Sweet Rustic Love: Four Brothers' Wife

Chapter 576-600

Chapter 576

When Ye Mo heard him, he looked at his oldest brother’s strong chest muscles and muttered in his heart, Yang’s chest really is perfect! But mine is also not too shabby. Beloved was even put into a daze when she saw my physique!

It was as if Ye Yang didn’t hear him. He went to the well, got an empty bucket, and filled it halfway with cold water. He then went to the kitchen to get hot water.

Ye Liu saw his oldest brother acting so cold so he blew a hooliganish

whistle and followed him eagerly. He asked, even though he already knew the answer, “Yang, you are just washing up, why are you getting hot water?”

Ye Mo entered the kitchen and helped Ye Liu with the fire. Ye Mo looked at the wooden bucket in Ye Yang’s hand. Each of them had come to get hot water before at hours where they didn’t need hot water, so how could they not know what Yang was using it for?

At first, Ye Ling still hadn’t figured it out. It was only when he heard what Ye Liu said that he understood why his oldest brother was getting hot water. His handsome face started to blush again.

He muttered in his heart, Did Yang and Duo Er also do it in the morning?

Ye Yang only glanced at his second brother before he started getting the hot water he needed.

Grandma Liu’s voice came from outside the yard again. “Duo, Grandma Liu is begging you. Go to the bailiff now and tell them you guys are going to drop the charges, okay? If you don’t go now, Qing Er is going to be caught…”

She was about to deliver some food to Liu Qing today. While she was on the way, she saw two bailiffs walking towards the mountains where Liu Qing was staying. If he got caught, he would have to stay in prison for many years!

When her shout was heard again, Ye Yang turned and looked out the window. “Liu, take this upstairs.”

After he finished speaking, he went towards the yard door.

He knew Liu Duo would definitely sleep for a while so she shouldn’t be disturbed.

Upon hearing him, Ye Liu instead said to Ye Mo, “Mo, you take it up.”

After he finished speaking, he followed behind Ye Yang like a hooligan and went to the yard door.

Ye Mo initially wanted to ask Ye Ling to carry it up but when he thought about how inconvenient it would be due to his legs, he didn’t say it. Instead, he said, “Ling, I’ll carry this up to beloved. You watch over the flames at the stove.”

“Okay.”

Ye Mo carried the bucket and left the kitchen. He glanced at his two brothers in the yard and then went upstairs.

Ye Yang opened the yard door and saw a sobbing Grandma Liu, looking extremely pitiful. There were no traces of meanness in her at all.

Hei Xiaomeng stood next to Ye Liu’s legs and was baring its fangs at Grandma Liu.

Grandma Liu saw the door open but when she saw Ye Yang’s cold, paralyzed face, she felt a coldness come over her and she shivered. She looked at his strong and muscular upper body and was really afraid he would get physical with her.

“Little… Little Ye, can you ask Duo to…”

Before she could say it, Ye Yang interrupted her. “He did what he did. He deserves it!”

He already interacted with Liu Duo for so long, so he would naturally know Liu Duo’s personality. If she were willing to drop the charges, she wouldn’t have written the accusation paper in the first place.

Ye Liu leaned against the side and agreed with him. “You should just head back. Don’t waste our Little Duo’s time over here. We will not go and withdraw the charges! Since he dared to do it he should be prepared to face the consequences.”

The two of them could be considered to be advising her with kind words. If it were Ye Mo, he would just get angry straight away and shoo her away!

Ye Mo arrived upstairs and carried the hot water into Liu Duo’s room. When he got in, he saw her lying on the bed. Had she fallen asleep?

He went over and sat at the bedside. He lowered his head to look at Liu Duo, who had her eyes closed. Unconsciously, his sight moved towards her chest.

Her breast was moving up and down along with her breathing. And the thin blanket only covered her from her armpit to her things, and it only covered one side as well. All the other parts were fully exposed to Ye Mo’s eyes.

That fair neck, sweet shoulder, collarbone, and also those white and straight legs. Ye Mo looked at them and his entire body burned up.

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He cleared his throat and tried to wake her. “Beloved, get up and wipe your body. I’ve already brought the hot water up for you.”

“…” Liu Duo heard him but she was in a daze. She just moved her body around slightly. She really wanted to sleep right now and didn’t want to wake up. She also didn’t want to move.

After waiting for quite a while, Ye Mo saw that she didn’t get up so she called her again. But this time, she just straight up didn’t respond.

He had no choice but to rinse the towel before using it to wipe her body. His handsome face and ears were all red. It was completely different from his usual stuck-up arrogant look.

He first wiped Liu Duo’s egg-shaped face and then followed by her neck, shoulder, and arms. Ye Mo did it very earnestly and a rare gentleness appeared on his face.

Ye Mo rinsed the towel one more time and took a look at the part of her body that was covered by the thin blanket. He took a deep breath, stretched out his hand, and removed the blanket gently and slowly.

What entered into his sight was that fair, beautiful, and curvy body. Ye Mo’s heart started thumping suddenly. He looked at it for one minute and a warm liquid suddenly came out from his nose.

He lifted his hand to touch it and found it was blood. He felt depressed and immediately lifted up his head. He felt puzzled as to why he had a nosebleed again.

Thankfully, Liu Duo didn’t see it, otherwise, it would have been so embarrassing!

Ye Mo wiped away the blood. It was only when he felt like it wasn’t bleeding anymore that he continued to wipe Liu Duo’s body while he was red in the face.

His heart beat faster than before and some sweat even appeared on his forehead. He was very nervous.

When it was time to wipe her most secretive area, Ye Mo felt like the back of his shirt was almost completely wet from sweat! He paused and just couldn’t do it.

And Liu Duo was already asleep. She was completely unaware Ye Mo was wiping the sweat off her body.

Ye Mo took quite a few deep breaths before finally wiping Liu Duo’s most secretive place. He then took a pair of clean underwear and helped put them on her. Finally, he covered her with the thin blanket.

After he finished, Ye Mo also wiped away his own sweat before quietly leaving the room with the bucket in hand.

Downstairs, after Grandma Liu heard what Ye Yang and Ye Liu said, she had no choice but to head home, trembling and feeling dejected.

If Liu Qing was really caught, she would need to prepare some bribe money for him. This was to avoid him having a tough time while he was in prison…

“I hope this old hag won’t come and disturb Little Duo after this!” Ye Liu said, looking at her back.

Upon hearing him, Ye Yang didn’t reply, but he shared the same thought.

The two brothers turned around and one of them went to the well to wash up while the other went to the yard to sweep the bamboo leaves.

Not long after, Ye Liu saw Ye Mo come down with a bucket and he asked with a smile, “Mo, is Little Duo sleeping?”

“Yeah. When breakfast is ready later, we should eat first and not wait for her. She is definitely going to sleep for a while longer.”

Although he didn’t know how much longer Liu Duo would sleep, he knew she definitely wouldn’t wake up by the time breakfast was ready.

Ye Liu heard him and didn’t have any objections to it. If Liu Duo wanted to sleep then they’d let her sleep. They weren’t like other families who treated the wife as a laborer who not only had to bear them children but also do all the housework every day. Living like that was awfully tiring!

Once breakfast was ready, the four brothers sat at the table and started to eat. Not long after Li Wazi and his family came, it started to rain.

“Mo, I want to tell you something.” Li Wazi pulled a stool over and sat next to Ye Mo. “While we were on our way here, we saw Liu Qing being led away by bailiffs.”

When Grandma Liu was crying sadly just now, Liu Quanyan’s face was also full of tears. Liu Qing was his only son. Could he still find a wife after he spent so many years in prison?

Tears were all over his face.

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They did not find it unexpected at all. Previously, Grandmother Liu had come looking for them.

“What does that have to do with us? He deserved to be caught!” Ye Mo did not think twice. People like Liu Qing should have seen it coming. He kidnapped Liu Ran for ransom in hopes of getting easy money!

That man was perfectly capable of working and yet he turned to the dark side. Who else would be fated for prison?

Li Wazi said, “Hey, how long do you think Liu Qing will stay in there?”

“Who cares.” Ye Mo ate his food and shot a sideways glance at his friend. “Li Wazi, if you care about him that much, go visit him! Don’t talk to us about him. It’s bothersome just hearing about it.”

He had zero interest in the Liu family and their whereabouts.

Li Wazi pinched his nose in reaction to Ye Mo’s unfriendly tone. “Why would I do that? I’m not familiar with him.”

Ye Mo rolled his eyes at him. Then why did you bring this up?

Little Lian did not see Liu Duo anywhere, so she asked, “Isn’t Sister Duo coming down for breakfast?”

“Little Duo’s still sleeping. We’ll keep it warm for her.” Ye Liu smirked.

Little Lian had no further questions.

It was drizzling after breakfast but that didn’t stop their plans for the day. Ye Liu, Ye Mo, and Li Wazi put on their cloaks and went out in their bullock-cart.

Because of the rain, Ye Yang stayed in one of the rooms on the first floor, where he sorted out the rice from the harvest.

The rain had not stopped by the time Liu Duo woke up. The scent of the bamboo was thicker than usual and capable of making people feel good.

She sat up, stretched her body, and got out of bed.

She put on her clothes, grabbed her comb, and walked to the balcony. She admired the rain falling in the bamboo forest surrounded by a thin layer of mist. It felt like paradise.

So enchanting!

Suddenly, her stomach grumbled, reminding her that it was running on empty.

She felt it and headed downstairs, combing her hair into a bun as she descended the steps.

Hei Xiaomeng was moving around indoors. It approached Liu Duo when it saw her and demanded pets.

“Hei Xiaomeng, be good. I’ll brush your fur later.” Liu Duo smiled as she stroked its head.

Its shiny, black fur felt so smooth with every touch. She liked it.

She placed her comb on the table and opened up her umbrella, bringing it with her to wash up by the well.

In the kitchen, Aunt Li looked out the window and saw her by chance. She called out to Ye Ling. “Ling, Liu Duo’s washing up by the well now. Why don’t you go help hold the umbrella for her?”

It must be such a hassle to do things with an umbrella in one hand.

“Oh, alright. Aunt Li, please watch over the fire for me,” Ye Ling said as he got up, dusting off his hands.

“Sure, off you go.”

Ye Ling left the kitchen and spotted Liu Duo with her umbrella, washing up by the well.

He walked over to her under the rain. “Here, Duo Er, let me help with that.”

Liu Duo quickly let him seek shelter under her umbrella. She asked, rather incoherently, “Ling, did Liuzi and the guys head out to purchase tomatoes in this weather?”

“Yes, they wore their cloaks,” Ye Ling answered gently.

“Oh.”

He watched her brush her teeth, the movement of her hands going to and fro. Curiously, Ye Ling felt his cheeks going red.

He was reminded of what had happened that night. Similarly, they went ‘in and out’ too.

Ye Ling shyly tore away his gaze at the thought, and opted to look somewhere else. He didn’t like that he was having dirty thoughts in the day.

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Liu Duo finished washing up and wiped her face with a towel. Then she said to Ye Ling, “Alright, I’m done. Let’s go.”

“Oh, sure.” He nodded, not looking at her, apparently still shy and flushed.

Liu Duo found it strange, so she asked, “Ling, why is your face all red?”

