Chapter 065 What is so hard

That night, Li Qingqing stayed in Xu Fang's room.

She also knew that this was an unmediated affair, but she had no other choice except Xu Fang. Xu Fang told her that even if he wanted to get married before they got married, his mother and the mistress would not allow it. If they became husband and wife, his mother would not be able to stay out of it.

Li Qingqing believed it.

The next day, Li Ziyuan was released.

Li Qingqing got the news and excitedly went to Anfu Temple to pick up Li Wanhua, who was staying there for the night. She kept saying, "It's okay, it's okay. Xu Lang really didn't lie to me. My brother is fine."

Although Li Wanhua didn't know what was going on, she felt relieved when she saw Li Qingqing so happy and knew that her daughter stayed at Xu's house last night.

Although this behavior is not honorable, my daughter is engaged to Mr. Xu, and they will soon become husband and wife, so it is understandable.

However, the mother and daughter rushed to the county government office excitedly, having already thought about how to report Su Lianyi to Li Ziyuan, but when they arrived at the county government office, Li Ziyuan was nowhere to be found.

I asked the gatekeeper, and he pointed to the corner of the wall across the street from the county government office and said, "The person is not there."

The mother and daughter turned their heads in shock, and when they saw the beggar-like man lying in the corner, covered in rags and not knowing whether he was alive or dead, they were stunned for a moment.

"Yuan'er, how is my son?"

"Brother, brother, wake up quickly...what happened? What happened?"

Li Ziyuan slowly woke up and saw his mother and sister. His lips trembled as he cried out with difficulty, "Mom... I'm dying."

Then Li Wanhua and her daughter learned what had happened from Li Ziyuan's intermittent words.

Li Ziyuan was to be sentenced to exile for committing adultery and poisoning his wife. Although the poisoning failed, it was a fact. However, Su Lianyi suggested that he write a divorce letter and they part ways, so she withdrew the lawsuit and gave him a chance to live.

Li Ziyuan dared not to continue the fight, and in order to avoid being exiled, he quickly wrote a letter of divorce. However, he could not escape the blame, and was not only stripped of his official title, but also beaten with twenty sticks, nearly losing his life.

Now he is thrown here like a dead dog, unable to move.

Li Wanhua and her daughter were shocked and angry, especially Li Qingqing. She cried out, "Xu Lang promised me that my brother would be fine, but he lied to me!"

However, it was too late to say anything.

Fortunately, Li Qingqing had the silver she got from Xu Fang, and she hired someone to carry Li Ziyuan back.

They were too embarrassed to live with refugees and beggars in Anfu Temple, so Li Qingqing used her limited money to temporarily rent a dilapidated courtyard to accommodate Li Ziyuan and also invited a doctor.

The wound from the stick ulcer was very serious and the medicine prescribed by the doctor was very expensive. Li Qingqing had no choice but to rush back to Xu's house to find Xu Fang.

But when she arrived at the front door, she was stopped. The servant said that the master had instructed not to let her in.

Li Qingqing could only slip in through the back door in humiliation...When she entered the yard, she heard the servants whispering that the matchmaker had come and was arranging a marriage between Xu Fang and the young lady of the Zhao family in the south of the city.

Li Qingqing's face instantly turned pale, and she was about to rush to the front hall, but was stopped by a servant who heard the noise...

The Li family was in dire straits. Elsewhere, in the backyard of Mi Ji's shop, Su Lianyi personally cooked a few dishes and invited Chen Ning and her cousin Duan Qizheng to drink and celebrate.

She was very pleased: "Li Ziyuan has become disabled, without any fame and a notorious disability... The reason I spared him and did not let him go into exile was because I had to watch him struggle to survive like this every day."

Although she said it with great pleasure, Su Lianyi had tears in her eyes. It was not because of reluctance, but because of sighing for the past three years.

After a pause, she lowered her eyes and smiled bitterly: "But, from now on, I will inevitably become a joke among others."

She has been married for three years without having children but has never doubted her husband. She has been deceived by her husband, Longyang, for three whole years. Not only that, she is looked down upon by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law every day, but she still endures and takes good care of them. She is a complete scapegoat. It would be strange if others don't laugh at her.

Chen Ning clinked glasses with her and said, "Who doesn't get laughed at in life? It's just that you laugh at me today, and I laugh at you tomorrow. What matters is that you live comfortably. If you live under the gossip of others, your life will be too tiring."

Su Lianyi was startled for a moment, then smiled: "Sister, what you said is absolutely right... I'm a few years older than you for nothing. Those years were actually lived in vain."

Shen Ning laughed without saying anything.

Although she is young in this body now, she lived much longer in her previous life. In addition, she suffered from illness for many years, so she doesn't take these things lightly.

