Lin Wan woke up a little late the next day.
She glanced at the watch on her wrist—already past ten.
Not being a wage slave and sleeping until she naturally woke up felt amazing.
The house was completely quiet.
No one was in the living room, and all the other room doors were closed.
“Bang!”
Suddenly, a loud crash came from the main room.
Lin Wan walked over and saw that the door was slightly ajar.
She pushed it open.
Inside, she saw Zhang Qin turning around with a pale, frightened face.
Zhang Qin had knocked over the enamel cup on the desk.
It had even chipped slightly.
“You’re looking for the household registration book?” Lin Wan raised an eyebrow, yawning as she spoke.
She walked back to her room, took out the household registration book, and waved it in front of Zhang Qin.
“You want it? Give me twenty.”
She had taken the household registration book from Huang Guixiang the night before.
Just in case Huang Guixiang refused to let Zhang Qin use it to register her marriage.
Zhang Qin stared blankly at her. “Huh?”
Lin Wan rolled her eyes.
“Don’t want to pay?”
“Then fifty.”
“Plus ten jin of grain coupons, and two chi—no, four chi of cloth coupons!”
“One hand pays, the other hand delivers. Take it or leave it.”
Of course Zhang Qin wanted it.
But she had no money.
She could only bite her lip and start crying, her sorrowful, hollow eyes gradually filling with despair.
Lin Wan clearly knew she couldn’t afford it—that was exactly why she asked.
She wanted to see her joke.
She wanted to force her to accept reality…
Lin Wan was speechless.
“If you don’t have money, ask Guo Xuyang for it!”
“If he can’t even pay to marry a wife, what kind of marriage is that?”
“Marriage means the man supports the household. If he can’t even take responsibility for this little money, then what are you marrying him for? Don’t waste women’s lives!”
“Let him stay single for life instead of harming other young women!”
So annoying.
After speaking, she grabbed Zhang Qin’s hand and dragged her downstairs.
As expected, once they left the residential compound, Guo Xuyang suddenly appeared from somewhere, rushing over angrily and pulling Zhang Qin behind him.
“Lin Wan, what are you doing?!”
“Bullying Zhang Qin again!”
“You think I can’t deal with you?”
Lin Wan really didn’t want to waste time with them anymore.
She raised the household registration book in her hand.
“One hundred yuan, twenty jin of grain coupons, and one meter of cloth coupons—give me that, and I’ll give you the household registration book.”
Zhang Qin blurted out, “Weren’t you saying fifty yuan just now?”
Lin Wan crossed her arms, chin raised arrogantly.
“That was the old price.”
“But now he scared me—I have to charge emotional damages.”
Not asking for much. This pair of miserable lovers just kept assuming she had bad intentions and was scheming something.
So she might as well raise the price a little more.
Guo Xuyang stared at her eyes tightly and gritted out, “You better not be playing tricks!”
He had money and ration coupons on him.
He originally planned that once Zhang Qin stole the household registration book and got the marriage certificate, he would take her to the department store to buy her new clothes.
“We’ll go to the Civil Affairs Bureau.”
“I’ll give you the money after the marriage certificate is issued,” he said, suspicious that the household registration book might be fake.
Without another word, Lin Wan followed them onto the bus to the Civil Affairs Bureau.
She didn’t notice that outside the residential compound, Huo Xiao’s jeep was parked.
Du Guoqiang, who had witnessed everything, was stunned.
“Good heavens, how can there be such a terrible woman?”
“She looks beautiful, but her heart is black!”
“When choosing a partner, you’ve got to pick someone kind. Looks don’t matter—turn off the lights and it’s all the same…”
“Captain Huo, you really need to be careful when picking a wife!”
Huo Xiao opened the passenger door, his expression unreadable.
“Get out.”
“Do one hundred squats, one hundred push-ups, and run two kilometers.”
“Write a self-criticism tonight.”
“If you can’t stop talking nonsense about female comrades, the punishment will be doubled next time.”
Du Zhiguo: “……”
Slap!
He gave himself a slap across the face.
The regiment commander didn’t like people gossiping about female comrades—how could he not control his damn mouth?
Huo Xiao drove off without looking back.
At the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Guo Xuyang had used connections to bypass the Zhang family and obtained a marriage introduction letter for Zhang Qin.
With all procedures complete, the marriage certificate was issued quickly.
Holding the certificate, Zhang Qin felt dazed, as if everything were unreal.
It had gone too smoothly. Even Guo Xuyang felt like he was dreaming.
After leaving the Civil Affairs Bureau, Lin Wan immediately stretched out her hand.
“Money and vouchers!”
Still dazed, Guo Xuyang handed them over.
Lin Wan happily counted them, then stuffed everything into her military shoulder bag and patted it with satisfaction.
She looked like a complete money-obsessed gremlin.
“Thank you, brother-in-law!”
“Wishing you and my sister a happy marriage!”
One hundred yuan!
That was equivalent to three months’ wages for an ordinary worker!
So satisfying!
She turned and left without any hesitation.
[System: Someone is following you!]
The system suddenly appeared.
Lin Wan immediately became alert. “How many?”
Looks like she’d been targeted after collecting money in public.
System: 300 points!
Lin Wan: “Got it… three people!”
System: “……”
It rage-quit.
Lin Wan suddenly turned around and walked in the opposite direction.
The three suspicious young men trailing her instinctively dodged her gaze. After she passed by, they immediately followed again.
At this moment, Lin Wan had already secretly grabbed an electric baton from her bag.
She led them into a quiet alley.
The three men were overjoyed—they thought they’d lost their chance to act in public.
Who would’ve thought she’d walk right into a secluded alley instead?
Two of them blocked her front and back.
Lin Wan immediately clutched her bag tightly, putting on a frightened expression.
“What… what do you want?”
“I… I’m going to scream!”
The two men grinned lecherously, saying nothing as they slowly approached. Their eyes raked over her in a disgusting, sticky way that made her feel nauseated.
“What are you doing?”
“Bullying a woman—what kind of men are you?!”
At that moment, another man rushed in, shouting righteous accusations at the two.
He stepped in front of Lin Wan, arms spread protectively.
“Comrade, don’t be afraid! I’ll protect you!”
But his righteous act didn’t even last three seconds.
He suddenly convulsed and collapsed.
Lin Wan glanced at the man twitching on the ground, a blade still clenched in his hand, and screamed in panic:
“Epilepsy!”
“He’s having a seizure!”
“Quick—pry his mouth open, or he’ll bite off his tongue!”
The other two panicked at the sudden turn of events and instinctively followed her instructions.
In that moment, Lin Wan struck both of them with the electric baton.
Zzzzt—
Twitch, twitch, twitch—
They flailed like they were doing breakdancing. Strangely artistic, in a horrifying way.
All down.
Lin Wan didn’t leave immediately.
Instead, she took out a notebook and wrote a statement of events. Then she used a small knife to cut their fingertips and pressed their fingerprints onto the paper one by one.
After that, she revealed a “villainous” smile and stripped them down to their undershirts.
She used their own clothes to bind their hands and feet.
Then she slapped the leader awake.
When Zhou Jun regained consciousness, he was still confused.
But he quickly realized his situation and looked at Lin Wan in terror.