After being reborn, her aloof ex-husband and her crazy deceased husband got into a fight.

"Ah Cai, what are you planning to do next?" Zhu Xiaoxiao asked.

Gan Cai'er had a headache; in truth, she didn't have a particularly good solution. Neither she nor Meng Yu's men could possibly watch over Mei Wanqing every single day. And even if they did, it wasn't certain they could offer any real help.

After all, within the Mei residence, it was still Lü Zhi's domain.

Fortunately, Meng Yu was there this time, and fortunately, Gan Cai'er's gamble paid off; Mei Qingru still had a sliver of maternal affection for Mei Wanqing. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for her and Zhu Xiaoxiao to leave the Mei residence smoothly.

After this incident, Lü Zhiding would definitely hold a grudge against the two of them. It would be impossible for them to go to the Mei residence again anytime soon.

"I do have an idea," Zhu Xiaoxiao suddenly said, seeing Gan Cai'er at a loss.

"What good ideas do you have? Tell me quickly, tell me quickly," Gan Cai'er urged.

"The key to this matter lies with Mei Wanqing. She needs to realize the danger and take action to save herself. Otherwise, even if others are watching over her constantly, it might be too late."

"The biggest problem now is that Mei Wanqing doesn't feel that she is in any danger at all, and she trusts Madam Mei completely. That's the real problem."

"Therefore, I think the first thing to do is to make Mei Wanqing truly understand her situation."

Gan Cai'er nodded, agreeing with Zhu Xiaoxiao.

"But how can we make her understand? She has been educated by Madam Mei since childhood, and her ideas are already deeply ingrained."

“A storybook!” Zhu Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows and said with a smile.

"Great! This is great!" Gan Cai'er's eyes lit up, she clapped her hands and exclaimed "Great!" repeatedly.

Mei Wanqing's timidity, inferiority complex, and feeling that everything is her fault mainly stem from Lü Zhi's confinement of her, preventing her from contacting the outside world.

Vernacular stories, on the other hand, provided an excellent outlet. No one with nothing better to do enjoy reading them for amusement. Vernacular stories could bring a real, colorful, and cruel world to Mei Wanqing.

Gan Cai'er had already decided to pick out several novels about stepmothers abusing their children and the children's resilience for Mei Wanqing. As she was making these plans, another question suddenly occurred to her.

"But how can we get the storybook into the Mei residence for her?"

Gan Cai'er didn't think that she could simply send a servant to deliver the storybook to Mei Wanqing.

"Hey, hey, hey..." Zhu Xiaoxiao suddenly laughed, looking like she was looking on gossip.

Gan Cai'er had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, the next moment, Zhu Xiaoxiao winked at her and said, "Of course, we'll have to rely on your second husband!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Gan Cai'er was so angry that she reached out to pinch him.

Zhu Xiaoxiao smiled and turned away.

"Hey, I'm talking about serious matters." Zhu Xiaoxiao kept talking while dodging, "Tell me, besides him, who else has this ability?"

The two chased and played around for a while before stopping, panting.

“Ah Cai, it’s safest to ask him for help with this. Besides, he’s already going to send someone to keep an eye on Mei Wanqing for you, so this is just right.”

Zhu Xiaoxiao lay sprawled on the chaise longue, panting.

“But I don’t want to go to him again and again. If I get too involved with him, it will be too difficult to get rid of him later.” Gan Cai’er frowned.

Zhu Xiaoxiao suddenly sat up, looked at Gan Cai'er, and asked with great curiosity, "Cai'er, what do you really think about Lan Tingzhou and Meng Yu?"

"What do you mean, what were you thinking?" Gan Cai'er asked, looking puzzled.

"So, who do you plan to spend your life with in the future?"

"I'm not going to go with anyone." Gan Cai'er rolled her eyes at her.

In Gan Cai'er's mind, she made the distinction very clear. Lan Tingzhou belonged to Shen Yunxi, while Meng Yu belonged to all his wives and concubines. Although Meng Yu repeatedly said that he would not marry Mei Wanyin and only wanted to marry her, she didn't believe him at all.

Gan Cai'er's obsession and expectations for love have been completely buried in the blizzard of her past life. In this life, she dares not, and does not want to, believe in any love again.

Without expectations, there will be no harm.

Although she sometimes couldn't help but feel sad, it was always better than the excruciating pain of having her heart ripped out.

What she's thinking about now is that once Lan Tingzhou becomes the top scholar in the imperial examination, she'll hand him over to Shen Yunxi. Then, after avenging herself in her past life, she'll take Xiao Hong back to Qingshui Town, where she can live happily ever after with her parents, brothers, and younger brother.

If she could find a reliable son-in-law to live with her family and help her look after the house or shop, that would be perfect. If not, she wouldn't insist.

In the end, after much deliberation, Gan Cai'er adopted Zhu Xiaoxiao's suggestion. After all, human life was more important; as for the future, they could deal with it later.

So, she and Zhu Xiaoxiao picked out a whole bunch of stories about family feuds and the secrets of high-ranking families, then slipped in a letter for Mei Wanqing and asked someone to deliver them to Meng Yu.

Looking at the huge pile of storybooks, Meng Yu felt a toothache. What kind of rubbish were these books! But despite his complaints, he still arranged for someone to deliver all the storybooks and letters to Mei Wanqing.

While Gan Cai'er was busy with Mei Wanqing's affairs, Lan Tingzhou finally received the news he had been waiting for.

Lu Qingning knocked on the door of Lan Tingzhou's study.

"Tingzhou, Boss Huang is back."