She hadn’t teased him yet. It was raining, the weather was quite cool, not hot like it used to be, so it couldn’t be the heat doing that too him.

“Ah? Oh, nothing. It’ll go away soon.” Ye Ling looked to the front, babbling.

“And why is it nothing?” Liu Duo held his arm, staring at his handsome face.

Ye Ling lowered his head and gazed at her, his face even redder. “It’s just nothing, that’s all. Look, Liu Duo, I have your breakfast warmed up. You go wait by the table. I’ll bring it over to you.”

And he thrust the umbrella back to her before returning to the kitchen.

Er…

Liu Duo watched him flee the scene. She wondered, what’s gotten into him?

Finding the whole scene hilarious, she shook her head and followed the man.

Li Wazi smiled when he saw Ye Ling. “Ling, has she finished washing up? Then you can bring her breakfast to her, don’t let her starve.”

“Yes, I’m here to do that.”

Then, he got his hands on a tray and placed the warm food on top of it, along with a small bowl of steamed egg custard.

Little Lian greeted Liu Duo when she walked in. “Sister Duo.”

“Hi. Little Lian, do you think Little Huzi will catch a cold wearing that?” Liu Duo entered the kitchen and caught sight of the cradle.

Little Huzi was quietly entertaining himself.

“No, he won’t. We’re inside, no wind will get to him.”

“Oh.”

Ye Ling came over with the tray. He peeked at Liu Duo bashfully. “Duo Er, let’s eat at the table.”

Then he headed outside.

Aunt Li said to her, “Girl, you should hurry and have your breakfast. It’s not good to go hungry.”

Liu Duo nodded.

She walked out after Ye Ling.

She found herself staring at his back. It seemed he would blush much more readily, shyer since the night they consummated their marriage. Had he gotten shyer?

Ye Ling placed the food and the steamed egg custard on the table and said, “Duo Er, eat while it’s still hot. I’ll collect the dishes when you’re done.”

He was about to make his way back to the kitchen when Liu Duo blocked his path.

He stepped aside, and Liu Duo did the same, all the while blocking his way and keeping her eyes on him.

“Duo Er, what are you doing? You should eat, I have to help out in the kitchen.” Ye Ling stole a glance at her, but then quickly avoided her gaze.

She was obviously on to something!

Liu Duo grinned so broadly her dimples showed. She took a step closer, so much so that her chest was mere inches away from him. “Ling, why don’t you look at me?”

“No, it’s not that. Duo Er, you better eat. Your food’s getting cold,” Ye Ling said, his ears turning red. He stilled himself as he observed her pretty face.

The feeling he got in his chest sent his heart beating rapidly as his whole body tensed.

Liu Duo grabbed his hand. “Ling, eat with me, will you? I’ll feel lonely if I’m the only one here.”

Since she said that, Ye Ling naturally nodded. He could not oppose to that.

Having achieved her goal, Liu Duo returned to the table and sat down on a stool. She picked up the chopsticks and dug in.

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Quietly, Ye Ling went to sit beside her, peeking at her occasionally.

“Ling, just look at me if you want to, why are you being so sneaky?” Liu Duo felt a little uncomfortable with him stealing glances at her like that.

“Oh,” he responded absentmindedly and opted to look elsewhere. Anywhere but her.

Liu Duo chuckled when he did so. Why was he so adorable?

She told him not to steal glances, so he chose not to look at all?

Ye Ling heard her laughter and felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Liu Duo admired Ye Ling’s already reddened cheeks and ears as she ate. Her mood was significantly uplifted.

Right then, Ye Yang exited his room and saw Liu Duo dining at the table.

He walked steadily towards her and asked when he reached her side, “Little Duo, want a refill?”

Liu Duo turned to look at him when she heard him talk. Geez, why doesn’t Yang make a sound when he walks?

Liu Duo didn’t really have a big appetite. She couldn’t eat much. Usually, a bowl of rice would be enough for her.

He asked because he was hoping she could eat more.

“No, I’m good with this bowl of rice, a serving of steamed egg custard, and a bit of side dish,” she replied.

“Have some more,” Ye Yang looked at her before informing Ye Ling who was right there, “Ling, give her more rice.”

“Oh,” Ye Ling nodded. He also hoped Liu Duo could eat more.

To that, she said, “Yang, I’ll be full after I finish all these. I don’t need more rice.”

She was having a bowlful of rice, steamed egg custard, and a little side dish to go with the meal, which altogether was quite enough for her.

Ye Yang remained expressionless, but there was softness and adoration in his eyes. “Eat some more, increase your strength!”

Then he exited to the backyard, leaving her stunned.

Did she hear that right? Increase her strength?

Her mind immediately went to the gutter, just like Ye Ling did. Her cheeks glowed bright red! This was ‘karma!’ She had teased Ye Ling, and was teased by Ye Yang in return!

She looked at Ye Yang’s perfectly straight back and thought, geez, everything I thought about Ye Yang being abstinent was an illusion! An illusion!

And, now that she recalled, Ye Yang’s lips seemed to curl up at the corners a while ago. Was he mocking her?

Ye Yang took some time to understand what his eldest brother meant by ‘increasing strength.’ He cast a glance at Liu Duo and spotted the redness on her cheeks. She looked pretty even when she was blushing.

She didn’t add more rice when she finished all the food on the table. She’d had enough. “Ling, come practice your writing later. I’ll teach you,” she told Ye Ling, who was collecting the cutlery.

With the rain pouring outside, no one came by to sell tomatoes. Liu Duo felt bored having nothing to do. The men didn’t want her doing manual labor.

“Oh, alright.” Ye Ling placed the cutlery onto the tray and went to the kitchen.

Liu Duo took out Hei Xiaomeng’s brush and called him over. “Come here, Hei Xiaomeng, I’m going to brush your fur.”

Hei Xiaomeng responded when his name was called, wagging his tail as he ran towards her.

Just when Hei Xiaomeng was sitting obediently in front of Liu Duo, allowing her to give its fur a good brushing, it suddenly got up and dashed to the front yard, where it started barking.

Liu Duo went to take a look too. What she saw was Grandmother Liu and Liu Quanyan, wearing cloaks.

She frowned slightly, not calling back Hei Xiaomeng. She knew that as long as they didn’t cross the threshold and enter the yard, the dog wouldn’t bite. At this moment, it would just keep barking fiercely!

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The two visitors saw that Liu Duo was looking at them from inside the house, bearing no expression. She was neither joyful nor angry. Perhaps she chose to spite them that way?

They were aware of Hei Xiaomeng, the large dog by the door. As expected, the two did not cross the threshold and step into the courtyard.

“Duo Er, I’m not here to beg you to withdraw charges. I’m just asking you to talk to government offices. Can you please ask them not to give your Brother Qing such a harsh sentence? His life is finished if he stays in there for eight years!”

Liu Qing was currently in his twenties. By the time he was released from jail, eight years later, he would be in his thirties. That would be more or less his whole life.

Ye Yang came out of his room to check on things when he heard Grandmother Liu’s voice.

He did not want Liu Duo to face them alone.

And a little while after that Ye Ling had finished doing the dishes and came out too. He looked across the yard and asked, “Why are they here again?”

Startled, Liu Duo looked at Ye Ling, wondering what he meant by ‘again?’

Could it possibly be that, when they had heard Hei Xiaomeng bark the last time she was ‘doing it’ with Ye Yang in the room, it was because of them?

Liu Duo did not react much to the thought. She yelled across the court, “I’m not going to do that! You should just leave!”

Liu Qing had tried to run but he eventually got caught. What did his eight-year sentence have to do with her? He deserved it.

Ye Yang and Ye Ling were not surprised to know that Liu Qing had been sentenced to eight years in prison. Li Wazi had told them about it.

It was then that Liu Quanyan knelt down on the ground with a thump. “Duo Er, I beg of you, help Qing Er. Please, I beg of you…”

He was a father who would do anything for his son, including kneeling before the younger family members again. This time, Liu Duo was actually a bit moved by his act. It showed he really had fatherly love towards Liu Qing.

But he did not have a single shred of family love towards her, her parents, or Liu Ran.

He treated them like unpaid ‘slaves’ all the same!

Grandmother Liu was in tears too, deeply regretting not stopping Liu Qing from doing the deed in the first place.

Why had she sold off Liu Duo? Why had she treated her youngest son’s family differently? In the end, all family ties were shattered because of her…

“Liu Duo, your uncle and I are desperately begging you right now. In the past, we have wronged you. But could you please save your Brother Qing now? With your word, he could spend a shorter time in prison…”

Liu Duo rolled her eyes right there and then. This was not up to her to decide! It was not like she was the emperor!

She stood up and beamed at them. “I’ll say it again, I’m not going!”

And then she turned away from the scene towards the stairs, off to get some paper to practice writing with Ye Ling later.

Grandmother Liu saw her reaction and shouted for her, “Duo Er, please don’t be so ruthless. Your uncle and I are really begging you…”

Ruthless?

She found the statement hilarious as she made her way upstairs. Her? Ruthless? Who was the ruthless one the last time they performed a series of cold-hearted deeds? And now they had the gall to call her ruthless?

She shook her head, deciding not to bother, as she disappeared from Grandmother Liu’s line of sight.

The two crying their hearts out by the entrance seemed really pitiful. Ye Ling frowned, finding the scene unbearable. He turned around, not wanting to look at them.

Ye Yang saw that and told them off. “Go cry somewhere else!”

What were they thinking, bawling like that in front of their house? This had seriously affected everyone’s mood, especially Liu Duo’s!

He did not want Liu Duo to be in a bad mood because of this.

Grandmother Liu and Liu Quanyan only wailed louder when Ye Yang told them off. What should they do now? Liu Duo didn’t want to help at all…

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The two people outside didn’t seem to register his words, so Ye Yang crossed the yard in spite of the rain falling on his person.

He stood next to the dog and repeated what he’d said: “Go cry somewhere else!”

His cold words rang again, this time striking fear within Grandmother Liu and Liu Quanyan.

Grandmother Liu helped her eldest son get up and she said to him, “Quanyan, let’s go home.”

She knew it was apparent now that Liu Duo would not help them, no matter what they said or how much they begged on their knees.

It was best that they left. It would not be worth it if they got beaten up in the end.

They were getting old and could not stand another beating!

Ye Yang watched them leave before he returned indoors and resumed his work.

Liu Duo came downstairs with writing paper in hand. She did not see the two people at the entrance and did not bother to ask. She just called Ye Ling over to work on his writing.

Because of the rain, Ye Liu and the men returned in their bullock-cart before noon. They were not able to purchase many tomatoes.

When they came back, they found Liu Duo teaching their youngest brother how to write. Ye Liu grinned. “Little Duo, I want to learn that too.”

He also wanted Liu Duo to hold his hand from behind and teach him the art of writing.

Liu Duo shot a glance at him. He looks good in anything just because he’s handsome. Even in a cloak!

On the surface, she said, “Unload the tomatoes, then get Mo to teach you.”

“No! Mo’s fierce and he’s not as patient. I want you to teach me, and you’re not allowed to say no,” Ye Liu said, looking over at Mo with contempt.

Ye Mo gave his brother the stink eye. Don’t want me to teach? I don’t want to teach you either!

Li Wazi inserted himself into the conversation. “Liu Duo, teach me, please? I want to learn too.”

