Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 512: Touched her bottom line

Lian Hai had been listening outside and when he heard the arguing, he only felt that his mother was useless.
Getting up, he went to mediate.

As expected of a person who studied, he not only spoke at a higher level than his aunt but also had more authority.
In the end, he had his mother give them five taels of silver and hired someone to bring Qiao Lei home, sending his aunt and cousin away smoothly.

After sending away the two plague gods, Lian Hai considered how to apologize to Lian Fang Zhou.

It seemed that he needed to go to Lian Fang Zhou’s house that night and ask for her forgiveness.
No matter what, even if he had to force his mother to apologize, he had to get her forgiveness.

It was just, he didn’t know that his matter had become an unsolvable knot.

Lian Fang Zhou had no intention of forgiveness.

At the same moment, Lian Fan Zhou was sleeping peacefully in Ah Jian’s arms.
Though she was comfortable and safe, she still woke up with a nightmare.

When she opened her eyes, her heart was still beating wildly.

Seeing the panic and fear in her eyes, Ah Jian lowered his head and lightly rubbed his chin on her forehead.
Softly, he asked: “Are you awake? Did you have a nightmare?”

Lian Fang Zhou trembled and her voice was low: “Ah Jian, will I eventually forget these unpleasant things?”

“Yes! You will, I will always be with you.” He hugged her even tighter.

By now, it was dusk and the room was very dark.
But feeling his breath and listening to his firm, powerful voice, even though the room was dark, Lian Fang Zhou felt very secure.

“Fang Zhou, I will not let him off.” Ah Jian suddenly promised, this tone neither questioning or discussing.

Lian Fang Zhou’s eyes were cold: “I don’t intend to let him off either!”

She wanted to make an example of him.
Let everyone see clearly that Lian Fang Zhou was no longer the former Lian Fang Zhou and the Lian family was no longer the former Lian family.
No one would dare to have any messy ideas!

Ah Jian felt the same.
What happened today was a mistake and an unbearable worry.
He didn’t believe that Lian Fang Zhou would be so lucky next time.

She sighed softly: “I don’t want my hands to be stained with human life.
The Qiao family, I don’t want to see them in Yuhe county again! As for whether they live or die in the future, it depends on fate!”

He nodded.
“Okay, I will arrange this tomorrow.
The sooner the better.”

It was an eternal truth that you needed to strike when the iron was hot.

The faster they acted, the more people would connect the dots and the better the deterrent effect would be.

Lian Fang Zhou hummed.
“As for Madam Qiao, I will deal with her myself!” She sneered: “Hasn’t she tried to ruin my reputation over and over again? Let’s see how she likes it! I want to see if she has enough good luck to escape!”

Ah Jian held her hand tightly and gently stroked her shoulder.

Leaning against him, Lian Fang Zhou raised a delicate eyebrow and smiled with ease: “Our travel dates will remain the same.
We will still travel to Nanchang as planned in half a month.”

She didn’t think it was worth interrupting the family’s important affairs for these villains, that would be too flattering to them!

Ah Jian smiled, nodding: “Alright!” It was good to go out and relax.
Hopefully, she would forgetting about today’s matter as soon as possible.

The two talked for a while until the sky was dark and only faint shadows could be seen.

Letting go with a smile, Ah Jian said quietly: “We should get up after lying down for half a day.
Do some activities and eat something.
Tonight, how about I stay with you?”

Sitting up in his arms, Lian Fang Zhou smiled.
She raised her hands to brush his hair before lighting the lamp and curling her lips, deliberately saying: “Go back to your own room tonight! I’ll feel guilty forcing you to stay here when you are clearly reluctant!”

Ah Jian laughed and picked up her outer dress, handing it to her: “When did I say I was reluctant? It’s just not good for people to know, right? I’ll come quietly.”

Giggling, Lian Fang Zhou just glanced sideways at him without saying anything.

Taking this as agreement, Ah Jian waited for her to finish tidying up and smiled: “Let’s go!”

Just as they were about to head out, there was a light knock on the door and Bi Tao whispered: “Miss?”

Hearing Lian Fang Zhou respond, Bi Tao continued: “Master Lian Hai is here and wants to speak with you…”

Ah Jian and Lian Fang Zhou exchanged a look, their eyes sinking.

Lian Fang Zhou suddenly felt a burst of resentment and disgust in her heart.
Her cousin might be intelligent but he wasn’t wise!

No matter how smart her was, his intelligence was never used the right way.
It was just calculations.
He always thought that as long as he stayed out of things, everything would be fine and nothing would threaten him.
Unfortunately, his results were often counterproductive.

He had done this so many times.
What was the use of ignoring things before they happened and only apologizing afterward?

Lian Fang Zhou sneered lightly.
Luckily, nothing had happened today.
If that disgusting person had gotten his way, she was afraid that not only would Lian Hai not apologize, he would also persuade her to accept it!

“Oh, he came?” Lian Fang Zhou’s tone was unfriendly.

Bi Tao hurriedly said: “No! Third Aunt, Third Young Master, and Fourth Miss didn’t let him in.
It’s just that he refused to leave the door, saying he must see you… otherwise, this servant wouldn’t dare to disturb Miss!”

Lian Fang Zhou laughed, her emotions complex.

In the end, it would always be clear which relatives truly cared and which ones only loved themselves.

“Tell him I don’t want to see anyone right now.
I’m very tired and still resting, let him go back!” Lian Fang Zhou said out loud.

Bi Tao nodded and went downstairs lightly.

“Do you think he will leave?” Lian Fang Zhou asked Ah Jian.

He thought for a moment and then shook his head, smiling: “It’s an even chance!”

The two shared a look and laughed.

They talked quietly as they went downstairs, not hiding their affection at all.
When the rest of the family saw them acting normally, Third Aunt and Lian Che were relieved and calm.
It was only Lian Fang Qing who blinked in surprise.

It seemed that something was different.
When did Big Brother Ah Jian and Eldest Sister become so familiar? Why didn’t she notice this before?

But the little girl’s thoughts were pure.
Ah Jian was a good person, she didn’t think there was anything wrong with her sister being so familiar with him.

If Lian Ze was there, he would have been surprised and delighted.

“Are you hungry?” Third Aunt asked, smiling.
“I didn’t know when you would come down so we ate already, but there is food in the kitchen.
Should I ask Chun Xing to bring you some?”

Lian Fang Zhou smiled: “That’s too troublesome, I will eat in the kitchen with Ah Jian later.”

The kitchen had been designed by Lian Fang Zhou.
It had two glazed windows, which brought in a lot of light during the day and the room was very comfortable.

Third Aunt was thrilled that Ah Jian and Lian Fang Zhou were getting closer and closer.
Her thoughts were all focused on what to say to Lian Fang Zhou and how to prepare everything, so she just smiled and nodded.