How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 223 - 225: Losing Teeth_1

Li Qiao took off her shoes and laid them in front of Xue Sufen.

The grey, fuzzy slippers had two ears on them.

Xue Sufen exclaimed in amazement, "Where did you buy these furry slippers? I haven’t seen them in malls."

"They’re custom-made from fur sent by Jin’s brother back home. I had them made at a shoe store," Li Qiao said.

Xue Sufen didn’t hesitate to take off her socks and slip on the slippers.

The grey slippers made her feet look very white. Her mood finally improved, and she said contentedly, "Sell them to me, how much?"

Li Qiao generously said, "You like them, I’ll give them to you." Sir Xue often gave her meal tickets, so she had no reason to begrudge a pair of slippers.

Xue Sufen, "I’ll also give you something nice tomorrow."

Qin Jin said with a sullen tone, "As if anyone would be jealous!"

Xue Sufen’s temper, which had just subsided, was ignited again, "You!"

Xue Jingyi interrupted, "Sufen, enough, you wrong Jin and still won’t let him be angry? You’re too domineering. Learn from Li Qiao, she’s even younger than you by a couple of months, yet she’s so considerate."

Xue Sufen, "...."

Xue Jingyi wanted to see the drawing album Li Qiao was holding.

Li Qiao lifted it to him.

With just a glance, Xue Lingqing could tell that the person wasn’t him, but the hairstyle was exactly the same, and the expression was about ninety percent similar; she even added glasses to him. She was tiny, standing next to Qin Jin, smiling extremely happily.

Xue Jingyi said, "You say it doesn’t look like me, but I can tell at a glance which one is me. Why did you put glasses on the young uncle?"

"I think Professor Xue looks better with glasses, more scholarly, and more attractive," Li Qiao said.

Qin Jin got jealous and coughed to get Li Qiao’s attention. She smiled with her eyes and mouth and mouthed behind everyone’s back, "Professor Xue is handsome, but I like you."

Qin Jin was flattered.

The two skeptically nuzzled their ears, grinning, and Xue Lingqing gave them a glance before leaving.

Xue Jingyi, "Can I take a closer look?"

"Of course." Li Qiao gave him the album.

After Xue Jingyi finished admiring the existing one, he flipped forward without thinking.

Pretty much every drawing was of Qin Jin.

There were images of him using farming tools, climbing trees, standing on tree poles, swimming in the river, catching fish... all sorts of dynamic actions.

Even an outsider like him couldn’t help but smile upon seeing it.

Wouldn’t Qin Jin die of laughter flipping through it?

Old Mrs. Qin was so reliable, tomorrow he should ask her to find a match for him too.

He was about to share Li Qiao’s drawing album with Xue Lingqing.

He saw that Xue Lingqing had already moved far away from him.

He closed the album and handed it back to Li Qiao, then started to follow Xue Lingqing.

Li Qiao packed up the album, suggesting Qin Jin go first, she would follow last, to avoid Xue Sufen causing trouble again.

Slippers that don’t stay on feet, especially those that are all furry, and a foot that’s sweaty.

When Xue Sufen was coming down the stairs, her foot slipped, and she tumbled down several turns.

The terrifying screams drew the strange gazes of the surrounding people.

Li Qiao stepped forward to help her up.

Xue Sufen’s face was red on one side, and half of her left front tooth was chipped off.

She cried as if her life depended on it.

Xue Lingqing and Xue Jingyi turned back at the sound and asked in unison, "What happened to you?"

Xue Sufen, "Wuu, I rolled down the stairs. Uncle, Brother, it seems like half my tooth is gone."

Xue Lingqing, "You still have half left, it won’t stop you from eating."

"Where is your compassion?" Xue Sufen cried even harder, struggling to catch her breath. "My leg hurts too."

"Let your brother carry you," Xue Lingqing said.

Xue Jingyi refused, "How can you carry her such a long way?"

"You take over when you get tired," Xue Lingqing said.

Now, Xue Jingyi had nothing to say.

The two of them took turns carrying Xue Sufen to the foot of the Great Wall, sweating profusely.

