Chapter 218

218. Chapter 218: Worldly Clear-Headed

Qiao Sheng summoned Qiao Hushui and they left the village.

They left the village.

Qiao Hushui saw that Lan Yue Niang wouldn't speak to him, so he followed behind her and said, 'Wife, don't be angry with me; I'll never casually save people again.'

Lan Yue Niang stopped, her eyes red, and asked him.

'Qiao Hushui, if Lianhua hadn't come today, how would you have settled this?'

'I would rather die than take a concubine.'

Qiao Hushui stared at Lan Yue Niang and said.

Lan Yue Niang raised her hand and struck his chest.

'Dead, dead, if you die, what will we do? Do you know how scared I was before? I truly feared you couldn't refuse them and would end up taking that woman as a concubine!'

Lan Yue Niang kept speaking and then burst into tears.

Qiao Hushui grabbed her in a hug: 'Wife, don't cry, it won't happen, it won't happen; they wouldn't dare beat me to death—I was just saying that.'

He coaxed Lan Yue Niang.

While wiping her tears, Qiao Hushui teased her: 'I don't know who said I should take a concubine, but now you're crying like a little flower cat.'

'What!'

Qiao Sheng widened his eyes in disbelief.

Qiao Lanhua also looked surprised.

Lan Yue Niang noticed, coughed, and said: 'What nonsense are you spouting? When I said take a concubine, I meant taking a good family's daughter, not this woman scheming against you.'

Her words had just fallen.

Qiao Sheng began: 'Mother, I think you're the one talking nonsense; Father loves you so much, cares for you so deeply, you let him take a concubine—what are you thinking?'

'Exactly.'

Qiao Lanhua chimed in from the side.

Lan Yue Niang's face turned red.

'I'm not thinking that; I just couldn't give Father a son. I don't mind, but I can't stand people saying Father will die without an heir.'

Qiao Hushui blurted: 'People talk as they please; do you think having a son would stop the gossiping women? They'd still find something else to say, maybe even worse.'

'Father, you are truly worldly clear-headed.'

After saying that, Qiao Sheng continued: 'Mother, haven't you forgotten how those people used to talk about me? If I cared, I'd have to commit suicide many times.'

Lan Yue Niang couldn't possibly forget; even now, thinking back makes her heart race with lingering fear.

Because the original Qiao Lianhua had once committed suicide.

'Lianhua, Mother was wrong.'

Qiao Sheng spoke softly: 'Mother, I don't mean that; I just want you to know we shouldn't overly care what others say—just live our own lives well.'

Tonight.

Qiao Sheng and they were staying at the Mountain God Temple.

Qiao Hushui and they stayed there only a short while before returning home.

Gao Shi and they hadn't slept yet.

Seeing Qiao Hushui come back soaking wet, Gao Shi called out: 'Lao San, how did you end up like this?'

'Mother, I'm fine; I accidentally fell into the field.'

Qiao Hushui replied offhand.

Gao Shi thought that was really the case, so she didn't dwell on the topic.

She pursed her lips and said: 'Lao San, you've returned just in time; I have something to tell you.'

'What good could she have?'

Lan Yue Niang said: 'Mother, whatever it is, say it later; my husband needs to bathe and change clothes.'

'Then why are you just standing there? Go heat water for him.'

Gao Shi gave them a glance and said.

Qiao Lihua went to boil the water.

As soon as it boiled.

She then called for Qiao Hushui to take a bath.

Qiao Hushui finished washing and came out; after just a few steps, Gao Shi called him: 'Lao San, come over.' (End of chapter)