An Cheng pursed his lips and said in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, "I was impolite to you yesterday, so I should take responsibility for it..."

He had barely finished speaking.

Xiahou Meng's smile vanished: "An Cheng, what do you mean? Are you saying you want to marry me? You don't like me, yet you want to marry me? Even if you're willing, I'm not!"

An Cheng hurriedly explained, "No, I..."

"What do you mean, 'you'...?"

Xiahou Meng glared at her.

I thought about how she liked Nangong Ying.

An Cheng swallowed back what he was about to say: "It's nothing. Since you don't want to, then pretend I didn't say anything. You get some rest. I'm going to sleep."

He walked for less than a quarter of an hour.

Then Lin, the wet nurse, arrived. As soon as she arrived, she mentioned An Cheng to Xiahou Meng, saying that he had finished his work and hadn't even eaten breakfast before coming to see her.

Xiahou Meng paused, her expression faltering: "You haven't even had breakfast, how did you know?"

Lin, the wet nurse, told the truth.

“Before I came over, I saw Ancheng making fried rice in the kitchen. I wanted to help him, but he said it wasn’t necessary. When I found out you hadn’t eaten yet, I made you a portion too, and I even added sausage.”

"He had just finished cooking when he asked me to bring it over. I must say, men like that are rare. My husband always waits for me to cook for him."

"Nanny Lin, I want to sleep for a while."

Xiahou Meng dismissed Lin the wet nurse and lay down.

An Cheng treated her so well, yet she treated him like that. Wasn't that a bit too much?

at the same time.

Anji Snack Shop.

Not long after An Wanwan and the others finished their work, Li Dazhuang ran in from outside.

An Ke looked up and was startled. She then asked, "Li Dazhuang, what's wrong with you? Why is there a dark bluish-black mark under your eyes?"

"Anke, have Xiaoyu and the others arrived here yet?"

Li Dazhuang asked in a slightly hoarse voice.

Anke shook her head: "No, why?"

Li Dazhuang turned and ran.

An Wanwan only saw his figure. She opened her mouth and asked An Ke, "Third Brother, was that Li Dazhuang just now?"

Anke replied, "Yes, it was him. I don't know what happened. He asked me if Xiaoyu and the others were here, and then he ran away."

Everything is fine.

how so?

Something must have happened.

An Wanwan walked to the door and looked outside. Just then, Liu ran over from the side.

"Aunt Liu..."

An Wanwan went to greet her.

Before she could even ask, she noticed that Liu's eyes were red.

"Auntie, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

Liu said angrily, "Wanwan, you were right! It really wasn't like that. Cui was perfectly fine. She just pretended to fall and tricked Wang An into calling Li Dazhuang back. By the time we caught up, it was too late. Li Dazhuang was already in bed with Yang Cuicui's widowed cousin..."

"What!"

An Wanwan guessed that there was some kind of premeditated plan, but when she heard it was true, she couldn't help but be shocked.

Liu continued.

“Li Dazhuang was drugged by them, that’s why he’s like this. Even so, Xiaoyu still can’t accept it, and I’m quite angry too. So I took Xiaoyu home, and Li Dazhuang followed us there.”

“Li Dazhuang kept shouting outside, and Xiaoyu kept crying in the room. I was just about to kick him out when she came out and said in front of everyone that she wanted to divorce Li Dazhuang.”

“Li Dazhuang refused no matter what, and even knelt at our front door all night.”

"There was nothing I could do about him. This morning I brought Xiaoyu to town through the back door. Knowing he would definitely come after us, I settled Xiaoyu in an inn before coming here."

"Wanwan, I'm sorry, Xiaoyu might not be able to work here for a while."