yingying even asked him expectantly if he was moved.