Chapter 78 of Volume 1: Embarrassed?

  "Sorry, I..." Su Si stood by and watched as the two of them started eating breakfast, seemingly oblivious to his presence, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

  Su Xiaofan continued to feed Xiao Yimeng without changing her expression, stealing a glance at the slightly dark circles under her eyes. Had she not slept last night? Had she been waiting outside since very early today? Zhang Yun let her stay in Mochen, there should be someone taking care of her, why did she come to find him for help when going to Jingcheng? It was really incomprehensible.

  After a long while, seeing her almost crying out loud, Su Xiaofan slowly put down the bowl in his hand: "You'd better go home and find your mother instead of looking for me."

  "If my mother knew..."

  "If Third Aunt knew you were pregnant, she would be overjoyed and send you to the capital immediately. With a child on the way, Zhang Yun Song will definitely take you in as his wife, right?" Su Xiao Fan finished feeding Xiao Yi Mo before starting her own meal. Normally, if she tried to feed him, he would refuse, but today he was unusually obedient.

  "It's not okay, I still can't tell my mother." Su Si Xi bit her lip, she didn't want to come find her for help either, but in this silent city the only person she knew was her, and how did she know that she was pregnant?

  Su Xiaofan finished her meal, cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and walked out by herself.

  Although the last thing has come to an end, although I also want to know her intention of doing so last time, but at this moment I want to know more about why she came to find herself, isn't it to borrow money?

  Hmmm... Could it be that Yun Song put her in Mochen but didn't give her living expenses?

  "Eh, where's Fan'er?" Ziyun came out of the house, took a glance at the unfamiliar woman standing in the courtyard, and then walked over to sit down beside Xiao Yimeng.

  "I'm going to the kitchen, I'll have Shui Yue bring your breakfast over, you sit for a while." Xiao Yi Mo also got up and walked out, this Su Si was emitting an aura that made him feel disgusted, not wanting to be with her for even a moment.

  "Hmm." Zi Yun looked at the woman standing there with a puzzled expression, and softly asked: "Are you Fan Er's friend? Do you want to sit for a while?"

  Su Si shook his head.

  Zi Yun saw that she wasn't speaking and didn't bother with her again.

  Before long, Shuǐ Yuè brought over the prepared food.

  Su Xiaofan handed over in the kitchen, and then walked into the backyard again: "I said Si Xi, just our friendship, you should know that I won't help you. Let's not mention what happened before, just because of those idle words you spread last time, no matter what you want me to help with, it's impossible."

  Zi Yun put down her chopsticks: "Is she that Si Xi? What is she doing here?"

  "I don't know." Su Xiao Fan put down the few pastries she had just made on the table and looked around: "Where's Little Treasure?"

  "She's gone out." Zi Yun picked up a piece of pastry, took a light bite, and nodded slightly. It was sweet but not greasy, just right for pairing with congee.

  "Last time that thing... I really wasn't on purpose, just met Yuan Qing at the pharmacy, and in order not to let her keep asking me what I was buying at the pharmacy, I casually chatted with her about some idle things, saying you and Yun Song Ge had a husband-and-wife relationship before the divorce..." Su Si Xi lowered his head.

  Su Xiaofan raised an eyebrow: "This one?"

  Su Si Xi nodded vigorously: "Really, I only said that, and I just met her once in the pharmacy. After that, for fear of running into her again, I changed to another pharmacy to buy medicine."

  Su Xiaofan was puzzled in her heart, wondering if Yuan Qing had lied to her. The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became. She rubbed her temples and stood up, feeling dizzy from sleeping too late and waking up too early: "Forget it, I don't have time to settle accounts with you now. Please leave, I still need to go back and sleep for a while, or else I'll be exhausted in the afternoon."

  Su Si hurriedly rushed to her front: "I must go to the capital for a trip, and when I come back later, I will definitely repay you double the silver."

  Su Xiaofan blinked, and indeed, he had come to borrow money?

  But San Shu's family is said to be very wealthy, if she were to ask San Shu, she would definitely get the silver to go to Beijing.

  Seeing Su Xiaofan not speaking, Su Sixi suddenly said in a urgent tone: "I slipped out of the yard arranged by Yunguang brother, I want to go to Beijing and ask Yunguang brother in person whether it is his intention or not."