“Sure, I’ll teach you when you finish your work.” Liu Duo threw him a smile.

Li Wazi smiled gleefully in return. Ye Liu feigned resentment at her, as though saying, Little Duo, you hurt my feelings! Why won’t you teach me, yet be so willing to teach someone else?

Liu Duo felt his eyes on her and shot him another look, before directing her attention back to Ye Ling’s writing. She decided to ignore Ye Liu and his odd behavior.

Ye Mo turned to Li Wazi and said, “I can teach you if you want to learn! Don’t you see my wife’s busy teaching Ling? She doesn’t have the time for you!”

Other than his brothers, he did not want any other man in contact with Liu Duo.

“I don’t want you to teach me. Liu’s right, you’re strict and impatient.” Li Wazi repeated Ye Liu’s statement.

Pffft, Ye Liu snickered unkindly.

Ye Mo groaned at him. His friend was being quite unhelpful. How he wished to let his fist do the talking!

Liu Duo and Ye Ling laughed too.

Li Wazi had more things to say when he saw the scorn written on Ye Mo’s face. “Mo, don’t look at me like that. I’m not wrong. You’re always like this.”

Ye Mo took in a deep breath. For the first time in his life, he realized he must have really chosen the wrong childhood friend!

How dare he despise his hot temper and lack of patience?

Feeling rather crossed, Ye Mo fired back, “So, you don’t want me to teach you? As if I want to do that! Hmmph…”

Li Wazi was already used to his manners, so he picked his ears and said, “Oh, I’m fine with that, as long as Liu Duo’s willing to teach me.”

Ye Mo rolled his eyes at him. If he carried on this conversation, somewhere down the line he would not be able to hold back his punches!

Gosh, he was making him so mad!

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The light rain pattered on. This was the first time Liu Duo had seen rain ever since she was rebirthed here.

Liu Duo no longer looked at Ye Liu and the others. While she sat beside Ye Ling, she put her elbow on the table and rested her chin on her hand. She looked at him without looking away as he practiced earnestly.

She muttered in her heart, Ling looks so handsome when he is writing…

Ye Liu walked over and lightly tapped on Liu Duo’s head. “Little Duo, you are drooling.”

They had already finished moving the tomatoes they’d purchased to the place they usually stored them.

Upon hearing him, Liu Duo immediately lifted her head and cast a glance at him. “You are the one who is drooling!”

It was such a stupid joke. There was no way she would fall for it and really go wipe her chin.

He pulled a stool over, sat beside her, and said with a mischievous smile, “When I am with Little Duo, I will definitely drool.”

Liu Duo heard the bizarre way he said it and she felt he was definitely implying something else. She rolled her eyes at him and couldn’t be bothered to think deeply about it.

Li Wazi walked to the other side of the table and sat opposite Ye Ling and the others. “Sister-in-law, I’m free right now, so can you teach me?”

Right after he finished speaking, Ye Mo came in from the kitchen while holding Little Huzi. “Beloved, come and take care of Little Huzi, he is looking for you.”

Err…

Liu Duo felt upset. Why did this fella bring Little Huzi here? It was raining and the wind was blowing. He would get cold since he wasn’t wearing much.

They didn’t have Little Huzi’s clothes in their house. They only had diapers that they washed.

It was only after he got closer that she saw this fella had wrapped Little Huzi with a coat so that he wouldn’t get cold.

“Here, get some experience on how to take care of babies. That way, you won’t feel as pressured when you give birth to our babies.” Ye Mo gave Little Huzi to Liu Duo to hold straight away.

Just as Liu Duo was about to say something, she heard him say again, “Li Wazi, my wife is helping to take care of your baby, she doesn’t have time to teach you. If you want to learn then learn from me, otherwise, just go somewhere else!”

Pfff. Ye Liu couldn’t help but laugh. He knew very clearly why his brother was doing this.

However, the corner of Liu Duo’s mouth twitched. What explosives did this guy eat that made him speak so fiercely?

Li Wazi heard what he said and he replied straightforwardly, “Why don’t you just put Little Huzi into the cradle? It’s not like he needs to be carried no matter what.”

Liu Duo agreed with what he said very much. When Little Huzi wasn’t crying for milk, he would be very well behaved in his cradle and wouldn’t cry.

Upon hearing him, Ye Mo suppressed his awkwardness and said, “This is your son, are you so cruel to just let him view the world while lying down!”

View the world while lying down?

Pfff. Liu Duo also started to laugh. He changed the saying from, viewing the world from inside a well, to view the world while lying down. Would Li Wazi be able to understand him? He probably also didn’t understand the phrase viewing the world from inside a well.

“…” Li Wazi just stared blankly. How was he cruel?

Ye Mo saw that Li Wazi didn’t understand and he felt a bit irritated. “What are you looking at. Are you going to learn or not? If you aren’t learning then go take care of your own baby!”

He had no intention and no patience to explain the meaning to him. He just became very angry for no reason.

Li Wazi looked at Ye Mo’s appearance and didn’t feel frightened at all. “Of course I’m learning. If you don’t demonstrate, how am I supposed to learn?”

Upon hearing him, Ye Mo angrily took a piece of paper beside Ye Ling and gave it to him. He even took and gave him the brush that he used.

He taught him how to hold the brush and then taught him how to write numbers that were commonly used when they recorded the transactions. He started from the word ‘one’…

Slowly, Ye Mo changed into teaching Li Wazi very earnestly.

Liu Duo looked at Ye Mo right now and couldn’t help but be smitten. This fella would become very handsome every time he was quiet and earnestly doing something!

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Ye Liu saw how Liu Duo looked, so he stretched out his hand and touched the top of her head. “Little Duo, don’t you think Mo looks very handsome this way? Do you even laugh yourself awake when you are asleep because you have four handsome husbands?”

Although he didn’t know when she’d changed her mind to accept the four of them, he knew from the amount of time he interacted with her that she was not like other girls. That was why he was able to joke like this with her.

Liu Duo rolled her eyes at him when she heard him. This fella was starting to act like a narcissist again.

“I don’t laugh myself awake when I sleep!”

When she found out she had four legal husbands after her rebirth, and that they had outstanding appearances, although it was unexpected and she felt pleasantly surprised, she didn’t become so happy that she would laugh herself awake!

“I thought you wanted to learn how to write. Are you not going to take this opportunity to learn from Mo?” Liu Duo flung a glance at him.

“I don’t want to learn from him, I want to learn from Little Duo.” He stood up as he spoke. “I’m going to go get the cradle and let Little Huzi lie down. We’ll just watch over him over here.”

He wasn’t Li Wazi so Ye Mo wouldn’t dare to stop him from learning from Liu Duo.

After he finished speaking, he went to the kitchen.

Upon hearing him, Liu Duo puckered her lips. He really had a lot of requests. What was the difference between her teaching him or Ye Mo teaching him? It was all the same.

After he brought the cradle over, Liu Duo let Little Huzi pee before putting him into the cradle. This was to avoid him getting it wet with pee.

When Ye Mo saw this, he didn’t say anything. Li Wazi was learning how to write earnestly and didn’t say anything either.

He took out a new brush and just as he wished, Liu Duo taught him while holding onto his hand. After teaching him like this for a while, she asked him to write it himself…

Ye Liu and the other two only stopped when it was time for lunch. Ye Liu admired the ‘one, two, three…’ he wrote himself.

“Little Duo, take a look at how I did.” Ye Liu’s expression was screaming for Liu Duo to praise him.

Liu Duo nodded. “It’s acceptable.”

She didn’t want this already narcissistic fella to become even more prideful. Although the handwriting was indeed quite good.

Li Wazi looked at his own handwriting and frowned. “I need to practice more. My writing is so ugly.”

He was used to carrying hoes and other farming equipment. Suddenly holding a tiny brush made his hand tremble.

“At least you have some self-awareness. Your handwriting isn’t the normal kind of ugly!” Ye Mo attacked him.

He also had a chance to attack this bad friend.

However, Li Wazi just smiled simple-mindedly when he heard him and didn’t get mad at all.

When Aunt Li and Little Lian came out holding the dishes, they saw the words Li Wazi had written. “My son knows how to write now? Gen Er, you need to practice more and learn well from Ye Mo.”

Their family had been poor in the past and couldn’t let Li Wazi go to school. Now that their family’s condition was better, he would naturally have the chance to learn from Ye Mo.

It wasn’t too late to learn as long as he had the interest!

“Yeah, I know.”

Little Lian looked at Li Wazi’s handwriting and although it was indeed much worse than Ye Liu and Ye Ling’s, she thought it was very good.

She encouraged Li Wazi and said, “Husband, I think you wrote quite well. You will get better if you practice more.”

When Li Wazi heard her, his honest-looking face even turned red.

They put away the paper, and with a lively atmosphere, they started to eat. The light rain continued to patter on.

Little Huzi’s weaning was almost done. He wouldn’t cry as much when they fed him paste and egg soup.

Ye Liu suddenly said to Liu Duo, “Little Duo, we will go fetch Ran Er today. You shouldn’t go since it is raining.”

He didn’t want Liu Duo to accidentally slip and fall while on the way because of the rain.

“No need. I will go fetch him.” Liu Duo quickly refused.

She actually quite wanted to take a walk through the village in the rain. The scenery would definitely be very beautiful.

Chapter 585

“Then ask Yang to accompany you. Mo, Li Wazi, and I still need to go to town to deliver the tomatoes so we won’t be able to accompany you.” Ye Liu didn’t feel assured about her going alone.

It was inconvenient for Ye Ling because of his legs. Although it didn’t affect his walking, Ye Yang and the others usually didn’t let him go out while it was raining.

Liu Duo shook her head. “There’s no need. I’ll just go by myself.”

She was only going to fetch Liu Ran home. There was no need for so many people to go. It wasn’t like she didn’t know the way.

Ye Liu saw her being stubborn so he didn’t say anything. He just looked at Ye Yang and used his eyes to communicate with him.

Liu Duo had a rest first after they finished lunch. She then took a look at Ye Ling as he wrote the words he knew before going to get the oil-paper umbrella. She then went out of the door to go and fetch Liu Ran.

Right after her front foot stepped out the door, Ye Yang took a cloak and followed behind her.

Before Liu Duo left the bamboo forest, she felt as though someone was following her. She turned around and saw Ye Yang following her not too close to her and not too far away.

“Yang, where are you going?” Liu Duo looked at him with a puzzled look on her face. Where was he going while it was raining?

Ye Yang didn’t feel any embarrassment for getting discovered by Liu Duo. Liu Duo was holding an oil-paper umbrella, wearing a red dress, and had the green bamboo forest trail as her backdrop. No matter how he looked at it, it looked beautiful, fresh, pure, and slightly charming. This made him unable to pull his eyes away from her.

With regards to Liu Duo looking at him, he slowly replied, “I’m accompanying you to the place where you are fetching Ran Er…”

Upon hearing this, Liu Duo replied straightforwardly, “I already said I don’t need anyone to accompany me.”

Were they treating her as a child who still needed to be accompanied?

“…” Ye Yang just kept looking at her. The expressionless gaze on his face, however, seemed to be saying, These are my own legs. It is my freedom to accompany you!

Liu Duo puckered her lips when she understood the meaning behind his gaze. Did Ye Yang also have such a shameless side to him?

