Shu Mingcheng was satisfied with Wei's wife. Not only did she take good care of the household, but after marrying into the family, knowing that he loved his cousin Xiao Liu, she also kept in touch with her and maintained their relationship.
In the past, Wei could understand his meaning with just a glance, but this time she turned her face away and refused directly.
Shu Mingcheng was taken aback, then realized that things might be a bit serious. After thinking for a moment, he wondered if it was because people had been praising him recently because he was Xiao Liu's cousin, and he had become arrogant. But he hadn't agreed to any of their requests!
“Big cousin, do you know this person?” Fang Ruotang pointed to the peasant girl who was huddled up in a ball.
Shu Mingcheng looked closely and said frankly, "Isn't this Miss Liu?"
After saying that, he realized what was happening, looked at the situation, and immediately raised an eyebrow at Madam Shu.
"Don't tell me you've forgotten Miss Liu. A year ago, after drinking with my superior, I fell into the river and almost drowned. It was thanks to Miss Liu that I was saved. Later, you even gave her some money to thank her. Have you forgotten?"
Wei was surprised for a moment, pulling out the timid woman from the corner of her memory a year ago, but she couldn't match her with the pretty girl in front of her.
She remembered this incident and not only met with her husband, her savior, alone, but also gave him silver, cloth, food, and other items.
"...Sixth Sister said she is your mistress." Madam Wei clenched her handkerchief, her heart pounding involuntarily, deciding to give her husband a chance to refute her.
"I'm innocent!" Shu Mingcheng cried out to his wife, then deliberately asked Fang Ruotang angrily, "In Sixth Sister's heart, is that the kind of person your cousin is?"
Fang Ruotang looked at Shu Mingcheng curiously; he didn't seem to be lying.
"But this is what the little mirror told me. It is a divine artifact, and what it says is never wrong."
Shu Mingcheng was also stunned.
“I really didn’t! Miss Liu took the money my wife gave her and opened a small tavern. I was passing by once and saw someone drunk and acting crazy. After recognizing the person, I helped them out.”
"Miss Liu said she has no background and is easy to bully in this capital city. She hopes that I will occasionally visit her restaurant because she once helped me, so that she can raise a banner and act like a fox borrowing the tiger's power."
"I don't think it's a big deal. About once a month, I'll go out for drinks with my colleagues, or have a meal with them. It doesn't matter where we eat."
"But I've been going there more often lately, three or four times this month. Whenever someone invites me, I always choose to go there. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I just think of it as helping Miss Liu with her business, after all, she saved my life."
Having been Shu Mingcheng's bedmate for nearly ten years, Wei could tell whether his words were true or false.
Moreover, after a series of words, Shu Mingcheng was completely open and honest. He, a grown man, might not be able to tell, but since they were all women, how could Madam Wei not see that Miss Liu was slowly boiling a frog in water?
It has even gotten to the point where others misunderstand their relationship; otherwise, why would all of Shu Mingcheng's colleagues, who fawn over him, coincidentally choose to drink at Miss Liu's tavern?
"Sixth Sister, you mustn't misunderstand me. Besides, your eldest cousin's wife is reasonable and doesn't stop me from taking a concubine. If I really take a fancy to someone, as long as their family background is respectable, I'll just bring them back to the manor as a concubine. Why would I keep a mistress?"
"Furthermore, ever since I took the Marrow Cleansing Pill you gave me, I've been cultivating at home after quitting my job. I only go out for social engagements that I absolutely can't refuse. If you don't believe me, ask your cousin-in-law. I just don't know why she's been having all her social engagements at Miss Liu's little tavern lately."
At this point, Shu Mingcheng realized that what he hadn't thought about deeply before was actually quite complicated.
He looked at Madam Wei and asked nervously, "Sixth Sister is young and doesn't understand these things, but you should understand, right? I have no need to keep a mistress, right?"
Wei nodded with difficulty.
But not believing that Fang Ruotang would make a mistake, he could only look at her.
Fang Ruotang was also confused, and quickly tapped the little mirror in her mind.
The little mirror responded leisurely.
[Currently, Miss Liu has just finished weaving her net, and your older cousin hasn't even made a move yet! But according to the original timeline, it'll be soon. Look how stupid he is; even everyone around him thinks they're involved, but he hasn't realized it. By the time he does, he'll have fallen into the trap, and being eaten up will be instantaneous, won't it?]
Fang Ruotang breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he was her dear cousin, and she really didn't want him to be anything less than human.
But then she got angry again and rattled off all the things the little mirror had said.
Then she scolded playfully, "Big cousin, how could you be so stupid! A man should protect his chastity when he's out in public!"
"Can't you learn from my older brother? He doesn't have a single girl around him, so he doesn't give those with ulterior motives a chance."
After hearing the whole story, Shu Mingcheng broke out in a cold sweat and immediately began to nervously explain to Madam Wei.
"Although I don't know why I made such an unforgivable mistake in the original timeline, I can assure you that I have no other thoughts about Miss Liu. Believe me, I'm not that much of a scoundrel. I just want to cultivate diligently and wait for the future that Sixth Sister mentioned to arrive so that I can be able to live on with you and the children."
Wei felt a thorn in her side and was very uncomfortable.
She knew that if Fang Ruotang hadn't intervened suddenly, Shu Mingcheng wouldn't have been able to escape at all, given the situation where someone was catching him off guard.
After all, a patient hunter will not let go of the prey she has set her sights on.
[This Miss Liu is too cunning. Could it be that her saving my cousin before was also a lie?]
【No, that's not it, it's true! It's just that after meeting your eldest cousin's wife, she became envious and jealous, and developed a desire to replace her, which is why she schemed against your eldest cousin step by step.】
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