Fang Qiuhong scrutinized the man who had captivated Zhang Fangcao, truly unable to fathom what made him so appealing.
In terms of looks, he paled in comparison to Er Lai, though his demeanor was somewhat better, no, better than any man in the village. Was this the reason Zhang Fangcao couldn't forget him?
"Had enough staring?" Li Zhengguo asked coldly.
"Tch! You think I care to look at you? I'm just trying to figure out why Zhang Fangcao can't forget you."
"You might as well stop looking."
Tian Jing walked up to her, blocking her line of sight. "If you find out, you'll be just as unable to forget him as Zhang Fangcao."
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Fang Qiuhong said with disdain. "Him? Is he worth my forgetting?"
"Fang Qiuhong, let's make a bet."
"A bet on what?"
"A bet that you'll fall for my husband."
"Bah! Tian Jing, you're too loose-lipped! He's just an ordinary man, what's so likable about him? And as you said, neither of us is single."
"Don't be so quick to deny it."
Tian Jing used provocation, daring the woman to covet her man. "It's best if you don't, but what if you do? Will you jump into a river and drown yourself?"
"Why? Would I really jump into a river and drown myself?"
Tian Jing mocked her, "Because you're not single, and my husband can't be single either. Moreover, even if he were single, he wouldn't like you, because he likes me. No, he loves me; it's the kind of love where he'd die without me."
"And you? Will you prove your affection is love by dying, or will you continue to live with Lin Er Lai and fantasize about my husband?"
Li Zhengguo chimed in, "Tiantian, that's disgusting. If she dares to like me, I'll kill her. No, it would dirty my hands. I'll have Lin Guangde secretly poison her, or make her mute, or cause an accident. He's an expert, after all."
Fang Qiuhong shivered. This couple's minds were both unbalanced.
"Tian Jing, I came here to tell you that you won. Lin Er Lai told the truth after he was drunk. He colluded with Zhang Fangcao to deceive me. Why did you have to enlighten me?"
Tian Jing looked at her in surprise. "If you enjoy deceiving yourself, why did you get Lin Er Lai drunk?"
Fang Qiuhong slumped. "I... I just couldn't believe I'd be as foolish as Li Min. Who knew..."
Li Min, "..." Lying down, still getting hit by a stray bullet. That's her.
Tian Jing offered her advice. "Then just take care of Lin Er Lai. He's interested in your family background, isn't he? Wouldn't it be great if you were the one in charge in your household? Or, your appearance has almost recovered. You could find someone new without him."
Fang Qiuhong retorted sarcastically, "Easy for you to say. What good end can a divorced woman have?"
Tian Jing continued to entice her. "There are many bachelors in Ku Mountain, so you have many choices. Threaten Lin Er Lai with this; I guarantee he'll be as obedient as a grandson."
"If you want love, tell Lin Er Lai to play his part well. Everything is under your control, isn't it?"
"And Zhang Fangcao, she ruined you, shouldn't you get revenge? Anyway, there are already rumors flying about you and Li Aiguo. Stir up trouble! Ruin Li Aiguo, make Zhang Fangcao's household restless, and turn them against each other."
"You, you're too vicious," Fang Qiuhong pointed at Tian Jing in disbelief.
Tian Jing flicked her hand away. "You're dumber than Li Min. Li Min woke up in time, her losses weren't significant, so she stopped associating with Zhang Fangcao."
"But you've been ruined for a lifetime by Zhang Fangcao. You had no grudges with her, didn't even know each other, right? Why did she harm you like this? You've suffered so much, and you're not seeking revenge to prove you're kind?"
"Then why were you against me with Zhang Fangcao? You were targeting me before I even knew you! Was it just because of my appearance? If appearance is a sin, aren't you more vicious than I am?"
"Fang Qiuhong, you're not as good as you deceive yourself into believing. Because for the sake of love, you defied your parents and married a lazy, good-for-nothing idler in a remote mountain village."
