Seeing that her attitude had softened, Ruan Chengqian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. While observing his surroundings, he quickly said, "We all know that Ruan Hai has done many heinous things, but he likes to keep something in reserve, so we don't have any evidence. If possible, we hope you can find evidence of his evil deeds."
Evidence? Lou's mind was in a daze. "But, but I..."
Ruan Chengqian suddenly started walking forward. “Someone’s coming, so I can’t talk to you much. This is a one-time opportunity, so I hope you can make up your mind as soon as possible. If you’ve decided, come to my house to find me…” He paused, then felt it was inappropriate. “You might find it more convenient to go back to your parents’ house. You can ask Ruan Libao, who lives two rows behind your parents’ house, to come to me.”
Since getting married, Lou has rarely interacted with the villagers. She is either working in the fields or by the river, or doing chores at home, and at most she goes back to her parents' home.
If he were to suddenly appear at their house, it would be too suspicious. Not to mention Ruan Hai, even the neighbors would suspect that there was something going on between them.
Ruan Libao and Ruan Chengqian are on good terms, and he also has a grudge against Ruan Hai. His home is close to the Lou family's, so he could be asked to help pass on messages.
Lou was even more flustered. She wanted to say something, but Ruan Chengqian had already waded forward and raised his voice, "How come all the fish have disappeared?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a village woman walked over from a short distance away. Upon seeing him, she scolded, "Chengqian, if you're going to catch fish, then catch fish, but don't make a mess! Look at the mess you've made of this water, how are people supposed to wash their clothes?"
When she saw Lou standing there, she assumed that Lou was at a loss because she couldn't get started with the muddy water, so she went to comfort her, saying, "You're such an honest girl. He muddied the water, so just scold him."
Ruan Chengqian quickly said, "Don't scold me, don't scold me. I just wasn't paying attention. I thought there was no one by the river at this time. I was chasing the fish with my head down and didn't see her at first."
"Then you go over there, we need to wash things here."
"Okay, okay." Ruan Chengqian slowly moved the net towards the middle.
Seeing that the water was starting to clear up, the woman pulled Lou down to squat down and continue washing. She carried a basket herself and washed the freshly picked peanuts below Lou.
Lou slowly squatted down, rubbing her clothes while trying to control her racing heart.
Her hands were trembling slightly, but fortunately the woman next to her didn't notice. Lou quickly pressed her slightly trembling right hand, took a deep breath, and continued washing clothes.
She kept her head down and didn't look at Ruan Chengqian.
Ruan Chengqian was quite lucky; he caught a fish not long after and ran home shouting.
Right now, only his wife, daughter, and sister-in-law who had just finished picking vegetables were left at home. Ruan Chengchun was still with Shu Yu, looking after the sunflower field, and wouldn't be back for a while.
Wang quickly told him to change his wet clothes and then started to clean the fish quickly.
When dinner was ready, Shu Yu and Ruan Chengchun returned.
Shu Yu was in good condition, but Ruan Chengchun was covered in sweat. Zhang handed him a damp handkerchief and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?"
Ruan Chengxuan let out a breath and shook his head, saying, "I can't handle it! The villagers are all asking me if they can grow sunflowers, and if they can sell them to Lu Ji's workshop. How am I supposed to know? I'm just being bombarded with questions."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
