Courtyard houses: Those who are capable are rewarded, and many children bring many blessings.

"Get out of here right now! Your wife is so delicate, she needs to be waited on hand and foot just because she's pregnant!" Qin's mother was so angry she lost her mind.

Qin Ningru muttered softly, "Isn't his wife your biological daughter?"

"Shut up!"

"That's just how it is!" Qin Ningru pouted and muttered under her breath.

"My goodness, the deed's done, I'll take responsibility!" Niu Dazhuang's skin was incredibly thick.

"You'll take responsibility? How will you take responsibility? By making Ningru your mistress?" Qin's mother became even angrier upon hearing this, and her tone involuntarily rose several decibels.

"In my family, everyone is equal, so why would you be afraid that Xue Ru will bully her own sister?"

"Get out, get out, get out... Xue Ru is also a traitor who always sides with outsiders. Of all people to screw over, she has to screw over her own sister."

Ningru stood up and tugged at Niu Dazhuang: "Brother-in-law, you should go first. Mom's still angry. Come back later."

"What are you coming for? Don't come again." Niu Dazhuang hadn't expected things to turn out this way. Now, no matter what he said, Qin's mother wouldn't listen, so he had no choice but to leave.

After leaving his mother-in-law's house, he took a few deep breaths to compose himself, then turned a corner and went to deliver a message to Qin Yueru.

Upon arriving here, Niu Dazhuang was full of confidence and told her that Qin Huairu had asked Yueru to go to the city for a few days after the Great Autumn Festival.

The message arrived, and Niu Dazhuang rode off on his bicycle. The journey there was slow, going uphill, but the return trip was downhill, so it was much faster.

They were almost in the county town when the sky suddenly darkened. Niu Dazhuang didn't dare linger in the county town and hurried back to the construction site.

I started jogging, pushing my bicycle, and after about ten minutes, it got darker and darker, almost pitch black. There was no wind or thunder.

According to Niu Dazhuang's judgment, this kind of rain wouldn't stop anytime soon.

Niu Dazhuang searched his personal space and found only a tattered straw hat, which he had brought back from the black market at night.

It's better than nothing. I'll wear it on my head and keep going...

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the road became muddy and difficult to walk on. It was hard to push the bicycle. Since it was uphill anyway, I couldn't ride it. I thought about putting the bicycle away and glanced around habitually.

"Damn! There really is someone there. Judging from the back, it's a woman." She was only about ten meters away from Niu Dazhuang. Any further and she would turn a corner and disappear from sight.

Quickly jog a few steps,

Shout loudly, "Is that General Manager Su up ahead?"

Su Wan heard someone calling her from behind, stopped and turned around. It was raining heavily and visibility was poor. She could only see clearly when Niu Dazhuang got closer.

"Why are you only getting back to the construction site now?"

Well! She's even worse off than Niu Dazhuang. At least Niu Dazhuang has a tattered straw hat, but Su Wan doesn't have any rain gear at all. Her hair and clothes are completely soaked.

"I came back to my hometown, and I've had some really bad luck. I was fine when I left, but I can't come back." As he spoke, Niu Dazhuang took off his straw hat and put it on Su Wan's head.

Don't underestimate a tattered straw hat in the rain; having one over your head makes breathing much easier. Anyone who's ever been caught in a downpour knows what that feels like.

Rainwater pours down from your head, flowing over your face from every angle. If you're not careful, you can inhale rainwater through your nose, making it impossible to breathe smoothly.

Su Wan didn't stand on ceremony and simply said thank you.

Not only was it pouring rain, but the road was also becoming increasingly difficult to walk on, and Su Wan almost fell several times.

"Mr. Su, I see that the rain isn't going to stop anytime soon. Why don't we find somewhere to take shelter for a while?"

"I know, but where can we hide in this desolate place?"

"Hold my bike for me. I think I saw a cave on a hillside when I drove by before. I'll go look for it. Visibility is bad now, so don't wander off. A flash flood is definitely coming soon."

After thinking for a moment, Niu Dazhuang simply threw his bicycle to the side of the road and took Su Wan's hand: "Let's go together. I'm worried about leaving you alone."

"I'm a grown man, what are you worried about?" Despite saying that, Su Wan still followed Niu Dazhuang up the mountain.

The Mid-Autumn Festival had just passed, and the vegetation on the mountain was still lush. They hadn't even climbed one hill yet, and the two of them were covered in mud.

After passing the hillside, Niu Dazhuang discovered a narrow, winding path. He followed the path for another half an hour and indeed found a dark cave on the hillside not far away.

Not bad, if we keep walking uphill, we should get there. Seeing hope, the two quickened their pace.

Fortunately, the cave was not large; Niu Dazhuang could stand with his head down. It was only about three meters wide and four or five meters deep.

Finding shelter from the rain wasn't a problem; the two of them sat down on the ground, looking at each other's disheveled state.

"Hahaha……"

You point at me, I point at you, and we both burst into laughter.

"Thank you. If I hadn't run into you, I might have been swept away by a flash flood."

"You're being too polite." As he spoke, Niu Dazhuang started touching things around.

"What are you looking for?"

"Let me see if I can find a tumbler!"

It's autumn now, not summer, and the two of them were soaked to the bone. If they didn't dry their clothes quickly, they would definitely catch a cold and get a fever.

Su Wan had been feeling cold for a while, and she was shivering from the cold!

Niu Dazhuang's space contains all sorts of things, including firewood, smokeless coal, and fire starters; he can't just take them out in front of her.

"There's no firewood here, so what use is the tinderbox you found?"

Niu Dazhuang found his clothes uncomfortable against his skin, feeling cold and clinging to his body, so he simply took them off. He even wrung them out a bit.

"If we find it, it will be useful. President Su, are you just going to let it sit like this?" Niu Dazhuang didn't try to persuade him further, as if saying more would make him seem like he had some ulterior motive.

Since I'd already taken off my jacket, I didn't mind taking off another one, so I just took off my pants too. At that point, my underwear was the kind of baggy boxer briefs.

Since his clothes were covered in mud, Niu Dazhuang casually tossed them on the ground and continued pretending to grope for a tinderbox in the dark...

The light outside was poor, and the light inside the cave was even worse, like a moonless first night.

Su Wan comforted herself, "If I can't even see his face clearly, he probably can't see me either." The wet clothes sticking to her body were really uncomfortable.

She shivered as she took off her shirt, revealing a soaking wet undershirt. She tossed the shirt aside, grabbed the undershirt with both hands, and twisted it.

This is much more comfortable than before. Now that my upper body feels comfortable, my lower body feels uncomfortable.

With his eyes closed, he took off his pants again, wrung them out of the rain, and quickly put them back on.

But these damp pants, sticking to her body, were worse than not wearing them at all. Although uncomfortable, Su Wan endured it, after all, she wasn't alone in the cave; there was another man there too.

There's no such thing as being embarrassed with Niu Dazhuang.

"Oh my! They actually let me touch one, but I don't know if it'll even work."