Ying Sisi couldn’t bring herself to call out, nor did she want to. She stayed silent, twisting the hem of her clothes.
Song Hanmei couldn’t save face anymore and cursed, “Other people’s children really can’t be raised to be close to you. We feed and clothe her so well every day, and she still won’t even call someone.”
“Mom, sister just arrived and isn’t used to things yet, so she’s shy and doesn’t dare to greet people. I’ll take her around and show her the place so she can get familiar and calm down.” Li Yuwei pulled Ying Sisi out.
Song Hanmei was furious. That ungrateful girl—always turning her elbow outward, ruining her plans.
When she came over, she had already planned everything. She would find a chance to take Ying Sisi to the house of that local thug Feng Erhunzi, lock the two of them in a room, then call people over to catch them in the act. That way Ying Sisi’s reputation would be ruined and she would have no choice but to marry him.
After walking a bit, Li Yuwei suddenly said, “Sister, I just remembered I have an appointment with a friend. You go wait at the park ahead, okay? It’s sunny there and warm.”
“Okay.”
Halfway there, Ying Sisi felt something was off. Li Yuwei always prided herself on being educated, refined, and punctual—how could she suddenly remember an appointment right after offering to show her around?
Was she deliberately trying to send her away?
She quietly followed.
She saw Li Yuwei stop in front of a large courtyard gate.
She carefully adjusted her clothes and hair, her voice slightly excited as she called, “Is Brother Feng Er at home?”
Feng Erhunzi’s real name was Feng Shuangxi. He was lazy, poor, and had nothing to his name. At twenty-six, he still had no partner. Whenever he saw women, his eyes lit up, and most women in the neighborhood avoided him.
Now that a woman had come looking for him on her own—and even called him “brother”—he immediately thought she had feelings for him.
He couldn’t hide his excitement. “Well, if it isn’t a fairy. It’s Sister Yuwei.”
Li Yuwei thought to herself: as expected, clothes really make the man. Someone so ordinary now—almost even a bit clownish—would, in the future, look like a refined gentleman in a tailored suit and luxury watch, becoming the dream man of many women.
Imagining that future, she blushed slightly and said shyly, “Brother Feng really knows how to talk. I’m not a fairy.”
Feng Shuangxi was delighted by her response and couldn’t hide his grin. “So, want to come in and sit?”
Li Yuwei hesitated. She did want to marry him—but not by ruining her reputation.
But if she missed this chance, she would have to wait until the New Year.
In her previous life, on this very day, Ying Sisi had been tricked by her mother into being trapped in Feng’s house. Ying Sisi panicked and kept banging on the door. Outsiders misunderstood it as her being molested by Feng Shuangxi.
Her father thought she had brought shame to the family and made her marry him.
After Ying Sisi entered the Feng household, Feng Shuangxi surprisingly changed—he became hardworking and capable. Soon after, rumors said he had earned a thousand yuan from the black market. He dressed Ying Sisi like a city woman and spoiled her endlessly.
Even when Ying Sisi later couldn’t have children, he never mistreated her.
She was already beautiful, and with his money and care, she became even more elegant and stunning.
As for herself, she ended up being tormented by Qin Yanci until she looked neither human nor ghost.
Thinking of this, desire overcame her restraint.
“…Maybe we could go to a nearby teahouse instead?”
Feng Shuangxi immediately brightened. “Alright!”
From a hidden spot, Ying Sisi watched in stunned silence.
She couldn’t understand why Li Yuwei, such a proper young lady, would actively approach a man who looked like a thug.
If it were her, she wouldn’t even stand within one meter of him—she’d beat him up.
Full of suspicion, Ying Sisi left.
Meanwhile, she planned to buy flour from locals in the black market and make fried dough twists to sell there.
At the entrance of the black market, someone was keeping watch. Seeing her unfamiliar face, he warned cautiously, “Miss, this is a residential courtyard ahead. You can’t go further.”
Ying Sisi nervously took out her permit. “Hello, big brother, I have authorization.”
She had spent two yuan buying the paper permit and hesitated for a long time, worried it might not work next time.
Fortunately, after checking it, the lookout nodded. “Go in.”