After hearing the words, the driver cracked the donkey hard on the rump twice with his whip. The donkey even broke into a short trot.
Yun Lili still tried to chase after them. She staggered as she got up, fell again and by the time she stood back up, she could no longer catch up.
Ye Cunshan covered Yun Cheng’s ears, not allowing him to hear the malicious accusations and curses pouring out behind them. Even the driver in front couldn’t bear it anymore and muttered, “At such a young age, how can her mouth be so vicious?”
Ye Cunshan hadn’t interacted much with Yun Lili. In the past, when clan brothers happened to meet, he would hear Ye Zhong praise Yun Lili as gentle and sensible.
Back then, Ye Cunshan never quite understood how such a “gentle and sensible” temperament could be cultivated in the Yun household.
Both Yun Renyi and his wife had very obvious character flaws. The four children raised in that environment had each developed their own distinct traits.
The eldest was slick and smooth, the second worked himself to the bone, the third was “gentle,” and the fourth was a crybaby.
Even back then, people said Yun Lili’s personality was rare in the Yun family.
Some had warned Ye Zhong to be cautious, suggesting that it might all be an act.
Ye Zhong had said, “If it were really an act, could she keep it up for so many years?”
Now, looking at it, it wasn’t entirely impossible.
When nothing was wrong and someone was always there to flatter and cater to her, who would ever be forced to show such a side?
Only after they had gone far enough, when the sounds behind them faded and disappeared completely, did Ye Cunshan lower his hand.
Cun Yin poked his head out from the back and offered Yun Cheng some sesame candy.
Yun Cheng didn’t eat while riding in a carriage and he didn’t eat while riding in a donkey cart either.
He said, “I’m fine. I just didn’t expect her to come begging to me.”
By nature, he found it difficult to actively harm others. If he truly did nothing at all, his conscience wouldn’t be at ease either.
That was why he had demanded that Yun Renyi’s family sign IOUs to repay the money and why he had also made sure no one from that household could get involved with papermaking or knitting wool sweaters.
This step was meant to drag things out for as long as life itself. Yun Cheng had even prepared himself mentally to wait three to five years before seeing any results.
Yun Renyi valued profit above all else. Watching the people around him gradually improve their lives and grow wealthier while his own family remained stuck in place would make him anxious.
People always said that when a family lived in harmony, everything prospered. How could a household that argued constantly ever be peaceful and flourishing?
He just hadn’t expected things to unfold so quickly.
Ye Cunshan saw that Yun Cheng’s eyes showed no strong emotion and confirmed that he really was fine. Only then did he let out a sigh of relief.
“I didn’t expect it either.”
He then told Yun Cheng about what happened after the drinking banquet, when they went to Yun Renyi’s house. It had been noisy and chaotic.
Cun Yin listened eagerly from behind, sharing more gossip with them. “Brother Ye Zhong is no longer working at the papermaking workshop. He took back the betrothal gifts and canceled the engagement. Before Yun Renyi could even bring it up, he went straight to Brother Wangzu and resigned.”
What exactly was discussed inside, Cun Yin didn’t know.
He was heading back to the village to attend the banquet as well and they had returned together today. No one at the feast talked much about such an inauspicious matter. It was only mentioned in passing when someone brought up wedding dates.
Yun Cheng felt that this outcome was acceptable. Otherwise, if Ye Zhong continued boiling tree bark for too long, he would eventually realize that even if he entered the papermaking workshop, he would never be valued there and more trouble would follow.
When they reached the county town, the donkey cart could take them a bit farther.
With the county examination approaching in mid-month, as usual, most companions gathered near the county yamen, waiting for examinees to come out.
On the streets, the townspeople moved about in an orderly manner. Even the hawkers’ cries from the stalls were quieter than usual, for fear of disturbing the candidates.
They found a small restaurant to make do with dinner, then sent Cun Yin back to the paper shop. On the way, Ye Cunshan took Yun Cheng to a dried-goods shop and carefully selected a large bag of saltwater peanuts.
The shop assistant’s eyebrows jumped as he watched. “You really can’t pick them like that. If you do, it’ll cost extra.”