Liu Duo turned around and continued to walk forward. If he wanted to accompany her then let him. It wasn’t like she was going to insist that he head back no matter what, right?

Ye Yang saw this so he sped up his pace and caught up beside her. He took the oil-paper umbrella from her hand and held it for her.

After taking just a few steps, Liu Duo slipped and almost fell down. Thankfully, Ye Yang’s eyes were sharp and he quickly caught her with his hand. “Be careful, the road is slippery.”

It was fortunate he’d come. Otherwise, Liu Duo would’ve definitely fallen down from this slip.

Out of reflex, Liu Duo held onto Ye Yang’s sleeve tightly. She replied somewhat awkwardly, “Oh.”

After she stood still, Liu Duo held onto his arm straight away. She was really glad he had followed her. Otherwise, she would have been covered in mud after her fall.

The two of them then just continued walking towards the school.

They didn’t walk very quickly. While on the road, Liu Duo took a look at the scenery and found that the mist made it look like a fairyland. An era with no pollution was fantastic.

When they arrived at the school, Ye Xuan saw the umbrella Liu Duo used and ran over happily. However, when he saw Ye Yang was also present, the smile on his clearly lessened.

But he reacted very quickly and immediately resumed smiling. “Yang, you also came to fetch Ran Er today.”

“Yeah,” Ye Yang replied, looking at Liu Ran as he packed up his books and prepared to come out.

Liu Duo didn’t even look at Ye Xuan from the corner of her eyes. She was also looking at Liu Ran as he packed up his book.

She felt annoyed every time she saw him smiling so happily!

Ye Xuan came up with a topic and said, “Ran Er has been performing quite well recently. He comes and asks me about parts he doesn’t understand and I explain it to him. However, he still doesn’t quite understand what he learned today. It just so happens I am free tomorrow, so I can go tutor him.”

Liu Duo and Ye Yang heard him and didn’t show any particular expression. In any case, he would go to their house and find Liu Ran no matter what they said.

Chapter 586

Ye Xuan acted as if he hadn’t noticed that they ignored him. He was still very happy despite getting snubbed after showing good intentions.

Some of the students saw that Liu Duo hadn’t come alone to fetch Ran Er and said, “Xiao Ran, your brother-in-law also came to fetch you today.”

Liu Ran was packing his things when he heard it. He turned his head to look outside the window and saw Liu Duo and Ye Yang standing there, waiting for him. Ye Xuan was talking about something beside them.

He smiled at them, turned his head back, and packed his books and other things faster.

Since the students learned about the kidnapping incident, they no longer made fun of him because someone came to fetch him.

Moreover, laughing at others was simply a sign of jealousy!

Liu Ran packed his things, said goodbye to the students who hadn’t left, and went towards Liu Duo and Ye Yang.

“Sis, Brother Yang.” Liu Ran greeted them happily.

Liu Duo only started to smile when she heard his voice. “Ran Er, have you packed everything? Did you forget anything?”

“No, I’ve already packed the things I need to bring back.”

Ye Yang reached out his hand straight away and took his bag over. He put it into the wide cloak so that it wouldn’t get wet. It was better if he could walk empty-handed. “Let’s go.”

Liu Duo held Liu Ran’s hand and they both shared the same oil-paper umbrella. Ye Yang was wearing the cloak so there was no worry of him getting wet.

Liu Ran nodded but he turned his head to look at Ye Xuan and smiled at him politely. “Teacher, I will be going home with my sister and brother-in-law. Goodbye.”

They were at school so he didn’t call him Ye Xuan or Brother Xuan.

Liu Duo looked at the smile on Liu Ran’s face. Although she didn’t really like Ye Xuan, Liu Ran liked him a lot. It wasn’t just because he was Liu Ran’s teacher right now, it was also because he really took care of Liu Ran while not in class. He kept tutoring him without expecting anything in return.

His impression of him had greatly improved!

“Goodbye.” Ye Xuan nodded towards Liu Ran with a smile. However, his line of sight moved towards Liu Duo ever so slightly.

After that, Liu Duo and the two of them went back using the road they came on.

Ye Xuan looked at their backs and the smile on his face didn’t disappear. It was only when he couldn’t see them any more that he turned around and went back to the school.

“You guys be careful while on your way home. Don’t fall down,” Ye Xuan said to the students who hadn’t left.

“Okay. Teacher, thank you for your concern.”

After the rest of the students had also left, Ye Xuan said goodbye to the senior teacher, grabbed his own oil-paper umbrella, and headed home. He was not willing to wear a cloak since it was so goddamn ugly.

While they were on their way home, it was as if Liu Ran had an infinite number of things to talk about. He shared everything with Liu Duo…

When Ye Xuan arrived home, Grandma Ye immediately nagged at him, “Xuan Er, exactly what kind of wife do you want to marry? You don’t like any of the ones I told you about. Do you plan on being alone forever? Grandma wants to hold her grandchild.”

Ye Xuan closed the umbrella and put it aside. He glanced at his grandmother and laughed, “Grandma, I, of course, want to marry a woman I like! There’s no rush, just take it slowly. You want to hold a grandchild? Sister-in-law is almost about to give birth. Once that happens you will have a grandchild to hold.”

His sister-in-law, Ye Qin’s wife, was about eight months pregnant and was almost about to give birth.

He was in no hurry. How could he take a liking to those average village girls?

Grandma Ye heard it and felt helpless. He always treated this issue so non-urgently, making her very mad.

She was satisfied with Ye Xuan in all aspects. However, it was only this that she felt resentful about because he just didn’t show any improvement. He wouldn’t listen no matter what she said!

“Your sister-in-law still doesn’t know what she will give birth to!” Grandma Ye cast a glance towards Ye Qin’s room.

She always felt that Ye Qin’s wife would give birth to something that was going to waste a lot of money.

Chapter 587

Ye Xuan frowned when he heard what she said. No matter whether his sister-in-law gave birth to a boy or a girl, it was still her grandchild. Was there a difference?

He said somewhat impatiently: “Grandma, I’m going back to my room.”

He went back to his room after he finished speaking, not even waiting for her reply. He didn’t want to speak too much with her.

Upon seeing this, Grandma Ye had no choice but to give up. She would find another day to meet with the matchmaker to find him a match. She wanted to see if there were any ladies from the neighboring villages who were suitable for marriage.

Ye Xuan went back to his room, closed his door, and went to sit at his table. He took out a small book from a locked drawer, took a brush, dipped it in ink, and started to record down something in the book…

On the other side, right after Liu Duo and the other two arrived home, Ye Yang immediately started to process the seedlings as if he couldn’t rest.

“Ran Er, sit down and rest for a while. I’ll go get you some egg soup,” Ye Ling smiled and said to him.

Liu Ran nodded. “Thank you, Brother Ling.

Ye Ling would give him special attention every time Liu Ran came back. He was already used to it.

“Sis, the day after tomorrow is Yuan Fang’s birthday. He invited me to his house as a guest. Can I go?” Liu Ran asked for Liu Duo’s opinion.

Upon hearing him, Liu Duo smiled and asked back, “Why can’t you go?” She touched the top of his head and said again, “Go ahead. Since it is Yuan Fang’s birthday, you need to prepare a gift. You can’t go empty-handed!”

Of course, she was pleased Liu Ran could have friends around his age. From her memory, Liu Ran didn’t have many friends his age and was quite lonely.

Liu Duo’s impression of the little kid Yuan Fang was that he was very polite and willing to help others.

“Okay. Sis, I want to give him the Four Treasures of the Study Brother Liu bought me. Can I?”

Ye Liu had gone to town and bought this for Liu Ran on the day Liu Duo brought him to inquire about the school.

However, Liu Ran had just set it aside and was reluctant to use it as he felt it would be a pity.

In response, Liu Duo nodded. “Of course you can. Brother Liu gave it to you so it is yours. You have the right to do with it what you like.”

Liu Ran smiled very happily when he heard her.

Ye Liu spent a whole two wens of silver to buy the Four Treasures of the Study. This was extremely expensive for most average families.

After Ye Ling gave Liu Ran the egg soup, he asked him to eat it while it was hot so as to avoid it having a weird odor.

After that, he just sat at the side and continued to practice writing. He wrote the numbers one to ten again and again. He was only satisfied after he could write them properly.

“Brother Ling, when I am at home in the future, the two of us can accompany each other and practice writing together. You write so well.”

Liu Ran didn’t even have to ask to know it was definitely his sister who had taught Ye Ling how to write.

Ye Ling heard Liu Ran praising him and he felt a bit embarrassed. “I don’t write well. I still need a lot of practice.”

Liu Ran just smiled at Ye Ling’s modesty and then talked to him about other stuff. Liu Duo, on the other hand, went to the kitchen.

“Aunt Li, hire two honest and capable aunties to come work as temp workers tomorrow. That way, you and Sister Lian can relax a bit.” Liu Duo entered the kitchen and spoke to Aunt Li with a smile.

As she spoke, she picked up the garlic at the side and started to peel it. Ye Ling wasn’t in here so there was one less person helping. The production speed of the tomato sauces had also slowed considerably.

Aunt Li stir-fried the tomatoes in the wok and laughed. “Okay. I already told Aunt Wang and Aunt Liu. I will ask them to come tomorrow.”

Aunt Li saw Liu Duo peeling the garlic and immediately joked, “Girl, put it down. We don’t need you to peel it. If your hands get coarse, Xiao Yang and the others will definitely blame me.”

Err…

Although she knew Ye Yang and the others didn’t like to let her work and she usually only recorded down the transactions, would her hands get coarse just from peeling garlic for a while?

She wasn’t so fragile that she couldn’t work!

Chapter 588: This Guy’s Narcissism Was Going Through The Roof!

“Aunt Li, the guys won’t blame you. It’s not like you ordered me to skin the garlic,” Liu Duo grinned.

Aunt Li and Little Lian were quite happy too. They knew the four men treated Liu Duo really well. They adored her so much that they would not let her do any housework or manual labor around the house.

“I don’t know about that,” Aunt Li said, her eyebrows creasing.

Little Lian chuckled. “Sister Duo, the boys absolutely adore you, you’re so lucky!”

“Brother Li treats you well too, so I think, Little Lian, that you’re quite lucky yourself,” Little Duo returned the compliment.

Li Wazi’s affection towards Little Lian was plain for all to see. Li Wazi might look like a simple man, but he really took good care of his wife.

Little Lian hung her head low, appearing bashful when she heard that. It seemed she was as easily shy as Ye Ling.

The three women had their fun in the kitchen as Liu Duo skinned the garlic…

Because of the rain, the sky was quite dark outside, so Aunt Li prepared an early dinner. With the roads so slippery, in addition to the darkness, walking would be quite inconvenient, so they had to be careful not to slip and fall.

After the men got back from town, all of them sat around the table for dinner!

“Ran Er, I haven’t seen you in days! You’ve gotten more handsome! Very soon you’ll be just as good-looking as us!” Ye Liu commented mischievously.

Liu Ran got embarrassed hearing that. Ye Liu seemed to be able to flirt with anybody!

Liu Duo gave him the stink eye. It was fine if he wanted to praise Liu Ran but he had to beat around the bush and praise himself too?

This guy’s narcissism was surely going through the roof!

Aunt Li agreed with him after she gave Liu Ran a once-over. “Indeed, Ran Er’s gotten quite handsome. So fair and clean, he’s irresistible.”

