Ancestors, I told you to seduce the villains, not to turn evil.

"Go where? Does Fei Huainan think he's some big leader? Since we've already torn off all pretense of civility, let's treat each other like strangers from now on."

Fei Zhendong took out his pipe, filled it with tobacco he had grown himself, lit it, and took a puff.

Hearing his wife's words, he immediately retorted.

He still remembered the time when Fei Huainan made him lose face in public.

He only went to apologize last time because he could still return to the army, become a leader, and there would still be a use for him in the future.

Fei Huainan is nothing now. After he comes back, he will at most be a farmer. What else is there for him to care about?

Given Fei Huainan's limited resources, he was afraid that the other party would try to take advantage of him.

Aunt Fei thought it made sense: "Then I'll tell my son and the others later. We can't let Fei Huainan take advantage of us."

Uncle Fei nodded in satisfaction: "That makes sense."

A small village, a cold winter morning.

Fei Huainan rarely stayed in bed.

He held his wife in his arms, her body soft and warm, and even though he was fully conscious, he did not move.

Xu Manman took out a new quilt last night, and the room was warm and cozy, so she slept very soundly.

In the morning, as I opened my eyes to the whistling wind outside, I was met with Fei Huainan's deep gaze.

He propped his head up with one arm and draped the other over her waist. Two buttons on his gray cotton pajamas were undone, revealing his strong collarbone and chest.

Seeing her look over, Fei Huainan's eyes softened.

Xu Manman looked at her loose-fitting pajamas and felt an urge to pull them open and see what was underneath.

That's what she thought, but she didn't dare to do it.

It's best not to bother men early in the morning, since they have important things to do.

She forced herself to look away: "Time to get up."

Yesterday, Ding Huiying told them to get up and come over for breakfast, but Xu Manman refused.

Knowing she couldn't get up, she told Ding Huiying that she didn't need to wait for them.

It's already past eight o'clock, which is normally breakfast time.

Fei Huainan didn't say anything, and directly carried the person into the space.

Go into the room and change your clothes.

Xu Manman was slow at tidying up, while Fei Huainan was fast. By the time she finished and went out, the food was already laid out.

Century egg and lean pork congee, the congee grains are soft and sticky, with a rich aroma of rice.

Braised eggs, and his signature pan-fried buns.

Xu Manman's eyes lit up when she saw breakfast—pan-fried buns! She really wanted to eat them more and more, and if she didn't have them for a while, she would miss them terribly.

Seeing how pleased his wife was, Fei Huainan was very satisfied.

Master is right. No matter how delicious the food is, you should never eat it all at once. You should leave her wanting more so that she will think about it in the future.

After finishing her meal, Xu Manman stepped out of her room. The moment she opened the door, a howling north wind blew in her face, almost blowing away all the oxygen.

Despite being well-covered, the wind seemed to seep into Xu Manman's clothes from every nook and cranny.

Fortunately, she was wearing a high-tech winter coat.

When Xu Manman arrived in the yard, she noticed something was wrong. The soil in the middle of the yard looked different in color from the surrounding soil.

When they left, they looked exactly the same.

The two exchanged a glance and quickly realized something.

The Fei family bought two large pieces of jade underneath. After Fei Huainan and Xu Manman dug them up, Li Wu even brought Li Meng over for a visit.

At that time, they deliberately layered soil and water, and the next day, the soil was rock hard. Li Wu broke several of his tools, but he still couldn't break the soil.

It seems the Li family hasn't given up.

Fei Huainan and Xu Manman exchanged a glance but didn't say anything more. Anyway, there was nothing down there, so if someone wanted to dig, then let them dig.

The two left their home, preparing to go up the mountain.

Fei Huainan's grandparents, father and mother are all buried on the mountain.

They haven't been back for two or three years; who knows what the graves on the mountain have become.

The two had only walked a few steps when they ran into Uncle Fei.

Xu Manman still remembers that before he left, he came to her house to try to ease the tension between the two families.

Fei Huainan also saw it.

Fei Zhendong saw the two of them too. He turned around and left. When he got home, he locked the gate from the inside, as if he was afraid that Fei Huainan and Xu Manman would go in.

Xu Manman was dumbfounded.

When Fei Huainan was a regimental commander, he was eager to curry favor with him. Now that he's been promoted to deputy army commander, he looks like he's afraid of getting involved with them.

Fei Huainan remained expressionless from beginning to end, leading Xu Manman past Fei Zhendong's gate without giving him a second glance.

Xu Manman walked over and then remembered that Ding Huiying had said that Li Meng would spread the word that Fei Huainan had been arrested and imprisoned as soon as she returned, so that she could be mentally prepared.

She didn't take it to heart at the time, but unexpectedly, some people actually believed what Li Meng said.

However, this is actually a good thing, as it saves me from seeing those annoying people crowding around.

The two arrived at the mountain and first went to their parents' graves. They saw that the once bulging earthen slope was now almost flat, and if it weren't for the stone tablets still there, they would hardly recognize it.

Fei Huainan told Xu Manman to play by herself, and then he took the things and went to dig.

The mountain terrain is rock hard in winter, but not so hard that it's impossible to dig; it just takes some effort.

Another thing is that you can burn it on top beforehand, so that the ground below will thaw and it will be more fun.

However, Fei Huainan didn't need to. During regular training, he would create the conditions if they weren't available, so digging soil was no trouble at all.

Xu Manman can't be of great help, but she can be of small help.

She took out her tools and cleared away the weeds and pebbles from the grave mound. After Fei Huainan filled the slope back up, she surrounded it with pebbles.

After finishing with the earthen slope at her parents' place, Xu Manman went to her grandparents' place. When she saw that the earthen slope there was even more desolate than Fei Huainan's parents' place, she was speechless.

This eldest uncle of the Fei family probably never even came to the mountain, otherwise, how could it have been left so desolate?

She looked around and saw that each mound was very clean and plump, surrounded by stones.

Fei Huainan didn't say much, picked up his tools and began cleaning the grave.

I was so busy that it was past four in the afternoon.

What she didn't know was that the neighboring Dujia Village, which was also her parents' village, was bustling with activity today.

Dujia Village is right next to Xinghua Village, and many daughters from both sides have married into the village.

This is not.

A girl from Dujia Village returned to her parents' home to visit them, and upon arriving, she heard about Fei Huainan and Xu Manman's return.

She looked surprised, then said, "The Xu family has been trying to contact Xu Manman for the past few years, but they haven't been able to."

"I finally managed to get the military's address from someone, but when I tried to write to them, they all returned my letters."

"Xu Manman is really too heartless."

She was the daughter-in-law who had married into the family and didn't know what Xu Manman had experienced as a child.

But she had seen firsthand how the Xu family searched for this daughter; they went to great lengths, yet Xu Manman didn't even reply. It was truly outrageous.