Ye Cunshan told him to add the charge. Only then did the assistant weigh them. In the end, it cost twenty extra coins before they carried the bag away.
“We left in a hurry and forgot to take some from Qingyang’s place,” Ye Cunshan explained.
At that point, Yun Cheng had lost all interest in the peanuts. If it weren’t for the sake of sharing in some festive luck, what use did he have for peanuts?
“Then you eat them yourself.”
Though he said he was fine, his mood had still been affected.
After they got home, heated the kang, boiled water and washed up, Yun Cheng lay down and the smile on his face gradually faded.
“Who from their family is coming to identify the bracelet design? What if they just point at one randomly?”
Neither he nor Ye Cunshan actually knew the real design. It would be difficult to verify afterward.
Ye Cunshan said, “Yun Renyi will come. I’ll lie to him and say we’ve already found the bracelet design. He’ll come to identify it. If what he identifies doesn’t match, we’ll see each other at the yamen.”
Yun Cheng looked at him. Ye Cunshan continued, “That’s why I need to get up early tomorrow and make a trip to the jewelry shop at the docks. I’ll give the clerk some reward silver and tell him not to let anything slip. Yun Renyi will definitely give him money too. After that, if he questions the clerk again, it won’t look like we’re being passive.”
Ye Cunshan estimated that Yun Renyi would probably give two or three taels of silver, any more than that was unlikely.
To be safe, he needed to give the shop clerk five taels. Only then would the man be willing to help tell a convincing lie.
Yun Cheng took out the money for him. “I’m starting to feel that this shop is pretty good too. When you have money, things are much easier to arrange.”
Ye Cunshan originally didn’t want to take Yun Cheng’s silver. At a time like this, what was there to quibble over about whose money it was?
When he tried to refuse, Yun Cheng shot him a look. Ye Cunshan immediately thought of Yun Cheng’s confiscated pocket money. Without changing his expression, he accepted the silver and quietly slipped one tael back into Yun Cheng’s hand.
“Five taels is enough.”
Yun Cheng let him keep it. “If you go too early, the clerk might have a bad temper from just waking up. Buy some food and drinks to bring along on the way.”
“Alright.”
That night, Ye Cunshan went on studying as usual. He had slept less than two hours when he got up again. Seeing that Yun Cheng was sleeping soundly, he even opened Yun Cheng’s small satchel and spotted the little booklet that had embarrassed Yun Cheng so much.
There was no title on the cover. Only when he flipped open the first page did he see a line of small characters written at the bottom: Wedding Night · Husband’s Edition.
Ye Cunshan: “……”
At such an early stage, was this really necessary?
He didn’t have time to read it today. After memorizing the title, he hurried out the door.
With the sky just barely lightening, Ye Cunshan jogged all the way to the docks. He found a street stall and bought meat buns and meat dumplings, added tofu pudding and three-delicacy soup and bought five boiled eggs. The bamboo basket was filled to the brim, enough to feed that clerk for an entire day. Only then did he knock on the shop door.
Just as Yun Cheng had said, being woken up while sleeping never earned anyone a pleasant expression. The clerk’s face carried a smile but his eyes were full of disdain.
Ye Cunshan handed over the basket of breakfast, apologized first, then explained his purpose. Before the clerk could react, he deftly passed over a small silver ingot.
The ingot was official silver, weighing five taels.
The displeasure in the clerk’s heart immediately dissipated. He even took a bite at the silver to test it. “No problem. You’re bringing someone to look at it at noon, right? I’ll keep all the bracelet pattern books for you. Later, I’ll also say that the two of you have already flipped through them and found what you were looking for and that the craftsmen in the back are already making the bracelet.”
Ye Cunshan heard the implication behind his words and accepted it smoothly. “I understand. Once the pattern is found, I’ll come back to have the bracelet made.”
The clerk was satisfied.
By the time Ye Cunshan was attending his first class of the day, Yun Renyi had also arrived in the county and went straight to the jewelry shop at the docks.
