Shu Yu walked shoulder to shoulder with her. He looked at her worriedly, slowly holding her hand. Seeing no reaction from her, he applied a bit more strength. It seed he wanted to use this ans to draw her attention.
Dong Huiying ca back to her senses, turned her head away, and rolled up her sleeves to press the corners of her eyes and rubbed her face randomly. After tidying up the tears on her face, she turned back to him, "I’m fine,"
She forced a smile, but her lips felt as if they were weighed down by a thousand-pound weight, too heavy to curve upwards. However, fearing his concern, she tried hard to smile.
Nevertheless, Shu Yu’s reaction was—to reach out and cover her face with his hand. "If you don’t want to smile, then don’t. In front of , there’s no need to force a smile."
The tears she had just stopped almost flowed again because of him. Her nose tingled, she sniffed, and after a long while, she uttered a soft "Hmm."
Shu Yu sighed deeply, "I know you can’t let go of his brother, but given the current situation..."
She interrupted him: "My mind is in chaos. I can’t just ignore him, but I don’t know how to face him."
"I understand." He empathized: "Compared to Qi Xi, Brother is no different now." Perhaps even worse than Qi Xi.
He too was a bit troubled.
In the end, he said, "Let’s go, I’ll walk with you, wander around. We’re also planning to hire a cook. If there’s sothing you like and want to buy, don’t worry, I have brought silver."
She chuckled, "Alright."
Afterward, they strolled around the street together and hired a cook. The cook was an elderly woman but had good skills. It was said that she previously worked as a chef in a restaurant, but eventually, due to her age, she couldn’t keep up with the physically demanding, busy work surrounding the stove from morning till night, so she returned ho.
The old cook’s life was rather frugal since she had many daughters at ho. Her daughters needed dowries to marry. The older daughters were settled, but there were still two younger daughters causing concern.
Therefore, the old cook and Dong Huiying’s husband and wife were a perfect match.
Both parties agreed that starting tonight, the old cook would help prepare three als a day and also take care of cleaning the table and washing dishes; besides these, there would be no other tasks.
Shu Yu offered a generous compensation, which made the old cook smile happily.
When Dong Huiying and her husband returned from outside, it was already sunset.
The carriage that was originally parked outside the courtyard was gone, and the man who once kneeled in front of the courtyard gate had also left.
Dong Huiying couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, yet in her heart, there was still a sense of inexplicable loss.
Shu Yu wrapped his arm around her shoulders, bringing her into his embrace, and gently patted her back.
"No more crying. The days ahead will surely be better and better."
"Hmm!!"
She nodded vigorously as if affirming Shu Yu’s words and also encouraging herself.
However, early the next morning.
"Uh... Lady Dong, Mr. Liang, I’m really sorry, but I... I’ve sold this house. But rest assured, the buyer says you can stay here."
The landlord brought so unexpected news. Shu Yu’s eyebrows faintly furrowed, then he let out a low laugh: "Alright, we understand."
After sending the landlord away, Shu Yu turned to look at his wife.
The wife furrowed her brow in thought. From her expression, it seed she had already guessed sothing?
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