"Brother Genshan, it's so cold outside. Come in and have a cup of hot tea before you leave."

At the entrance of the He family's house, He Xiaoyu stood in front of Xu Genshan and said.

"No, thank you." Xu Genshan finished speaking, immediately mounted the carriage, cracked his whip, and the horse galloped forward, so fast it almost grazed He Xiaoyu.

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As Xu Genshan climbed onto the carriage, Liu Fang withdrew her hand that had been lifting the curtain, and turned her head back from looking outside.

Turning back, she met Fu Man'er's curious gaze. "Here, Mom will give you a candied hawthorn. You can eat it when we get home."

Liu Fang forbade her to eat candied hawthorns on the carriage, fearing the skewers would hurt the child. But when the He family mother and daughter got off the carriage, Fu Man'er couldn't resist opening one and eating it.

The candied hawthorns were all gone. Fu Man'er licked her lips; some sugar residue still remained.

"I don't like them." Fu Man'er lay lazily on Liu Fang's lap, her chubby body swaying with the movement of the carriage.

It took Liu Fang a while to realize who they were referring to.

"Why?" The mother and daughter from the He family didn't have much contact usually. To be honest, it was because Old Mrs. He said that Fu Man'er was wasting money on the candied hawthorns that she bought. This statement made Fu Man'er unhappy.

Fu Man'er looked up at Liu Fang and remembered what she had overheard at the door that day. But her grandmother had told her that she couldn't tell her father and mother about this.

Ugh, so annoying! There are so many things a human baby can't say. She really wants to jump into the river and blow bubbles. Blowing bubbles would be so comforting.

"What's wrong? Tell Mommy." Liu Fang saw that her little face was all scrunched up, like a steamed bun.

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Fu Man'er sighed like a little adult, "Mother, they are not good people, don't play with them."

Liu Fang was amused by her words, "Okay, Mother won't play with them, she'll play with our Man'er, okay?"

As she spoke, she tickled Fu Man'er until the carriage stopped, at which point Fu Man'er laughed so hard she couldn't straighten up.

Normally she would just jump off the carriage, but today she stretched out her arms and begged Xu Genshan to carry her down, her face flushed with a smile.

"Help me down with your arms." After holding his daughter in his arms, Xu Genshan stretched out a hand, wanting Liu Fang to use his strength to get down.

Without saying a word, Liu Fang jumped down and said, "Man'er, let me take you inside first."

“Okay.” Fu Man’er reached out her hand to Liu Fang, and the mother and daughter went inside.

Xu Genshan, still standing at the door, was somewhat dazed. His slow-witted mind finally realized that Liu Fang had ignored him.

Why? He's such a grown man, why are you ignoring him?

After racking his brains for a while, he seemed to remember that Liu Fang had become like this after he brought Fu Man'er back from buying candied hawthorns.

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"Genshan, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and drive the horse to the backyard, dinner's ready." Old Xu came out to close the door, saw his son standing there in a daze, and called out.

"Oh." Unable to figure it out, Xu Genshan had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being and ask Liu Fang what was going on later that evening.

However……

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Fu Man'er on the bed, crawling around on her hands and feet like a little tiger.

"Father."

Seeing Xu Genshan, Fu Man'er suddenly jumped up and pounced on Xu Genshan. The father and daughter often did this, so Xu Genshan caught her steadily.

"Man'er, aren't you asleep yet?" He had just passed by Fu Man'er's room and saw that the lights were off, so he assumed she was already asleep. He hadn't expected her to be in his own room.

"I won't sleep." Xu Genshan put her back on the bed, and the little tiger Fu Man'er started running around again. The child's energy seemed inexhaustible, and she didn't seem to mind crawling around.

While Fu Man'er was playing by herself, Xu Genshan went up to Liu Fang and asked, "What's wrong?"

Liu Fang raised an eyebrow. "Wow, this blockhead noticed pretty quickly." "Do you have anything to say to me?"

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What did she say? Xu Genshan glanced at Liu Fang, who was still smiling, but for some reason, he felt a little scared.

"Nothing much to say," Xu Genshan said, feeling that her question was abrupt and unrelated.

"Hmm?" Liu Fang glanced at her. Don't underestimate this glance. Xu Genshan felt that she was not simple. His wife was only up to his shoulder, but just one word and one look could make Xu Genshan feel a sense of pressure.

"What are you saying? Give me a hint." Now, Xu Genshan finally understood that he must have done something wrong, but he didn't know what it was.

Liu Fang knew his character, and she wasn't the kind of woman who kept her problems to herself, but she still felt a little angry. "Brother Genshan."

She usually calls him Genshan, but today she softened her voice and called him, and Xu Genshan felt a shiver run down his spine. "Hey, wife, why are you calling me?"

"That idiot!" Liu Fang was furious. She had already given him so much hints, and he still didn't understand.

