Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

Everyone was enjoying their meal, but one figure was still lurking suspiciously in the backyard.

Fang Ling waited in the backyard for a long time until everyone went to eat. She squatted in the corner until her legs went numb.

She already knew which room Fang Xin was in, so she cautiously made her way over to make sure she didn't see anyone.

When she was about to push open the door, she looked back one last time to make sure no one was there before she felt much more at ease.

Fang Xin's room was also very simple, with nothing superfluous except for the necessary furniture.

Fang Ling immediately spotted the dressing case placed there. She stared at herself in the bronze mirror, lost in thought. She realized that she was just as beautiful as she had always been.

She carefully stroked the bronze mirror and touched the surface of the dressing table before regaining her composure after a while.

She looked around the room. Although it was simple, it was the room she had always dreamed of.

She'll have all of these if she can find the recipe.

She tiptoed into the drawer of her dressing case and rummaged through it, but found nothing.

Then she went to the cabinet next to her. When she opened the cabinet, she found Fang Xin's new clothes neatly folded inside, all made by Li Shi.

Even the embroidery on the bodice was exquisite. Fang Ling was extremely jealous and crumpled it up and threw it into the corner of the cabinet.

They searched through all the neatly folded clothes inside, but couldn't find a single book.

Undeterred, she continued searching, looking in every nook and cranny of the room, but to no avail.

While everyone was enjoying their meal outside, she quickly went to Fang Yu's room and searched everywhere, but found nothing.

Still unwilling to give up, she went to Li's room again, only to find the same thing. Frustrated, she scratched her hair and looked around the room again. There didn't seem to be any hidden compartments. Could it be that she was in a restaurant?

She had been in there for too long, so she had to leave first. Before leaving, she made sure to put the things she had messed up back in their original places.

She thought she was discreet and wouldn't be discovered, but what she didn't know was that Fu Ju had been watching her ever since she entered the Fang family compound, but he hadn't stopped her because Fang Yu had told him not to worry about it for now.

Stepping outside, Fang Ling smelled the aroma of meat in the air. Although she wanted to eat, she didn't linger and quickened her pace to leave.

After several rounds of drinks, many people left, leaving behind some women to help tidy up.

Fang Yu told everyone that if they didn't mind taking any leftover food home, they could add it to their meal.

With both vegetables and meat, who would complain? They'd practically be fighting over it.

With everyone in the village watching, Xiao Jingqi and his companion didn't linger. They took their leave and sent Yun Xiao back with them.

As dusk fell, the courtyard returned to calm, and Li was still tidying up the last few things in the kitchen.

The two sisters sat in the courtyard to catch their breath before Fu Ju appeared. He glanced at Fang Xin and then said to Fang Yu, "Miss Fang, Fang Ling went into your room to look for something, but she didn't find anything."

He was about to suggest to Fang Xin that they go back to their room to check if anything was missing when Fang Xin slammed her teacup down on the table, got up, and turned to leave.

"Huh?" Fu Ju looked at Fang Yu with a puzzled expression: "Second Miss, she...?"

Fang Yu chuckled softly and changed the subject, saying, "It's nothing, she's just a little tired today. I'll go back to her room and see if anything is missing."

Fang Xin clearly looked angry, but Fu Ju was completely baffled and a little worried, so he went to her room to check on her.

Standing at the door, which was open, he hesitated to go in and asked softly, "Second Miss, are you alright?"

Fang Xin snorted coldly: "I don't want to see you."

Fu Ju frowned deeply, scratching his head in unprecedented panic: "Then...then I'll stay outside. Call me if you need anything."

Fang Xin was furious and threw the teacup in her hand at his back. Fu Ju didn't dodge, and the scalding hot tea was splashed on him, soaking his clothes and seeping into his skin.

"Why didn't you move away!" Square's tone became urgent as she ran over and tugged at him, "Does it hurt a lot? Take off your clothes, I'll put some medicine on it for you."

Fu Ju gripped her wrist, his voice a little hoarse: "Second Miss, I'm fine, just a minor injury, it's nothing serious."

"No way!" Fang Xin insisted on dragging him inside to sit down. She went to find some ointment, but seeing that he still wouldn't move, she got a little angry: "Take off your clothes, what are you standing there for?"

Fuju's face was even lower than before, and her voice was even hoarseer: "Second Miss, I'm really fine."

"Boom!"

Fang Xin threw the tray of medicine on the table, reached out and pulled at his clothes, her tone fierce: "It's not like we haven't seen it before, what's there to be coy about?"

She had quite a bit of strength; she ripped off Fu Zhou's clothes in one go, exposing his entire shoulder, and his muscular chest immediately caught her eye.

But what she didn't know was that they were very close. When she looked up, her nose bumped into his, and their breaths mingled instantly.

Fu Ju's Adam's apple bobbed. She turned her face away and immediately covered her chest with her hand. As a last resort, she said, "Second Miss, I'll do it myself."

Fang Xin swallowed hard, gripping his hand tightly, and said domineeringly, "I'll do it. You can't reach my back."

His back was already red, but what was more noticeable was not the redness, but the deep, bone-revealing scar on his shoulder.

Fang Xin's movements as she applied the ointment suddenly slowed, and a lump formed in her throat. She asked with concern, "Your injury must hurt a lot, right?"

Her voice was nasal. Fu Ju looked up and seemed to see ripples in her eyes. He was a little stunned. She seemed to care about him a lot.

Fang Xin immediately stopped being angry with him. He had been living in the Fang family for some time now, and she had never heard him talk about his own affairs.

Looking at these wounds and his appearance when they first met, Fang Xin guessed that his background must have been very difficult, so it was normal that he didn't understand the feelings of a young woman. She had never expressed her feelings to him either, so she didn't blame him.

Besides, if he hadn't intervened then, Yun Xiao would have been injured a second time.

After applying the medicine to him and helping him put on his clothes, Fang Xin smiled faintly again: "The kitchen left you some soup, remember to drink it later."

Her smile came quickly, and Fuju was infected by it, nodding gently: "Okay, thank you, Second Miss."

"boom!"

A loud bang suddenly came from outside the courtyard. It was not the sound of something falling to the ground, but a loud bang like thunder rolling overhead.

Fu Ju's expression changed drastically: "Second Miss, don't leave the room, I'll go see what happened."

Fang Xin couldn't stand it any longer and ran outside, calling out as she ran, "Mother, sister!"

There was still a wisp of smoke in the courtyard from the explosion.

"mother!"

Fang Xin ran out and saw a man in black carrying the unconscious Li Shi on his shoulder, trying to run to the roof.