(Jiang Wanru and Ji Yan exit the Wang Manor's right side gate, walking for a while before seeing more and more people on the road. Ji Yan leans in close to Jiang Wanru and asks: "Miss, Third Young Master told you to leave later and ride together in his carriage, why didn't you agree?" Jiang Wanru turns her head and smiles at Ji Yan, saying: "He was just speaking casually, I don't need to take it seriously. Besides, if I were to sit with him in the carriage, we'd be facing each other silently, thinking about it is tiring. It's more comfortable for us to walk and talk while looking around.")

  Ji Yan heard this and smiled lightly, then said in a low voice: "Just now, Wang the steward told me that Third Young Master is being very good to Miss, and won't tolerate anyone being disrespectful to you." Jiang Wanru heard this and couldn't help but laugh. She knew that no one in Lian Hua courtyard was someone to be underestimated. That woman usually seemed so ordinary, yet she was actually very skilled at reading people's expressions. On the one hand, Lian Hua had just scolded three people, and on the other hand, she would think of all this and flatter Ji Yan by patting her horse's rear end.

  Jiang Wanru turned her head to glance at Jiyu, who was beaming with joy, and reached out to grab her arm just as she was about to collide with someone. She said softly, "You also believe in this kind of talk? It's obviously something used to deceive the two of us. She thinks I haven't seen what it means to truly treat people well. That Third Young Master, if he wants to treat people well, will look at them like they're precious jewels. He's just taking advantage of the situation to bully a few insolent people. In a household like this, where the master is cunning and won't tolerate being fooled by servants, the servants are all vying for power. If you show even a little weakness, they'll turn around and deceive you."

  "Hmph, with a long history of inheritance, the direct descendants of the Zhong family have their own set of rules. Those two people today simply crossed his bottom line, so they got taught a lesson. The servants are petty in doing things, and the master teaches them a lesson, what does it have to do with me? I just watch the show from the side. Don't listen to those sweet words, be careful in the future. Keep as much distance from them as possible. We two combined can't even beat any one of them. The struggles for favor and position in that courtyard are none of our business, we just need to observe from the side, learn more and gain experience."

  Ji Yan's face fell as she listened, and she sighed lightly, saying: "Miss, I originally thought that the people in the courtyard would treat me like before, and I was thinking of making some friends. Now it seems I can only give up on that idea. From now on, I'm just a commoner's wife, there's nothing special about me to borrow." Jiang Wanru looked at her disappointed little face and smiled, saying: "After you get married, you'll meet people who are just as good. No need for complicated calculations. People with similar temperaments will naturally become friends. It's better than putting in genuine effort only to have others smile to your face while trampling on you behind your back."

  Ji Yan listened to Jiang Wanru's words. Thinking of Jiang Wanru's situation, he smiled and said: "Miss, apart from me, you will also make particularly good friends in the future, and more people will listen to your words and know about your goodness." Jiang Wanru glanced at Ji Yan with full confidence, secretly sighing in her heart. She had always liked the warmth in Chu Xiao's eyes. Liked Chu Yangshi's bright and open personality. After her own identity was revealed yesterday, she and this couple could only be polite acquaintances like water. This couple's personalities were straightforward, they never liked complicated things, but her own background made it impossible to be simple.

  Ji Yan glanced at Jiang Wanru's expression, seeing her deep in thought, and said in a soft voice, "Miss, are you unhappy with what I just said?" Jiang Wanru looked around at the smiling faces of the people passing by, listening to them talk about their happy events. Her mood gradually calmed down, and she smiled as she shook her head lightly, saying, "I'm not unhappy. It's just that thinking about making more friends in the future makes me a bit worried that others might not like my personality. I hope I can have more good luck and get to know a few more good friends."

  Ji Yan listened to Jiang Wan's words, and she lowered her head to hide the worry in her eyes. Mu Gen had told her a few days ago that after two years, Miss would leave the Wang Fu, and her marriage would be very difficult. She said with a heavy heart: "Ji Yan, Miss is getting more and more opinionated as she grows older, and her temperament is not like someone who can swallow her voice for a lifetime. In the future, unless she meets a particularly good man, or else, she has the ability to make money, but I'm afraid she will be alone. Mu Gen has treated her like a younger sister since childhood, so naturally, she would worry about her more.

  "Good words, I hope you can always remember her kindness. In the future, be able to tolerate her and Mugen's sibling relationship, and let her still have a maternal family to rely on." Jiyu looked at Mugen's mother with an incredulous face after hearing this. This year, she had been following Jiang Wanru, often going in and out, and was no longer as ignorant of human emotions as before. She had heard about some women remarrying, carefully observing the expressions on their faces, seeing that they were mostly happy.

  She said to Mokuren's mother, "I will always be good to Miss, and Mokuren brother can always be good to Miss. In the future, he will definitely be good to me too. However, I believe that there will certainly be a man who knows Miss's goodness, and he will treat Miss very well." Mokuren's mother listened and nodded with a bitter smile, "Of course, there will be men who know Miss's goodness, but Miss has been hurt too many times, so she may not dare to trust men again. If she didn't have the ability to support herself, maybe it would be easier for her to remarry for the sake of living, given her personality. But since she is capable of supporting herself, remarriage won't be that easy."

