Chapter 145

(Busy with school opening matters, I really couldn't make it in time, sorry it's still one chapter, I will resume regular updates after school starts.)

Pairing Hao Jinzhi and Jiang Zongbao together?

This idea is so bad, I love it!

Du Ruo touched her chin and smiled evilly. Didn't Yan Pozi keep saying that Hao Jinzhi had a husband-prospering fate? Fine, then keep her to prosper your own family.

No need to thank me too much, hehe...

"Let's go, Tie Dan, we're going to do something big!" Du Ruo patted the dog's head.

The dog shook off the goosebumps on its body.

The mistress's smile is so scary; I have a premonition that the old house is going to be in trouble.

Woof, why am I a little excited?

Just as the person and the dog were about to act, the courtyard gate was knocked again. It was Jiang Zongbao.

"I'm here to tell you that Grandmother's illness is serious, and Erlang is worried, so he plans to stay there all night. You don't need to leave the door for him."

This was because he was afraid that the people of the Second Branch would run over to find Jiang Zhan, so he came to give a preemptive warning.

Du Ruo cursed in her heart, but on the surface, she pretended to be panicked, "Ah, so Grandmother is really dying of illness? What should we do!"

She opened her charming phoenix eyes, her tone filled with concern, "Cousin, have you prepared the coffin? What about the burial clothes? Incense, wine, and paper money? Have you chosen the grave site? Don't be in a rush when the time comes."

Jiang Zongbao: "..."

Is Du Shi worried, or is she cursing?

"The First Branch will arrange these things, no need for you to worry, cousin-in-law," Jiang Zongbao replied unhappily.

Then he turned and left.

This woman is beautiful, but her temper is still so annoying. Talking to her for a few more sentences could shorten one's life by several years, humph.

Looking at Jiang Zongbao's skinny-monkey-like back, Du Ruo put away the panic on her face and curled her lips coldly.

The good show is starting; it's time for me to go on stage.

Du Ruo first went into the house to tell Zheng Shi, so that Zheng Shi wouldn't worry if she didn't see her when she got up tomorrow morning.

Of course, she didn't go into too much detail, only saying that Yan Pozi was very sick and she had to go to the First Branch to keep watch.

Zheng Shi really thought Yan Pozi was dying and sighed endlessly.

Anyway, with the dog accompanying her, she wasn't worried, so she gave a few casual reminders and went to rest.

Du Ruo added a piece of clothing, thought about it, and exchanged a micro flashlight from the system, called the dog, and walked toward the old house.

As the dog walked, it secretly glanced at the flashlight in her hand, its little heart trembling.

It had seen with its own eyes the mistress conjure this magical thing that could emit light, and it was conjured out of thin air.

From now on, whoever tells it that the mistress is a human, it will bite them!

The mistress is clearly a fairy, okay?

Du Ruo didn't know that a small flashlight had scared the dog like this; her attention was entirely on the events about to happen.

The reason the First Branch chose the grain-drying field was because the venue was large and there were many people.

Drying grain, milling rice, gossiping, playing hide-and-seek—old and young, men and women, everyone liked to run there when they had nothing to do.

It could be said that besides under the willow tree at the entrance of the village, the grain-drying field was the liveliest place in the whole village.

The more people who witnessed the secret affair between Jiang Zhan and Hao Jinzhi, the more Jiang Zhan would be unable to clear his name. Besides marrying that big black bear, there would be no other path to take.

Du Ruo hid behind the big tree outside the old house's courtyard, turned off the flashlight, and waited quietly.

Autumn had arrived. The temperature was fine during the day, but at night, especially in the middle of the night, it was indeed a bit cold, and the annoying autumn wind blew against her body in gusts.

Fortunately, Du Ruo was prepared and dressed very warmly.

Occasionally, a few annoying mosquitoes flew over and buzzed, but they were quickly eaten by the dog.

She waited for about an hour.

Creak, the courtyard gate of the old house finally opened.

The first to come out was Jiang Zongbao. Jiang Zongbao poked his monkey head out and looked around sneakily.

After confirming no one was around, he turned back and made a gesture.

Hao Jinzhi walked out carrying someone on her back; needless to say, it was Jiang Zhan.

Although Jiang Zhan's height had shot up in the past few months and he was almost 1.78 meters tall, his body was thin and his frame was fine, so he wasn't heavy at all.

"Put a coat on my man, it's cold outside," Hao Jinzhi signaled to Jiang Zongbao.

Jiang Zongbao rolled his eyes, "It won't freeze him to death, is it necessary? I'm not even wearing one."

"You're not my man, I don't care if you wear one or not," Hao Jinzhi raised her volume a bit, "Hurry up and get a thick coat."

Jiang Zongbao still wanted to retort.

Cao Shi stomped her feet, "Fine, fine, I'll go get it. Be careful on the road, don't let anyone find out."

After Cao Shi draped a cotton-padded coat over Jiang Zhan, Hao Jinzhi satisfiedly lifted the beautiful young man on her back and followed Jiang Zongbao toward the grain-drying field.

Du Ruo and the dog followed quietly.

Although it was the middle of the night, there was a moon overhead, plus the twinkling stars, so it wasn't pitch black.

Those two thought they were being stealthy and didn't notice the oriole behind them.

