After the male supporting role stopped interfering, the female protagonist suffered

The appearance of Hibiscus helped Shen Tang solve the problem of supply.

She was also busy with Mu Jin and had no time to cook.

So she invited Aunt Lin from the neighborhood to come to her house to help cook three meals and clean the house.

Three hundred coins a month.

Aunt Lin readily agreed, she thought it was a great deal.

Zhou Hui had no objection to this, as long as he had food to eat.

One month, two months, three months passed. At the beginning, Aunt Lin was relatively honest.

That day, Zhou Hui returned home.

Seeing the door of the house wide open, he thought it was Shen Tang who came back.

As a result, when he stood at the door, he saw a strange woman in the house.

She was sweeping the floor with a broom in her hand.

"you are?"

Zhou Hui was puzzled. The person cleaning the house was Aunt Lin, a woman in her forties.

How did she become a young and pretty lady?

This...is this a ghost?

"Mr. Zhou, my mother is ill, so I will be the one cooking and cleaning for you these days."

Fang Xiaolan didn't dare to look at him. She just tilted her head and looked at him carefully, with a look of embarrassment on her face.

Seeing how shy she was and how she was secretly looking at herself, I knew what was going on.

"Mrs. Fang, you should go home and take care of Aunt Lin. Your mother can't go to work these days, so we can find someone to replace her or we can do it ourselves."

Since Zhou Hui knew what Madam Fang was thinking, he would not leave her here.

Never give any chance for ambiguity, this is Zhou Hui's code of conduct.

Hearing this, a tear fell from the corner of her eye, and Fang Xiaolan looked at Zhou Hui pitifully.

Zhou Hui took two steps back and stood at the edge of the stairs, as if he wanted to stay away from her.

His eyes were clear and clean, his emotions were calm and indifferent, and he never showed any pity.

"Mr. Zhou, maybe you don't know about my family."

"If I lose this job, I'm afraid my father will beat me to death."

"Please, Lord Zhou, have mercy on me and let me do anything."

Having said this, Fang Xiaolan knelt on the ground pitifully, tears falling like beads from a broken string.

What happened in front of Zhou's house also attracted onlookers from the surrounding area.

After all, everyone likes to read gossip.

They especially like this kind of gossip among scholars the most.

They looked over, first one, then two, and then more and more.

"What's going on? Why does Mr. Zhou have a wife at home?"

"Nonsense, Mr. Zhou already has a wife at home."

"No, I mean everyone except Madam Shen. Take a good look."

"Hey! Isn't that Xiaolan from Aunt Lin's family? Why is she in Mr. Zhou's house?"

"You're crying so pitifully, it can't be..."

"What are you talking about? Open your eyes and look carefully. Mr. Zhou is still holding a book in his hand. He must not have entered the house yet!"

"Mr. Zhou spent three hundred coins to hire Aunt Lin to help with cooking and cleaning at home."

"You invited someone? What about Madam Shen? Where did Madam Shen go?"

"Don't you know? Madam Shen opened a shop and has been very busy recently."

"Tsk tsk! Mr. Zhou is lonely, so he hooked up with Fang Xiaolan?"

"Bullshit, do you think everyone is like you? You even look at the bitches on the street. Can't you control your belt when you see a woman?"

The woman who said this glared at the person who had spoken before, thinking that these men were just jealous.

"Yes, yes! Mr. Zhou is clean and spotless. In the end, he still brought the woman home."

The man refused to admit defeat because he didn't believe that there was a cat in this world that didn't steal fish.

"Who said that it was Lord Zhou who brought her back? She obviously went there on her own. Lord Zhou was standing outside the door and didn't even go in."

"Oh! How do you know he didn't come in? What if he has finished his work and is deliberately showing it to you? After all, he is an educated man and his brain works quickly."

The man who had spoken of Zhou Hui before continued.

Ever since the good man Zhou Hui appeared, men like him who are somewhat philandering have been despised.

Now! He wanted to throw the dirty water on Zhou Hui.

At this time, Ji Yun ran over and saw everyone gathered in a group, so he shouted loudly: "Make way, make way."

"Jiro-kun is here!"

"Ji Langjun, Zhou Langjun is in trouble."

Someone in the crowd said that she believed in Mr. Zhou.

"What trouble? Did he beat someone up? We study all day, how could he have time to beat someone up?"

"Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou, you forgot your test paper."

"It's not something that anyone suggested to the academy. I have to do more than a dozen papers all day."

Ji Yun muttered to himself, holding the test paper, and finally squeezed in front of Zhou Hui.

He handed the test paper to Zhou Hui, and seeing the scene in the yard, he asked, "When did your family buy a maid?"

Zhou Hui: ...

He glanced at Ji Yun, who said with a smile, "How did you get lucky with women? Doesn't this person know that you have a wife? How did she get in?"

Ji Yun looked at Zhou Hui in disbelief. He...he actually...

"This is Aunt Lin's daughter, Fang Xiaolan. Didn't we invite Aunt Lin to work at our house before?"

"She is very skillful and cooks well. My wife was very satisfied and extended the contract for another month."

"It's just that when I came back tonight, I saw a girl in the yard before I even entered the door."

"She said Aunt Lin was sick and asked her to do the job for her."

