"hiss--"

Everyone gasped.

That was a close call!

Jiang Li cried out in pain, her forehead hurt! "Miss, Miss, are you okay?"

Qingzhu came to Jiang Li's side and looked at her with fear.

After hearing Qingzhu's voice, Jiang Li loosened the clothes around the man's waist and rubbed his forehead which was a little red from the collision.

"I'm fine."

She first responded to Qingzhu's words, then looked up at the man who saved her.

"Thank you for saving me, sir."

The moment Jiang Li raised her head, she met a pair of bottomless phoenix eyes, and the owner of those phoenix eyes had a hideous face!

[Ding ding ding, the hero is here! ]

Just as Jiang Li was in a daze, Xiaoduo's voice rang in her mind, and Jiang Li came back to her senses instantly.

The male lead? ? The man in front of him is Shen Tingsi? ! Jiang Li subconsciously looked at the person in front of him and secretly gave Xiao Duo a thumbs up.

"Xiaoduo, you have a way of choosing scripts!"

The male protagonist's appearance always caught her eye and never disappointed her!

"Sir, are you okay?"

The servant who had been blocked by the crowd just now struggled to squeeze through the crowd and came to Shen Tingsi's side panting.

Shen Tingsi’s tall figure completely covered Jiang Li. The servant didn’t notice her just now, but when he walked up to her and saw the scene, he was shocked! ! ! !

The servant held his breath, thinking he had seen it wrong, and quickly raised his hand to rub his eyes.

When Shen Tingsi wanted to take a closer look, he let go of Jiang Li's arm.

"Thank you for saving me, did you hit me?"

Shen Tingsi shook his head slightly, and did not feel any disgust when he saw Jiang Li so close to him.

"Make way, everyone, make way!"

At this time, a servant from the general's mansion rushed over and shouted twice after seeing the crowds of people gathered in front.

Everyone subconsciously looked back, and after seeing the carriage that symbolized the general's mansion, they all retreated to the sides, allowing the carriage to pass smoothly.

When Zhou Qingyuan passed by a money shop and rice shop on the way, he went to the shop and ordered another batch of food for the refugees.

The grain and flour shop was on the same street as the general's mansion. Shen Tingsi came here to understand the people's sentiments. As soon as he arrived at the street where the general's mansion was, he got off the carriage and walked towards the general's mansion on foot.

Seeing the people gathering in front, Shen Tingsi walked over curiously. On the way, he and his servant were separated by the crowd. When he came to the front of the crowd, the scene just now happened.

"What happened?"

Looking at the noisy crowd around him, Zhou Qingyuan frowned and hurriedly walked out of the sedan chair.

"General!"

After seeing Zhou Qingyuan, the people greeted him one after another with smiles on their faces, and were very enthusiastic towards Zhou Qingyuan.

"Qingyuan, my son, you are finally back!"

Everyone turned to Jiang Li. For a moment, Mrs. Zhou and her two grandchildren were isolated and helpless. Now, after hearing Zhou Qingyuan's voice, Mrs. Zhou seemed to have seen a savior, and hurriedly pulled her two children over to the sound.

"father!"

Zhou Zhiheng and Zhou Zhiyao changed their hostile attitude and ran towards Zhou Qingyuan excitedly.

"Heng'er, Yao'er, you are finally here!"

"Dad, we missed you so much!"

After running to Zhou Qingyuan, the two children broke free from Mrs. Zhou's hands and threw themselves excitedly into Zhou Qingyuan's arms.

"Dad misses you too, why are you standing here and not going in?"

After receiving the letter from the coachman this morning, Zhou Qingyuan estimated the time when the two children would arrive. They should have returned to the mansion to have a hot meal by now, so why were they still standing at the door?

And what about these people watching?

Zhou Qingyuan asked with this doubt in mind, and just as he finished speaking, Mrs. Zhou's voice came from in front of him.

"Humph, isn't it because someone is deliberately trying to make trouble and not let my two beloved grandchildren return home? My poor beloved grandchildren have been running around for several days and finally got home, but now they can't even eat a hot meal!"

Mrs. Zhou looked at her eldest grandson with a look of heartache, and her words were accusing Jiang Li of deliberately finding trouble and starving her precious grandson.

Mrs. Zhou knew that Zhou Qingyuan didn't like Jiang Li, so she didn't hesitate to flatter Jiang Li in front of him.

Anyway, Jiang Li loves Qingyuan to death. No matter how Qingyuan ignores her, she will not take it to heart. She will only take care of Qingyuan more carefully.

As long as Jiang Li, the cash cow, is there, won't all the Jiang family's assets belong to them in the future?

"Dad, the bad woman bullied us, we don't want her to be our mother!"

"Dad, we have a mother, we don't want anyone else to be our mother!"

Zhou Zhiheng and Zhou Zhiyao threw themselves into Zhou Qingyuan's arms to complain, looking so aggrieved that people thought Jiang Li had done something to them!

Zhou Qingyuan instantly understood who the bad woman they were talking about was.

In front of so many people, Zhou Qingyuan couldn't agree with the child and say that Jiang Li was a bad person.

He patted the two children's heads and told them, "She is not a bad person. She is your stepmother. Dad knows you can't accept it right away. It's okay. Take your time."

"But outside..."

Zhou Zhiheng was about to refute, but Zhou Zhiyao quickly tugged at his sleeve.

"I understand, Dad. Yao'er will remember what you said."

Zhou Zhiyao nodded obediently, his sensibleness made people feel distressed.

"Good boy Yao'er, you must be hungry after traveling for such a long time. Let's go back home and have dinner."

Zhou Qingyuan said this while holding the hands of the two children and walked towards Shen Tingsi's back.

When she saw Jiang Li standing opposite Shen Tingsi, her pupils trembled and she quickly asked, "Is Mr. Shen okay?"

"No problem."

Shen Tingsi naturally knew what Zhou Qingyuan was asking, and responded indifferently.

"Excuse me, sir. Please come in."

Zhou Qingyuan let go of the two children's hands and respectfully made a gesture of invitation to Shen Tingsi.

Shen Tingsi nodded slightly and followed Zhou Qingyuan's gesture to walk towards the general's mansion.

For fear of neglecting Zhou Qingyuan and making him unable to take care of the two children, he followed Shen Tingsi and looked at Jiang Li deeply when passing by her.

Mrs. Zhou had heard Zhou Qingyuan mention that a friend would be staying at their house for a while, so when she saw Shen Tingsi, she just thought he was the friend Zhou Qingyuan mentioned and didn't think much about it.

Seeing Zhou Qingyuan returning to the mansion with Shen Tingsi, he hurriedly stepped forward, held the hands of the two children and followed behind them.

After everyone had entered the general's mansion, Jiang Li walked in, followed closely by Qing Zhu.

Shen Tingsi had traveled all the way from the imperial capital to Jiangnan, and Zhou Qingyuan was afraid that he would be hungry, so he took him directly to the kitchen.

When he reached the kitchen door, he froze in place.