  "What?" Su Xiaofan raised an eyebrow.

  "Hmm... I accidentally overheard a few maids in the courtyard saying that they want me to drink an abortion potion..." Su Sixi's small face scrunched up, and she just slightly imagined what it would be like if that was really Yun Songge's intention. Her heart became thoroughly panicked, as she had always thought that as long as she went along with Yun Songge's wishes, he would definitely marry her and bring her back to the manor. After hearing the maids' words, she felt uneasy at heart.

  "It's better if you don't go." Zi Yun heard her mention Yun Song Ge, and suddenly remembered that Yun Song was once the fiancé of Fang Er's cousin. She immediately understood that the child in Su Si Xi's womb was actually Yun Song's. Thinking of Yun Song's character, she couldn't help but worry about her going there. Even though she had spoken ill of Fang Er's cousin, she still couldn't help but want to advise her against it.

  Su Si Xi took a glance at the beautiful woman who was speaking at this moment and thought to herself, "When did Su Xiao Fan have such an elegant friend by her side?"

  Su Xiaofan looked at Zi Yun with a probing gaze, wondering if she knew that Yun Song. Otherwise, given her temperament, she wouldn't be speaking kindly to someone who had bullied her before.

  This is the person arranged by Zhang Yun Song to take care of Su Si Xi, doing such a thing, must have been instructed by Zhang Yun Song, otherwise where would those maids get the courage to do such an inhumane thing, it's a life after all.

  "I must go." Su Si thought he had no way out, couldn't return home with the child, and couldn't continue to live in that courtyard. If he didn't go to Beijing, he had nowhere else to go.

  "This is something I can't help you with, it's better for you to go back and discuss it with your mother." Su Xiao Fan turned around and walked out, calling in a few shop assistants: "You all help me send her back home." After saying that, he pulled Zi Yun into the house.

  Several shop assistants looked at each other in dismay, hesitated for a moment before stepping forward: "Miss, please."

  Su Si stood in the courtyard for a long time before reluctantly turning around.

  After a while, one of the shop assistants returned to the courtyard and stood in front of Su Xiaofan's room, saying softly: "Boss's wife, that girl kept making a fuss about not going home, we couldn't do anything, so we let her go by herself."

  "I know, you guys go ahead and do your thing." Su Xiaofan sat in front of the desk, peeling a plate of melon seeds in front of her, and with this commotion, even her own sleepiness was gone.

  "Why don't you persuade her, Fan Er? After all, she is your cousin, isn't she?" Zi Yun's heart was uneasy, her eyebrows deeply furrowed. Not only was that Yun Song not a simple character, but also Liu Mei'er and everyone in the Prime Minister's mansion were not ordinary people. This trip of hers was like a sheep entering a tiger's den.

  "Eldest sister, you don't know the things that Si Xi has done to my family before, and I also didn't have the obligation to stop her. Moreover, I don't think I have the ability to persuade her." Su Xiao Fan continued to crack melon seeds.

  Her eyebrows relaxed slightly as she snatched a plate of melon seeds from in front of her: "Then tell me, what happened between you and her before?"

  Su Xiaofan smiled and said, "It's just some small contradictions, there's no need to mention it again. Tell me about your situation, cousin?" From her previous tension, it can be seen that Cousin not only knew Zhang Yuncong but also understood his character, so she would worry about Si Xi like this. Cousin is really a kind person.

  "No way, I promised Auntie not to tell you." Zi Yun gave her a white eye, small contradiction, could it make her so resentful? Even if she didn't say, she had other ways to find out.

  "Well, I'm off to work then. Cousin, if you're not busy, either take a nap or go for a stroll around the city. I heard that Mu City has some pretty interesting places to visit." Su Xiaofan stood up and stretched her waist, thinking to herself that she definitely needed a good night's sleep tonight.

  "Hmm, I'll grab someone to accompany me later." Zi Yun's eyes rolled around and then smiled: "How about I get Xiao Yuanfeng to go out with me?"

  "It's okay, he's also very idle." Su Xiaofan said and turned around to walk out.

  In the great hall of the wine building, Xiao Yuanfeng stared at Zi Yun with a headache, entangled in her request to accompany her out to play, feeling extremely distressed.

