Chapter 358: Stay Away from Me

He Jinxuan liked the little girl’s quick wit, making her very endearing.

Seeing the little girl still waiting for his reply, he gently dropped a kiss on her forehead, "Hmm, I’ve got some leads, but it might still take some time to get everything sorted out."

Xinyan propped her chin up with her finger, playfully saying, "What made you think of transferring jobs?"

He Jinxuan freed a hand to pinch the little girl’s nose, "You’re so smart, do I really need to spell it out for you, hmm?"

Something came to Xinyan’s mind, and she couldn’t help but laugh, "Are you so sure we can end up together? What if it doesn’t work out, wouldn’t all your efforts be for nothing?"

He Jinxuan’s face suddenly turned serious, "Dating without the intention of marriage is just messing around, are you trying to mess around with me, hmm?"

After saying this, he smiled and lowered his head to plant a kiss on Xinyan’s fair cheek, "Other than me, who else would you want to marry?"

Xinyan laughed and pushed him away, "Oh my, get away from me."

He Jinxuan pulled her closer into his arms, "Yanyan, don’t say things like that again in the future, not even as a joke, you know I’m serious about you."

Xinyan realized at this moment that her words were a bit inappropriate, considering this is not the modern world. She raised her hand to touch He Jinxuan’s face, "I’m sorry, I won’t say things like that again."

He Jinxuan got the promise he wanted and didn’t dwell on it further, but it did give him a reminder, "Yanyan, I want to ask, can we get engaged first?"

Xinyan stared at him for a long time, "What are you worried about?"

He Jinxuan mustered up his courage, "I want to earn a rightful place by your side, is that a good enough reason?"

Xinyan couldn’t help but laugh at that, "You really dare to say that, aren’t you afraid my dad will teach you a lesson?"

Hearing this, He Jinxuan felt a bit guilty, not because he feared her future father-in-law’s interference, but because he worried that, out of his sight, there might be someone blind enough to approach Yanyan, "I’ll do my best to earn his approval."

Xinyan giggled, "Then you better perform well. Telling me doesn’t help, you’ll need my dad’s agreement."

She wouldn’t let him succeed so easily; besides, with her father around, of course she’d let him help keep the gate. After all, it’s a lifelong matter.

He Jinxuan understood Xinyan’s thoughts, "Alright, as long as you don’t object, leave the rest to me."

The two snuggled for a while longer before He Jinxuan finally left.

However, after leaving Xinyan’s courtyard, he didn’t go home directly. Instead, he found a spot to keep an eye on the Qiu Family’s movements from the shadows.

Just as he expected, after nightfall, a figure sneaked out of the Qiu Family’s house.

He followed at a reasonable distance, observing her avoiding the streetlights and leaving the compound, heading in the direction of the school. Realization dawned upon him about what she intended to do.

He turned around and headed toward the security office.

Qiu Qingmei made her way to the school. Because a provincial top scorer emerged, the school decided to build a podium on the field, which made the field too small for its original purpose.

Since the back closely bordered the mountain base, it wouldn’t involve land compensation, so the paperwork was quickly resolved. The field’s fence was moved back significantly, and to facilitate construction without affecting the school’s daily work at the front, a gap was left in the new fence.

Qiu Qingmei had come with classmates to collect her diploma a few days earlier and happened to see the situation there, so she thought of sneaking into the school through that gap.

When she arrived, she saw that the gap had already been bricked up over two feet high, feeling lucky for her timing; if she were a day later, it might have been mended completely.

Climbing over that section of the wall, she quickly reached the office area in the front and familiarly made her way to the principal’s office. Taking out a screwdriver she had prepared earlier, she exerted a lot of effort to pry off the lock loop.

Seeing that she hadn’t alerted anyone in the gatehouse, she tiptoed inside.

Taking an old-fashioned flashlight from her pocket, she cleverly covered the head with a handkerchief, making the light dimmer and less likely to be noticed.

She rummaged through the filing cabinet for a long time but still couldn’t find what she was looking for, causing her to grow anxious.