Favoring the concubine and killing the wife? She divorced the concubine and lived with her concubine

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"Where are you going? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Oh, the master suddenly wants to hold a banquet, and we servants have to run ourselves to pieces, right?" A man who looked like a servant walked hurriedly over and asked for chicken and meat from the street vendors.

Xiao Zongshan and his wife had a light diet. The dishes prepared in the courtyard were usually exquisite but not large in quantity. Now that they suddenly announced a banquet, the servants in the house were in a state of panic and began to scramble to prepare.

"Who did Master Xiao invite? Why didn't he prepare in advance?"

"My dear grandson, go out with his father..."

"Oh, I heard that Master Sun is gone. Is that true?"

"Really? Master Sun is gone, and the young master of the Sun family was also kidnapped. He was rescued by this man. Today is to thank this benefactor, so I prepared it in a hurry. I won't tell you anymore, I'm too busy."

"The master of the Sun family is dead? Then Mrs. Sun is a widow?" The passerby actually asked.

The servant replied while buying what the butler wanted.

"Mrs. Sun will inherit the family business in the future, so she can just be a widow and take care of her son."

"Give the family property to Madam Sun? The Xiao family has such a large fortune?" Passersby were incredulous.

"Yes, the Xiao family's previous ancestor was a woman, so the Xiao family has this saying. Moreover, Madam Sun has a biological son by her side. Now that her biological son's father's family is completely gone, doesn't this mean that he is the heir to the Xiao family?"

"What kind of heir is this? Isn't the son's surname Sun?"

"As long as he is willing, can't he just change his surname? The Xiao family has such a big business, but they are reluctant to change their son's surname?" The servant didn't care. Besides, he had already heard that several parents said the same thing in the ancestral hall that day.

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"Jiye, come with me to fly a kite."

The person who was speaking was a little girl about ten years old. She looked a little different from the people here. She had deep eyes, a small and high nose bridge, and thick and dense eyelashes on her double eyelids. She looked particularly beautiful when she blinked.

"Well... Sister Xin'er should go too."

Sun Jiye turned around and tried to pull Xin'er, but the little girl looked at Xin'er with a look of disgust on her face.

"She's too young to fly a kite. Don't let her go. She might fall and get into trouble."

"Yaoyao, my sister is under observation. It won't be a problem for her to play with you guys. Don't worry."

Lin Rui smiled and advised his daughter. Lin Yao glanced at her, turned and walked towards Xiner and squatted down.

"Sister, don't run too fast when you play with us later. Be careful, okay?"

Xin'er liked this beautiful young lady very much and nodded seriously, "If Haitang and I hold hands, we won't fall."

"Let's go! Jiye, let's go!"

Lin Yao called out to Sun Jiye, and he ran after her, kite in hand. The two older children ran faster, and Xin'er tugged at Haitang's hand from behind, urging them to hurry up, "Faster...faster!"

Xiao Lan watched the children laughing and joking, feeling a strange sense of relief. Sun Jiye followed Lin Yao, laughing happily, and Xin'er joined in the fun. Even when the kite couldn't be flown for a long time, they were still laughing together.

"...I really don't know how to thank you."

This morning, the man named Lin Rui brought his daughter to bring Sun Jiye back. Sun Jiye held Lin Yao's hand, and when he saw Xiao Lan, he threw himself into his arms and cried for a long time.

There was indeed the wound on his neck that the little beggar had mentioned, but it had been treated very well and bandaged cleanly. Xiao Lan hurried to check other parts of his body, and found no other wounds, so she felt relieved.

Sun Jiye didn't remember much about that day. He only knew there was a commotion outside, and then three masked men rushed into the carriage and knocked him unconscious.

After he woke up, he started to cry out loudly, but the robbers grabbed him by the neck and threw him aside. His neck was scratched and his body was hurt, so he dared not struggle anymore. The robbers asked him to write a letter and send it to the beggar's house, and then took him away.

That night, he saw the robbers fast asleep and his ropes were loose, so he snuck out. A child couldn't find his way through the woods, so he could only run downhill. As he ran, he spotted a caravan camped by the roadside and ran to ask for help.

Lin Rui was the owner of the caravan, having come from Xiangquan Town in the neighboring country to trade in medicinal herbs. He had also saved Sun Jiye, and the robbers had also been chasing them, but the caravan had escorts, and the robbers were no match for them and fled.

"You're so kind, ma'am. It's a simple favor. I felt sorry for the child and thought he was so tired, so I let him rest for half a day. Otherwise, he should have been sent back last night."

Lin Rui's eyes are as deep as ink, his eyebrows are as sharp as peaks, and his cheeks are angular. He is a man that people can't take their eyes off.

Fang Qingqing secretly watched from behind, feeling that this man could be a poster no matter where he was. For a moment, she thought that this man was the most handsome man she had ever met.

"Madam..." Jasmine came from a distance and whispered a few words to Xiao Lan in her ear. Xiao Lan looked at her, frowned, and instantly looked displeased.

Lin Rui seemed to hear something about "banquet" and stood up. His tall figure instantly blocked the sunlight from Xiao Lan's face, and an indescribable herbal fragrance also came over.

"The young master has been sent back, and it's time for us to leave."

"Wait!" Xiao Lan quickly stood up to stop him. "It's nothing important, it's something else, no big deal. Rest here for a while, I'll be right back."

Xiao Lan hurriedly followed Jasmine out, not forgetting to turn around and wave to Lin Rui, telling him not to leave. Lin Rui stood there, seeing her hurried walk with the wind, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

When he turned around and saw that the tea in front of him was full, he noticed Fang Qingqing pouring water for him. He nodded politely in response to Fang Qingqing's silly smile.

It was only when Fang Qingqing saw Lin Rui that she realized that she had been attracted to Su Ze's temperament and had become a mistress without knowing it, all because she had not seen him often enough.

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"Madam, you should take your benefactor with you. Master Xiao is having a grand banquet, and everyone in the neighborhood knows about it. If you don't go, where will Master Xiao save his face?"

The one who came was the old housekeeper of the Xiao family, who had always been with Xiao Zongshan. Xiao Lan had called him "Uncle Dumb" since she could remember. Xiao Lan didn't understand why a person who could speak would be called Uncle Dumb, but she got used to it.

"I said, I won't go." Xiao Lan didn't want to make things difficult for the person who came to deliver the message, but Xiao Zongshan and Madam Xiao showed no concern for Sun Jiye yesterday, and now that he was back, they wanted to put on a show again.

If she had done it before for the money to support her family, she would have forgotten about it, but now she was in no mood to act with them.

At least not today!

She was truly happy today and didn't want her true joy to be covered up by those false illusions!

"Madam, how can I explain this to you when I get back?"

Uncle Ya stood at the door and refused to give in. People passing by outside stopped to look. Xiao Lan didn't want to argue anymore, so she turned around and walked inside. Uncle Ya followed her in.

The servant saw that he was from the Xiao family and didn't know whether to stop him or not. At this time, Li Si came out and shouted at the servant: "Why don't you stop him!"

In Li Si's mind, the head of his family is Xiao Lan. Neither the master nor the mistress of the Xiao family has anything to do with Xiao Lan. He only listens to Xiao Lan.