Transmigrated Leftover Woman in Rural Style

At first, Li Xiaonuan didn't realize Zhou Liufeng's excessive closeness. By the time she realized his intentions, his overly arrogant face was already inches away. Li Xiaonuan was frozen in place, not daring to move an inch.

Seeing that Zhou Liufeng's face had become a blur, Li Xiaonuan subconsciously closed her eyes. Perhaps, she was also expecting something.

"Sis, are you setting the house on fire?" Xiao Gang's voice came from afar.

The sudden shout startled the two who were completely absorbed in their conversation. Li Xiaonuan abruptly opened her eyes and plopped down on the ground. Zhou Liu jumped to his feet, turning his back to Li Xiaonuan, unable to look at her.

Li Xiaonuan awkwardly got up from the ground, quickly pulled up a stool and sat down, pretending to look at the fire intently. Little did she know that the blush covering her entire face had already betrayed her excitement.

Zhou Liufeng stiffly turned back to look at Li Xiaonuan, left with the words "I'll go out and take a look first," and ran off as if fleeing. Li Xiaonuan breathed a huge sigh of relief after he left. She patted her chest to calm her racing heart.

"Brother Liu Fei, so you were in the kitchen just now. Brother Liu Fei, are you feeling unwell? Why is your face so red? Brother Liu Fei, you must have been bothered by the smoke."

As Xiaogang's incessant chatter continued, Li Xiaonuan realized she was getting hotter and hotter. Looking at the already blazing fire, Li Xiaonuan automatically attributed it all to the fire getting too big.

"Brother Liu Fei, there's a big rock under your feet!" Following Xiao Gang's warning was a loud "plop." It sounded like someone had tripped.

"Brother Liu Fei, are you alright? I told you you were sick. Look at you, your whole body is so red and you're burning up." Xiao Gang's clear, youthful voice, still not yet puberty, kept coming. Li Xiaonuan felt an awkwardness filling the air in the kitchen.

"Xiaogang, I'm fine. Go help your sister, she won't be able to start a fire today." After saying this, Zhou Liufeng ran out of the Li family's courtyard.

Xiao Gang watched from behind, looking completely bewildered. Unable to figure it out, he obediently went to the kitchen. Sure enough, Li Xiaonuan had somehow managed to stuff a large handful of firewood into the stove, and the kitchen instantly filled with smoke again.

"Sis, what did you do today? How come you can't even start a fire?" Xiao Gang ran into the kitchen, relit the fire, and then questioned Li Xiaonuan.

Li Xiaonuan stammered guiltily, "No, it's just that those people were too noisy, and I got annoyed."

Xiao Gang didn't let Li Xiaonuan off the hook, saying, "Brother Liu Fei just ran out of the kitchen, and his face and neck were all red from the smoke, just like yours. Oh, Brother Liu Fei couldn't see clearly because of the smoke, and he tripped and fell."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaonuan, who was about to drink some water to cool down, choked instantly. She looked at Xiaogang somewhat embarrassed, wanting to stop him from speaking. Strange, Xiaogang rarely talked this much.

Actually, Xiao Gang was acting very strangely today. Mainly because he witnessed that scene—Zhou Liufeng bringing his face close to Li Xiaonuan's. So Xiao Gang panicked, feeling that something bad was about to happen at home. That's why he spoke up and ruined that "good thing."

After breakfast, Grandma Yu stepped into the kitchen with a big smile on her face, ignoring the cries and commotion outside the yard.

"Xiao Nuan, Grandma will go to Wutong Temple later to choose an auspicious day for you two to get things done. It'll also bring good luck to your old lady and help her recover faster." Grandma Yu smiled smugly.

Li Xiaonuan was completely confused and subconsciously asked, "Mother-in-law, what auspicious day are you talking about? What are we doing there?"

Grandma Yu looked at the bewildered Li Xiaonuan and chuckled, "Hahaha, look at our Xiaonuan, even at a time like this, she's still so good at hiding things. Alright, Grandma knows. I'm going to discuss it with your parents first."

After Granny Yu left the kitchen, Li Xiaonuan finally understood the meaning behind her words. Now, Li Xiaonuan's feelings were complicated. She felt she should have stopped it. But the incident in the kitchen earlier seemed to be protesting against her hypocritical thoughts.

After tidying up the kitchen, Li Xiaonuan went to the backyard somewhat absentmindedly. She needed to think things through. After all, marriage is a lifelong commitment. Especially in this era, the concept of divorce hasn't been widely promoted. So, even if faced with an unbearable marriage, most people would just swallow their pride and bear it, closing their eyes and continuing on.

In the west corner of the backyard, two magnolia trees were planted separately. According to Li Xiaonuan's blueprints, that spot would become the moon gate to the front yard of their new home. The two magnolia trees were well cared for, and several new leaves sprouted after they were planted.

Without realizing it, Li Xiaonuan thought of the bunch of magnolia branches that Wei Yu had sent over, which were in full bloom. At the time, Li Xiaonuan hadn't thought much about Wei Yu's intentions, and just assumed that he was expressing a friendly cooperative relationship.

But after Xiao Si's several intentional or unintentional attempts to play matchmaker, Li Xiaonuan couldn't help but start overthinking. Wei Yu must have been using her as a substitute for that person, transferring his unspeakable emotions onto her.

That's the tragedy of looking like someone else. Take Qi Ji, for example. If Li Xiaonuan hadn't looked like Chu Lin, her father's treatment wouldn't have gone so smoothly. Wei Yu probably only pestered her to buy the milk tortilla recipe because she looked like Chu Lin.

Everything, it all stems from this face. Li Xiaonuan once asked Su about her maternal grandparents' family. It was a mysterious family, a family that seemed to never exist.

As for Su, she seemed to appear out of thin air. She married Li's father and then devoted herself to her husband and raising their children. It's said that when Su appeared in Niushan County, she was already quite capable. Farming, firewood gathering, housework, animal husbandry—she was a master at everything.

At that time, Su was accompanied by an old woman with gray hair. Su called her "Mother." However, after Su married Li, the old woman disappeared. No matter how the Li family asked, Su refused to speak.

At the time, the people in that mountain village all said that the old woman was a human trafficker. She specifically abducted young girls like Su and sold them to men in the mountains to be wives. But the Li family knew that Su married into the Li family without even asking for a dowry. In fact, she even had several pieces of valuable jewelry as part of her dowry.

"Are you really going to get engaged to Zhou Liufeng?" A clear and pleasant mature male voice came from behind.

Without turning around, Li Xiaonuan knew who was asking her. But why was that person here? Therefore, don't talk about people during the day, or they might silently appear behind you.

Turning around, Li Xiaonuan took a deep breath and replied, "Yes, the elders are already discussing it. So it must be true."

Wei Yu's smile stiffened slightly, but he still asked calmly, "As far as I know, Li Xiaonuan is not a woman who can be manipulated. Why don't you choose your own fiancé?"

Li Xiaonuan smiled wryly: "Can the younger generation change the decisions of their elders? Besides, I think Brother Liu Fei is a good person, someone I can entrust my life to."

Wei Yu then put away his flamboyant folding fan and said to Li Xiaonuan with a slightly more serious tone, "I don't know how well you know Zhou Liufeng. But I can tell you with certainty that he is not your ideal man. At least, before he mentioned those past events to you, he was not good enough for you."

Li Xiaonuan replied nonchalantly, "Yes, Brother Liu Fei will tell me everything. After all, we're about to get engaged."