Chapter 165
Li Zhiwei's old face flushed red, unsure of how to respond.
"So stupid, they're obviously fighting inside! Don't you even get that?" Qin Keyun, however, wore an expression of knowing exactly what was happening, looking at Xu Qingshi with undisguised contempt.
"Then who is fighting inside? The commotion seems quite... substantial." Xu Qingshi asked, puzzled again. After all, this was the first time he realized a man and a woman could also fight?
He wondered, if his father married the beautiful older sister later, would they also fight?
No, he absolutely must not let his father hit the beautiful older sister; he must protect her.
"Are you deaf? They just said the person inside is a 'Miss Li'!" Qin Keyun rolled her eyes, thinking, is this guy only good-looking?
How can he be so dense?
She likes foolish children, but from now on, she won't like this person anymore.
And Qin Keyun completely failed to connect the 'Miss Li' inside with Li Zhiwei.
Xu Qingshi didn't respond to Qin Keyun, but instead looked somewhat strangely at Li Zhiwei beside him, feeling confused.
Isn't Miss Li his own beautiful older sister?
But the beautiful older sister has been right here beside him all along, how could she possibly also be inside fighting someone?
Probably another Miss Li from Li'an County?
Thinking this, Xu Qingshi's curiosity waned.
However, after a short while, Xu Qingshi grew curious again: who won the fight between those two inside?
Inside the Room
"You devil, calling me here so urgently, aren't you afraid your tigress at home will find out?" Du Qiuniang sat in Zhu Yunxian's lap, her fingers tracing circles, and asked.
"Afraid of what? Today she's busy at the front courtyard entertaining guests, completely occupied. How would she have the spare mind to bother with us? Darling, a few days apart and you've grown even more beautiful. I've missed you to death." Zhu Yunxian, currently teased into a restless state by Du Qiuniang, only wanted to have his way with her.
"Smooth talker. What, hasn't that tigress been feeding you enough on ordinary days?" Du Qiuniang's eyes were seductive as silk, filled with undisguised triumph.
So what if Huo Yunyao has a good background and great capabilities?
Her man, the woman in his eyes and heart, is actually me.
"How could she compare to you? In bed she's like a dead fish, utterly off-putting, nothing like you, my darling." As Zhu Yunxian spoke, he lightly pecked Du Qiuniang's crimson lips to show his fondness for her.
"You! Truly not knowing your own good fortune. You should know, the Second Miss Huo is the dream lover in the hearts of many in Li'an County. To have obtained her and yet not cherish your luck..." Du Qiuniang chided Zhu Yunxian for not cherishing his fortune, yet her eyes were utterly satisfied with his attitude.
"By the way, today I noticed Maosheng has gotten thinner. Haven't you been taking good care of our son lately?" Thinking of her own biological son, now being raised under Huo Yunyao's care, Du Qiuniang felt a pang of bitterness.
After all, that's her own flesh and blood, yet she has to endure this separation.
Remembering how timid Zhu Maosheng seemed every time she and Huo Yunyao saw him together, Huo Yunyao probably wasn't much of a mother either.
Still, at least Huo Yunyao didn't know that wasn't her own child and hadn't mistreated him.
But as a mother, she couldn't help but ache for her son.
"Don't worry, he's fine. Our son is very well-behaved. Just you wait, in the future, when our son makes something of himself, he'll give you a life of wealth and honor." Zhu Yunxian looked at Du Qiuniang with lust-filled eyes.
His mouth also spoke words to please her.
In truth, matters of disciplining the child were mostly left to the servants. Neither he nor Huo Yunyao paid much personal attention, which was also why Zhu Maosheng always appeared timid around Huo Yunyao.
However, he naturally knew what kind of words Du Qiuniang wanted to hear.
"You little temptress, forget about our son for now. Shouldn't you be thinking about how to properly satisfy his father, your man?" Zhu Yunxian looked at Du Qiuniang with a dissatisfied expression and said.
"You wretched man, is this how you usually are with her? Does she know you're this wild when you're with me?" Du Qiuniang then asked with a hint of jealousy.
"Temptress, how can she compare to you? In bed she's like a block of wood, utterly boring. If it weren't for her being the Second Miss of the Huo family, why would I bother humoring her? Hmph, she really thinks I can't do without her." Zhu Yunxian, thinking of how Huo Yunyao always acted so high and mighty on ordinary days, truly disliked it.
Whenever something displeased her, she might lose her temper at him and their son regardless of the occasion.
Leaving not a shred of dignity for either of them.
A woman like that, if not for her family background and some capability, he definitely wouldn't want to get close.
Huo Yunyao listened furiously to the conversation between that despicable pair inside.
She never imagined Zhu Yunxian would dare to have an illicit affair behind her back, and of all people, with Du Qiuniang.
What infuriated her most was, when did they secretly swap the child without her knowledge?
No wonder she could never bring herself to like that bastard Zhu Maosheng every time she saw him. So, he wasn't even her own child after all.
And Du Qiuniang, always putting on that weak, easily-bullied act in front of her, making her feel sympathy and willing to befriend her.
She actually seduced her man, bore a bastard child, and placed him under her care!
How utterly splendid.
Several ladies standing nearby stole glances at Huo Yunyao. They too hadn't expected Second Master Zhu to be so bold as to have a secret tryst in his wife's maiden home.
Moreover, if they remembered correctly, this Du Qiuniang seemed to be on very close terms with Second Miss Huo.
Second Miss Huo had stood up for her on multiple occasions.
Could it be because she was her own husband's mistress?
This Second Miss Huo is truly too magnanimous.
"Heavens, could it really be Miss Li inside? I think I just heard a man's voice too, how scandalous!" The women standing farther away hadn't clearly heard the dialogue inside the room, only faintly making out the voices of a man and a woman conversing.
A lone man and woman sharing a room—what could possibly happen? Those ladies felt they understood perfectly well and couldn't possibly be mistaken.
"Truly shameless. If you want to carry on an affair, at least find a secluded place. Is she afraid people won't know she's cheating?" Upon hearing this, everyone also began to criticize Li Zhiwei. Among them were people Huo Yunyao had arranged beforehand, as well as those wanting to flatter and curry favor with Huo Yunyao.
At this moment, everyone was disparaging Li Zhiwei as utterly worthless.
Huo Yunyao, who had been walking ahead ready to erupt, suddenly came to her senses.
She knew it was her own husband and Du Qiuniang inside, but others didn't!
In that case, why not let the mistake stand?
Firmly pinning the label of having a secret affair onto Li Zhiwei?
After all, what did Li Zhiwei's reputation matter to her?
But if these ladies and young misses found out Zhu Yunxian and Du Qiuniang were having an affair, by tomorrow it would be all over Li'an County.
She didn't want to suffer that humiliation!