  Hua Fei casually glanced at the two of them and said, "Feng Er, since there's nothing wrong with you, why don't you accompany her for a walk? You can't help much in the wine tower anyway."

  Zi Yun saw Hua Fei dust and said, "Alright, you can't be unwilling anymore. Your master has already spoken, this is a matter of discipline that cannot be disobeyed."

  "That's not a teacher's order, you're also a girl who shouldn't grab a man's hand so easily." Xiao Yuanfeng followed her with a helpless expression on his face, walking aimlessly on the street.

  "What's with the sudden movement? Besides family members, this is actually the first time I've taken the initiative to hold a man's hand." Zi Yun pouted in dissatisfaction.

  Xiao Yuanfeng opened his mouth, but didn't say a word.

  After the busiest time at noon had passed, Su Xiaofan dragged her tired body over to sit down at the counter.

  Xiao Yi Mo handed her a cup of hot tea: "Go sleep for a while, it's fine to hand it over to them in the afternoon."

  "Uh, I'll take a rest first and then go. Let them prepare the bath water for me." Su Xiaofan lazily lay down, scanning the interior of the wine house hall. The business had been stable over the past few days, with daily sales neither increasing nor decreasing. She didn't know if it was a good omen or not. Originally, she thought that after the series of opening activities ended, the business in the wine house would get worse.

  "What's the point of taking a bath in the middle of the day?" Xiao Yimiao raised an eyebrow.

  "Can't sleep with this greasy smell all over me, can I, little treasure? Take a sniff, isn't it heavy?" Su Xiaofan lifted her arm to sniff herself, then stretched out her arm in front of Xiao Yimeng.

  Xiao Yimò turned his head and seriously sniffed a few times: "I didn't smell anything, just the aroma of some dishes."

  "Really?" Su Xiao Fan withdrew his arm and sniffed himself a few more times. Yesterday or the day before, his older cousin had said that he had a strong smell of oil smoke on him, so he was afraid of bringing that smell to bed and affecting Little Treasure, which is why he had been washing up diligently for the past two days.

  "Uh-huh, no." Xiao Yimò continued flipping through the ledger again.

  In the afternoon, Xiao Yi Mo finished flipping through the account books of the past two days and slowly walked back to the room, preparing to wake up Su Xiao Fan. If she slept too long in the afternoon, she would be energetic at night and rush into the kitchen to work until dawn.

  These days the weather is neither cold nor hot, Su Xiaofan on the bed wrapped in a thin quilt, shrunk inside the bed, looking unusually small.

  Xiao Yimo took off her boots, slowly climbed up, lifted the quilt with one hand, and quickly covered it again. With a red face, she shouted at the sleeping woman: "Woman, why don't you wear clothes when you sleep?"

  Su Xiaofan turned around, slightly opened her eyes to glance at Xiao Yimeng, then lifted the quilt and wrapped him in it before he could react. She held him tightly in her arms and softly said: "Little treasure, are you done? Come sleep with me for a while."

  Xiao Yi Mo's face quickly changed from its original red to black, struggling and gritting his teeth, he shouted: "Dead woman, let go of Young Master."

  Su Xiaofan discontentedly opened one eye and glanced at him: "What's wrong? Is there something else you haven't finished?"

  "You sleep naked, and you still have the nerve to hug me." Xiao Yimeng took advantage of her distraction to quickly slip out of bed, turn around to take out a set of her clothes from the closet and throw them over, then hide behind the screen at the side of the bed: "Hurry up and put on your clothes and get up."

  "Hmm... I was so comfortable after taking a bath, I just wanted to sleep naked and try it out." Su Xiaofan rubbed her eyes, wrapped herself in a thin quilt on the bed, rolled around several times before getting up to put on clothes.

  "It would be better if someone else had come in instead of me." Xiao Yimiao frowned and complained discontentedly.

  "Besides you, it's probably just my cousin who would come in." After getting dressed, Su Xiaofan casually tidied up her hair: "Alright, I've got my clothes on. What do you want with me?"

  Xiao Yi Mo glared at her: "I didn't let you sleep too long, and didn't you say before that you wanted to take some time off to go home? It just so happens that I'm free today, so I'll accompany you back."

  Su Xiaofan opened the door and took a look outside. At this time, her cousin should have been in the courtyard reading books and drinking tea. Had she not returned yet after going out to play with Yuan Feng?

