Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 354: Wave after wave

Lian Fang Zhou quickly smiled: “Cousin doesn’t need to act like this! Actually, I wanted to make things clear but it was inconvenient to mention it.
Since cousin asked first, it’s alright for me to speak! Please also mention this to Young Master Cui.
If there was some confusing because of me, it would be bad!”

Fang Qing understood: “I will tell him! Don’t worry, the Cui family is not unreasonable.
To target you is to target their son, they won’t do anything to you.”

Her cousin sighed in relief.
To be honest, Lian Fang Zhou had been very afraid of the Cui family’s retaliation.
Their attack on her family was something she could not bear but even more importantly, was something she could not defend against!

After all, as long as the Cui family had the intent, there was no need for them to actively do anything.
There were plenty of people willing to do it for them.

Fang Qing couldn’t help but ask a little further: “And Ah Jian, you— you—”

“Nothing!” Lian Fang Zhou shook her head, a flash of sadness in her eyes.
Smiling, she said: “Actually, I should tell cousin that Ah Jian is not actually my distant cousin but a stranger who was rescued accidently.
He, he lost his memories and does not remember who he is so he has been living with our family.
Cousin is well informed, if you know of a family who is missing someone and looking for them, please tell us! Maybe he can find his family.”

“So that is how it is!” Fang Qing said, surprised.
“So he is a poor man! Alright, I will take note of this and ask everyone to pay attention when I go back.”

“Thank you, Cousin!” Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t tell if she was happy or upset in her heart but she still got up and thanked Fang Qing with a smile.

Fang Qing smiled and hugged her.

The two talked for a long time, exchanging gossip while Third Aunt prepared lunch, which was served by Fang Qing’s servants.

Fang Qing waited as long as possible and then reluctantly left.

Though she trusted Lian Fang Zhou’s word and was sure that Zhao Ru Jun was the one secretly instigating things, she was a practical person and no matter how sure she was, she needed to have evidence before she reported it.

Luckily, it was not difficult to find evidence.
After returning home, she discussed it with Su Jing He and decided to send someone out to Yuhe county the next day to investigate.

That night, Su Xin’er suddenly became ill, developing a high fever until her forehead was hot, her cheeks flushed, and her mind was in a daze.
Speaking nonsense, she would cry and clamor, calling out ‘cousin’ while her mother cried in distress.

That night, none of the masters of the Su family slept.
They all stayed in Su Xin’er’s room, giving her medicine until dawn.
Eventually, the temperature of her forehead slowly subsided and the flush of her cheeks cooled.
When it had gone down a lot, her family members were all exhausted but relieved.

Fang Qing persuaded Master and Madam Su to go to bed, promising that she and Su Jing He would stay by Su Xin’er’s bedside and report when she woke up.

Madam Su and Master Su, who were getting older, had been up worried all night.
Very tired, they agreed.

Grasping Fang Qing’s hand tightly, Madam Su said tearfully: “Daughter-in-law, Xin’er is my lifeblood, you must take good care of her! Don’t let her do anything! I know usually she likes to spend time with you so when she wakes up, please persuade her! Seeing her like this, how can I be called her mother? She doesn’t think of me as her mother at all! The injustice!”

Fang Qing repeatedly comforted Madam Su over and over again as she sent them to the door while Madam Su insisted they accompany Su Xin’er.

Like this, the couple was busy with Su Xin’er and had no time until she recovered from her illness.
When she finally was cured, three days has passed.

However, they had never dreamed what could happen in those three days!

In just three days, rumors blew through Shuangliu county and Yuhe county like the wind.
Teahouses, restaurants, streets and lanes, almost everyone was talking about one thing: a rich young man had an affair with the eldest lady of the Su family but a country girl named Lian Fang Zhou had robbed the man from the young lady and fought with her.
The young lady of the Su family had even hired some people to go fight with her in person…”

The people who spread this rumor must have been fainthearted, knowing that the Cui family would not afford it.

This kind of love affair between two women fighting for the same man was very easy to attract people’s attention and spread like fire, not to mention one of the heroines was the eldest lady of the richest family in Shuangliu county!

The romantic affairs of wealthy families was exactly the type of gossip people were willing to talk about.

Once contaminated with the stain of salaciousness, rumors would always spread very quickly and widely.
After countless people’s paraphrasing, processing, supplementing, and imagination, countless versions had been created.
The more they spread, the more unbearable they became!

If they continued at this speed, it was likely that not only through the counties, these rumors would even pass to the neighboring counties!

Su Jing He’s face was gloomy and terrible.
He hadn’t been this furious for years but he still couldn’t resolved his fury even after smashing several vases.

Which shameless bastard had dared to do this? Did they take the entire Su family as dead!?

At first, they had tried to keep this matter a secret from Madam Su and Xin’er but how could it be kept?

Master Su and Madam Su were both so angry, they almost fainted and Madam Su burst into tears.

No matter how this incident was resolved, whether it was rumor or truth, in short, her daughter’s reputation was completely ruined!

No good family would come to ask for marriage now, even if their Su family was the richest family in the county!

Madam Su immediately ordered Su Xin’er to be placed under house arrest and she was strictly forbidden from stepping outside her yard! She was not allowed to complain about it, no matter how much she cried! Even the maids who were serving her daughter were given orders on the pain of death.
If anyone dared to reveal a word in front of the young lady, their fate was something they didn’t need to worry about anymore!

However, it was the second day that Madam Su and Master Su could not stand the most: a matchmaker came to make an offer for Su Xin’er.

The family making the offer was called the Shen family from the north of the city.
Although the family was wealthy, the couple was greedy and shameless and the wife a vulgar shrew.
Their only son was also a villain who only knew how to eat, drink, and gamble!

After listening to the matchmaker, Madam Su almost couldn’t get up, she was so out of breath from shock and anger! She pointed and yelled at the matchmaker and if it hadn’t been for the maids stopping her, she would have slapped the woman in the face!

The matchmaker left the Su Manor in embarrassment.
Before leaving, she muttered: “What kind of face does your eldest daughter have to be arrogant like this? People already know your daughter had sex before marriage and the Shen family doesn’t care about this green hat, what else do you have to criticize? Fine, after refusing this, there will be no better offers and she will never get married for the rest of her life!”

When Madam Su found out about this later, she was so furious she called people to destroy the matchmaker’s house.

A good eldest daughter had fallen to this point.
Madam Su was so angry and full of hatred that she could only turn her angry to Lian Fang Zhou, blaming her for hooking her nephew and instigating her daughter…