Ye Sheng frowned and muttered to himself as he looked at the stone, his voice full of distress.
"What's wrong with this woman? It's just a broken rock, why is she chasing after me so frequently?"
He scratched his hair in frustration, making a mess of his carefully styled hair.
"Or... should we just throw it away? And say we can't find it?"
The thought had barely crossed his mind when he immediately rejected it.
"No, no, with her relentless nature, if I really said I lost it, she'd probably tear this house down!"
Just thinking about Shen Shuling's frighteningly bright eyes and her fists that never hesitated to strike, Ye Sheng couldn't help but shudder.
"So annoying!"
He threw the stone onto the bed, then picked it up again in frustration: "This hot potato, is it going to be returned or not?!"
The next second, the door was kicked open violently from the outside with a "bang"!
"Brother Ye Sheng! Tell me the truth! What mischief were you up to all by yourself hiding in the house?!"
Chu Xin'er stood at the door like a female bandit who had stormed in, hands on her hips, blocking the entrance with a menacing air.
"ah!"
Ye Sheng was engrossed in his internal struggle when the sudden loud noise terrified him.
The stone in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud".
"How...how did you get in!"
He frantically tried to kick the stone under the bed, but it was too late.
Ye Nian'an walked in leisurely from behind Chu Xin'er, picked up the stone, and examined it in his palm.
"Oh? This is the stone Comrade Shen Shuling wanted? Third Brother, didn't you find it? Did you forget what you promised us?"
A mischievous smile played on her lips as she slowly shook the stone in her hand, her tone as if reminding a child who was trying to renege on a debt.
"Once you find the stone, remember to take us with you when you return it to Comrade Shen Shuling!"
Ye Sheng's handsome face instantly turned a deep liver color.
He felt that his little schemes were utterly futile in front of these two women, like running naked in the snow.
There's nowhere to hide, and it's freezing!
"I...I just found it! I was just about to tell you! What are you doing? Are you bandits invading the village? Don't you think this door is free?!"
"Stop talking nonsense! This isn't your home!"
Chu Xin'er wasn't buying his act at all. She strode into the house and circled him like a policewoman, her eyes so sharp they seemed to see right through him.
"If we didn't break down the door, would we have caught you red-handed?"
"Look at the conflicted look on your face just now, pulling your hair and sighing. Are you trying to cheat me again and not give it back?"
"Am I, Ye Sheng, the kind of person who breaks his word? I'm thinking about how to appear... to be sincere!"
He himself felt guilty about saying that.
Ye Nian'an listened from the side and couldn't help but laugh: "Third Brother, this sincerity isn't something you can think of, it's something you do."
"Now that we've found the stone, let's not delay any longer. There's no time like the present, let's do it this afternoon."
"today?!"
Ye Sheng's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
"Today is the ninth day of the lunar month. Aren't people supposed to be visiting relatives and friends? It's not appropriate to go there so abruptly, is it?"
He made up random excuses in an attempt to stall for time.
We should try to delay as long as possible, and avoid seeing that violent woman as much as possible!
"What's inappropriate about it?"
Chu Xin'er made a quick decision: "Comrade Shen Shuling is definitely a straightforward person, and she hates being wishy-washy!"
"Have someone arrange to meet her right now. Tell her it's 2 PM at the Lotus Pavilion in Haicheng Park. Return the item to its owner and apologize as well!"
"I……"
Ye Sheng still wanted to resist.
"Um?"
Ye Nian'an simply raised an eyebrow slightly and uttered a meaningful monosyllabic sound.
"...I'll go! I'll go, okay?!"
Ye Sheng instantly deflated, hanging his head dejectedly like a defeated rooster.
He finally understood that today's "Feast at Hongmen" was something he had to go to, whether he wanted to or not.
How can they be biological sisters and god-sisters?
It's obvious they invited two living bodhisattvas back specifically to deal with him!
"That's right."
Ye Nian'an smiled with satisfaction, stuffed the stone back into his hand, and said it in a crisp and decisive tone.
"Hurry up and make the appointment, don't dawdle. Let's get ready first, meet at the entrance at 1:30 pm."
"If you dare to run away... hehe, Third Brother, you don't want to know what will happen to you."
After saying that, she grabbed the smug Chu Xin'er and turned to leave gracefully.
Ye Sheng was left alone in the room, facing the broken stone, wanting to cry but unable to.
He felt like he wasn't going to return the stone, but to the execution ground.
He was still taken there by his two closest relatives, who tied him up hand and foot!
...
At 1:30 pm, at the entrance of the Chu family compound.
Ye Sheng slowly crawled out of the house, his handsome face filled with the words "I have no will to live".
The new Zhongshan suit he was wearing, which he had specially put on for the New Year's greetings, now looked like something he would wear to a funeral.
Ye Nian'an and Chu Xin'er were already waiting there.
Both of them dressed up specially today.
Ye Nian'an wore an elegant off-white wool coat, which accentuated her already gentle temperament and added a touch of scholarly charm, making her as beautiful as a white plum blossom in winter.
Chu Xin'er wore a bright red short cotton-padded jacket, paired with a jet-black braid, looking vibrant and lively, like a leaping flame.
The two sisters-in-law stood together, one gentle and the other radiant, each with their own unique charm, so beautiful that it was impossible to look away.
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