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Chapter 2: The Protagonist?
Chapter 2: The Protagonist?
Zhou Chenglei approached the bed, towering over Jiang Xia. His nearly six-foot-three frame made him look like a towering mountain, cold and stern, with an overwhelming presence that was almost intimidating.
Jiang Xia looked up at him.
The original Jiang Xia had always preferred men who were fair-skinned, refined, and gentle. But not this new Jiang Xia. She was drawn to men who were aggressive, cold, and dominant in both appearance and demeanor.
Just look at his physique: broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long, powerful legs. His white shirt barely concealed the defined lines of his body...
His physique was simply amazing!
Zhou Chenglei noticed that Jiang Xia’s gaze had changed. Previously, it had been filled with disdain, but now...
It was almost as if she was about to drool.
She must really be delirious!
“I’ll take you to the clinic,” he said coldly.
“Okay, thank you,” Jiang Xia replied without putting up a fight. This body was still running a fever, and she felt achy all over.
She couldn’t just lie here and wait to die. If she was feeling unwell, she needed to get treated as soon as possible.
She pulled the blanket aside and tried to get out of bed, but as soon as her feet touched the ground, her vision went dark, and the room spun around her...
Then, she was pulled into a strong, solid chest by a powerful arm.
Jiang Xia was now practically draped over him. Even though the dizziness hadn’t fully passed, she could clearly feel the strength of his body.
His chest was so solid! His arms were so strong! How did he get this fit?
She tried to push him away, but she was too weak. It felt like she was just pressing a button.
Zhou Chenglei: "..."
He picked her up and carried her back to the bed.
“I’ll go borrow a tractor from the production team,” he said, his voice cold.
Jiang Xia watched as he strode away, his tall figure almost fleeing the scene.
She covered her face with her hands.
Had she just flirted with him?
This was already the second time she had scared him into fleeing.
Just ten minutes earlier, when she had first woken up, thinking it was all a dream, she had "explored" him once.
Zhou Chenglei had rushed out of the house, not even hearing his mother ask where he was going.
That woman was really sick, delirious from the fever!
Ten minutes later, Jiang Xia was sitting on the noisy tractor, wrapped tightly in a thin blanket.
Zhou Chenglei had wrapped her in the blanket and carried her to the tractor.
Tian Caihua watched Zhou Chenglei bustling around and thought to herself, He doesn’t even care about her, but he treats her like a treasure. What a fool!
But she couldn’t keep her mouth shut. “I think Jiang Xia looks fine. There’s no need to go to the hospital. Everyone gets a fever sometimes. It’ll pass with time. Why spend money on a hospital visit?”
Jiang Xia, leaning against the back of the tractor, weakly replied, “Sister-in-law is right. A fever doesn’t require a hospital visit. It might pass on its own. If I’m lucky, we might save a few yuan. If I’m unlucky, I might end up a vegetable, and then Sister-in-law can take care of me for the rest of my life. If I’m really unlucky and die, Sister-in-law can take care of my parents.”
Tian Caihua: “... She’s really delirious. Go to the hospital! Go quickly, and don’t come back until you’re better!”
It’s not her money being spent, after all!
The tractor rumbled down the bumpy, narrow village path, jolting along.
They passed a few women carrying hoes, baskets, or water buckets. When they saw Zhou Chenglei driving the tractor with Jiang Xia, they asked curiously, “Chenglei, where are you going so late?”
“Are you going to the city?”
Everyone’s gaze fell on Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia didn’t know any of them and didn’t greet them, only offering a polite smile.
“Just going out,” Zhou Chenglei replied, and the tractor drove past with a “vroom.”
The women couldn’t help but discuss the scene.
“Do you think Zhou Chenglei is sending her away in the middle of the night?”
“Absolutely! Jiang Xia ran away with someone else, and Zhou Chenglei’s probably humiliated. He wouldn’t want her back. I would have kicked her out long ago!”
“Just looking at that woman, you can tell she’s not someone who stays put. They’re probably going to get a divorce.”
“The Zhou family isn’t poor. They have a new house, a boat, and Zhou Chenglei is capable. Why would she still look down on him?”
