This Life, I'm Raising the Right Man

Su Yaoguang perked up her ears, the more she listened, the more she felt schadenfreude.

Zhou Wangshu saw her curious expression and said, ”Do you want me to call them over to tell you?”

”No need, I don’t want others to see me looking this gleeful at others’ misfortunes, that would damage my image.” Su Yaoguang waved her hand, ”After all, I’m somewhat famous now.”

Zhou Wangshu chuckled.

They said Jiang Yihuan had been touched by someone, and Su Yaoguang wasn’t surprised. After all, there were so many people at that time. Let alone Jiang Yihuan was quite attractive; even if you just looked decent, being surrounded by a pack of wolves would lead to the same outcome. It’s imaginable how detestable Jiang Yihuan’s action of trying to push her into the water was.

”That young man is quite handsome, and was picked up by that old girl from the Li Family who couldn’t get married.”

”Li Shengnan?”

”Yes, it’s Li Shengnan, who’s already twenty-five and still unmarried. Li Shengnan weighs about 180 pounds, lying there like a fat pig, even the 70-year-old bachelors in the village don’t want her. But this time, it turned out well, she directly fished a man out of the water and reportedly carried him straight to her home after rescuing him.”

Su Yaoguang tugged at Zhou Wangshu’s sleeve, ”Did you hear that?”

Zhou Wangshu, having had a few drinks, looked dazed, ”Hmm?”

He seemed a little dazed.

Seeing this, Su Yaoguang quickly stopped him, ”My goodness, you’ve finished a whole pot. Are you trying to drink yourself to death?”

She pulled Zhou Wangshu up, not allowing him to drink any more.

Zhou Wangshu hugged the wine jar and left the night market stall with Su Yaoguang.

The next day, Zhang Zhaodi excitedly pushed open Su Yaoguang’s door, lifted the bed curtain, and said to the sleeping Su Yaoguang, ”Daughter, get up quickly to watch the drama...”

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Su Yaoguang, still dazed and sleepy, looked at Zhang Zhaodi, ”What’s wrong, Mom?”

Zhang Zhaodi stared wide-eyed, full of anger.

She looked around the room, found a feather duster, and swung it at Su Yaoguang.

”I’ll beat you, this silly child. Wangshu is still young, how dare you stick to him and make such foolish mistakes...”

Just waking up, Su Yaoguang was in a daze with a terrible headache. Zhang Zhaodi’s feather duster came down, and she only then realized something was wrong. She looked at the equally confused Zhou Wangshu beside her, their wide eyes meeting, and both hastily wrapped themselves with the blanket.

”Mom, we were just drunk, we didn’t do anything.” Su Yaoguang nudged Zhou Wangshu.

Zhang Zhaodi was just putting on a show; she wouldn’t really beat Su Yaoguang. Hearing this, she looked at Zhou Wangshu.

Zhou Wangshu held Su Yaoguang protectively in his arms and said to Zhang Zhaodi, ”Mom, it’s true, we were just drunk.”

Seeing the two of them looking so close, a smile flashed in Zhang Zhaodi’s eyes. But just for a moment, she quickly put on a stern face and said in a deep voice, ”Get dressed quickly, what does this look like?”

After taking a few steps, she turned back to them and said, ”You both are still young, don’t rush, understand?”

Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu: ”...”

After Zhang Zhaodi left, Su Yaoguang nudged Zhou Wangshu, ”Let go.”

Zhou Wangshu then released Su Yaoguang.

The two checked their clothes, thankfully they were still intact.

”Will you still dare to drink in the future?” Su Yaoguang glared at Zhou Wangshu, ”I’ve always said your alcohol tolerance is terrible; if it’s no good, it’s no good. You insisted on being brave, and now I ended up being misunderstood.”

”My alcohol tolerance is bad, but is yours any better? If it’s so good, why didn’t you take me back to my room? Shows that you also drank too much last night and remember nothing either.”

Su Yaoguang felt guilty.

He wasn’t wrong.

After pulling Zhou Wangshu back home, she finished the remaining liquor on the way. After that, her mind became more and more muddled; she didn’t even know how she found her way to bed once she got home.

They quickly tidied themselves up.

”Yaoguang, come over.” Zhang Pandi waved at Su Yaoguang. ”There’s more drama to watch across the street.”

”Second Aunt, what’s up?” Su Yaoguang asked.

”That Jiang Yihuan across the street fell into the water yesterday. Heard that a dozen men jumped in to save her. This news has spread, and it’s quite embarrassing. And that Xiao Ci, she was taken back by that Shengnan from the Li Family, forcing him to marry her!”

”Did you see Xiao Ci?”

Though she witnessed the scene herself yesterday, hearing the news again, Su Yaoguang couldn’t help but gossip.

”I just heard about it. The Li Family isn’t letting anyone see him, of course, we haven’t seen him.”

Su Yaoguang pointed outside, ”Well, now you see him.”

Xiao Yanci returned to Fenghua Pavilion surrounded by the Li Family members. Li Shengnan had three older brothers who were now like her protectors, and ordinary people dared not provoke them.

”Xiao Ci belongs to our Fenghua Pavilion, and you don’t even have the decency to look at yourself. With your appearance, you think you can marry Xiao Ci.” Zhong Lanhua was already troubled by Jiang Yihuan’s matter, and now the Li Family came at this time, adding fuel to the fire. She wished she could just drive them away.

However, the three brothers of the Li Family were all tall and imposing figures; each looked fierce. Even though Zhong Lanhua was usually tough, she didn’t dare go too far in this situation.

Jiang Yihuan ran out crying, flinging herself at Xiao Yanci, ”Brother Xiao, you can’t marry someone else, you promised to marry me.”

Xiao Yanci held Jiang Yihuan, ”Huan’er, I won’t marry anyone else.”

”Let go, let go!” Li Shengnan roared with a coarse voice.

She forcefully separated the two and reached out to slap Jiang Yihuan, but was stopped by Xiao Yanci.

”What are you doing?” Xiao Yanci said angrily.

”You’re my man, and she dares to seduce you, she deserves to be hit. Xiao, don’t forget why you came back. You’re here to pack your things. Pack up now and leave with me.”

”I won’t go with you.” Xiao Yanci said coldly, ”I was lying to you. I only came back to check on Huan’er. Yesterday we both fell into the water, I was worried about her safety.”

”Fine, Xiao, you dare deceive me.” Li Shengnan said angrily, ”Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, drag him away; today I want to marry him and have our wedding night.”

”No way.” Jiang Yihuan hugged Xiao Yanci.

”You’re going too far. My daughter and Xiao Ci have been engaged for a long time, and the reason they fell into the water yesterday was they were meeting privately by the river. You want to break up a couple, is there no justice?”

Zhong Lanhua was frustrated with this matter all morning.

After Jiang Yihuan was embraced by a dozen men, the whole town was talking. Her reputation was ruined, and she couldn’t just pick anyone she wanted to marry; she had to be quickly married off.

Earlier, Steward Qian sent someone over with a message, saying that given Jiang Yihuan’s disgrace, their Qian family could no longer have her. No matter how much his son liked her, it was not possible, because their family couldn’t afford to lose face like this.

Zhong Lanhua and her daughter had been vacillating between Steward Qian’s son and Xiao Yanci, one with money and one with potential. They wanted to maximize their benefits. Now it’s settled, no choice left.