What Zhou Lihua now constantly talked about was no longer, "Letting my daughter marry into a wealthy family," but rather, "My daughter said that relying on her own hands to live a good life is the real skill."
Now that things had finally settled down, Su Qiao had the leisure to watch the drama unfold.
Just as she and 444 had predicted, after Xia Xiaodie had secretly met Zhou Tianyou once at the teahouse in town, Zhou Tianyou had not seen her again.
Zhou Tianyou waited anxiously in town. After seven days passed without any message, he had no choice but to sneak over to Willow Tree Village.
He refused to believe that the person he liked could truly be the sort who was deceitful and devious beneath her pleasant exterior.
Since he was an outsider with an unfamiliar face and was afraid of being recognized, Zhou Tianyou did not dare enter the village. He was just preparing to send his servant into the village to deliver a message secretly when he happened to run into Su Qiao, who was returning to the village in a carriage.
"You're... Su Qiao?"
Zhou Tianyou was somewhat afraid that he had mistaken her.
After all, the Su Qiao he had heard about from Xia Xiaodie was a dark and fat, headstrong, domineering, fierce, and unreasonable little girl. She was also careless about her appearance, with messy hair and clothes so dirty they were unbearable to look at.
Yet the girl before him had fair skin, plain and elegant clothes, delicate features, and a calm gaze.
However, he had already made inquiries. In Willow Tree Village, only the Su Family owned a carriage, and Su Qiao was usually the one who used it.
Su Qiao glanced through the carriage window at the boy standing