Han Yiping panicked when she learned that her older brother had dumped Du Yuhan and was getting engaged to someone else. If Du Yuhan had her older brother keeping her hanging on, she wouldn't have clung to Zhou Zhengye. But what if her older brother dumped her, and she started clinging to Zhou Zhengye instead?
Han Yiping spent a long time telling her mother about her worries, "Mom, you can't just abandon me. My older brother just dumped her and didn't care anymore. Isn't that just making trouble for me? What if my older brother goes back to that Du Yuhan?"
Zeng Yufen sent people to investigate the relationship between Zhou Zhengye and Du Yuhan. It turned out that Zhou Zhengye's feelings for Du Yuhan were indeed unusual. She absolutely could not let Du Yuhan lose this side and then climb up to the Zhou family.
Zeng Yufen said, "Don't worry, Mom will definitely handle it properly for you, and the situation you described will never happen."
In order to completely reassure Han Yixian about the marriage and to prevent Du Yuhan from threatening her daughter's marriage, she decided to make Du Yuhan disappear completely.
Zeng Yufen planned to leak the news of Han Yixian's engagement to Luancheng, and also revealed Du Yuhan's existence to Su Yan. She also sent her trusted confidant to handle a matter.
She knew about Su Yan's possessiveness towards Han Yixian, and she wanted to use Su Yan to get rid of Du Yuhan.
Even if Han Yi eventually finds out it was Su Yan who did it, it has nothing to do with her.
In the end, since Du Yuhan and Han Yixian had a falling out and refused to marry Su Yan, she didn't suffer any losses. Perhaps she could even find Han Yixian another girl she liked. This could be considered a scheme that killed two birds with one stone.
Han Yi returned to Kyoto first, so Du Yuhan moved to the heated kang bed in the east room to sleep.
Every day, we cook over a fire on the kang (heated brick bed), and it's very warm and cozy to sleep on the head of the kang at night.
With nothing much to do in winter, Du Yuhan stayed home every day, cleaning up all the game she had stored in her spatial storage. She made some wild boar meat into jerky and dried pheasant and rabbit meat. This way, it would keep for a longer time and be easier to mail.
Du Yuhan hadn't touched the venison, tiger meat, and bear meat in the space much, but she dealt with some of it this time.
They processed all the parts of the deer, tigers, and black bears that could be used as medicinal materials.
This kept Du Yuhan busy for many days.
Han Yixian returned to Kyoto, so Han Xiuqin would often come to see Du Yuhan, or she would send Yuan Qiwen to visit Du Yuhan.
Later, Yuan Qiwen would come to the courtyard almost every day after school. Du Yuhan would ask Yuan Qiwen to stay in the courtyard for dinner before going back.
Yuan Qiwen was naturally willing to stay for dinner, as he was already used to the food Du Yuhan cooked.
Du Yuhan also frequently asked Yuan Qiwen to bring food home. As a result, the Yuan family indirectly consumed a lot of food prepared by Du Yuhan.
On a sunny day, Du Yuhan was airing out her quilts at home when she suddenly heard Yuan Qiwen knocking on the door.
Today is Tuesday, Yuan Qiwen should be in school, so he must have something to do here.
Du Yuhan opened the courtyard gate and saw Yuan Qiwen looking anxious outside.
Du Yuhan asked, "Qiwen, what's wrong? Is something urgent?"
Yuan Qiwen rushed to the courtyard and saw Du Yuhan, but he didn't know what to say.
Seeing Yuan Qiwen's hesitant expression, Du Yuhan's heart sank. She quickly asked, "Has something happened to Brother Han?"
Seeing Du Yuhan's worried expression towards her older cousin, Yuan Qiwen felt a lot of resentment towards him.
Seeing that Yuan Qiwen still wouldn't speak, Du Yuhan said, "Qiwen, just say what you have to say. I can't take this."
Yuan Qiwen's eyes were a little red as he said, "Yuhan, my mom received a call from my aunt, saying that my cousin is getting engaged to someone in a few days."
Upon hearing this news, Du Yuhan instinctively disbelieved it, saying, "This is impossible."
Yuan Qiwen said, "At first, my mother didn't believe it either, but she called my eldest uncle to confirm that the news was true. The woman who was to be engaged to my eldest cousin was a young lady from a prominent family in Kyoto."
Du Yuhan swayed upon hearing Yuan Qiwen's words.
Yuan Qiwen quickly helped Du Yuhan up and said, "Yuhan, perhaps my cousin has his reasons. His feelings for you are absolutely genuine, I've seen it all."
Du Yuhan composed herself and said, "What you said makes sense. I will only believe it if Brother Han tells me himself. I will not easily believe other people's rumors."
Yuan Qiwen was pleased to hear Du Yuhan's words. "Yuhan, it's good that you think that way. But are you going to Kyoto to ask your older cousin for confirmation?"
Du Yuhan said, "I think I'll wait a few days before making a decision. Maybe your older cousin will write to me or call to explain this matter."
Yuan Qiwen nodded and said, "That's for the best."
Du Yuhan persuaded Yuan Qiwen to go back to school.
Although she said that to Yuan Qiwen, she was already feeling very uneasy.
She felt that the news Yuan Qiwen said was very likely true, otherwise Han Yixian's father wouldn't have said the same thing.
Han Yixian's father had clearly already agreed to her relationship with Han Yixian.
Du Yuhan forced herself to calm down. She wanted to wait for Han Yixian's explanation. If this was true, then there was no need for her to stay here any longer.
Fortunately, she didn't tell Han Yixian about finding her biological parents, nor did she tell him the address of her current adoptive parents.
She had long known that her path with Han Yixian would be bumpy, and to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, she did not reveal the full details of her family's situation.
In retrospect, her decision couldn't have been wiser. Her family was her support; even if the whole world abandoned her, she still had her parents behind her. She still had her own space to rely on.
Du Yuhan waited anxiously in the courtyard for more than ten days. During this time, Han Yixian only sent one letter, but it did not mention at all that he was about to get engaged to someone else.
Han Yixian used to send a letter every two days, but now the number of letters has decreased significantly, with only one letter every two weeks, which is abnormal.
Du Yuhan's heart sank to the bottom. It seemed her guess was coming true.
Du Yuhan was heartbroken. She shouldn't have talked about that line with Han Yixian. That way, they could still be friends. Now they couldn't even be friends anymore.
Without hope, there is no disappointment; now she is filled with despair.
But she has her own pride; she was not a coward in her past life, and she will not be in this one either.
Du Yuhan began packing her things in the courtyard in preparation for leaving.
She sent a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes from the cellar to the Han and Yao families, claiming they would sprout if they couldn't finish them.
She didn't deliver the goods to either of the two stores herself; instead, she had Yuan Qiwen deliver them.
She didn't want to put her elders on either side in a difficult position. She was also afraid of seeing their pitying looks.
Du Yuhan sorted out all the things Han Yixian had given her and put them in the cabinet in the east room.
If she ultimately decides to leave and break up with Han Yixian, then she won't accept anything he gave her; staying here will be the best option. It will be a way of returning everything to Han Yixian.
In this life, she cured Han Yixian's leg, repaying the debt of gratitude she owed him in her previous life; she no longer owed him anything.
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