1970s: My childhood sweetheart ran away, and I turned around and married the wildest chief.

Bai Xue raised an eyebrow. "You dare talk to me like that? Are you out of your mind? Or... are you ready to marry into the Bai family?"

Bai Xue's face was full of smugness. "Qiao Wanqing, you can't just marry into the Bai family as you please. You... ah..."

Qiao Wanqing shoved her away. Bai Xue, caught off guard, bumped into the wall and exclaimed, "Are you crazy? You dare hit me?"

"I'll soon be no longer a member of the performing arts troupe, so naturally I won't be living here. There's no use trying to stop me."

After saying that, Qiao Wanqing picked up her luggage and left.

Bai Xue was stunned.

Not a member of the performing arts troupe?

She's been discharged from the military?

Want to go to the countryside to avoid trouble?

Bai Xue pursed her lips, suddenly unsure whether she should look forward to her going to the countryside or to her following her uncle, Bai Zhengxiong.

Going to the countryside was suffering, and marrying Bai Zhengxiong was humiliation. Either way, it would be very difficult for her to turn her life around.

Qiao Yuanhe waited for her downstairs. After putting their luggage in the car, the two siblings went home.

Everything in the house is still there, unlike others whose homes have been ransacked and damaged. The things that were damaged were all worthless.

After all, the Qiao family still had the old man and the eldest uncle, so Bai Zhengxiong didn't dare to go too far. He targeted Qiao Wanqing because he felt that in such a large family, at crucial moments, they would most likely choose to sacrifice a daughter.

As long as he doesn't go too far and things don't escalate to a complete breakdown, everything will be fine.

In the afternoon, Li Hongjun came to find Qiao Yuanhe, and the two of them hurriedly left, leaving Qiao Wanqing alone at home.

She closed the door and went back to her room.

I drew the curtains and entered the space.

She had this space in her previous life. It wasn't big, but it was enough. It had 200 square meters of black soil, a spiritual spring, and a thousand cubic meters of storage space. The soil was suitable for planting, and the crops matured much faster than in reality. The storage space was time-stabilized, so the plants wouldn't rot or decay. It was even better than a refrigerator. Over the years, she had stuffed a lot of things into it.

After harvesting the ripe vegetables and medicinal herbs, he left the space, took out some cloth, and made some clothes for Lu Mingzhou.

This man took a great risk to marry her, so she should repay him in some way and treat him well.

Qiao Wanqing was very quick. She had a sewing machine at home, and the first set of pajamas she made was finished in half an hour. After washing them, she put them in the yard to dry.

I had just finished doing all that when an uninvited guest arrived at my house.

"Cousin, have Auntie and the others been arrested? Oh my god, why are you still at home? Aren't you going to try to save them?"

A voice, feigning surprise but actually barely able to contain its excitement, came from inside. Qiao Wanqing turned around and saw Xu Yanran walking in slowly.

She wasn't very tall, but her looks were outstanding. However, she lacked a certain charm; she was a beauty, but like a plastic flower without fragrance.

He always lacked the refined air of someone from a scholarly family.

Qiao Wanqing's lips curled into a smile. "If I'm not here, where do you think I should be?"

Xu Yanran put on a sorrowful expression. "Cousin, I know you're unwilling, but right now the most important thing is the safety of Aunt, Uncle, Grandpa, and Grandma. They were arrested because of you. The other party has their eyes on you. If you don't agree, they will all be in danger. Can you really be so heartless as to watch them get hurt?"

Qiao Wanqing laughed and said, "No wonder Grandpa doesn't like you. You really don't have a bit of the Xu family's spirit."

"Given our family background, it's an insult for someone like Bai Zhengxiong to even be interested in me. My grandparents were furious when they found out. And you, on the other hand, come running over here and tell me to back down. Is this what my second uncle wants? Would you dare say that to my grandfather?"

No matter how scheming the Xu family may be behind the scenes, they certainly have integrity on the surface, and my grandfather cared most about his reputation.

Xu Yanran's expression changed, and her pretty face quickly became somewhat distorted.

"Qiao Wanqing, stop putting on airs. You're a member of the Qiao family, not my Xu family. Because of you, my grandparents have been implicated. Instead of trying to save them, you have the nerve to swagger around here?"

Qiao Wanqing suddenly laughed, a slightly wicked smile playing on her lips. She pulled out her marriage certificate and spread it out for Xu Yanran to see. "I'm married. My husband is the most promising young officer in the entire army. The marriage application was approved exceptionally quickly, so of course I dare to flaunt it. What can you do about it?"

Xu Yanran was stunned, staring at the marriage certificate in front of her, wondering if she was seeing things. "This...you're married?"

