Bao Shuyi blinked her big eyes and called out uncertainly, "Sister-in-law?"
"Shushu still recognizes her sister-in-law." Ye Yunniang was pleasantly surprised, as she thought Bao Shuyi had forgotten her.
“Pan’er and the other two mention you in front of her every day. They’re afraid that Shushu will forget you and you’ll be sad,” Cai Damei explained from the side.
"Sister-in-law, Shushu misses you." Bao Shuyi hugged Ye Yunniang.
"I want Shushu too." Ye Yunniang rubbed her face against Shushu's little face.
Bao Shuyi giggled as she was being rubbed.
Seeing this, Jiang Mingzhe sighed inwardly, wondering why he hadn't given birth to a daughter.
Thinking of that brat Li Ping, after being beaten, he kept saying that he would raise 10 or 8 mistresses for his mother in the future.
Li Pan and Li An also urged Ye Yunniang to keep more mistresses.
Those three brats, they'll make me furious if I don't drive them crazy.
With her mother and son by her side, Ye Yunniang was not in a hurry to continue her journey.
Cai Damei injured her leg, so they stayed temporarily in the nearest county town.
Jiang Mingrui, Zhuang Meixue, and others who had been rescued from the bandit's den accompanied them to the county town.
As for the bandits, Li Ping took the initiative to lead them to the yamen (government office).
"What is Pingping going to do?"
Ye Yunniang was puzzled.
"To earn a reward," Jiang Mingzhe explained.
Mountain bandits have been entrenched here for years. Many people passing through the county town have been robbed.
The government had long wanted to deal with them, but lacked the manpower. The mountain roads where the bandits lived were rugged, making them easy to defend and difficult to attack.
If this continues, it will drag on until Jiang Mingzhe's men arrive.
Having followed Jiang Mingzhe on his travels, the guards had encountered countless bandits and river pirates, and they had long since developed a set of skillful methods for dealing with them.
Li Ping looked at the bandits and asked them a question.
"Do they have a bounty?"
Upon hearing that someone had been found, he volunteered to go and deliver the person.
Jiang Mingzhe's men all knew about Li Ping's background; he was their future young master.
The guards had no objection and escorted the trafficker to the yamen with their young master.
"Just spoil him then," Ye Yunniang said speechlessly.
Yesterday, this person told me that I should keep a close eye on Li Ping.
Today I'll arrange to earn some bounty.
How stupid must the officials be to believe that a five-year-old child could capture so many bandits?
Jiang Mingzhe also wanted to discipline them strictly, but then he looked at Li Ping, who looked five parts like Ye Yunniang.
Thinking that he was born after Ye Yunniang's ten months of pregnancy and hardship, he couldn't bear to do it.
“I have money and connections. As long as he doesn’t cause any major disaster, I can take responsibility for him.”
Ye Yunniang was so angry that she didn't want to talk to Jiang Mingzhe, so she went to find Cai Damei.
Ye Yunniang wanted to have a good discussion with Cai Damei about how to educate the children.
She couldn't count on Jiang Mingzhe to discipline the children.
On her way to find Cai Damei, Ye Yunniang was stopped by Zhuang Meixue.
Zhuang Meixue looked Ye Yunniang up and down, not understanding why Jiang Mingzhe had taken a liking to her.
Putting aside Zhuang Meixue herself, any of the concubines previously arranged for Jiang Mingzhe were prettier, more charming, and more alluring than Ye Yunniang…
What kind of sorcery do you know?
"Huh?" Ye Yunniang's eyes widened. What nonsense was Zhuang Meixue talking about?
"Dark skin, small eyes, thin lips, flat nose, and not a ounce of flesh on your body. You're ugly no matter how you look at it. What is it about you that attracted Jiang Mingzhe?" Zhuang Meixue belittled Ye Yunniang.
Don't be angry, don't be angry... Mother said that getting angry is punishing yourself and making the enemy happy.
Ye Yunniang suppressed her anger and put on a smile.
"I'm not pretty, but Jiang Mingzhe just likes me."
