Chapter 82 [VIP]

Mi Yao was frightened when Xiao Chuan saw her. After finishing her meal, she slipped into Zhen Jing's room, hugged Manman for a while, and then wondered what was wrong with Xiao Chuan.

It's not difficult to figure out Xiao Chu's intentions.

He neither argued with her nor gave her the silent treatment, which meant he took what she said seriously.

So he was trying to please her?

Thinking that Xiao Chuan's actions throughout the day were all to make her happy, Mi Yao shuddered, feeling that he would rather have annoyed her.

Originally, she wanted to fully enjoy his budding affection and take advantage of the opportunity to gain as much benefit as possible.

But seeing his expression of loving me so much, wanting to tear my heart apart for you to see, and yet I remain so cold-blooded and heartless, I couldn't help but feel a nameless anger rising within me, so I broke off all ties with him.

Who would have thought that she would tear away the veil of ambiguity between them, labeling everything he did as ugly and selfish?

In this situation, she felt that even the most hot-headed man would be furious after being doused with such cold water, but he chose to back down... Although she couldn't understand what he was doing now, he should be backing down, right?

Mi Yao looked into the big, wet eyes in her arms and said, "You're so lucky. You just eat and sleep all day. Just by staring at people with those beautiful eyes, you make them want to give you everything, and no one wants anything from you."

Manman is at the age where she enjoys listening to others talk to her.

Especially when she heard Mi Yao's beautiful and gentle voice, she beamed with joy, waving and grabbing her little hands wildly.

Seeing that her daughter was getting more and more energetic as Mi Yao held her, Zhen Jing simply asked the nanny to take the child to Xiao Shan and the others so that the children could play together for a while before taking a nap.

"What are you saying? Your eyes are so beautiful. Are you saying yours is any less attractive? I think if you were willing to look at your brother-in-law a few more times, he would pluck the stars from the sky for you."

If it were before, Zhen Jing wouldn't have dared to make such a promise, but today, looking at Xiao Chuan's wolfish and undisguised desire to devour Mi Yao alive, she felt that letting Xiao Chuan pluck the stars and the moon would be a small matter. She was even willing to give her his life if Mi Yao were willing to pat his head.

Why should I look at him?

Seeing Zhen Jing's face getting closer, Mi Yao understood everything. She sent Manman to Tingsong Courtyard to create an undisturbed environment so she could interrogate her and satisfy her curiosity.

Sure enough, Zhen Jing's next sentence was: "What's going on between you and your brother-in-law? The way he looked at you today made me feel embarrassed."

"He might have taken the wrong medicine."

After Mi Yao finished speaking, she saw Zhen Jing staring at her with great interest. She couldn't help but touch her own face. Maybe it wasn't that Xiao Chuan had gone crazy, but that she had become more and more beautiful recently, so everyone was staring at her.

Thinking about it, she took out a bronze mirror and admired her own face.

Although she's been busy lately, she hasn't neglected her skincare routine.

She always kept in mind that she was there to enjoy herself, and even when she wanted to do good deeds or things that would make her conscience feel better, she always put herself first.

So these past few days, people around her have been saying that she's tired and exhausted, but she herself doesn't feel much of a fatigue.

As they talked, Mi Yao looked in the mirror and pulled her to apply perfume together. Zhen Jing felt regretful that she couldn't uncover the couple's secret, but at the same time, she thanked God for giving her such a sister-in-law as Mi Yao.

Before she became close to Mi Yao, she would also apply some homemade perfumed balm to her body, but the scent and effect were not as good as Mi Yao's.

Mi Yao didn't keep anything to herself, so after a few months she felt that her skin had become much fairer and smoother.

In particular, the medicated oil that Mi Yao had specially prepared for her by Doctor Jiang has been applied to her ever since, and her stomach and legs do not have the postpartum marks that her mother had.

It's perfectly normal for Xiao Chuan to be unable to take his eyes off such a wonderful sister-in-law.

"If you don't want to talk about it, I won't press you. I don't think your brother-in-law is acting on a whim. You can't keep dodging the question. Why don't you try to coax him?"

In the past, with outsiders like them around, Xiao Chuan always had a cold expression. She could only tell that Xiao Chuan was cold on the outside but warm on the inside from the fact that the couple stayed at home all the time.

Now, Xiao Chuan's heart and face are warmed, and his love is written all over his eyes.

