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

Chapter 239 Top Three
A carriage passed by Taoyao Lane, and the people inside lifted the curtain and looked in the direction of Taoyao Lane.

"Does the young master know this family?" a veiled noblewoman asked softly.

The handsome man in silver robes beside him said calmly, "I heard that the top scholar comes from this family. I was just curious."

“Young master is learned and erudite, no less so than the top scholar. His passing the imperial examination doesn’t mean anything,” the noblewoman said softly. “I will take you to see my father now. Your essay was so good; if it weren’t for your injury during the exam, you wouldn’t have performed poorly. Under normal circumstances, you would definitely have passed the imperial examination.”

"Miss Wang, you flatter me. I am not as good as you say. The world is vast, and there are many talented and extraordinary people, many of whom are better than me."

“You’re just too modest.” Wang Ruyan looked at Xiao Yanci shyly, her eyes full of admiration. “When I rescued you, you were so badly injured that everyone said you wouldn’t survive, but you didn’t give up on yourself and pulled through. During your recovery, I read your writing, and it was outstanding.”

"Cough cough..." Xiao Yanci coughed a few times. "Miss saved my life and spent money to treat my injuries. I will definitely repay your kindness."

“Young Master Xiao, you don’t need to be so polite. I would never leave an injured person to die.”

"Miss is too kind. In the future, you should think twice before saving people. If you save a bad person, you will be in danger."

“How could someone as handsome as you be a bad person?” Wang Ruyan said, looking at Xiao Yanci’s handsome face.

Xiao Yanci looked out of the carriage and saw Su Yaoguang smiling so brightly and radiantly in the crowd, just like the sun in the sky.

He is back.

She smiled so beautifully; he had to tear that smile off and make her as obedient and docile as she had been in his past life, loyal to him, and never run off with another man.

The banquet lasted a long time. Everyone drank a bit too much. Especially Zhang Zhaodi, everyone said her son-in-law and godson were so capable, and that she was very lucky. Everyone praised her with nice things, which made Zhang Zhaodi, who had suffered decades of resentment, increasingly excited, releasing her unhappy emotions, and eventually she lost control.

Zhang Zhaodi staggered out of the house, and when she saw the man passing by, she grabbed his arm.

"You are not allowed to leave."

Su Rende was returning from the military camp when he dismounted from his horse and walked slowly by himself in Taoyaofang. That's when he encountered Zhang Zhaodi, the drunkard.

He glanced at the open gate, then at Zhang Zhaodi, who was clearly unsteady on her feet and still wandering the street, and frowned, saying, "Don't your family care about you?"

Zhang Zhaodi pinched Su Rende's face, her eyes full of disgust, and said, "I misspoke. You don't look like him at all. You're so old and ugly."

Su Rende: "..."

Although it was rambling and disjointed, he understood it.

Zhang Zhaodi grabbed Su Rende's clothes and patted his back: "Carry me, carry me..."

Su Rende squatted down.

Zhang Zhaodi lay on his back, pressed against his shoulder, feeling his body temperature: "Yes, that's the feeling."

Su Rende carried Zhang Zhaodi back to Taoyaofang: "Where is your room?"

Zhang Zhaodi pointed to the third room across the street.

Su Rende carried her inside.

When Su Rende put Zhang Zhaodi down, she clung to his arm and cried like someone who had been bullied.

"You heartless bastard, you ungrateful wretch! You left and never came back. I gave birth to your daughter, such a lovely daughter, and you didn't even get to see her once. Do you know what my daughter and I have been through all these years? I had no man, and I only had a daughter. Your family didn't like me and bullied us, a widow and her child. The villagers bullied us too because we had no one to rely on. How could you be so cruel? Did you not actually die, but just dislike me because I'm a country girl and not pretty enough, so you faked your death to escape us?" Su Rende watched Zhang Zhaodi wipe her snot and tears on her clothes, feeling helpless and powerless.

He took off his clothes and let Zhang Zhaodi humiliate him.

Zhang Zhaodi hugged his waist: "All these years, why haven't you come to see me? Even in my dreams, you should at least come to see me! Even if you're in the underworld, you're still a heartless ghost."

Seeing Zhang Zhaodi crying like that, and hearing her recount all the hardships she had endured over the years, Su Rende patted her hair and said, "Alright, from now on I'll be your support."

She saved him last time, preventing him from making a terrible mistake, and he felt indebted to her. Now, he would repay that debt by becoming her protector, taking good care of the widow and her child, which would also be a way of looking after the families of the fallen heroes.

As for the fact that he and her husband looked exactly alike, he still found it unbelievable. He couldn't believe it unless he found other evidence.

Su Rende was about to leave, but Zhang Zhaodi was holding him too tightly, and he couldn't break free at all.

He bent down, looked into Zhang Zhaodi's eyes, stroked her hair, and said, "I've come back to see you, shouldn't you let me go now?"

Zhang Zhaodi opened her misty eyes, looked at Su Rende in front of her, hugged his neck and kissed him.

Su Rende quickly pushed her away.

Zhang Zhaodi burst into tears.

Su Rende: "..."

He initially wanted to run away, but seeing her crying like a helpless child, he couldn't bear it and stayed.

He covered her mouth to make her quiet down and said, "Don't cry, I'll stay here with you."

Su Yaoguang had just lain down on the bed when she heard Zhang Zhaodi crying, and immediately got off the bed.

Zhou Wangshu staggered into the room, lunged at Su Yaoguang, and clung to her.

"My head is spinning, Yaoguang."

"Then go back to sleep! You've been forced to drink so much today, why are you coming here instead of getting some rest?"

Zhou Wangshu leaned closer and kissed her lips: "I missed you. I can't sleep without you."

Su Yaoguang nudged him: "I want to see my mother... um..."

"Mother is fine, Mother is perfectly well, Mother has already gone to sleep." Zhou Wangshu said, opening the window so that Su Yaoguang could see the direction of Zhang Zhaodi's room.

Sure enough, the candles in Zhang Zhaodi's room had been extinguished.

Seeing that Zhang Zhaodi had already turned off the lights and was resting, Su Yaoguang decided not to disturb her further. Besides, she still needed to coax this drunkard back to rest.

Zhou Wangshu lay down on the bed, resting her head on Su Yaoguang's lap, and hummed, "Madam, I feel so dizzy, please feed me some medicine!"

"Then I need to go and prepare your medicine." Su Yaoguang tried to get up, but Zhou Wangshu pushed her back down.

Zhou Wangshu hugged her neck and tilted his head back to kiss her: "Yaoguang's little mouth can cure a hangover."