Li Youran didn't take these two small fry seriously at all. It turned out that Zhou Yingying had been bribed by Wang Xiangyu. Thinking of this, Li Youran was relieved, as long as Zhou Yingying's target wasn't his family.
"stop!"
Before the two thugs could make a move, a male voice rang out.
It turned out that Lu Chuan had come to the mountain with his classmates to donate porridge today. He saw Li Youran's figure in the distance and quickly followed.
Lu Chuan felt that God had been kind to him, giving him this opportunity to be a hero and save the beauty. If he performed well, perhaps Li Youran could change her mind. Thinking this, he walked forward with great arrogance.
"You Ran, don't be afraid, I'm here." Lu Chuan stood protectively in front of Li You Ran and said to Wang Xiangyu, "Miss Wang, let's talk things out. Why resort to violence?"
“Young Master Lu, you must have misunderstood. I just came to the temple to donate porridge and happened to run into Miss Li.” Wang Xiangyu pinched her index finger hard with her thumbnail, and said to Lu Chuan with a smile, “I usually wouldn’t even step on an ant, so how could I possibly fight with someone?”
Li Youran secretly admired Wang Xiangyu's ability to change her expression; she was the legendary green tea master!
"I have things to attend to at home, so I'll take my leave now!" Wang Xiangyu curtsied.
Lu Chuan nodded politely. Li Youran, who was watching this scene silently from behind, thought to herself that they were two hypocrites. It would be a shame if they weren't together.
Wang Xiangyu's plan failed this time, and she might try to assassinate her again at any time. Originally, Li Youran planned to turn the tables on Lu Chuan, but Lu Chuan's appearance disrupted her plans.
"You Ran, there must be some misunderstanding between us." Seeing Li Youran turn to leave, Lu Chuan hurriedly blocked the way.
"Our relationship is very good, and my true feelings for you have never changed. It's all because of..."
"You pervert, shut up! Saying such shameless things, doesn't it disgust you?" Li Youran didn't want to waste words with Lu Chuan and impatiently interrupted, "If you want to act, go act with Wang Xiangyu. You two are born to be leading actors."
"You Ran, are you jealous?" When Li Youran mentioned Wang Xiangyu, Lu Chuan assumed that Li Youran was jealous and smiled knowingly.
"Big brother, are you delusional?" Li Youran had never seen such a shameless person before. As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeve, revealing the cinnabar mark on his arm. "I have to expose this and put it on your face."
Lu Chuan's expression changed instantly, his face turned ashen, and he looked at Li Youran with a look of utter disbelief. Could it be... could it be that she already knew?
"You...you shouldn't listen to what others say so easily, they're trying to sow discord!" Lu Chuan made a last-ditch effort, trying to get away with it.
Li Youran rolled her eyes and walked away, avoiding Lu Chuan.
"Little sister, where have you been? We've been looking for you for so long and we still can't find you."
As soon as Li Youran stepped out of the backyard, she encountered Zhao Lanzhi, who was searching for her everywhere.
"I wanted to use the restroom but couldn't find a place," Li Youran said, laughing off what had just happened.
"Where is my sister-in-law?"
"We were just picking up free lucky bags together, how come she's gone in the blink of an eye?" Zhao Lanzhi had been busy looking for Li Youran and hadn't noticed when Zhou Yingying disappeared.
Seeing that Li Youran had gone to a less crowded place, Zhou Yingying notified Wang Xiangyu as planned, and then waited at the previously agreed location.
“The plan has changed; we’ll proceed with the second option.” Wang Xiangyu said with a grim face, “Li Youran is more difficult to deal with than I imagined.”
Upon learning that Li Youran had not been knocked unconscious and taken away by Wang Xiangyu, Zhou Yingying breathed a sigh of relief.
Since the start of this plan, Zhou Yingying has been feeling uneasy. She was afraid that if the truth came out, she would be in deep trouble.
“Master Zhou has already made arrangements. If we change our minds now, we’ll be in deep trouble.” Wang Xiangyu saw through Ya Yan’s thoughts at a glance and said, “Besides, you’re not showing your face, so what are you afraid of?”
Zhou Yingying still wanted to refuse, but they had already come this far, and if she went back on her word, Wang Xiangyu would probably object.
Moreover, Wang Xiangyu is fiery and cunning; offending her will inevitably lead to bad consequences.
Thinking about this, Zhou Yingying really wanted to slap herself twice. How could she be so stupid!
Even if things at home get out of hand, it's not a big deal. But now that I'm involved with Wang Xiangyu, I'm in a situation I can't clear my name no matter what.
"Hurry back, lest they become suspicious." Wang Xiangyu said with a smile, "After the matter is settled, I will give you thirty taels of the fifty taels of silver that Master Zhou gave you."
Zhou Yingying didn't say anything, just nodded and went back.
"Sister-in-law, where have you been? We've been looking for you for ages!" Zhao Lanzhi complained, rubbing her legs. "I've been looking for my younger sister and then for you, sister-in-law. We haven't stopped since we came up the mountain. My old legs are really suffering."
"Look how tired the second son's family is. Let's hurry up and go eat the vegetarian meal." Madam Li said with a smile, "I heard that the vegetarian meal at the temple is excellent. Eating it can strengthen the body and prolong life."
"It's almost lunchtime, let's hurry up and go, or there won't be any seats left." Zhao Lanzhi, who was starving, perked up instantly at the mention of going to eat.
Despite rushing as fast as they could, they were still a step too late, with only a few sparse spots remaining.
“There are no seats next to each other, let’s split up,” Li Youran said, glancing warily at Zhou Yingying. “Sister-in-law, let’s go inside, and let Second Sister-in-law and Mother sit here.”
To prevent Zhou Yingying from making any further moves, Li Youran chose to keep a close eye on her.
"I'll do whatever you say, little sister," Zhou Yingying said with a smile. "I'll go get the food, and you can go save a seat."
The vegetarian meals at the temple are distributed in front of the dining hall, one serving per person, and you can ask for more if you're still hungry.
"I can't trouble you, sister-in-law. I'm the younger sister, so let me go!" Li Youran said before going to get her food.
Originally, Zhou Yingying planned to put the medicinal ginseng into her food when she got her meals, but fearing that it would arouse Li Youran's suspicion, she did not insist on doing so and could only look for another opportunity.
Stir-fried shredded potatoes, tofu and cabbage, and mixed grain steamed buns.
Li Youran found the plain cabbage and tofu stew to be even more delicious than meat. She thought this must be the legendary self-cultivation!
While he was distracted, he dropped the mixed-grain steamed buns he was holding onto the ground without even taking them with him.
“Waste is shameful,” Li Youran said, bending down to pick up the mixed flour buns that had fallen at her feet.
Zhou Yingying, who was standing nearby, took the opportunity to pull out the medicine from her sleeve and sprinkled it into Li Youran's cabbage and tofu stew.
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