Dan Shihan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Looking at Yue Xiuzhen and her two younger sisters huddled together and muttering, looking as if everything was going to be fine at home, he scratched his head in frustration and turned to go to the study.
After accompanying her mother-in-law for dinner, Yue Xiu Xin and her sister-in-law went to their boudoir to continue discussing business matters, completely forgetting about Dan Shihan and Dan Nan.
In the study, Dan Shihan was flipping through a book in a restless mood, but his mind was not on the book. His eyes would occasionally glance out of the window. Ever since she married Yue Xiu Xin five years ago, nothing had changed at home. Her mother treated her daughter-in-law like her own daughter, and Yue Xiu Xin did not put on airs as a young lady and was very filial to her mother-in-law. Although his eldest sister, Dan Xinzhi, often threw a tantrum and made things difficult for Yue Xiuzhen, she never minded it. Instead, she endured it as much as she could and never complained to him. In this way, he was content and grateful for her tolerance.
"Yue Xiu Xin, why did you change?”
Dan Shihan muttered to himself. No matter what, he couldn't guess what Yue Xiu Xin was trying to do. She didn't want to pretend to be mute anymore and still wanted to do business. Was she really not afraid of the Yue family?
Suddenly, there was movement in the courtyard. Dan Shihan walked to the window and saw three slim women coming out of the opposite room, talking and laughing. Two of them went to his mother's room, while the other one secretly touched it.
Touching…
Dan Shihan frowned. What was she doing in the backyard? Thinking about it carefully, the kitchen was in the backyard. Perhaps she had not eaten her fill just now. She curled her lips into a self-deprecating smile. What was wrong with him? In the past five years, he had never cared about her. Why did he start to notice her every move in just two or three days?
Dan Shihan sat back in his chair and continued to flip through his books. In his mind, the scene of Yue Xiu Xin standing at the entrance of the Yue family, looking for a marriage for her dead sister kept appearing.
"Ling 'Er, were you really poisoned by her?”
For some reason, Dan Shihan felt that there was something wrong when he thought about the news he had secretly sent out to investigate. Could it be that the spy had really reported that Yue Xiuling had died from drinking poisoned tea personally? Then Yue Xiu would rather sever ties with the Yue family than throw Yue Xiuling's body into the mass grave. Was she putting on an act?
"Men." A cold voice rang out, and a black shadow flashed out and stood respectfully in front of the table." Investigate Yue Xiuling's cause of death again. Was it really Yue Xiuling who fed her poisoned tea?" Or…someone deliberately released false information.”
"Yes." The black shadow accepted the order and took out an envelope from his sleeve." Advisor, this is a letter from the young general. I want you to go to the capital in ten days.”
Dan Shihan waved his sleeves." I know."”
With the letter in his hand, Dan Shihan's face darkened even more. It had been seven years, and there were still three years left until the ten-year agreement. Three years later, he would take his family to live in seclusion in the mountains and never ask about the world again.
He was so annoyed that he couldn't read anything else. He put the letter in his arms, extinguished the candle, and got up to go back to his room to rest.
………
A faint fragrance of flowers wafted into the room, and Dan Shihan's troubled mood instantly relaxed. He smiled faintly and slowly walked into the room. However, there was no one inside. The slender figure was not on the bed.
Dan Shihan looked around and finally found incense burning in a small corner. This was the spice she had bought from the market today. It was also accompanied by five small incense burner cauldrons.
The faint fragrance of flowers made this late autumn night feel pleasant and comfortable. Dan Shihan lay down with his clothes on. When he was bored to death, he thought of the book Yue Xiuzhen had bought for Dan Nan.
Dan Shihan got up and went to Dannan's room. He found that the little boy was already asleep from exhaustion, and he was holding the book Zhuang Zi in his arms.
"Although you're not my son, your love of reading is really like mine.”Dan Shihan poked Dan Nan's cute little nose with his index finger, quietly pulled out a book, covered the corner of the quilt for him, extinguished the candlelight, and went out.
Standing in the courtyard, he could hear his two younger sisters joking in his mother's room. A warm expression flashed across Dan Shihan's cold face, and with his keen hearing, he noticed a slight movement in the backyard.
He quietly walked into the backyard. The kitchen was clean and tidy, and there was no sign of the little woman.
Suddenly, the sound of water came from the well behind the kitchen. Dan Shihan frowned, panicked, and ran over.
"Yue Xiu Xin, is it you?" Dan Shihan frowned and walked closer to the well. He found a slender figure leaning against the wall of the well with her head tilted back. There were two lines of tears on her beautiful face." You…get up."”He walked over and held her arm, only to find that she was holding the wine pot tightly in her hand.
" What?" Yue Xiuyan burped and narrowed her eyes, trying to focus on the person in front of her. Who are you?"
"What do you think?" This woman was bold enough to sneak into the backyard to drink. She was even drunk. How could she have the self-awareness of a wife?
Dan Shihan suppressed his anger and squatted down. His slender hands pinched her fair and red face." Why are you drinking?”
Yue Xiuzhen mumbled and turned her face away from the hand that was pinching her chin. She blinked and suddenly laughed. She reached out her small hand and touched the man's chest, savoring it."Aww, not bad, not bad. It feels good.”He threw away the wine pot in his hand, opened his arms, and winked at him seductively." Handsome pot, come over and give me a hug."”
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