  Ji Yan thought of Mu Gen's words and looked up to see Jiang Wanru beside her, seeing that her eyes were already looking at the people coming towards them. She followed her gaze and saw that Jiang Wanru's eyes, apart from looking at couples, were mostly looking at children, and when she saw the smile on their faces, she would smile along with them. Ji Yan followed her gaze to look at the smiling children one by one. Jiang Wanru turned back, seeing Ji Yan staring at the children with shining eyes, and smiled softly saying: "Ji Yan, in a few years, after you and your brother get married, give birth to such adorable children, we won't need to go see other people's kids."

  Ji Yan's face turned red as she turned her head to glance at Jiang Wanmu, who immediately regained her calm and composed demeanor. She stomped her feet and quickened her pace, saying: "Miss, we're running late today, let's hurry up." Since Ji Yan's marriage, Jiang Wanmu had always enjoyed seeing her blush and struggle to speak. Hearing her words, she smiled and nodded in agreement: "Yes, we must hurry, or else it'll be too late and Brother will have gone out on business again, and no one will be able to have a proper conversation with him."

  Jiang Wanmu walked alongside Jiyuan, smiling as she gazed at her flushed and annoyed face. Jiyuan glared at Jiang Wanmu and said, "I'll go tell Brother Mugen about you teasing me." Upon hearing this, Jiang Wanmu nodded repeatedly, sincerely admitting her mistake: "Yes, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have casually reminded future sister-in-law of the various benefits that come with marrying brother after they get married. I will apologize to brother and say it was all my mistake for provoking little sister-in-law." After saying this, Jiang Wanmu quickened her pace, laughing as she dodged Jiyuan's chasing attacks.

  Lian Hao and Lian Ang met on their way out in the morning, and it turned out they were going to the same place to meet friends, so they took a carriage together. Along the way, they talked about the friends they would be meeting and the restaurant where they would be dining. Lian Hao heard that his older brother had already booked three private rooms at the restaurant, one of which was an extra room he had reserved. He was overjoyed and said to Lian Ang: "Big brother, I don't have much silver left this month, can you help me treat my friends to dinner?" Lian Ang had heard that this restaurant on South Street had a few signature dishes that were better than those at other restaurants, so he had planned to invite his friends to come and try them.

  When he met Lian Hao on his way out in the morning, he was already prepared. His own brother, along with two other brothers, always asked them to pay when they went out. Now that they were coincidentally dining at the same restaurant, this silver was not going to be spared.He smiled at Lian Hao and said: "Fortunately, we agreed to meet at the same restaurant, otherwise it would have been difficult for you to notify your friends to come over."Lian Hao smiled and nodded, saying: "My friend has eaten here before and says that the dishes are well-made. He specially introduced me to eat here, originally I was not going to let them treat me, but now that my brother is here, it's only natural for my brother to give his younger brother some face."

  Lian Ang understood Lian Xiao's nature of not easily being taken advantage of. He gently patted his head and said, "You've spent your silver on buying knives and swords again, don't believe those merchants who exaggerate their goods. In reality, good knives and swords are hard to find, you need to search slowly and have a bit of luck to come across them. Sigh, never mind, if you like spending your silver on this, then go ahead, it's not a bad hobby after all." Lian Xiao listened to Lian Ang's words and said, "Big brother, last time that merchant cheated me, saying it was a good knife from over a hundred years ago. But when I used it once, the blade curled up, I was so angry that I took my knife to find him."

  Lian Ang heard Lian Hao's words and glared at him, saying: "As a result, you got angry and turned over someone else's shop. Afterwards, it was still your second brother who helped you clean up the mess. Father doesn't know about this yet, so don't go shouting about it everywhere." Lian Hao looked somewhat embarrassed as he lifted the window curtain and glanced outside with both eyes, then turned back to say: "Big brother, I'm a bit wronged in that matter. Originally, we were just chatting, and I put my knife on the table, but who knew the table was unstable? That person got scared and retreated several steps, and he himself knocked over all the knives hanging behind him. Fortunately, those knives didn't open, or else there would have been bloodshed that day."

  The merchant cheated Lianhao, thinking he had deceived a wealthy fool. But unexpectedly, Lianhao came to his door the next day, shouting that he was not doing things in a proper way. The merchant bowed his head and admitted his mistake at the time, and Lianhao would not be too calculating. However, the merchant thought he had learned two or three tricks, thinking Lianhao was a fake, so he wanted to fight with Lianhao. Lianhao saw that he didn't admit his account, extremely angry, slammed his knife on the table, and the table couldn't withstand his strength, naturally falling down immediately, frightening the merchant to beg for mercy.

  Lian Hao couldn't help but laugh when he thought about it, and later Lian Xuan told him: "Big brother, this matter can't be blamed on Mu Tou. That businessman was doing business, seeing people with a bit of silver, wanting to cheat them. Many people were deceived, and when someone came to his door, he would use several tricks, many people could only admit defeat. He ran into Mu Tou, it was his good luck. Mu Tou just ruined one table for him, the others were all damaged by himself. I compensated him for a table's worth of silver, had him press his fingerprint, so that in the future no one would use this matter to trouble Mu Tou."

  Lian Ang thought that his youngest brother, who was always so arrogant in front of others, was actually just too simple-minded and had gotten himself into trouble. He glanced at his little brother, and through the open window curtains, he inadvertently caught sight of Jiang Wanru smiling happily on the street, a smile that was completely different from her usual low-key demeanor.

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