  "Then let's go back."

  On the carriage, Su Xiaofan stared at Xiao Miao's still slightly flushed face and asked: "Little treasure, are you blushing?"

  "Who's shy now?" Xiao Yimeng glared at her helplessly and then continued looking out the window.

  "It's just shyness, look at your red ears, so cute." Su Xiaofan couldn't help but reach out and touch them.

  "That's enough!" Xiao Yimeng couldn't help but shout out loud.

  The shop boy driving the horse cart, upon hearing the noise, stuck his ear against the carriage curtain to listen to what was happening inside.

  "It's not like I'll get in trouble for teasing my sister a bit." Su Xiaofan awkwardly withdrew her hand, staring blankly at the chessboard inside the carriage. Maybe she should learn how to play chess later? She remembered seeing Little Treasure playing chess with his master before, and they seemed to be having so much fun.

  Xiao Yimochen silent, flirting?

  One of these days when I've recovered, I'll get back all the teasing I've suffered during this time with interest.

  After sending the two back home, the shopkeeper drove the horse cart back to the wine building, which was borrowed from the village head's house and placed in the wine building for occasional use to pick up customers who were drunk and unable to return home on the second and third floors.

  "Fan'er, you're back! I've caught all the chickens and ducks you mentioned earlier. You can take them directly to the wine house tomorrow." Madam Jia was sitting in the courtyard feeding Su Xiao Xuan noodles, when she saw the two returning, she smiled and handed the bowl in her hand to Ye Shi, getting up to welcome them.

  "Hey, Xiao Huihui, you've grown up!" Su Xiaofan smiled at Jia and then squatted down to play with Xiao Huihui.

  "It's only been a few days, where did you grow up?" Xiao Yimiao glared at Xiaohui with dissatisfaction, lifted her foot and walked into the courtyard, to Ye Shi's side to tease Su Xiaoxuan.

  Su Xiaofan stood up after playing for a while: "Mother, how many families in the village are raising chickens and ducks with you? I walked through two villages today and saw several."

  Jia smiled slightly: "There are four or five households, Zhi Jun also managed to get a garden out and raised some. Yesterday I asked him to help bring back some chicks and ducklings."

  "Those from before aren't all grown up yet, Mother don't overexert yourself." Su Xiao Fan suddenly remembered the few rabbits mentioned earlier and turned to head towards the fence beside him.

  "Zhi Jun comes to help me every day after finishing his own work, so it's not too tiring and I have some free time. Jia followed her and pointed at the wild chickens inside the fence: "One of them started laying eggs yesterday, I picked them up, as you said before, we'll incubate them and raise them later."

  "Alright, I'll go catch a rabbit and a pheasant. Little treasure has been wanting to eat them for a long time, but I kept forgetting." Su Xiaofan rolled up her sleeves, lifted her skirt, and entered the enclosure.

  Jia's eyes sparkled with amusement as she stood outside watching her chase after the rabbits in the enclosure. Although these were domesticated rabbits that didn't run as fast as wild ones, it was still hard for people to catch up to them. Just when she had been standing there for a while and was about to call out to her to take a break, she saw that she had already managed to corner and grab the rabbit along with a chicken.

  Su Xiaofan wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, holding the rabbit and wild chicken in her hands, and exclaimed with a smile: "Mother, this rabbit is really fat, and the meat is very firm. It will definitely be delicious when cooked tonight. This wild chicken isn't bad either."

  "Your grandmother always goes up the mountain to pick fresh rabbit grass and brings it back to feed them, they're sure to grow fat. Since you have to prepare dinner tonight, why don't you go call Little Xi and her sister over to our house?" Madam Ji stepped forward to take the rabbits from her hand.

  "Didn't Little Xi go out today? If she's at home, I'll call her over. It's been a while since I've seen her sister too." Su Xiaofan didn't hand the rabbit over, but instead carried it herself as she walked out of the enclosure and into the courtyard.

  "All right, I'll go first then." Jia stopped for a moment at the gate before turning around and leaving.

  As she walked up to Ye's side, Su Xiaofan asked in confusion: "Grandma, why is little brother eating noodles? Shouldn't he be having milk at this time?"

