Once they were a distance away, Song Rui asked, "Wasn't that Zhou Ling'an? He seemed to want to say hello to us."
"I forgot to tell you about this. In the future, try not to talk to anyone from the Zhou family."
"Including the village chief?"
"Including the village chief."
"Anyway, apart from Sister Chunyan, don't ask too many questions about anyone else you meet in the Zhou family, especially Zhou Ling'an's mother. Oh no, I mean, even when you meet Sister Chunyan outside, you should avoid suspicion. If Yu sees you, she can immediately make up a story about you."
Song Rui pointed to a distant spot ahead and asked, "You mean Zhou Ling'an's mother, right?"
Song Ning looked in the direction he pointed and it really was the Yu family.
However, the person beside Madam Yu today is not Madam Liu, but Xu Jiaojiao.
Wow, things are progressing so quickly! You've already met the parents?
Both of them had smiles on their faces, and as they walked, Xu Jiaojiao was explaining something to Madam Yu.
They seemed to be getting along very well; even Yu's appearance looked different.
Xu Jiaojiao saw Song Ning in the distance and immediately took Yu Shi's arm: "Auntie, you have to help me. My father wants to marry me off to someone I've never met, but I don't want to. In my heart... there's only Brother Zhou."
As she spoke, she lowered her head shyly.
Madam Yu was overjoyed. Listen to this! How capable her son is that even the magistrate's daughter is so interested in him.
"Miss Xu, don't worry. I know my Ling'an's personality. He definitely likes you, he's just shy and doesn't dare to say it." When facing Xu Jiaojiao, Madam Yu spoke much more elegantly.
Xu Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Then I'll leave this matter to you, Auntie."
"Don't worry, I promise I'll arrange everything for you."
As the two passed by Song Ning, Madam Yu finally saw Song Ning, glared at her fiercely, and proudly walked past her with Xu Jiaojiao.
Song Ning suddenly found it amusing and chuckled softly.
Xu Jiaojiao turned her gaze away from Song Ning and asked, "Auntie, does Song Erya have any relationship with Brother Zhou?"
The mention of Song Ning displeased Madam Yu: "Don't even mention it. You have no idea, that Song Er Ya used to pester my Ling An all the time. But don't worry, my Ling An absolutely loathes her..."
Xu Jiaojiao glanced back at Song Ning, who had walked away, and a slight smile appeared on her lips.
Song Rui was a little surprised: "You don't like Zhou Ling'an anymore?"
No one has mentioned Song Ning's feelings for Zhou Ling'an for a long time.
"That was so long ago!"
She no longer has those worldly desires.
Song Rui didn't have much of an impression of Song Ning before, and the two hadn't spent much time together, but he knew about Song Ning's glorious deeds.
"That's good too. Although Zhou Ling'an is good at studying, he's too soft-hearted and won't be able to make decisions for you in the future."
Song Ning chuckled: "Your cousin seems to know quite a lot."
No sooner had she finished speaking than a force suddenly slammed into her from behind, causing Song Ning to fall forward. If Song Rui hadn't been there to support her, she would have collapsed to the ground.
"Brother, that's her. She bullied me last time, you have to avenge me!"
A familiar voice rang out. Song Ning, supporting her back, looked over and saw it was that rude brat from that day.
"Feng'er, how can you bump into passersby like that?" Xu Xiao quickly ran over and scolded him.
No wonder this kid said last time that he wanted his father to punish her; it turns out she's from the county magistrate's family.
Good heavens, she ran into two groups of Xu family members on this street in less than ten minutes. She must have a bad day with the Xu family.
“Miss Song, my younger brother was rude. I hope you will forgive him. Feng’er apologizes.”
Xu Xiao was gentle and polite, but his younger brother...
"Why should I apologize? We haven't settled the score for what he did to me last time!" Xu Feng said defiantly, glaring at him with eyes wide open.
"Er Ya, are you alright?" Song Rui asked worriedly.
Song Ning was fine, but this kid kept provoking her, and her temper flared up.
"Young Master Xu, is this your younger brother?"
"Indeed, I am truly sorry for what happened earlier. Here, I will compensate you with silver, young lady, regarding this matter..."
"Stop, don't be in such a hurry to pay compensation. Young Master Xu is a scholar, shouldn't he be familiar with the laws and regulations of our Jin Dynasty?"
Xu Xiao nodded.
"Then let me ask you, what is the sentence for committing a crime in the street?"
Xu Xiao was taken aback, then understood what Song Ning meant: "Miss Song, it's all my brother's fault. I will definitely punish him properly when I get back. I hope Miss Song will be magnanimous and not hold it against him."
"If I were replaced by your sister today, would you still say such things? Young Master Xu, I respect you as a scholar and believe you should act impartially."
Xu Feng pointed at Song Ning and started cursing: "You little shrew, who gave you the right to talk to my brother like that? My father won't let you get away with this!"
"Xu Feng!" Xu Xiao was completely enraged.
Song Ning ignored Xu Feng and asked with a smile, "As the magistrate of Jiangning County, Lord Xu, you must know the identities of Lord Zheng and Xie Linzhou of Tianxiang County, right?"
Xu Xiao's heart skipped a beat. How dare Song Ning address General Xie by his given name?
He only knew that Lord Zheng came from an extraordinary background and that General Xie attached great importance to Tianxiang County, but he had never heard of any connection with Song Ning.
“Young Master Xu, either I will report this matter to Xie Linzhou and Lord Zheng, or you will hand Xu Feng over to me.”
She refused to believe she couldn't handle this brat.
“Miss Song, Feng’er was indeed in the wrong. I will definitely come to apologize another day. We will give you an explanation for this matter.”
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