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Chapter 748: Chapter 748: What’s Qiao Xiaomai to Him?

The Huai’an County is stationed with twenty thousand troops, and the military camp is situated on the west suburbs of Huai’an County, which is a poverty-stricken area. The rent here is quite cheap; Sun Junyan and the Qiao Meipan of the Sun Family rented a little courtyard, costing them only eight hundred coins a month.

As far as the courtyard was concerned, the Sun Family and Qiao Meipan were immensely satisfied.

The courtyard was paved with green bricks, which meant there was no need to worry about stepping on mud when it rained.

They also didn’t have to worry about dust storms when the wind blew.

The courtyard even had a well, unlike in the village where they had to travel a considerable distance to fetch water.

The only inconvenience was that they had to buy everything they needed, which proved quite exorbitant. As a result, the Sun Family had Qiao Meipan go back to the Qiao Family estate once to bring back several bags of wheat.

Bringing wheat from home, along with the generous amount of silver that Sun Junyan offered for household expenses, contributed to Sun Family and Qiao Meipan’s satisfaction with the place.

Now that Sun Junyan had achieved the status of a scholar, Sun Family and Qiao Meipan were ever more pleased.

However, there was one thing that displeased them: the marriage of Qiao Meipan.

Back in Anping Village, a scandal involving Qiao Meipan and a man named Tong Sanlang had made public headlines. With such a scandal on record, no respectable household would consider marrying her.

Now that Junyan had passed the scholar exam, some families might seek his favor by asking for Meipan’s hand in marriage. However, Sun Family didn’t consider such common families appropriate anymore.

“Meipan, don’t worry, wait until your brother becomes an official after passing the examination for scholars. There will be plenty of suitors then,” comforted Sun Family.

Sitting nearby, Sun Junyan nodded and chimed in, “Indeed, when I become an official, there will be plenty of people looking to marry you.”

Now that he had passed the scholarly examination, he was already qualified to be an official.

Even if he hadn’t passed the Imperial examination, he could still easily secure a county governor post with Yang Wang’s assistance.

Once he becomes a county governor in a foreign land, nobody there would be privy to the disgrace of Anping Village, making it easier to marry off Meipan.

However, according to Cen Hong’s plans, he would most likely remain in the Huai’an County.

The post that Yang Wang was seeking was also that of a county governor of the Huai’an County.

He understood that Cen Hong and Yang Wang valued him highly and instrumentalized him to counter Qiao Xiaomai. To them, he was simply a tool, a pawn in their game.

It didn’t matter, being utilized by someone was, in a sense, a type of competence.

What truly scared him was not having any value at all, which would be the worst-case scenario.

Besides, he himself harbored a deep resentment toward Qiao Xiaomai.

Respected by the villagers for his status as a student, his dignity was stripped away by Qiao Xiaomai’s accusations, leading to him being paraded around and publicly shamed.

Qiao Xiaomai had pushed him into a deep abyss. @@novelbin@@

In Anping village, he was treated like a stray dog, shunned and attacked by everyone, and eventually driven out of the village.

On top of everything, Qiao Xiaomai set fire to his temporary shelter, rendering him completely homeless.

?Once a respectable character, he had now lost everything — all thanks to Qiao Xiaomai.

People often equated ruining someone’s livelihood to murdering their parents. Yet, what Qiao Xiaomai had snuffed out was his path to success, a sin far worse than murdering his parents.

He would make him pay.

Oh, Qiao Xiaomai, you’ve gone to great lengths to bring Zhuang Luhe back home?

A woman like her, who had been tarnished by other men, was no different than a prostitute. Any sane person would stay far away from such a scoundrel; yet, Qiao Xiaomai fretted over such a woman and brought her back to be a mother, only causing trouble for himself.

Qiao Xiaomai had exposed his weakness to him — how could he not seize this opportunity to hit him where it hurt? If he didn’t, he would be letting Xiaomai’s foolishness go to waste.

Right now, Qiao Xiaomai must be full of anger and looking for him, right?

Very well, he was waiting.

This time, he wanted to see what Qiao Xiaomai could do to him.