124, Understand Clearly (3 Updates)
“Mutual feelings,” Xie Zhinuan snorted with a laugh.
At this moment, the gloves were off, and everything was laid out in the open.
“Speaking of which, from the beginning, it was you who plotted against me step by step. As I was building my house here, you immediately constructed a mansion opposite mine, flaunting and ostentatious, always seeking to get close to me simply to draw my attention. Yet you also feared that I valued relationships too deeply and might demand too much from the Yuan Family in return, so you schemed against the Yuan Family. Even in front of me, you pretended to remind me that, with my beauty and no strong backing, I would be devoured to the bone, thus forcing me to owe you a great favor. Still not assured, you sent three people to watch over me…”
“How much more do you want when you go this far to plot against me? Did I say anything? Besides sending them back, I did nothing, I said nothing. What else do you want?” Xie Zhinuan’s voice deepened.
“Even when you sneaked into my house while I was away, stole my vegetables, and drew from my well, did I say anything?” Xie Zhinuan continued to ask.
Yuanbao’s face changed instantly, “How, how do you know about that?”
“If you don’t want people to know, you shouldn’t have done it. Do you really think I can’t notice things taken from hidden corners? You’re wrong. I look after that place every day. How could I not know what’s in the nooks and crannies?”
Xie Zhinuan took a deep breath, “This arguing is pointless, and I don’t want to be entangled with you anymore. I don’t plan to sell this house, as for the things inside…”
After hesitating for a moment, she said, “After I move out, you can let Grandma Chen and the others move in to look after it. You’re free to use anything inside. Just don’t come bothering me anymore!”
Having finished speaking, Xie Zhinuan stood up, walked a few steps, stopped, and said to Yuanbao, “Don’t bully me for being alone and defenseless. Remember, ‘Fortune turns with time.’ I yield today, but that doesn’t mean I’m afraid of you. Push me too far, and we can all go down together. I have nothing to lose, so if you want a fight, bring it on!”
She stepped into the courtyard and casually closed the gate behind her.
Then she took a deep breath.
She went to pack her things, thinking that she would take everything she could and leave behind what she couldn���t.
She hadn’t lived in this place for long, but it was her first home, lovingly and meticulously taken care of, full of things she cherished.
The thought of leaving behind the vegetables she had planted in the back garden, and the orange and pomelo trees, was indeed hard to bear.
But she felt it was a good idea to let Grandma Chen and Aunt Chen take care of them.
First, the house would not fall into disrepair, and everything inside would be well preserved. Second, they wouldn’t be punished for failing their task when they got back.
“Sigh!”
She was still too kind-hearted.
Xie Zhinuan didn’t notice that Routuan had disappeared; she went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Chicken was easy to deal with, so was Dahuang. She went to get a piece of cured pork bones, put it in the pot to cook, planning to make cured pork bone porridge later, and the bones could be given to Routuan to gnaw on.
While cooking, she also began to pack the belongings in the house.
While the house was filled with many things, they were actually not valuable. As she was about to leave, Xie Zhinuan didn’t know what meaningful things to take with her, something to put into the pouch.
A gust of wind blew a fallen leaf into her hand, which she caught.
Looking at it resting in her palm, she stood there in a daze for a while, then quickly ran back to her room, found an exquisite pouch, placed the leaf inside, tightened the drawstring and laughed softly to herself.
It was genuine gentleness and joy.
It was letting go of these events and also letting go of Xiaohe Village.
No longer dwelling on it.
Let everything go with the wind.
And just like that, she came to understand.
Fish cannot do without water, but if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. They complement each other.
Her relationship with Yuanbao and his master should be the same.
Working together, using each other.
Chapter 126