"Have you heard? The village head's family had something inside the fish they ate yesterday. I heard that's very unlucky."

Han Jinling hurriedly spread the news at the village entrance, adding embellishments to the description.

"That's right, I've heard it too. They say that an evil spirit is going to appear in our village, which is very unlucky. We need to get rid of it quickly, or the village will be doomed."

When everyone saw Liu Xiuying approaching, they quickly shut their mouths and stopped talking.

"Where are you going, Auntie?"

"Oh, let's go to the village head's house to borrow a shoe pattern and make some shoes for the children to wear in the winter."

Liu Xiuying glanced at Han Jinling, too lazy to pay her any attention, and walked over without stopping.

"Hmph, let's see how long they can be so smug."

The women then dispersed and continued their search for food up the mountain.

Otherwise, this winter will be really hard to get through. It's only October now, and it's already terribly cold. This year is sure to be a very cold winter.

These days, Han Yu'an has been locking himself in his room to read, and everyone has been tactful enough not to disturb him.

Cui Yulu was too embarrassed to bother him, so she took the meat bun to the river to wash clothes.

Roubao obediently followed behind her, swaying its little bottom, occasionally attracted by things on the roadside, and was pulled behind by Cui Yulu.

However, it will catch up soon.

Han An saw Cui Yulu go out alone, so he secretly followed her, planning to tease her properly when no one was around.

He's a student of the master, much better than that fool.

Most importantly, he will take good care of this young lady.

The women who were resting and washing clothes by the river all kept their distance when they saw Cui Yulu coming.

It's as if being with her would bring bad luck.

"Are you done washing? If you are, let's go take a look over there."

Zhao Guifang said to the woman accompanying her, while also giving her son, who was hiding behind, a wink.

The women left with Zhao Guifang.

However, Cui Yulu didn't want to pay much attention to them and just squatted down to wash clothes.

Roubao was having a great time practicing its catching skills in the nearby woods.

Soon, only Cui Yulu was left by the river. Han An saw his chance and secretly came up behind her.

He grinned wickedly behind her, thinking he was about to succeed so easily. But just as he lunged forward, Cui Yulu dodged, and he missed.

Cui Yulu had sensed someone behind her long ago, but she never expected that Han An had ill intentions.

Trying to humiliate yourself here? Humph, do you really think you're an idiot?

"Hehe, it's you. Are you here to do laundry too?"

Han An looked at Cui Yulu awkwardly, then chuckled and said, "I just came to see you. The river water is so cold, is it cold washing clothes? I wanted to warm your hands."

"Warm your hands, how can you, a scholar, not know that men and women should not touch each other?"

Han An saw her smile and couldn't take his eyes off her even more.

So he looked at her with a grin and said, "There's no one else here, so you don't need to put on airs, young lady. I'm definitely much better than Han Yu'an. Why don't you come with me and I'll take you to live in town?"

Cui Yulu glared at him; she hadn't expected this man to be so sleazy.

The two families are relatives, yet he has such despicable thoughts. I thought he was just jealous of Han Yu'an's early fame, but I never expected him to be even worse at heart. He's utterly rotten, with sores on his head and pus oozing from his feet.

It's a waste for such people to read more books; if they become officials in the future, they will only bring more suffering to the people.

"Heh, I didn't expect you to be like this, Han An. Wasn't being struck by lightning enough before? Do you want to get struck by lightning again?"

Han An withdrew his hand and didn't dare to move forward again. He just stared at her. Since the soft approach didn't work, he would have to resort to the hard one.

So he took out a wooden stick he had prepared beforehand. If he could just knock her unconscious, she would be completely at his mercy.

"Of course I don't want to. You continue washing the clothes, I'll go back now."

Han An turned around, and Cui Yulu was puzzled. Could he give up so easily?

Just as she was about to continue washing clothes, the meat bun suddenly let out a howl and bit at Han An.

However, Han Ancai didn't take it to heart and directly raised the stick and smashed it down on Cui Yulu's head.

Cui Yulu easily dodged the attack and casually stuck the prepared silver needles into his acupoints. At this moment, Roubao also ran over.

It bit him right on the calf, and the pain made him fall to the ground with a thud.

"What...what did you do to me?"

Cui Yulu smiled and looked at Han An, whose face was full of fear: "Don't be nervous, I just want you to stay quiet for a while."

At this moment, Roubao was still attacking Han An like a madman, causing him to howl in pain but he was completely unable to move.

"Cui Yulu, you're a vixen! You actually raised wolves to bite people! You're utterly heartless!"

Han An's face was flushed with pain, and his body and legs were covered in blood from the bites.

"Am I the most insane or are you the most insane? He may be a wolf, but he knows how to be grateful and protect his master. As for you, we're related, yet you tried to possess me. When your plan failed, you even tried to knock me out. You've got your abacus beads flying right into my face. Am I not allowed to fight back?"

Han An remained silent, unable to refute her for a moment.

"Aren't the heinous things your family has done enough? Do you want to add more sins to satisfy you? How have you been able to sleep all these years after what you did to Yu'an? Don't you have nightmares every day? Or do your family members simply have no heart and can't dream?"

The meat buns organized by Cui Yulu continued their attack, while the little guy sat quietly beside her, occasionally letting out a low growl and glaring at Han An.

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