"Big brother, does Young Master Huo have a woman he’s interested in?"
Behind Lady Yu, his half-sister Li Jinzhi asked in surprise and agony, "What kind of woman does Young Master Huo fancy?"
Li Jingui looked at his sister’s disappointed and painful expression, and said with a smirk, "Jinzhi, you’re still hoping for Huo Yuan, aren’t you? Save it. The woman that Huo Yuan picked has no jewelry on her, and she isn’t even wearing a silk dress. Despite that, she could leave you far behind. You’d better stick to your own business."
Upon hearing this, Li Jinzhi suddenly felt that the woman Li Jingui mentioned resembled that little b*tch from Qingyun Town, and she couldn’t help asking, "Is the woman big brother is talking about the one wearing a pink jacket and tying a hair bun?"
Li Jingui looked surprised and asked, "Have you seen that girl?"
Li Jinzhi gritted her teeth and said, "Not only have I seen her, but I am also well aware of the obscenities she’s committed! Humph, she pretends to be a clean and innocent girl, but she’s just a little b*tch with a good-looking face who flirts around!"
Upon hearing this, Li Jingui suddenly became interested and said, "Does my little sister Jinzhi know the details about that girl? Why not tell your big brother."
Seeing Li Jingui’s lewd expression, Li Jinzhi immediately realized what he was thinking. She was just hoping that the wild girl from the Mu family would sleep with her lecherous big brother. So she recounted, in full detail, how Cai Wei seduced Lü Junchen according to what she heard in town from her cousin Lady Yu, as well as how Cai Wei played hard-to-get with Huo Yuan, which she witnessed with her own eyes.
After she finished, she said angrily, "That little b*tch is just a shameless woman who wants to play the whore while also playing the Madonna. It’s a shame that Young Master Huo didn’t see through her deception."
"A woman who can play both whore and Madonna, that’s impressive."
Magistrate Li suddenly interjected, startling Jinzhi.
"Father, what do you mean by that?"
Magistrate Li coughed, then bowed his head to drink tea. Even though he had no shame, there were some things he couldn’t bring himself to say directly to his daughter...
At a quarter past midnight, the night grew darker. Seeing that it was late, Mu Zhongqing stood up to bid farewell to Huo Yuan and Cao Jin, leading his family out.
Huo Yuan and Cao Jin accompanied the Mu family to the entrance of the tea house. After watching them get into their carriage, they returned to their own carriage and slowly departed.
As soon as she got on the carriage, Cai Wei was anxious, afraid that her parents would mention the topic of the dependable outsider. However, not long after boarding, Wu’er discovered that his newly-acquired little turtle was dead, which upset him and made him cry loudly, almost deafening everyone.
Both Mu Zhongqing and Lady Du couldn’t bear to see their child cry, so they took turns comforting their young son. After a while, Wu’er’s crying finally stopped. However, barely had tranquility returned, when mournful crying from outside echoed in the night, somebody was sobbing heartbreakingly.
Out of curiosity, Wen’er lifted the curtain and looked outside. Under the bright red lanterns, she saw a woman in her thirties, holding a bundle and sitting on the steps in front of a restaurant, crying heartbreakingly.
"Dad, Mom, look at how pitiful the woman is crying. She must be in trouble. Let’s help her."
Wu’er also stuck his little face to the window. Seeing the woman crying miserably, he forgot about his dead little turtle, and pleaded with his parents to help her too.
Mu Zhongqing was heartened to see his two sons showing compassion and kindness, so he instructed Zhang Bo to stop the carriage and find out the woman’s plight, to see if his family could help her in any way.