After entering and explaining his purpose, the clerk immediately laughed. “If you want to ask around, you should at least understand the rules. A bracelet from eighteen years ago is older than I am. Who do you expect to remember it for you?”
Once in the county, Yun Renyi no longer carried himself with the same authority. Even when speaking to a young shop clerk, he was polite on the surface.
In his heart, he complained: I’m here to ask whether anyone has come looking for a gold bracelet that was melted down eighteen years ago, not to ask about the whereabouts of that bracelet itself. How could you say you don’t remember?
He asked a couple more questions nicely but the clerk grew impatient, thinking Yun Renyi had no sense of propriety or awareness and simply couldn’t be bothered to respond.
Only then did Yun Renyi take out the silver he had prepared in advance.
The clerk glanced at it, only two taels. He snorted lightly and looked away.
Yun Renyi dug out another tael, his face full of pain.
The clerk immediately understood that this man was not straightforward. If he kept posturing and raising the price, he wouldn’t even get these three taels.
He smiled as he accepted the money, putting on an expression that said, “That’s enough, ask whatever you want.”
In reality, he was implying something else: since the silver was far less than what the other young master had given, Yun Renyi shouldn’t expect to hear the truth.
The only thing Yun Renyi cared about was one question. “Did they really find the bracelet pattern?”
The clerk pointed toward the backyard. “Of course. Our craftsmen are already making a new bracelet for them.”
His memory was good. He knew the bracelet Yun Cheng wanted had characters and floral designs on it. With his stomach full, he was willing to embellish a little more. “That bracelet has a lot of characters carved on it, it’s troublesome to make.”
Yun Renyi’s heart sank straight to the bottom.
So they really had found it.
He forced himself to rally again. At least he hadn’t let that shrew Li Qiujv come along.
Otherwise, this time they would have been completely ruined!
After asking about the thickness of the pattern books and learning that there were seven or eight volumes, each as thick as a brick, Yun Renyi knew he wouldn’t be able to return today. He needed to find a place nearby to stay as soon as possible.
With examinees coming and going, everywhere except the docks was fully booked. Yun Renyi disliked the chaos at the docks. After meeting Ye Cunshan at noon, he hinted openly and covertly that this trip was for handling matters on their behalf and that no matter what, they should provide food and lodging.
He knew very well that Ye Cunshan and Yun Cheng had bought a house in the county.
Ye Cunshan coldly threw out a single line: “Even the grand prison doesn’t provide food and lodging.”
Yun Renyi fell silent.
Once inside the shop, that clerk showed no professional ethics at all. He openly tipped Ye Cunshan off. “Oh my, I was worried this morning about whether you two would manage to avoid looking at the same bracelet books. I didn’t expect you to come together!”
Yun Renyi ground his teeth in anger. He had paid three taels of silver!
They weren’t sons of official families like Lu Ying, nor were they young masters from the capital whom even the county magistrate would personally accompany.
If one wanted to view the patterns, they could only do so inside the shop. A young attendant stood by to keep watch, preventing any tearing or damage.
After Yun Renyi started working, Ye Cunshan thought for a moment and gave the clerk another two taels. “He’s not honest. Please keep a closer eye on him.”
The clerk beamed. “Don’t worry. Our shop has guards, some of them used to be executioners. Just have one stand there and he won’t dare act up!”
Yun Renyi truly lacked patience. By the afternoon, he wanted to leave early, using the excuse of looking for lodging.
He had it all planned out. Since there was no way to squeeze a single tael out of Ye Cunshan and working while feeling aggrieved was still work, why not make things harder for them?
These pattern books were charged by the day. The more he dragged it out, the more Ye Cunshan would have to pay, five taels per day. He wanted to see how long their family fortune could last.
The clerk agreed. “Just remember, under normal circumstances, you can finish flipping through the pattern books in five days easily. After that, we’ll give them to the next client waiting. Whether you manage to find what you’re looking for or not, you’ll have to explain it to your employer yourself.”
Yun Renyi’s voice was low, his tone full of irritation. “That’s not my employer!”
If one really wanted to talk about seniority, Ye Cunshan was his junior! He should be calling him Uncle together with Yun Cheng!
