After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.

To the left of the Xu family's house was the Yu family's house. The Yu family's house was the same as the Xu family's, a two-story building with five rooms in the middle, made of blue bricks and red tiles. To the left was a row of three small houses, where the kitchen and washroom were located.

The difference is that, on the right side of the Xu family's house, near the wall, Xu's mother carefully planted a circle of sunflowers, while the roses on the wall were in full bloom.

In the center of the courtyard, Mr. Xu specially built a small lotus pond of about two square meters, where colorful lotus flowers were vying for attention.

A small pavilion stands on one side of the lotus pond, furnished with several rattan chairs and a small tea table. The family enjoys sitting there, drinking tea and chatting, when they have free time.

Moreover, this is also Xiao Qing's favorite place to spend her days.

Beneath the walls on both sides of the gate, Xu's mother had specially enclosed a small vegetable garden with bamboo poles. The area was small, and she had only planted some scallions and a dozen or so water spinach plants. They were growing particularly tender, probably because she watered them every day.

As for the Yu family, Yu Jinchen's mother was a very frugal person. Apart from the stone path in the middle, she turned both sides of the small courtyard into rectangular vegetable gardens, planting all sorts of things throughout the courtyard.

In any case, according to Xu Qingman's observation, their family should not need to buy vegetables from outside all year round.

Aside from the different land areas occupied by each family, which makes the buildings vary in size, the layout of the houses on Nantong Street is pretty much the same: all of them are two-story buildings with a few small bungalows next to them.

In front of this row of houses is a fairly wide road, and across the road is an undeveloped wasteland. Two rows of tall, straight camphor trees line both sides of the road.

The camphor tree has deep roots and lush foliage. In the evening, many people from the neighborhood like to sit under the tree, fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans, to cool off.

Just as Xu Qingman reached the Zhang family's gate in front of the Yu family's house, a Mercedes-Benz suddenly stopped in front of her.

"Oh dear." Xu Qingman was preoccupied and hadn't been paying attention to the road. She was startled when the car suddenly stopped beside her.

"Manman, why aren't you looking at the car while you're walking? Where are you going? I'll take you." Yu Jinchen got out of the car with a grin and put his hands on Xu Qingman's.

Xu Qingman glared at him playfully, "You're so annoying! You were the one who startled me by suddenly stopping the car. Didn't you say you had something to do at the company today? Why are you back at this hour?"

"Oh, I forgot an important document at home, so I came back to get it," Yu Jinchen said nonchalantly.

He held Xu Qingman's hand but didn't take it off her shoulder. His eyes were fixed on her face. Why did he feel that the little girl had grown even more beautiful overnight?

Her already fair and delicate skin became even more radiant with a rosy glow, and she carried a faint, indescribable fragrance that was intoxicating.

Looking at her small, delicate face, he really wanted to touch it to see if it was as smooth and tender as he imagined.

And so he did, gently stroking the girl's delicate face with his right hand. Just as he had expected, it was even smoother than the finest silk.

"Brother Jinchen, what are you doing? We're outside." Xu Qingman blushed and stepped away from his embrace.

Yu Jinchen didn't mind, he just smiled and put his right fingers to his lips, and said in a deep voice, "Manman, I think you are even more beautiful today? You are simply mesmerizing."

As for cultivation, she couldn't talk about it without Xiao Shitou's permission, so Xu Qingman could only smile and say, "Really? Although every girl likes to be praised for her beauty, you should still put away any thoughts you shouldn't have. I have to go buy groceries, you go ahead and do your work."

"You really don't want me to come with you?"

"No need, I'm not a child." Xu Qingman walked straight ahead without waiting for him to say anything more.

Thinking that he did have something important to do today, Yu Jinchen did not follow her. He gave her a deep look from behind before putting his mind to his own business.

After arriving at the market, Xu Qingman strolled around and saw a vendor selling sea bass. Remembering her mother's steamed sea bass, she bought two at once, thinking she would take one to try at noon and have her mother cook the other one when she got back.

Then I bought a few purple eggplants and a small piece of pork. Seeing that the ribs at the butcher's stall looked nice, I bought a few more ribs.

There aren't many people in my family, and we grow our own water spinach, which is enough for two meals.

Carrying a basket of vegetables, I strolled leisurely home. I had never had such a carefree time since being sold by my own parents in my past life.

At this moment, she felt that even the wind in the air was sweet. As the saying goes, if you have a paradise in your heart, everywhere is a paradise.

"Are you Xu Qingman?" Just as I was feeling happy, a hoarse voice rang out beside me.

"Who are you? What do you want with me?" Xu Qingman frowned as she looked at the man in front of her.

Wearing a long black shirt and trousers on such a hot day, and with sunglasses that cover half his face, he's definitely not a good person.

Thinking that she had also cultivated before, Xu Qingman wasn't too afraid. After all, even if she couldn't win, there was still space to help her escape.

Putting the basket in her hand down in the corner, Xu Qingman picked up a tree branch from the ground, held it across her chest, and stared at the man opposite her.

The man chuckled. She looked so small that even if he gave her a knife, it wouldn't make a difference. In his eyes, she was just a walking bag of money.

"Young lady, you only have yourself to blame for messing with the wrong person. I'm just doing my job, following orders. If you don't want to get hurt, you'd better come with me obediently. Otherwise..."

After saying this, the man stared at her with a sinister look.

Xu Qingman felt a chill run down her spine, as if she were being stared at by a hungry wolf. It seemed that things wouldn't end well today.

"I can tell you're only here for the money. I know you have rules, and I won't ask who the other person is. How about this: whatever amount he gives you, I'll give you double, and then we'll pretend this never happened?"

After Xu Qingman finished speaking, she stared intently at the man, but her body did not relax at all.

"Stop talking nonsense, it's too late, let's go, little girl." Before Xu Qingman could react, the man quickly grabbed her with his right hand.

Xu Qingman slammed the stick in her hand hard against his hand, then quickly took a step back.

I was wrong. I thought she was just an ordinary pampered young lady, but she turned out to be full of thorns.

Stroking her sore hand, the man no longer held back, leaning forward and grabbing Xu Qingman's hands, pressing them back.

Xu Qingman was not about to surrender so easily. She took the opportunity to kick his legs between his legs with her right leg, thus escaping his clutches.

"Ah..." The man bent over in pain. He hadn't expected this girl to be a trained fighter. He no longer held back and pulled out a dagger from his waist, stabbing Xu Qingman with swift and ruthless speed.

Xu Qingman was stunned by his attack, as it was her first time fighting someone. She stood there dumbfounded.