Female Master: Why doesn’t my wife love me yet?

The woman raised her fist and hit the thin little boy on the ground again and again. He bit his lip and held the wallet tighter. Seeing that he still refused to let go of her wallet, the woman twisted his ear again.

"Little bastard, do you believe I will beat you to death today?"

The little boy was very stubborn. He looked around and suddenly, he was slapped in the face.

The woman was a little annoyed. She had gone out shopping with her maid, but unexpectedly was bumped by a little boy at the corner. When she came to her senses, her wallet was gone.

She reacted very quickly and chased in the direction the little boy left. After finding him, she held him down and asked him to hand over his wallet.

The woman slapped the boy with such force that his head was buzzing and he saw stars, but he knew he couldn't let go.

He has a younger brother waiting for him at home, and he needs money to treat his brother's illness. If he had not had no choice, he would not have stolen money.

When the woman was about to raise her hand to lower it, someone suddenly grabbed her wrist. She looked at the person who stopped her impatiently and said viciously, "What? Are you in cahoots with that little bastard?"

The little boy looked up and saw a very beautiful woman. She was wearing brocade and silk, and her hair was simply tied up. She had a faint smile on her face and said calmly, "Of course not."

The woman tried to pull her hand out of her grasp, but found that she was extremely strong. No matter how hard she tried, her wrist would not budge in her grasp.

She immediately became annoyed and said, "Stop meddling in other people's business. If you want to save him, compensate me for the money he stole from me."

However, Gu Qingyuan just shook his head, stretched out his hand to the little boy, frowned slightly and said, "Hand over your wallet."

The boy held his wallet tighter.

Gu Qingyuan continued, "If you don't hand over your wallet, I'll send you to the government office right now. If you hand it over, I can give you double the money."

The little boy looked at Gu Qingyuan suspiciously. Is she really so kind?

While he was hesitating, the woman had snatched the wallet from his arms, opened it and counted it, and shouted: "I have ten taels of silver in here. Did you secretly spend it, you little bastard? Otherwise, why is there only five taels left?"

The little boy blushed after being accused by her and said anxiously, "I didn't spend a penny. You are slandering me!"

The woman sneered and said, "How can anyone believe what a pickpocket like you says? You owe me five taels of silver. Come on, come home with me!"

She saw that the little boy was quite good-looking, although he looked still young, but it didn't matter, he would be fine when he grew up.

Gu Qingyuan easily pulled the wallet out of the woman's hand. "Since you said you lost ten taels of silver, then this wallet with five taels of silver is definitely not yours."

The woman was choked by Gu Qingyuan's words. She raised her voice and said, "Why isn't it mine? I even remember what this wallet looks like. This little bastard must have secretly taken the money and spent it."

The little boy was about to cry. He said, "There is really only five taels of silver in here. I didn't touch a single ounce of it."

"Bah, you must have secretly spent it. Either compensate me with the money or come home with me."

She looked at the little boy with malicious eyes, which made people feel uncomfortable.

The little boy stepped back to hide. There were already people watching around, talking about the matter.

"Alas, it seems I still have to be careful when going out at night."

"Yeah, there's a chance our wallet might be stolen. Let's go home early."

"This guy is really something. He stole other people's money and spent it. When he was found, he refused to admit it."

"If you ask me, a good beating would make him behave himself."

The little boy kept shaking his head. "I didn't. I swear to God I didn't take a penny from it!"

Gu Qingyuan picked up the wallet and waved it in front of the woman. The woman reached out to grab it, but Gu Qingyuan suddenly raised it high, leaving the woman empty-handed.

"He's so young, how did he spend five taels of silver in such a short time?"

Gu Qingyuan glanced at the little boy casually. His clothes were ragged, and they looked like they were made of several pieces of rags. The shoes on his feet were so torn that his big toe was exposed.

“Who knows what he spent it on.”

The woman muttered.

Gu Qingyuan suddenly grabbed the little boy, lifted him up, and then shook him like pouring water. The sudden loss of weight frightened the little boy so much that he closed his eyes.

However, Gu Qingyuan shook him a few times, but nothing fell out of him. "You said he spent the money, but he clearly has nothing on him now."

"Say... maybe he gave the money to someone else."

"You also said it was just a possibility. Think about it carefully. Is there really ten taels of silver in here?"

"I remember now. Here is five taels of silver. Please return my wallet to me."

Gu Qingyuan sneered and then threw the wallet to her. "Okay, now you understand?"

The woman nodded and took her wallet.

Then he left with his maid.

After the people left, Gu Qingyuan looked at the ragged little boy and asked him, "Why did you steal? Didn't your parents teach you that stealing is wrong?"

The little boy shook his head, looking confused.

"I don't have any parents, only a younger brother."

It turned out that he was an orphan. Gu Qingyuan looked at him with some pity.

The little boy raised his head again and asked her, "You said just now that if I return the wallet to her, you would give me double the money, right? Then, does that still count now?"

The little boy said this, twisting his hands together nervously and lowering his head.

Ten taels of silver was no big deal for Gu Qingyuan, but she didn't want to give it to him so easily.

"Of course it counts, but..."

When the little boy heard the first half of the sentence, his eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly asked, "But what?"

"You need to take me to see your brother."

She had to figure out what was going on.

The little boy readily agreed and took Gu Qingyuan to a dilapidated temple.

Gu Qingyuan and Chunfen followed the little boy over. When they got there, they saw a person lying on the hay who looked exactly like the little boy. Gu Qingyuan looked at him, then at his brother, and asked him, "Are you twins?"

He nodded.

The little boy continued, "My name is Zhaomei, my brother's name is Panmei, and we are fourteen years old this year."

"fourteen?"

Gu Qingyuan was stunned when she saw their small bodies that looked like little boys of eight or nine years old.

If he hadn't told her, she would have thought the two brothers were at most ten years old.

After Zhaomei finished speaking, she helped Panmei, who was lying on the hay. Panmei looked very weak, and her mouth was so dry that it was almost cracked.

He was dying and said, "Brother, am I going to die?"

"Don't talk nonsense," Zhao Mei scolded him, then looked at Gu Qingyuan, "My parents don't want us anymore, so we can only pick up garbage to eat at night."