The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

As dusk settles, the sounds of traditional Chinese string and wind instruments fill the air at Hua Man Lou.

Jin Cheng, who was having a good time drinking with the girls at Hua Man Lou, was displeased when he saw his sister's bodyguard approaching. He said, "What are you doing here? What does my sister want with me this time?"

The guard bowed to Jin Cheng and said, "Young Master, Madam told you to avoid going to the yamen to transfer people in the future. Today you almost killed the magistrate."

Although Jin Huan was only a concubine in the mansion, she always acted as if she were the wife, since Ma Baocai's wife was not favored anyway.

Jin Cheng squinted and slammed his wine glass on the table in displeasure: "Who? How dare they make my brother-in-law suffer? Tell me and I'll go find them."

The guard whispered a few words in Jin Cheng's ear, which startled Jin Cheng so much that he almost lost his balance and fell down.

He's really messed up this time; he's actually offended the captain. What should he do now?

It's all that bastard Wang Fu's fault. He didn't even investigate properly before making me do things for him.

Jin Cheng couldn't drink anymore; this captain was several ranks higher than his brother-in-law!

I'd better hurry over and apologize.

Jin Cheng pushed aside the women around him, hurriedly stood up with unsteady steps, and said to the servants behind him, "Quick... let's go back and prepare a small gift, and go to apologize tomorrow. Otherwise, if my brother-in-law loses his official position, how will I face the world in the future?"

Jin Cheng was terrified. His family's business depended entirely on his brother-in-law. If he didn't apologize properly this time, he wouldn't have the face to ask his brother-in-law for favors in the future.

All the people saw was Jin Cheng hurriedly leaving the Hua Man Lou with unsteady steps.

With the support of Yin Baicai, Manager Zhang was no longer afraid of Fu Man Lou across the street.

He was incredibly grateful that he had reached an agreement with Yin Baicai back then; otherwise, his entire family fortune would have been lost to her.

Yin Baicai and Li Zhe had just walked out of Hongxi Restaurant with Li Mo when they bumped into a person who was staggering.

Clearly drunk, Tian Wenyan was bumped into, and naturally, he was furious. Unable to even stand, he pointed at Yin Baicai and the other two, yelling, "Are you all blind... You even dared to bump into your grandpa Tian!" He then let out a loud burp: "Gurgle~"

Yin Baicai felt nauseous from the stench and took a step back, holding Li Mo's hand. It was unbearably smelly.

Li Zhe also took a step back.

Looking at Tian Wenyan in front of her, Yin Baicai almost didn't recognize him. He was drunk, with very obvious dark circles under his eyes, looking like his body had been hollowed out.

It's obvious they've done too much of that stuff.

This Tian Wenyan, who prides himself on being a scholar, has actually done these things. It's truly eye-opening. At this rate, he'll probably never pass the exam in his entire life.

The drunk Tian Wenyan carefully examined Yin Baicai and the other two. "Ugly Brother, is that you? Oh, and Li the bully too."

Yin Baicai and Li Zhe were too lazy to deal with the drunkard and simply left as if they didn't know him.

So how did Tian Wenyan end up like this? This story goes back to when he came back and got into a fight with the people at the school.

After Tian Wenyan was sent to the clinic for treatment, the teacher put Li Jinhu in charge of all the medical expenses for Tian Wenyan.

Li Jinhu and the others were also punished by the teacher, which infuriated Li Jinhu, who then began to secretly plot against them.

Have someone from the school who gets along well with Tian Wenyan take him to a brothel for drinks.

After a while, Tian Wenyan and Xiao Taohong from Hua Manlou started dating.

Now Tian Wenyan has no interest in studying and spends all his time hanging out in the building.

He bumped into Yin Baicai and the others today because he had just come out of Huamanlou and was quite drunk.

Xiao Taohong from Hua Manlou had also received a lot of money from Li Jinhu, which is why she was willing to associate with Tian Wenyan, this poor scholar.

Li He, who had brought Tian Wenyan to the brothel, was now trying to curry favor with Li Jinhu.

"Tiger Brother Tian Wenyan has completely lost interest in studying. I heard he's completely infatuated with Xiao Taohong in the building and comes home drunk every day."

Li Jinhu patted Li He on the shoulder, "Well done. I'll cover your living expenses next month. From now on, you don't need to take Tian Wenyan with you anymore. He's cost me a lot of money lately, and it's time for him to pay it back."

Li said obsequiously, "Thank you, Brother Hu. Then I'll give you the IOU that Tian Wenyan signed."

Li Jinhu took the IOU from Li He, grinning smugly. "Tian Wenyan! You think you've wasted all that money? You'll have to pay it all back."

You just wait, your good days are coming to an end.

Peach Blossom Village

Liu Xiaoqing was sitting in the house looking depressed because her father was busy chatting with the village matchmaker, Li.

Matchmaker Li looked around and said, "Hey, where is Qing-ge? This matter is also related to him, we can talk to him about it."

Zhang Ke hurriedly brought a bowl of sweet water from inside the house to Matchmaker Li: "Aunt Li, come and have some water. Is there any progress on this matter?"

Zhang Ke was asking about the matchmaker Li he had visited some time ago, asking her to inquire around and see if there was a suitable family to marry into for Liu Xiaoqing.

Matchmaker Li sat down and took the sweet water from Zhang Ke's hand: "I've got it, I've got it! I'll tell you about a nice man in Baihua Village next door. He's a butcher, and he lives alone. If Qing'er marries him, she won't have a mother-in-law to nag her, and she'll have a man who loves her!"

Upon hearing what the matchmaker, Li, said, Zhang Ke began to inquire about the butcher's other affairs in detail.

After listening, he nodded happily. He was very satisfied with this butcher. Although he was a few years older than Qingge, he had a skill, so Qingge would definitely not have to suffer much in the future.

It's better than following that Tian Wenyan, and that cunning old fox Chen Jufen.

"Aunt Li, I'll give you an answer in a couple of days. I'll discuss this with Qing-ge's father first."

Matchmaker Li nodded with a smile. This matter was probably settled; that butcher Lu had given quite a bit of money for the matchmaking!

Liu Xiaoqing, who was hiding in the house, secretly eavesdropped on his father and matchmaker Li's conversation by peering out the window.

He carefully observed his father's expression and knew that the matter was a done deal.

He grew increasingly anxious. He needed to find an opportunity to go to town and see his brother Wenyan as soon as possible. Even though Wenyan had said some heartless words last time, he didn't want to give up.

Liu Xiaoqing already had a plan in mind.

After Yin Baicai and Li Zhe returned from town, the villagers were very curious about them, seeing them leaving early and returning late every day.

They were all subtly trying to gather information.

After all, the two of them were hauling things onto the cart every day, and they were covered with thin blankets, which would make anyone curious.

A gossipy woman from the village, smiling, asked Yin Baicai, "Brother Cai, what are you doing going to town? You leave early and come back late every day?"

Yin Baicai thought that even if she didn't say it was market day, these people would still know.

"We're going to town to sell our goods."

The woman who asked the question wanted to lift up the things on Yin Baicai's oxcart to take a look, but Yin Baicai did not stop her. Anyway, there were only a few wooden barrels on the cart, so she could look at them as she pleased.

When the woman saw that there were only a few wooden buckets in Yin Baicai's car, she started asking a lot of questions, but Yin Baicai brushed them off one by one.

The moment the woman finished asking, the news spread throughout the village that Li Zhe and his companion had gone to town to make a fortune again.

Upon hearing this, Wang Huanhua stormed home and told Li Jiang everything.

After listening, Li Jiang's gloomy, murky eyes seemed to be deep in thought.