The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

After Zhao Wu left, Zhao Yu began to worry again.

He leaned closer to Zhao Zhengping and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Zhengping, what if he retaliates and reports us?"

"He wouldn't dare!" Zhao Zhengping said decisively. "How many of us have a clean record? If he dares to report us, he'll end up in jail too."

Zhao Zhengqiang frowned and chimed in, "That's true, but Zhao Wu is a difficult person to deal with. I'm afraid he might come and cause trouble during our transactions in the next few days."

"It's alright, there are so many of us! We're not afraid of just one person." Zhao Zhengping waved his hand, his tone full of nonchalance.

However, a fleeting, almost imperceptible glint of fierceness flashed in his eyes.

Hearing this, Zhao Yu and the others felt much more relaxed and then buried themselves in sorting out the money they had earned that day.

......

The next morning, as Li Kaixin stepped out of his room, he bumped into Lu Chunhua, who lived in the opposite room.

"Kaixin, you've moved here again?" Lu Chunhua greeted her immediately with a big smile.

"Aunt Lu, you're mistaken," Li Kaixin corrected with a smile. "How can this be called moving back? My home has always been here; I just stayed with my parents for a few days."

Lu Chunhua paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "Yes, yes, I misspoke."

These few words of conversation instantly drew the attention of everyone else in the courtyard.

Seeing that it was Li Kaixin, they all crowded around him.

Seeing that things weren't going well, Li Kaixin quickly added, "Aunt Lu, I have to go to work today, so I'll be going now!"

With that, he walked a few quick steps without looking back and left the courtyard.

By the time they arrived, Li Kaixin had already gone far away.

One of the older women, finding herself unable to get a response, became somewhat annoyed: "Do you think Li Kaixin looks down on us neighbors now that he's famous?"

"Aunt Qian, what did Kaixin do to offend you? Why are you making up stories about her like this?" Lu Chunhua immediately retorted.

The woman called Aunt Qian snorted, not intimidated at all:

"Did I say something wrong? You haven't come back to our hospital for so many days, and you didn't even greet us when you saw us. Isn't that looking down on us?"

"Who do you think you are? Everyone has to greet you?" Lu Chunhua said dismissively. "Are you angry because you failed to curry favor with Kaixin?"

"You, you..." Aunt Qian was speechless for a moment after Lu Chunhua hit the nail on the head.

"What do you mean, 'you'! Kaixin is just a teenager; it's only natural for her to want to stay with her parents for a few days."

Lu Chunhua raised her voice slightly, "If you drive people away and cause our courtyard to lose its honor as a 'positive courtyard house,' I'll be the first to object!"

As soon as she said that, the old lady who had just been watching the show looked at Aunt Qian with a completely different expression.

They can ignore everything else, but anyone who ruins the honor of this thriving courtyard will be the public enemy of the entire courtyard.

These days, every time they go out, which department doesn't look at them with envy? If they really lost this honor, they would be laughed at to death.

Seeing the murderous looks in everyone's eyes, Aunt Qian didn't dare to argue anymore and slunk back into the house.

The other women, knowing that Lu Chunhua and Li Kaixin were close, quickly began to explain:

"Chunhua, we're just here to say hello to Kaixin, please don't misunderstand!"

"Yes, Chunhua, don't say anything nonsense in front of Kaixin later."

Lu Chunhua looked at everyone and softened her tone: "Don't worry, sisters and younger sisters, I know what's important."

"Besides, Kaixin isn't the petty person who would hold a grudge over such things."

The women breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Lu Chunhua profusely.

After having breakfast at his parents' house, Li Kaixin rode his bicycle to the transportation station.

The two bicycles no longer attracted the neighbors of No. 93 Courtyard, so Li Kaixin decided to leave them there from now on.

When Li Kaixin rode to a place not far from the transport station, he saw Director Xie and Station Master Zhao standing at the gate.

Upon seeing him, the two immediately rushed to greet him without hesitation.

"Kaixin, you've finally arrived! Quickly hand the car over to Lao Xie and come with me to the office." Station Chief Zhao's tone was anxious.

Seeing this, Li Kaixin didn't dare to delay. He handed the bicycle to Director Xie and then followed Station Chief Zhao quickly toward the office.

As Li Kaixin entered the office, Station Chief Zhao gestured for her to sit down.

"Stationmaster, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry to see me?" Li Kaixin asked impatiently.

Station Chief Zhao remained silent for a while before speaking with a worried expression: "Kaixin, someone from above is coming soon to evaluate you."

Li Kaixin was taken aback, somewhat puzzled: "Station manager, what's the big deal? It's just an assessment, isn't it?"

"This is different from what I told you last time!" Station Chief Zhao shook his head, his tone heavy. "Kaixin, you have to pass the deputy level two driver's test this time."

"Stationmaster, what's going on? Didn't we agree that just being at the third-level rank would be enough?" Li Kaixin frowned.

Station Chief Zhao sighed and lowered his voice:

"This is a power struggle between Secretary Liu and his team. Don't worry about the specific reasons; it won't benefit you right now. What you need to do now is to be ready to deal with any difficulties during the assessment."

"Station Master..." Li Kaixin wanted to say something more.

Station Chief Zhao forced an awkward smile and interrupted, "Kaixin, don't put too much pressure on yourself. There are people helping you in the assessment; just do your best."

"I understand, stationmaster." Li Kaixin nodded solemnly.

Station Master Zhao stood up from his seat and patted him on the shoulder: "Kaixin, if there's nothing else, go and get ready!"

After Li Kaixin left the office, Director Xie walked in, looking worried: "Old Zhao, is there really no other way this time?"

This time, he didn't even call him stationmaster.

"No, we can only try to be happy." Station Chief Zhao sighed again. "When things happen above, we small fry are just collateral damage."

"Damn it!" Director Xie slammed his hand on the table.

Station Master Zhao quickly stepped forward and advised, "Hey, Lao Xie, I'm not in a hurry, why are you?"

However, he still prayed in his heart that Li Kaixin would pass the test.