"Actually, you're sick and need to take a leave! I can understand that."

"As a result, Aunt Lin handed the key of my house to her without permission. This made me very angry, so I told her to go back first. Then she started crying."

Zhou Hui listened to the discussions of the people around him and took advantage of Ji Yun's questioning to tell them what had happened.

"Mr. Zhou, my mother is sick. Do I have to work for you? Isn't my mother's life a life?"

Her tears flowed out like a dam bursting, and there was some hatred in her eyes as she looked at Zhou Hui.

Zhou Hui's face turned cold, his tone was cold and ruthless, and he said very loudly: "Since you are sick, you can ask for leave. You didn't even tell me in advance, and sent someone over directly."

"Those who knew thought they were here to do work, while those who didn't thought there were thieves in the house."

"Madam Fang, I will not bother about what happened today. Please leave the key to my house and leave directly."

Fang Xiaolan glanced at Zhou Hui and saw that there was no trace of pity or sympathy in his eyes, so she realized that her and her mother's plan had failed.

She threw the keys on the ground angrily and ran out.

Fang Xiaolan left crying, and Zhou Hui turned around and said to everyone, "I'm sorry for taking up your time. It's just a small matter."

"A small matter? What small matter? Lord Zhou, you have some feelings for my Xiaolan, so you asked me to send her here."

"Now he's stepping on Xiaolan to gain a good reputation. That's too much."

Aunt Lin pulled her daughter out and directly slandered Zhou Hui for having bad intentions towards her daughter.

Zhou Hui's expression gradually turned cold. He never expected Aunt Lin to say this.

"Aunt Lin, we paid you to come and work. You can take a leave. We just need to deduct the leave fee."

"As a result, you secretly handed the key to my house to your daughter, and I didn't care."

"Now it's even funnier, you said I had feelings for your daughter. That's hilarious."

"You said I had feelings for your daughter. When did you say that? How did you say that?"

He is kind to others, not weak and vulnerable.

Aunt Lin was also stumped by the question because this never happened.

"You found me at the front door last night after I finished working at your house."

Aunt Lin spoke in a firm tone, insisting that it was yesterday.

Hearing this, Ji Yun couldn't help laughing. He looked at Aunt Lin and said, "We had dinner and slept at the academy last night, and he didn't come back at all. Could it be that his clone told you?"

"When you returned home yesterday, the sun hadn't even set yet. How come you came back, Mr. Zhou? You must have forgotten about the Kang family, so you met me when you were returning home!"

The person who was speaking was Zhou’s neighbor next door. Her husband’s surname was Wang, and her surname was Zhou.

Some people call her the rich lady, while others call her Madam Zhou.

"This this……"

Aunt Lin panicked. She had thought he would just come back for the day, but she didn't expect him to not come back.

"I...I remembered it wrongly. It was the morning before yesterday when Mr. Zhou took a special leave to tell me."

Aunt Lin usually prepares dinner before sunset and then returns home.

When Shen Tang and Zhou Hui came home, they ate the food directly when it was warm, and reheated the food if it was cold.

After Aunt Lin said this, the people in the crowd couldn't help but remind her, "Yuanshan Academy keeps records of people who ask for leave during classes. Don't shoot yourself in the foot."

Aunt Lin's face turned even paler. She stood there at a loss, unable to figure out the time and place. Her mind was in a mess.

Fang Xiaolan tugged at her sleeve, tears streaming down her face, feeling extremely aggrieved.

*

Shen Tang and Shen Yuli came back arm in arm, and found a lot of people gathered at the door of their house, so they hurried over.

"What's wrong? But what happened?"

Shen Tang panicked. With so many people at home, could something have happened?

The onlookers began to talk about the incident. After listening, Shen Tang walked up to Aunt Lin and slapped her in the face.

"How dare you hit me?"

Aunt Lin knew Shen Tang's character best. He was so soft-hearted that he didn't even dare to step on an ant to death.

She actually dared to hit herself.

"I'm going to hit you, and you deserve it."

"You clearly know how important reputation is to scholars and women, but you framed them for your own selfish reasons."

Shen Tang looked at Aunt Lin. She was a mother. Shouldn’t she protect her child?

How can you joke about a child's reputation like this?

Aunt Lin covered her face and sobbed. She regretted what she said.

But, having said that, you always have to get some benefits.

As a result, her lies were exposed, causing Xiaolan to have a bad reputation.

Fang Xiaolan was also ashamed and turned back home. She did want to seduce Mr. Zhou.

The reason was simply to get away from his mother.

However, Mr. Zhou was a gentleman and didn't give himself any chance at all.

Shen Tang watched Fang Xiaolan leave, then turned to look at Aunt Lin and said, "We can't afford you either! Don't come from tomorrow."

"Madam Shen, can you not want me?"

Aunt Lin was really scared. She didn't expect things to turn out like this.

Everyone was clearly sent to the yard, so why didn't Mr. Zhou stay?

Zhou Hui: Do not disturb!

"How dare I want you? You've already laid hands on my husband."

Shen Tang was extremely angry. What she could not tolerate the most was that they actually plotted against her husband.

"Let's go! Let's go home."

Shen Tang turned around, took her husband's hand, and went home.