Several grass sheds were built around the grain-drying field for people to rest, and the village children often played hide-and-seek inside.

Jiang Zongbao's target was one of them.

He let Hao Jinzhi carry Jiang Zhan into the grass shed and smiled very lecherously, "Cousin Hao, today is your and Erlang's wedding night. Erlang is still a virgin, you have to be gentle."

Hao Jinzhi spread a few bundles of straw on the ground and only helped Jiang Zhan lie down after confirming it wasn't uncomfortable.

She turned and spat at Jiang Zongbao, "Get lost, Second Cousin and I are just putting on a show, we don't need to actually do that kind of thing."

"What, you're not going to tell me you don't want to?" Jiang Zongbao sneered.

An old maid who couldn't get married, with a comatose pretty boy lying in front of her—could she still hold back?

Hao Jinzhi couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with this lecherous man and directly lifted him up and threw him out of the grass shed.

"Fine, I know what I'm doing. You go find a place to hide outside and don't come out until tomorrow morning."

Jiang Zongbao walked away grumbling.

Hao Jinzhi sat down, tilted her head to look at the young man beside her, her heart feeling soft.

She had fallen in love with Jiang Zhan the first time she saw him.

Such a beautiful person, unless one was blind, who wouldn't like him?

But she was an unmarried girl after all, and she couldn't do the ugly thing of being watched by others while naked; it was simply too shameful.

As long as she hugged and cuddled with Jiang Zhan, everyone would think they had a secret affair.

As for the wedding night, once they were married, would she be afraid of not having a chance?

Jiang Zongbao hummed a tune as he walked home.

He wouldn't be that stupid to stay outside all night. Anyway, it would be a few hours before dawn, so he might as well go back and sleep first.

As he walked, he suddenly felt something was wrong, as if something had been following him.

"Who?" He turned his head abruptly.

There wasn't even a ghost shadow behind him, only the autumn wind rolling the fallen leaves.

Jiang Zongbao patted his chest and let out a long sigh of relief.

It seemed he was just suspicious. In the middle of the night, besides dogs, who else would be out?

He shook his head amusedly and turned to continue walking.

Just at the moment he relaxed his vigilance... Bang, the back of his neck was suddenly hit by a great force, and he felt a sudden pain.

Jiang Zongbao didn't even have time to take back the smile on his face before he fell limply onto the cold ground.

Du Ruo walked out of the darkness and reached out to check his breath, "The force was well-controlled, he's still alive."

That's right, the dog hummed proudly.

Then it walked forward two steps, lowered its head, bit Jiang Zongbao's collar, and dragged him rudely toward the grain-drying field.

With Jiang Zongbao taken care of, the next step was naturally to deal with Hao Jinzhi.

Hao Jinzhi was strong and sturdy, much harder to deal with than Jiang Zongbao, but who told her to run into Tie Dan?

Tie Dan hid silently behind the grass shed.

Du Ruo picked up a stone and threw it over. The stone hit the ground with a slap.

Hao Jinzhi was staring at Jiang Zhan, thinking about whether to touch that handsome little face first to satisfy her craving. Before she could make a move, she suddenly heard the noise and was startled.

She immediately crawled out of the grass shed to check.

Before she could see anything clearly, she felt a cold, sharp wind attacking the back of her head. Her head buzzed instantly, and she couldn't control herself as she lunged forward.

Bang, the earth shook.

But the person didn't move anymore; she had clearly fainted.

"Good job, Tie Dan, I'll reward you with 'Wealthy Chicken' tomorrow!" Du Ruo said happily, patting the dog's head.

The dog's drool fell down.

Wealthy Chicken was its "white moonlight" (unattainable desire), but unfortunately, the mistress only made it twice and refused to make it again.

It dreamed about it!

With both bad guys taken care of, Du Ruo hurriedly ran into the grass shed to find Jiang Zhan.

Jiang Zhan was still unconscious. The system checked him, "He was drugged, nothing serious, he'll wake up at dawn."

Dawn? That's so long away...

Du Ruo had no choice but to exchange for an antidote and feed it to him.

Produced by the system, it was effective immediately, and Jiang Zhan soon woke up.

The young man was completely confused, almost asking the soul-searching questions—Who am I? Where am I? What happened?

Anyway, there was plenty of time, so Du Ruo didn't hide anything and explained the cause and effect.

After listening, Jiang Zhan's little fists clenched tightly. Thinking that he had almost been schemed against by Hao Jinzhi, his handsome face tightened like a frost-covered stone, cold and hard.

"Shameless!" He gritted his teeth and cursed what he considered the most vicious words.

Du Ruo waved her hand, "Anyway, nothing happened, don't be too angry. How about this, you go home first, pretend you don't know anything, and leave the rest to me."

Jiang Zhan opened his mouth, "Eldest Sister-in-law, what... do you plan to do?"

"I plan to give them a bloody lesson," Du Ruo said bluntly.

If you do bad things, you naturally have to pay the price.

Seeing Jiang Zhan not speaking or moving, Du Ruo's mind turned, and she tentatively asked, "What's wrong? Do you think I'm too ruthless?"

"No..." the young man said, unusually shy, "I just wanted to say, um, can you take me with you?"