Chapter 221 - 220: Orbit
Zhou Shuyu’s trip to Clear Water Village wasn’t in vain, as he acquired much news and naturally wanted to return early to inform his father. And that Lady Qi, if backed by Duke An’s Mansion, evidently wasn’t a figure to take lightly. He couldn’t disregard her, so he decided to go home and let his father make a plan on how to deal with his second sister’s affairs afterward.
Therefore, shortly after the Zhou siblings returned, they didn’t linger; they quickly arranged for someone to pack their belongings and said their goodbyes to their aunt and uncle.
Liang Wanqiu had just learned that her male and female cousins had spent more than half a day in Clear Water Village, even having lunch there, and then she heard they were heading back to Yuyuan Prefecture right away, which frustrated her.
She had been so happy when she found out that her cousin from her mother’s side was coming, thinking that having a sister born into an official’s family meant they could get along nicely. She wanted to show everyone in town that her sister was the daughter of the prefectural head of Yuyuan Prefecture, proving that the Liang family was indeed different from the other families in the county.
But her cousin didn’t seem close to her at all. It wasn’t that she resented not being taken along to Clear Water Village—she knew the state of such rural places: filthy and stinking, without a spot to comfortably stand, let alone expecting her to dine and socialize in those homes—she absolutely couldn’t tolerate it.
What she minded was her cousin doing things without telling her, not being on the same page as her. She detested Qi Ye, hated the snack shop, yet her cousin insisted on not following her wishes. Not only did she frequent the snack shop several times, but she also secretly visited the Qi family in the countryside without telling her.
This time, she even ate and rested at that rural home of Qi Ye’s, which was practically a blatant affront to her.
But what could she do since her cousin was the daughter of an official family? Even though she was unwilling, she dared not show any dissatisfaction to her cousin. And even if she complained, she had to be tactful, careful not to upset her cousin.