The clerk rolled his eyes. “Whatever.”
Yun Renyi hesitated for a while. His memory was already blurred now. All the bracelet patterns were just circles upon circles. The more he looked, the sleepier he became, until his eyes were seeing stars and his head grew heavier and heavier.
Afraid that if time ran out the bitter consequences would still fall on him, he swallowed his anger and returned to the small room.
This time, the little attendant assigned to watch him had been replaced by a burly, dark-skinned man who radiated a murderous aura.
Yun Renyi wanted to change people but the man said flatly, “I used to be an executioner. I’m acting as your little guard now, be content with that.”
Yun Renyi immediately fell silent, not daring to utter another word.
After school, Ye Cunshan did not go back to the docks. With the first session of the county exam finished, the county town once again descended into noisy chaos. Some candidates completely collapsed mentally the moment they left the examination hall and all kinds of emotional outbursts could be seen everywhere. On his way back, Ye Cunshan saw several people crying, wailing or laughing foolishly. He decided he should hurry home and keep Yun Cheng company.
Yun Cheng had already prepared a pot of stewed vegetables at home and warmed six steamed buns by the stove.
At most, Yun Cheng could eat one and a half buns in a meal. Ye Cunshan usually ate about four and could probably manage an extra half if needed.
There were plenty of rice cakes added to the stew as well, filling and satisfying, so there was no fear of him going hungry.
When Ye Cunshan returned, he briefly explained what had happened at the jewelry shop. After listening, Yun Cheng handed him another ten taels of silver.
“I don’t know how much it’ll cost to make a bracelet in the end.”
He was also indignant. “Yun Renyi really has no sense at all! How could he sell such a bracelet for just eight taels of silver? If you calculate the weight, the melted gold alone would’ve been heavier than eight taels!”
Because of that, Yun Cheng had ended up having to personally chip in quite a bit together with Ye Cunshan.
After venting his anger, Yun Cheng actually felt better.
Fortunately, the amount was small. Otherwise, Yun Renyi would have lived even more comfortably all these years.
Ye Cunshan said, “He must have been threatened back then.”
Otherwise, with how greedy Yun Renyi was, there was no way he would have sold it at such a low price.
A rather unscrupulous thought crossed Ye Cunshan’s mind.
After the county exam ended, it would take three or four days for the results to be announced.
In a remote and impoverished county like this, making the trip back and forth was not easy. Even scholars who knew their chances were slim would often wait until the posted results were finalized before leaving the county to return home.
Very few people left immediately, so accommodations in the county remained scarce.
Yun Renyi could only stay at the docks.
Ye Cunshan planned to find someone to teach Yun Renyi a lesson.
Of course, he couldn’t beat him up but hiring a petty thief to pick his pockets of gold and silver, that would work.
The words hovered on the tip of his tongue several times but in the end, he didn’t tell Yun Cheng.
Forget it.
If Yun Cheng were the kind of person who could actively harm others, Yun Renyi wouldn’t have had to wait until now to be punished.
He would take on the role of the villain himself.
Yun Cheng kept to his usual habits, when he expected someone to work hard, he became especially attentive.
This matter required Ye Cunshan to keep an eye on things for a while. So that evening, once they climbed onto the kang, Yun Cheng started stepping on Ye Cunshan’s back.
This kind of treatment only came once every few months.
Ye Cunshan felt so comfortable under his feet that his entire body relaxed. “If only you had a business of your own. You’d be too lazy to manage it, so I’d have to run around for you. After I finish running errands, I come back and you serve me properly.”
Yun Cheng stomped heavily on his backside. “I already have a business!”
The paper-making workshop was half his, after all.
Ye Cunshan almost forgot about that. “That’s because I don’t understand the trade. I’ve already saved dozens of little ‘clouds’ now and I’m still saving them every day. That should be enough to make you step on my back every day.”
There was no need for shoulder pinching or back pounding. With Yun Cheng’s strength, it was only comfortable when he rubbed Ye Cunshan’s head.
Even rubbing his palms wasn’t strong enough. After a while, it always turned into slow, gentle touches, almost like flirting.
