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 vige 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 ce.


    Now that Sun Junyan had achieved the status of a schr, 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 Vige, a scandal involving Qiao Meipan and a man named Tong Sang had made public headlines. With such a scandal on record, no respectable household would consider marrying her.


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


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


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


    Now that he had passed the schrly 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 bes a county governor in a foreignnd, nobody there would be privy to the disgrace of Anping Vige, making it easier to marry off Meipan.


    However, ording to Cen Hong’s ns, 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 ofpetence.


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


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


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


    Qiao Xiaomai had pushed him into a deep abyss.


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


    On top of everything, Qiao Xiaomai set fire to his temporary shelter, rendering himpletely 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 sess, 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.