Strangely enough, given Xiao Chuan's temperament and physique, even when he showed signs of courtship, his expression didn't seem pitiful at all. Yet, it made people want to say a few words to Mi Yao and have her coax him.

Perhaps it was because the longing in his eyes was too intense, and Mi Yao's avoidance was too obvious, that the onlookers felt sorry for her.

However, she had never seen Mi Yao afraid of anything. She felt that Mi Yao was either groveling or turning a blind eye. Perhaps she, as an observer, was just overthinking things, and that the couple was playing some unspoken game.

Her anxiety and frustration actually hindered their relationship.

Thinking about it that way, she stopped interfering, only occasionally showing an expression of sudden realization, looking at Mi Yao with a beaming smile, praising how good the relationship between Mi Yao and Xiao Chuan was.

After hearing this so many times, Mi Yao herself began to have doubts. Was treating a man like a dog now considered being good to him?

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Yu Shaoyang was worried that Yu Chengda would bring along other people, which would affect Mi Yao and Xiao Chuan's relationship. Who knew that Xiao Chuan would be so decisive and send Yu Jiayin to prison directly.

This not only saved Mi Yao trouble, but also benefited him.

For the next period of time, Yu Chengda and the others were frightened by Xiao Chuan's ruthlessness, so they neither went to the Xiao residence again nor looked for Mi Yao.

They just didn't seem inclined to leave.

He was annoyed by their persistent behavior, and later, seeing that they were behaving themselves, he stopped caring about them. Anyway, his salary was only so much, his official position was neither high nor low, he couldn't afford to provide them with good food and drink, and he couldn't find a suitable match.

I thought they would understand, but two months have passed and not a single one of them wants to leave.

"A woman, even if she has been married, should not debase herself into becoming someone's mistress!"

Yu Shaoyang said angrily to Zhen Jing that as a son, no matter how annoyed he was with Yu Chengda, he could not openly be mean to them.

So he could only try to force Yu Chengda and the others to leave with a cold attitude. But they became more and more comfortable living there. He felt something was wrong, so he kept an eye on them and had someone follow Yu Jiayin to see where she went every day.

Then it was discovered that she had a close relationship with an official who was married with children.

"Don't frighten your daughter."

Seeing Yu Shaoyang's agitated state, Zhen Jing glanced at Manman, who was fast asleep on the bed, and said, "Maybe it's a misunderstanding. Judging from Second Sister's personality, she doesn't seem like someone who would want to be a mistress."

If the person Yu Shaoyang mentioned had a higher status, that might be possible, but that official was only a fifth-rank official, and she didn't think Yu Jiayin would be willing to compromise so much.

"If she's not a mistress, then she's trying to move in and replace the man's wife as his legal wife."

Yu Shaoyang said irritably. After speaking, he thought about Yu Jiayin's personality and felt that this was very likely. He found out that the official who had been in contact with Yu Jiayin was from Jiangnan. Like him, he was one of the talents that Zhao Tianhe had recruited to Yizhou.

He had asked that man for Yu Jiayin's hand in marriage years ago, but the head of the Yu family refused after considering the matter.

“I think my eldest uncle has already made two preparations for my second sister. If Xiao Chuan helps her find a better remarriage partner, that would be great. If Xiao Chuan is unwilling, my second sister can go find a man who was interested in her before.”

Zhen Jing frowned as she listened: "Second sister is eldest uncle's biological daughter. Eldest uncle wouldn't go out of his way to build connections for the Yu family by having her scheme against a married man, would he?"

Whether it's being a mistress or ousting the original wife, it's an extremely unpleasant reputation.

“Why couldn’t he do it? Even if he hesitated, I think Yu Jiayin would be willing to take the initiative to do it.”

"So what do we do now? Should we let Hu Hu know?"

The goal is definitely to stop the Yu family from doing something foolish, but Yu Shaoyang is both a son and a younger brother, so it's hard to know how to stop him properly. Mi Yao has clearly shown her annoyance with the Yu family, so it's not good to bother her with these matters and ask her for advice.

"I can handle it; there's no need for the nanny to know."

Yu Shaoyang spoke up, saying he didn't believe that Yu Jiayin was shameless, nor did that promising official.

But in reality, one shouldn't overestimate how much shame a man who commits adultery has. Within two days, Mi Yao found out about it, because the man had brought it to her face.