Xiao Qi, Wait!

Chapter 5: Qian Xiaoqi, Wait

It was time to go home now.

Qian Xiaoqi didn't have the mind to wonder why she ran onto the bed from the table again. Climbing over Song Liangzhuo, whose eyes were still closed as he slept, she got down from the bed.

Xiaoqi started packing and getting herself ready, digging through the chest to find things.

Xiaoqi looked through the chest in the corner yesterday. There were a lot of things, from little clay figures to large wood carvings, from fluffy rabbit ears to amusing and cute little puppets, and there was even a stack of account books. As Xiaoqi looked at them, she couldn't bear to throw a single one away.

Xiaoqi stuck her butt up in the air and dug through them again, but she still felt like she couldn't bear to part with a single thing. When she turned back, she saw that Song Liangzhuo was awake and currently sitting at the head of the bed looking at her.

Xiaoqi closed the chest and went to sit on the bed. She hesitantly opened her mouth. "Official Song."

"En?"

"Can I take this entire chest with me? There's nothing valuable in here, it's all just some little toys that I like."

"Where do you want to take it to?"

Xiaoqi's brows pinched. "Take it back to my home ah. When I go back today, I'll talk to Dad about our matters, so I won't be coming back with you."

Song Liangzhuo folded his arms. "I haven't agreed."

"Why won't you agree? It's not like you like me!"

Song Liangzhuo was a little embarrassed. That's right ah, why doesn't he agree? In any case, pretty much half the reason he married her was for the sake of fixing the river dam. Song Liangzhuo thought for a moment before opening his mouth. "Indeed, I did marry you because of a reason."

Qian Xiaoqi's eyes curved, an image of being proud of oneself as if she just knew that this was the case.

"But we still can't divorce."

"Why?"

Song Liangzhuo paused for a moment before saying, "I have to build the dam before the summer floods, so I need silver."

Qian Xiaoqi's eyes glowered as her mouth opened in an expression of fury. Song Liangzhuo was just about to try soothing her with a couple words when Qian Xiaoqi jumped down from the chest and raged, "That Old Man Qian is too hateful! To make a loss! To make a loss in business!"

Song Liangzhuo was tongue-tied. Watching as Qian Xiaoqi fumed to the point that she continuously stomped her feet, he didn't know how he should react. Qian Xiaoqi had already stomped around in place for an entire circle. Stomping on the floor, she almost finished two infinity loops when she lifted her head with knitted brows and asked dubiously, "You, just because of that dowry, married me?"

This question was hard to answer and Qian Xiaoqi didn't expect him to answer. She fiercely hammered the palm of her own left hand and then nodded with resolute conviction. "Then a divorce is even more necessary. There's no way I want to marry someone who married me just for the sake of silver."

Qian Xiaoqi turned around and continued to collect her things. This time, she wasn't polite anymore with her packing; she even threw the little pearl flower on the dressing table into her little bundle.

Song Liangzhuo sighed. "I didn't want to lie to you, but I need silver. Cai River needs strengthening. Soon, the river will undoubtedly flood and the entire Tongxu county will have to face the natural calamity."

Qian Xiaoqi curled her lips. "I also know about these things; this place seems to have flooded before. But if you're going to borrow money, just borrow money. Why'd you borrow me, too? Now that's just great. Even if I want to go, it's inappropriate."T/C