Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 943 Displaying Affection and Overwhelming Jealousy (4)

Chapter 943: Chapter 943 Displaying Affection and Overwhelming Jealousy (4)

Confronted with the man’s intimidating gaze, Seventh Master Cui nearly dropped the firewood he was holding. He subconsciously shifted his gaze away, not daring to make eye contact.

While Cui Pingan scrutinized Xiao Ruiyuan, Xiao Ruiyuan was also covertly sizing him up.

The youth before him was quite handsome, yet seemed very naive, with hardly any courage to speak of. Even knowing that this person posed no threat to him, the thought of an unfamiliar man living in the same house, even possibly spending day and night with his fiancee, made Xiao Ruiyuan very upset!

The atmosphere in the kitchen grew more and more awkward, and even Zhenzhen, who was sneaking a taste, noticed it. Looking up, she saw the unfamiliar big brother in the kitchen and examined Cui Pingan curiously. Walking over to Liyan, who was stoking the fire, she whispered, "Sister Yanzi, who is this big brother?"

Liyan, enjoying the show, replied in a whisper, "This big brother is someone Sister Yanyan picked up on the road. He even helped chop firewood for our family all day today!"

Saying this, she pointed to the neatly piled stack of chopped firewood in the corner.

Upon hearing this, Zhenzhen wrongly assumed that Cui Pingan was homeless and that he had been kindly taken in by the compassionate elder sister, and her look towards Cui Pingan was suddenly filled with sympathy.

Xiao Ruiyuan heard Liyan’s words loud and clear. Seeing the exposed fair and delicate neck and wrists of Cui Pingan, he knew the man wasn’t from a poor family or someone homeless and exposed to the elements, and suspicion immediately arose in his heart. He suspected Cui Pingan had ulterior motives and was deliberately using a pity ploy to garner Mo Yan’s sympathy.

It was at this moment that Mo Yan, who had gone to the backyard to pick two spring onions, returned. Seeing Xiao Ruiyuan, a smile unconsciously appeared on her face, "Why didn’t you say something before coming over? Thankfully, I hadn’t started cooking the rice yet, or there wouldn’t have been enough to eat."

The gloom in Xiao Ruiyuan’s eyes dissipated the moment he saw Mo Yan, and after hearing her words, a gentle smile graced his serious face, "It was a last-minute decision, I didn’t have time to tell you."

Mo Yan was just making a casual remark and didn’t really blame Xiao Ruiyuan for not telling her in advance. Seeing him diligently explaining himself, she stifled a laugh and asked, "What do you want to eat? I’ll make it right away."

Sensing the heat of the kitchen, Xiao Ruiyuan, who couldn’t bear to see Mo Yan suffer, shook his head slightly, "I love anything you cook, no need to make something else."

Just as Mo Yan was about to say something, she saw Liyan looking at her with a mischievous grin. She coughed dryly, not insisting, and instead shooed Xiao Ruiyuan out, "It’s hot in the kitchen, better go out!"

Yet Xiao Ruiyuan was unwilling to leave. He looked around the kitchen and spotted the fan Liyan used to stoke the fire. Walking over, he took the fan and, with clumsy movements, started fanning Mo Yan, "I’m not afraid of the heat."

The tall and handsome man waving a woven fan was an exceptionally curious sight; nobody had expected Xiao Ruiyuan to do such a thing.

Mo Yan’s body had been tempered by Spirit Spring Water and wasn’t too bothered by the heat, but the thoughtfulness of Xiao Ruiyuan’s act was not something she wanted to refuse. After a brief moment of surprise, she let him continue.

Wiping sweat from their faces, Liyan and Cui Pingan felt taunted by the affectionate display before them. One quietly looked down, continuing to add firewood to the stove, wishfully fantasizing about having someone considerate to fan her one day; the other silently arranged the firewood, her mind drifting towards her childhood sweetheart far away in Yuan City.

Dazedly heading behind the kitchen to continue chopping wood, Cui Pingan happened to run into Lixiu and Tang Xin, who had just finished watering the vegetable garden. He seemed to remember something, and suddenly stopped Lixiu, pointing towards Xiao Ruiyuan through the window and whispering, "Sister Li, who is he?"

Following Cui Pingan’s finger, Lixiu saw Xiao Ruiyuan fanning Mo Yan, and after a moment of surprise, a faint smile appeared on her face, "That’s Sister Yan’s fiancé—Sir Xiao."

Sir Xiao? With the surname Xiao? And a government official too?

Cui Pingan quickly reviewed his past memories but couldn’t recall such a figure. Could it be that this person was too low-ranking to be famous? Yet with that commanding presence and that exceptionally handsome face, it couldn’t be that he was completely unknown. At the very least, in the years before his previous death, even though he had confined himself to the Cui Mansion, he had not been ignorant of the world outside. However, this man didn’t appear in his memories at all.

This was the second time he encountered such a situation. Moreover, not only were Princess Hejia and this Sir Xiao absent from his memories, but at this point in time in his previous life, the Crown Prince had already died, and a new Crown Prince was to be appointed only two years later. Yet now, the Crown Prince was alive and well, and the several princes who had previously been prominent were nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly he couldn’t distinguish between dreams and reality. He began to suspect that his previous life was just a very long dream, in which all those terrible things would never happen in real life...

In the kitchen, Xiao Ruiyuan began indirectly inquiring about Cui Pingan’s identity. Upon learning that this guy was the "chief culprit" who had turned the Cui family upside down these past few days, his face turned dark in an instant!

Seeing his reaction, Mo Yan could guess what he was thinking. With a head full of black lines, she said, "He has someone he fancies, so don’t start being senselessly jealous."

Xiao Ruiyuan still looked displeased, "Now that you know his identity, why not have the Cui family take him back? It’s ultimately inappropriate for him to stay here, with just a few women at home."

He, the official son-in-law of the Mo family, hadn’t been able to move in, so why should a wayward lad who had run away from home?

Xiao Ruiyuan would absolutely not admit... that he was jealous.

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