Quick Transmigration: Don't Let an Honest Man Become a Villainous Supporting Female Character

Finally, it was New Year's Eve. Every household was having their New Year's Eve dinner, and the snow outside hadn't stopped, but that couldn't stop the children from playing wildly outside.

Ji Chaoxi and Qin Du were eating the dumplings she had made yesterday. The dumplings looked quite nice when she made them, but they all broke as soon as they were put in the water.

"Brother Qin Du, I think my dumplings taste better."

Qin Du nodded.

Ji Zhuxin couldn't stand it anymore: "Stop eating those lousy dumplings all the time. You don't eat the good ones."

She really doesn't understand kids these days.

As Qin's mother ate her dumplings, her eyes were filled with memories: "When I was little, my mother used to make pickled vegetable dumplings for me, and I loved them."

Ji Zhuxin blew on the steaming food and asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, didn't you eat this when you married Uncle?"

Qin's mother shook her head: "His father doesn't like the taste of pickled vegetables. He eats very delicate food, and I can only sneak a bite or two occasionally."

At this point, she smiled and said, "Qin Du was quite young back then. Knowing that his father wouldn't let him eat it, he would secretly go to other stores to buy pickled vegetables and then give them to me."

Ji Zhuxin clicked her tongue and shook her head: "Why is Uncle so domineering? He doesn't allow the rest of the family to eat just because he doesn't like it?"

Qin's mother smiled and nodded.

"He's highly educated, while I haven't read much. He always felt we couldn't connect. The fourth wife was educated, and he preferred to stay with her."

Suddenly, a child's scream came from outside, startling Ji Zhuxin, who cursed.

She blew on the piping hot dumplings and said, "Auntie, you've raised Qin Du so well! What a wonderful son he is. He'll be able to enjoy a life of luxury from now on."

Qin's mother smiled and said nothing more.

To be honest, after her father died, she actually felt a tension in her heart ease and felt much more relaxed. Of course, she couldn't say this to anyone else.

When she used to live at her father's house, her father disapproved of everything she liked to eat, the way she ate, the way she sat and stood, and the things she said.

But he treated Qin Du quite well.

He was a good father, but not a good husband.

Her father had been dead for so many years, and to be honest, she hadn't thought about him. She just hated him for dragging her son down with him.

Firecrackers were set off at the entrance of the educated youth compound and the village chief's house, and groups of village children went over to play wildly.

"My mom bought me fruit candy!"

"My mom bought me White Rabbit milk candy!"

"What's so great about White Rabbit candy? I ate it last year too, and I'm already tired of it."

"You're bragging again. Your family received so few work points this year, it's definitely because you can't afford White Rabbit candy."

"No, that's not true!"

The children gathered together, showing off the things their families had bought. The children whose families hadn't bought much could only listen to them talk, looking very awkward.

Ji Chaoxi and Qin Du ran to play behind the house, where there was a large open space.

Qin Du pulled out a long, tightly rolled firecracker from somewhere, and Ji Chaoxi immediately became happy.

"Brother Qin Du, when did you buy it?"

Qin Du smiled and said, "I bought it in the county the day before yesterday."

He thought she would like it.

Qin Du held up a match, and Ji Chaoxi, standing beside him, eagerly said, "Brother Qin Du, I'd like to try it too."

"it is good."

Qin Du lit the match and held her hand as they held the matchstick together.

Ji Chaoxi was both scared and wanting to play. She looked at him nervously and said, "Brother Qin Du, you'll have to grab me and run with me later."

Qin Du patted her head and replied, "Don't be afraid."

The two approached the fuse on the ground. Qin Du grabbed her hand and lit the fuse. Sparks immediately flew out of the fuse and traveled backward.

Qin Du immediately pulled her back several steps, covering her ears tightly.

"Bang—Bang!"

The firecrackers ignited instantly, crackling and vibrating, filling the air with the smell of gunpowder, and bits of red paper fell like snowflakes from head to toe.