  Ye Shi handed a handkerchief to Su Xiao Xuan to wipe the corner of her mouth: "Your mother's body was originally weak, and at this time, the milk seems to be insufficient. We must add some food to eat together. I learned from Fan Er how to make that rice porridge and made some for him, he loves eating it."

  "Alright, I'll grind some rice flour and have someone send it back tomorrow." Su Xiaofan carried the rabbit into the kitchen, took a few more things, and went to the well behind the house.

  Just then, Yu Xiaoxi came bouncing in from outside the courtyard: "Hey, little kid."

  Xiao Yi gave her a faintly annoyed glance.

  "Xiao Fan." Yu Xiao Xi went straight into the kitchen and stood beside Su Xiao Fan, watching her deal with the rabbit.

  "Haven't been to the wine shop recently? You look like you're in a good mood." Su Xiao Fan smiled slightly, looking at this girl with her eyebrows raised and eyes shining, had something good happened?

  "Uh-huh, look." Yu Xiaoxi raised her own wrist.

  Su Xiaofan stopped what she was doing and turned her head: "Was it bought for you by your father, Su Bing? It's very pretty."

  Yu Xiaoxi smiled and stared at the bangle on her wrist, nodding vigorously.

  "Look at you enjoying yourself." Su Xiaofan couldn't help but reach out and tap her forehead.

  "His sister-in-law was so jealous, yesterday she was still arguing with her brother to buy one for her." Yu Xiaoxi smiled smugly.

  "Is that so." Su Xiaofan said lightly, picking up the kitchen knife and chopping a few times before stopping again, asking seriously: "Could it be that they still haven't divided the family property?"

  Yu Xiaoxi nodded: "It's not divided, logically speaking, when we got married, it should have been divided, and I didn't ask Su Bingle either."

  Su Xiaofan said anxiously: "You'd better ask about it soon, if you don't separate households after marriage, there will be conflicts in the future. For example, Su Bing bought a bangle for you today, your sister-in-law will definitely want one too, and your mother-in-law might even say that Su Bing is wasting money."

  Yu Xiaoxi's smiling face suddenly turned gloomy: "Xiao Fan, you're really clever, how did you guess it?"

  "Really?" Su Xiaofan felt that she had just casually said that earlier.

  "Hmm, yesterday her sister-in-law saw my bangle and asked me about it. I blurted out that Su Heng bought it for me. Then she started arguing with my brother in front of everyone, saying she wanted one too. My aunt even told me to give the bangle to her first and said that Su Heng could buy another one for me later. But I didn't give it to her." Yu Xiaoxi lowered her head and let out a sigh.

  "Haha, looks like I'm also a jinx." Su Xiaofan smiled wryly and continued to busy herself.

  Su Xiaofan sighed: "What crow's mouth is that, this crow's mouth must be said first and then happened, you just happened to guess it correctly."

  Su Xiaofan smiled again and pushed her to the stove: "Alright, don't think about those annoying things anymore, go help me start a fire."

  "Uh-huh."

  After almost everything was put into the pot, Su Xiaofan untied her apron and walked out: "Aunt Tang, why are you standing? Sit down."

  "Every day I've been lying in bed at home, if it weren't for your mother coming to my house personally today, I wouldn't have had the chance to come out and get some fresh air." Yu Xiaohua smiled softly, her face looking a bit pale.

  "Every day, Aunt Tang still has to take time out to sunbathe in the courtyard and occasionally move around in the house, otherwise it won't be easy for the child to come out when the time comes." Su Xiaofan worriedly stared at her face, obviously having been cooped up at home for too long, with a poor complexion.

  "Hmm, Xiao Fan is really understanding, unlike my sister..." Yu Xiaohuo said with a worried face when mentioning Yu Xiaoxi.

  Su Xiaofan took Su Xiaoxuan from Ye's hands, teased him for a while, and saw that he was laughing out loud. His mood also became extremely clear: "Eldest Aunt, you don't need to worry too much about her affairs, there's nothing serious going on, and Su Bing is very good to her. Even if she says or does something wrong, Su Bin won't hold it against her."

  Yu Xiaohe shook her head: "I'm not worried about Hanzi's side, mainly because of her sister-in-law and mother-in-law. Those two are really difficult to serve. Last time I heard that her sister-in-law was still spreading rumors about you everywhere."

