Quick Wear: I and the Female Match Share the Battle Shirt

Seeing her mother-in-law looking at her, Xie Yuanshuang smiled and said, "Mother, since Miss Fang is my husband's savior, we should invite her into the house first. It's unreasonable to let our savior stand outside with us and wait for others. It would be too rude to tell others about it."

Rong Guanhua didn't understand how much of Xie Yuanshuang's smile was genuine. She was actually very satisfied with her daughter-in-law. She was born in a noble family, and her father was the prime minister. She married into their general's mansion with a grand wedding dress, which made many people jealous. She was also very capable in managing the household. Whether it was managing the affairs of the inner house or the farm business, she did a great job. She was also a woman of virtue, words, appearance and skills. She could really be called a "model of a noble lady".

Seeing Rong Guanhua looking at her as if she were facing an enemy, Lu Changqing really wanted to say to her, "There's no need to be so defensive. I'm not here to join this family. I'm here to break it up."

Lu Changqing knelt down and saluted Rong Guanhua, then saluted Xie Yuanshuang, not knowing how to write the word polite, "Then I'll trouble the old lady and the madam."

Rong Guanhua: ...

She is indeed a country girl who has no manners at all.

After the three of them sat down, Rong Guanhua first asked about Lu Changqing's situation. He was quite curious about how a woman like her could practice medicine in the army.

Lu Changqing doesn't need to make up the answer to this question. The father of the original Fang Ming'e (this body) was a doctor in a clinic in the border town. At the time, there were not enough military doctors in the military camp, so all the doctors in the city were recruited to help. Fang Ming'e, who had traveled through time, followed her cheap father to join in the fun. She was shocked to see the high-spirited Qi Cheng in the military camp. From then on, she fell in love with him and ran to the military camp every now and then. Later, her cheap father was killed by the barbarians who attacked the camp in the middle of the night. Qi Cheng was also injured in the battle that night. Fang Ming'e, who lost her relatives, was left in the military camp by Qi Cheng to take care of her. He was called a military doctor, but everyone knew what he was actually.

Lu Changqing deleted and reduced some things and said nothing about secret love, mutual affection, or ulterior motives. She did not have that kind of worldly desire for men and did not want to have too much relationship with Qi Cheng. Besides, she was a tasker, and the taskers were required not to have any special ambiguous relationship with anyone in the task world. If they were discovered, they would be dead. She was not tired of living yet.

When Rong Guanhua heard Lu Changqing say that all her family members had died and she was the only one left, his expression was somewhat moved. While he felt sorry for Lu Changqing's miserable life, he couldn't help but blame his son in his heart.

You said you can't just pay some money and arrange for the person to stay outside? You have to send the person to the mansion with great fanfare, and you can't wait for a moment. Before the person returns to the mansion, the woman has sent him in first. The excuse of being a lifesaver sounds good, but who would believe it? Besides, there is such a thing as repaying the life-saving grace with one's own body. How will outsiders comment then?

The more Rong Guanhua thought about it, the more headache he had. He even felt annoyed when looking at Lu Changqing. The three of them sat in front of the hall staring at each other. Finally, Rong Guanhua asked Xie Yuanshuang to take the man downstairs and arrange accommodation for him, citing the fatigue from the journey.

Rong Guanhua didn't want to keep Lu Changqing either, but the other party had made it very clear that all her relatives had died and she had nowhere to go. Didn't her son bring her back just to keep her in the mansion?

Rong Guanhua only hoped that her son could grow up a little and not clamor for taking a concubine as soon as he got home. Otherwise, how would Xie Yuanshuang, who had been guarding at home for three years, cope with this?

Oh, you were out there fighting and having affairs with other women, and your wife had been taking care of your mother for three years, but you didn't know how to be grateful. Now you take a concubine when you come back. It's not good to tell others about this! The most important thing is that this daughter-in-law is of noble birth. If her son is really so heartless, what will his in-laws think?

Rong Guanhua thought about it and felt that it depended on Qi Cheng's attitude. If he still wanted a smooth career, he must not take the woman he brought back. However, she couldn't do the evil thing of breaking up a couple, otherwise his son would blame her and hurt the relationship between them. So she would just stop when the time came and let her daughter-in-law do the rest.

Seeing Lu Changqing turning her head around all the time, Xie Yuanshuang took the initiative to ask, "Miss Fang, what are you looking at?"

Lu Changqing turned to look at Xie Yuanshuang. She was half a head taller than Fang Ming'e. Lu Changqing had to tilt his head slightly and nod when he looked at her.

"I heard people talking about you, ma'am, when I was in the barracks."

Xie Yuanshuang's mouth twitched slightly, and his tone was somewhat sarcastic, "Is it the general?"

Lu Changqing shook his head honestly, "He is a soldier from the capital."

Now Xie Yuanshuang couldn't even laugh. How heartless was that man? He didn't even mention her.

"Oh, what did they say about me?"

