Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 185 Choice
Zhou Wangshu returned carrying her book box and saw Su Yaoguang standing at the door without going in. She kept peeking across the street, so Zhou Wangshu followed her gaze.

"What are you looking at?"

"Shh!" Su Yaoguang made a shushing gesture. "Let's watch the show."

At that moment, Xiao Yanci asked whose name was on the property deeds and land deeds for Fenghua Pavilion. Upon hearing his question, Jiang Yihuan's face turned even paler.

Xiao Yanci didn't need to hear her answer to guess what was going on. The Jiang family revered Jiang Yihui, and Zhong Lanhua doted on him. Although Jiang Yihuan was somewhat intelligent, she was too easily swayed and was also a very filial daughter. It was likely that, under Zhong Lanhua's encouragement, the house would be registered in Jiang Yihui's name.

Jiang Yihuan was the busiest and most worried person in and out of the shop. If it weren't for Jiang Yihuan, the shop wouldn't have been able to open at all, let alone make any money. Now, however, she has gained nothing.

Xiao Yanci was unwilling, but there was nothing he could do about it now.

He helped up the devastated Jiang Yihuan and said to Zhong Lanhua, "No matter what, Huan'er has given you all the money she has earned over the years. You can't let us leave empty-handed. Even if we divide the family property, we should get a share. When I pass the imperial examination, I will naturally not forget you, my mother-in-law. I will not shortchange you on my filial piety."

“Before she got married, every penny she earned belonged to the family. After she got married, this shop is mine, and of course, the money she earns is mine too.” Jiang Yihui looked at Xiao Yanci smugly. “Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to. You married my sister just to seize this shop and take what’s mine, didn’t you?”

"Big brother, what about me and Brother Xiao?" Jiang Yihuan said sadly. "You can't just let us starve to death, can you?"

Zhong Lanhua couldn't bear it.

Although she dotes on her son, Jiang Yihuan is also her daughter, and Jiang Yihuan has been making decisions for her all these years, so she has become accustomed to following her arrangements.

“Hui’er, no matter what, your sister has sacrificed so much for this family. We can’t be too cruel. How about this, we give them fifty taels of silver to rent a house?”

"Do you still want me to take care of you in your old age?" Jiang Yihui glared at Zhong Lanhua.

Zhong Lanhua turned her head away, no longer looking at Jiang Yihuan.

Jiang Yihuan was furious.

The shock caused her body to go limp, and she fell towards Xiao Yanci.

Xiao Yanci quickly helped her up. He looked coldly at Zhong Lanhua and Jiang Yihui, his eyes filled with hatred.

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Today you look down on us, but one day you will be begging us to come back." Xiao Yanci sneered, then carried Jiang Yihuan away.

As Xiao Yanci turned around, he saw Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu.

Su Yaoguang is becoming more and more beautiful and charming. Zhou Wangshu stands beside her, and she leans on him with great trust, looking quite like a little bird clinging to a tree.

Zhou Wangshu was handsome, and Su Yaoguang was a beautiful woman; the two did indeed look somewhat like a married couple.

Xiao Yanci always embarrassed himself in front of Su Yaoguang, which made him feel utterly humiliated, given his memories of his past life. However, he remembered that Su Yaoguang didn't have those memories, and in her eyes, he was just the son-in-law of her mortal enemy's family. So, whether he embarrassed himself or not didn't matter to her. He then brazenly pretended not to care and walked over.

Only he knew how stiff his legs were and how cold his body was.

He thought he could live a good life without Su Yaoguang, but everything he'd experienced these past few days told him that without Su Yaoguang, his life was a complete mess. Even after marrying Jiang Yihuan, the woman he had always longed for, he still felt it was meaningless. The happiness he felt when he married Jiang Yihuan didn't last long. He even thought of Su Yaoguang on their wedding night and wanted to leave Jiang Yihuan to go find her.

"What are you all looking at?" Zhang Zhaodi came out from inside. "I've seen you standing here for ages. Do you want to be door gods?"

"Mother, there was another good show over there, you missed it, didn't you?" Su Yaoguang said, "Just now..."

Barabara...

Su Yaoguang told Zhang Zhaodi about the good show she had just witnessed.

Zhang Zhaodi looked at Su Yaoguang with a shocked expression: "I used to think that Zhong Lanhua was quite smart, and I tried every means to be her enemy, but I won less and lost more. Now I realize that she's not quite right in the head. Does losing to someone like that mean I'm even dumber than her?"

"It's precisely because she's abnormal that we normal people can't think about her with normal logic. It's not unfair that my mother lost to her; normal people can't beat madmen."

“That makes sense,” Zhang Zhaodi said. “Wangshu, don’t worry, your mother only has one daughter, Yaoguang, and everything I have belongs to you.”

Zhou Wangshu: "...Mother is not Zhong Lanhua. Even if you have a son, you won't treat us like she did."

"You truly are my good son-in-law. I haven't spoiled you for nothing." Zhang Zhaodi was increasingly satisfied with Zhou Wangshu. "Fortunately, Yaoguang chose you back then."

"Mother, let's go inside!"

Zhang Zhaodi followed beside the two and asked curiously, "Where do you think they'll stay tonight? Zhong Lanhua is really ruthless; she didn't even arrange a place for them to stay."

“There are dilapidated temples in the city. We can just stay there for the night. As for tomorrow, who knows?” Su Yaoguang said. “Anyway, they have hands and feet. As long as they are willing to work, they won’t starve or freeze to death.”

“Zhong Lanhua will regret this soon. His shop mainly relies on Jiang Yihuan to run it. If Jiang Yihuan is not around, the shop won’t last more than a few days.”

“Most importantly, Jiang Yihui is no good person. Of course, there are no good people in his family either. In comparison, this Jiang Yihui is not only no good person, but a scoundrel,” Su Yaoguang said. “I have seen him come out of brothels and gambling dens.”

Zhou Wangshu touched his nose.

Jiang Yihui's visit to the gambling den was also related to him.

However, he was only briefly misled; who knew he would actually fall for it and now become a regular there. If Zhong Lanhua had any sense at all, she would have noticed that Jiang Yihui frequently stole money to gamble. Unfortunately, Zhong Lanhua wasn't smart enough, and the one who was, Jiang Yihuan, had already been kicked out by her.

What happened to Fenghua Pavilion was none of their business; the more down on their luck the Jiang family became, the happier Zhang Zhaodi was.

Zhang Zhaodi openly admitted that she was a petty person, and that she could eat three extra bowls of rice if she saw her enemy doing poorly.

"Mother, stop eating." Su Yaoguang stopped Zhang Zhaodi. "No matter how good you are today, you can't eat so much. Be careful not to get indigestion, or you'll feel unwell later."

"It's alright. Godmother has a good appetite, so let her eat more. I have some digestive pills," Jiang Jing said. "Godmother, just eat, I won't make you feel unwell."

“You can’t believe how lucky I am! My daughter and son-in-law are filial, my goddaughter is filial, and even my godson whom I took in from outside treats me with great respect. I’m much happier than Zhong Lanhua.” Zhang Zhaodi said this, but stopped eating. “Let’s go see a play later. There’s a new play tonight, and since we have nothing else to do, let’s all go for a walk as a family.”