The moment Nan Qianqian finished speaking, the riverside instantly fell silent.
Perhaps these women had never expected that the person they were gossiping about would actually hear them!
“You little girl, who are you calling rotten-tongued?”
One of the women immediately became unhappy when she heard Nan Qianqian’s words. She threw aside the clothes in her hands and was about to charge over, only to be grabbed by the person beside her.
“I’m talking about people like you who love gossiping about others behind their backs.”
Nan Qianqian spoke coldly.
She didn’t care what kind of person this woman was. She simply carried her basin over to the water’s edge, squatted down, and began scrubbing the clothes.
Looking at the clothes in the basin, she suddenly felt troubled.
Without soap or laundry powder or anything like that, could these clothes even be washed clean?
“Who are you saying is gossiping? Your mother spoils you, but I won’t!”
The moment the woman heard this, she immediately became furious.
As she spoke, she forcefully broke free from the person holding her back and rushed toward Nan Qianqian.
Nan Qianqian glanced sideways at the woman charging toward her with claws bared.
The corners of her pink lips curved upward.
…
Splash!
The slightly rippling surface of the river erupted into a huge spray of water as the woman plunged into it.
“Ugh! You wretched girl! I’m going to beat you to death!”
The woman climbed out of the river, looking utterly humiliated.
She had originally charged straight toward Nan Qianqian.
At the time, seeing that Nan Qianqian hadn’t moved at all, she had sped up even more.
She had already raised her hands, fully prepared to tear at that foul mouth of hers.
Who would have thought that just as she reached Nan Qianqian, the girl would suddenly dodge aside?
Unable to stop herself in time, she went straight into the river.
If the water hadn’t been shallow, she might have drowned.
It was all this bitch’s fault.
“Are you sick? If you want to take a bath, go home and do it in private. Don’t embarrass yourself here.”
“You—”
The woman was about to say something else when she suddenly lowered her head and looked at herself.
A thin layer of fabric was clinging tightly to her body.
Although she was flat as a board, what if someone saw her like this?
Her husband would definitely beat her to death when she got home.
The woman hurriedly climbed out of the water, picked up her basin, and ran home.
Before leaving, she didn’t forget to glare viciously at Nan Qianqian and throw out a threat.
“You damned girl, just you wait!”
Nan Qianqian didn’t even spare her a glance and simply continued washing the clothes.
Once that woman left, the others looked at one another.
Then they hurriedly put their clothes into their basins and followed after her while muttering under their breaths.
They couldn’t afford to offend the village Party secretary.
And that Li Cuihua was vicious too.
The woman who had fought with Li Cuihua last year still had marks on her face even now.
Once everyone had left, Nan Qianqian was the only person remaining by the river.
Since she had nothing to wash clothes with, Nan Qianqian could only put the clothes into the water and scrub them vigorously.
She thought to herself that when she came back, not only would she have to bring some Spiritual Spring Water, but she would also have to bring a bar of laundry soap.
Just as she finished washing the clothes and placed them into the basin, Nan Qianqian suddenly saw several “live fish” floating on the surface of the water where there had previously been nothing?
That’s right.
Live fish were actually floating there.
She was stunned and hurriedly reached out to grab one.
Unexpectedly, not only was the fish alive, it even stayed completely still and cooperated with her.
This…?
Wasn’t this way too miraculous?
Nan Qianqian tried several times, and every attempt gave the exact same result.
Since she hadn’t brought anything else with her, she hurriedly picked up the basin and ran toward Fu Nanxun’s house.
She needed to put the clothes down and come back with another basin to hold the fish.
Wasn’t this exactly what she needed to help nourish Fu Nanxun’s body?
Earlier, she had been thinking about going home and taking a chicken out of the space.
She could save that for next time!
Now she had something ready-made, and it wouldn’t arouse anyone’s suspicions.
Nan Qianqian practically flew back.
She didn’t even have time to look at the man before setting down the basin, grabbing an empty one, and running back toward the river.
She hadn’t caught the fish earlier for two reasons.
First, she didn’t have a basin.
Second, she wanted to test whether the fish would actually wait for her.
Fu Nanxun’s sword-like brows furrowed slightly.
He watched Nan Qianqian hurriedly set down one basin, pick up another empty one, and run away again without even having time to close the door.
When Nan Qianqian returned to the riverside and saw the empty surface of the water, she inevitably felt somewhat disappointed.
She shouldn’t have tested it.
She should have just caught the fish earlier.
Now look what had happened.
Her dream of wild fish soup had vanished for nothing.
Nan Qianqian couldn’t help sighing.
Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly heard the sound of something splashing against the water.
She looked over.
One glance was enough to shock her.
But more than shock, what she felt was surprise and delight.
The surface of the river, which had been completely empty a moment ago, now had several fish floating on it.
And judging by their size, each one looked to weigh at least two or three jin.
Nan Qianqian cautiously looked around.
Seeing that no one was nearby, she hurriedly reached out and caught the fish one by one, placing them into the basin.
There were six fish in total.
After putting them into the basin, Nan Qianqian even pulled some weeds from the side and covered the fish with them.
Only then did she carry the basin and run toward Fu Nanxun’s house.
Along the way, she inevitably ran into a few villagers.
Nan Qianqian instinctively pulled the basin closer against her body.
Her two slender legs moved as though they had wind-fire wheels attached to them, and in the blink of an eye, she disappeared.
The villagers: “…”
What the hell just flew past them?
Fu Nanxun sat beside the bed, his dark eyes unconsciously looking toward the doorway.
Suddenly, that slender figure appeared within his line of sight.
She was carrying a basin, drenched in sweat.
Her fair skin was flushed, and her chest rose and fell rapidly as she breathed.
Fu Nanxun’s Adam’s apple couldn’t help rolling.
His entire body suddenly felt somewhat hot.
Even the leg that had been hurting so badly earlier that he couldn’t sleep seemed to miraculously stop hurting at that moment.
Nan Qianqian set down the basin and raised a hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead.
Seeing that the man was looking at her, her pink lips curved upward as she said, “Fu Nanxun, we have fish to eat!”