Jiang Mingzhe told me that he fell in love with me the moment he saw me. He even dreams about me.
He also said that I was the best, best, best, best woman he had ever met in his life.
"Being loved by me is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to him in his life." Ye Yunniang used several "most"s to express Jiang Mingzhe's love for her.
"You're talking nonsense." Zhuang Meixue didn't believe it; Jiang Mingzhe would never say such mushy things.
"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, you know best. As his ex-wife, you lived with him for more than a year. You should know his personality."
Ye Yunniang smiled smugly, determined to infuriate Zhuang Meixue for daring to call her ugly.
What's ugly about her?
If a tiger doesn't show its power, people will really think it's a sick cat.
"You slut!" Zhuang Meixue was enraged by Ye Yunniang's words and reached out to hit her.
Ye Yunniang slapped Zhuang Meixue across the face first.
"No matter how despicable I am, I can't compare to you. You seduced your brother-in-law and abandoned your wife and children."
Ye Yunniang couldn't help but slap Zhuang Meixue again when she thought of Jiang Tingjun's appearance when he first appeared in Wanxia Lane.
It's symmetrical, and that makes me feel good.
Zhuang Meixue covered her face, unable to believe she had been hit. She raised her hand to strike back.
Ye Yunniang wasn't about to stand still and take the beating; she retreated to avoid it. As Zhuang Meixue lunged at her, she extended her leg.
Zhuang Meixue didn't notice, and then, thud.
He fell heavily to the ground.
"Ah—" Zhuang Meixue cried out in pain after falling.
"Meixue." Jiang Mingrui ran over upon hearing the voice and helped Zhuang Meixue up.
Seeing the redness and swelling on Zhuang Meixue's face, he turned to look at Ye Yunniang, the only one present.
"You hit him."
"I hit her, she deserved it." Ye Yunniang did not deny it.
"You dare hit my woman? You're asking for death." Jiang Mingrui raised his hand to hit Ye Yunniang.
*Smack!* Jiang Mingrui was hit first.
"Second brother, you hit me!" Jiang Mingrui covered his face in disbelief. Jiang Mingzhe hit him for a woman of unknown origin.
“I’m hitting you.” Jiang Mingzhe said, slapping Jiang Mingrui several more times.
"Jiang Mingzhe is your own brother. How could you hit him for the sake of an outsider?" Zhuang Meixue roared at Jiang Mingzhe.
"I won't hit him, I'll hit you." Jiang Mingzhe slapped Zhuang Meixue across the face.
"You hit me!" Zhuang Meixue covered her face, equally incredulous. "Jiang Mingzhe, how could you hit me?"
“You shameless eloped with some random man. Who else should I beat if not you?” Ye Yunniang, standing behind Jiang Mingzhe, poked her head out to speak.
Thinking of Jin Huifang's tragic death and Jiang Tingjun's injuries, Ye Yunniang felt that Zhuang Meixue deserved to be beaten more, beaten severely.
"I did all this because you forced me to," Zhuang Meixue accused Jiang Mingzhe. "You would leave and not come home for months or even a year, leaving me alone to face the gossip. Do you know how difficult my life was? If it weren't for Mingrui, I wouldn't have been able to survive a single day in that house."
"I don't go home all year round, isn't it all because of you and your family that I'm forced to?" After marrying Zhuang Meixue, Jiang Mingzhe did consider reducing the time he spent away from home and spending more time with Zhuang Meixue.
The dealers disagreed, and they pressured Zhuang Meixue time and time again to demand money, antiques, and other valuables to smooth things over.
If the money is not provided or is not given in a timely manner, the Zhuang family will hinder Jiang Mingde's advancement and the Jiang family's business.
Grandpa Jiang loved and valued his eldest son the most, so he couldn't accept that Jiang Mingde's career was being suppressed. He forced Jiang Mingzhe to expand his territory abroad.
Jiang Mingzhe had no choice but to work away from home all year round, desperately trying to make money.
He finally came back, only to find that Zhuang Meixue and Jiang Mingrui were having an affair and that he was being asked to support their son.
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