Yun Cheng didn’t like Ye Cunshan looking down on his lack of strength. “You’re strong. You know how to step and press. Naturally, you should be the one stepping on me and pressing on me!”
Such lively energy.
Ye Cunshan dared to joke a bit further with him. “Sure. Later I’ll step on you, press on you and even give you some other ‘services.’”
The word “services” was something Ye Cunshan had learned from Yun Cheng.
It was similar to serving someone, doing something for them but without the heavy connotation of servitude.
However, when Ye Cunshan understood it that way, Yun Cheng didn’t want to argue with him.
Ye Cunshan was convinced his understanding was correct. Just saying that sentence was enough to make Yun Cheng blush, which was quite nice to look at.
Tomorrow, he also wanted to go to Wanshu Studio to browse some miscellaneous books. That place mostly sold all kinds of erotic storybooks and spring palace illustrations.
He had never seen spring palace illustrations before but he had read erotic storybooks. After all, even some popular novels contained all sorts of romantic encounters.
If it was called a romantic encounter yet nothing happened between the man and the beauty, the book wouldn’t sell.
Back when Ye Cunshan studied how to write popular fiction, he had done some serious research.
He had paid special attention to the sensuous descriptions.
Thinking back on them now, everything felt vague.
A bunch of pedantic scholars, wanting to do it yet tearing off fig leaves, piling up messy poetry, it was far worse than simply writing, “the two of them slept together.”
Next time, he would bring back an illustrated album to take a look at and then pull Yun Cheng along to study it together.
Of course, he couldn’t say that he wanted to try some new tricks with Yun Cheng. He would have to say it was for learning purposes.
After all, in Yun Cheng’s novel The Uxorilocal Husband, the husband also had a proper wife. Eventually, that sort of thing would happen anyway.
When Yun Cheng grew tired of stepping and burrowed into the quilt to rest, Ye Cunshan hugged him and rubbed against him. “That book sister-in-law gave you, did you hide it? Didn’t you say it was meant for me to read?”
His breathing brushed against the back of Yun Cheng’s neck. As his lips parted and closed, they would occasionally graze that patch of skin.
A shiver of goosebumps rose all over Yun Cheng. He moved his shoulders, trying to shake him off.
The difference in strength and build was too great. That bit of struggle was negligible.
Yun Cheng was breathing lightly because he was tired but at this moment it sounded extremely improper.
His breathing tightened as he told Ye Cunshan to go read and memorize books. “Stop reading all those miscellaneous books. You’re someone who’s taking the imperial examinations.”
Ye Cunshan asked Yun Cheng to name the book. “Whether it’s miscellaneous or not, don’t I have to read it myself to judge?”
After a few rounds of bickering, Yun Cheng realized that Ye Cunshan didn’t look like he wanted to read at all, he just wanted to tease him.
He understood immediately.
“Ye Xiaoshan, you peeked at my book!”
Ye Cunshan was kicked out of the quilt, something he cooperated with on purpose.
If he hadn’t been afraid Yun Cheng would kick away all the warmth trapped in the bedding, he would have just lain there without moving. Yun Cheng wouldn’t have been able to kick him out anyway.
He glanced at the heated table, then finally set up the kang table and sat at the foot of the bed. He caught Yun Cheng’s feet and placed them between his thighs, letting Yun Cheng fall asleep first.
Yun Cheng: “…” How was he supposed to sleep like this?
Ye Cunshan simply loved being like this.
When Yun Cheng was lost in wild thoughts, Ye Cunshan would act completely single-minded and detached, forcing Yun Cheng to stew in inner torment. After his mind churned out two tons of useless imaginings, after he went through repeated emotional rises and falls and finally admitted to himself that he had been overthinking everything, only then would Ye Cunshan suddenly launch an attack, catching him utterly off guard.
Yun Cheng would be unhappy, humming and grumbling, unwilling to cooperate but once he was kissed into comfort, he would stop holding it against Ye Cunshan and the two of them would end up making a mess of the night together anyway.
