Chapter 60 The Deal Between One-Handed Liu and Qin Min

"Knock, knock, knock. Um... Brother Liu, I'm here to clean your room."

Hearing Qin Min's voice, Liu Yishou smiled lightly inside the room and directly opened the door.

"Come in."

As the door opened, Qin Min looked at Liu Yishou's handsome face, dazed for a second before quickly recovering.

"He's ridiculously handsome. If I could have a wild time with him once, it would probably feel amazing, right?"

Noticing Qin Min's lustful expression, Liu Yishou pretended not to notice. He was long used to this kind of situation, and he had already played with countless women. Yet, he still found a charming young widow like Qin Min quite interesting.

"Cook for me first. We'll clean the room after we finish eating."

"Ah, okay."

A smile immediately bloomed on Qin Min's face. Ever since Jia Dongxu was exposed as an enemy spy, money had only been flowing out of the Jia household, and their savings had long since been completely spent.

In the past few days, she and Mrs. Jia had gone hungry meal after meal. Whenever they couldn't borrow food or money from the neighbors, the two of them simply had to starve.

"Brother Liu, you really are a good person."

Entering the kitchen, Qin Min's mouth watered uncontrollably when she saw the thick, fatty pork and fine white wheat flour sitting there, and she kept swallowing hard.

Seeing this, Liu Yishou felt immensely proud and smug inside.

"Hmph, easily handled. Today I'm going to taste this pretty widow, hehehe."

Putting on the air of a righteous gentleman, Liu Yishou said very blandly, "What are you standing there stunned for? Get to cooking already. Remember to use all the pork. I want two steamed buns; as for yourself, decide how many you want to eat and make that many."

Hearing Liu Yishou's urging, Qin Min snapped back to her senses and quickly responded, "Okay, okay, I'll make it right away."

Although Qin Min's character left much to be desired, she was quite capable when it came to housework and cooking. Half an hour later, she had steamed three large white buns, along with a plate of braised pork and a plate of vermicelli and napa cabbage stewed with pork.

Liu Yishou took a bite of the food Qin Min had prepared and nodded in satisfaction.

Although the meals Qin Min cooked weren't as delicious as those made by professional chefs, they were still much better than what ordinary people could make.

"You eat too."

With Liu Yishou's permission, Qin Min, who had been swallowing her saliva and not daring to eat, picked up a bun and began to wolf it down greedily.

"Is it good?" Liu Yishou asked indifferently.

"Mm-mm, good, it's so good."

Qin Min ate with great relish, her heart fluttering with excitement.

"Now this is what you call life! Those accursed Mrs. Jia and Jia Dongxu are nothing but bad luck charms."

Qin Min muttered endless complaints to herself, regretting her marriage to Jia Dongxu more than ever.

As soon as they got married, Jia Dongxu became an enemy spy, ruining her own background check and making it extremely difficult for her to ever remarry. This was precisely why she didn't dare to bring up a divorce.

If she truly got a divorce, she would have no choice but to return to the countryside. With a child to raise on her own, coupled with the current era of food shortages, she and her child would undoubtedly starve to death.

Liu Yishou finished the last bite of his bun, looked at Qin Min, and asked with a smile, "Would you like to eat meat and big white buns every single day from now on?"

Qin Min didn't even have to think before replying, "Yes, of course I would."

She answered with extreme excitement, her head nodding continuously.

Seeing this, Liu Yishou pulled Qin Min straight into his arms and planted a kiss directly on her greasy, cherry-red lips.

Qin Min struggled for a moment, but Liu Yishou pulled back and threatened, "How come it feels like you don't want to?"

Qin Min froze. She never expected Liu Yishou to be so direct. She glanced at the remaining braised pork and stewed pork with cabbage and vermicelli on the table, swallowed another mouthful of saliva, and after a brief hesitation, she took the initiative, wrapping her arms around Liu Yishou and kissing him back.

