Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

"Didn't you see?" Su Wanwan approached Xu Yan and asked in a low voice after confirming that no one was chasing behind. The two of them came to the yard. As the wind kept blowing, she couldn't help but shiver slightly because of the cold. She glanced at it unintentionally and saw a piece of wood placed at the door.

The piece of wood was cylindrical, like the remains of a long-abandoned wellhead. She remembered that it was originally standing upright next to the firewood pile... In just a moment, she guessed why this piece of wood was there.

Usually, the wood discarded from the well is thick and heavy. Perhaps this is the "tool" that Li Meifen used to damage the stove.

"I see." Xu Yan turned around and responded, leaving Su Wanwan with a confused look on her face behind him.

What did he see? After staring at the wood for a while, Su Wanwan wanted to find a chance to be alone to explain the situation to Li Meifen, but she saw Xu Yan, who had returned to the house, go out again with a coat in his hand.

"Put it on." Su Wanwan felt the wind weakened significantly after putting on her coat. "You went to get the clothes for me? What do you know?" she asked quickly.

"I know you're cold." In the night, the moonlight was dim, so she could only barely see Xu Yan's facial expression - he was actually smiling!

Even though he was being plotted against, he still smiled so easily!

"Do you know how serious this matter is?" She walked with Xu Yan in the yard, her heart full of doubts.

"I know there was sabotage." The answer surprised her.

"Then why should I cater to her negative thoughts?" she questioned, her thoughts turning to Li Meifen's attempt to return from the production team cafeteria early and secretly destroy the stove before moving into the next room to get close to Xu Yan.

Once the truth is known, even decades later, this enlightened behavior will be astonishing.

"Guess." After giving her a vague smile, Xu Yan gently pushed her and said, "Go back to the house. It's cold outside. I need to go in to get the ingredients."

Facing countless questions in her mind, Su Wanwan couldn't ask any more questions when she saw his smile, because it seemed like he knew something but was trying to hide something. She followed his hint and walked into the house. The wind suddenly stopped, and she shivered again. The weather turned cold, and if she stayed outside any longer, she might catch a cold.

Inside, Li Meifen had already made the bed. Bai Luwei, who was silent beside her, also seemed confused by the situation.

"Li Meifen, come here for a moment. I want to talk to you about something." Su Wanwan walked straight into the room. She saw the pride in Li Meifen's eyes through the kerosene lamp. She left a word and stood in the corner near the door.

Li Meifen didn't seem to be afraid of Su Wanwan's questioning. After making the bed, she immediately came to the corner and met Su Wanwan: "Just ask."

Even though the light in the room was dim, Su Wanwan could still clearly see the victorious smile on Li Meifen's face.

"Do you think you were smart in what you did?" Su Wanwan lowered her voice and asked with a stern face.

To avoid the white reed being heard in the house.

"Our Xiao Wan is extremely smart. She can figure out the whole situation with just a little clue. How can I hide any secrets?" Li Meifen had no intention of hiding anything, and was even more complacent. "But what should I do? Do you want to expose me directly? Do you have evidence?"

Su Wanwan sighed softly, "Do you think I didn't see the wooden pillar standing next to the door?"

In an instant, Li Meifen's face changed drastically. Although the light was dim, Su Wanwan still caught her momentary fear, and then she returned to her calmness: "Did you remember it wrongly? The pillar has always been there, you can't blame me for no reason."

Although she tried to lower the volume, Li Meifen's voice was still loud, causing Bai Luwei to whisper vaguely.

"Unfair? Are you hiding something from me again?" Bai Luwei's question rang out quickly.

"That's not the case. Go back and rest." Su Wanwan responded to the voice.

"I dare not rest. After all, a distinguished guest will come to our room to sleep soon. It would be terrible if people gossip about us if we stay in the same room." No one responded after Bai Luwei finished speaking.

"Listen, don't play tricks. It's none of your business whether Xu Yan likes you. Even if you want to get close to him, don't do it at the cost of hurting others." Su Wanwan lowered her voice again and said coldly.

She stared at Li Meifen in front of her.

"Tsk, stop putting on airs in front of me. If you can't get Xu Yan's favor, won't you try to get close to him too?" Li Meifen completely regarded Su Wanwan's words as a manifestation of jealousy and didn't care at all.

"Your little tricks are nothing new to anyone except Bai Luwei, and the one who understands it best is none other than Xu Yan. This behavior will only make him hate you even more."

Compared to Li Meifen's rapidly changing expression, Su Wanwan's words remained calm throughout, making it difficult to guess where her emotions were headed.

"What are you talking about?" Li Meifen lowered her brows and thought, then smiled, "I understand. You're worried that if my brother gets too close to me, it will be bad for you and you won't get any benefits."

"Even someone as lazy as Bai Luwei could tell that the kang wasn't broken by itself. Do you think Xu Yan, who is always serious about his work, couldn't notice anything unusual?"

Su Wanwan stopped talking to Li Meifen and turned to get water for herself to wash her face. It seemed that the kang was broken, and in the days to come, even hot soup and water for washing feet would probably become a luxury.

The feeling of loss was beyond words. Su Wanwan took off the towel and wiped her cheek tremblingly.

"Let's go to the next room and take a rest first. Get up early tomorrow morning so that the people in the production team won't notice anything unusual." Xu Yan took out a few bricks from somewhere and stuffed them into the broken hole of the kang as soon as he entered the room.

Li Meifen pretended to be innocent and said, "Okay, Brother Xu, thank you for your hard work."

Even though Bai Luwei understood the seriousness of the situation, he said, "Bricks alone won't solve the problem. We need to use tape to fix it, otherwise the kang skins will be exposed."

Hearing this, Su Wanwan, who had just finished her work, smiled knowingly, thinking that she had thought these sundries were useless. Returning to the house, she pulled out the large luggage bag left by her mother... It was originally used to store only daily necessities, and the rest was placed intact by the wall.

It turns out that these things were still useful during the exchange days.

"Oh, right, it's the soil problem." After saying that, Bai Luwei shrugged.

Li Meifen, holding the quilt, stood hesitantly for a moment. When she saw Su Wanwan running towards the tape, the spring-like smile on her face dimmed in the silence, and then she left holding the quilt.

Xu Yan lowered his head to check the brick in his hand that matched the gap. "Soil is the key, but the soil in the wild won't work. It's not sticky enough." His voice was deep and powerful, reminding people that it is possible to make a kang without cement.

Bai Luwei frowned: "Can loess and sand be used? There is no cohesion at all." But he didn't seem to understand it very well.

Su Wanwan sneered: "Do you think the place under pressure will collapse first?" His intelligence level is so high that people can't help but sigh that he is cute in his stupidity.

Upon hearing this question, Bai Luwei's eyes instantly widened, and it was obvious that he hadn't figured it out yet.