Chapter 20: The disease is cured, but the society is dead

Qian Weimin lowered his voice even more, “They’re also plotting to harm someone… I think it’s called Chang Suixi…”
Xie Yu was initially unconcerned, but when he heard the name “Chang Suixi,” his expression suddenly darkened. The entire room seemed to be shrouded in a heavy gloom, and the temperature around them seemed to drop a few degrees. An invisible pressure spread through the air. His eyes instantly became deep and sharp.
“What else did they say?”
Qian Weimin shrank his neck, “They, they…”
Before Qian Weimin could finish, they heard the faint sound of the courtyard door being pushed open. Xie Yu instinctively pushed Qian Weimin aside, “Go hide next door!”
Qian Weimin was confused but quickly reacted.

When Chang Suixi entered, she saw Xie Yu looking tense. She raised her eyebrows in puzzlement — she thought she saw a figure just outside the door, but because of the heavy rain, it wasn’t clear.

“The rain outside is so heavy, why didn’t you close the window?” Chang Suixi said as she shut the window.
Xie Yu saw that she didn’t notice anything unusual, and secretly relaxed.
“It was closed before, probably blown open by the wind just now.”
He suppressed the unease in his chest but couldn’t help speaking, “The rain is too heavy, you shouldn’t have come.”
It was dangerous, especially for a girl like her.

Chang Suixi didn’t respond directly; instead, she smiled and asked, “So, are you happy that I came?”
Xie Yu didn’t answer, but his ears flushed red.
Chang Suixi couldn’t help but chuckle. This man was always so innocent.

She took two meat buns out of her pocket and stuffed them into Xie Yu’s hands, then sat down beside him with a bright smile.
Xie Yu glanced at the buns in his hand, then at Chang Suixi.
“Are you… happy today?”
If he remembered correctly, Xie Liyie said she was bullied by Xie Jianguo when she went out to the fields during the day. She cried pitifully, and the village chief came to deal with the matter.
Had she really forgotten all that so quickly? Such a childish heart.
She forgot after things happened, but others still held grudges and planned revenge.
Sigh! Xie Yu couldn’t help but sigh silently. It seemed he had to protect this foolish girl himself.

Chang Suixi touched her cheek, her smile growing brighter, “Is it that obvious?”
She didn’t want to be this way, but when she entered her space in the afternoon, she found she could take two things from Chang Meili’s space and even put things inside it.
She didn’t know what triggered it, but she faintly felt this space was related to suppressing Chang Meili’s luck.
Maybe her own opportunity was stolen, or Chang Meili was unlucky because of her.
In any case, as long as Chang Meili was unhappy, she was happy!

So when she saw Chang Meili filtering water with wet mud, she kindly gave her some enhanced spiritual spring water.
The water could really heal, but whether it could stop the pants from leaking afterward was another matter.
Yes, the illness was cured, but social death followed.
She was really looking forward to seeing if someone treated this way by Chang Meili could still help her.

Watching Chang Suixi’s radiant face, Xie Yu was momentarily dazed. He reached out to rub her head, “Silly girl.”
Chang Suixi didn’t mind, “Comrade Xie, you should hurry and eat dinner. We have important things to do afterward.”

“Bang!”
A loud noise came from the next room, startling both of them.
Chang Suixi almost stood up instinctively to check, but Xie Yu grabbed her arm, “Probably just a rat, don’t worry about it.”

Chang Suixi raised her eyebrows but saw the awkward look on his face and didn’t press further.
She looked at him suspiciously and realized the figure she thought she saw at the door earlier might not have been her imagination.
Maybe someone was really in the next room, possibly someone Xie Yu knew.
It seemed he didn’t want her to know for now, so she would just pretend ignorance for the time being.

Chang Suixi sat back down, propping her chin on her hand and blinking, “Comrade Xie, there’s something I need your help with. I wonder if you can agree.”

Xie Yu slowly released her arm and noticed a red mark on her wrist, maybe he had been too forceful.
He suddenly recalled the day they were together, her fair skin had many marks left by him. So delicate.
His Adam’s apple bobbed involuntarily as he quickly looked away, “Yeah, tell me.” His voice was a little hoarse but well hidden.

“You should know our Chang family has a marriage agreement with your Xie family. My cousin wanted to marry Zhao Hang, so she pushed my grandmother to change the engagement. Unless something unexpected happens, the letter for the switch should arrive soon…”
Chang Suixi briefly explained the situation between her and Chang Meili.
Xie Yu frowned. He remembered earlier when Xie Liyie had told him, Xie Jianguo was confident Chang Suixi liked him.
Did she really like him that much?
Now, bringing this up, was she trying to keep the engagement with Xie Jianguo? Or was she asking him to keep the secret about what happened between them?

Xie Yu’s hand clenched tightly on the broken bedpost.
“Xie Jianguo is not a good man… He likes Chang Meili.”
He didn’t want to discourage her, but letting Chang Suixi marry him would only be irresponsible.

“Huh?” Chang Suixi was a little stunned and looked at him confused.
She knew Xie Jianguo liked Chang Meili.

Xie Yu thought maybe she didn’t hear him clearly or refused to believe it. So he took a deep breath and repeated,
“I mean… Xie Jianguo likes someone else. If you marry him, you’ll be wronged.”

Chang Suixi slowly understood his meaning and couldn’t help but laugh lightly,
“Comrade Xie, what are you thinking? How could I marry a shallow man like Xie Jianguo?”

Xie Yu was stunned, “Then you said you wanted me to help…”

“Yes, I want you to help me break off the engagement.”
Chang Suixi said with a playful wink, “If you agree, I’ll buy you something delicious tomorrow when I go to town.”

Xie Yu was the biggest golden finger in this whole book. Even if he only appeared as background, that didn’t erase this fact.
She wanted to raise this golden finger well, so no one else’s golden finger could compete!
As for the male and female leads? Heh! She was going to snatch them both!