The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1152 - Chapter 1152 1153

Chapter 1152: 1153 Chapter 1152: 1153 “Is Second Brother in trouble?” She turned around.

“No…

nothing.” He looked at the third brother beside her, a complex emotion flashing through his deep eyes.

She was already with the third brother, and he had promised not to entangle himself any further.

Why then did his heart still ache so?

Words of concern congealed in his throat, only to come out as a cold, indifferent statement, “Later, no matter what it is, you can always come to Second Brother.

I will definitely try my best to help you…

all.”

Adding ‘all’ was so painful.

She and Third Brother were husband and wife.

Even as her Second Brother, he had no chance to be as close to her as Third Brother.

“Thank you, Second Brother.” Xiao Yuchuan was the one who spoke.

Xiao Yishan walked across the courtyard into the room.

Li Rong’er’s medicine had worn off, and she was just waking up.

Seeing him, she quickly got up.

“Brother Xiao, it seems you’ve just come back from outside?”

He didn’t speak, feeling a bit of heaviness in his sleeve pocket.

He reached into the sleeve pocket, took out the silver, and realized it was fifty taels of silver.

He remembered at the fireside how he had refused to take Qingyue’s silver taels.

It must have been during his moment of inattention that Qingyue had stealthily placed it in his pocket.

He wanted to return the silver to her but felt that since she gave it to him quietly, in case she did it again and he didn’t notice…

He glanced at Li Rong’er who had seen the shiny silver in his hand and was watching with eager eyes.

Had he not discovered the silver given by Qingyue, and Li Rong’er found it first, she would surely have hidden it and not handed it over to him.

If Qingyue didn’t mention it by then, he wouldn’t be likely to ask.

It was better to just keep it.

So, he put the silver back into his sleeve pocket, threw his clothes on the bed, and lay down.

“Brother Xiao…” Li Rong’er sat beside him, her eyes fixated on his clothes.

He pulled over the quilt and closed his eyes to sleep.

She reached out to tend to his head.

“Brother Xiao, look, winter is almost here, and I don’t really have any warm clothes…”

Xiao Yishan waved her hand away.

“Alright, stop that, I’m trying to sleep.

Tomorrow I’ll give you five hundred cents, go buy yourself some clothes.” He didn’t want to touch the fifty taels given by Qingyue.

He had also earned a bit from hunting recently and could afford to spare several hundred cents.

“But…” She bit her lip slightly, for just a moment.

She had seen that he must have been holding fifty silver taels in his hand just now.

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Seeing his sleeping demeanor, dismissive of anyone else, and her gaze fell on his scarred left face, she felt disgusted.

Not wanting to settle for nothing, thinking that five hundred cents was better than nothing, she still said with a forced smile, “Second Brother is so kind.”

In the courtyard next door, as soon as Su Qingyue and Xiao Yuchuan entered, they saw Xiao Qinghe sitting in the courtyard with a face full of anxiety.

Upon seeing the two, his elegant visage burst with joy.

“Qingyue, Third Brother, you’re both back, that’s wonderful!”

“I’m sorry to have worried you, Fourth Brother.” Xiao Yuchuan saw his wasted appearance.

“Your cold…”

“It’s better now.” His voice was a bit hoarse, “Third Brother, where have you been these past few days, what exactly happened?

Why are your clothes wet to the touch?”

Since Su Qingyue didn’t have the chance to tell him beforehand, Xiao Qinghe was not aware of the situation.

“I’ll change and then explain in detail.” Xiao Yuchuan went into the room.

He wasn’t wearing the wet clothes; rather, he was wearing an overcoat from Second Brother, while his pants were indeed wet, and the clothes hung over his hands.

Su Qingyue was also wet under her clothes, which Xiao Yuchuan was holding.

The outer garment she was wearing was dry.

After the two had changed into dry clothes, they came out again.

Su Qingyue saw how thin Fourth Brother had become, he must have not slept well for several days.