Enjoying Qin Min's enthusiastic response, Liu Yishou was quite pleased with her performance.

With half-hearted resistance that was barely there at all, the two of them rolled onto the bed.

Mrs. Jia had been watching back and forth near the moon gate between the back courtyard and the middle courtyard. She knew her daughter-in-law was likely about to lose her chastity today, but what could she possibly do about it?

She hadn't lived enough yet; she still wanted to enjoy her retirement years of being waited on by her daughter-in-law.

As for Qin Min, she was merely an old draft ox for the Jia family. For her own sake, it didn't matter what Qin Min did.

However, Mrs. Jia had already grown to hate Liu Yishou deep in her bones. Glancing once more at Liu Yishou's house, she stealthily ran over to Yi Zhonghai's place.

"Old Yi, you have to help me! That Qin Min and Liu Yishou are engaging in illicit sexual relations!"

Yi Zhonghai looked solemnly at the aggrieved Mrs. Jia and asked, "Mrs. Jia, are you certain?"

Mrs. Jia affirmed with absolute certainty, "I'm sure! If you don't believe me, let's break down the door right now and see for ourselves."

Yi Zhonghai pondered for a second. Remembering how arrogant Liu Yishou had been ever since his arrival, and how all the women in the courtyard seemed drawn to him, he decided he needed to teach Liu Yishou a lesson so the man would know who was truly in charge of this courtyard.

"Sha Zhu, come with me to catch them in the act."

Sha Zhu was a bit flustered, but he followed First Master Yi Zhonghai toward Liu Yishou's house anyway.

"Sha Zhu, kick the door open."

"Alright, coming!"

Sha Zhu truly lived up to his name. Under Yi Zhonghai's brainwashing, he simply did whatever Yi Zhonghai told him to do.

With a loud "bang," the door to Liu Yishou's house was kicked wide open by Sha Zhu's foot.

Yet, the scene inside was not what Yi Zhonghai and Mrs. Jia had hoped to see.

At that moment, inside the room, Liu Yishou was sitting calmly by the table sipping tea, while Qin Min was busy tidying up the bedding.

Seeing Sha Zhu kick his door open, Liu Yishou frowned and asked coldly, "Who are you? What are you doing barging into my room?"

Sha Zhu stared at Qin Min, who was cleaning up for Liu Yishou, and his anger flared instantly. Completely ignoring Liu Yishou, he had eyes only for Qin Min and directly demanded, "Sister Qin, how could you be cleaning up for this guy?"

Qin Min was caught in an awkward spot by Sha Zhu's question and cast a pleading look toward Mrs. Jia.

Mrs. Jia felt intensely embarrassed at that moment. She walked over to Sha Zhu, gently tugged at his clothes, and lowered her voice to say, "Well, Sha Zhu... Qin Min cleaning his room is just payment for the medical treatment Doctor Liu gave me."

"Ah!"

Sha Zhu turned a helpless, seeking gaze toward Yi Zhonghai.

At this, Yi Zhonghai furrowed his brows slightly and looked at Mrs. Jia. Knowing she was in the wrong, Mrs. Jia lowered her head immediately, not daring to meet Yi Zhonghai's eyes.

Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and questioned, "Doctor Liu, what you're doing isn't right. There's nothing wrong with Qin Min cleaning your room, but you're a single man and an unmarried woman—shouldn't you keep the door open? What's the meaning of keeping it shut?"

Faced with Yi Zhonghai's barrage of questions, Liu Yishou smiled faintly.

"It's my house. I'll shut the door whenever I want to. What qualifications do you have to question me?"

Yi Zhonghai's expression darkened. He never imagined this Liu Yishou would dare to speak to him in such a tone.

"I am the First Master of this courtyard, and I have every right to care. By keeping the door closed, aren't you ruining Qin Min's reputation?"

Liu Yishou scoffed dismissively.

"The innocent remain pure. Only someone with a dirty mind like yours would let their imagination run wild."