Meng Zhao escaped from marriage and did not return. Mrs. Meng sent more than ten servants to look for him. Three days had passed, but they still had not found him.

This new bride who had just married into the family and could not even see her husband would inevitably arouse suspicion.

In order to hide it from Zhao Wan, Mrs. Meng said that Meng Zhao drank too much on the day of his wedding, and when he got up in the middle of the night, he accidentally fell and broke his head, bleeding a lot. This was an unlucky sign.

When Meng Zhao was young, an abbot had told him that on his wedding day, there was an 80% chance that he would bleed from his forehead.

If this really happened, he would have to be sent to a temple on the mountain to recuperate immediately, fast and chant for a month, and only after all the evil spirits were eliminated could he return home to see his bride, otherwise he would be plagued by a serious disease.

In order to make Zhao Wan put her suspicion aside, Madam Meng held her hand, approached her, and said with a distressed look:

"Our Wan'er is really wronged. She has to stay alone in the empty room right after she got married. It's all because of Zhao'er, who is not competitive. He's so grown up and still falls down when he walks. If he didn't fall down, he could stay at home with Wan'er every day, and Wan'er wouldn't have to be alone all day."

Zhao Wan was kind-hearted. After hearing what Madam Meng said, how could she resent Meng Zhao for making her stay alone in the empty room?

She shook her head, patted the back of Mrs. Meng's hand, and comforted her softly: "Mother, I don't blame my husband. I am willing to wait for him to return safely at home."

"Yeah." Mrs. Meng wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes and sighed: "Wan'er is such a good girl. When Zhao'er returns home, I will definitely let him compensate you well. I'm sorry for inconvenience you for the time being."

After Mrs. Meng's coaxing, Zhao Wan believed that the reason why Meng Zhao was not at home was because he was going to the temple to recuperate.

*

The Meng family is a wealthy family. On weekdays, the whole family eats in the front hall.

Because Meng Zhao broke his leg and was inconvenient to move, he was allowed to eat alone in the house.

Now that Zhao Wan has married into the Meng family, as the eldest daughter-in-law of the Meng family, she naturally has to eat at the same table with her mother-in-law.

Meng Zhao escaped from marriage and never returned, so there are only three masters left in the Meng family.

Every time they dine, Madam Meng sits in the main seat, and Meng Xun and Zhao Wan sit on her sides respectively.

Zhao Wan felt very uncomfortable dining with Meng Xun, the two sitting face to face.

She kept her head down, quietly eating the food in front of her, and did not dare to look up, for fear of meeting the man's gaze and adding to the embarrassment.

Meng Xun is tall and has long legs. When he sits on the chair for a long time, he gets tired of bending his legs, so he will unconsciously stretch his long legs out to stretch them, and often stretch them to Zhao Wan because he stretches them too far.

Suddenly, something kicked her calf, and Zhao Wan was so scared that her body froze. She lowered her eyes and saw the man's two long legs stretched into the middle of her calf.

Her fair face flushed with a light pink.

Zhao Wan raised her head and shyly glanced at the man opposite her. She pursed her lips, hesitant to speak, and wanted to remind him, but her mother-in-law was sitting next to her, so she couldn't say it.

Suddenly, he felt someone was looking at him. Meng Xun raised his head inadvertently and met Zhao Wan's shy eyes.

He was startled, wondering why she was looking at him like that, and then he realized that his long legs were stretched too far.

Meng Xun felt a little embarrassed, and immediately retracted his legs.

After breakfast, Mrs. Meng left first.

Meng Xun and Zhao Wan were the only ones left at the table.

Zhao Wan had already eaten her fill, but she couldn't leave first, so she had to let Mrs. Meng get up and leave first.

At this time, Madam Meng left, and she was also ready to get up and leave.

Meng Xun looked at her back and suddenly said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

Zhao Wan didn't turn around, she didn't seem to take it to heart, and said in a calm voice, "It's okay, second brother, just pay more attention in the future."

Zhao Wan left without looking back. Meng Xun looked at her slender figure, stood there in a daze for a long time before leaving.