Quan Shaochuan felt a headache coming on whenever he saw his mother's expression. He really couldn't understand why his mother liked to eavesdrop on such things.
Si Er was also curious, and Guagua quickly provided the answer.
[That's right, Aunt Que didn't know from the beginning that she liked hearing nice things. It was only after accidentally witnessing the way Lord Quan and Shen Xirou interacted a few times that she suddenly put herself in Lord Quan's shoes.]
[This is quite a role model! Aunt Que thinks being the city lord must be so awesome! Every day, a beautiful girl he likes would fawn over him, saying things he loves to hear.]
Aunt Que can't emulate Shen Xirou, but she wants to emulate Lord Quan. Unfortunately, Lord Quan simply doesn't want a divorce.
That's a bit of a shame. Can they each do their own thing?
[That won't work. After all, Aunt Que is the city lord's wife. If she does anything inappropriate, those old guys in the city will definitely not let her off the hook.]
However, Aunt Que wasn't entirely without options; she had been so manipulated by Lord Quan that she had lost interest in men.
Now, when she has nothing to do, she likes to call over the most talented young people in the city to assess their abilities.
She encourages those with good abilities and helps those with less ability to strategize and see which path is more suitable for them.
If you happen to meet someone with a sweet tongue, you can often call them over and chat with them.
Quan Shaochuan: ...
He suddenly understood why his mother had been so displeased with him lately. It turned out that while he was away at school, many sweet-talking younger peers had been keeping his mother company.
With a sweet-talking son, his clumsy and tongue-tied son isn't so appealing anymore, is he?
Just as Que Junya was listening intently, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside. When everyone turned around, they saw a somewhat wild-looking young man rushing towards them.
The other party completely ignored Si Er and the others, staring intently at Que Junya.
"Has Madam come all the way to the front lines to cause trouble for my mother?"
Que Junya disliked Quan Shaoye's disrespectful attitude. With a flick of her finger, Quan Shaoye fell flat on his back.
Quan Shaochuan said with dissatisfaction, "Quan Shaoye, is this how you talk to my mother? If Mother wanted to do something to Aunt Shen, would she need to stand outside the door?"
"She was just curious to hear what shameless things Aunt Shen could say to Father!"
Shut up! You're the shameless one!
Quan Shaoye roared in anger, startling the two people inside the tent.
When the commotion outside grew louder, Lord Quan immediately wanted to go out and act as a peacemaker, trying to smooth things over and get through this mess.
However, Shen Xirou was persistent and insisted that Lord Quan drink the soup before she would let him leave.
Seeing her like this, even the softest heart of the city lord hardened: "Cousin, your attitude today is really strange. Didn't you used to love playing the game of 'you take a spoonful, I take half a spoonful'? Play it like that today too."
Shen Xirou's face stiffened. The so-called "you take a spoonful and I take half a spoonful" actually meant that she scooped a spoonful of soup into her own mouth and then fed half a spoonful to Lord Quan.
In this way, they could drink a bowl of soup for most of the day, and she could also keep Lord Quan from going to see Que Junya.
But given the situation today, how could she dare to play such a game? She had no idea what the ingredients of the drug she had given her were; all she knew was that she didn't have the antidote.
Seeing that she remained silent, Lord Quan pressed on, "Cousin, are you afraid? Is there something wrong with this soup?"
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