The Courtyard House: Xu Damao's Aunt is the Queen of Women

He Xiaomeng actually went to her room, found a measuring tape, and took off her black wool coat, white shirt, and underwear as if no one else was around, and seriously measured her bust size.

The slender branches bore abundant fruit, dazzling Liu Hao to the point of being blinded.

He Xiaomeng's waist-to-hip ratio is 0.66, Ye Juan's is 0.65, and Ye Xi's is 0.67. The three of them look about the same, and their bust sizes are also similar.

Wow, 98! You've really grown a lot.

He Xiaomeng measured her bust three times, finding it to be 98 cm for her upper bust and 80 cm for her lower bust. She jumped up and down with joy.

"Xiao Meng, you..."

Just as Ye Xi was about to speak, He Xiaomeng, who had just jumped up, was already hugged by Liu Hao, who turned and walked towards the room.

"Okay, he brought it on himself."

Ye Xi smiled, casually tied her long hair, which was draped over her shoulders, into a low bun with a hair tie, bent down to look at the technical data that Liu Hao had solved, walked into the kitchen, tied on an apron, and began to cook.

In the cotton field of Ward 95, Ye Juan brought Nazha to inspect the field.

As the sun sets, the temperature drops considerably, and it gets a little chilly.

Ye Juan tightened her thin wool coat, looked at the fellow inmates who were working hard to turn the soil, glanced at Ye Zhen, and said in a calm tone, "Ye Zhen, the progress in Ward 95 is a bit slow. Spring planting is just around the corner. If Ward 95 can't finish its task on time, then you, as the deputy warden, will have to work with them!"

These words weren't harsh, but to Ye Zhen, they were like a thunderclap.

He quickly patted his chest and assured them, "Secretary, don't worry! Secretary, don't worry! I will definitely urge the prisoners to speed things up and I will never hold them back! I, Ye Zhen, guarantee with my life that I will complete the task within the stipulated time!"

Ye Juan gave a noncommittal "hmm," her gaze sweeping over the cotton field.

Then, her gaze froze.

In the southeast corner of the cotton field, near the irrigation ditch, two people stood out conspicuously.

One was Sha Zhu, diligently clearing the irrigation ditch, and the other was Qin Huairu, standing beside him, shoveling soil slowly and deliberately.

The key was the expression on Sha Zhu's old face. It was an indescribable smile, with his mouth wide open and his eyes narrowed. His whole face looked like an old newspaper that had been crumpled and then smoothed out, all piled up in a mess, yet it exuded a kind of unsettling, almost fawning joy.

Ye Juan had seen this expression countless times in the courtyard house before.

Holy crap! What's going on?

"Why does this silly Zhu seem so strange?"

Ye Juan frowned slightly, her gaze sweeping back and forth between Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu twice, a big question mark slowly appearing on her face.

What happened? Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu made up?

That can't be right. Qin Huairu treated Sha Zhu like a dog, causing him such a terrible fate. Anyone would hold a grudge like that for a lifetime. Even if Sha Zhu is stupid, he shouldn't be this foolish, right?

Even the most despicable person can't be this despicable, right?

"Third sister, let me tell you..."

Ye Zhen recounted how Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu had reconciled, then clicked his tongue, looking utterly bewildered and puzzled, and said, "That Sha Zhu is hopeless. What's so good about Qin Huairu that makes him so infatuated?"

Naza's eyes widened as she sized up Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu, asking with surprise and uncertainty, "Comrade Ye Zhen, Sha Zhu actually likes Qin Huairu? Didn't Qin Huairu commit incest with her own cousin, deceive Yi Zhonghai, trick the Jia family into marriage, and also have an affair with Xu Damao?"

The glorious past of the inmates in Ward 95 had long been known at the First Labor Reform Farm. After all, a small courtyard of Ward 95 housed more than 20 criminals, which was quite a sensation not only in Beijing but also across the country.

Moreover, since Secretary Liu Hao and Deputy Secretary Ye Juan also used to live in the No. 95 courtyard, even more people are paying attention to the No. 95 prison area.

So Nazha knew about Qin Huairu's romantic affairs!

Ye Zhen nodded: "That's right!"

Naza scratched her head frantically: "Is that idiot really stupid? Qin Huairu lied to him, played him for a fool, and even caused him to go to jail, and he can still forgive Qin Huairu?"

"You don't understand. The affair between Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu is far from simple. There's a lot more to it than meets the eye. If you really want to understand what's going on between them, you have to go through the whole story from the beginning, dissect their character, and then you'll understand."

Ye Zhen took two steps toward the edge of the field, with his back to the setting sun, and adopted a posture that said, "Please listen to my detailed explanation."

"Comrade Nazha, let's talk about Shazhu first."

"This bastard's biggest problem is his foul mouth. His nickname is 'Silly Pillar,' not because he's actually stupid, but because he's insidious. He dares to talk nonsense in front of the leaders, and he doesn't care about his coworkers or neighbors at all. He mocks this person today and curses that person tomorrow. There are very few people in the whole institute and the whole factory who haven't been offended."

"But he never thinks he has a problem. He thinks it's just being true to himself, saying what he thinks, and not playing games with people. But in reality? He's just inherently bad."

"If a person can't keep their mouth shut, they're not far from bad luck. Sha Zhu is the best example. Every single person he offended later stabbed him in the back."

"But Shazhu doesn't understand this principle. He thinks that others are bad and that others are making trouble for him. He never thinks that his mouth is annoying to others."

"Shazhu's second biggest flaw is his arrogance."

"He can cook a few dishes, so he acts like he owns the place in the factory. He thinks he's the only one in the factory who can cook, and the canteen would have to close down if he left."

"If his boss criticizes him, he'll be unconvinced; if others offer him advice, he'll argue back."

"How arrogant was he? He felt that Qin Huairu couldn't live without him, that everyone in the hospital owed him something, and that everything he did was right."

"But what's the reality?"

"He was delivering lunchboxes to the Jia family, and in the process, he ended up getting himself arrested. He thought he was helping them, but what did they take him for? A sucker, a meal ticket, and free labor."

"This kind of arrogant person is the easiest to be manipulated because he thinks he is smart, that everyone else is taking advantage of him and that he is the only one who is suffering a loss, and that everything he does is valuable. But in reality, he is just a joke in other people's eyes."

Ye Zhen became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, like a storyteller, with his tone rising and falling.

Naza listened attentively, occasionally exclaiming "Ah!", "No way!", "Can it be like this?", providing plenty of emotional support, which made Ye Zhen even more excited.

Ye Juan didn't listen, because Ye Zhen had overheard most of what Ye Zhen was saying when Liu Hao and she were discussing the monsters and ghosts in courtyard number 95.

"Shazhu's third biggest flaw is that he is both stupid and wicked."

"To say he's stupid is truly an understatement. Everyone in the hospital could see through Qin Huairu's intentions, except for him."

"This kind of stupidity is not a matter of intelligence, but a matter of mind. It's not that he can't see it, it's that he doesn't want to see it. He would rather believe that Qin Huairu is a good person with a tragic fate than believe that this woman has been scheming against him from beginning to end."

Naza asked in confusion, "Why?"

Ye Zhen curled his lip and said with a look of disdain, "Because admitting that Qin Huairu was scheming against him is the same as admitting that he is a fool, and he can't stand that."

"Now that we've talked about Sha Zhu, let's talk about Qin Huairu. This woman is even more interesting to discuss."

"Qin Huairu's most prominent characteristic is her greed."