Xu Genshan wanted to hug Liu Fang, but under the pressure of Liu Fang's gaze, he withdrew his hand.

Fu Man'er, who was running, stopped at some point, sat cross-legged on the bed, one hand supporting her chin and the other hand picking at her toes, looking every bit the bystander.

"What's going on with He Xiaoyu?" Liu Fang asked directly, sometimes it's just a matter of feeling.

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In the afternoon, Fu Man'er arrived before her voice did; even she, as the mother, had to get up, while He Xiaoyu was quick.

Not only did she get up, she also walked over, but she wasn't going towards Fu Man'er; she was going towards Xu Genshan.

The first thing she said was that weak and spineless "Brother Genshan." Although Xu Genshan didn't really pay attention to her, Liu Fang felt uncomfortable.

He Xiaoyu's behavior told her that there must be something she didn't know about.

"Nothing happened. I barely talk to her, we're not even close," Xu Genshan explained hastily, a flash of disgust crossing his face.

Liu Fang had been staring at him, so she naturally saw this scene. "Really? She came to the restaurant today and told me a lot, didn't she?"

"What did she say? Don't believe her. She doesn't tell the truth. She's definitely lying to you." Xu Genshan panicked when he heard this. He should have realized that He Xiaoyu wouldn't have come looking for him for no reason.

"Didn't you say you weren't familiar with them? You sound like you know them quite well." It was this calm tone that left Xu Genshan speechless. "That's not what I meant."

He thought to himself, "What bad luck! I should have known better than to bring that mother and daughter back today. I should have let them walk back on their own."

"Is there anything else you want to say to me?" Liu Fang asked the same question she had asked at the beginning.

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Xu Genshan's shoulders slumped. Liu Fang was so smart, she must have noticed something was wrong. Oh well, he couldn't keep this from her forever, especially since so many years had passed.

"Before I married you, He Xiaoyu was engaged to me."

Liu Fang paused for a moment. She had thought about the situation between the two people. At most, she thought that He Xiaoyu had liked Xu Genshan before. She had noticed that He Xiaoyu's eyes were sticky when she looked at Xu Genshan, so she made this guess.

But about the engagement, "I've never heard of it." After all, they're from the same village, yet not a single word has spread.

"It was originally a verbal agreement made by both families, and they were going to choose a date to go to her house to get engaged. But after only two days, the He family changed their minds."

When the story from back then was brought up again, Xu Genshan no longer had the impulsiveness he once had. "When He Xiaoyu went out, she was spotted by a wealthy man."

Xu Genshan explained what happened next very simply: the appearance of this wealthy man made the docile He Xiaoyu restless.

Besides herself, the He family was the same. After all, compared with the wealthy Li family at that time, the Xu family was definitely insignificant.

Even if it meant becoming someone's concubine, He Xiaoyu was willing. Perhaps she thought that the life Li Yuanwai could provide was something Xu Genshan could never provide in his lifetime.

He Xiaoyu left Xu Genshan behind, and the verbal engagement was thus called off. Neither family wanted to make it public, so hardly anyone knew about it.

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After Xu Genshan finished speaking, neither of them said anything, and the atmosphere immediately turned cold.

Liu Fang never expected He Xiaoyu to be so shameless. She left back then, but now that she's back, she's thinking about Xu Genshan again.

Xu Genshan thought to himself, "I've made myself so clear, my wife shouldn't be angry anymore."

While the two were still pondering, Fu Man'er, who had been sitting beside them, suddenly stood up. She patted their shoulders with her two little hands, startling them quite a bit.

They had been talking for so long that they had forgotten that Fu Man'er was right next to them. Xu Genshan looked at Liu Fang, and Liu Fang looked at him too. Then the two of them looked at Fu Man'er.

How could I have forgotten about this? The child heard it all, right? How am I going to explain this to her?

Fu Man'er ignored their troubles. "Father, Mother, I'm sleepy," she said, yawning.

"If you're sleepy, then go to sleep." Liu Fang was worried about what to say, so she thought it would be good for her to sleep and forget everything.

"I want to sleep with my brother."

"I'll carry you there," Xu Genshan said without hesitation, carrying Fu Man'er outside and forcefully placing her into Xu Yi's arms.

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"Make sure you soothe Man'er well and get your little sister to sleep." Xu Genshan instructed before leaving, praying in his heart that Man'er would fall asleep quickly and forget everything when she woke up.

Xu Yi looked bewildered. He didn't know if his parents next door were sleeping well. All he knew was that Fu Man'er had her arms around his neck and had been talking non-stop for most of the night.

Xu Yi, who was originally drowsy, was woken up by her and his mind was full of thoughts.

What exactly happened? Why does Fu Man'er know these things? Where did she find out? Is this something a child should know?

A series of questions remained unanswered because Fu Man'er was fast asleep.