Another one. Liu Ran’s cheeks grew bright red as he kept his head low while digging at his rice.

Everyone chuckled at his reaction, all except Ye Yang and Ye Mo, one aloof and the other too cool to care.

After dinner, the pitter-patter of the rain slowly came to a stop, turning into a drizzle instead.

“Yang, we’ll be going now. Be back tomorrow.” Li Wazi bade them farewell, scooped up Li Huzi and the few of them carefully exited the yard, watching their step.

Now that Li Wazi’s family, as well as Lao Liu, were gone, only the original six were left in the house.

“Ran Er, you go take a bath first so that you get a good night’s sleep. You don’t have to get up that early tomorrow, got it?” Liu Duo spoke to him in a gentle tone.

Sleeping on a rainy day was the best experience ever. She really did not want Liu Ran to live on a tight schedule and not have a proper childhood.

Liu Ran nodded. “Alright.”

It was not the first time she told him this, so Liu Ran decided to obey her and wake up a little later the next day.

The sky darkened rather quickly, and very soon they had their oil lamps lit.

“Little Duo, how about we take a bath together after Ran Er’s done with his, hmm? What do you say?” Ye Liu beamed at her, his eyes practically urging her to say yes, say yes!

Liu Duo responded the way she always did, and without a thought, she shook her head. “No can do!”

She was not getting in the bath with a ‘predator.’

Ye Liu had assumed she would say that, but he was not giving up. He got closer to her and linked his arm in hers. “Little Duo, I want to wash your back, give it a good massage. It’s a waste to turn down free labor.”

“I said no!” Liu Duo glared at him. She had been living with him long enough to know what his true intentions were!

Chapter 589 - These Two Were Two Peas In a Pod!

“Little Duo, you hurt me so. I feel so useless. I can’t do anything right. I’m a burden to the family. Could it be you want to ‘dismiss’ me?” he said dramatically.

Damn!

Liu Duo could feel her hair standing on end just listening to him. What sort of freaky skill was this? ‘Dismiss?’ As if that was going to happen!

She slapped the hands linking her arm and rolled her eyes at him. “No means no!”

It would be terrible if she really agreed to take a bath with him. Ye Mo would definitely want his turn.

These two were like two peas in a pod!

Liu Ran finished his bath and called out to Liu Duo when he got out of the bathroom, “Sis, I’m done.”

He walked towards them holding an oil lamp.

Liu Ran’s cheeks had regained their rosiness after a good bath. Liu Duo could not resist giving them a light pinch. “Alright, you get upstairs now. Don’t catch a cold in this weather.”

It was windy with a significant drop in temperature.

Liu Ran nodded obediently, said goodnight, and left for the second floor.

Ye Mo yelled from the kitchen, where he was heating water, “Wife, it’s your turn now. The water’s ready.”

He got his hands on an empty bucket and fetched some water for her.

Liu Duo went to get a change of undergarments while Ye Liu entered the kitchen.

“Mo, is there enough hot water?” Ye Liu grinned at him. Naturally, Ye Mo understood the reference.

He eyed his brother, “Sure there is, but did she agree to take a bath with you?”

Ye Ling, who was busy fiddling with the flour, heard that. His cheeks reddened as he paid attention to his two brothers, thinking, Liu wants to take a bath with Duo Er?

He was making the noodles for breakfast tomorrow, so he was currently getting the flour ready to savor its chewy texture.

Ye Liu snickered, “Of course she didn’t, but I’m fine with it and that’s all that matters! Mo, get more hot water for me, can you?”

Geez…

Ye Mo hummed softly for himself to here. He would like to see to the end how Liu’s great idea turned out.

Next, Ye Liu returned upstairs to get his undergarments too, humming a joyful tune as though Liu Duo had really agreed to bathe with him!

Liu Duo arrived downstairs with her change of clothes in tow and made her way to the bathroom. Ye Mo had prepared the hot water in the tub and left the oil lamp on higher ground. It was not especially bright, but at least it wasn’t total darkness.

Liu Duo rustled out of her clothes. She had barely entered the tub when she let out a loud scream. “Ah! Liuzi, you shameless pervert! Who said you could come in here?”

The scoundrel was hiding in the tub! Why didn’t the idiot just die already? He gave her such a fright!

Ye Mo heard her scream from where he stood in the kitchen. He walked to the entrance, waiting for disaster to unfold, anticipating the moment of his brother being chased out of the bathroom!

Ye Ling’s cheeks flushed unknowingly as he continued kneading the flour.

In a room on the first floor, Ye Yang sat sorting out the rice with a lit oil lamp. He stopped his actions, knowing very well one of his brothers was teasing Liu Duo again.

It had to be either Ye Liu or Ye Mo. There was nothing more to it!

Ye Liu emerged from the water and calmly wiped away the droplets on his face. Still teasing, he said, “Little Duo, it looks like you aren’t telling the truth. You must be very eager to take a bath with me. Look at how excited you are to see me!”

Liu Duo was so mad at him she turned purple with rage. She had run out of words to describe just how complacent he had become!

She took in a deep breath and ordered through gritted teeth, “Liuzi, get out!”

Chapter 590 - Liuzi Was Especially Thick-Skinned

Ye Liu pretended not to have heard her as he brushed several strands of wet hair off his face.

The droplets surfed along and slid down the contours of his face, adding a layer of charm to his already drop-dead gorgeous appearance.

“Liu Duo, I’m already wet anyway. Do you have the heart to let me catch a cold outside? This tub is big enough for the two of us, so why not take a bath together? Lower your voice though, Ran Er might hear you, and we don’t want that.”

Liu Duo had stepped into the tub, so what reason did he have to get out?

If she had discovered him after she took off her clothes but before stepping into the tub, his desire for a shared bath would have surely been dismissed!

Liu Duo rolled her eyes. So he knew it was not wanted? So nice of him to acknowledge that!

“I’ll wait until you’re done, I don’t mind the cold!” Liu Duo said, taking her leave. Since he would not go, she would.

Before she could do so, Ye Liu placed both his hands on either side of her shoulders, against the tub, blocking her way.

“Come on, Little Duo, you’ve taken off your clothes anyway. How troublesome it would be to put them back on, only to take them off again eventually? Like I said, I can rub your back and we can have a talk, how great is that? Be good now.”

Finding herself in this situation, Liu Duo reacted on conditioned reflex and placed her hands on her chest. Her cheeks flushed, either from anger or shyness, bearing a tint of redness on her fair skin. What a sight to see.

She was left with speechless exasperation as she confronted his shameless statement.

The grin he bore might have highlighted his handsome features, but in her eyes, he was nothing but trouble! “Little Duo, if you stay quiet like that, then I’ll take that as a yes, since you didn’t say no. Put down your hands and let me wash you. I can’t work like this.”

Then he placed his hands on her shoulders.

Feeling a jolt of electricity cruising through her, she leaned back and retaliated, “Who says I agree to this? Liuzi, you may be thick-skinned, but this is going too far!”

Her heartbeat sped up rapidly. This was so embarrassing. Why must her man be so good-looking, even more so than herself?

Ye Mo was still standing by the door, waiting for a good show, but Ye Liu had not been driven out yet. He thought, if this works for Liu, then I’ll do the same thing tomorrow!

He had witnessed his brother holding his breath as he hid beneath the water, and earlier, he had requested Ye Mo himself to hide his shoes and clothes.

Ye Ling finished kneading the flour and was about to wash his hands at the well when he noticed Ye Mo standing by the door and staring into the distance. He asked, “Mo, what are you looking at?”

“Oh, nothing, just wondering if the rain will stop.” Ye Mo took one last look at the bathroom before returning to his station by the fire.

Ye Ling looked outside too. It was already dark. He could hardly see any rain. He could barely hear the drizzle.

Ye Ling did not get what Mo meant and did not think much about it, as he went to wash his hands at the well.

Ye Liu kept his eyes locked on Liu Duo, who was behaving shyly. He smiled, and feigned seriousness as he said, “Little Duo, I can’t reach my back. Can you help me wash that spot? I can’t sleep well knowing it’s not clean.”

He turned his back towards her. Not only was he very close to her, but he had both hands placed on the sides of the tub, securing her perimeters and preventing her from making an escape.

Damn…

Facing his back, Liu Duo twitched her lips and rolled her eyes. If that’s true, then how have you been sleeping all these years? You really should keep up with your lies.

She looked to and fro between his back and the arms that were holding on to the sides of the tub.

Chapter 591 - Change Of Pace

She muttered inwardly, wow, even his back is gorgeous! There’s not single a layer of fat and he has got clear lines. The muscles on his arms are just right, not very muscular but could pack a punch. Perfect!

Liu Duo just kept staring at Ye Liu’s back and had yet to take action scrubbing him, so Ye Liu turned around to check. “Little Duo, if you like my beautiful back so much, why don’t you touch it for yourself? I surely won’t say you’re taking advantage of me, since you’re going to scrub my back anyway.”

Liu Duo immediately struck him on the face. “You’re one to talk! I won’t do something like that. Stop spouting nonsense.”

Despite saying that, she still went on to scrub his back, otherwise they would be there for a long time.

With him in his current position, she did not stand a chance to escape, so she might as well wash his back so he can leave.

“Oh, that hits the spot! Little Duo, put some muscle into it. You don’t have to worry about hurting me, I can bear your strength.”

He knew Liu Duo would back down eventually and scrub his back.

Liu Duo rolled her eyes and replied, “Of course you can. Your skin is so rough, how would you feel pain?”

And then she scrubbed him even harder. He was such a difficult ‘client.’

Pffft, Ye Liu chortled but did not refute, lest he fueled her anger.

A while later, Liu Duo stopped what she was doing. “Alright, it’s been scrubbed clean now. Liuzi, you can get out and put on your clothes.”

But he only turned around and said matter-of-factly, “Oh, how can I do that? Little Duo helped me, so it’s natural that I help you too! Turn around, Little Duo, my turn to rub your back.”

He put his hands on her shoulders, forcing her to turn around so that her back faced him.

This took her by surprise and left her speechless, unable to refute. It seemed useless to do that anyway. So she let him have his way. It was only a back rub, what could happen?

So she did as she was told and turned around, neither refuting him nor chasing him away. Ye Liu was over the moon at this reaction.

With his rough hands, he gently rubbed her back and massaged her shoulders. He enjoyed the slippery touch under his fingers and got excited at each point of contact.

As he rubbed, his hands began to move around.

In the beginning, Liu Duo was enjoying the privilege of having someone wash her back, but she was suddenly disturbed when the hands that were supposed to be working on her back came to fondle her chest!

“Liuzi! Behave yourself! Remove your hands!” Her cheeks that were reddened after being immersed in the hot water for so long got redder.

She slapped his hands trying to fend them off, but to no avail.

Ye Liu closed in on her, his chest sticking to her back as he embraced her from behind. “Little Duo, why don’t we have a go at it just this once in the tub? Quite a change of pace.”

“No!”

He wanted to do it here? He sure knew how to have his way.

If she gave in to him, that meant they would be spending a lot of time in the bath. Surely the other men would know what was going on. It was too embarrassing!

Doing it here and doing it in the bedroom were essentially two different scenarios.