The next day, Ye Cunshan went to the jewelry shop again at noon and took Yun Renyi out to eat.
He had spent some time at the docks before and understood the openly and covertly divided territories there. The restaurant he took Yun Renyi to was one frequently patronized by a certain group of ruffians.
Ye Cunshan talked a lot that day, repeatedly bringing up “bracelet,” “gold bracelet,” “how much silver you still have on you,” and “where you’re staying.”
Yun Renyi understood the principle of not flaunting wealth. He cried poor in response to every question and even tried to hint that Ye Cunshan should show some sense and help him out a little.
Ye Cunshan didn’t pick up the thread. From the corner of his eye, he noticed that the people at the neighboring table were frequently glancing their way. Only then did he add fuel to the fire. “I brought the IOU with me. Pay back the remaining four taels of silver.”
He hadn’t asked about it yesterday, so Yun Renyi had assumed Ye Cunshan had forgotten.
Now that it was brought up, Yun Renyi instinctively wanted to play dumb but seeing the cold look in Ye Cunshan’s eyes, he said instead, “There are too many people here. Let’s go somewhere else to settle it.”
Ye Cunshan agreed. After the meal, he didn’t follow Yun Renyi back to his lodging. Instead, he found a small alley. One handed over the silver, the other handed over the IOU. As he left, Ye Cunshan reached into his own pocket and took out the ten taels Yun Cheng had given him. His large hand closed fully around it as he leaned sideways against the wall and slipped it back into his pocket.
He tried to hide it but not very carefully. He made sure someone saw it, then strode away.
Having paid out another sum of silver, Yun Renyi no longer wanted to stay in the county to scheme against others. If he kept at it, his daily expenses for food and lodging would only pile up. If he couldn’t drag Ye Cunshan down, he would end up ruining himself first.
When the two groups of ruffians met again, they exchanged information.
“One went back to the academy.”
“One went to the jewelry shop.”
The academy was on East Street, close to the county yamen. They didn’t dare go there.
Scholars could write legal complaints. If things turned into a fight over money, they would be the ones to suffer.
When they discovered that Yun Renyi was still staying near the docks that evening, their crooked thoughts began to stir.
If he still had money to commission a bracelet, he had to be carrying at least twenty or thirty taels of silver.
On the day the county exam results were announced, a group of candidates burst into tears.
Far away at the docks, Yun Renyi also wailed, his silver had been stolen!
And over these days, he had finished browsing five volumes of bracelet design catalogues yet still hadn’t found the one that looked familiar.
They all had flowers and inscriptions but some designs looked refined and noble, while others were crude and vulgar. The level of craftsmanship also varied.
After looking through several designs and forming a sense of comparison, Yun Renyi flipped through the pages more and more quickly.
Now he began to doubt himself. Had he missed it?
Or perhaps too much time had passed and he had truly forgotten.
Under the double blow, his spirit visibly withered.
When Ye Cunshan brought Yun Cheng over to ask about the result and learned that nothing had been found, he immediately took out a complaint he had long since written from his robes. “That’s unfortunate. Then let’s go straight to the county yamen.”
Thinking of his eldest son still recuperating at home and of Magistrate Wang who had been exiled thousands of li away, Yun Renyi’s legs went weak.
He asked Ye Cunshan to give the jewelry shop more money so he could go through the catalogues again. “It’s been too long. I don’t remember clearly. I must have missed it!”
Ye Cunshan looked at the shop assistant. Seeing how much Yun Renyi was tossing and turning over the matter, the assistant knew the gold bracelet was important and that they would definitely keep searching, so he didn’t lie. “Aside from trying to slack off on the first day, he’s been quite serious the rest of the time.”
Ye Cunshan agreed to let him browse through them again. Yun Renyi then tried to borrow money from him. “My silver was stolen by thieves. I only have a few copper coins left. I’ve got nowhere to stay at night and I can’t even afford a few meals…”
Ye Cunshan sneered. “What does that have to do with me?”
Yun Renyi immediately turned to Yun Cheng. “You want to find that bracelet quickly, don’t you? For me to run back and forth would only take a day but this assistant says there are people lined up to look at these catalogues. Who knows how long they’ll take? Can you afford that delay?”