What does it matter what other people say or look at you? Compared to living a comfortable life, those things are nothing...

Next to him, Duan Qizheng drank a few glasses of wine and finally mustered up the courage to toast Shen Ning: "In the past, I was blinded by my own greed. When I think of how rude I was to Madam Shen, I feel deeply ashamed and guilty. I was unable to speak out before, but today I will take this opportunity to apologize to Madam Shen."

Duan Qizheng raised his wine glass and bowed to Chen Ning, while Su Lianyi was laughing beside him.

During the business dealings these days, Shen Ning also realized that Duan Qizheng was not a bad person, but was just impulsive and arbitrary. The other party had already apologized solemnly, and it was her who was stingy to keep remembering it.

Shen Ning picked up the wine glass: "Manager Duan's words are serious. The past cannot be brought back. From today on, you and I don't need to mention it again."

Duan Qizheng drank it all in one gulp, put down his glass and jokingly said to himself, "My cousin was right when she said I was short-sighted. Alas, I have lived for more than thirty years in vain, but I am still nothing but a facade."

Shen Ning secretly laughed.

Brother Duan, you don’t have much to show for yourself…

Su Lianyi took a deep breath and raised her glass again. "Today, I celebrate my escape from the fire pit, and also celebrate the prosperity of Mi Ji and my cousin's ice cream shop. I hope that we will all have better days, smooth sailing, and prosperous business."

"Good, good luck and prosperity." Shen Ning raised his glass, and the three of them clinked their glasses at the same time, raised their heads and drank it all in one gulp.

Xiao Nanchen came to Mi Ji to pick up Chen Ning. When he entered the backyard, he saw three people sitting crookedly at the table.

Obviously they all drank too much.

Su Lianyi, still holding the cup, said to her cousin, "...Although you're really not worthy of Ningning, I still support you in giving it a try. If you manage to marry someone above your station, we'll be a real family."

Duan Qizheng chuckled and waved his hands vaguely: "I, I dare not."

Su Lianyi sneered, "You've been a coward since you were little, a paper tiger... You don't dare to do this or that, but you're just tough on the outside. Do you remember when you were little and you scolded the girl across the street and got slapped in the face? You covered your face and hid in the corner crying, and I had to stand up for you."

Duan Qizheng was furious: "Didn't we agree not to tell anyone else?"

Su Lianyi covered her mouth and laughed: "I forgot..."

Shen Ning laughed beside him: "I didn't hear it, hiccup..."

Xiao Nanchen was speechless. Without even glancing at Duan Qizheng beside him, he walked forward and said softly, "Chen Ning, it's time to go home."

"Why doesn't he call me sister-in-law?"

Su Lianyi put her hands on her hips and complained to Chen Ning: "Ningning, let me tell you, your brother-in-law is really mean. He doesn't respect you at all, nor does he treat you as a family member... Look at him, he calls you by your full name..."

Xiao Nanchen was too lazy to talk to the drunkard, so he half-supported and half-carried Shen Ning out.

Shen Ning smiled and waved at the two of them: "I'm going home, let's continue drinking tomorrow."

Xiao Nanchen was speechless...

The carriage stopped outside, and Shen Ning was helped to the side of the carriage. She raised her foot, put it down, and raised her foot again...

She turned around and asked Xiao Nanchen: "There are several stools, which one should I step on?"

This is because he is already drunk and has double vision.

Xiao Nanchen sighed silently, and the next moment, he lifted the person up with both hands and put him on the carriage. Shen Ning uttered an "ah" and looked very surprised, but fortunately he got into the carriage obediently.

But when Xiao Nanchen went in and just sat down, the drunk Shen Ning suddenly reacted: "Hey, it's not Yuan Yue outside, who is driving the car?"

Somewhat unfamiliar.

She suddenly bent forward and stuck her head out, and sure enough, she saw a strange face.

Shen Ning was puzzled: "Brother, who are you?"

Then he asked in surprise, "He's quite handsome. Has Yuanyue grown up? How did you grow so fast?"

Chengying broke out in a cold sweat: "Subordinates..."

Xiao Nanchen couldn't stand it any longer and pulled the man back: "Don't look at him, he's a subordinate of mine."

His force was not great, but the drunk's center of gravity was unstable. Shen Ning was pulled back unexpectedly and lost her balance, and her face hit Xiao Nanchen's chest directly.

My nose felt sore and tears started to come out.

"Ugh… my nose is broken!"

Xiao Nanchen was also stunned for a moment, and quickly supported the man's shoulders to steady him: "Let me take a look."

Of course, the nose was not broken, but it was sore. Shen Ning's eyes were filled with tears. She covered her nose with one hand and poked his chest with the other hand: "What are you holding that is so hard?"