That night, after Li Mai and Zhou Quan rested, neither of them could fall asleep for a while.
Zhou Quan then brought up the matter of Bai Riyun Chang asking him about the Xu family.
Li Mai raised an eyebrow. "Why would Big Brother ask about the Xu family?"
Zhou Quan pondered for a moment, then asked Li Mai in a low voice, "Do you think it's possible that my elder brother has taken a liking to Chief Xu?"
Li Mai asked in surprise, "Really?"
Zhou Quan shook his head. "I don't know either. I'm just guessing. I've noticed that whenever my brother encounters Chief Xu, he looks at her a few more times."
Li Mai thought for a moment, "Probably not. Their statuses are too different. Besides, Chang Huan definitely wouldn't leave the Xu family's Tianxiang Village to go with my brother. And my brother also has his responsibilities. He will go back to take up a military post after the New Year and go to guard the border. He wouldn't stay in Tianxiang Village for her sake."
Zhou Quan nodded, "You're right, that's what I thought too. We were just guessing."
After discussing it for a while and deciding it was impossible, the couple started talking about other things.
In the east courtyard of Yun Chang's place, after Chang Huan fell asleep, she stared blankly at the roof.
She never imagined that her calm and indifferent nature of so many years would suddenly lead her to like and trust a woman so much.
The moment she saw Li Mai, she had only one feeling: this woman was someone she could trust.
Therefore, she was willing to tell her everything about herself. As for the Xu family's incense manual, she believed that she would not tell the other three families about it.
This might just be what love at first sight and destiny between people are all about!
In the next room, while An Nanyang and Xu Changle were resting, An Nanyang naturally went to light some calming incense for her, but Xu Changle subconsciously refused, "Husband, don't light it, I want to try if I can sleep soundly without incense."
Tonight, she felt a strange aversion to the calming incense that her cousin always brought her personally, and she didn't really want to use it.
An Nanyang listened to her, nodded, blew out the lamp, went to bed, and held her as they fell asleep.
Unexpectedly, Chang Le fell asleep very quickly.
An Nanyang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was asleep. It seemed that Lele was still sleeping well even without the calming incense.
In the main courtyard, Yun Chang couldn't sleep either, so she came out and sat on a rocking chair, staring blankly at the dark night sky.
"Master, the wolf isn't restless; it's lying on the ground sleeping," a guard reported.
"Yes, those on night duty, please be careful, make sure the wolf escapes and harms the townspeople," Yun Chang instructed.
"Yes, Master, rest assured!" the guard replied and left.
"Forget it, I can't sleep, I'll go practice my sword!" Yun Chang took her sword and began practicing in the courtyard.
Xu Changhuan couldn't fall asleep until late at night. Perhaps it was because she was in a new place and couldn't sleep. Suddenly, she heard someone practicing swordsmanship nearby. She was very familiar with the sound of the sword blade cutting through the air.
Since I can't sleep anyway, why don't I sneak over and see who's practicing swordsmanship?
Halfway through her training, Yun Chang sensed an unfamiliar presence in the shadows, one that was not that of her personal guards.
The guards didn't move, so they must not be outsiders, but guests who checked in today?
With a thought, he flicked his wrist and thrust the longsword in his hand toward where the other party was hiding.
Xu Changhuan had just hidden himself when he saw Yun Chang's sword thrusting towards him.
She could only kick the ground and leap out, dodging his sword and landing behind him.
Yun Chang glanced back at her, flicked her wrist, and pointed her sword at her again, her voice cold, "Sneaking around!"
Xu Changhuan frowned, "I didn't know it was you practicing your sword. I just came out to check when I heard the sound of sword energy!"
She didn't have a good impression of Yun Chang. This man and Li Mai were the two extremes to her. How could they become siblings?
Li Mai is smart, cute, and easy-going; even she, a woman, likes her.
But he was either cold and indifferent or acted as if someone owed him money.
If Changhuan hadn't seen that he lived in this town, she would have thought he was a prince or nobleman. It was as if his eyes were on the top of his head.
In fact, Xu Changhuan had some misunderstandings about Yun Chang. Yun Chang treated all women except Li Mai this way, but he was definitely different from those arrogant people in his daily life.
The reason she has this misunderstanding about Yun Chang is because they have only met for the first time today!
Yun Chang gave Xu Changhuan a cold look, and Xu Changhuan didn't want to pay him any attention either. The two didn't look at each other again, and Xu Changhuan flew away.
Yun Chang frowned as she glanced at her retreating figure, rubbed her temples, and went back inside.
Why did he feel that this woman disliked him?
He had initially felt some sympathy for her, but when she treated him badly earlier, he scoffed inwardly. Sure enough, all women in the world are troublesome, except for his sister, who is a good girl.
Back in his room, Xu Changhuan couldn't fall asleep again.
She sat on the bed meditating, sighing helplessly. Was it because she didn't interact with men often, or because she was just unlucky with men in her life? Why was it that none of the men she knew were kind to her?
Actually, she was the same age as Lele. Seeing Lele and Nanyang being so loving, she was envious. She also wanted a man who loved her and could be by her side all day long.
However, her identity made even the few men she knew hesitate to approach her.
From the age of sixteen, she dreamed of a long and loving relationship with someone, but now that she is twenty-four, that dream has been shattered.
Now, she is thinking about how to make the Xu family live a good life and how to make Tianxiang Village flourish.
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