  "This is indeed the case, I don't even remember when I offended my sister-in-law, letting her fabricate those words to tarnish my reputation." Su Xiaofan furrowed his brow and thought for a moment. The last time at Su Bing's house was probably the first time he saw his sister-in-law, before that they hadn't exchanged a single word. If what Si Xi said was true, then the subsequent rumors must have been spread by Su Bing's sister-in-law, but what did it all mean?

  "Didn't Four Joys tell her about it?" Yu Xiaohuo's eyebrows slightly furrowed.

  "Hmm, I met Si Xi earlier and she only admitted to telling Yuan Qing that she had a real husband-and-wife relationship with Zhang Yun Song. It seems like the rest of the story was spread by Yuan Qing herself." Su Xiao Fan wasn't very sure, but when he saw Su Si Xi this morning, she didn't seem like she was lying.

  Yu Xiaoxi walked out of the kitchen and heard Su Xiaofan's words, then furiously wanted to rush out of the yard.

  "Xiao Xi, stop!" Yu Xiaohuo hastily chased after her and called out.

  "Sister, don't go so fast." Yu Xiaoxi heard the footsteps behind her and quickly stopped to hold onto her body. Even though she was anxious to find Yuan Qing to ask for clarification, she couldn't just leave her sister alone. If something happened to her sister's child, it would be a big trouble.

  "Hey, kiddo, haven't I told you many times before? Don't be too impatient when things happen. Come back and sit down with me." Yu Xiaohua glared at her reproachfully and pulled her back to sit down.

  Yu Xiao Xi reluctantly sat down with a sulky face.

  Su Xiaofan also chimed in: "Xiao Xi, I'm not saying you're wrong, but you're just too impulsive. This way of doing things will get you into trouble later on, do you know that?"

  Yu Xiaoxi couldn't help but laugh at her words: "Xiao Fan, you're a few months younger than me, do you know that? Don't try to act older and more mature to lecture me. And I'm doing this for your own good too. What's going on in Yuan Qing's mind when she says something like that?"

  "How dare you say you're older than me? Don't be so impulsive, calm down. Even if it was really his sister who did it, there's no need to rush over and question her immediately. The matter had already been put to rest, and nobody in the village mentioned it again." Su Xiaofan stared at her speechlessly, thinking that her actual age was much older than hers, although her mother always scolded her for being childish despite her age.

  I also had a very childish time, and I would often lose my sense of proportion when doing things. However, this time with Yuan Qing's matter, I need to think of a more tactful way to ask questions, otherwise it will implicate Xiao Xi.

  After dinner, Su Xiaofan made an appointment with Yu Xiaoxi to go to Su Bing's house early the next morning to ask for clarification. Only then did Yu Xiaoxi honestly return home with Yu Xiaohai.

  At night, Su Xiaofan lay in bed and kept thinking about Yuan Qing's affairs.

  "Want me to go ask for you?" Xiao Yimiao asked calmly, because she was always strong-willed and didn't like to trouble others with some things, but if it was something that would be inconvenient for her to do herself, then having him do it on her behalf was still acceptable. After all, his status as the village chief's grandson still commanded some respect from the villagers.

  "Don't, you sleep first." Su Xiaofan raised her hand to tuck in the corner of his quilt. The countryside on an autumn day still had a hint of coolness, at least much cooler than Mochen City.

  In the Qili Xiang wine house, two people sat in a private room with serious expressions.

  "Master, why don't you go to sleep first?" Xiao Yuanfeng propped up his head and stared at the empty street.

  "Wait a bit longer." Huā Fēi Chén played with the teacup in his hand, but his mind was focused on the movements around the wine building, not missing any details.

  "It's so late, I should have come back early. I'll just wait alone, after all, it was my fault that we got separated. If Master were to accompany me and wait together, my guilt would be even heavier." Xiao Yuanfeng spoke sincerely, his face no longer bearing its usual smile, replaced by a serious expression.

  Hua Fei put down her teacup, furrowed her brow in deep thought for a moment, then got up and went downstairs to bed.

  After he left, Xiao Fu slowly went upstairs, walked into the private room, and asked in a low voice: "Young Master Feng, do you want to go to sleep too? I'll take care of things here."