"Because for the sake of your appearance, you defied everything and colluded with Li Aiguo, Zhang Fangcao, and Lin Er Lai to destroy me."
"Fang Qiuhong, you are the most vicious woman in the world! You deserve to be unworthy of love, deserve to be deceived, deserve to be a tool for Zhang Fangcao to deal with me, because you are foolish and poisonous!"
Foolish and poisonous! Foolish and poisonous!
Was she foolish and poisonous? Fang Qiuhong stumbled out of the Li family, a lost soul returning to the Lin family.
Lin Guangde saw her return from the end of the village and knew she had gone to show off to Tian Jing.
"Fang Qiuhong."
"Second Uncle?"
"That ointment, Tian Jing gave it to you. She said she promised to help you get the ointment."
Tian Jing gave it to her? The ointment was from Tian Jing?
She even went to Tian Jing to show off, and Tian Jing didn't expose her, instead wanting to see her make a fool of herself, to see her foolishness? Was she foolish?
...
Li Min timidly approached her sister-in-law. "Sister-in-law, you're so wicked!"
"Then why are you still coming near me?"
"You won't be wicked to me. Tell me, will Fang Qiuhong and Zhang Fangcao clash?"
"I don't know."
The seed had been sown, and she didn't know when it would sprout.
Li Zhengguo pushed his sister away. "Go play with Suozhu."
"I don't dare to go out alone."
"Ask Mother to go with you. Mother should also get out for a walk."
The mother and daughter were sent away, and Li Zhengguo pulled his Tiantian back into the house for some sweetness.
After two days of being clingy with Li Zhengguo, Tian Jing was about to go into the mountains. She missed the hot springs.
Li Zhengguo naturally indulged her.
Li Min, hearing that her elder brother and sister-in-law were going into the mountains, anxiously tried to stop them. "Sister-in-law, your martial arts are powerful, but the snow hasn't melted on the mountain, it's not safe."
"What if I take you with me?"
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Li Zhengguo pushed his sister away again. Why was she always trying to steal his Tiantian?
Left behind, Li Min complained to Brother Suozhu, who came looking for her.
Chen Suozhu, "..." He had been completely compliant with Min Min, so why was Min Min still dissatisfied?
...
At Qingsong Yan, Xiao Song chattered at Tian Jing like a gossip, complaining that Tian Jing had forgotten it.
Tian Jing quickly stopped it. "You are a tree that cannot walk. You don't need to eat or wear clothes, and you have no family to take care of. I am very busy."
"Busy with kissing? Busy sleeping?"
"Xiao Song!" Tian Jing, who wasn't shy in front of Li Min and her mother-in-law, blushed in front of a pine tree. "You are not allowed to communicate these things with the trees in the mountains anymore, or I will ignore you."
Xiao Song was threatened and could only agree.
This time, Li Zhengguo of course soaked in the hot springs with his Tiantian.
Steamed by the hot springs, Tian Jing was as rosy as a peach blossom. Li Zhengguo couldn't help but kiss her again and again.
While in a daze from being kissed, Tian Jing suddenly thought of Xiao Song.
She quickly pushed Li Zhengguo away, used her ability to nourish the roses outside her hot spring courtyard, and issued an order not to transmit her news to the outside world.
The roses had been optimized and improved by her own hands, so of course, they were very obedient. Sudan Novel Network.
With a safety barrier in place, and once again lost in the passion of kisses, Tian Jing's boldness surged, and she forcefully pushed down the calm and self-controlled man.
Li Zhengguo's principles were once again broken by his Tiantian, and he helplessly yet dotingly took over.
When Tian Jing finally calmed down after being "plagued," she angrily bit him. Fortunately, this person was not an ability user.
Li Zhengguo gently soothed the flustered 'kitten,' stroking its back. "Good, I'm not an ability user, but I have been nourished by your essence and ability."
Tian Jing, "..." So this was self-inflicted.