When Shen Qingyu stepped into the Sun family's gate, she saw an eerie calm permeating the entire household.

As Sun Er's "close friend," he very much wanted to attend the ceremony in person.

However, considering the feelings of the family involved, his idea was stopped.

So, in the end.

He came, but he didn't actually show up.

This means that Shen Qingyu, as the young master, did not appear at the Sun family's residence. However, Shen Qingyu himself mingled among the Song family's servants and went to the Sun family to deliver gifts.

Actually, it was Qi Su who gave him the inspiration.

When they arrived, the paper offerings and gold ingots given by friends outside the Sun family's gate had not yet been cleared away.

Shen Qingyu sneered.

A group of brilliant scholars.

He followed the group of servants and stepped into the gate of the Sun family's house.

He used to come to this place quite often when he was on good terms with Sun Er.

I looked around the wedding hall with great interest. It was similar to the wedding of ordinary people, except that the wedding curtains hanging above were all white.

The table was set with offerings of fruit and other items, with Sun Er's memorial tablet at the very top.

There were also paper replicas of the groom's dowry next to them, creating a desolate and eerie atmosphere of liveliness.

The wedding ceremony was to take place in the evening. After taking a quick look around, he went to the inner quarters.

He was very familiar with that place; he used to come here often.

…

Because of the "joyful occasion" today, thanks to Shen Qingyu's publicity yesterday, there are quite a few women in the inner quarters.

Suddenly someone shouted, "The old lady has fainted!"

The crowd rushed over in a flurry.

Then I saw some maids pinching the philtrum and others pouring water into the philtrum.

It took quite a while to bring Madam Sun back to life.

The old lady's eyes were filled with tears.

"My poor Erlang—he died because of this damned bastard, and he still has the nerve to come and give me gifts!"

Oh. Because she heard that the Song family had come to deliver gifts, Old Madam Sun was so angry that she fainted.

She's been fainting quite frequently lately.

The young mistress of the Sun family, standing nearby, cried and told her mother to take care of her health.

The female guests comforted her, saying that Erlang was pregnant today and things would get better in the future, so she could relax.

Suddenly, a soft chuckle came from somewhere.

It was a man's voice.

His smile was blatant and undisguised.

Madam Sun suddenly looked up.

"Who, who is it—"

Tsk tsk tsk, Shen Qingyu hid under the flowering tree and avoided the area.

It's his fault, it's his fault.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

It wasn't that he wanted to laugh, he just couldn't help it.

Haha, those two people, one with dark skin and dark circles under his eyes, was as thin as a skeleton.

Then she put on a headdress of gold and jade, and wore a set of silk and satin.

Just like the old demon that Sun Wukong encountered in the play.

When she started crying, snot and tears streamed down her face, making it even funnier.

The younger one is slightly better.

But he also had dark circles under his eyes, his face was droopy, and he looked listless.

It looks just like an iron-eating beast from Sichuan.

Haha, don't laugh, or you'll lose all your merit.

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Shen Qingyu was in a great mood after "visiting" the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

They then went to the courtyard where Sun Er and Qi Su had previously lived.

The place was eerily quiet. On such a lively day, it felt like a sealed-off, dead old time.

Shen Qingyu stopped a passing maid.

"The second young master is getting married today, why isn't this courtyard decorated?"

Maid: "The second young master will have a new courtyard for his wedding. This place is unlucky, so we won't use it."

Oh, I see.

Two dead people got married, and they even complained that living people were unlucky.

They thought it was bad luck, but Shen Qingyu didn't.

No one was convenient for him to do things.

He used a wire to pry open the lock and swaggered into the yard.

He revisited the place, reliving the passionate days he had with Sun Er. Then he found Qi Su's bedroom, and without even taking off his shoes, lay down directly on the large, silk-embroidered bed.

He lay there with his arms and legs spread out in a starfish shape, thinking to himself.

What were your feelings the last time you slept with that young woman in your arms?

…

When he woke up from his nap, the sun was already setting and the sky was dim.

With her long hair loose, she sat on the bed in a daze for a while.

Where is the young lady? Didn't she come?

A somber look settled on his face.

As if hearing that he had woken up, someone outside started knocking on the door, accompanied by soft calls.

"Young master, young master..."

They were servants who served Shen Qingyu.

Although Shen Qingyu told them to get lost, he was going to take action himself.

But the servants dared not actually roll away; they followed from a distance.

Fortunately, some time ago, in order to facilitate the investigation of the Sun family's inner quarters, some informants were bribed.

This came in handy; it didn't take much effort to find this place.

"Get in here," Shen Qingyu said from inside.

When the person arrived, Fang asked expressionlessly.

"What's up?"

He sat on the bed, his face pale, his light-colored pupils filled with coldness.

Just like when he had a mental breakdown and wanted to "play games" with the servants.

The servant dared not delay and quickly handed over a slip of paper.

"Young master, it is said that a young lady has sent this to you. Please open it yourself."

young lady?

Shen Qingyu's eyes lit up.

He took the note and read it.

It must have been hastily torn from some ledger, and the handwriting is very messy.

He read it carefully once, and then read it again.

Smooth out the note.

His whole demeanor changed completely, from gloomy to sunny.

"Come here and comb my hair and do my makeup. Oh, and go look in that dressing case over there and pick out some hairpins, rouge, and face powder."

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Qi Su arrived a little late.

On her late husband's wedding day, she had to come and have a drink at the celebration.

When she came in, the wedding ceremony was already over, and they were about to send the newlyweds to their bridal chamber in the cemetery outside the city.

The onlookers hurriedly left, leaving the house relatively empty.

She stepped into the inner courtyard.

The Sun family, who had just finished celebrating their wedding, had a desolate feeling, as if the world had ended.

The wedding hall and funeral hall hadn't been dismantled yet, and a few servants were tidying things up half-heartedly.

The ancestral hall was lit up.

Yes, such a good day should be reported to our ancestors. Now, the Sun family's ancestors for eighteen generations are renowned even underground.

Two people were kneeling in the ancestral hall.

Old Madam Sun was in front, and Young Madam Sun was behind.

He knelt and prayed while muttering incantations.

Upon closer listening, however:

"...You should all try to persuade Erlang. Now that he's newly married, he should live a good life with his new wife and stop constantly looking for his mother. There's a difference between the living and the dead; he should learn to let go. Please, ancestors, guide him more..."

Qi Su almost burst out laughing, just like Shen Qingyu.

Even in death, the Sun family cannot find peace; their ancestral graves are truly emitting auspicious smoke.

She lit a stick of incense, and soon the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were both drowsy in the ancestral hall.

Qi Su removed the Gu worm from Madam Sun's body.

The medicine that cured Madam Sun's insomnia was only half cured, meaning that she had used some medicine to make the insomnia gu nearly dead.

After doing all that, she left to go to her next date.

As for what followed.

After waking up, the Sun family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law felt refreshed and their vision was clear.

Just one nap, and everything changed.

The two kowtowed excitedly before the ancestral tablets.

Marriage is useful! Praying to ancestors is also useful.

Hopefully, with a new partner by his side, Erlang will be able to improve himself and stop learning those messy things.