After shouting that name, Qi Hongsheng felt as though his heart were churning with turbulent waves. For a long while, he could not calm down. He had heard absolutely nothing beforehand about his cousin, Tian Xingzhu, coming to their area to settle as an educated youth.
Moreover, he knew very well that his aunt’s household was extremely well-off. He could not fathom why they would be willing to send his cousin down to the countryside. As far as he knew, although Tian Xingzhu was only a few months older than him, both her personality and her appearance were remarkably similar to those of his shrewd aunt. He wondered how his aunt could bear to send away this daughter she had always cherished so deeply.
At that moment, what concerned Qi Hongsheng most was whether his aunt had grown uneasy about him and specifically arranged for her daughter to come here to keep an eye on him. Did this mean that the allowances and subsidies he received from his aunt would soon come to an end? Thinking of this, he felt a flicker of unease and anxiety.
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