Night fell, and two figures flashed over the wall of the quadrangle courtyard.
An hour later, the two figures climbed back over the courtyard wall and softly landed inside.
Within the quadrangle, there was no sound apart from snoring.
...
More than a month passed as everyone adjusted to each other.
Grandpa Xiao’s body showed no sign of his previous critical illness.
In the morning, he would stretch in the yard, then accompany his two great-grandsons, who had been holding a horse stance for fifty minutes, for a few laps around the courtyard before washing up and heading to the dining room for breakfast.
The vegetables in the back garden were ready for harvesting, and only meat was purchased for the household.
Ah Feng had also bought a few chickens and kept them penned in the back garden, as it would be a waste to throw away the old vegetable leaves.
Grandpa Xiao never tired of eating the vegetables grown in his own garden. He often asked Ah Feng to serve them raw, to preserve their original flavor.
When Grandpa Xiao had free time, he would also tend to the vegetable patch.
Whenever this happened, Tian Jing would urge Grandpa to return with her, where there was so much more land to cultivate.
Grandpa Xiao always hesitated, saying he couldn't let go of this quadrangle courtyard, which held too many childhood memories for him.
Tian Jing didn't rush him. The matter was not yet resolved, and even if Grandpa agreed, they wouldn't be returning for the time being.
They waited and waited, but instead of Chen Yaoming, Xiao Wei arrived.
Accompanying Xiao Wei was her young husband, Jon Aberk.
Also present were Grandpa Xiao and his eldest son, Xiao Xueqi, and Grandpa Xiao's second son, Xiao Xueping.
Each of these three groups was accompanied by a servant.
The moment Jon saw Tian Jing, he was utterly captivated and stepped forward, intending to perform a formal embrace.
He was kicked out of the second gate, the outer courtyard, by Li Zhengguo.
Jon's servant hurried out to help his master.
"
Jon was unwilling to go back; he had longed for this mysterious country for a long time.
Otherwise, why would he marry a woman ten years his senior?
"Wei Xiao, let's divorce. I want to pursue your daughter."
Xiao Wei was stunned. For the first time, a man had proposed divorce to her.
Ever since she went abroad, her beauty and her Eastern features had been the foundation of her pride.
Every time she proposed divorce, the sight of men kneeling before her, begging, filled her with immense satisfaction and vanity. She believed that overseas was her paradise.
Now, to be dumped by a man, how could this be?
And all of this was because of her daughter.
"Ah—Chen Jing, you slut, you seduced your Daddy, I'm going to tear your face apart!"
A flock of crows flew over Tian Jing's head.
In the first life, Xiao Wei had not brought her young husband back at all.
Now, not only had she brought him back, but their arrival had also triggered a divorce storm.
She absolutely refused to wear the hat of a homewrecker.
She lifted her leg and kicked Xiao Wei, who was reaching out to tear at her, back into Jon's arms.
Tian Jing waved her hand, "Ah Guang, throw this lunatic and those two foreigners out. Don't let them dirty this place."
"Yes."
Ah Feng stepped forward voluntarily to help escort Xiao Wei.
Xiao Wei was unwilling to leave. Jon had said divorce, so it was inevitable. She didn't want to leave; if she left, she would become an abandoned woman.
"Mama Xu, Mama Xu, where are you? Hurry out and save me, Mama Xu~"
Seeing that she couldn't avoid it any longer, Xu Ma, who had taken the excuse of going to the kitchen to boil water, quickly ran out. "Miss~"
Upon seeing Xu Ma, Xiao Wei acted as if she had found a savior. "Mama Xu~ Please help me, Jon wants a divorce from me. He's taken a liking to that enchantress Chen Jing."
Xu Ma glared fiercely at Jon before comforting Xiao Wei, "Miss, who does that Jon think he is? When he was pursuing you, he was all smiles and promises, and now, the moment he saw Miss's beauty, he's already changed his mind.
"Such a fickle man is not a good match; he simply doesn't deserve you, Miss."
"Miss, you should divorce him, don't let him divorce you. Otherwise, how will you maintain your standing in that circle? This is simply an insult to you!"
"There are plenty of men with two legs. Hurry up and divorce him, don't let him get ahead of you."
"Right, right. Right."
Xiao Wei repeatedly agreed. "If he dares to propose divorce to me, he has already betrayed me. I will divorce him. Mama Xu, quickly, quickly take me to call my lawyer."
Except for Jon and his servants, who couldn't understand Chinese, everyone else wore a look of indescribable expression.
Tian Jing, in particular, had no idea that Xiao Wei was this foolishly naive.
It was also fortunate that Xu Ma was a submissive servant, otherwise, Xiao Wei would have been sold countless times over.
Grandpa Xiao wished he could slap himself. This was the daughter he had raised.
She was like this when she was little, and he thought that girls should be like that.
When she was still like this at fifteen or sixteen, he thought she would be fine after getting married.
However, his only daughter, without his knowledge, had signed up to go to the countryside to support construction.
By the time he found out, it was too late. The list had already been posted.
He busied himself with arranging personnel according to the address...
In the end, this was the outcome.