A master of metaphysics is farming.

The four chatted as they walked back, when they heard crying and fussing before they even got close.

Xiang He's heart sank, and she hurriedly ran over. From afar, she saw Yu Shi struggling with Su Shi, while Xiang Lianhua, dressed in pink, cried pitifully.

There was never a moment of peace. Xiang He suddenly felt a headache coming on and reached out to push open the gate. "What are you doing here? What are you trying to steal again?"

As soon as Xiang He's voice came out, Madam Yu and Xiang Lianhua immediately looked up and found Wang Rongxing behind her. Madam Yu grabbed Xiang Lianhua and ran over, using her fat body to force her way past Xiang He.

"..." Xiang He patted her arm that had been bumped and walked straight to Madam Su, "Is Mother alright?"

"It's nothing. My sister-in-law keeps saying that I'm hiding Young Master Wang. How could I have that ability? She just keeps crying and saying that her Lotus is unlucky and stuff. Then you guys came back."

Xiang He immediately understood; it turned out that this person was still up to no good and wanted Wang Rongxing to acknowledge the marriage.

Judging from Wang Rongxing's disgusted expression, it was clearly impossible.

Madam Yu wanted to grab her but dared not, so she could only push Xiang Lianhua forward. "Young Master Wang, you and Lianhua were once pledged to be together for life. How can you just say you don't want to marry her? Do you know how many marriage proposals Lianhua turned down, just to be happily married to you!"

These words sounded impressive, but to Wang Rongxing, they meant he was being made a sucker.

He glanced at Xiang Lianhua with disdain in his eyes, "I never made any promises to you. You came to me all by yourself. You think you can enter my door with your broken body? Don't even think about it."

The coldness in her words and the obvious disdain in her eyes stung Xiang Lianhua's heart. A wave of shame washed over her, her face flushed red, and she bit her lower lip, pouting. Her aggrieved expression was truly charming.

If someone didn't know better, they might be fooled by her. Wang Rongxing rolled her eyes dismissively. "Show your face to your previous employer. It won't work here."

Such a sudden mockery was too much for Xiang Lianhua, no matter how thick-skinned she was. She couldn't bear such humiliation. "I told you not to come over! But you insisted on making me look bad!" she said angrily and turned to run away.

Before Yu could even grab her clothes, she had already run downstairs. She stomped her foot angrily, "That brat! Come back!"

She turned around, wanting to say something more, but Wang Rongxing had already followed Xiang He and the others downstairs. She hurriedly followed beside him and continued talking.

Wang Rongxing found it irritating and instinctively covered his ears to block out the noise.

But Madam Yu was not about to give up. How could she rest easy when she couldn't get a bite of meat from her eldest son?

"Hey, you should speak up for her! Don't you care about your second sister's marriage? After all, you're family!"

Well, we can't get to Wang Rongxing's side of the story now, so we're hoping she'll come up with it.

Xiang He glanced at her indifferently, a smile playing on her lips as she slowly raised her hands, covering her ears and shaking her head.

This infuriated Madam Yu, who reached out to pinch Xiang He's arm, but Xiang He dodged it.

"Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for Lianhua?! You...you're going to try and steal Young Master Wang from Lianhua too?! You must be! It's because of you that Young Master Wang doesn't want Lianhua!"

The three men were immediately stunned. Could this really be explained away?

Xiang He was already used to it, and ran away as fast as she could, too lazy to listen to her foul language, not a single kind word.

She walked quickly, and Wang Rongxing, seeing this, hurriedly reached out his hand, "Wait for me!"

Two of the four ran away. He Suian chuckled helplessly. Although he didn't run after them, he quickened his pace a bit.

No one was willing to pay attention to her, so Yu slapped her thigh and chased after her.

This stubborn person is even more unreasonable than a scoundrel...

Even the usually taciturn Xing Ji couldn't help but speak his mind, "Young Master, Miss Xiang's family is not to be trifled with..."

"She can handle it."

