A domineering country girl flirts with her son, and Commander Huo can't resist.

"Joan? You are...?"

The middle-aged man looked anxious and had no intention of explaining. "It's Qiao An, the one who works in the canteen of the town's police station."

"Tell her where she lives, or you can take us there."

Aunt Liu patted her bottom and got up. As Tian Yongfu's wife, she unconsciously put herself into the role of a village cadre.

"I'll take you there." Aunt Liu stood motionless beside the jeep.

"Then please come up."

Aunt Liu glared at the person inside. "I've never ridden in a car before! How would I know how to get in!"

The person inside was stunned for a moment, then quickly opened the car door from the inside.

Aunt Liu sat inside, her back ramrod straight, her hands resting motionless on her knees.

Actually, she was scared.

This is a car, supposedly only for leaders. If it gets damaged somewhere, the owners would be bankrupt from paying compensation.

Although that's what she thought, Aunt Liu couldn't help but look around.

I never knew car seats were so soft; they're much more comfortable than riding in a donkey cart.

It also has a backrest.

Aunt Liu gave the driver directions, and the jeep headed towards Qiao An's house.

The roads in the village were rough and uneven, so the car drove very slowly.

A group of people followed behind the car, all wanting to see what important person Qiao An had offended.

"Comrades, Qiao An usually works in the police station's canteen; she's a cook who wields a large ladle. What do you want with her?"

"Although Qiao An is uneducated, he has a kind heart. Last time he hunted a wild boar, he shared it with the whole village."

Aunt Liu was genuinely speaking up for Qiao An.

She's been giving Tian Yongfu a lot of nice things lately, and besides, they're both women.

Aunt Liu both admired and felt sorry for Qiao An.

A woman ran away from her husband's family home with two children; life must have been incredibly difficult.

Finally, she found a stable job at the police station, and the man came back.

Life was just getting better and better, so how did we end up offending some big shot who drives a car?

Aunt Liu was completely baffled and could only try to be nice to Qiao An along the way.

The man in the passenger seat had no interest in paying attention to Aunt Liu at all; his eyes were fixed on the road ahead, and he urged her impatiently.

"Almost there? When will you arrive?"

"Drive faster! Faster!"

After preparing dinner, Qiao An spent a long time explaining to Huo Chen and Huo Ning why their father wasn't home.

She was a little worried; Huo Jiyu's expression today seemed as if he wanted to devour her.

I don't know how the news about the machine tool factory got out.

But it's obvious the Huo family took this seriously, and even if she explains now, Huo Jiyu and the others probably won't believe her.

She has to work during the day, and there are only two children and a teenage girl at home, so she's really worried about them.

Looks like we need to think of a solution.

As Qiao An pondered this, she served food to the child.

"—Clang clang clang!"

The sudden banging on the door startled Joan.

The Huo family arrived so quickly?

Alright, let's take advantage of Huo Jiyun's absence today and resolve this matter!

"Ah Chen, Ah Ning, stay inside and don't go out."

"Mom, what happened? I'm scared." Huo Ning noticed that Qiao An's expression was off, so he hugged her waist tightly.

"It's okay, Mom can handle it. Ah Chen, take your little sister to your older sister's room and lock the door."

"Okay." Huo Chen dragged Huo Ning towards the side room.

"Mom, be careful."

"Mom will be careful."

Only after seeing them enter the house did Qiao An step out of the main room.

Huo Chen pressed his face against the window, peering out through the crack, his little fists clenched tightly.

He longed to grow up quickly, to grow up like his father, so that no one would dare to bully his mother.

Before leaving, Qiao An burned a [Great Strength Talisman] and casually grabbed a kitchen knife from the kitchen.

Today I'm going all out. I'm going to teach the Huo family a lesson. If I bleed, I'll pay for the medical expenses.

Qiao An opened the door, grabbed a kitchen knife, and rushed out.

"Huo Jiyu, are you never going to stop?! I'll kill you today, or my name is Qiao!"

"Hey hey hey!"

"Comrade Xiao Qiao!"

"Joan!"

Zhao Zhengang was so frightened that he shrank his neck and almost fell to the ground.

He's an engineer; he's never seen anyone wielding a knife.

The driver, Xiao Zhao, immediately turned and ran to the back of the jeep.

On the contrary, Aunt Liu seemed to have seen it all before.

She called out to Joan.

"Aunt Liu?" Qiao An lowered her head again.

Then I saw Zhao Zhengang huddled up in a ball.

"Chief Engineer Zhao, what brings you here?"

Zhao Zhengang looked at the gleaming kitchen knife in Qiao An's hand and swallowed hard.

"Comrade Xiao... Xiao Qiao, if... if you have something to say, put the knife down first."

Qiao An calmly put away the kitchen knife and quickly went to help Zhao Zhengang.

"Chief Engineer Zhao, I'm so sorry, I thought it was my brother-in-law who had come."

Hearing Qiao An's words, Zhao Zhengang felt even more uneasy.

Is my brother-in-law some kind of monster? Should I greet him with a kitchen knife?

However, Zhao Zhengang has more important things to do now and doesn't have time to think about anything else.

"Comrade Xiao Qiao, you need to come with me to the machine tool factory right away, something terrible has happened."

Aunt Liu listened intently from the side.

Machine tool factory?

It seems Tian Yongfu was right; Qiao An really was chosen by the leaders of the machine tool factory.

This girl is really capable.

"What could possibly be going on at the machine tool factory? That you'd come all the way to the village to see me so late?"

Qiao An was completely baffled.

Zhao Zhengang looked around, and Aunt Liu tactfully took a few steps back.

"Here's the thing, a production line we imported from country D has broken down and is now out of commission. This production line is very important, and even after several of us skilled workers have spent a long time studying it, we still can't figure out what's wrong with it."

"If this production line can't be repaired, we won't be able to produce grinding machine parts. Comrade Xiao Qiao, we made a pledge that if we can't deliver the parts by March next year, the machine tool factory will be punished."

"The honor is a small matter, but the machine tool factory will probably have a hard time getting orders in the future, which is related to the future livelihood of all workers."

Zhao Zhengang had no other choice but to think of Qiao An.

Since she can calculate the data for a grinding machine, she might also be able to repair the machine.

Seeing that no one in the factory could solve the problem, the expert they went to the provincial capital to invite wouldn't be back until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.

Zhao Zhengang applied to Yu Linzhou, deciding to try anything as a last resort, and that's why he drove over to invite Qiao An.

"Shouldn't this count as working for free?" Joan didn't want to work for nothing.

"Of course, it's charged per visit."

"Alright, I'll go with you."

Qiao An changed the subject, "But I'm not sure if it can be fixed, after all, I'm uneducated and don't know anything."

Zhao Zhengang stumbled. How could someone who knows nothing calculate the angle of a grinding machine?

How can uneducated people write formulas as smoothly as writing big-character posters?

At a time like this, what's the point of being modest?

Aunt Liu also realized that the leaders of the machine tool factory had specially driven to pick up Qiao An.

It seems like they're going to the machine tool factory to resolve some important matter.

However, it's late at night, and it might cause gossip if Qiao An, a woman, goes with them.

Aunt Liu thought for a moment and decided to speak up.

"Qiao An, it's getting late. It won't look good if you go alone. How about this, I'll go with you. If others see us, they can't say anything."

Qiao An hadn't expected Aunt Liu to be so thoughtful.

What she said makes sense. Even if she doesn't care about her reputation, it's hard to say whether Huo Jiyun does.

"Thank you so much."

"But I have three children at home..."