"They say that Miss Xie is a woman of great talent and beauty, and that she is as stunning as the goddess of Luo River. Now that I see her, it is true to her reputation."

Lu Changqing lied. These words were actually written by the original author. In order to highlight Xie Yuanshuang's beauty, she was given the setting of being the most beautiful woman in the capital.

Xie Yuanshuang did not take Lu Changqing's words seriously. She had been hearing such compliments since she was a child and had long been immune to them. However, she still had to pretend to be humble when it was time to do so. "They are flattering me. I am just a humble person and cannot bear such high praise."

"You are too modest. If someone praises me like this, I will give him a thumbs up and affirm his vision."

Xie Yuanshuang: ...

Xie Yuanshuang had been secretly observing Lu Changqing. She found that Fang Ming'e, whom she saw today, was very strange. In her previous life, she also entered the mansion today. As soon as she entered the mansion, she tried her best to please the old lady, said nice things, and mentioned Qi Cheng's experience of fighting bravely on the frontier, praising his bravery and fearlessness. The old lady, who originally disliked her, was now very happy. She even arranged her room personally and assigned her maid to take care of her daily life.

But now, the other party did nothing, did not deliberately try to please the old lady, and did not praise Qi Cheng for his unparalleled bravery on the battlefield. She was a little confused about the woman in front of her.

Lu Changqing looked at the direction Xie Yuanshuang led, and the corners of his mouth twitched imperceptibly. Isn't this the direction of Qi Cheng's study? Sure enough, she arranged her room near Qi Cheng's study just like in the plot, as if they were secretly going through Chencang.

"Madam." Lu Changqing held Xie Yuanshuang and said, "I think we shouldn't be so troublesome. I've been sitting in a carriage for more than half a month, and I'm really tired. Otherwise, you can just find me a room next to your yard for me to rest for two days. Once the general gives me the money, I will move out immediately."

Xie Yuanshuang paused, turned around and looked at Lu Changqing, "Are you planning to move out of the house?"

Lu Changqing nodded as a matter of course, "Yes, the general took me back only because he was grateful for my life-saving grace. After he gives me money to thank me for saving my life, I will leave here."

"You...you want money?" Shouldn't you want talents?

Xie Yuanshuang was really confused. How come this didn’t match up at all with her previous life?

"Look at what you said, Madam. I followed you all the way to the capital. What else do I want if not money? It can't be for the general, right? He's already married, and I won't be his concubine."

Xie Yuanshuang breathed a sigh of relief. This was right. In her previous life, this woman had the same attitude. She said they would be together for life and that she would never be a mistress. In the end, Qi Cheng compromised and married this woman as his co-wife.

Seeing the look on Xie Yuanshuang's face, Lu Changqing suddenly remembered that Fang Ming'e was married as a concubine in the plot. She was afraid that she would think the other party was mistaken, so she quickly said, "I don't like married men either. Either don't have one, or I want a brand new one."

Xie Yuanshuang: ...You were not like this in your previous life.

In the end, Xie Yuanshuang arranged Lu Changqing to live next door to the yard where she lived. It was not that she took the initiative to make such an arrangement, but the other party insisted on living next door to her.

Xie Yuanshuang was a little uneasy about the current Fang Ming'e. Her style of doing things was completely different from that of her previous life. In her previous life, Fang Ming'e was fawning and trying to please the old lady, but she was aggressive, hostile and contemptuous towards her. But the current Fang Ming'e neither tried to please the old lady nor was she hostile to her for no reason. She even disliked Qi Chengcheng for being related to her.

Could it be that the other party was also reborn? Was he doing this to let her guard down?

But this change is too big, it feels like a different person.

Xie Yuanshuang couldn't understand what Lu Changqing was up to, so she decided to sit back and wait and see.

With the help of the maids, Lu Changqing washed his face and feet, and fell asleep without even eating.

This body was really in pain and tired. Although it was sitting in a horse-drawn carriage, the roads in ancient times were not as flat as modern asphalt roads. They were all bumpy mud roads. It was shaking all the way from the border to the capital, and its bones were almost falling apart.

I don’t know how long I slept, but there was a rhythmic knock on the door.

Lu Changqing speechlessly opened her eyes from the bed and turned to look at the sky outside. She knew who it was without even looking who came to knock on her door so late at night.

Qi Cheng saw that there was no movement in the room, so he knocked a few more times and asked, "Ming'e, are you awake?"

Lu Changqing stretched his neck and shouted to the people outside the house: "He's not awake yet, he's still sleeping."

Qi Cheng: ...

"Mother said you haven't eaten since you came back. Ming'e, get up and eat something before you rest."

Ming'e, Ming'e, Ming'e, Ni Daddy! Why don't you stand outside the door with a loudspeaker and shout? In the middle of the night, you, a man, come knocking on her door. Are you afraid that others don't know that they have a close relationship?

