Ling Tianya did not say anything and remained silent, her eyes always on the fountain pen in her hand.
Gu Zhiqian smiled and didn’t say anything.
Liking Ling Tianya was his personal problem. He had never concealed the fact that he liked Ling Tianya. He had also boldly stated that in front of Ruan Zeyan. Although, every time, he would be harshly punished by Ruan Zeyan, he still enjoyed it and never tired of it.
Only like this could he be open and straightforward, and only like this could he find a sliver of existence with Ling Tianya.
Gu Zhiqian had a very good understanding of what it meant: liking her was his own business and unrelated to her.
Soon, the boss of the grocery store took out a very old bottle of fountain pen ink. “There isn’t much left inside. You guys can try it.”
“Thank you, boss. How much is it?” Ling Tianya gratefully asked.
The simple and honest boss waved his hand. “Ah, you don’t need to pay me for this shabby thing.”
Ling Tianya took a long look at the fountain pen ink. Perhaps in the eyes of the grocery store boss, it was a shabby thing. However, to Ling Tianya, it was the key to finding Tao Dayu.
Luckily, there was enough ink left in the bottle. Ling Tianya sucked the fountain pen ink into the ink holder and then anxiously observed the ink holder’s reaction.
In the end, as expected, after the ink was filled, a line of small words appeared on the ink holder. It was an address.
Ling Tianya wrote down the address that appeared on the ink holder on a piece of paper and then gave it to the grocery store boss. “Boss, we won’t be going to the station. In a bit, send us to this place.”
The boss looked at the address on the paper and furrowed his eyebrows. “This place is far away. If I send you guys there and return, it will impact my shop’s business.”
Ling Tianya couldn’t bring herself to care about that. She took out all of the money in her pocket. “Boss, I’ll give you all of this money. Please send us there.”
The boss was a bit troubled and finally sighed, “Seeing the way you guys are, you must have encountered some hardships. Okay. I’ll send you guys there. I also don’t need so much money. You just need to give me the gas fee as well as my shop’s labor cost.”
“Thank you, boss!”
The matter could not be delayed. It was already really late, and they needed to quickly get to this address and find Tao Dayu.
In a small village inanother section of City H, a man who appeared exceptionally simple and honest was fertilizing his garden that was located in his courtyard. This man was Tao Dayu.
Suddenly, a stout woman walked into the courtyard and, seeing that the man was bent over fertilizing the garden, the woman angrily lifted her foot and kicked Tao Dayu’s butt.
Tao Dayu was not prepared, and he fell on the ground, his body and face full of manure.
Such a scene happened every day, and the neighbors were used to it.
“Oh, Mrs. Tao, you’re training again?” the neighbor beside them asked, laughing.
Mrs. Tao glared at him. “It’s none of your business!”
The neighbor pursed his lips but still stood there, watching.
Everyone in this small village knew that Mrs. Tao was the boldest and the most vigorous, and Tao Dayu was the most useless.
At home, he was afraid of his wife. Outside, he was afraid of creating problems. He was always the good guy, and he always said, “Ah, let’s leave it be, let’s leave it be…”
Mrs. Tao was the most well-known shrew within this village. When she was younger, it was because she had been too tough. Therefore, no one married her, and she had become an old lady.
