After all, there are only three possible futures for Miss Xiao Dong... One, she becomes Liang Yuening’s sister-in-law, two, she becomes Liang Yuening’s wife, or three, she becomes Liang Yuening’s sister.
So no matter what, they would be family, and perhaps it would be better to maintain a friendly relationship?
Therefore, the kind-hearted Doctor Xiao offered a way out, and Yuening, with a gloomy glance at Dong Huiying, decided to bite the bullet and accept it.
After all, he knew that he had overreacted.
But heaven knows, when he saw her sitting with Doctor Xiao in the woods earlier, and she was helping Doctor Xiao to remove a strand of hair from his lips, he simply jumped to the wrong conclusion.
Dong Huiying rolled her eyes and turned her head away, too lazy to deal with Liang Yuening, idly prodding the fire with a small stick.
Liang Yuening also wore a stern expression, trying his best not to look at Dong Huiying, while Doctor Xiao, looking back and forth between them, wore a helpless expression on his face.
Thanks to Liang Yuening, Dong Huiying felt stifled all night and hardly slept at all. As soon as dawn broke, she got up from the ground with dark circles under her eyes.
"Let’s go," she said, after giving Doctor Xiao a glance and ignoring Liang Yuening, who also had dark circles, and walked down the mountain with her homely basket.
Liang Yuening followed Dong Huiying in silence, his mood as sullen as his expression.
Watching the two people ahead of him, Doctor Xiao felt smothered by the heavy atmosphere.
The journey down the mountain was not smooth sailing; they encountered some wild beasts, but when Dong Huiying was about to make a move, Liang Yuening suddenly charged forward. Holding back his anger, he unleashed a rampage.
Dong Huiying gave him a cool glance before ceasing to pay him any further attention.
Moodily carrying his trophies, each was colder than the other, exchanging not even a glance, treating each other as if they were thin air.
But soon, Liang Yuening made another discovery that troubled him deeply.
When Dong Huiying faced Doctor Xiao, her face was brimming with smiles. He couldn’t help but recall how she had smiled at his eldest brother, his second brother, his Third Brother, and his fourth brother, and how Yixuan was the one who most often saw her smile.
He suddenly realized something.
It seemed that only in his presence did she not smile, and even when she did, it wasn’t genuine.
This realization unexpectedly made him angry.
Did she truly despise him so much?
Dong Huiying and Liang Yuening came down from the mountain and first dropped Doctor Xiao off at his home.
Doctor Xiao, who lived at the head of the village, thanked them both very formally.
After seeing Doctor Xiao off, Dong Huiying, with her unattractive basket full of various herbs, walked home expressionless.
Liang Yuening held back, again and again, but he couldn’t restrain himself any longer.
"Da Bao!" He took a quick step towards her and grabbed her arm in one swift motion.
Dong Huiying quickly pulled her arm free.
Her eyebrows were deeply furrowed.
"I..." He wanted to ask if she truly disliked him so much?
But when it came time to ask, he found the question too embarrassing to voice.
"Nothing? If there’s nothing, then I’ll go on ahead."
She tossed her head and hurried straight for the Liang family’s gate.
Yuening hung his head, suddenly feeling a sense of powerlessness overwhelming him.
Yixuan was out sunning the sheets and upon seeing Dong Huiying returning, a soft smile lifted his face.
Dong Huiying’s complexion seemed much better as well.