  "Uncle Fu, why are you still not asleep? Hurry up and go to sleep, tomorrow the counter will still rely on you to guard it." Xiao Yuanfeng stood up in surprise, lowered his voice and approached him. If Master knew that Uncle Fu was also not sleeping, he estimated that he would not go to sleep either.

  "Really don't want my help?" Xiao Fu's face, full of wrinkles, was also filled with heavy worry. Even if he came back and didn't say anything to himself, he probably guessed what the situation was like now.

  "No, go to sleep." Xiao Yuanfeng pushed him out of the room, took a deep breath, and walked over to sit by the window.

  "Xiao Fan, Xiao Fan, Xiao Fan..."

  Su Xiaofan, who was in a deep sleep, heard the intermittent shouting sounds from outside and sat up dazedly.

  "Fan'er, Xiaoxi is here, hurry up." Ye Shi lightly knocked on the door and turned to open the main room door: "Xiaoxi, why are you so early? The sky isn't even bright yet?"

  Yu Xiaoxi hehe smiled foolishly and walked in: "I was thinking about yesterday's things all night, didn't sleep at all."

  Su Xiaofan opened her eyes, took a glance at the window and saw that it was still dull outside. She reluctantly put on an outer garment, got out of bed quietly and saw Yu Xiaoxi sitting in the main room. With a displeased frown, she said: "I say, Xiaoxi, what are you doing here so early?"

  "Yesterday I said, early this morning I went to Su Bing's house to find his sister-in-law and ask clearly." Yu Xiaoxi spoke out with a spirited expression, although she hadn't slept well all night, but thinking that she would go find Yuan Qing soon, she felt emotionally excited.

  "Goodness, what time is it? Even if people in the past didn't get out of bed yet?" Su Xiaofan yawned and sat down beside her. What's been going on these two days? Yesterday she was woken up by that Su Sixi, today she was woken up by Xiao Xi again.

  "It doesn't matter, I'm awake anyway, can't sleep." Yu Xiaoxi only now realized that it wasn't good to have passed out so early.

  Su Xiaofan helplessly stared at her for a while, got up and went back to the house to put on her clothes, tidied up her hair, and was about to walk out the door when she heard Xiao Yimeng's muffled voice behind her: "I told you, it's not tidy enough, don't go out of the room."

  Su Xiaofan lazily blinked: "You said no one is allowed to open the door, not that I'm not allowed to go out of the room. Besides, there are no men in my house, so go to sleep."

  Xiao Yi Mo silently gazed at her back, then turned over and continued sleeping.

  "I'll go make breakfast, you play here for a while."

  "I'll go with you too." Yu Xiaoxi got up and followed her into the kitchen, suddenly having the urge to learn how to cook recently. After all, after getting married, she would occasionally have to cook for her parents-in-law, or else Su Bing's mother would say something again.

  After finishing breakfast and cleaning up, Su Xiaofan yawned, rubbed her eyes, and let Yu Xiaoxi pull her towards the Su family's home.

  Xiao Yimeng followed closely behind the two, feeling refreshed and invigorated. He seemed to have slept extremely soundly last night, while the woman had not slept with him due to her worries, nor had she come to disturb him.

  "Xiao Xi, Xiao Fan, Young Master, how did you all come together?" Su Bing was feeding the horse at the gate of the courtyard, and upon seeing the three people walking towards him, he furrowed his brow in puzzlement.

  "Help us go and call your sister-in-law over, shall we?" Yu Xiaoxi spoke out with a slightly displeased tone, then let go of Su Xiaofan's hand and led the way into the courtyard.

  Su Handle put down the things in his hand and leaned over to Su Xiaofan's side, asking softly: "Xiaofan, what's wrong with her again?" Before that, she had been in a bad mood. He himself heard Meng Jie's words and bought her a bracelet, which finally comforted her and made her not frown anymore. It hadn't even been one or two days, but why was she unhappy again?

  Su Xiaofan furrowed her brow: "Mm, I have something to ask your wife."

  "Is that so? Then go ahead, Sister-in-law just arrived here a moment ago and should be talking to my parents now." Su Bing looked at their backs as they walked in for a while, but still felt uneasy, so he tied up the horse and followed them in.

