Fortunately, Qin Mi stopped himself in time; otherwise, if he had actually run into Yang Liling, he might have been forced to marry her.
“Yes, wasn’t she and Gu Ningzhi from the transport team really getting along? He even brought her braised pork for the New Year. I didn’t expect that after only a few days apart, she’s already having these kinds of thoughts about Director Qin. A woman like that who’s so restless, marrying her would just mean being cuckolded,” Tian Shengnan said.
"Yang Liling really has something going on with Gu Ningzhi..." Although she had seen Gu Ningzhi bring Yang Liling back before, she wasn't sure if the two of them definitely had any relationship.
“Yeah, Yang Liling said Gu Ningzhi is pursuing her. How dare she say that? She accepted the gifts and ate the food. Is that pursuing her? She clearly accepted him, but she just doesn’t want to admit it!” Tian Shengnan pouted.
Hearing this, Lin Yiwan said, "You guys don't understand, do you? Yang Liling is just keeping a donkey while looking for a horse. When she meets a better man, she'll dump Gu Ningzhi, saying that Gu Ningzhi was pursuing her and she didn't accept him. If she can't find someone better, she'll keep Gu Ningzhi, neither agreeing nor accepting nor rejecting him. She'll continue to take advantage of Gu Ningzhi. Now it depends on whether Gu Ningzhi is stupid or not. If he is, he'll be fooled by Yang Liling. If he's not stupid, he'll take back what he deserves from Yang Liling!"
The others were speechless with astonishment, and Wen Xi was even more surprised, "It can be like this?"
"You're still young, there's a lot you don't understand yet. As you experience more things, you'll gradually understand more." It's normal that you, being locals, don't understand Yang Liling's actions.
But Lin Yiwan is a time traveler, and she was almost thirty years old in her previous life. Is there any scheme in this world that she can't understand?
"Wow, Lin Yiwan, you know so much!" Wang Xinru put her fists on her chin, her eyes full of hearts for Lin Yiwan.
Wang Xinru knew that Wen Xi was back. She originally wanted to use money to buy some good food, but since this was the first gathering after the New Year, Wen Xi asked her to stay and eat with them. She didn't want money or tickets, but she had to work and couldn't eat for free.
Lin Yiwan felt a little smug from Wang Xinru's admiring manner, and waved her hand generously, saying, "If you have any questions in the future, you can tell me, and I might be able to answer them for you!"
"By the way, is there any gossip in the village? Share it with us, we've been gone for almost a month and know nothing about it," Wenxi said while busy with her work.
“Gossip is always around, it’s nothing more than gossip about this family and that family, it’s not interesting at all.” Lin Yiwan shook her head, then added, “But that Tang Xiaoyun gave birth to a daughter.”
Thinking of Tang Xiaoyun, Lin Yiwan sneered. She dared to be her husband's mistress, ruin her marriage, and even wanted her life. Now this is her retribution.
Wen Xi's brow twitched. "Has Tang Xiaoyun returned to normal? Or is she still acting crazy like before?"
“You know, everyone in the village wants a son to take care of them in their old age and bury them in the afterlife. They break the urn and set off a funeral procession. Liu Darong was the same way. After Tang Xiaoyun gave birth to a daughter, he abandoned her and told her to take care of herself. How could she take care of herself when she's so mentally unstable? That's why she was running around outside late at night and fell into the river… Then the village notified her family to come and get her, but they didn't come. They just sent some money so the village could bury Tang Xiaoyun here…”
Lin Yiwan whispered to Wen Xi, "It is true that one can escape the calamities of Heaven, but one cannot escape the calamities of one's own making."
Upon hearing this, Wen Xi was somewhat dazed. She hadn't expected Tang Xiaoyun to die so easily. If she had lived a good life and returned home when the time came, she would still be the eldest daughter of the Tang family and could have a perfect life. Moreover, she had several backup options; she could have lived a happy life by choosing any one of them.
But she, a reborn woman, didn't know how to improve herself. She actually went to the countryside for a man like Xia Minglei who wasn't worth it, and now she has lost her life, leaving behind an innocent daughter.
Lin Yiwan reached out and poked Wen Xi's shoulder, whispering, "I know you're a good catch, but you can't be foolish. Now that Tang Xiaoyun is gone and Liu Darong is a bachelor again, we single girls could very well become his targets. You have to be careful."
Anyway, she didn't feel sorry for Tang Xiaoyun's daughter at all. A rat's son will dig a hole, and Liu Darong and Tang Xiaoyun's child was definitely an ungrateful wretch.
Because genes cannot be changed.
"I was just frightened, not sympathetic to Tang Xiaoyun and that child," Wen Xi nodded and said. "Yi Wan, thank you for reminding me. I will remind Jiao Jiao and Xiao Yue to be more careful in the future, and to always go out in groups, and never alone."
Wen Xi has many people protecting her, so Liu Darong probably wouldn't dare to scheme against her. However, it's hard to say about Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue; they could both become potential wives in Liu Darong's eyes...
The male protagonist, his brother, and his mistress are all gone from this world, leaving only Lin Yiwan as the female protagonist. This world should have completely collapsed and become a new world now, right?
"Oh, right, and that Zuo Qiuyi. I saw her circling around your yard before. I wonder if she's up to something. Be careful," Lin Yiwan said, recalling what she had seen.
Wen Xi nodded. "I understand. I will be careful."
With Brother Qin around, Wen Xi wasn't afraid of Zuo Qiuyi reporting her, but she was afraid that Zuo Qiuyi didn't actually want to report her, but was harboring other malicious intentions.
She had previously thought that Zuoqiuyi was sent by Wenrou to monitor her, but Wenrou didn't know she had gone home, which meant that Zuoqiuyi hadn't informed Wenrou. Therefore, it could be concluded that Zuoqiuyi's superior was not Wenrou, but rather, no one knew who it was.
She shouldn't have offended anyone, right?
With everyone working together, a sumptuous dinner was quickly prepared. Since there wasn't enough room for the dining table, they brought out the summer cooling bed. The cooling bed was covered in dust, so everyone carried it to the well, drew water to wash it clean, dried it, and then carried it to the main room to use as a dining table.
With everything ready, Wenxi asked Shen Jiaojiao to call Chang Qingqing's family next door. Chang Qingqing didn't come, so she sent Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Huihui instead.
When only Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan were left in the kitchen, Lin Yiwan nudged Wen Xi's arm and asked, "Are you really not inviting Gu Huai'an and the others? Tian Shengnan lives next door to them, they'll definitely know about our dinner party tonight."
"I won't call her anymore." Wen Xi shook her head and refused. "I don't really like Xu Mengying. If Xu Mengying thinks we have a good relationship with Gu Huai'an, who knows what kind of trouble she'll cause? Besides, what if Xu Mengying gets Gu Huai'an to beg us to join us and grow watermelons with us?"
(End of this chapter)
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