"Eat your meal, then take your medicine."

As Li Changpu spoke, he poured out two small white pills from a brown bottle and handed them to Jiang Tingxia.

She was young and had a childish nature. She refused to take the medicine because she thought it was bitter. She even threw the pills away secretly. Li Changpu caught her several times.

There was no other way, so Li Changpu simply watched her take the medicine every day before going out.

Under his supervision, Jiang Tingxia reluctantly put the pill into her mouth. When the pill came into contact with water, it stuck to her tongue. Her face instantly changed color due to the bitterness. She quickly picked up the white porcelain jar at hand, took several gulps of water, and swallowed the pill. Only then did she feel better.

Jiang Tingxia drank the water quickly and choked and coughed several times. He stared at Li Changpu with resentment, as if in silent protest.

Li Changpu turned a blind eye and walked over to her. He touched her forehead with the back of his hand to test the temperature of her forehead and said, "The fever is gone."

He also reminded, "Wear your coat at home, don't take off your clothes when you feel hot, or you'll get sick easily..."

Jiang Tingxia interrupted him hastily, "Okay, stop talking."

She pointed to the rising sun outside and said, "You'll be late if you keep talking."

Jiang Tingxia pushed Li Changpu's arm and said, "Go to work quickly. Don't worry about me."

Jiang Tingxia sat alone at home for a while. Zhang Xinran entered her courtyard and handed her an envelope. "Today I went to the gatehouse to see if my aunt and her family had sent me any letters. I saw the letter for you, so I brought it back to you."

Jiang Tingxia took it and saw the address on the letter, knowing that it was sent by the Jiang family.

Jiang Tingxia put the letter aside and looked at the little girl who came with Zhang Xinran, "Xiaoshu, why are you hiding?"

Gu Yishu hid behind Zhang Xinran, half of her body was hidden, her little fingers tightly grasping Zhang Xinran's clothes. When she heard Jiang Tingxia's gentle voice asking her, she revealed her little head with two pigtails and asked timidly, "Is Uncle Li not at home?"

Jiang Tingxia was so adorable that she said in a pinched voice, "Yes, Uncle Li is not at home."

After hearing what Jiang Tingxia said, Gu Yishu obviously relaxed and no longer hid behind Zhang Xinran. She jumped out, walked to Jiang Tingxia, and touched the big dog in Jiang Tingxia's arms.

She asked in a baby voice, "Auntie, can I play with the kitten for a while?"

Jiang Tingxia put the big dog down and said, "Of course, baby."

"But the cat is too small, so you have to be careful and touch it gently."

Gu Yishu clapped her hands and cheered, no longer feeling the awkwardness she had when she first entered her house.

Jiang Tingxia touched Gu Yishu's pigtail again and asked, "But, Xiaoshu, are you afraid of Uncle Li?"

Gu Yishu nodded heavily and said, "Uncle Li is very fierce."

Gu Yishu had a fierce face, pouted her lips, lowered her eyebrows, and said fiercely, "Uncle Li is like this."

Zhang Xinran saw it and quickly stopped him, saying, "You can't say that about Uncle Li."

Jiang Tingxia didn't care. Looking at the funny face made by the little baby, she thought of Li Changpu's serious look. The two faces merged together in her mind. She was amused by her own imagination and laughed so hard that she fell backwards.

He rubbed Gu Yishu's little face lovingly for a few times, and said with an unbearable smile, "Oh, so Uncle Li is like this."

Gu Yishu's face was pinched, and her mouth was shaped like an O. When she heard what Jiang Tingxia said, her eyes were confused, and several question marks appeared on her little head: Why, isn't Uncle Li like this in my aunt's eyes?

Jiang Tingxia coaxed, "Uncle Li just doesn't like to laugh. He looks scary on the surface, but you don't have to be afraid of him."

He is so funny.

Jiang Tingxia only thought about the second half of the sentence in his mind and did not say it out loud.

Gu Yishu liked Big Dog very much. She played with Cat for the whole morning and refused to go home. Until Li Changpu came back, he heard the little girl calling Big Dog with a laugh outside the yard. Hearing this name, he paused.

I finally got used to Jiang Tingxia calling me like this in the past two days, and now, someone else has come.

Every time he heard the name, his forehead twitched and by the time he entered the yard, his face had turned black.

I shouldn't have hesitated and named the cat.

Now he didn't know what reason to find. He would never tell Jiang Tingxia the real reason.

Gu Yishu saw Li Changpu's gloomy face, and she ran to Zhang Xinran, shielding her face, and whispered, "Mom, let's go home."

The little girl secretly looked up and glanced at the man standing in the yard, thinking, my aunt said that I don’t have to be afraid of my uncle, but he looks so fierce and might curse at me in the next second, how can I not be afraid?

Zhang Xinran smiled awkwardly, too embarrassed to say that it was Li Changpu who frightened the child, and said dryly, "The child is hungry, I'm going home to cook. Xiaochen is still at home, so I won't sit down."

After seeing off the guests, Jiang Tingxia and Li Changpu stood side by side in the yard. Jiang Tingxia looked at Li Changpu's poker face and asked helplessly, "You have a stern face every day. Can't you smile more?"

Li Changpu, "What's wrong?"

Isn't he always like this? What's so strange?

Seeing his confused look, Jiang Tingxia couldn't help laughing and said, "You scared the child."

……

It was not until the afternoon that Jiang Tingxia remembered the existence of the letter. She picked it up and opened it. It was indeed sent by Jiang Tinghe.

She is getting engaged to Jia Ruiwen next month and invites her and Li Changpu to attend the engagement party.

After reading the letter, Jiang Tingxia slammed the letter paper on the table.

Just for this one incident, Jiang Tinghe wrote two full pages of densely packed words, with hints of boasting and ridicule about her marriage.

Finally, I have to ask one more question, "Jiang Tingxia, will you come? You have been married in the countryside for so long, and you never tell us how you are doing. Your family is worried. It's a good opportunity for you to come while I am engaged. Let us meet you and your husband. I will feel relieved if I see that you are doing well."

Jiang Tingxia was so angry that her fingers were shaking. It was obvious that Jiang Tinghe wanted to see a joke on her.

Naturally, she couldn't get what she wanted.

However, she still had to go. She had a telegram from Jiang Hai in her hand, with proof of the Jiang family's real estate as collateral. With this, she would be able to get the Jiang family to give her share of the inheritance back. Grandpa had made it clear in his will that this share was for her.

As for watching the joke, little did they know that Jiang Tingxia's attitude had made a 180-degree turn. In her eyes, Jiang Tinghe was now a fool who mistook fish eyes for pearls and discarded unpolished jade like a rag. After much scheming, she finally accepted that trash Jia Ruiwen.

Of course she would clap her hands and wish them a long and happy future.

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