Chapter 874: 874 third brother does not act recklessly
Liu Yuhong didn’t say a word and returned to her room.
She had intended to find an excuse to go out, just as Liang Zhenghong was leaving to help measure the land for a family in the village.
She didn’t even need an excuse anymore; as soon as he stepped out, she also left.
Su Qingyue, carrying her back basket up the mountain, remembered that it had been a long time since she had gone to Hanging Neck Mountain. Suspecting that the herbs she had previously picked had likely regrown, she set out to collect medicinal herbs.
Indeed, she found several kinds of relatively good herbs.
Finding the sun too hot, she placed her back basket beside the bushes, found a large tree with dense foliage, walked to that tree, grabbed the trunk, and in a few moves, she climbed up the tree, her agility surpassing that of a monkey. Her big mixed-fur dog, seeing its owner up the tree, darted into the mountain forest.
Sitting on the tree, Su Qingyue half-closed her eyes, planning to take a nap before continuing.
After resting for a while, from her high vantage point, she saw Liang Lizheng’s son, Liang Ping’an, sneaking along a forked road, coming to a large stone and frequently looking around in all directions.
Su Qingyue was hidden near the tree top, with many branches in front of and below her providing cover, and since she was wearing a green outfit that day, she wasn’t worried about Liang Ping’an spotting her.
Seeing the anxious yet excited anticipation on Liang Ping’an’s face, it was obvious he was waiting for someone.
Su Qingyue instinctively thought he was waiting for Liu Yuhong.
Sure enough, after a short while, a woman dressed in red, also sneaking around, entered Hanging Neck Mountain.
Seeing her face, wasn’t she Liang Lizheng’s pampered wife, Liu Yuhong?
Not immediately spotting Liang Ping’an, Liu Yuhong “tweeted, tweeted” twice, imitating a bird call from the mountains.
Obviously, she was signaling to her paramour.
Liang Ping’an grabbed her from behind in an instant, “Hong sister, I’ve missed you to death!”
He then embraced her and pushed her down to the ground.
Liu Yuhong scolded playfully, “You’re always in such a hurry!” Tears welled up in her eyes, “You have no idea how much I’ve suffered.”
“What happened?” he asked with concern. “Did that old thing, my dad, actually cause you distress?”
“No. It’s Xiao Yuchuan!” She said with a hint of gritted teeth.
Su Qingyue, hidden in the tree, heard the mention of third brother’s name and listened even more attentively.
Liang Ping’an asked eagerly, “Did you hook Chuan? Did you get any money from him?”
“No,” Liu Yuhong pushed him away, “Is that all you think about? Money, money, money. Don’t you care about me at all?”
Liang Ping’an, pressed hard by creditors and desperate for money, could hardly take it and tried to placate her, “Alright, alright, how could I not care about you? If I didn’t treat you well, don’t you know how many men in the village who have kids running around would want me? I, the only son of the village chief, have put off getting married until this age, and isn’t it all for you?”
Feeling appeased by his words, Liu Yuhong humphed softly.
“Alright, enough, tell me, what happened?”
“Before coming home, I saw Chuan carrying manure to water the vegetable field. I followed him from behind, and seeing that no one was around in his family’s vegetable field, I thought to tempt him. Who could have known he not only resisted the temptation but also flung a faceful of manure at me?” Liu Yuhong’s eyes filled with anger.
Su Qingyue, listening from the tree, felt like laughing but had to hold it back; she certainly couldn’t let herself make a sound. In her heart, she was quite satisfied that third brother did not misbehave.
Astonished, Liang Ping’an said, “Chuan really resisted the temptation that much?”
“Indeed,” Liu Yuhong bit her lower lip, “That Su Qingyue is just mediocre looking, yet I don’t know how she managed to bewitch Xiao Yuchuan into losing interest in other women.”