Li Qiao pulled out a handkerchief, "Professor Xue, wipe your sweat."

Xue Lingqing eyed the handkerchief and then looked at her. If he refused, wouldn’t it be too obvious that he was trying to avoid any implications?

Would Qin Jin notice something was up?

He decided to be bold, hesitated for a moment, thanked her, and wiped his face twice with it.

Xue Jingyi snatched the handkerchief, casually wiping his neck and tucked it into his pocket, "I’ll have Sufen wash the handkerchief and return it to you when we get home. We really shouldn’t have brought Sufen today, my back and waist are killing me."

Xue Sufen, with her tears dried, lamented, "I regret it even more, now that I’m missing half a tooth. What am I going to do? I can’t smile anymore."

Qin Jin, hiding behind Xue Lingqing and Xue Jingyi, mischievously bared his teeth.

With sharp eyes, Xue Sufen pointed at him, "Uncle, big brother, look at Qin Jin, he’s taking pleasure in my misfortune."

By the time they turned back, Qin Jin was tilting his head back drinking water, revealing his smoothly chiseled jawline.

Xue Jingyi commented, "Jin is really handsome, even I, as a man, find him attractive."

Pfft! Qin Jin asked, "Why are you, a man, complimenting me?"

Li Qiao, with a smile reaching her eyes thought, this sort of comment, decades later, would certainly lead many people to think dirty thoughts.

Xue Sufen fumed, "Li Qiao, my tooth got chipped because I tripped over your shoe, and you’re still laughing!"

Xue Lingqing remarked, "It was you who wanted to wear them; you even considered buying them."

"My tooth!" Xue Sufen mulled over the sentence, "If Qin Jin hadn’t kicked my shoe, I wouldn’t have worn the slippers that made me trip."

Qin Jin retorted, "It had nothing to do with me."

"Uncle, big brother!" Xue Sufen tried to enlist their support to seek justice for herself.

The uncle and nephew didn’t respond. Once they reached a flat area, they let Xue Sufen walk on her own.

Touching her tooth, Xue Sufen said, "I need to go to the hospital, who will take me?"

"I’ll take you," insisted Xue Lingqing, to avoid inadvertently looking at Li Qiao again.

....

After Xue Lingqing and Xue Sufen left.

The three of them went to eat at a small restaurant within the scenic area, then continued exploring and reached an undeveloped area.

Xue Jingyi mentioned, "This area is so deserted, not a soul in sight, let’s get going."

"Aren’t we the people here?" Li Qiao noticed a lot of pigweed on the ground, which former sent-down youth used to dig up to eat. It surprised her to find such wild greens in Beijing. She pointed them out to Qin Jin, "If I had brought tools, I’d have taken home a bagful."

Qin Jin, who had often eaten wild greens before, recognized pigweed, which usually disappeared by September. Beijing was much colder than his hometown, and even though it was nearly November, it was surprising to still find such greens. He walked over and sensed that the temperature near a particular area was slightly higher than everywhere else.

He moved forward and discovered a small pond.

Vapors of steam rose from the surface of the water.

After testing the temperature, it was slightly hot to the touch.

"A hot spring?"

Li Qiao had never seen a wild hot spring before; the scenes on TV were misty, like a wonderland, very different from what was before her eyes. "Doesn’t quite look like it."

Qin Jin declared, "I’ll test it for us." He scanned the area; they were alone. He stripped down to his undergarments and stepped in. "It feels so good, Qiaoqiao, you..." But with a third wheel present, sigh! "Why don’t you sit over there and rest?"

Xue Jingyi, having carried Xue Sufen earlier and sweated all over, felt sticky and also wanted to soak, "Qiaoqiao, could you keep watch for us?"

Li Qiao thought, "Keep watch?"

Alright then! She turned out to be the superfluous one. She stepped out of their line of sight.

After Qin Jin soaked and sweated it out, he emerged feeling refreshed, as if he had enough strength to take down a bull.

Xue Jingyi pondered, "Grandpa has rheumatism, I wonder if soaking in this could help. I’ll bring him here tomorrow to try."

Qin Jin, on the other hand, was thinking of buying the land to build an exclusive hot spring resort.