Yu Jiao wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated into the body of a poor rural girl, sold off in a marriage of luck to a sickly man.
Thinking she’s landed in a farming-romance novel, ...
As Yu Jiao walked out of the courtyard, she saw Chen Rou standing under the eaves outside the Yu family's courtyard with an umbrella. A woman followed behind her. Both of them were holding a food box in their hands and handing it to the two servants of the He family who were guarding outside the Yu family's courtyard.
A hint of understanding flashed across Yu Jiao's eyes. It seemed that the two He family members guarding the gate had bought their food from the Chen family during these days.
Turning around and seeing Yu Jiao, the lively He family servant smiled and greeted her, "Miss Meng, are you going out?"
Yu Jiao nodded and said, "I'm going to the mountain to collect herbs."
With the information from the coachman yesterday, the gatekeeper was very polite to Yu Jiao and did not intend to stop her from entering and leaving the Yu family's courtyard. He smiled kindly and said, "It may be difficult to walk on the mountain when it rains. Miss Meng, please be careful."
Yu Jiao thanked him and opened her umbrella to walk towards the foot of the mountain. Chen Rou suddenly called her and said softly, "Ms. Meng, it's raining so hard, it's dangerous on the mountain. It's better for you, a weak woman, not to go up the mountain."
Yu Jiao stopped and turned to look at Chen Rou, "Thank you for your concern, Miss Chen. It's okay."
Chen Rou's graceful face showed sympathy, and she said with pity, "You should at least find a man to go with you. If Miss Meng encounters danger in the mountains, there will be no one to help her."
Yu Jiao smiled gently, squinted her almond-shaped eyes and looked directly into Chen Rou's eyes, without saying a word.
Chen Rou felt uneasy when she saw her clear eyes. She couldn't pretend to have sympathy in her eyes. She pursed her lips and said softly, "How is Zhe'er's health? How could he let you go to the mountain alone?"
Yu Jiao raised her delicate eyebrows, and the light red mole on the end of her eyebrows was particularly vivid. She said with a smile, "Fifth brother's body will be fine after a period of recuperation. If Miss Chen still cares about him, you can wait until Fifth Brother recovers and then come to the Yu family."
Chen Rou's face turned pale, and she said stiffly, "Miss Meng misunderstood. I have nothing to do with Zhe Ge'er anymore. I am just concerned about his health. Why do you have to say that?"
The girl next to Chen Rou, seeing Chen Rou's aggrieved face, angrily scolded her, "What nonsense are you talking about? My sister A Rou is already engaged, and she is engaged to Li Xiucai from the town! They live in the same village, and she just wants to ask about Yu Qizhe's health, don't make nonsense of yourself."
When the girl mentioned that Chen Rou was engaged to a scholar in town, she looked proud and hinted that Yu Qizhe was no match for Scholar Li.
Yu Jiao looked calm and not annoyed. She said casually, "So Miss Chen is already engaged. If that's the case, when Miss Chen mentions other men in the future, don't address them so affectionately. It's hard to guarantee that people won't misunderstand."
Chen Rou's face flashed with embarrassment, and she frowned with tears in her almond eyes. "It's Ah Rou who is ignorant. Miss Meng, please don't be offended. I will definitely not call you Ah Rou like that in the future."
"You...you've gone too far!" Chen Rou's cousin Chen Ying saw her being bullied like this and spoke up for her, "My sister Arou and Yu Qizhe grew up together. What's wrong with calling him Juzhe brother? She has always called him that! My sister Arou has a very stubborn personality. Don't bully her here!"
Yu Jiao's lips trembled, and looking at Chen Rou's delicate appearance, she couldn't help but reflect on what she had said. Looking at the two little girls, it seemed as if she had bullied a man and a woman.
She stared at Chen Rou's pretentious appearance and couldn't help shaking her head. Tsk tsk, Yu Qizhe's taste used to be really bad. How could he fall for such a person?
Since there was no point in talking to each other, Yu Jiao ignored the two girls, turned around, held an umbrella and walked into the rain.
The two gatekeepers standing by watched the whole show from the beginning to the end, secretly admiring that Miss Meng was not only an excellent doctor, but also very eloquent. They saw that the little girl was almost crying because of being bullied.
Yu Qizhe, who was listening to the entire conversation with the gatekeeper inside the courtyard, was secretly happy. She didn't allow Chen Rou to call her Zhe Ge'er. Was it the same as him not wanting her to be too close to Zhizhou Jinyan?
After waiting for a while, Yu Jiao didn't speak again. Instead, Chen Ying's voice came, "Sister Arou, you are just too good-tempered. If it were me, I would definitely make her pay! You are not still thinking about Yu Qizhe in your heart, are you? He was born with a disease in his mother's womb, and it is impossible to cure him. Don't listen to Meng Yujiao's nonsense, she said that to coax you! When you marry Li Xiucai in the future, you will be Xiucai's wife. Meng Yujiao is not even worthy of carrying your shoes. How can she compare with you?"
Chen Rou shook her head. "Don't say any more. Miss Meng is right. I'm already engaged, so I shouldn't call you Brother Zhe...those three words."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yu Qizhe opened the gate and walked out.
Hearing the noise, Chen Rou and Chen Ying, who were about to leave with umbrellas, stopped and turned around to look.
Seeing that it was Yu Qizhe, Chen Ying immediately said, "You came at the right time. Your bride who came to get married just bullied Arou and forbade her to call you Zhege anymore. She is simply a jealous woman. Sister Arou almost cried because of her bullying. You must help Sister Arou vent her anger!"
Chen Rouwei raised her little face with tears welling up in her almond-shaped eyes. She looked at Yu Qizhe pitifully and whispered, "Chen Ying, you are not allowed to complain, Zhege..."
She paused, as if realizing that she shouldn't have called out these three words, and smiled bitterly, "Don't listen to Chen Ying's nonsense. Miss Meng also means well. I really shouldn't call you by your name like this anymore."
When the two of them were talking, Yu Qizhe's cold face was expressionless. After Chen Rou finished speaking, he glanced at her indifferently, his peach blossom eyes full of coldness, "I'm married, and you're engaged too. Yu Jiao's words are indeed not wrong. She was just a kind reminder, how can it be considered bullying?"
As soon as Yu Qizhe's words came out, Chen Rou's face turned even paler, as if she couldn't believe that these words actually came out of his mouth.
Chen Ying was also a little stunned. Hasn't Yu Qizhe always admired Sister Arou? How could he say such a thing?
Looking at Yu Qizhe's cold face, Chen Rou's almond eyes were full of sorrow. Moreover, the meaning of his words was that he had overheard their previous conversation with Meng Yujiao. She closed her eyes and said softly, "Zhe is right. Miss Meng is not wrong. It's Chen Ying and I who are at fault."
Yu Qizhe glanced down the mountain and saw that Yu Jiao was about to disappear in the rain. He said to Chen Rou in a calm voice, "Don't call me Zhe Ge'er anymore. She will be unhappy if she hears that."
After saying that, he turned around and chased in the direction where Yu Jiao left. He stopped, turned around and looked at Chen Rou and Chen Ying, and said coldly, "No one in this world can let Yu Jiao carry her shoes. A mere scholar doesn't have such a big face. Even her husband - I, can't bear to let her carry her shoes. I don't want to hear such words again."