Chapter 408: Chapter 408 Guilty Conscience Chapter 408: Chapter 408 Guilty Conscience In the dead of night, Auntie Sun returned to Mo Family Village from Butcher Yu’s place, daring not to let the ox cart enter the village.
Originally, during the feast, Butcher Yu had secretly come to Mo Family Village and taken her away, and it was only at this Shichen Chinese Time that she hurried back.
Guilty as a thief, afraid that the barking of dogs would alert everyone, she quietly got off the cart outside the village and sneaked into the village in the dark.
With uneven steps, she returned to the Mo family, and tentatively pushed the main door, which to her delight, was not bolted.
Even Heaven seemed to be helping her this time.
So, she silently entered the home and tiptoed back to her room.
“Where the hell have you been?”
In the darkness, Mo Xiaoqiang, who had been holding his breath, suddenly spoke out, scaring Auntie Sun half to death.
“Husband, why aren’t you sleeping in the middle of the night, sitting here for what?”
“You know it’s the middle of the night too? I’m asking you, where have you been? Weren’t you sneaking out again to meet your adulterer?”
From dinner time till now, several Shichen had passed.
Whatever misdeeds there were to be done, they could’ve all been finished by now. The more Mo Xiaoqiang thought about it, the more something seemed off. As a man, he had already tolerated Auntie Sun’s infidelity once, but he couldn’t stand for her to betray him a second time.
“Husband, isn’t this an insult to me?” Auntie Sun internally panicked, how did her husband know? Yet she couldn’t admit to it, instead feigning a look of grievance and said pitifully.
“Then tell me, where have you been for the past few Shichen? Even going to the County Town and back a few times would have been possible.”
Hearing Mo Xiaoqiang’s tone, she knew he was guessing wildly, and Auntie Sun breathed a sigh of relief, realizing he had no evidence.
“During dinner, a younger sister from our village came to see me, saying she had an argument with her husband, so I went to console her. That’s why I got back late, isn’t it?”
Mo Xiaoqiang’s expression finally softened a bit.
“Really? You’d better not be lying to me, huh?”
“Really, if you don’t believe me, you can go ask around our village tomorrow.”
Mo Xiaoqiang, who had been holding in his anger all night, finally calmed down and immediately felt weary in body and soul. He lay on the bed, “It’s getting late, let’s sleep.”
Only then did Auntie Sun feel relieved. She didn’t even take off her clothes and lay down on the bed.
In the dark, Mo Xiaoqiang unintentionally touched Auntie Sun and noticed she was wearing thick clothes, so he asked in surprise, “Wife, the weather is hot, why are you sleeping in so many clothes?”
“It’ll be light in a few Shichen, I don’t want to bother changing.”
Mo Xiaoqiang didn’t think further. After a night of worry, he now felt at ease and exhausted; he turned over and fell into a deep sleep.
The real reason, however, was that she had many marks on her body from her time with Butcher Yu, and she feared that if she didn’t wake up in time the next morning, it would be terrible if Mo Xiaoqiang discovered them. It was safer to stay covered.
Spring Fragrance House had been closed for several days, with a notice posted saying it was undergoing interior renovations, and today was the day it reopened.
Early in the morning, a few young ladies dressed fresh and elegant, stood at the doorway.
Passersby turned their heads, wondering why, unlike usual with thugs looking fierce guarding the door, today was strange with beauties standing there to welcome guests.
Nanny Sun, dressed in bright red clothes, her face still painted and a large red flower in her hair, came out beaming and loudly announced to the passersby, “Starting today, Spring Fragrance House is improving its tone.”
Regular patrons of Spring Fragrance House, out of curiosity, asked, “Aunt Sun, what kind of new tone are you adopting?”
The Procuress’ face bloomed with a smile, “From now on, Spring Fragrance House will no longer force women into prostitution, the girls who come here do so voluntarily.”