Ji Chaoxi excitedly pulled Qin Du along, her voice completely drowned out by the sound of firecrackers, her face beaming with joy.

Qin Du looked down at her, his eyes filled with undisguised affection. His eardrums were ringing. He couldn't hear her voice, but he could see her bright eyes.

Her lips opened and closed, slightly engorged with blood from excitement, making them appear even more rosy and soft.

The emotions that Qin Du had been suppressing in his heart exploded completely, just like this firecracker.

He likes her.

He will never have such feelings for anyone else in his life.

He would remember this scene for the rest of his life. He didn't expect to be by her side forever, but this moment belonged only to the two of them.

Firecrackers went off again in the distance, and several children were running toward the sound.

Ji Chaoxi looked up at him, her face flushed red, whether from happiness or from the cold, and her eyes were very moist.

She gently tugged at Qin Du's clothes. Qin Du lowered his head and looked at her indulgently. Ji Chaoxi looked into his eyes and suddenly had a strange feeling that no matter what she did to him, he would forgive her.

Ji Chaoxi's heart pounded wildly, and under his gentle gaze, she covered his eyes.

Qin Du's vision went black all of a sudden, the whole world fell silent, and his heartbeat was deafening. He couldn't tell if it was his or hers.

Immediately afterwards, a sweet scent approached, and the next second, a soft touch covered his lips.

Qin Du froze completely, even his breathing stopped for a moment. He could feel her slightly trembling breath and the lingering sweetness on her lips.

"Wasn't there a sound coming from this side just now? How come I didn't see it?"

"Let's look again."

"I'm out of candy, can someone give me one?"

The air was thick with the smell of cold wind and sulfur. Red scraps of paper lay scattered on the ground. Qin Du opened his eyes, but the girl who had just been standing in front of him was nowhere to be seen.

Ji Zhuxin was wrapping red envelopes in the room when she saw Ji Chaoxi burst in like a firecracker and immediately hide under the covers.

Ji Zhuxin looked at her in surprise: "What's wrong? Weren't we just going out to play? Are you not going to play anymore?"

Ji Chaoxi mumbled a reply from under the covers, "I'm sleepy."

Ji Zhuxin looked at her helplessly: "Every time I ask you to stay up for New Year's Eve, you're always so sleepy. I'm going out now."

"good--"

Hearing the door close, Ji Chaoxi finally peeked out.

Her face turned frighteningly red; she was startled by her own audacity.

But the way he looked at her then, gave her so many things, and treated her so well—wasn't that just him trying to entice her to kiss him?

The belated sense of shame nearly drove Ji Chaoxi to the brink of collapse; she rolled around on the bed, clutching her blanket.

Ji Zhuxin took the red envelope and went to Qin Du's house.

"Qin Du, here, take this red envelope."

Qin Du was about to refuse when Ji Zhuxin quickly stuffed the red envelope into his hand: "You can't refuse a red envelope, your mother must have told you that."

She smiled at Qin's mother again: "It's going to be lively all night."

Qin's mother listened to the sound of firecrackers outside, her eyes full of smiles.

"May the sound of firecrackers bring peace and safety year after year."

Ji Zhuxin didn't go back to her room to sleep until dawn the next day.

She looked at Ji Chaoxi's casually placed coat, which she folded and was about to put in the closet when she suddenly felt a thick stack of things in the coat pocket.

When Ji Zhuxin took it out, she found it was a very thick red envelope. She opened it and was immediately shocked.

That kid probably put all the money he's earned into this account, right? We can't accept that.

She immediately woke Ji Chaoxi: "Xixi, did Qin Du give you the red envelope in your pocket?"

Ji Chaoxi groggily opened her eyes: "Red envelope? What red envelope?"

Ji Zhuxin sighed, "It's alright, it's alright, go back to sleep."

She found the red envelope increasingly troublesome.

What should we do?

A few dollars wouldn't be a big deal, but this much money...

Is this a betrothal gift or a New Year's gift?