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The water in the early spring was still very cold. It was really inappropriate to use it to wash one's hair, but the Xiaowan would still use ice and snow to melt the water.

She sat by the river, untied her black hair, and used the flowing river to wash. The water was not as cold as she had imagined, and she could still endure it.

The last time, they were caught red-handed by their father on the spot. Under Aunt Wang's pleading, they were unable to capture them to dry for three days. Why was it that before long, they got into trouble again?

Xiaowan sighed. Suddenly, she heard the sound of footsteps on the water in the distance.

Halfway through, the horse was thirsty, hence he led it to the water's edge to drink. When he walked closer to the river bank, he realized that a young lady was washing her hair.

Ling Chaofeng immediately pulled the horse out of the water, not wanting to let the girl dirty the water, but he was curious, it was still so cold in March, how could he use the water to wash his hair?

Naturally, he wouldn't meddle. He pulled the horse by the reins and wanted to take it downstream for a drink of water.

However, the Xiaowan was afraid that the people in the village would see it, or perhaps there was some other trouble, after drying her hair, she wanted to leave quickly, but instead, she stepped on the slippery moss and fell down onto a big horse.

"Miss!" Seeing that, Ling Chaofeng immediately jumped over the river and helped Xiaowan up. When he held onto Xiaowan's arm, his heart trembled, he was so skinny, so skinny that it was practically skin and bones.

"I'm fine, thank you …" Xiaowan stood there in a sorry state, her entire body was drenched, this time was bad, she raised her head, wanting to thank the people in front of her, but when she saw Ling Chaofeng's face, she was stunned.

She had lived for almost eighteen years, but she had never seen such a handsome man. He was tall and slender, tall and straight, neither too tall nor too thin.

How could she describe the face of this man? She had never read any books and could not use beautiful words. She was just too good-looking.

Xiaowan suddenly realized that she was staring at her impolitely, and quickly lowered her gaze, "Many thanks, Young Master."

In Ling Chaofeng's eyes, the frail and weak girl, with a pale face, was similarly an attractive face. He never thought that in this small village, there would actually be such a beautiful woman.

The girl might be a little poor. Her clothes were worn and tattered, and her arms were exposed. Why was there a whip mark on her arm?

Xiaowan tried her best to wring out her clothes, but it was all in vain. The sky was still very cold, it would take at least half a day for him to cover it all with her hands.

If she went home wet like this, she would definitely be beaten and scolded by her stepmother. Although her stepmother never gave her good clothes to wear, she would still say that she did not cherish things.

"If I do this, I'll catch a cold." Ling Chaofeng said, "You must immediately take off your clothes, dry yourself, and use a torch to dry your clothes."

Xiaowan shook his head and laughed: "Just dry it under the sun. It's fine."

However, Ling Chaofeng said: "It's all my fault that my horse scared you. Lady, I …"

But Xiaowan had already carried her bamboo shoot, bowed to Ling Chaofeng and said goodbye, then turned and left.

seemed to have met this back before. Was it the person who bought the candied flakes for Little Pei in the New Year's Day bazaar?

"Miss …" Ling Chaofeng chased after him.

"Yes, is there anything else?" Xiaowan turned around with a shaky look as if she was shy. Her heart trembled when she heard such a handsome man talk to her.

"May I ask if the young lady bought a candied fruits for a child of such a young age in the New Year's Day Baisha Town market?" Ling Chaofeng asked.

"That's right …" Xiaowan nodded and looked at Ling Chaofeng. Could it be his child?

"That's my son, he's caused trouble for the girl." Ling Chaofeng bowed and said, "Thank you, Miss."

Xiaowan was speechless, and a little disappointed.

Sure enough, such a beautiful fat child must have a handsome father, and his mother must also be a great beauty.

She was dazed for a moment. What was she thinking? What did it have to do with her?

"I should go." The Xiaowan smiled and turned to leave.

Ling Chaofeng stood by the river and waited for her to turn and enter the village before mounting his horse and returning to the inn. He sped along the way, but he couldn't get a glimpse of Xiaowan's face.

Xiaowan returned to the village and peeked her head out of the door. When she saw Wen Bao from afar waving his schoolbag back, she immediately ran over to talk to her brother, and the two of them went back home.

Fortunately, Uncle Wang had already left. Madam Xu walked out with her hair tied up, her face glowing. She gently asked his son if he had studied hard today, and if he was hungry.

Seeing that Xiaowan had returned with a big basket of bamboo shoots, she was satisfied and could not be bothered with her. She sent her to start a fire to boil some water, she wanted to prepare food for her son.

Xiaowan did have the chance to roast the clothes on her body dry, but when she stared at the flames, she could actually see the face of a man.

She quickly patted her own face. What was she thinking? She really did have a wife and children. Even if she didn't, it wouldn't be her turn in this life. She really wanted to get married and go mad, but even if she did, she wouldn't have such good luck. As a person, it was better to be more honest.

