"Should we stay away?" Jiang Tangtang said, "Those refugees didn't manage to steal anything there, so they'll definitely come back and try to steal from us again."
Lu Shiyan looked at her and said calmly, "Who said that news was false?"
"Huh?" Jiang Tangtang's eyes widened, her thick eyelashes fluttering. "The news is actually true? How did you know?"
Lu Shiyan withdrew his gaze. "I inquired about it earlier."
"When did you find out? I didn't know." Jiang Tangtang wondered again if he also had a system like hers.
His system is definitely more generous than hers, unlike her stingy self who makes her do tasks just to use any function.
[He doesn't have a system. The male protagonist relies on his own abilities, unlike the host who tries to depend on me for everything. Also, please don't slander me, host.]
As soon as the system finished speaking, Jiang Tangtang heard Lu Shiyan say, "I had noticed it before, but I hadn't confirmed its identity. I went there for another day before I was able to confirm its identity."
Jiang Tangtang mentally gave him a thumbs up, exclaiming how awesome he was, truly worthy of being called a Celestial Lord.
Their efficiency is truly outstanding.
Jiang Tangtang was about to ask another question when she suddenly heard a scream like a pig being slaughtered.
Lu Cuilan rushed over in a panic, her voice trembling with tears, "Brother and sister-in-law, isn't there a doctor among your colleagues? Tell him to come with me right away and take a look at my Peiru."
Jiang Tangtang raised an eyebrow and looked toward where the Fang family was resting.
Wang Ergou held Fang Peiru in his arms. Fang Mulin was scolding Wang Ergou, while Fang Peiru covered her eyes and wailed.
Old Man Lu looked around but couldn't find Li Shi. He asked Lu Shiyan, "Third brother, where is Doctor Li?"
After all, Lu Cuilan was his own sister, and he couldn't just ignore her.
Lu Shiyan said, "They may have gotten separated."
"How could we have gotten separated at this time?" Lu Cuilan asked anxiously. "What will happen to Peiru's eyes?"
Luo Taohua asked, "Aunt, what's wrong with my cousin's eyes?"
Lu Cuilan wiped away her tears, "There was a lot of chaos just now, and there were too many people. Your cousin was pushed to the ground and trampled. It was thanks to Wang Ergou that your cousin was rescued. Everyone was busy avoiding things and didn't pay much attention to her. We just thought your cousin had fainted. But now that she's woken up, she says she can't see anything."
As Lu Cuilan spoke, she couldn't help but feel a little resentful. "People say that I have many nephews and nieces in my family, and that I'm tough outside. Who would have thought that when something happens at home, I'd have to rely on outsiders for help?"
“Aunt, I don’t like hearing you say that. Our family was surrounded by so many refugees just now. We couldn’t even take care of ourselves, let alone others.”
Luo Taohua said, "Besides, even if we wanted to help, we couldn't! You were so afraid that we would drag you down. When you rested, you kept a good distance from us. Now you're blaming us."
Lu Cuilan felt a little embarrassed thinking about how she had kept her distance from the Lu family all day, worried that the refugees would rob the Lu family and implicate her.
“Aunt, people often say that a son-in-law is like half a son. You’re calling Wang Ergou like an outsider, which hurts his feelings!” Jiang Tangtang is not a kind person who repays evil with kindness.
Fang Peiru tried to scheme against her, but ended up blinding herself. Now she wants to ask her family to send a doctor to check her eyes? She's dreaming.
"Jiang, what do you mean?" Lu Cuilan almost jumped up. "Don't try to smear my Peiru. My Peiru and Wang Ergou are completely innocent. Wang Ergou just saw Peiru fall down and helped her up. They have no relationship whatsoever."
"So your Peiru and Wang Ergou aren't related? Then why were they kissing and hugging in the woods?"
Jiang Tangtang, looking like she'd finally seen the world, gave Lu Cuilan a thumbs up, "Impressive! Aunt, my cousin is really something."
Lu Cuilan thought about her daughter's unusually red lips when she came home today. Then she remembered how Wang Ergou had been holding her daughter all day, and a bad feeling crept into her heart.
Even so, she still refused to admit it, and angrily cursed, "You bitch, stop slandering my daughter!"
"Whether it's slander or not, Auntie can find out by asking Wang Ergou when she gets back." Jiang Tangtang smiled. "Or, Auntie can check on Cousin Peiru's health."
Lu Cuilan didn't bother to find a doctor and hurriedly returned to the Lu family's resting place.
At this moment, Fang Peiru was leaning against a tree trunk, covering her eyes and howling, while Wang Ergou had already been scolded by Fang Mulin.
Lu Cuilan walked over, took out a cloth from her bundle, and wrapped the two trees together.
When Fang Mulin saw his wife take out her best piece of cloth from the bottom of the trunk to wrap around the tree trunk, he immediately said with a cold face, "Why are you wasting this perfectly good cloth?"
Jiang Tangtang was speaking quite loudly, so he naturally heard her.
"You actually listened to what that little bitch said? I've already chased Wang Ergou away. Once Peiru's eyes are healed, I'll find her a proper marriage."
"Who listened to that little bitch?" Lu Cuilan retorted stubbornly. "I was just checking my daughter's body to see if she was injured anywhere else. Go and light a torch for me, and be careful not to set the cloth on fire."
Fang Mulin was suspicious, but he still brought a torch over to shine on it.
Lu Cuilan reached out to unbutton Fang Peiru's clothes. Although Fang Peiru was greatly traumatized because she was blind, she was still clear-headed and could not let anyone see her body.
"Let your mother see if you're injured." Lu Cuilan spoke gently, but her actions were forceful, and she quickly unbuttoned Fang Peiru's clothes.
The moonlight and torchlight weren't very bright, but it was still clear enough to see that her chest was covered with red marks of varying shades.
As someone who's been through it all, how could I not understand the origin of these red marks?
Lu Cuilan felt as if she had been struck by lightning, leaving her swaying and about to collapse. "You... I put so much effort into cultivating you, and you actually stooped down and got entangled with a scoundrel like Wang Ergou."
Fang Peiru opened her eyes wide, but couldn't see anything. She fumbled in the air anxiously, saying, "Mother, listen to me! I was forced."
"If you don't go to the grove with him, how can he force you?"
Fang Peiru burst into tears, wanting to explain herself, but found there was no way to explain. Should she tell her that she was plotting against her family with Wang Ergou?
Seeing her daughter cry, Lu Cuilan felt heartbroken, but even more disappointed: "Since you've made up your mind about him, and he's never abandoned you... this is a testament to your true love through thick and thin. I'll grant you permission to marry and let you be together openly."
"Mother, no!" Fang Peiru cried out in alarm, realizing that her mother was about to abandon her.
She anxiously promised, "I'll listen to you from now on. You find someone to treat my eyes, and I'll become someone's concubine. I'll make sure you and my brother live a good life. Please don't marry me off to Wang Ergou!"
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