Chapter 175.1: Chapter 175 Part 1

Chapter 175.1: Chapter 175 Part 1

Translated by gingercat

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The house arranged by Jin Wang for the Yao Family and the Su Family was in the east part of the city, located on Tangzi Alley.

This place was close to the Temple of the Sleeping Buddha and the market entrance, so it was quite prosperous. The houses there all belonged to the ordinary citizens and each house had a spacious yard. With all kinds of furniture and other necessities inside, the Su Family and the Yao Family could move in immediately as soon as they arrive. Each family was also assigned a maid. It was evident that their living arrangements were well thought out.

When Zhu-shi entered the house, she looked around with bright eyes.

When has she ever lived in such a nice house? Although it wasn’t much bigger than the Su Family’s old house, what kind of condition was that house in? The old house was cramped and small. How could it be compared to this bright and open space?

Look at the doors, the windows, the courtyard. These were things that only houses of rich families could have.

After Dong Ge’er, Ming Ge’er, and Yuan Ge’er entered, they started running around the yard and having fun. Even Su Xiucai and Wu-shi couldn’t help showing joy on their faces. As expected, everyone liked good things.

As Zhu-shi thought about how she would be living in this courtyard as the mistress, she couldn’t help being excited. But as soon as she saw the maid coming out from inside, her face immediately fell.

“Why are you here? Who permitted you to be here?!”

The maid was Lancao.

The only thing she could do was cook good food every day to replenish Su Yucheng’s body. She also comforted him, saying that as long as he endured it, everything will be over soon. And Su Yucheng naturally didn’t want to slap his own face by going back on what he said before, so he could only try his best to hold on.

As for Zhu-shi, seeing how Su Yucheng was so tired every day, she knew he wouldn’t have the energy to hook up with the little vixen. Now that there was a maid in the family, combined with her three children being taken care of by Wu-shi, her life was much more comfortable. So she wandered around the neighbourhood during the day, met a lot of women, and began to spend her days gossiping.

On this day, Su Yucheng came back from the Wucheng militia, sweaty and exhausted.

Zhu-shi wasn’t at home. Wu-shi was watching over the children, and Su Xiucai wasn’t home yet, so Lancao went to boil a large bucket of hot water before bringing it to the east wing.

“Master, are you tired? Wash up and change out of your clothes first. Dinner won’t be served until later. If you’re hungry, there are some steamed buns leftover from the morning, sitting in the kitchen.”

Su Yucheng was clearly exhausted, but he still hurriedly stood up to take the tub of hot water from her.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

These days, whenever he came back, Lancao was there to help him out. Sometimes Zhu-shi was there, sometimes she wasn’t. But even when Zhu-shi was there, she would just watch from the side with her hands clasped, unwilling to even move her lips. Sometimes, she would even deliberately make trouble. Thinking of the nonsense that Zhu-shi scolded Lancao, Su Yucheng felt unwell. He wanted to comfort Lancao with a few words, but he didn’t know what to say.

“This isn’t tiring. It is this servant’s job. Master, you go wash first, and this servant will withdraw.”

Su Yucheng nodded, watching her slender back disappear behind the door with complicated eyes.

As soon as Zhu-shi entered the courtyard, she saw the little vixen coming out of the east wing. She rushed in hastily and saw Su Yucheng’s unusual gaze before he could return to his senses. Thinking of what she saw just now, what else couldn’t she understand?

She picked up a vase and threw it at him hard. In the past, Su Yucheng would’ve been hit spot on. However, he has been training these days, and his training wasn’t in vain, so he narrowly escaped.

He turned around to see the vase break as it hit the wall behind him, and then back at Zhu-shi’s rough and arrogant appearance. Disgusted and angry, Su Yucheng shouted, “What are you doing!”