The Abandoned Wife of a Military Family: Your disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 40 Denying the Promise After Getting Back to the Party

Li Yaoting touched his face, staring at Chen Yuniang in disbelief.

After regaining his senses, he lowered his hand, furious. "Are you crazy?"

"I think you're the one who's gone mad!" Chen Yuniang was already quite upset, and upon hearing this, she suddenly raised her voice, bared her teeth and claws, and pounced on him, scratching his face.

Yunwei didn't go far; instead, she hid in the shadows, watching the farce between the two with great interest.

Chen Yuniang's sudden attack was exactly what she expected.

Chen Yuniang prided herself on being unique in Li Yaoting's heart, but on the day she entered the house, Li Yaoting not only took three concubines at the same time, but also slept with all three of them within two days. When the people from the gambling den came to his door to make trouble, he was willing to raise money to pay off his debts rather than be able to bear kicking the three of them out.

Chen Yuniang felt humiliated and naturally broke down.

Looking at Li Yaoting's disheveled appearance, she felt only irony.

The man's protective attitude towards Chen Yuniang when he first returned to the capital was still vivid in her mind, but now, she was being scratched and clawed by Chen Yuniang with nowhere to hide.

Yunwei watched for a while longer before turning around and returning to Yilan Courtyard in a cheerful mood.

She hadn't been in the manor for two days, and as soon as she returned, Tian'er told her everything that had happened in those two days.

This includes the story of how Aunt Shen and her two companions drugged Li Yaoting.

Yunwei listened with great interest.

but--

"Li Yaoting slept with all three of them in one night?" She was quite puzzled. How did Li Yaoting manage to do that?
She suddenly brought up this matter, and Tian'er blushed slightly. She coughed lightly and reminded her, "Miss, Aunt Shen and the other two live in the same courtyard. In addition, Li Yaoting was drugged. Speaking of which, it was the drug that Miss prepared that was the most potent."

“That makes sense,” Yun Wei nodded.

Tian'er glanced at her, then suddenly stammered, "Miss, is that medicine easy to prepare? Could you... prepare some for me?"

Yunwei looked at her in surprise, "What do you need that medicine for?"

"This servant...this servant wants to sell it," Tian'er said, mustering her courage.

Yun Wei was taken aback. "Where are you going to buy that kind of medicine?"

“A brothel, huh?” Tian’er replied. “I’ve thought about it. Those kinds of places are frequented by patrons, so those kinds of drugs should… should sell quite well.”

Upon hearing this, Yunwei looked at her with some surprise, not expecting her to have such a good business sense.

“Miss, all the money I earned from selling the medicine will go to you,” Tian’er continued.

Yun Wei was even more surprised, "Why?"

She thought Tian'er wanted to earn some money herself, but she never expected that Tian'er wanted to give the money she earned to her.

"Didn't Miss say before that she would divorce Li Yaoting sooner or later? And most of Miss's dowry has been given to the Li family over the years. When she leaves the Li family, Miss will have to live alone. It will be very difficult without money."

"So I was thinking that I should take advantage of this time to save up some money so that Miss can live a good life later," Tian'er said earnestly.

Yunwei was taken aback, not expecting that the little maid had thought so much for her.

She felt a warmth in her heart and reached out to rub Tian'er's head. "Don't worry, you won't go hungry."

“I’m not worried about myself, I’m worried about you, Miss,” Tian’er said.

Miss doesn't have a good relationship with the Yun family. Last time Madam Yun came, she said such hurtful things. After the divorce, Miss definitely won't go back to the Yun family.

In this way, after the divorce, Miss will have to rely on herself.

That's why she thought of selling medicine to make money.

Yun Wei felt a little guilty. Since she returned to the Yun family, Tian'er had followed her. Later, she even came to the Li family as part of her dowry. For the past three years, she had been wary of Tian'er, so she had not revealed many things to her. However, this silly girl was wholeheartedly thinking of her.

After a moment of silence, she asked, "How much of that medicine do you need?"

Sweetie's eyes lit up. Had her mistress agreed to let her sell medicine? She immediately replied, "Any amount is fine."

“We have as many as you want,” Yunwei said with a smile.

Although she didn't need to make money from that kind of medicine, she didn't want to discourage Tian'er; after all, the girl was doing it for her.

Sweetie excitedly went to fetch paper and pen, "Miss, write down the medicinal herbs you need, and I'll go buy them."

Yunwei glanced at her, lazily picked up a pen and paper, and wrote down a list of medicinal herbs.

Sweetie was overjoyed and said happily, "Miss, please rest well first. I will go and buy the medicinal herbs. We will make the powder tomorrow after you have rested enough."

Yun Wei nodded, "Okay."

……

The next day.

Yunwei stayed in the courtyard and started making medicinal powder.

After it was prepared, she let Tian'er bottle it herself, while she sat in a chair drinking tea and quietly watching the clouds drift across the sky.

When Li Yaoting stepped in, he saw her dressed in a light blue dress, leaning back in a chair, holding a cup in one hand, calmly watching the clouds drift by. Her composed demeanor captivated him.

Yunwei had already seen him. Seeing him staring blankly at her, a flash of disgust crossed her eyes, and she instantly lost her mood, coldly asking, "Why has the Earl come here?"

Li Yaoting came to his senses and felt embarrassed when he realized his lapse in composure.

He's gone mad. Before, he only found Yun Shi an eyesore, but now he actually finds her quiet demeanor so beautiful.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his face.

He didn't control his strength properly and touched the wound, causing him to hiss.

Yunwei heard this and her gaze fell on the scratches on his face. Knowing the answer already, she asked, "What happened to your face, Lord?"

Li Yaoting was somewhat annoyed, but he couldn't say that it was Chen Yuniang's "masterpiece," so he simply said, "I was accidentally scratched a few times by a wild cat yesterday."

Upon hearing this, Yunwei did not expose him, but only said, "Then you must be careful, Lord, otherwise it will be difficult to undo the damage if you are not careful."

Upon hearing this, Li Yaoting felt even more resentful towards Chen Yuniang, who refused to give him any face at all.

She'd only been in the house a few days, and she'd already caught him twice.

Feeling embarrassed, he didn't want to say more, so he changed the subject and said, "I've almost raised enough money for the casino, but I'm still short five hundred taels of silver. Could you lend me that first?"

Yun Wei sneered inwardly; they actually dared to set their sights on her.

She pretended to be embarrassed: "If I had it, I would have lent it to you when I bought my wedding dress last time. Speaking of which, I haven't received my monthly allowance from the household yet."

Li Yaoting frowned. "I know you don't have any on you, but I see there are quite a few good things in your courtyard. Any one of them should be worth several hundred taels of silver. Could you pawn two of them first? I'll redeem them for you when I have the money."

Yun Wei's face turned cold. "Li Yaoting, your Li family has already spent almost all of my dowry. How dare you still try to take my things?"

Li Yaoting said unhappily, "This whole thing started because of you. If you hadn't taken it upon yourself to bring several women from the Shen family into the household, none of this would have happened today."

Yun Wei sneered, "It seems I meant well but messed things up. If you could control your lust, none of this would have happened today. You can't just pull up your pants and then deny everything, can you?"

(End of this chapter)