How could anyone possibly want her at this time?

"Look up there, who is this?"

Xu Yanran looked closely and saw Lu Mingzhou!

"Impossible!" she screamed and rushed to Qiao Wanqing, trying to snatch the marriage certificate so she could see it more clearly. Of course, Qiao Wanqing wouldn't let her get it and immediately dodged away.

"This is impossible, this is impossible! Lu Mingzhou has worked so hard to achieve his current success, how could he possibly marry you?"

Qiao Wanqing laughed, blocking her hand to let her see more clearly, "Look carefully, it's him. He personally went to the leaders to get the marriage application specially approved. The military approved it exceptionally quickly. He's clearly protecting me. Your plan has fallen through!"

"Oh, by the way, I saw Hu Yu at the Civil Affairs Bureau just now. She knows I'm married. Why didn't she tell you?"

At this moment, Xu Yanran no longer cared about Hu Yu or not; her eyes were fixed on the name on the marriage certificate, which was indeed Lu Mingzhou.

Those three words made her eyes widen in fury!

Lu Mingzhou was the man she had her eye on, and he had always been one of her most important backup options. She hadn't given up on him yet, so why should Qiao Wanqing steal him away?

Xu Yanran glared at Qiao Wanqing with resentment. "Qiao Wanqing, why do you always try to steal my things? Tell me, how can you be so shameless? Can't the Qiao family support you? You insist on trying to take things from the Xu family, and now you're even trying to steal the man I've set my sights on. Why don't you just die?"

Xu Yanran roared and charged at Qiao Wanqing, opening her claws to tear Qiao Wanqing's face apart.

Qiao Wanqing tucked the marriage certificate into her bosom. When she saw her rushing over, she grabbed her waving hands with one hand and slapped her away hard with the other.

"Snapped!"

"what!"

Xu Yanran screamed and stumbled backward, covering her face with her hands and staring at Qiao Wanqing in disbelief. "You dare hit me?"

When she took her hand off and saw blood on her palm, Xu Yanran was so frightened she almost died on the spot.

"Ahhh... my face, my face..."

Qiao Wanqing brandished the shards of porcelain in her hand and sneered, "What? Surprised? I've always had a bad temper. You dared to yell at me, so you should know what will happen. Get lost, or I won't hesitate to ruin your face."

"Your grandparents got arrested, but my grandparents are perfectly fine. Who's afraid of who?"

"You..." Xu Yanran was so shocked that she couldn't speak. She really didn't expect Qiao Wanqing to say such a thing. Her grandparents treated her like their own granddaughter. Did she not care at all?

Having gained a new understanding of Qiao Wanqing's ruthlessness, Xu Yanran looked at the broken porcelain shards in Qiao Wanqing's hand and said angrily, "You've finally shown your true colors. All these years you've pretended to be well-behaved in front of Grandpa and Grandma, all for the sake of the Xu family's property. Now that Grandpa and Grandma have just been arrested, you dare to speak like this. When Grandpa and Grandma come out, I will definitely tell them your true colors."

Qiao Wanqing's lips curled into a wicked smile. "You think they'll believe you just because you said it?"

Xu Yanran: "..."

At this moment, she truly hated Qiao Wanqing to the core.

Because she knew that her grandparents might not actually believe her.

Over the years, Qiao Wanqing, though only Xu's granddaughter, has enjoyed the same treatment as a biological granddaughter in the Xu family. No, she has even received better treatment than Xu's biological granddaughter. Her grandparents like her, her uncles value her, and the gifts, jewelry, and money she receives each year are more than what Xu's biological granddaughter receives.

Xu Yanran's lips trembled with anger. "Qiao Wanqing, don't be so smug. No matter what, I am still the granddaughter of the Xu family. Blood ties cannot be changed. You dared to scratch my face today and try to ruin my future. For this reason alone, the Xu family will never let you off the hook."

Qiao Wanqing chuckled lightly, disdainfully saying, "You should really think about how you're going to keep your grandfather in the dark about how you reported your own family and caused your grandparents to go to jail. Do you think he'll even find out?"

Xu Yanran's face changed, turning pale instantly. "Stop spouting nonsense."

Xu Yanran was very flustered at this moment. She was really worried about being exposed. She knew a little about her own grandfather. That old man was always ruthless.

Qiao Wanqing said indifferently, "Whether it's slander or not doesn't matter anymore. Anyway, I'm married now, and Bai Zhengxiong can't affect me anymore. So, how are you going to clean up this mess?"

What Xu Yanran couldn't stand the most was Qiao Wanqing's confident look. She gritted her teeth and said, "You are the granddaughter of the Xu family, and your mother is a member of the Xu family. If something happens to the Xu family, you won't be able to escape either."

