A cold light flashed in Xiao Yunchen's eyes. His sister-in-law really looked like his elder brother.
"Once this case is concluded, I will ask His Majesty to appoint me as the prefect of Dong'an City."
As soon as Xiao Yunchen said this, the three people in the yard and even Xiaobai and Xiaohong who were eavesdropping in the front yard were all shocked.
Li Nian found it hard to believe. Xiao Yunchen was a powerful official in the imperial court in the future. If he stayed in Dong'an City, a border town, to be a local official...
"Are you really willing?" Li Nian asked.
"Sister-in-law, you don't believe me? Now that you've said it, I'll naturally try my best to do it." Xiao Yunchen looked at Li Sisi with a sincere look, full of expectation: "Sister, can I stay now?"
Li Sisi glanced at Pei Yanli and refused, "No, hurry back to the yamen, otherwise you won't be able to catch up with the meals on both sides."
When Xiao Yunchen saw Li Sisi's cautious and caring expression when facing Pei Yanli, his knuckles trembled with jealousy.
What's so good about this guy? Why is he so worthy of my wife's attention?
His voice was cold with jealousy: "Then I won't eat it."
Seeing that Li Sisi seemed helpless against Xiao Yunchen, Pei Yanli was about to step forward to rescue her.
But Li Sisi took action directly.
"Get back here!" Li Sisi grabbed Xiao Yunchen's collar and walked out, cursing, "Xiao Yunchen, try to cheat me again. Do you really think I can't deal with you? What's the matter? I can't tame you, a weakling?"
Li Sisi became more and more angry as she spoke. The system said she couldn't cure Xiao Yunchen? What a joke! Let it open its eyes and see if it could!
After throwing Xiao Yunchen out of the door, Li Sisi's breathing stopped when she met his red and aggrieved eyes.
He reacted very quickly and closed the door with a "bang!"
Xiao Yunchen looked at the tightly closed black door in front of him, his dark eyes burning with jealousy.
He heard Li Sisi say from inside the door: "Xiaobai, Xiao Yunchen is not allowed to enter the Li residence from now on!"
Thinking that Li Sisi had to be alone in a room with that man to talk about private things, while he was thrown out, Xiao Yunchen felt a sour and bitter emotion surging in his chest.
Then came overwhelming jealousy and dissatisfaction.
That was his legally married wife, his wife! He would never allow anyone to take his wife away!
Inside the door, Li Sisi angrily gave Xiaobai instructions, then walked angrily towards the inner courtyard.
It was the first time that Pei Yanli saw Li Sisi like this. It turned out that when she was angry, her face would turn red and she would look cute as if she was baring her teeth and claws and wanted to bite someone.
Li Sisi slowed down her breathing and said to Pei Yanli, "Let's go inside and talk."
Pei Yanli followed Li Sisi into the house, where the charcoal fire was burning, making it warm and comfortable.
His cold eyes were filled with regret, and his tone returned to its previous gentleness: "Sisi, don't take what I said to you that day to heart. I was really too angry at the time, so I said that. After that, I thought about it for a long time..."
Listening to his seemingly regretful apology, Li Sisi couldn't help but recall when she changed her mind about Pei Yanli.
It was probably when she came back from that dangerous situation that Pei Yanli saw through her hidden embarrassment and vulnerability at a glance, and silently accompanied and comforted her, giving her a great sense of security.
However, the confusion and helplessness he brought to her these days was also real.
The relationship between the two was just as she had imagined at the beginning. When she was with Pei Yanli, she was always the one being suppressed by him.
She cannot accept being the passive recipient in a relationship and unable to control the other person, which makes her feel like she is about to be abandoned at any time.
"Pei Yanli, I think what you said the other day was right. The relationship between us needs careful consideration."
Some things have already happened and cannot be erased.
Pei Yanli cared about her past, and that was the barrier between them. And Aunt Pei, she didn't want to make such a good person dislike her.
Pei Yanli's usually calm and composed eyes flashed with panic: "Sisi, I must have hurt you with what I said before. I apologize to you. You can hit me or scold me."
Li Sisi had no intention of taking action. She lowered her eyes and said, "Pei Yanli, it's my fault. I'm not worthy of you."
She thought of Su Xingmian, whom Aunt Pei protected that day. She was the only daughter of the Tongzhi, a clean eighteen-year-old girl who grew up with the love of her parents.
That is what Aunt Pei considers a good daughter-in-law.
She, Li Sisi, was an unwanted wild child without even a normal family. It is said that those who have never been loved don't know how to love others.
Li Sisi raised her hand and wiped her sore eyes.
Yes, she just doesn't know how to love others, so she has had one boyfriend after another, but none of them worked out.
She shouldn't have expected that in the first place, and because of her greed, she messed up the relationship between the two families.
In the end, no one is happy.
Seeing her like this, Pei Yanli regretted his impulsiveness that day even more. He said softly, "Sisi, you are very good. It's me who is not worthy of you."
Thinking of Xiao Yunchen who had just been thrown out by Li Sisi, such a young man from a noble family did not show any temper towards Li Sisi.
If Xiao Yunchen really resisted, Li Sisi would not be able to really throw him out. It was just that the man was willing to cooperate.
Just as Xiao Yunchen said, he was old and held a low official position, and even the position of garrison was promoted by Xiao Yunchen.
And he, Pei Yanli, is the real villain who wants to take away his benefactor's wife.
But he was so self-righteous that he doubted Sisi and despised her. It seemed that he was really blinded by jealousy at that time, which was extremely ridiculous.
Pei Yanli took two steps towards Li Sisi, wanting to give some comfort to the girl who was full of sadness at the moment.
But the girl who used to wait for him nervously and shyly when he approached now took two steps back.
She looked at him with her red eyes and said word by word, "You should go back too. Let's calm down for a while."
Pei Yanli paused. He certainly couldn't do something as shameless and shameless as Xiao Yunchen.
He just said in a deep voice: "Okay, I'll come back in three days."
Li Sisi listened to the time he gave, as if it was an instruction, pursed her lips and said nothing.
Pei Yanli took it as her consent and said goodbye and left.
The two disappointing men left, but the cheerful atmosphere in the yard could never be restored.
Li Nian looked at Li Sisi's red eyes and asked softly, "What did Brother Pei say to you?"
Li Sisi took a deep breath and said with a smile: "He probably came to apologize, but I don't want to talk about those things now, so let him think about it again."
She sat down on the stone bench, lowered her head and poured herself some tea: "Let's wait until Xiao Yunchen leaves! I can't really fall out with Aunt Pei because of Pei Yanli."
Li Nian listened to her words and his eyes fell on her face which she dared not look directly at.
He asked meaningfully, "Are you waiting for him to leave, or are you waiting for him to stay?"
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