Cheng You stepped out, and Feng Xianxu followed her.
"When is Qiu Tingting coming back?" he asked.
Cheng You did a quick calculation and realized Qiu Tingting had been gone for quite a while.
She hadn't left a home number, so Cheng You had no way to contact her.
"I don't know. Maybe the blind date was good, and she'll wait until after she gets married to come back."
Cheng You knew her brother's psychology well and deliberately poked at his sore spots.
Feng Xianxu gritted his teeth. "Stop it. Where is her hometown?"
Cheng You looked surprised. "You want to go find her? Do you have time?"
"I can take leave."
After so many years dedicated to the country, working day and night, he had barely taken any holidays.
Taking a long leave now was not a problem.
Cheng You smiled and teased, "Didn't you tell her not to pester you? If she's really getting married, shouldn't you be happy?"
Feng Xianxu glared at her and tapped her forehead with his knuckles.
"Teasing me now, are you?"
Cheng You covered her forehead and stuck out her tongue. "Brother, Sister-in-law won't wait forever."
"Get lost."
Cheng You wrote down Qiu Tingting's hometown address for him. Thinking that Qiu Tingting seemed to have several older brothers, she suddenly felt a bit of sympathy for Feng Xianxu.
It probably wouldn't be easy to win back the woman he liked.
A couple of days later, Feng Xianxu packed some clothes and was about to go out to apply for leave from his unit.
In a turn of events, he encountered Feng Xue.
Although there was no longer any romantic connection between them, they were siblings after all.
Seeing that her complexion wasn't good, he couldn't help but ask,
"It's getting late, you should go home early. It's cold outside."
Feng Xianxu turned to leave. A cold wind blew, and he vaguely remembered what Feng Xue looked like the first time he saw her as a child.
Small and thin, timid, like a little white flower that could evoke a desire to protect.
"Brother Xu!" Feng Xue, on the verge of collapse, suddenly found her courage and hugged him from behind.
A failed marriage, a stained reputation, a bleak future.
Everything overwhelmed her.
She desperately needed a shoulder to lean on.
"Brother Xu, please help me. I really don't know what to do."
Feng Xianxu pushed her away almost immediately. Greeting her as a stranger was already the limit of his tolerance.
Given what Feng Xue had done, it was a mercy he hadn't kicked her while she was down.
He was about to speak when his eyes caught a familiar figure, and his expression froze.
He looked in that direction and saw Cheng You and Qiu Tingting.
Qiu Tingting gave an awkward smile. She hadn't expected to see this scene.
She whispered, "You said just now that your brother had someone in his heart. It wouldn't be Feng Xue, would it?"
Cheng You snapped back to attention and denied it through gritted teeth, "Of course not!"
She hadn't even finished speaking when she saw this.
She had intended to give Feng Xianxu a boost, but now, she had become a stumbling block.
At the same time, Feng Xue also saw them and walked over with a smile.
She had long heard that Qiu Tingting had pursued Feng Xianxu for a long time, but Feng Xianxu had been indifferent to her.
"Comrade Qiu, it's better for a woman to have some sense of shame. Pestering a man like this, be careful you won't get married."
Qiu Tingting was stunned by her words.
"You're talking to me about shame? Do you have any? You're married, and now you're hugging your own brother. I'm not disgusted by you is already an accomplishment. Grandpa and Grandma Feng are very good people. How could they raise such disgusting children?"
Qiu Tingting's face showed disgust, and she rolled her eyes fiercely.
Seeing Feng Xue turn pale from being cornered, she then turned to Feng Xianxu.
"Now I know who you like. Don't worry, I've thought it through this time. I won't pester you anymore. I don't want to seem cheap in the eyes of others."
With that, Qiu Tingting turned and left like a proud swan.
She held her head high, not letting anyone see any hint of distress.
Feng Xianxu instinctively wanted to chase after her, but Feng Xue clung to him.
"Brother Xu, my stomach hurts. Can you take me to the hospital?"
Cheng You stepped forward and grabbed Feng Xue's hand, her smile not reaching her eyes. "Your stomach hurts? I'll take you. We can also call your second uncle and see what's wrong with the baby in your belly."
In this brief moment, Feng Xianxu had already disappeared.
Feng Xue's face turned green with anger, looking as if she would collapse at any moment.
"This is our Feng family's business. Why are you interfering?"
Cheng You tightened her grip, increasing the pressure.
Her clear eyes stared fixedly at Feng Xue. "I am interfering, but this time, I'm not just meddling. My surname isn't Feng, but half of the Feng family's blood runs in my veins. With that alone, I won't let you continue to tarnish the Feng family's reputation!"
Feng Xue clutched her stomach and squatted down, looking unsteady. Her fingers scratched at the floor, her face contorted with malice.
"What's reputation worth? If they were clean, would they have given me an opportunity? Feng Yaojie is not righteous, and Ruan Tianyang is impotent yet cares about his reputation. You don't scold them, but you come to trouble me. How ridiculous."
Cheng You looked at her coldly. She never expected to make Feng Xue reflect on her actions with just a few words.
If she truly believed she was wrong, she wouldn't have done such things without others telling her.
When words fail, it's best to stop. Cheng You turned and left.
She left Feng Xue alone, sitting in a daze.
What was originally an unrelated matter had turned into trouble that seemed to have grown legs and walked right to her door.
Feng Xue had a miscarriage.
Cheng You, as the last person to see her, became a suspect in Ruan Tianyang's eyes.
In everyone's view, the child Feng Xue was carrying was his, and it was not unreasonable for him to go crazy over this child.
After all, only a few people in the Feng family knew about those sordid affairs.
Initially, Cheng You didn't open the door, letting him curse outside.
Finding it too noisy, she finally spoke, "Are you trying to extort me now? Ruan Tianyang, don't push your luck. Just because I don't say anything doesn't mean I don't know. There was already something wrong with the child Feng Xue was carrying. It was only a matter of time before it was gone, and it has nothing to do with me."
Since his personal issues, Ruan Tianyang's psychology had become even more twisted.
All he knew was that the child who could prove his virility was gone.
This meant he still had to send his wife to another man's bed. The thought of this sent his sanity spiraling out of control.
He kicked Cheng You's door madly, using the solid door as an outlet for his rage.
Cheng You looked up at the sky, wondering if she should remind him.
Before she could get up to open the door, she heard a sharp cry from Ruan Tianyang.
Cheng You didn't need to open the door to know what was happening. She muttered, "I told you so."
She opened the door and walked out. Ruan Tianyang was being stepped on by Qi Chengyan, still spewing foul curses.
His ability to curse surpassed even the most seasoned women in Wujing Village.
Cheng You leaned down slightly, observing his pathetic state, and said only one thing, "You're so angry, anyone would think the child was really yours."