Yun Cheng had been brought out by Ye Cunshan that day. On the way, Ye Cunshan had told him how shameless Yun Renyi was.
He told him about how Yun Renyi had repeatedly tried to cheat them out of money, trying to raise the price on the spot, trying to delay the work so they’d waste silver for nothing.
Yun Cheng didn’t want to see Yun Renyi’s face at all. Ye Cunshan had said he would take him to watch some fun.
He hadn’t expected this to be the “fun.”
Yun Renyi knew Yun Cheng hated him and gritted his teeth as he said, “No matter what, I’m still your elder. If I really kneel down and beg, can you bear that? Besides, it’s not like I won’t sign an IOU. I even settled the last one!”
Yun Cheng didn’t respond directly. Instead, he asked, “Do you know that a few days ago, on our way into the county, our carriage was stopped? Do you know who stopped it?”
Yun Renyi’s head rang.
Of course he knew who had stopped it. When Yun Lili had gone out, he had even mocked her a few times.
Yun Cheng said, “I’m not giving you any silver. If you’re truly poor, then hurry up and finish the work yourself. Find the bracelet and you can go home and ‘lord it over others’ again.”
After saying this, Yun Cheng felt refreshed from head to toe.
Being a “bad guy” felt really good.
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ChaptersChapter 1 · I Shall Go With YouChapter 2 · You Are ResponsibleChapter 3 · Just make A DoChapter 4 · You Have To Hold MeChapter 5 · Live A Good LifeChapter 6 · Meet The ParentsChapter 7 · Lucky for My husbandChapter 8 · ThreatenChapter 9 · Turning Waste paper into NewChapter 10 · New Paper!Chapter 11 · He will look good in thisChapter 12 · Too HonestChapter 13 · Make Him HappyChapter 14 · WorshipChapter 15 · Feeling Sorry for moneyChapter 16 · I’m so reluctant to leave you.Chapter 17 · My feelings for him are no longer pure.Chapter 18 · Thinking about helping him in some wayChapter 19 · Buy one for my husbandChapter 20 · Cause troubleChapter 21 · Aftermath of the incidentChapter 22 · He led him home obediently.Chapter 23 · Why are you hugging me?Chapter 24 Part 1 · Sweet TalkingChapter 24 Part 2 · Sweet TalkingChapter 25 · You are my drean ManChapter 26 · I don’t fall for flirtingChapter 27 Part 1 · Teaching You How to Like MeChapter 27 Part 2 · Teaching You How to Like MeChapter 28 Part 1 · Picking up kid from schoolChapter 28 Part 2 · Picking up kid from schoolChapter 29 Part 1 · I Have a FriendChapter 29 Part 2 · I Have a FriendChapter 30 Part 1 · Pampering My HusbandChapter 30 Part 2 · Pampering My HusbandChapter 31 Part 1 · Don’t compare yourself with othersChapter 31 Part 2 · Don’t compare yourself with othersChapter 32 Part 1 · Come here and kiss me yourselfChapter 32 Part 2 · Come here and kiss me yourselfChapter 33 Part 1 · Let me explainChapter 33 Part 2 · Let me explainChapter 34 Part 1 · Little SecretChapter 34 Part 2 · Little SecretChapter 35 Part 1 · Going to the New Year MarketChapter 35 Part 2 · Going to the New Year MarketChapter 36 Part 1 · Please coax his little husbandChapter 36 Part 2 · Please coax his little husbandChapter 37 Part 1 · I want you to pamper meChapter 37 Part 2 · I want you to pamper meChapter 38 Part 1 · He wants to marry into the family!Chapter 38 Part 2 · He wants to marry into the family!Chapter 39 Part 1 · This is a separate priceChapter 39 Part 2 · This is a separate priceChapter 40 Part 1 · Husband, children, and a warm bedChapter 40 Part 2 · Husband, children, and