Era: The naive beauty charmed the villain!

"Oh my, twins, how lovely that sounds, hehe."

The villagers, their curiosity satisfied and knowing it was getting late, gradually dispersed and went to work, laughing and joking.

Ugly Girl breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no one paid attention to her, and quickly quickened her pace toward the Gu family.

When Gu Qingsong saw Chou Ya enter the courtyard, he nodded to her, greeted Lin An'an, and went out to work.

The children had already drunk their fill of milk and fallen asleep. Lin An'an sat by the bed, eating her breakfast while watching the children.

Seeing Ugly Girl come in, he quickly invited her to sit down and eat with him.

It was originally agreed that Ugly Girl's "reward" for taking care of Lin An'an and the child at the Gu family's house would be three meals a day, and this has been the case for some time now.

So Ugly Girl didn't stand on ceremony with Lin An'an. When she heard someone calling her, she went up to get breakfast and started eating.

Lin An'an slurped up the chicken soup noodles, her eyes shining.

Even though they were at home and no one could overhear them, he still leaned closer, lowered his voice, and asked Ugly Girl mysteriously, "Have you heard about that?"

Ugly Girl paused, her hand still holding the steamed bun she was stuffing into her mouth, and gave Lin An'an an innocent look.

That thing? Which thing?

She was stopped on her way here, so Lin An'an couldn't possibly have found out so quickly, right?

Besides, the villagers were just curious and asked about the children's genders. It shouldn't be worth Lin An'an's mysterious and gossipy expression, right?

Lin An'an gave Ugly Girl several meaningful glances, but seeing that she still couldn't understand what she meant, she became anxious.

I couldn't help but point it out: "It's about that male educated youth, Gao Jingxuan, at the educated youth settlement!"

Ugly Girl suddenly realized, "Oh, that's what it was about!"

Ugly Girl took a bite of the steamed bun, then stuffed a mouthful of crisp dried radish into her mouth, and squinted her eyes happily.

While chewing the food in her mouth, she didn't forget to respond to Lin An'an's words.

"You mean the story about the male educated youth? Everyone in the village has been talking about it these past few days."

Lin An'an immediately became excited upon hearing this.

Gu Qingsong was a man of few words, and when he had something to say, he would say it like a news report. He was not a good subject for gossip at all, which made her very anxious.

Now that she had finally run into Ugly Girl, Lin An'an grabbed her chopsticks and started gossiping, eagerly asking, "I've been at home the whole time, so I haven't heard much. Can you tell me more about it?"

Ugly Girl hummed twice, then pointed at the chicken noodle soup with her finger holding half a steamed bun, indicating that Lin An'an should eat the noodles while listening to her.

Lin An'an picked up a mouthful of noodles with her chopsticks, adjusted her posture, and prepared to listen carefully to the gossip.

Lin An'an used to prefer staying at home and didn't go out often.

But there's a big difference between not wanting to go out and being forbidden from going out.

Before, I could go out, but I didn't want to. Now, I'm in postpartum confinement, and I can't go out even if I want to.

Although only a few days have passed, Lin An'an feels that she is already bored to death. Although there is food and drink during the postpartum period, it is really too boring.

Now she has gossip to listen to, but it's all from her "old acquaintances"—the male protagonist from the original story. Lin An'an is really excited about it.

Ugly Girl took another bite of her steamed bun before saying, "That male educated youth was named Gao Jingxuan, right?"

Lin An'an slurped up her noodles, her eyes wide open, and nodded in affirmation.

Ugly Girl continued, "He seems to be sick; he's been lying in the educated youth settlement for several days without going out."