Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 170: I Was Afraid You’d Be Angry

He Jinfeng was humiliated twice in her life, both because of these two people. She felt an impulse to flee in disgrace, but at this moment, she couldn’t back down, "You... what’s the use of being pretty? You’re still just a farmer..."

"You look down on rural people?" Xu Qinghuan’s lips curled, "You think being a worker makes you superior, as if farmers have no status in your eyes!"

He Jinfeng’s face instantly turned pale, "You’re talking nonsense, I never said that, that’s not what I mean!"

"Whether that’s what you meant, everyone heard it!" Xu Qinghuan’s beautiful eyes swept across the room. She usually appeared sweet and adorable, but now her clear, fawn-like eyes narrowed slightly, giving off a strong sense of aggression,

"I’m a farmer, so what? What’s wrong, people don’t understand the hardships of farmers, thinking the crops in the fields grow on their own. You eat every day, but are you eating shit?"

Ugh!

Someone in the restaurant almost threw up.

But no one blamed Xu Qinghuan for saying such things; instead, all eyes were accusing He Jinfeng.

"How can you say such crude things?" He Jinfeng trembled with anger, knowing she had misspoken, tears welling up in her eyes.

Who knew, right as she finished speaking, someone started clapping,

"Well said, one should appreciate the hard work behind every meal, never forget, farmers are our class brothers, every grain we eat comes from their back-breaking labor."

"That’s right, one mustn’t forget their roots! We owe a debt of gratitude to our farming brothers!"

Applause erupted throughout the room.

He Jinfeng pointed at Jiang Xingye and said to Xu Qinghuan, "No matter what you say, he did say he wanted to marry me. He’s been at the machinery factory for the past two days, we’ve been inseparable;

my dad is the deputy director of the machinery factory, if he marries me, he can become a formal city worker."

Jiang Xingye anxiously swung his fist at He Jinfeng, but Xu Qinghuan promptly grabbed his wrist and said to He Jinfeng, "Just a formal city worker, that’s all. Do you think being a city worker is more honorable than being a farmer?"

"That’s not what I meant!" He Jinfeng replied nervously.

Xu Qinghuan said, "That is what you meant! Anyone with eyes can see it, I’m more beautiful, smarter, and more educated than you. If my fiancé isn’t blind, he would definitely choose me over you;

you said if he chose you, your father could get him a formal city worker job, indirectly suggesting that being a farmer is far less valuable than being a worker in your eyes?"

He Jinfeng was speechless, eventually saying, "Say what you want, Jiang Xingye lied to me, he harassed me..."

"Shut up!" Xu Qinghuan said coldly, "Saying that tarnishes my fiancé’s reputation. He’s an upright person, wrongfully accused by you in public, I’m going to sue you!"

Xu Qinghuan saw that even now, He Jinfeng wouldn’t back down, so she devised a plan, "Next time you spread lies, make sure you know the truth, but this time, apologize to my fiancé, and I might let this go!"

He Jinfeng’s chest heaved violently, "I won’t apologize, he did lie to me!"

"He lied? Do you really think a formal city worker job at the machinery factory is so amazing?" Xu Qinghuan said amused,

"An hour ago, someone offered my fiancé a driver job with the transport team, and he refused. Would he sacrifice his entire life for you, a short, ugly, clumsy person, just for a job at the machinery factory?"

Short, ugly, clumsy?

Is she short, ugly, clumsy?

Facing the radiant Xu Qinghuan, He Jinfeng felt so inferior that she doubted her whole existence. With a cry, she covered her face and ran outside, but Xu Qinghuan grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.

"Apologize, tell me, who sent you?" Her beautiful eyes were fierce, emitting an unconscious aura of intimidation.

He Jinfeng froze, trembling as she said, "No, no one sent me, I came on my own, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose!"

She was truly scared, but she also felt helpless.

The onlookers hadn’t expected such a dramatic turn of events, becoming confused and discussing it with varied speculation.

Xu Qinghuan said, "Do you know the consequences of harassment?"

"I didn’t, I’m not!" He Jinfeng trembled in fear, shaking her head desperately, "I didn’t mean to harass anyone, I just said things I shouldn’t have."

"Which things shouldn’t you have said?" Xu Qinghuan asked.

"Comrade Jiang never spoke to me, I approached him first and he never responded to me, everything I just said was slander against him, I’m sorry!"

He Jinfeng bowed deeply to Jiang Xingye, crying uncontrollably.

Yu Xiaochan walked over and said, "Comrade, Jinfeng just took a liking to Comrade Jiang, she didn’t really cause you any harm, is it necessary to be so aggressive?

As the saying goes, be forgiving whenever possible; Jinfeng’s father is the deputy director at the machinery factory, I advise you to back off!"

Xu Qinghuan laughed coldly, "Since when does power trump reason? So I should be grateful and thankful for Comrade He taking a liking to my fiancé, planning to seize him for herself?

The Qing dynasty has been gone for a hundred years, yet this master-servant drama is still playing out, and your master hasn’t even said anything, so why is you, the servant, barking here?"

Yu Xiaochan’s expression changed drastically, shouting angrily, "I didn’t provoke you, you’re the dog, biting everyone like a mad dog..."

Xu Qinghuan slapped her across the face, "Try saying one more word!"

Yu Xiaochan stepped back, clutching her face, "You dare hit me! You, you dare hit someone out of nowhere?"

Xu Qinghuan said, "Is it out of nowhere? This slap is to show you the consequences of meddling and bias!"

After the whole commotion, leaving the state-run restaurant, the sky was already getting dark.

On the way, Xu Qinghuan remained silent, while Jiang Xingye was on edge. He didn’t think that his fiancée always siding with him meant everything was fine.

When they reached the guesthouse entrance, Jiang Xingye couldn’t hold back any longer and grabbed Xu Qinghuan’s wrist, "Huanhuan, I... I don’t even know that woman."

His expression was tense, almost kneeling.

Xu Qinghuan naturally trusted him but couldn’t explain it. It was just an inexplicable, absolute trust.

Yet she also knew that Jiang Xingye always placed himself in a humble position in their relationship.

Of course, to receive someone’s selfless devotion is a satisfying thing, but not necessarily happiness.

Xu Qinghuan still hoped that in their world, they would be equals; perhaps not in status, education, or wealth.

But as long as their looks were equal, their capabilities equal, their values equal, then their souls were equal.

"Do you think that woman is better than me, her father is the deputy director at the machinery factory, if you two..."

Before Xu Qinghuan could finish her sentence, Jiang Xingye covered her mouth, "I don’t, don’t say that, I don’t even know her."

He suddenly remembered who that woman was, "Last time she found someone to beat me up, she got five people to corner me in an alley, two even carried machetes..."

Seeing Xu Qinghuan’s face change, he looked utterly aggrieved, "And two had sticks this thick, if I wasn’t good at fighting, who knows... I definitely would’ve gotten hurt."

A surge of rage hit Xu Qinghuan, had she known earlier, she wouldn’t have let that woman off lightly, "Why didn’t you say something earlier?"

Jiang Xingye cautiously hugged her, "I was afraid you’d be angry!"