  "Xiao Xi, what are you bringing her to our house so early in the morning?" Yuan Zhen raised an eyebrow and stared at Su Xiaofan who was walking slowly into the courtyard. After the last incident, she had been criticized by many people in the village, and fearing that she would hear more gossip, she had rarely left home in recent days.

  Yu Xiaoxi silently stood beside Su Feiyun, although Aunt was not a good person, Uncle was still pretty good, at least he had never given himself a look of disdain, and was also someone who could distinguish right from wrong.

  Su Xiaofan led Xiao Yimeng into the main hall of their home, laughing and asking Su Feiyun: "Uncle, didn't you go to the fields today?"

  "Uh-huh, there's nothing much to do today, I'll just rest at home."

  "That's just right, in front of Uncle, I have some questions to ask you, Yuan Qing." Su Xiaofan smiled and swept a glance at Yuan Qing. When their eyes met, she quickly avoided eye contact, seemingly with a guilty conscience?

  "Go ahead and ask." Su Feiyun fiddled with the tobacco pouch in his hand, glanced at Yuan Qing with a nonchalant expression, saw that her face seemed to be somewhat flustered, and slightly furrowed his brow.

  "Sister, can you tell me again what those four joys said to you?" Su Xiaofan sat down on the long bench beside Su Feiyun with Xiao Yimo, lowering her head to play with Xiao Yimo's tender fingers, asking seemingly carelessly.

  Yuan Qing looked at her vigilantly: "Didn't we already say that before? Why do you want to say it again?"

  Su Xiaofan slowly raised her head and stared at her, then lowered it again: "Because I was also in Mochen before, and accidentally bumped into Su Sihao, so I asked him a few questions, what he said is different from what you said."

  "She must have told you that before the divorce, you had an affair with Zhang Yun Song, right? If I were her, I wouldn't want to admit it either." Yuan Qing forced herself to calm down and hugged Su Gang tightly.

  "I just said a sentence, what she said is different from what you said, why do you know so much about it?" Su Xiaofan raised her head and looked at her with a smile that was not quite a smile. This woman seemed cunning but was actually very foolish. If it were herself, she would definitely be able to control her emotions better.

  "Qingzi, what's going on?" Su Feiyun frowned in displeasure and sternly stared at Yuan Qing. Even if Su Xiaofan's words were unclear, he could still guess some of the meaning.

  Yuan Qing was startled, and Su Gang in her arms also seemed to be frightened by Su Fei Yun's loud voice, and burst into tears.

  Yuan Zhen stood up, walked to Yuan Qing's side, took Su Gang, and walked back and forth in the main room for several laps. When he saw that he was no longer crying, he looked at Su Feiyun with a scolding gaze: "Father of the child, what are you doing?"

  "I've told you before, I hate women who like to gossip. And now, isn't it ironic? You two are exactly the kind of people I dislike, always meddling in other people's business." Su Feiyun raised an eyebrow and glared at the two with displeasure.

  Yuan Zhen was originally going to deny it as usual, but because of what happened before, he was still angry and suppressed that idea, looking at Yuan Qing and saying: "Qingzi, what's going on? You tell her clearly. It's possible for others to speak ill of Su Xiaofan, but you don't have any dealings with her, no reason to frame her. Who did you hear it from? Just tell her the truth."

  Yuan Qing hesitated and looked back, her hands fiddling with a handkerchief.

  Yuan Zhen saw that she had finally spoken up, and he became somewhat anxious: "You'd better speak up." "Of course, if Auntie really heard it from someone else, just tell me who it was and that's fine. But if it was something you yourself said... I'm not sure which day my mood will be good, and I'll make up some nonsense to tell the villagers too." Su Xiaofan was currently playing with Xiao Yimeng's fingers, and seeing that they were still hesitating, she added another sentence.

  Yuan Qing was alarmed by these words. Su Rui was originally a suspicious person, and if someone in the village spoke ill of him, he would not be easily fooled. He would surely become angry with himself: "It's an old man who gave me ten taels of silver to spread rumors about you in the village. I happened to hear some things related to you from Si Xi, so I added some oil and vinegar..."

  Originally in a great mood, Su Xiao Fan was playing with the Shao Yi Mo in his hand when he suddenly lifted his head and looked at Yuan Qing. A few strands of cold intent flashed through his ink-colored eyes: "Old man?"