Chapter 55 I have nothing to do with you

Chen Lianxiu didn't know when she fell asleep, but she fell asleep while crying.

In the dream, she vaguely seemed to have returned to the day when she was kicked out of the Duke Cheng's Mansion. She was packing her things in the room. There were not many things, but she could not finish packing them. As the sky was getting dark, there were voices outside urging her to finish, one after another. She was so anxious that she was sweating all over.

She kept repeating in her mind, "Leave quickly," "Don't wait until someone comes to chase you away," and her whole body became more and more tense, as if she was being strangled by something. Finally, she suddenly heard a "bang" and the door was kicked open. Zhou Linjin stood at the door looking at her with an angry face.

He seemed to be about to say something, but Shen Lianxiu was so frightened that he couldn't help but scream. In an instant, the sky and the earth turned upside down and the environment was distorted.

Chen Lianxiu sat up suddenly from the bed, his whole body covered in sweat, holding his chest and gasping for breath. The morning light outside the window was dim, not like in the dream.

She put down An An's hands and feet that were pressing on her. It was already this late, and she couldn't sleep any more. Chen Lianxiu didn't want to continue having such a messy nightmare, so she sat on the bed and watched the sky gradually brighten up.

When the sky finally brightened, Chen Lianxiu tickled An An's belly and woke her up.

In any case, Chen Lianxiu had already decided that he must go back to Baixi Village today.

Because they escaped from the Pei family in a hurry, Shen Lianxiu only had time to take his own medicine box with him and left immediately.

After washing up, she took An An away.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Bi Cha standing at the door again.

Chen Lianxiu looked around but didn't see Zhou Linjin, but he probably couldn't be far away.

Bi Cha was holding a food box in his hand and said to Shen Lianxiu, "Madam, have breakfast first. There is sweet porridge in it, which is prepared for our young lady."

Chen Lianxiu looked down at An An. An An had already heard the word "sweet porridge". She had forgotten about this matter, but now she remembered that Chen Lianxiu had promised her last night that she would definitely give her sweet porridge today, so she held her index finger and looked at her eagerly.

If she dared to say "no", An An would probably make a scene.

Shen Lianxiu took her fingers out of her mouth and said, "Okay."

Bi Cha hurried in with a lunch box, opened it neatly, and arranged all the contents one by one. In addition to the sugar porridge, there were also shredded chicken porridge, minced meat porridge, and clear porridge. There were also many side dishes and a few snacks. The most outrageous thing was that there was a bowl of ham and scallop chicken soup.

Bi Cha put the chicken soup in front of Shen Lianxiu, and Shen Lianxiu said, "I don't want to eat it."

Who would wake up early in the morning to drink this?

"My lady, my husband bought the sugar porridge himself on the street early this morning, and the rest was made overnight by the government kitchen. Try this chicken soup," Bi Cha said. "My husband said you've lost weight and need to eat some more."

Chen Lianxiu gave a wry smile and said to Bi Cha, "Just call me Madam Yu."

Bi Cha stopped talking.

An An ate the sugar porridge contentedly. Chen Lianxiu picked up some side dishes for her and fed her a piece of red bean and milk cake. She herself did not eat much. She stopped after drinking a few mouthfuls of porridge and did not even put the spoon into the chicken soup.

Bi Cha saw it but didn't say anything. This was all expected.

After Shen Lianxiu and the others finished their meal, Bi Cha spoke to Shen Lianxiu again and said, "The carriage is ready. Madam, just get off directly."

Chen Lianxiu was not as free to come and go as she was with An An. She had already decided to hire a car to go back. However, she did not respond to Bi Cha's words. She just pulled An An and walked forward. Bi Cha followed them hurriedly.

After leaving the inn, he saw a carriage waiting there, but Shen Lianxiu ignored it and walked straight ahead.

If she wants a carriage, she can hire one herself.

"Ayuan," Zhou Linjin came out from somewhere, probably next to the carriage, but Shen Lianxiu deliberately didn't notice him, "The carriage is here, I'll take you back."

Chen Lianxiu turned a deaf ear to him and ignored Zhou Linjin who was following him. When he arrived at the place where he usually hired a car, he didn't see anyone there. He asked the few people who were still there, but they all said they couldn't go.

She frowned and looked coldly at Zhou Linjin behind her.

This is the first time I've seen someone refuse to do a job even if it pays for money.

Zhou Linjin took a step forward, but didn't try to argue. He just said, "Don't ask. They won't do business with you."

Chen Lianxiu glared at Zhou Linjin fiercely. Zhou Linjin thought she would scold him or at least say a few words, but she didn't say anything.

In the end, Chen Lianxiu could only take An An back to the original place. If she was alone, Chen Lianxiu would never let Zhou Linjin succeed. But An An was there, and the sun was so strong, she couldn't let An An follow her.

When Bi Cha saw Shen Lianxiu coming back, he said attentively: "Madam, it's hot, please get into the carriage and have a rest. There is tea and snacks inside."

Shen Lianxiu said in a cold tone: “I said don’t call me wife, I have nothing to do with you.”

As she was about to bend down to carry An An onto the carriage, she saw Zhou Linjin was one step faster and picked up An An.

Chen Lianxiu's heart tightened, and she was about to snatch An An away, but An An had already been stuffed into the carriage by Zhou Linjin, so she hurriedly followed him in.

