At noon, when the streets were at their busiest, Meng Chengcai and his son Meng Sili forced the eldest aunt to kneel in front of the door and shout at the top of their voices.
"Eldest brother! I'm sorry! I didn't know that my wife would be so heartless as to attack Ru Yi!"
"Second uncle! I didn't know that my mother had such intentions. I'm sorry for my cousin!"
The doorman rushed in with the news.
Xu Fanglian and her husband glanced at each other and put down their bowls.
"Fish Fish, you're not fully recovered yet. Stay here with Huai Zhi this time. We'll be back soon."
Without giving her daughter a chance to object, Xu Fanglian dragged her husband out of the courtyard.
Meng Ru Yi: "..." No! She must go out and have a look.
After holding back for a while, Meng Ru Yi finally worked up the courage to stammer, "Brother Song, how about we go out for a stroll?"
Song Huai Zhi looked at Meng Ru Yi with a blank expression. "A stroll?"
"Mm-hmm." Meng Ru Yi nodded like a pecking chicken. "Yes, just a stroll."
"Sure." Song Huai Zhi didn't expose her little scheme. He merely looked at her with a faint smile and got up to indicate that they should leave.
Meng Ru Yi looked up in shock and got up quickly to pat the little pouch on her waist. "Let's go! I'm fine!"
Song Huai Zhi picked up the forgotten outer robe and put it on Meng Ru Yi. He held her sleeve awkwardly and led her out the door slowly.
[Ah, it's really hard to resist Song Huai Zhi when he's nice to someone. This soft knife is the most powerful.]
[I remember that when Song Huai Zhi pretended to defect to the enemy in order to become the grand secretary, he was also so gentle with them.]
[Ah, Fish Fish, run away quickly! (shocked)]
Meng Ru Yi hesitated for a moment and tightened the belt of the outer robe with her free hand. She followed Song Huai Zhi's footsteps.
Along the way, Meng Ru Yi deliberately led Song Huai Zhi in the direction of the yamen. Her eyes were overflowing with slyness. She tried to hold back her face and act like she didn't care, but her eyes were twinkling.
Suddenly, Song Huai Zhi stopped and saw the crowd in front of him.
Meng Ru Yi looked in the direction of his gaze and was stunned. Her face turned pale and she bit her lower lip tightly.
The eldest aunt was crawling on the ground and trying to keep up with the two men. Her plain clothes were stained with blood. Her broken legs looked like soft noodles and hung limply on the ground. As they got closer, they could smell the stench.
Meng Ru Yi was silent for a moment and shouted at the two men's backs, "Meng Sili! This is your mother! Are you going to leave her here?"
The two men stopped. They didn't expect Meng Ru Yi to appear here. So Meng's father quickly supported his limping son and returned. He said to Meng Ru Yi with a heartache, "Ru Yi! Uncle is sorry for you! I didn't expect my wife to covet your family's property and do such a shameful thing!"
"I didn't expect it either!" Meng Sili echoed with an expression of grief. "Cousin, it's all my fault. I was shocked by my mother's injury the day before yesterday. I was dizzy for a moment and followed her to your house. I thought I was asking for justice, but I didn't expect her to have such a vicious heart."
The eldest aunt, who had been struggling, suddenly stopped moving. She was lying on the ground quietly like she had been pulled out of her bones.
"So you just left her here? It's so cold. Aren't you trying to silence her?"
The people around began to blame the two men. Their voices grew louder and louder, making the two men unable to raise their heads.
"This is not..." Meng Sili wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Meng Ru Yi.
"This is the last time I'll call your names. Your wife has committed such a serious crime. Don't you know anything about it? Who is she doing this for?"
The people around began to whisper.
"That's right! Maybe these two men pushed their wife out to take the blame!"
"It's hard to say. It's really a headache. When Miss Meng said that, it really seemed wrong."
"That's right. That woman told everything in the yamen like a pouring bean. I felt that there was something wrong with her at that time."
Meng Ru Yi said a few words and made the two men, who had just cleared their relationship, get involved in the public opinion again. She ignored the sudden change in the people's eyes and the increasingly ugly faces of the two men. She pulled Song Huai Zhi and left the crowd in a hurry.
As a result, she was pulled by Song Huai Zhi to a small tea stall not far away. She watched him order a pot of tea and a plate of snacks, and then calmly continued to watch the show.
Meng Ru Yi bit her lip. Her heart was as complicated as if she had knocked over a seasoning bottle. "Will Brother Song think that I'm cold-blooded? I seemed to be helping the eldest aunt just now, but actually I was just irritating them."
It was impossible to hide anything from Song Huai Zhi. It was better to just say it.
"Hmm?" Song Huai Zhi retracted his gaze from watching the show and looked at Meng Ru Yi with some confusion. "Is Miss Meng being too naive? Is this cold-blooded? Isn't this a very common thing?"
"She chose to save the two men. This is what she deserves."
[Damn, as expected of the words of the big villain, it's too powerful]
[My goodness, the Meng family is full of good people. How did Song Huai Zhi, such a big villain, get in?]
[Song Huai Zhi: Don't be sad. Everyone is not a good person]
[I think Song Huai Zhi seems to be comforting Fish Fish?]
[I also think it's a comfort, but this comfort is really too... scary. The big villain is so hardcore when he's coaxing a child]
Meng Ru Yi looked at him. She saw that he was staring at her, but his eyes seemed to float far away through her. They were cold and a little blank.
"Eat." Song Huai Zhi interrupted the silence between the two. He touched Meng Ru Yi's head and then pointed to the snacks on the table.
Meng Ru Yi was slightly stunned. She felt the temperature on her head that had not dissipated. She suddenly hooked her lips and a warm current rose in her heart.
[What does Song Huai Zhi mean? Giving Fish Fish a small snack. Is he comforting her?]
[Damn, it's so exciting. Song Huai Zhi is so crazy! Little Ru Yi must be scared to death, right?]
[As expected of a villain, he's too crazy, too crazy]
[It's over. Why is this so much better than the one next door? From time to time, the blackened little Song and the greedy and slow Fish Fish are simply perfect!]
[How could it be comparable to my precious female lead! It's so funny. Comparing this kind of cannon fodder with my precious female lead is simply a moon landing to touch porcelain]
Meng Ru Yi couldn't understand the bullet screen. She was silent for a moment and still didn't know what she should say. So her mouth was faster than her brain. She looked at Song Huai Zhi and said, "Why are there only three snacks on my plate?"
Wait! Meng Ru Yi felt that she was crazy. She was questioning Song Huai Zhi for three snacks!
Song Huai Zhi froze and then laughed. He looked at Meng Ru Yi calmly and said, "Miss Meng, don't push your luck. Mrs. Meng told me a few days ago not to let you eat too much sweet food."
Looking at the bullet screen full of haha and the three snacks that could be described as shabby compared to Song Huai Zhi's, Meng Ru Yi suddenly looked at him angrily. A few strands of thin red appeared on her fleshy little face.
Meng Ru Yi: You're done, really!
A bold idea suddenly popped up in Meng Ru Yi's mind.