[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool":3,"chapter-marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-chapter-96":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marrying a White Snake Wife is Super Cool",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},540226,791,"Chapter 96 - 80: Has Zhao Qiao’Er Already Realized She’s the Second Madam?","marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-chapter-96",96,"\u003Cp>\"Darling~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carrots~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lu Yuan stood there speechless, Su Liyan came trotting back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at his lovely, well-behaved wife, Lu Yuan couldn’t help but feel a swell of emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’My own wife is still the best,’ he thought. ’For all our playing and teasing, she still brought back the carrots I asked for. Unlike those other two. I ask them to get one little thing, and they take forever to bring it back.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan took the carrots. As he brushed the flecks of snow from a snowball—thrown by who-knows-who—off his wife’s collar, he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I couldn’t care less about their butts. It’s yours I like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Su Liyan was absolutely mortified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She buried herself in her man’s arms, her head hidden, and whined coquettishly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darling~~ You’re awful~~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his wife threw herself into his arms, Lu Yuan lost his balance from his squatting position and plopped right onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was in no hurry to get up. He just held his wife in his arms and roared with laughter there on the snow-covered ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His laughter was smug and unrestrained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid this scene of embarrassment, frustration, and yet, immense joy among the four of them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An inopportune voice suddenly echoed from the covered walkway leading into the central courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old steward stood in the walkway, bowing to Zhao Qiao’Er as he spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Madam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two Lord Soldiers have arrived with a report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vice General is leading his troops back to the Provincial City. He will pass through Taiping City tomorrow at noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He will be taking Madam Song with him back to the Provincial City at that time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the announcement, the courtyard fell silent. The laughter died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Qiao’Er seemed to transform back into the ruthless Black Widow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Meiqin once again became the aloof and unapproachable Madam Guan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand. You may go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Qiao’Er said coldly, dropping the snowball she had just packed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old steward bowed again, then turned and left the central courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Song Meiqin brushed the slushy snow from her clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No matter how much I dislike that family, no matter how little I have to do with them anymore, I am still the lady of that house in name. With the New Year approaching, how can I not return? How can I stay in Taiping City forever? I have to go back sooner or later.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden, delicate cry broke the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan, having swept his wife up into a princess carry, started walking toward the East Wing. Without looking back, he called out:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The snowman’s built, so what are you still doing out here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to freeze to death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone, inside!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Qiao’Er and Song Meiqin exchanged a glance. After a few seconds, a smile passed between them, and they took each other’s hands, heading for the East Wing together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was just how the two of them were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much they bickered, they were always the closest of sisters in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, the entire family followed Lu Yuan back to the East Wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely enough...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The underground heating system in the main house of the central courtyard—the one that was originally Zhao Qiao’Er’s—had been ready for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, it wasn’t just the heating in the main house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the underground heating system in the West Wing was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, the four of them—Lu Yuan and the three women—remained squeezed into the East Wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither Zhao Qiao’Er nor Song Meiqin ever brought up the subject of moving back to the main house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lu Yuan never asked why they weren’t moving back now that the heating was working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps all four of them felt that things were good just as they were, all living in one room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they separated, it felt as though their bond itself might fall apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a peculiar feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So no one said a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a word, not a word, not a word, not a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about we make dumplings for dinner tonight? Just us. We don’t need anyone else to help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After carrying his wife into the room, Lu Yuan looked back at the two beautiful women who had just entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Qiao’Er beamed and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s this, want to have your New Year’s dumplings a bit early?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are we going to hide a coin inside?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan grinned and replied,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, that’s not it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s ’dumplings for the send-off, noodles for the return,’ isn’t it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Around three or four in the afternoon.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone got busy with the preparations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when it came to Aunt Zhao and Song Meiqin’s dumpling-making skills... to say they weren’t exactly experts would be an understatement. In fact, they were utterly clueless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them had no idea what they were doing!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a clue!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget about technical skills like rolling the wrappers or folding the dumplings!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t even mix the filling properly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what’s more, while they were \"helping\" at the pastry board, they started using the dough to sculpt little rabbits, cats, and dogs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, that’s enough. You two take your dough rabbits and dogs and go play somewhere else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan said, exasperated, as he continued folding dumplings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Lu Yuan turned to Su Liyan, who was skillfully rolling wrappers, mixing the filling, and folding dumplings—doing it all perfectly. He sighed with admiration,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My wife really is the most amazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knows how to do everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marrying a woman like you... I don’t know what good deeds I must have done in a past life to be this fortunate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Liyan was overjoyed to be praised by her man, but she still pouted coquettishly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, Darling~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re such a sweet-talker.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside them, Zhao Qiao’Er blinked and chimed in with a grin,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s right, Liyan, you really are amazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s a reason you’re the First Lady, after all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the words left her mouth, Zhao Qiao’Er froze. She had a feeling that what she’d just said wasn’t quite right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Meiqin, standing to the side, just blinked, a teasing smile on her face, and said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Has Zhao Qiao’Er already come to terms with being the second lady?’ she wondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「That night, in the covered walkway of the central courtyard.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Qiao’Er stared at the old steward with a look of displeasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever you have to say, couldn’t you have said it inside? Why did you insist on coming out here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old steward pulled a thick ledger from his robes and presented it with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Young Master’s recent expenditures...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...have become a bit excessive...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1105,"2026-05-30T14:11:52.988Z","2026-06-01T04:31:25.829Z",1,"novelbin.me","7d8899a6d7d0376dcfb9e35faf694531233bf74f8d36c9a392899f589418f8e0","marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-chapter-97","marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-chapter-95",258,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-cover.jpg"]