Chapter 798: 798 Third brother doesn’t want you to be a fool 2
Xiao Yuchuan had returned from selling goods.
Seeing her enter the yard, he warmly and affectionately hugged her, “Wife, where did you go?”
“I just took the dog for a walk.” She said coldly, trying to break free, “Don’t touch me like that.”
He chuckled, “You’re my wife, what’s wrong with me touching you?”
She ignored him, went into the kitchen, and discreetly threw the note taken from the pigeon’s leg into the stove fire to burn.
The three of them sat at the table to eat.
Xiao Yuchuan kept putting vegetables on Su Qingyue’s plate, “Wife, eat more.”
She replied lightly, “Third brother, just eat by yourself.”
Xiao Qinghe lowered his head, ate a few bites, then put down his bowl and chopsticks.
Su Qingyue did not say anything.
In fact, these past few days, besides exchanging a few necessary words, like telling each other to eat, they hardly spoke anymore.
After dinner, Xiao Yuchuan looked at the darkening sky and said, “Second brother hasn’t returned for seven or eight days. When I was selling goods in the neighboring village, I met Li Duzi from the village who said he’s been working part-time with the second brother in the Fang Mansion. They finished repairing the old house, and wages were settled this noon. Second brother should have returned by now.”
She went to the yard, looking at the dark night, “Maybe something delayed him.”
He walked behind her, looking at her fragile figure, and said with concern, “Wife…”
She turned around, glimpsed at his handsome face, and softly replied, “Hmm?”
He gazed at her intently, “Do you really want the second brother to remarry?”
“If…” He paused before continuing, “If the second brother really were with another woman, would you be heartbroken?”
“No.” She expressionlessly gazed at the boundless night sky, “I would only feel relieved.”
“I shouldn’t have told you about the second brother.” He said, “I heard from Li Duzi, who worked with the second brother, that he has gotten close to a woman named Lady Mo in the Fang Mansion. I didn’t want you to be kept in the dark and be a fool. You just remember, no matter what happens, the third brother will always be by your side.”
She remained silent. Just because they appear close doesn’t mean anything is happening, but acting secretly is cunning and skillful.
Second brother is just a hunter, relying on his brute strength. Encountering Li Rong’er, a manipulative beauty who has been in the Fang Mansion for a long time, fighting in the constant intrigues of the wealthy family, the second brother is destined to be caught in her clutches.
The news from her spy was that after receiving his wages this noon, the second brother was entangled in Li Rong’er’s scheme.
Li Rong’er’s contract at the Fang Mansion had ended yesterday, and she bought off several people, deliberately staging a public scene today. She made the second brother think that her family owed silver taels and the creditors were going to sell her to the kiln. She tried to escape but was caught in front of the second brother.
Li Rong’er’s family couldn’t repay their debt, and the second brother surprisingly helped pay twenty taels. Fearing that her family would try to sell her again, Li Rong’er begged the second brother to take her back with him.
Calculating the time, they should be almost arriving at Wushan Village now.
“Wife…” Xiao Yuchuan worriedly looked at her.
She smiled playfully, “Third brother, I’m fine. Since the second brother and sister-in-law are almost back, don’t you want to go greet them?”
His face stiffened, “What sister-in-law?” He heard that the female cook, Lady Mo from the Fang Mansion, was a loose woman. The second brother wouldn’t be so blind as to fall for her.