Xing Ji blinked in confusion. He didn't seem to have said whether it could be resolved or not.

"move."

"Yes."

The two walked quickly into the village, where the sound of idle chatter filled the air. Three horse-drawn carriages were parked in the most open area of ​​the village, which was the hottest topic of the day.

What's even more intriguing than the carriage owner is that Madam Yu insisted on tugging at the carriage frame, praising Xiang Lianhua, unwilling to miss this rare glimpse of her.

Wang Rongxing's servants were blocking the way outside, determined not to give her a chance to sneak in.

The onlookers looked on with disdain. "Look at how disgusting they are. They clearly said they didn't want it, but they still insisted on giving it to them. They're shameless."

"Absolutely, that's really something..."

"Speaking of which, He Yatou and that young master Wang seem to be quite familiar with each other."

Aunt Si, who was listening in, suddenly sensed something was wrong and immediately spoke up, "Of course we're familiar with each other. Young Master Wang took in He's big cat, and He even bought some cloth from him."

"Dayong's family is also doing better, thanks to He Yatou."

"Of course, from now on we should get closer to Aci."

These people only thought of getting closer to Xiang He after seeing that he was getting better. Fourth Aunt glanced up and grabbed the peanuts as she approached the carriage where Xiang He was.

Each of the three people had their own carriage to avoid gossip.

Fourth Aunt lifted the carriage curtain and saw the bamboo basket beside her; she had gone up the mountain again.

“Hey, your grandma left the village early this morning, and we don’t know where she went.”

Xiang He reached out and took a peanut. "Ignore her."

"It's better to be careful," Aunt Si stuffed all the peanuts into her hand. "She hasn't left the village for almost half a year. Who knows if she's going out to cause some trouble."

Thinking about it this way, Li Shi really rarely left the village. She was reluctant to spend money, and if she needed to buy meat, she would always be stingy and ask Yu Shi to buy it for her.

“Okay, I’ll keep an eye out. Fourth Aunt, are you going to town? This carriage can take you for a while.”

"No, I still need to go check on the fields later, and I'll bring some vegetables to your family while I'm at it."

"Thank you, Fourth Aunt."

Xiang He lifted the carriage curtain to signal the driver that they could leave. Her carriage went first, while He Sui'an was kept behind by Xiang Fusheng for a while. After saying goodbye, Xiang Fusheng pulled Yu Shi back.

He roared as soon as he slammed the door shut, "How much more humiliation are you trying to bring on me!" Hearing Xiang Lianhua's sobbing beside him, he grew even more irritated. "Stop crying! Don't you know who you are?!"

"What are you saying! That's your sister!"

"What's wrong with my sister? She's unfaithful and can't even say who she's been with. Just wait until the village chief drowns her in a pig cage!"

After saying this, he slammed the door and went into the room, leaving Madam Yu standing there, seething with resentment.

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Xiang He, who had already walked a distance away, looked at the scenery outside, which was so familiar to her that it couldn't be more so.

But this familiar scenery also holds another memory: when the original owner of this body cut her wrists, it was along this very stretch of road. She lifted the curtain of the carriage in front and looked down at the ground, where the bloodstains had long been covered by the yellow earth.

She lowered the carriage curtain, sat cross-legged, and clasped her hands in front of her abdomen, "...The shadow is formless, the technique is manifest, I feel a slight... Hurry, hurry, as the law commands."

A glint flashed in her eyes as she reached out to the window, feeling the gentle breeze and trying to grasp at something, but there was nothing there.

Xiang He couldn't help but sigh softly, "It really didn't work..."

As soon as she finished her murmur, a cool sensation entered the pad of her middle finger. Her eyes lit up and she looked out sharply. A gentle aura emanated from the towering mountain.

The aura only lasted a moment before it disappeared, as if it had appeared deliberately to make Xiang He notice it.

Suddenly I remembered that white halo on the back mountain, and I realized it must be it.

Xiang He sighed and pulled his head back, "This is really troublesome..."