How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 161 - 163: Affectation_1

Li Qiao was just about to continue when Li Fang secretly pinched her.

She winced in pain, not understanding why Li Fang would suddenly pinch someone. Was she disagreeing again? But how could she take back what had been said? Even if God himself asked her to do this again, she wouldn’t!

She gritted her teeth, betraying Hu Xiufang. "I have a classmate named Hu Xiufang, who is twenty in nominal age. She was admitted to the provincial Normal University, has a delicate appearance, skin that’s neither white nor dark, and is about 1.6 meters tall. I thought of introducing you to her."

Liao Fan perked up upon hearing of a university student from Normal University, inexplicably feeling a bit more interested. In his mind, women who were teachers tended to be gentle. "I’m just afraid that a university student wouldn’t look up to me."

Li Qiao smiled, rather self-aware, "Are you on duty this weekend? I’ll bring her over." Hu Xiufang had followed Hu to deliver goods last time, and upon learning that she got a job in the forensic department, she clamored to visit. The day after tomorrow was her day off, so it would be a good time to arrange it.

Liao Fan also smiled, "Even if I’m scheduled, I’ll swap shifts. Bring her."

"Alright."

Li Fang whispered in exasperation, "Qiaoqiao, what are you doing? Wasn’t this introduction meant for me?"

The smile on Li Qiao’s face faded, and she pulled her arm back, her voice cold as she questioned, "I’d like to ask you the same thing. I was inquiring for your sake, why did you pinch me? I thought you were unwilling. To smooth things over, I even dragged in my best friend and have no idea how to explain this to her." She lifted her arm to look at her skin, which was faintly turning blue, her irritation intensified, "Don’t ask me to do this next time! Humph!"

She understood. Li Fang was afraid that Li Dadao and Li Xiaonan would go back and talk, but matchmaking wasn’t something shameful that needed to be hidden, was it?

Pretentious!

Li Fang: "...." This... it was clearly your inappropriate questioning that embarrassed me, why are you blaming it on me?

It’s just a university student, isn’t it?

Nothing so great!

When I get a job at the cigarette factory, I’ll be too busy to care about you.

....

After walking for about twenty minutes to the destination, Liao Fan found the workshop director to register their names for three people, confirming the examination time.

"Qiaoqiao, Officer Liao, thank you."

"No need for thanks."

After the two parties parted, Li Qiao and Liao Fan walked back, with the latter taking the initiative to bring up the case. "Have you found anything new at your place?"

"I have made some new discoveries." Li Qiao told Liao Fan about finding the candy wrapper by the pond, "That kind of candy is the first I’ve seen others eat. If I were an adult and you were a child, and I bought expensive candy for you, that would surely imply I had some kind of motive. What motive could there be between an adult and a child? Perhaps the person thrown into the pond stumbled upon the uncle’s secret, which led to the murder."

Liao Fan agreed quite a bit, "That makes sense, your speculation is quite bold, but without direct evidence, the candy wrapper you collected can’t be included in the report."

Li Qiao nodded.

After returning to her department, she picked up a missing person flyer, bought a bag of yellow apples, a bag of eggs, and rode a bicycle to Jiangpu Village to find Liu Er.

It so happened that he was at home.

Liu Er’s wife had just given birth to a chubby boy who was lying in the postpartum care, swaddled in blankets despite the summer heat, and the baby was also wrapped up tightly. Just looking at them made it hot. Li Qiao exclaimed, "It’s so hot, aren’t you afraid of heatstroke with so many blankets?"

Mrs. Liu said, "Even in June, there are babies that freeze to death."

Li Qiao didn’t believe it, "That’s unscientific." She remembered that her relatives who gave birth in the summer would turn on the air conditioning, and the baby would wear thin long pants and long sleeves, their legs bent up like a frog’s, very comfortable.

"What does science or no science have to do with it? These are traditions passed down by the older generation. What would a young girl like you know? When you have a baby in the summer, you’ll have to do the same."

Li Qiao thought to herself that if Old Mrs. Qin or Qin Jin actually made her cover with a quilt in the middle of summer, she’d make them cover with her.

Unable to watch anymore, she lured Liu Er outside to state her purpose and took out the missing person flyer.

The black and white photo showed a man with no distinctive clothing except for one identifiable item, a watch.

"This person is about thirty-five years old, 1.75 meters tall. You can ask around and see if anyone has gone missing," Li Qiao said, "I appreciate it."

Liu Er readily agreed, "Sister-in-law, no need to be so polite, I’ll take care of it."

Li Qiao entered the house to take another look at the child, whose little face was hot and rosy. She held back from saying too much and said goodbye to them before heading straight home.

She encountered Hu Xiufang delivering goods alone at the entrance to her house.

"Li Qiao, aren’t you working today?"

"I did work, but I’m too lazy to go back after going to the countryside for errands, so I got off work early," Li Qiao casually mentioned the matchmaking matter to her, feeling somewhat guilty, "You won’t hold it against me, will you?"

Hu Xiufang laughed, "How could I? You must be introducing someone good."

"Ah, indeed he’s a decent person, tall with good features, but he only has a high school diploma," Li Qiao said.

"Let’s take a look first," Hu Xiufang used to think that university graduates should match with other university graduates, but after meeting Qin Jin, she felt that education couldn’t represent everything. What’s important is being down-to-earth, steady, family-oriented, and good to one’s wife.

Li Qiao breathed a sigh of relief internally, thankful that she didn’t mind. If it were someone more petty, they might have thought she was begrudging seeing a university graduate pairing with another and deliberately chose a high school graduate for them. She smiled with ease, "Then it’s settled, come to my place first at nine o’clock on Saturday morning."

"Okay."

Li Qiao chatted with Hu Xiufang for a while, checked her knitting work, cleared her accounts, and watched her leave.

"Qiaoqiao, I heard from the people in your village that you recommended some young folks to apply to the breeding farm. Could you introduce it to our Lalan as well?"

A lady said.

Li Qiao’s gaze shifted, "Did Lalan graduate from high school?" She heard from someone before that the highest educational level among the village girls was only third grade.

There were indeed two boys who graduated from high school, but their families had connections.

One was delivering newspapers at the local post office, the other was an electrician. They didn’t need her help with job introductions.

"She’s studied for a year."

Li Qiao, "That won’t do then, they want someone with a high school diploma, and you’d have to provide a high school diploma there."

"Can we borrow your high school diploma for Lalan to use?"

Li Qiao, "...." Wasn’t this asking for trouble?

Old Mrs. Qin, "And then what? Will your Lalan use our Qiaoqiao’s name at the factory?"

"Just borrowing it, just in case she gets in."

Li Qiao thought to herself, even high school graduates might not get in if they apply, what chance does someone with only one year of schooling have? A genius? Unless she switched brains with someone who had actually studied, like her.

Old Mrs. Qin disagreed, "Diplomas can’t be loaned out like that, give up on that idea."

Li Qiao agreed, "I wouldn’t agree to lend it either."

The lady persisted, "You are a university graduate, the high school diploma isn’t that useful to you..."

Old Mrs. Qin interrupted, "Don’t bring it up again." She wouldn’t allow them to borrow her granddaughter-in-law’s identity, no way!

"....."

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The next afternoon, Liu Er found Li Qiao through the gatekeeper. He was accompanied by an elderly couple with half-white hair and a young man. All three appeared visibly flustered.

"Sister-in-law, this family’s last name is Tu from Yan Village Commune. They said their eldest son has been missing for over a month now. The clothes and watch described in the missing person notice resemble his." ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

Upon hearing this, Li Qiao hastily led the group to the neighboring office and introduced them to her colleagues.