After hearing her firm reply, Ye Liu placed his chin atop her shoulder and asked lazily, “Why not? Little Duo, we can try a different kind of fun for a change, I’m sure you’ll like it.”

“There’s no reason for it! I don’t like it! Take your hands off and stay away from me! You’re done, so get out!”

She did not want any ‘fun!’

Ye Liu proceeded to blow in her ear. “Little Duo, you haven’t even tried it. How would you know you don’t like it?”

Chapter 592 - She Could Not Bother Arguing With Him

In the end, Liu Duo gave in and let him have his way. Even the hot water in the tub had gotten cold…

“Little Duo, let me carry you upstairs,” Ye Liu giggled with an air of satisfaction, very pleased with himself.

Liu Duo, exhausted, gave him the stink eye. What are you so smug about!?

“No need! I can walk just fine.”

As she said so, she walked in front of him, her legs slightly trembling.

She opened the wooden door of the bathroom and looked around out of habit. Ahead of her, Ye Yang, Ye Mo, and Ye Ling were looking right at her.

Bang, went the door as she shut it once again.

She wondered, damn, have they been waiting for the two of us to come out?

Just now when she was going at it with Ye Liu, she made every effort not to make a sound. They couldn’t have heard anything, could they?

Ye Liu produced a hearty laugh. “Little Duo, what are you up to? Do you like doing it here instead? That’s alright, I have the same feeling.”

Other than the bed, he rather enjoyed the exciting stimulation that came with doing it in the bath.

Liu Duo shot back a glance at him. “The others are outside!”

She could not bother arguing with him. It would amount to nothing.

The three brothers noticed Liu Duo’s curious behavior and found it quite hilarious. It was so odd for her to act this way.

At first, they were not aware of what the two were doing in there. Now they got the answer, because she looked to be carrying a guilty conscience.

They gathered outside purely because the water had been freshly heated, and each was waiting for their turn to use the bathroom.

Ye Liu whipped his hair about in hopes that it would dry more quickly. He chuckled at her reaction. “Well, it’s normal for them to wait out there. They couldn’t possibly wait in here, could they?”

Being with him was frustrating Liu Duo to no end. She was having a serious conversation but he had to make a joke out of it.

She just glared at him silently. She worried that he would counter whatever she said anyway, and by then she would have herself to blame!

Yet Ye Liu grinned cheekily despite being on the receiving end of her glare. He patted her on the head and said, “I feel so honored that Little Duo likes staring at me so much. Come on, let’s go. If we stay inside any longer, Mo will probably kick the door down!”

Based on how well he understood Ye Mo, the man would want to know what had been going on after seeing Liu Duo open the door and close it again! Moreover, they must be waiting to use the bathroom.

And so he opened the door, only to find that Ye Mo had already standing there since some time ago.

“Yo, so you do know you should come out! For a second there, I thought Liu planned to spend a night in there with our dear wife!” Ye Mo said arrogantly as he could not resist poking fun at their expense.

He would not get many opportunities like this. He had yet to have the chance to tease his second brother before today.

Liu Duo noticed the way Ye Mo was eyeing her. She could not help but blush, and the redness spread all the way to her ears.

“Quit staring!” Liu Duo beamed at him. Then she bit the bullet, gave him a forceful shove, and stormed past him.

What was up with his eyes? They seemed to be telling her that he wanted the same treatment from her the next day. It was so irritating!

He watched her leave the scene blushing and felt her exasperation. Ye Liu exited the bathroom with his arms folded across his chest as he smirked at Ye Mo. “Mo, you were clearly mocking us just now, weren’t you? Are you jealous?”

“Hehe, I don’t have any reason to be. I’ll have my turn tomorrow, because I also want to have some alone time with our wife in the bathroom!” Ye Mo glanced at his brother the show-off. He was about to leave when Ye Liu called his name.

Ye Liu patted him on the shoulder. “Mo, wait a moment. As your brother, I hope you get what you wish for tomorrow, alright? But could you add more water into the bath for me? I’m awfully tired after that workout.”

And then he went to chase after Liu Duo, leaving Ye Mo behind.

Mouth twitching, Ye Mo witnessed his brother speeding away. He muttered to himself. Tired? Liu, are you seriously saying you’re tired? If Duo Er was willing to go a few more rounds, I’m sure you would pluck up your spirits and gladly take on the offer!

Chapter 593 - Be A Good Kid And Don’t Catch A Cold, Okay?

After he finished muttering, Ye Mo went into the bathroom and poured away the bathwater that Liu Duo and Ye Liu had used.

When Liu Duo walked near Ye Yang and Ye Ling, she coughed lightly to alleviate the slight embarrassment she felt. “Yang, Ling, I’ll head up now. You guys should also go to bed early after bathing.”

Ye Ling looked at the shy and blushing Liu Duo and he, himself, also became shy and blushed. “Goodnight, Duo Er.”

The paralyzed-faced Ye Yang looked at Liu Duo and didn’t say anything, only nodding his head. However, his gaze made Liu Duo’s heart beat faster and her face redder. Why did she feel a bit nervous for no reason?

In response, Liu Duo immediately continued to walk towards the stairs in order to avoid his gaze.

“Little Duo, wait for me, don’t walk so quickly.” Ye Liu walked over eagerly. “Yang, Ling, we will be going to sleep now. Don’t miss me, okay? Goodnight.”

He chased after Liu Duo after he finished speaking.

After Ye Mo poured the bathwater away, he walked towards the kitchen while shouting, “Ling, you can come to take a bath now.”

He held an empty bucket in his hand and was prepared to use it to help him get bathwater.

“Oh.” Ye Ling got up, took the change of clothes he had prepared in advance and went over.

Liu Duo had just arrived at the stairs on the second floor and Liu Ran was standing there. “Sis, I heard you scream just now. Did something happen?”

He looked at Liu Duo with a face of concern.

Liu Ran had heard her shriek from his room on the second floor very clearly.

He had initially wanted to go to the first floor and ask but Ye Mo chased him up. Ye Mo said something about how it couldn’t be possible for something to happen to Liu Duo while she was at home, and asked him to stop thinking nonsense.

Errr…

Liu Duo looked at Liu Ran, and for a moment, she did not know how to reply. After she paused for a while, just as she was about to say something, she heard Ye Liu’s voice ring out.

“Ran Er, look at how red your sister’s face is. Does it look like something happened to her? She was practicing her voice. It’s been raining and it’s a bit cold so you should quickly go back to your room and sleep. Be a good kid and don’t catch a cold, okay?”

He even touched the top of his head as he spoke.

“Oh. In that case, sis, Brother Liu, goodnight.” Liu Ran bowed politely, turned around, and went back to his own room.

When Ye Liu saw Liu Ran turn around and go back to his room, he smiled happily and immediately put his hand around Liu Duo’s little waist. “Little Duo, we should also head back to our room and rest. The short night of spring is precious so we shouldn’t waste it. Let Liu assist you. Don’t fall down in this pitch darkness, otherwise, Liu’s heart will ache.”

Liu Duo felt a hot hand on her waist and glanced cautiously and lovably at him. “I will walk by myself and I don’t need your assistance. Also, don’t think about touching me!”

He really had a basket of excuses for taking advantage of her!

Just now, he already wanted it twice by pestering her shamelessly! He should forget about having it anymore.

She pushed him away as she spoke. However, it was as if he was glued to her and she couldn’t push him away at all.

“Fine, fine. If you don’t want it, then Little Duo should assist Liu instead since I’m afraid of falling down,” Ye Liu said, reacting instantly. He had already made the decision not to let go and wanted to hold onto her no matter what.

In response to this, Liu Duo became extremely upset. It was her fault for being weak and not being a match for him.

Otherwise, she would’ve ‘taken care’ of him and Ye Mo throughout. Let’s see if they would still dare to make her mad then!

When they returned to the room, Ye Liu put down the oil lamp and combed her hair attentively. His movements were very soft and gentle as he was afraid of causing her pain.

“Our Little Duo is not only pretty but her hair also looks very nice. So black and smooth.” Ye Liu smiled as he praised her.

Although getting praised made Liu Duo happy, she still said, “Mr. Liuzi, don’t think you will gain anything good from praising me!”

She had already spent so much time with this fella. She would even know if his fart smelled good or bad when he farted.

Ye Liu let out a pfff and laughed happily.

Chapter 594 - He Is Simply Just Evil…

“My Little Duo, how could you think such a thing? Liu wouldn’t praise you with the expectation of gaining something from you! What I said is merely the truth.”

Ye Liu looked at Liu Duo through the reflection in the mirror and she looked extremely pampered.

Naturally, Liu Duo would also be able to see Ye Liu’s eyes that were full of love through the mirror. She knew what he said was true and she was so happy, her dimples became very obvious.

“How would I know?!” She raised her chin tsunderely and pretended to not believe him.

Upon hearing her, Ye Liu bent down to lower his head and placed his cheek near her cheek, both of them looking into the mirror. He looked at her reflection with a serious gaze and said, “In that case, how does Little Duo want me to prove I am telling the truth?”

For some strange reason, Liu Duo got stirred up by him asking this question so seriously.

She looked away and moved her head to the side. “How should I know? That is your own problem!”

She muttered in her heart, This fella would radiate his handsomeness every time he shows such a serious expression. It makes me feel embarrassed to look at him! He is simply just evil…

Ye Liu saw Liu Duo looking away and moving her head away in embarrassment. The corner of his mouth moved up and he smiled mischievously. “I think the best proof is to give myself to you! Words are all fake, handing you my heart and my body is the only real truth!”

Err…

Upon hearing him, the corner of Liu Duo’s mouth started to twitch. This fella really had so many tricks. There was no way she would fall for it!

She rolled her eyes and ignored him.

Upon seeing this, Ye Liu shook his head in amusement and got up to continue combing her hair. He laughed in his heart, Why is Little Duo so smart? Sigh… beloved is so smart that it isn’t easy to get any ‘benefits.’

After he finished combing, Ye Liu then asked her to comb his long hair as well. It was to make it dry faster. He said something about returning politeness with politeness.

It had to be said that Ye Liu and the others’ hair wasn’t short. It was usually tied so it didn’t look long, but once it came loose, it was only a bit shorter than Liu Duo’s.

Ye Liu’s hair was also jet black and supple.

“Finished. It’s already dry, you can go to sleep now.”

Liu Duo held the tail of Ye Liu’s hair in her hand and then threw it around. She stopped after she did this.

With his hair draped over his shoulders, Ye Liu looked very different from how he usually looked. He looked very evil and looked much more beautiful than most women.

Liu Duo was extremely jealous. How could there be such a handsome man that was even more beautiful than most women!

She put down the wooden comb after she spoke and headed towards the bed. She was a bit tired and the sound of the rain was like a lullaby that was making her sleepy.

Ye Liu saw she was tired and decided not to waste any more time. He also headed towards the bed.

“Little Duo, since you are tired, quickly get in the bed and have a good sleep.”

“Okay,” Liu Duo replied.

He waited until Liu Duo was on the bed before he blew out the oil lamp.

He then got into the bed as well and began sleeping while holding onto Liu Duo.

Time flew by and the night passed by in a flash. Ye Liu woke up very early and stared at Liu Duo’s sleeping face.

He kissed her on the forehead and whispered softly next to her ear, “Little Duo, Liu will get up first. I’ll come back to comb your hair in a short while.”