After they sat down, the carriage didn't move for a while. An An lifted the curtain to look outside. She didn't know what she saw, but she covered her mouth and laughed, and the two little pigtails on her head swayed.

Chen Lianxiu had no intention of dealing with her at all. She didn't know what would happen after returning to Baixi Village, but she was already prepared for Zhou Linjin to appear. The difficult part was now. What if Zhou Linjin also wanted to get on the carriage?

Shen Lianxiu clenched his teeth tightly.

Fortunately, her worries did not last long. The carriage started moving soon, and An An retracted her head with a lingering look.

At first, Chen Lianxiu was busy thinking about her own things and didn't notice An An. After An An played beside her for a while, Chen Lianxiu found that An An's little mouth was pursing as if she was eating something. Looking over, she had a bag of pine nut candies next to her and was playing with a few clay figurines, as well as kittens and puppies, all of which were painted with colorful paints.

Chen Lianxiu then realized what An An was inexplicably smiling at outside. It must have been bought for her by Zhou Linjin.

She suddenly felt a little angry. Zhou Linjin could have put all the things in the carriage first, but he insisted on giving them to An An alone. Wasn't he deliberately trying to make An An have a deep impression of him?

What does he want to do?

Chen Lianxiu's rounded nails were deeply embedded in the pads of her fingers.

After a while, the carriage stopped again, the window curtain was opened from the outside, and then a candied haws was handed in. An An reached out and took it.

The carriage continued to roll forward.

With the candied haws to eat, An An finally sat down obediently. She munched on the candied haws while blinking at Chen Lianxiu.

Shen Lianxiu also looked at her, but didn't say anything.

An An's little mouth kept moving, and finally she came to her senses. Chen Lianxiu didn't seem very happy, but she couldn't say whether she was angry or not. Moreover, An An didn't think she had done anything to make her mother angry.

"Mother." An An puffed out her lips and called out to Chen Lianxiu.

Shen Lianxiu responded.

Since she didn't say anything, it meant she did nothing wrong. An An was happy and continued to eat her candied haws.

Because of the horse-drawn carriage, we arrived at Baixi Village very quickly.

When Chen Lianxiu arrived home, Luo Wuniang had just started picking vegetables for lunch.

Luo Wuniang saw a carriage coming towards them from afar. There were only two families here, so it was certain that it was not theirs, so it must be the Yu family.

When she got closer, Luo Wuniang saw two more people next to the carriage. She recognized them at a glance as the two who came early every morning.

Luo Wuniang put down the rice washing basket and slapped her thigh. She thought that since they didn't come today, they wouldn't come either, but she didn't expect that they would come after all.

What a hassle!

When Luo Wuniang arrived at the door, the carriage just stopped. She saw the man who looked like a nobleman got off the horse first, strode to the side of the carriage, and took out a child from it. It was An An.

Then Shen Lianxiu followed down.

"Ayu!" Luo Wuniang called her hurriedly, "You're back?"

Chen Lianxiu's face was originally not very good, but when he saw Luo Wuniang, he smiled at her.

Luo Wuniang thought that she would have something to do as soon as she returned home, not to mention that the man was following her. She didn't expect that Chen Lianxiu would pull An An and come straight over, completely ignoring the people around him.

When the man arrived, Luo Wuniang naturally became anxious and whispered to her, "Didn't I tell you to hide outside for a few days to avoid him? Why did you bring him here instead?"

As she spoke, she looked towards the Yu family again, only to see that the man was still standing there.

"Don't pay attention to him," Shen Lianxiu gritted her teeth, "Just pretend you didn't see him."

Luo Wuniang was even more puzzled. Just as she was about to ask, she heard An An say, "Why?"

Chen Lianxiu flicked the small tuft of hair on An An's head and said, "No reason."

Luo Wuniang attributed all this to the widow getting into trouble, and sighed as she said, "A widow's door is always full of gossip. If you had listened to me earlier and arranged your last marriage, you wouldn't have gotten into this situation earlier. I have an empty room at home that can be cleaned up and lived in. Why don't you bring An An and live there for a while? Otherwise, what will you and An An do at night if you live there by yourselves?"

"He won't do anything to me," Shen Lianxiu could guarantee this, but there was a hint of hesitation in her next words that she herself didn't even notice. "Anyway, just ignore him... he'll probably leave."

"Okay, if you need anything, just call us," Luo Wuniang thought for a moment and asked again, "You just arrived, so why don't you have lunch at my house? I haven't cooked yet, so I'll make it for you."

If it were usual, Shen Lianxiu would have agreed immediately, but today she refused: "No, An An and I can just eat something casually."

Luo Wuniang saw that she was upset at the moment, so she said, "Wait a minute, I'll get you some food, and you can go home and cook it yourself."

After a while, Luo Wuniang came out hurriedly with a small basket. In it were some vegetables that had just been cut from the field, two slices of winter melon, a few cucumbers, a piece of bacon, a piece of fresh meat, and a few eggs that had just been taken out of the chicken coop.

She handed the small basket to Shen Lianxiu, who thanked her. Luo Wuniang then remembered something and whispered to Zhou Linjin over there, "Oh, come to think of it, this person came to me before and said some strange things, and even thanked me for taking care of you and An An over the years."

Chen Lianxiu's head swelled up after hearing this, and he immediately said, "Ignore him, he's talking nonsense."

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