Qiao Wanqing wasn't afraid at all.

Her household registration follows her mother's, not her father's, and her social status follows her father's, not her mother's. As long as the Qiao family is safe, even if the Xu family is labeled as bad elements and sent to labor camps, it will have a limited impact on her now.

However, she didn't say this aloud, after all, she still wanted a share of the Xu family's property.

She could casually say a few words to Xu Yanran, and even if her grandfather found out, she could deny it or explain it as just angry words used to annoy Xu Yanran. But if she said it too much, her grandfather would become suspicious.

Seeing that Qiao Wanqing ignored her and looked indifferent, Xu Yanran was furious, but she couldn't do anything about it. She had originally planned to take this opportunity to give Qiao Wanqing to Bai Zhengxiong, ruin her and sell her for profit, but she ended up getting married.

Damn it, has Lu Mingzhou gone mad? How dare he marry Qiao Wanqing at a time like this?

Regardless, Xu Yanran couldn't care less at this moment. She covered her face and began searching around, looking for things while saying to Qiao Wanqing, "This is the Xu family home. Aren't you married? Get out of here."

Seeing her frantic search, Qiao Wanqing said coolly, "You've got it wrong. This is the Qiao family home, the house that the research institute allocated to my father. You're the one who should get out."

Xu Yanran looked around but didn't see anything special. Just as she was about to go to the backyard, Qiao Wanqing said, "You should go get your face checked out quickly. If it gets scarred in the long run, you'll have nothing left."

Disfigured, she's no longer valuable in a marriage alliance, so the Xu family won't give her much of their assets.

Although Xu Yanran was unwilling, her face was burning with pain, and she was genuinely worried about her appearance. She threatened, "You just wait!"

After saying that, he quickly ran out.

"Dad... Dad..." Xu Yanran put away her sinister words and ran out crying.

Seeing Xu Yanran run away, Qiao Wanqing curled her lips, thinking that with such little fighting ability, she hadn't improved much over the years.

"Yanran..." Uncle Xu was right outside the door. He was searching around the front yard for any traps or buried treasures, but after searching for a long time, he found nothing.

I was still furious when I saw my daughter run out with her face covered in blood. I was so angry I almost died.

"Dad, waaaaah, my face! My sister is so angry and embarrassed, she's going to ruin my face! I'm so scared, waaaaah..."

When Uncle Xu saw so much blood, he was quite frightened. His daughter was so beautiful, and he couldn't let her be disfigured.

"Quick, get to the hospital for treatment. The wound isn't deep, it shouldn't leave a scar. Go now."

"Dad, aren't you coming with me?" Xu Yanran didn't want to leave her father here alone. They were here to look for the Xu family's property. If her father was left alone at this time, what if she didn't see anything they found and he hid it away?

Is only your cousin home?

Xu Yanran nodded, "I think so, I only saw her."

Qiao Yuanhe isn't here?

Uncle Xu's eyes flashed with excitement. "Listen to me, you go to the hospital first, and Dad will go in and give her a good scolding."

Xu Yanran hesitated, "Dad, my cousin has always been favored by Grandpa. She's so arrogant, I'm worried about you going in alone. Why don't you come to the hospital with me to get bandaged up, and I'll go in with you later? With me there, Grandpa won't blame you, an elder, for bullying her."

Although Uncle Xu was afraid of his maternal grandfather, he was ultimately attracted by the money. With no one else in the family, only that little girl Qiao Wanqing, this was a golden opportunity.

"It's alright. She's caused such a big commotion that your grandfather won't dote on her anymore. Your face is the most important thing. Go to the hospital right away, or you'll have a scar. I'll go in and take a look, and I'll be out in a bit."

Xu Yanran pursed her lips, ultimately deciding that her appearance was more important. This was the research institute's family quarters; even if her grandfather placed some of the Xu family's assets here, it wouldn't be all of it, at most just a small portion.

Xu Yanran left quickly, and Xu Erjiu rushed into the house, cursing as he went, and raised his hand to slap Qiao Wanqing.

"You brat, are you crazy? How dare you do this to your cousin?"

Qiao Wanqing dodged Xu Erjiu's slap and sneered, "Grandpa and Grandma are in trouble, and instead of trying to help, you, as their son, come here to be sarcastic and mean. After all these years, is this the first time you've seen my temper, Erjiu?"

Uncle Xu was furious. This brat was so arrogant and had a bad temper. She was clearly the daughter of the Qiao family, yet she suppressed the daughter of the Xu family, leaving her with no chance to stand out. He didn't know what her parents were thinking. They didn't love their own granddaughter, but insisted on loving someone else's.

Now, they've finally met their match.