Prank wedding pranks? Little fortune teller remarries military officer in a sweet romance.

"What did he do?"

Ling Jiuyue sensed the impending doom in Zhao Guangyun, but she was still willing to listen to Ling Qiu's account. The fifteen-year-old girl didn't seem very lively.

Since she was willing to talk, she became a caring older sister.

Ling Qiu gritted her teeth and said, "A classmate of mine has a relative who studies in the city. He said that Zhao Guangyun has been harming young girls in the city. He has harmed five girls in a row, the youngest of whom is only 9 years old. It was because he made a mistake that he was sent to a rural school like ours."

Second sister, why is this happening? He ruined the lives of five girls, and he wasn't sentenced or imprisoned; he was just given a job in a different place. Is there any justice in this world?

Ling Jiuyue sighed, "Yes, there are too many unfair things in this world, and very few people actually receive their retribution. But he won't have an easy life now; I guess he's gotten his just desserts!"

Ling Qiu still felt unsatisfied: "It's a good thing he never went to my office before. I just found his gaze disgusting. Even now, thinking about it gives me the creeps!"

Ling Jiuyue stopped in her tracks: "Did he ask you to come to his office alone?"

"Yes, I didn't go!"

Ling Jiuyue felt a surge of anger. That damned bastard! She couldn't let him get away with this so easily. She had to send him back and teach his family a lesson, especially his wife who was his accomplice.

Ling Qiu, oblivious to her second sister's anger, continued talking to her about He Jianhua:

"He dropped out of school, and some people even felt sorry for him, saying he was such a promising student, and now his life is ruined!"

Ling Jiuyue hummed in agreement: "What do you think?"

Ling Qiu snorted, "I think he deserves it. Someone as shameless as him, even if he gets into university and becomes an official or something, he'll never be a good person!"

They actually wrote her a love letter to slander her. If her second sister hadn't arrived in time, she would have died without ever being able to clear her name.

Ling Jiuyue reminded Ling Qiu, "He doesn't just want to slander you; he wants to ruin you. Your studies are far superior to his, which has fueled his jealousy and hatred, and he wants to destroy you completely!"

Ling Qiu broke out in a cold sweat: "You mean, he wants to use the guise of romance to ruin me?"

Ling Jiuyue sighed: "Your second sister is a perfect example!"

Ling Qiu was speechless for a moment.

Her second sister was actually a good student back then. Although she had to drop out of school because her mother was sick that year, there must have been He Zhigao involved. Otherwise, her second sister wouldn't have been so determined to drop out.

"Remember, someone who truly wants what's best for you will never tell you you're too tired when you're about to reach the summit, advise you to turn back, or let the scenery around you wear you down!"

"Hmm!" Ling Qiu regarded her sister's words as a philosophy of life.

When the two sisters returned home, Sun Yulan opened the things Ling Jiuyue had bought for her, and her face immediately fell.

"Ling Jiuyue, are you burning money? What kind of family do we come from? Why are you buying things like this?"

Ling Jiuyue quickly explained, "I didn't buy these; Qin Shixiao bought them for me!"

Sun Yulan took out the meat, brown sugar, biscuits, and two bottles of wine from Ling Qiu's basket:

"What about these? Did he buy them too?"

Ling Qiu's eyes widened: "It really was my brother-in-law who bought it! I was wondering what he bought; it's so heavy in my basket!"

Children attending school in town have to carry rice from home to school every week to steam, and when they return home on weekends, their baskets are empty.

Ling Jiuyue brought back a lot of things from the city. Along the way, the two sisters took turns carrying them home. They didn't expect there to be so many things in the basket.

Sun Yulan was at a loss for words: "We just got engaged. This trip to the city bought you a watch and clothes, and also clothes and shoes for our whole family. They even bought us wine and meat. We're not even married yet. If people find out, they'll start talking about our family..."

Ling Qiu muttered to herself, "That ex-brother-in-law was so stingy, and the current brother-in-law is incredibly generous. But I still think Brother-in-law Qin is better. That He Zhigao, he doesn't seem like family at all!"

"What are you saying!" Sun Yulan scolded her daughter, though she herself thought the same thing: "It didn't even work out, so what kind of ex-brother-in-law is he!"

She looked through the gifts Qin Shixiao had given her. Besides clothes and shoes, there were also malted milk powder, soy milk powder, and peach shortbread cookies popular in the city.

Isn't this child being a little too generous?

"You know, this engagement has only been going on for a few days, and so many things have been sent over. That bastard He Zhigao, all those years combined, didn't even get as much as what Xiao Qin sent in one go. It's impossible not to be happy."

But I just feel that since we've received so much from them, if our daughter suffers mistreatment at someone else's house, we'll be indebted to them and won't be able to speak up for her!

Ling Guosheng sat on the edge of the bed and tapped the sole of his shoe: "You're just overthinking things. Xiao Yang said that the Qin family has a good family tradition, and the brothers and sisters-in-law are all very harmonious. A family like that wouldn't deliberately manipulate their daughter-in-law over something like this."

"And I've met Xiao Qin myself; he's reliable and steady, and he'll definitely amount to something in the future!"

Sun Yulan rolled her eyes: "Give me a break. You? You can judge people? How did you judge He Zhigao back then?"

Ling Guosheng sighed, "From the very beginning, I didn't really like He Zhigao, but he always came to our house to do chores, everyone around said he was good, and Jiu Yue liked him, so what could I say? I couldn't bring myself to say anything bad about that kid!"

Sun Yulan fell silent, and after a long while, she also sighed.

Because she didn't have a son, He Zhigao behaved a little better, and everyone said that even her biological son was nothing special, which made her feel uneasy, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why she felt uncomfortable.

As the couple lay down, Sun Yulan thought of her eldest son-in-law again.

"I heard he's been messing around with chickens and ducks lately, is that true?"

Ling Guosheng closed his eyes: "Go to sleep. Chun'er said that last time Xiao Yang went to the city to deliver chickens and ducks, it was Jiu Yue who helped him. Whether it's reliable or not, we'll know by asking her tomorrow!"

"Reliable! Absolutely reliable. The owner of a big restaurant in the city personally asked me to deliver it. How could it be fake?"

Yang Xingzhi sat at the doorway of his parents' main room, telling his father, Old Man Yang, about the benefits of doing business and hoping he could borrow some money to tide him over.

"No way!" Old Yang said slowly, rolling up his tobacco leaves and looking down.

"You don't do any proper work in the fields all day long, and you're always thinking about easy money. If business were that easy, would it be your turn to do it?"

You should focus on your own little plot of land and figure out how to have another son with your wife; that's better than anything else. Stop thinking about starting any business!

Xingzhi's mother, Ma Shufang, also chimed in, "Xingzhi, listen to your father. We country folk should just focus on farming. You can't understand all the intricacies of city life. Don't think you're a city person just because you've had a few good days in the city..."

Yang Xingzhi, too tired to listen to the old lady's nagging any longer, got up and went home.

Ma Shufang called out from behind, "Did you hear me? I'm talking to you about the second child..."