Chapter 40: Chapter 40 The Minor Villain (8)_1 Chapter 40: Chapter 40 The Minor Villain (8)_1 “There’s no way this weather will hold, Brother Ruan might as well send one to my house for a taste. Rest assured, if we have something delicious in the future, I’ll definitely let you have a taste too.” When Liu Mei said this, she purposefully cooed at Ruan Jianguo, flaunting her coquettishness.
Truth be told, Liu Mei had always harbored unspeakable thoughts towards Ruan Jianguo.
But back when Ruan Jianguo was choosing a partner, he didn’t fancy her and went on to marry Shu Jiao. After she gave up hope, always setting her sights high, she remained unmarried even as she grew older, finally resorting to schemes to marry Xiu Jianlin.
Over the years, seeing Ruan Jianguo and Shu Jiao so loving had caused her no end of vexation. In truth, she didn’t plan to do anything, she simply couldn’t bear to see them happy. Now, with Shu Jiao having gone north to look for relatives, the happiest person in the brigade was her. She was also likely the one who spread most of the rumors that Shu Jiao wouldn’t return.
Now that Shu Jiao had been gone for almost a year, those petty thoughts of hers began to resurface.
A man parched from a long drought knows well how sweet the rain is, and she understood this better than anyone. That’s why she started to make passes at Ruan Jianguo, even if she couldn’t achieve anything, if she could disgust the Ruanlin Family and Shu Jiao, she was willing to do so, not to mention that if she really did manage to get on good terms, she might have a lot of good things to eat.
With this in mind, Liu Mei’s seductive eyes roamed even more unchecked.
As if Ruan Jiaojiao and Xiu Xi behind her were blind.
“…” Ruan Jiaojiao, being held in Ruan Jianguo’s arms, almost threw up.
Liu Mei truly was average-looking, not exactly ugly, but with a high forehead, wide nose bridge, and large lips, combined with her skinny figure, she came off as having a petty appearance. When she pouted and threw flirtatious glances, it was simply eye-watering.
Worried about damaging her own eyes, Ruan Jiaojiao turned her little head away and, hugging Ruan Jianguo, urged, “Let’s go, let’s go.”
Ruan Jianguo was not a man attuned to flirtations. Throughout his life, he had only had eyes for Shu Jiao. Liu Mei’s flirtatious glances were completely lost on him. He even seriously suggested, “You from the Xiu Family, there seems to be something wrong with your eyes. You should have them checked at the health clinic, if you wait too long, it might turn into a serious issue.”
“Pfft!” Ruan Jiaojiao couldn’t help it, she really didn’t want to, but she couldn’t hold back.
Her dad was truly a man of ironclad straightforwardness.
Liu Mei hadn’t expected that she was throwing flirtatious glances at a blind man, and she flushed a sickly green with embarrassment. But thinking about that plump rabbit, she couldn’t let it go and stepped forward, intending to be cutesy once more. That’s when a woman from the Ruanlin family came out with a basin of slop water and doused it directly over Liu Mei.
“Ah…” Liu Mei hopped and skipped, trying to dodge backward, but the front of her clothes still got soaked in a large patch.
The sour and stinky slop water was so revolting it made her want to vomit.
She screamed at the woman from the Ruanlin Family like a madwoman, “What are you doing!”
“What do you mean, ‘What am I doing’?” retorted the woman from the Ruanlin Family with a sneer, her gaze upon Liu Mei as if she were looking at a filthy dog, “If you want to be flirty, do it at home. If you’re too lazy to walk even those few steps, I can call Xiu Jianlin out for you!”
Liu Mei’s face turned from green to white with anger.
With her chest heaving, she held back the urge to curse. But she couldn’t out-tongue the Ruanlin woman, nor could she fight her, leaving herself so angry her head felt like it was buzzing.
Her gaze swept to Xiu Xi behind her, directing all her fury onto him, “You dog’s bastard, who allowed you to stand here? Come back with me now!”
As she spoke, she reached out like she used to, aiming to grab his ear and drag him away, but as her hand almost touched his ear and her eyes met his gaze, for some reason, her hand trembled.