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

"What?! You're not leaving?!" Chu Mingyuan's eyes widened like saucers.

"Look, I can walk now?"

Meng Yu unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his shoulders. On his fair, lean muscles, there were two very obvious bruises, each the size of a fist, bluish-purple in color, which looked rather frightening.

"So, this is all the injury you've got?" Chu Mingyuan scoffed, "This injury isn't even as bad as the one your brother got when he beat you. How come you can't walk?"

"Anyway, I can't leave; I need to recover from my injuries." Meng Yu was too lazy to say more, displaying a roguish and irresponsible demeanor. He pulled up his collar and casually lay down to the side.

Chu Mingyuan laughed in exasperation.

"So how long do you plan to keep it?"

"It will take about ten days to half a month to recover. But it's going to get very cold soon, and it won't be convenient to travel. I think I'll wait until next spring when the flowers bloom before I go back."

"No, Meng San. You're about to get engaged to Mei Wanyin, aren't you going back?!"

Chu Mingyuan was truly shocked.

Although Meng Yu ran away from home because he was annoyed by the arranged marriage his family had arranged for him, as a son of a noble family, he still had to do what he was supposed to do. Whether Meng Yu liked it or not, whether he accepted it or not, the marriage was going to happen.

He was aware of this, and so was Meng Yu.

So, why did this person suddenly decide not to go back?

Upon hearing this, Meng Yu raised an eyebrow, glanced at Chu Mingyuan sideways, and said lazily, "Without me, they still can't get engaged?"

"Don't even mention engagement, even if it's marriage, if I don't go back, they won't delay it. They can even hold the wedding ceremony with a big rooster."

"Meng San, just keep acting up!" Chu Mingyuan said helplessly. "Then I have to go back first, and I'll set off the day after tomorrow."

"Go, go, go, hurry up and leave." Meng Yu waved his hand, then suddenly he thought of something and spread his hand out in front of him.

"Before you leave, lend me 1,500 taels of silver."

"Fifteen hundred taels?!" Chu Mingyuan was startled. "Meng San, what do you need so much money for? Do you want to buy land and a house here?"

"Not really." Meng Yu smiled casually. "I need to recuperate, so I need to rent a courtyard."

"How much would it cost to rent a courtyard? Even if you rented the entire Du family mansion, it wouldn't cost more than 1,500 taels."

"Chu Laoyao, why are you being so long-winded? Just tell me whether you'll give it to me or not."

Chu Mingyuan glanced at Meng Yu twice but didn't reply.

As a close friend who hung out with Meng Yu for years, he could guess to some extent what Meng Yu was thinking.

Ever since returning from Zhushan County, Meng Yu has been acting strangely, often laughing to himself, which gives Chu Mingyuan goosebumps and makes him feel uneasy.

He thought to himself, "Could this guy have really been beaten up and gotten sick?"

"That Miss Zhu is quite good-looking and seems gentle and well-behaved, but I never expected her to be so ruthless," Chu Mingyuan remarked.

“It’s not her, it’s her cousin.” Meng Yu lifted his eyelids slightly.

"What?!?!" Chu Mingyuan's jaw dropped in shock.

Although Meng Yu is known for his womanizing ways, I've never seen him show any interest in men! Or is it that women can no longer satisfy him?

Chu Mingyuan looked dumbfounded, and Meng Yu said with great disdain, "She's a woman disguised as a man."

Oh I got it.

Chu Mingyuan's startled heart returned to normal. He recalled the information he had gathered earlier, thought for a moment, and then said, "Is Miss Zhu's cousin actually Lady Lan in disguise?"

"Mm." Meng Yu nodded.

Chu Mingyuan felt obligated to offer his friend some advice.

"Meng San, Lady Lan has been married for over a year."

"So what?" Meng Yu raised an eyebrow.

Chu Mingyuan choked, unsure of what to say next.

"Since when can a married woman not be seen by others?" Meng Yu's expression was lazy, and his words revealed his unruliness and arrogance.

With just that one sentence, Chu Mingyuan knew that he couldn't persuade him otherwise.

Meng Yu is a fearless and arrogant man with no bottom line.

He doesn't bully men or women, not because he's incapable of it, but because it's unnecessary or beneath him to do so. There's nothing worth going to such lengths for, but if the need arose, he wouldn't hesitate to do it.

"If you get beaten to death, don't say you knew me." Chu Mingyuan sighed heavily, then took out a stack of silver notes and threw them at Meng Yu.

"Alright, I know what I'm doing." Meng Yu slowly picked up the silver note, a casual smile on his face.

"You have no sense of propriety whatsoever! Have you forgotten last year when you delivered plum blossoms to Miss Li, and then went to raid Lord Li's backyard in the dead of night, only to be chased by Lord Li who threatened to break your legs?"

"Heh, well, it didn't hit."

"But you ruined Miss Li's marriage, and you didn't want to marry her, which almost made her become a nun."

"Flowers are given to beautiful women. Does that mean I have to marry a girl every time I give her a flower? That's ridiculous! Besides, she married quite well in the end." Meng Yu smiled, unconcerned.

"Meng San, I think you're going to get yourself killed sooner or later."

"You should know that when a woman gets ruthless, she can be far more terrifying than a man."

"Hahaha, to die beneath a peony is to die a romantic death. What do I have to fear?"

Without Gan Cai'er's knowledge, Meng Yu rented a courtyard and settled down not far from the Lan family's courtyard.

In the Lan family courtyard

"Mr. Zhang, what big business did you get? You seem so happy," Gan Cai'er asked with a smile.

Mr. Zhang sat down in the front hall, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile, "It's a distinguished person who has taken a liking to your design and wants to order a batch of clothes for all four seasons, four pieces for each season, for a total of sixteen pieces."

"The other party offered two hundred taels per garment, sixteen garments totaling three thousand two hundred taels! Lady Lan, three thousand two hundred taels!!"

Mr. Zhang was so happy he couldn't stop smiling.

The value of this single order is equivalent to more than half a year's worth of business for Jinxiufang. No wonder Boss Zhang couldn't wait a moment longer and came straight to the Lan family's courtyard to find Gan Cai'er.

Hearing about such a large order, Gan Cai'er was very happy and immediately called Zhu Xiaoxiao, and they were about to go to Jinxiufang.