a warm bedChapter 41 Part 1 · Biting SpringChapter 41 Part 2 · Biting SpringChapter 42 Part 1 · Isn’t managing you the important thing?Chapter 42 Part 2 · Isn’t managing you the important thing?Chapter 43 · Shameless!Chapter 44 Part 1 · Head of the HouseholdChapter 44 Part 2 · Head of the HouseholdChapter 45 · DatingChapter 45 Part 2 · DatingChapter 46 · You Were the One Who Got HookedChapter 47 · I Like Being Looked AfterChapter 48 · A Weighty AffectionChapter 49 · Go On, Say It AgainChapter 50 · There’s plenty of time in the futureChapter 51 · Karma and RetributionChapter 52 · Playing the “Villain”Chapter 53 · I’ll Be Very Gentle!Chapter 54 · Rural RomanceChapter 55 · Don’t CryChapter 56 · Unable to Afford TuitionChapter 57 · Coax MeChapter 58 · Do You Want Me to Keep You Company?Chapter 59 · You’re Not Good EnoughChapter 60 · WoofChapter 61 Part 1 · Are the Words “I Love You” Too Hot for Your Mouth?Chapter 61 Part 2 · Are the Words “I Love You” Too Hot for Your Mouth?Chapter 62 · My skin gets itchy if I don’t take care of it for a day.Chapter 63 · ClingyChapter 64 · Night TalkChapter 65 · Top Scholar TransmigrationChapter 66 · Imperial examinationsChapter 67 · Exams Over!Chapter 68 · You’re making fun of me as soon as you get back?Chapter 69 · Shameless!Chapter 70 · Truly unbelievableChapter 71 · One taelChapter 72 · Did you draw one for my brother?Chapter 73 · Bad LuckChapter 74 · Look like youChapter 75 · You’re so clingyChapter 76 · Careful your elder brother doesn’t beat you upChapter 77 · If you’re going to hit me, then just hit meChapter 78 · Cheng GegeChapter 79 · Thank you, DidiChapter 80 · Poor scholars from humble backgrounds usually have strong prideChapter 81 · Twenty two?Chapter 82 · Have you started preparing a new book yet?Chapter 83 · We’re PoorChapter 84 · I Still can’t believeChapter 85 Part 1 · But What happened in the end?Chapter 85 Part 2 · But What happened in the End?Chapter 86 · I’m a little kidChapter 87 · The person in this painting is my younger brotherChapter 88 · Yun Xiaocheng Even Has This SkillChapter 89 Part 1 · Preparations Before DepartureChapter 89 Part 2 · Preparations Before DepartureChapter 90 Part 1 · On the Road, a Transitional ChapterChapter 90 Part 2 · On the Road, a Transitional ChapterChapter 91 Part 1 · NarrativeChapter 91 Part 2 · NarrativeChapter 92 · Narrative, transitional chapterChapter 93 · Make you happyChapter 94 Part 1 · Burial and AdmonitionChapter 94 Part 2 · Burial and AdmonitionChapter 95 · Song Jin said she was very good to Cheng HuilanChapter 96 · She has a good older brother.Chapter 97 · Simplicity is the bestChapter 98 · HomecomingChapter 99 Part 1 · Going homeChapter 99 Part 2 · Going HomeChapter 100 Part 1 · AugustChapter 100 Part 2 · AugustChapter 101 Part 1 · How come you’re pregnant but still have such a slim waist?Chapter 101 Part 2 · How come you’re pregnant but still have such a slim waist?Chapter 102 · This is the love you have for me.Chapter 103 Part 1 · SeptemberChapter 103 Part 2 · SeptemberChapter 103 Part 3 · SeptemberChapter 104 Part 1 · Ye Xiaoshan, you’re so shamelessChapter 104 Part 2 · Ye Xiaoshan, you’re so shamelessChapter 105 · Ye Xiaoshan, what are you doing?Chapter 106 Part 1 · Daily lifeChapter 106 Part 2 · Daily lifeChapter 107 · The novel has many plotsChapter 108 Part 1 · Daily life + novel plotChapter 108 Part 2 · Daily life + novel plotChapter 109 · Monthly Exams and Daily RoutineChapter 110 · Mainly exams