"What’s so great about the Zhou family? If Zhou Chenglei hadn’t given his job to his second brother, it would have been different. Now, he’s just a fisherman. Jiang Xia is from the city, and I heard her father is a government official, her mother is a factory manager, and she’s well-educated and wealthy. Of course, she wouldn’t look at Zhou Chenglei."
"So, you should only marry someone from a similar background. What’s a fisherman doing marrying someone with education? Educated women are clearly not good at managing a household. Even if you marry one, you can’t keep her. And who knows if you can get the dowry back after a divorce?"
"Didn’t I hear that the dowry was two thousand taels of silver?"
"Who knows?"
The tractor rumbled, but Jiang Xia didn’t hear the village women’s gossip. She was lying on the edge of the tractor’s bed, admiring the vast fields on both sides of the village road under the setting sun.
The air was fresh, the breeze gentle, and it carried a faint scent of the sea. Jiang Xia knew from the book that this was a fishing village, close to the ocean, where most of the villagers made their living by fishing.
Suddenly, the tractor stopped, and a strong, pungent odor carried on the wind, along with the sound of “baa baa” from a flock of sheep.
She leaned forward to see a young woman in a white floral dress blocking a group of black sheep on the path, preventing them from crossing the road.
The young woman, smiling sweetly, called out to Zhou Chenglei, "Big Brother Zhou, you go first."
Zhou Chenglei stopped the tractor. Though he didn’t hear her clearly, he guessed what she said and pointed to the other end of the path, "You go first."
After saying that, he instinctively glanced back.
He almost forgot!
Jiang Xia detested encountering sheep. The ground they left behind was littered with black droppings, making it impossible to walk without stepping on them, and the smell was overwhelming.
The last time they returned from a visit, after getting off the bus, he walked her home, and they encountered a flock of sheep. She almost vomited.
But this Jiang Xia had grown up with her grandmother in the market since she was three, and she had experienced all kinds of smells. She didn’t mind it at all. Instead, she curiously observed the girl herding the sheep.
In the book, the female lead was a girl who herded sheep.
Her family raised a flock of black sheep.
Every day after school, she had to herd them. If she didn’t take good care of the sheep, her stepmother would beat her.
So, the girl standing before her, with her fair skin and sweet appearance, who didn’t look like a typical rural girl, was the book’s female lead, Wen Wan?
Indeed, the female lead was beautiful, with a delicate and graceful figure and a serene, almost ethereal demeanor.
A flock of black goats, a girl in a white dress, a vast, rolling green field, and a sky painted with brilliant sunset hues—this scene was a beautiful pastoral landscape.
Even Jiang Xia was captivated by it.
But Jiang Xia knew she was even more beautiful.
In the book, the original protagonist always thought she was prettier than the female lead, with a better figure. After being beaten, she regretted her actions and returned to Zhou Chenglei, thinking he would take her back. Instead, she was slapped in the face by the female lead.
Jiang Xia observed Wen Wan, and Wen Wan also observed her.
Yesterday, Wen Wan had been reborn and inadvertently witnessed Jiang Xia and Wu Qizhi’s failed elopement, which Zhou Chenglei had caught them in the act.
She knew Zhou Chenglei would divorce Jiang Xia.
After all, which man could tolerate his wife cheating on him?
In her previous life, Zhou Chenglei had become the richest man, and she had heard many stories about him.
She also knew that after their divorce, Zhou Chenglei never remarried and remained single until his old age.
But last night, she dreamt of marrying Zhou Chenglei.
She became the wife of the richest man, living in a mansion, keeping exotic dogs, and driving luxury cars, envied by everyone.
She believed this dream was her golden ticket.
Today, she deliberately changed the place where she herded the sheep, hoping to encounter Zhou Chenglei in Zhou Family Village.
And she did.
This proved that she and Zhou Chenglei were destined to be together.
Zhou Chenglei, seeing that Wen Wan wasn’t moving, worried that Jiang Xia couldn’t tolerate the smell of the sheep, so he drove the tractor away.
Wen Wan watched the departing tractor. After Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia divorced tomorrow, she could openly pursue her happiness.
This man was hers!
(End of Chapter)
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