At the moment, Ling Chaofeng had already returned to the inn. Everyone saw that he was worried, so they warned him not to be naughty and anger his father.

Little Pei said proudly, "Father said that he guaranteed that he will never hit me again."

Aunt Zhang was displeased: "Then you can go up to the room and take them down? "Don't be so naughty, who can stop your father from throwing a tantrum?"

Little Pei nervously covered his little butt, his eyes rolling around as he asked his grandmother: "Could it be that Little Pei has a mother, that Mother can stop him?"

"This little guy really knows a lot." Aunt Zhang hugged Little Pei happily, "When your father has a wife, there will be someone to take care of him."

But thinking about it, who could guarantee that their married wife would treat their child well? Who knows, they might even suspect that it was Ling Chaofeng's illegitimate son.

In the afternoon, the inn received two tables of guests. After the guests left, Aunt Zhang gave the silver to Ling Chaofeng to settle the score.

As if he was absent-minded and took out the wrong account, Aunt Zhang smiled. "Is this morning's matter very troublesome? Why are you going out on a trip?

Susu walked past him while carrying a small bowl and chopsticks, and said with a smile: "Manager seemed to have something on her mind today, and when I came back, he didn't even see me, and directly walked past me."

Ling Chaofeng looked at Susu and thought back to the time when she and Auntie Chen fled to the tavern. His body was riddled with scars.

As they were all family, there was nothing that could not be said. Ling Chaofeng told her about meeting an unfamiliar lady in the Qingling Village and even asked her if she bought Little Pei a candied flakes.

After the Aunt Zhang heard this, she felt that something was amiss. She asked Ling Chaofeng, "What did you say about Little Pei?"

Ling Chaofeng said: "I said Little Pei is my son."

Aunt Zhang heaved a huge sigh and threw the cloth onto the table, "Are you stupid? If you say it like this, I will definitely think that you have become a family with a wife and children. Just say it directly that Little Pei is your adopted child. "

Ling Chaofeng was dumbstruck. Aunt Zhang followed Susu and said something like "Serves you right to be single your entire life. You made me blind just by looking at your face."

Little Pei carried his cloth tiger and stood at the side, chuckling towards his father.

Ling Chaofeng said snappily, "Go play at the side."

Little Pei ran off and returned after a while. He tugged at his father's clothes and asked: "Father, when are you going to buy mother for me in town?"

Ling Chaofeng squatted down, and nodded his head: "Mother didn't buy it back, she wanted to use a big palanquin to carry it back."

Little Pei then said, "Daddy, go and carry them."

Ling Chaofeng said in displeasure: "You wish! With how thick-skinned you are, who would be willing to be your mother?"

Little Pei pouted and said softly: "Daddy, I'm good."

Ling Chaofeng carried his son and had him mount him on his shoulder, making the little fellow giggle out loud. However, Ling Chaofeng suddenly blanked out for a moment, as if he had seen this kind of scene somewhere before …

In a blink of an eye, it was already April. In these past few days, the Aunt Wang next door seemed to have sensed something, and seeing that the sky was with their man and they were not talking to Madam Xu, the two families remained cold.

Madam Xu was unwilling and guilty at the same time. One day, when she saw Aunt Wang holding onto a man to wash his hair in the courtyard while the couple talked intimately with each other, she gritted her teeth in anger. Her internal organs were about to merge together.

Xiaowan went up the mountain to pick up firewood and worked hard to come back. However, she didn't know that wild flowers were floating on her hair.

He happened to be on the same road as the young brother of the Wang family on the way home. After being praised as beautiful, the Xiaowan asked him where there were flowers and the young brother of the Wang family picked them for her.

Unexpectedly, this scene happened to be seen by the two big families. Aunt Wang looked through the fence and shouted, "Really, there's something wrong here, a little girl in her teens knows that I like alluring men. Naturally, it's at home to imitate me."

The Madam Xu hated him to the core, she rushed to the outside and shouted: Mu Xiaowan, come back here!

Xiaowan didn't even know what she did wrong. When she entered the door, she received two slaps on the face. Madam Xu took out a branch from her basket and directly whipped her body.

The Xiaowan was so scared that she ran all over the place but she angered the Madam Xu. She went forward and grabbed her hair, pulled off her belt, and tied her hands onto the stone grinder, hitting her farts and thighs until they were dead. After pulling out the branches, she went to get a poker for herself.

Xiaowan gradually lost all her strength to even cry, hitting her body time and time again.

When the villagers saw that their children were about to be beaten to death, they finally had people coming to advise them against it. Aunt Wang pretended to advise as she sat at the side to catch her breath because she was tired.

Xiaowan fainted on the ground, her entire body was in pain, she could only remember the people in the village talking about something, many faces flashed past his eyes, and then his eyes turned black, she did not know anything.