"General, I'm not hungry, thank you for your kindness." Lu Changqing controlled his temper and continued to drive people away.

"You haven't eaten all afternoon, how can you not be hungry?"

Lu Changqing: "Oh, I drank all the water for washing feet before going to bed this afternoon, and I am not hungry at all now."

Qi Cheng's mouth twitched, "Ming'e, stop joking."

Lu Changqing: "General, you see, I still have the energy to joke with you. This means I'm really not hungry. It's late at night, you should leave quickly. I'm a virgin, and it's not good for you, a married man, to be seen standing at my door. How will outsiders look at me if it gets out?"

Qi Cheng said apologetically, "I was inconsiderate. I'll leave Chu Xia here to serve you. If you're hungry, ask her to go to the kitchen and bring you some food."

"No need, Madam has arranged for someone to serve me. General, please go back if you have nothing else to do."

"Okay, then you have a good rest, I'll see you tomorrow—"

"Okay, okay! I'm going to sleep. Take care, General!" Without waiting for Qi Cheng to finish, Lu Changqing issued an order to expel the guests like a string of cannonballs.

Hearing the noise coming from outside the door, the person finally climbed up. Lu Changqing cursed inwardly, "You're crazy!", turned over to face the wall, covered his head with the quilt and continued to sleep.

After leaving the courtyard where Lu Changqing lived, Qi Cheng felt uncomfortable all over. When he was in the military camp, he could clearly feel that Fang Ming'e was interested in him, otherwise he would not have brought her back to the mansion with such fanfare. But now Fang Ming'e's attitude towards him made him unsure.

Logically speaking, he came to see her at night, she should be happy, why did she chase him away? Was she really afraid of affecting her own reputation?

But she would become his concubine sooner or later, and he didn't care about her reputation, otherwise he would not have let her, a woman, stay in the military camp full of men.

Xie Yuanshuang was sitting at the dinner table with Rong Guanhua, waiting for Qi Cheng. She had just said that Fang Ming'e had told her in the afternoon not to call her for dinner in the evening. Qi Cheng thought she was lying and insisted on going there in person. She wanted to see if Qi Cheng could actually invite someone over.

If he was invited, it means Fang Ming'e said that on purpose in the afternoon, of course, in order to sow discord between them and embarrass her; if he was not invited, it means Fang Ming'e was serious and Qi Cheng would be the one who was embarrassed.

In fact, whether or not she could invite someone over didn't matter to Xie Yuanshuang now, because she no longer loved Qi Cheng, and didn't care about the so-called husband-wife relationship between them. Facing Fang Ming'e's provocation, she was not afraid at all, and even hoped that Fang Ming'e could do more. The Qi family could give up their reputation, but Xie Yuanshuang still wanted it. If Fang Ming'e and Qi Cheng didn't commit suicide, how could she escape from the quagmire of the Qi family as a perfect victim?

So when Xie Yuanshuang saw Qi Cheng coming back alone, she felt a little disappointed.

Rong Guanhua's face looked very bad. For the sake of a woman, his son actually made his old mother wait by the dinner table. He was so concerned about her before she was even taken into the mansion. If she was really taken in, his mother would probably have to wait behind a concubine.

Qi Cheng lifted his robe and sat down. Seeing that his mother looked unhappy, he quickly put on a smile and put a dish in her bowl with chopsticks: "It's all my fault. I kept you waiting for so long."

Rong Guanhua was angry, but she was doing it mostly for Xie Yuanshuang who was standing beside her to see. Her son was now bewitched by the vixen, but her mind was still clear.

"Am I the only one waiting at this table for a long time?" Rong Guanhua spoke in a deliberately calm voice, seemingly angry at Qi Cheng's behavior, but in fact he was giving him a way out and asking him to coax Xie Yuanshuang.

Qi Cheng was not stupid either. When he saw his mother winking at him, he reached his chopsticks into the plate of asparagus and meat in front of him, picked up a piece of meat and put it in Xie Yuanshuang's bowl, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. After all, Ming'e... Miss is my lifesaver. She came from afar and this is her first day at our house. I want to be a good host. Please don't be suspicious, Yuanshuang."

Xie Yuanshuang glanced at the meat in the bowl, raised her head and looked at Qi Cheng with a smile, "No, I believe in my husband."

Looking at Xie Yuanshuang's clear eyes, the trust in those eyes made Qi Cheng feel a little guilty. He didn't dare to look her in the eye again and avoided her gaze awkwardly.

At the dinner table, Rong Guanhua urged Qi Cheng to eat more, saying that he had lost weight due to hunger at the border, and was busy caring about Qi Cheng. Qi Cheng, with tears in his eyes, followed her in acting out the motherly and filial piety act, saying, "You pick up the meat for me, and I serve you the dishes." Neither the mother nor the son noticed Xie Yuanshuang's action of throwing the meat.

She doesn't want a heartless man, and she doesn't want the meat that a man gives her.