Beside the small wooden house at the end of the village, a figure almost blended into the leaves hung upside down on a tree branch, its neck stretched out longer than a goose's, and it was cracking sunflower seeds in its palm. But looking at the figure on the narrow path, its baby face gradually wrinkled into a wilted bitter gourd.

"I have a feeling this young scholar is trying to steal our master's man. He came yesterday and he's here again today. With each visit, he's probably going to pry up the rock-solid wall!"

Yu Yu spat out two sunflower seed shells, raised her baby face, and stared straight up at the tree canopy.

"As the saying goes, 'A dark and windy night is the perfect time for murder and robbery.' I think the night is quite nice tonight. Why don't we follow this young scholar back, and once it gets dark, we'll just put him in a burlap sack and beat him up?"

Yu Feng raised an eyelid and said, "If you want to beat someone up, go do it yourself, don't drag me into it."

"What do you mean by that?" Yu Yu's round eyes paused. "You were the one who said at the beginning that Miss Su and our master were the perfect match. Now that our master is away, this pangolin comes along and tries to steal her away every day. If we just stand by and watch, when our master comes back from the southern border, not only will our young master be gone, but even our mistress will be gone."

Seeing this hurried and anxious appearance, Yu Feng's cold and hard face twitched slightly.

"Do you think our master's corner is so easy to pry? Let alone a mere scholar like this, even a thousand or ten thousand of them wouldn't be worth a single hair on our master's head. I don't know what you're thinking all day long!"

Yu Yu was speechless for a moment after the man's words, but then she shook her head. "If it were just an ordinary scholar, it would be fine, but this scholar was once Miss Su's childhood betrothed. Our master has only been in Shanghe Village for a little over a month. He is clearly an outsider. Can he compare to the feelings of a childhood sweetheart for more than ten years?"

Yu Feng frowned slightly. Before leaving Shanghe Village, his master only instructed them to take good care of Miss Su. He never mentioned anything else, let alone this arranged marriage that had appeared out of nowhere.

If Miss Su still has feelings for this young scholar, then their attempt to beat him up would likely backfire.

If it was unintentional, then beating someone up was even more unnecessary.

Seeing him sitting calmly on the tree branch, Yu Yu couldn't help but roll her eyes at him. "Fine, if you won't go, I'll go myself. Our master has finally found someone he likes after all these years. If someone else snatches him away, he'll probably be a bachelor for life! We won't even be able to hold our little master then, and we won't even have anyone to cry to!"

Before the words were even finished, the person had already climbed down the tree.

Yu Feng's handsome face darkened upon seeing this, and he had no choice but to follow him down from the tree.

This guy seems carefree, but once he gets stubborn, not even ten oxen could pull him back. If he goes over there, even if he doesn't join in the beating, he can at least hold him back a little and prevent him from beating the guy to death.

However, just as the two walked out of the village, they saw that Su Hua, who had just walked towards the courtyard, had returned.

They walked along the mountain path towards the village.

"Where are you going, Miss Su?" Yu Yu scratched his head, suddenly unsure of where to go. They had been quite far away and hadn't heard Su Hua's conversation with the young scholar clearly. He only knew that the young scholar had given Su Hua something, but Su Hua hadn't accepted it.

But now that the young scholar has just left, she has already gone out the door. Could it be that the two of them arranged to meet?

Thinking of this, his eyes widened instantly. "No, no, we have to hurry and catch up. We must give this little scholar a good beating tonight so he won't have the energy to steal someone else's partner!"

Yu Feng didn't say anything more, and just lagged far behind.

In his opinion, a woman as intelligent as Miss Su, unless she has poor eyesight, would never be fooled by such a young scholar, especially with his master, such a precious gem, hanging around her neck.

Su Hua didn't go to see Feng Zicai.

Instead, they drove from the foot of Fuhu Mountain around the village to the west end of the village.

In Shanghe Village, apart from the sparsely populated area at the end of the village where Su Hua's family lived, the western part of the village was the most deserted, with only four or five households scattered around, each separated by a considerable distance.

By the time Su Hua reached the west end of the village, it was already completely dark.

Only one earthen house on the far west side still had a little light on.

The light was not from an oil lamp, but from the steam rising from the firewood in the stove.

The mud house was barely soundproof. Standing at the gate, Su Hua could clearly hear the violent coughing coming from inside the house, along with the man's concerned voice, "Mother, wait a little longer. The chicken soup will be ready soon. After you drink this hot chicken soup, you can get a good night's sleep, and when you wake up tomorrow, you'll be all better!"