He could tell she wouldn’t wake up in the next hour and a half. After all, rainy weather was the best kind of weather for sleeping.

He put the blanket over her before he got out of bed and got dressed. The wind blew into the room right when Ye Liu opened the door. It was still raining lightly and there weren’t any signs it was going to stop anytime soon.

“Liu.” Ye Ling saw him coming down from the stairs and he immediately greeted him.

Ye Mo, on the other hand, said with a strange tone, “Tsk, why did you come down so early today? Aren’t you going to accompany beloved until she wakes up and then help her get dressed?”

Chapter 595 - Felt Extremely Smug!

When Ye Liu heard him, he immediately went closer to Ye Mo, stretched out his hand, put it on his shoulder, and smiled pretentiously. “Oh, wow. Mo, you are finally able to make fun of Liu?”

He then whispered behind his ear, “It’s mainly because your second brother’s fighting strength was too strong. Another reason is that Little Duo wants to sleep a bit longer.”

He even winked at him as he spoke. As if to say, You understand what I mean!

Ye Mo made a tsk sound when he heard him and muttered in his heart, My fighting strength is also very strong!

The brothers woke up around the same time and went straight to the well. They had to wash up underneath the rain so they did it quickly.

It was only after some time passed that Liu Ran finished dressing up and came down. “Good morning Brother Yang.”

This was probably the first time he’d woken up so late. He really did listen to what Liu Duo said.

Ye Yang wore a cloak and was sweeping the bamboo leaves in the yard.

“Morning.” Ye Yang lifted up his head, looked at Liu Ran, who had just come down from upstairs, replied, and continued to sweep the bamboo leaves.

After knowing him for some time, Liu Ran knew that although Brother Yang was cold and didn’t like to speak, he was actually a very good guy. He no longer felt as frightened of him as before.

Ye Liu heard his voice so he came out of the kitchen and waved his hand at him. “Ran Er, come here to wash up.”

The light rain showed signs of getting heavier so Ye Liu and the others took two buckets of water and put them underneath the roof. This was so he and Liu Duo would be able to wash up easily once they woke up.

Liu Ran heard Brother Liu calling him and he walked over with a smile on his face. “Brother Liu, I have something I want to tell you.”

He felt that Ye Liu had the right to know he was going to give the Four Treasures of the Study he’d bought him to Yuan Fang the next day as a gift.

Although his sister had already agreed to this, he should also respect his opinion.

“Ran Er, if you have anything to say, don’t hesitate. Liu is listening.” Ye Liu looked at him and smiled.

“It’s about this… Yuan Fang invited me for a meal for his birthday tomorrow so I wanted to give him the Four Treasures of the Study you bought me as a gift to him. Can I?”

Ye Liu replied without any hesitation, “Of course you can. I gave it to you so you can do with it whatever you like. As long as you are happy.”

When Liu Ran heard what he said, he smiled and said, “Brother Liu, what you said is the same as what sis said. You guys have such good chemistry.”

They both said he could do with it what he liked.

Upon hearing him, the corner of Ye Liu’s mouth shot up to the sky and he felt extremely smug!

“That chemistry is a must-have. Otherwise, how can we be husband and wife?” Ye Liu touched the top of his head and said, “Go and wash up. Brother Ling will cook something for you to eat later.”

“Okay.” Liu Ran nodded obediently. He then began washing up.

Ye Liu, on the other hand, turned around and went back to the kitchen to help Ye Ling. He helped with preparing the noodles that would be used with the vegetable soup.

Since Liu Duo hadn’t woken up, Ye Ling only made one bowl of noodles each for breakfast for those who were already awake. It was to prevent the noodles from getting soggy.

He would cook a separate one for Liu Duo once she woke up.

“Yang, cleaning the yard I see.” At this time, Ye Xuan came in through the yard door while holding an oil-paper umbrella.

When Ye Yang heard his voice, he turned around and looked at him. He neither felt surprised nor angry at his arrival since he was already used to it.

Liu Ran heard his voice and shouted with a smile, “Brother Xuan, why did you come so early today? Have you had breakfast?”

Ye Xuan saw how happy Liu Ran was when he saw him and a smile also appeared on his face and he was in a good mood. “Since it is raining it will get dark earlier. It would be more convenient if I come earlier and go back earlier in the afternoon. I’ve already had breakfast.”

Inside the kitchen, Ye Mo heard Ye Xuan’s voice and he frowned, feeling extremely unhappy.

Chapter 596 - He Was Like A Cannon That Would Go Off No Matter If It Was Lit Or Not

This fella would always come to make his presence felt during Liu Ran’s short two-day holiday. Ye Mo would get really angry just by seeing him.

“I really want to punch Ye Xuan. Seeing him makes me feel so annoyed!” Ye Mo threw a piece of firewood into the stove, his anger burning.

Ye Liu laughed when he heard him. “You can say that again! But he is here to teach Ran Er so let’s just try to be patient.”

He felt the same in his heart, but for Liu Ran, he just closed one eye and opened one eye towards it. He knew he wouldn’t do anything that overstepped his boundaries!

Ye Ling echoed what Liu said. “Mo, as Liu said, this is all for Ran Er. You shouldn’t get so worked up, it’s bad for your health.”

He didn’t know why but his third brother was the one who would get angry the easiest. He was like a cannon that would go off no matter if it was lit or not.

“I’m not worked up. He is also not worth getting angry over!” The fury on his face was obvious and his anger couldn’t be hidden no matter how he tried.

Ye Liu looked at how blatantly obvious his brother was lying and the smiling expression on his face became even bigger.

Ye Ling put the cooked noodles into the bowls and even added a chicken egg in each bowl. “Liu, Mo, the noodles are ready.”

When Ye Liu heard him, he washed his hands, picked up a bowl of noodles, and went to the kitchen.

“Yang, Ran Er, the noodles are ready. Little Xuan really came so early.” Ye Liu smiled like a hooligan while he walked along the corridor underneath the roof and arrived at the front of the dining table.

Ye Yang lifted his head and looked at Ye Liu. He quickly swept away the last of the bamboo leaves and then walked to the well to wash his hands.

Liu Ran, on the other hand, came over to the dining table with Ye Xuan. “Brother Xuan, take a seat. I will learn from you after I finish eating the noodles.”

“Okay. Ran Er, there’s no rush, so you can take your time eating. What I have is time.” Ye Xuan looked at Liu Ran, then looked at Ye Liu and replied, “Brother Liu, I wanted to come earlier and leave earlier in the afternoon because of the rain.”

“I’m so sorry for having to trouble Little Xuan.”

“Oh, Brother Liu you are joking. It isn’t a bother at all. It is something I should do.”

While the two of them kept exchanging polite words with each other, Ye Mo and Ye Ling walked over while each holding a bowl of noodles.

Ye Xuan smiled and greeted them politely when he saw them. “Brother Mo, Brother Ling, good morning.”

In response, Ye Mo let out a cold humph and ignored him. Ye Ling, on the other hand, at least gave him a nod as a response.

Ye Yang came to the table after he washed his hands. He picked up the chopsticks and said, “Let’s eat.”

After he finished speaking, he took the lead and started to eat. The noodles would get soggy if they were left out too long and wouldn’t taste good.

Ye Liu and the others would naturally also start to eat when they saw Ye Yang take the lead by eating the noodles. Ye Xuan, on the other hand, sat at the side, looked at them with a smile, and then looked around elsewhere.

He hadn’t seen Liu Duo from the time he came. He also didn’t hear Ye Yang and the others call her to eat. Ye Xuan moved his sight ever so slightly towards the stairs and took a peek.

He didn’t ask and didn’t say anything. He turned his head to look around elsewhere again. It wasn’t clear what he was thinking. There were signs that the light rain was going to clear up.

However, the sky was still gloomy and the wind would still blow occasionally.

“Brother Ling, the noodles you cooked are delicious,” Liu Duo said unclearly while his mouth was stuffed with noodles.

When Ye Ling heard him, he smiled warmly and said, “If it tastes good then eat more. If it is not enough I will cook more for you.”

Upstairs, Liu Duo, who had slept sweetly, got up after she’d had enough sleep. She automatically woke up unhurriedly.

Out of habit, she turned her head to look at the dressing table but she didn’t see Ye Liu, who would usually wait for her to wake. She was stunned for a while.

She muttered in her heart, Why didn’t Mr. Liuzi wait for me today?

She slowly sat up and stretched her back. After that, she got out of the bed, got her clothes, and prepared to get dressed.

Chapter 597 - Haha…

Ye Liu ate all of the noodles in the bowl, put down the bowl and chopsticks and said, “I’ve finished eating. I’ll go see if Little Duo woke up yet.”

He would help her comb and tie her hair while he was there.

Ye Xuan blinked when he heard him. He would pay attention to any words that were related to Liu Duo.

After Ye Liu finished speaking and just as he prepared to turn around and go to the stairs, Ye Mo said, “I’ve also finished eating. I’m going upstairs to get some things.”

After Ye Mo finished speaking, he quickly walked in front of Ye Liu and disappeared from Ye Yang’s and the others’ sight.

While they were at the staircase, Ye Liu looked at Ye Mo, who was beside him, and asked with a smile, “Mo, what is it that you have to get upstairs?”

“I’m not going to get anything. I just don’t want to be in the same place as that brat, Ye Xuan. Otherwise, I won’t be able to hold myself back and will give him a punch!”

Pff. Ye Liu laughed out loud when he heard him. His third brother had changed quite considerably. He even knew how to hold himself back and step away? Haha…

The two of them didn’t push the door open when they arrived on the fourth floor. Instead, they went over to take a look through the window. This way, if Liu Duo hadn’t woken up, they would be able to avoid disturbing her. Ye Liu opened it to let air through before he went downstairs.

When they looked in, it just so happened that Liu Duo was putting on her clothes. Ye Liu blew a whistle. “Good morning, Little Duo.”

Ye Liu heard that hooliganish whistle so she looked towards the window and saw the two fellas who had the thickest skin in the family looking at her through the window.

Although she calmly put on her clothes and finished tidying up herself, the blushing on her face was quite obvious.

“The two of you are so free! Aren’t you going to go out and purchase the tomatoes?!” She rolled her eyes at the two of them.

Although she didn’t know the time, she could guess they had probably already eaten breakfast.

Ye Liu and Ye Mo showed good chemistry by moving away from the window, pushing the door open, and going in.

Ye Liu took the wooden comb and helped her comb her hair. “Li Wazi hasn’t come yet so we are waiting for him. Little Duo, you can relax. We will definitely not, we won’t dare to slack off. We work hard in the day and also work hard at night. This is the duty of the eternal unpaid laborers!”

As he spoke, he looked at Liu Duo’s reflection in the mirror and gave her a wink as if saying, you know what I mean.

Ye Mo immediately continued, “Beloved, Liu is correct. We will not slack off. I will work even more diligently tonight than I do in the day!”

Ye Mo said it very coolly while showing a very serious looking face, and Ye Liu just smiled pretentiously. Looking at them really made Liu Duo want to give them a punch.

The corner of Liu Duo’s mouth twitched. These two pieces of shit really pissed her off so early in the morning.

She didn’t want to bother with them and didn’t say anything.

Just because she didn’t say anything didn’t mean Ye Liu and Ye Mo wouldn’t say anything.

“Beloved, I don’t think you should wear a dress today. It doesn’t look good.”

As he spoke he even went and touched the dress near Liu Duo’s thigh.

Err…

Liu Duo slapped his hand away. Where was he trying to touch? Shameless!

She felt both embarrassed and furious right now. These two fellas really had no limits! One was worse than the last! “I wear what I want and it is none of your business!”

“Mo, do you not know how to speak? Our Little Duo, with her figure, looks good no matter what she wears. She looks even better when not wearing anything!” Ye Liu smiled happily, looking very punchable.

Listening to them cooperating so well as if they were performing a play they had practiced made Liu Duo explode inside. Motherf**ker! These two shameless bastards are really pissing me off…

Ye Liu and Ye Mo looked at Liu Duo’s angry but also pretty and lovable face and smiles appeared on their faces. They felt that living such lives where they could tease their wife was quite interesting…

Liu Duo stood up and stared at the two of them. “You… you two shameless bastards. Get out. I don’t want to look at the two of you.”

Chapter 598 - I Have No Sense Of Shame?

Urgh, he made her so mad, she could not even speak without slipping.

In response to her anger, Ye Liu merely giggled and let his hands rest on her shoulders, comforting her as she sat.

“Alright, Little Duo, don’t get mad. Let’s just ignore Mo, he has no sense of shame. I’m going to tie your hair into a beautiful knot, just you wait.”

His smile was absolutely charming as he consoled her while he worked on her hair.

She rolled her eyes at his speech but did not move a muscle. She did not know how to style her hair like that.

Ye Mo, on the other hand, twitched his lips. Liu sure knows how to make things work in his favor. What did he mean I have no sense of shame?

He said it as though he had not played any part in teasing their wife at all.

“It’s finished. Look at how pretty our Little Duo is.” Ye Liu bent down to inspect the reflection of his masterpiece in the mirror.

Ye Mo popped in to take a look. Each stayed on either side of her and observed the reflection. “As expected, our wife has to be good-looking!”

Liu Duo looked at herself in the bronze mirror. Her delicate features paled in comparison to the two men in the picture.

As for the men in question, they looked so much more handsome in contrast!

She pushed them away. Any more of this and she would get so mad she may start feeling heartache!

Without a word, she stormed downstairs. Despite knowing they were teasing her on purpose, she just couldn’t resist her rage.

Ye Yang and the rest of the crew heard footsteps ringing from the stairs. They looked over there, wondering what was going on.

Who could be walking so loudly?

In a matter of moments, an angry-looking Liu Duo arrived on the first floor, moving right into their line of sight.

“Duo Er, what’s going on?”

“Sis, what happened?”

Ye Liu and Liu Ran questioned her, apparently concerned.

Ye Yang beamed at her and guessed that this must be the handiwork of his two brothers.

Ye Xuan did not speak, but he had his eyes locked on her person. She looked so cute even when she was mad!

Usually, he wouldn’t have the chance to see the many faces of Liu Duo, because she would only show him her poker face.

“Nothing, I’ve just had enough of those two shameless folks.” Liu Duo waved her hand as she prepared to wash up by the well. She went to get her umbrella.

It was still raining.

When they heard that, the men were reminded of Ye Liu and Ye Mo, since they had gone upstairs previously.

“Duo Er, we have a bucket of clean water there. It’s for washing. You don’t have to go to the well.”

Ye Ling pointed at the bucket under the roof as he spoke.

Liu Duo nodded and heeded his direction. She began to wash up.

She was still washing when Ye Liu and Ye Mo came down.

Liu Ran approached Ye Liu and whispered, “Brother Liu, did you make her mad again?”

“No, we didn’t. Why would we do that? We only want to make her happy, you know that, don’t you?” Ye Liu patted him on the head.

Er…

Now Liu Ran was confused. Why was his statement different from his sister’s?

He didn’t think they would trick him.

Seeing him frowning hesitantly, Ye Liu snickered and whispered in return, “Ran Er, whatever your sister said to you just now, it’s not true. A woman’s mood swings like the sun and the rain. You’ll understand when you get a wife one day.”

Er…

Liu Ran felt even more muddled as redness began to take over his cheeks. What’s this about growing up and getting a wife?

How embarrassing…

Chapter 599 - : What Did That Have To Do With Him?

Ye Liu glimpsed Liu Duo, who was washing up, before he said to Liu Ran, “Go have your noodles, Ran Er, before they go pasty.”

“Oh.” Liu Ran nodded obediently.

Ye Ling got up and was about to prepare the noodles for Liu Duo, when Ye Mo said, “Ling, I’ll prepare food for her, you continue with yours.”

He could see that Ye Ling still had some unfinished noodles in his bowl.

Then he left for the kitchen. It just so happened that he did not want to be in the same room as Ye Xuan anyways!

He approached Liu Duo, since that was where he was headed, and spoke to her as though he was giving a progress report. “Wife, I’m going to prepare your noodles.”

Liu Duo was brushing her teeth. Incoherently, she said, “Alright, give me more vegetables.”

She liked to have her noodles with a little more greens.

“Sure, it’ll be done in a moment.”

Ye Mo turned around and made his way to the kitchen. He felt that preparing meals for his wife provided him with a great sense of accomplishment.

When Li Wazi’s family arrived, Liu Duo was just about to dig into the noodles Ye Mo had prepared for her.

“Liu, Mo, we can leave now.” Li Wazi had barely sat down as he called for the men.

He must have come late because of the rain, so he wanted to leave early to purchase the tomatoes.

Ye Liu and Ye Mo had nothing to say to that. They got ready what they needed, bade goodbye to Liu Duo, and left the house on their bullock-cart.

Aunt Li and Little Lian got busy. Ye Yang also started work. Very soon, only Liu Duo, Ye Ling, Liu Ran, and Ye Xuan were left sitting by the table.

Ye Ling waited until Liu Ran finished his noodles before collecting the dishes to wash in the kitchen. It was not nice to leave them around.

“Duo Er, I’ll wash yours when you’re done.”

“Sure thing,” Liu Duo nodded.

Very soon, only Liu Duo, Liu Ran, and Ye Xuan were left.

It was then that Ye Xuan spoke up. “Ran Er, go get your textbook. We can start revising.”

Liu Ran heard him and nodded. He went to his room on the second floor to get his bag.

After sending him away, Ye Xuan changed his seat so that he was only two seats away from Liu Duo.

“Sister Duo, you seemed unhappy when you got down just now. Did Liu and Mo bully you again?”

“…” Liu Duo ate one mouthful after another, choosing not to reply.

What did that have to do with him?

Ye Xuan smiled as he looked at Liu Duo focusing on her food. He didn’t feel awkward being ignored.

“I think they’re just fooling around with you. Don’t stay mad at them. You don’t look good when you’re angry. And it’s easy to get wrinkles too.”

He kept one thing unsaid in his heart. Actually, you look nice whether you’re angry or not!

Liu Duo showed little emotion. She left with her bowl, not bothering to listen to him.

Ye Xuan got up and followed her around. “Sister Duo, where are you going with your food?”

None of your business! She gave him the stink eye, still refusing to respond. He was so bothersome.

“The food shouldn’t leave the table. Sister Duo, you should eat here.” Ye Xuan kept smiling, as though this was his extraordinarily handsome look.

Liu Duo looked up and eyed Ye Xuan who kept blocking her way. “Would you believe it if I said I could ban you from stepping into this house ever again?”

Who did he think he was, ordering her around like that? It was none of his business where she liked to take her food.

The smile never left his face even after she said that.

Chapter 600 - Would Uncle Do Something Like That?

“Sister Duo, whatever’s fine if there aren’t any kids in the house, but Ran Er is still young and you should lead a good example.”

Ye Xuan was not worried at all that she might ban him from visiting!

He knew they were very attached to Liu Ran and would want what was good for him. Liu Ran had taken a liking to him too, so he had nothing to fear.

Hehe, Liu Duo slightly frowned. It seemed this man did not think that she would do anything to him.

She was about to say something when Liu Ran’s voice rang out. “Brother Xuan, I’ve got the bag here.”

Within a few seconds, he reappeared in the scene. “Sis, what are you doing with Brother Xuan here? Sis, shouldn’t you sit down and eat? Where are you going with that bowl?”

He saw the two of them facing each other, and there were weird vibes all over the place.

By the time he finished speaking, he had arrived at the table and put down his bag.

Before Liu Duo could open her mouth, Ye Xuan spoke first. “Nothing, your sister and I were having a discussion.” He promptly changed the topic. “Ran Er, practice your writing when you get your textbook out. I shall explain in detail whatever you didn’t understand yesterday.”

“Yes.” Liu Ran’s attention was quickly diverted. He laid out his brush, ink, and paper as he was told and focused on his writing.

Liu Duo was not very pleased to see her brother obeying Ye Xuan’s instructions, but she would tolerate the man for his sake.

Liu Duo spotted an opportunity when Liu Ran had his head in his work and was not paying attention to them. Holding the bowl in her hand, she deliberately stepped on Ye Xuan’s foot, forcing him to give way.

She silently mouthed the words, “Good dogs don’t block the way!”

She turned and headed to the kitchen, but before that she rolled her eyes at him, not hiding her annoyance at all.

She would wait until Liu Ran finished his studies for the semester. Then, she planned to transfer him to the schoolhouse in town to avoid contact with Ye Xuan!

Ye Xuan looked at her go. He resisted the pain reluctantly, not making a sound, as he made his way to Liu Ran and sat down beside him.

“Brother Xuan, I’m going to Yuan Fang’s house tomorrow. It’s his birthday and he invited me.” Liu Ran glanced at Ye Xuan, reminding him that he need not come to tutor him.

Ye Xuan was slightly caught off guard when he heard that. That would mean he had no excuse to come tomorrow.

And then he thought of something else, to which he laughed, “Then you’ll have to ask your sister to take you there. You don’t want to repeat what happened last time, do you?”

“Liu Qing’s been arrested. I don’t have to trouble my sister. I can go to Yuan Fang’s house myself.” Liu Ran did not understand why Ye Xuan wanted Liu Duo to walk with him.

“Ran Er, it’s true that Liu Qing has been arrested, but he still has a father! Don’t forget his father came to beg your sister for mercy. She didn’t agree, so he probably holds a grudge and may take it out on you, like his son did!”

Er…

As he heard that, Liu Ran stared at Ye Xuan with a look of disbelief. Would Uncle do something like that?

Ye Xuan raised a hand and touched the boy’s head as he continued, “Ran Er, do you know what it means to nip it in the bud? If your uncle really pulls something like that, won’t it make your family worry again?”

Liu Ran recalled the time he was kidnapped by Liu Qing, and the dreadfully worried look on Liu Duo’s face when she found him. He nodded.

How could he make them worry again?

“Brother Xuan, thank you for your reminder. I’ll ask Sis to take me to the party tomorrow.”

“That’s alright, you don’t have to thank me. What’s the nature of our relationship anyway? Saying that is like we aren’t close at all.” Ye Xuan smiled gently. “Ran Er, continue with your writing. We’ll leave it at that. Just remember what to do tomorrow.”

“Right.” Liu Ran smiled too. He put the matter behind him and returned to focus on his writing…

Ye Xuan observed Liu Ran as he wrote. Something flashed in his eyes as they filled with glee.