Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

"By the way, I will be going to the county town in a few days. If you are here during this time, please take good care of the family. My mother will also stay at home for you to take care of."

"So soon?" Lu Ziren was a little surprised. He thought that going to the county town should wait until he left, but he didn't expect Xia Yingying to go so early.

"Haoran doesn't want to go with me, so I'll let my mother stay here. You should take good care of him. Don't worry about the things in the county. I will get the business going."

"Why doesn't Haoran go?"

Xia Yingying repeated to Lu Ziren exactly what Lu Haoran had said to him, and Lu Ziren frowned slightly after hearing it.

Thinking about what he said to him today, Lu Ziren already knew what Lu Haoran was thinking.

"Don't worry, he will go with you."

Lu Ziren made a promise to Xia Yingying.

But Xia Yingying didn't want such a promise.

It was Lu Haoran's freedom to go or not. It was said that being a stepmother was difficult, and she couldn't put a knife to his neck and force him to go. Lu Haoran was a man of deep thoughts, and she couldn't see through them. Wouldn't this be like putting her on the fire and making Lu Haoran hate her even more?

Xia Yingying hurriedly pulled Lu Ziren's arm and said, "Don't do anything rash."

The flesh on Lu Ziren's arms was firm. Xia Yingying's hands had a thin layer of calluses from doing rough work recently, but they were generally soft. When Xia Yingying placed her hand on his arm, Lu Ziren's body stiffened.

"Don't worry, I won't force him. He will agree to go on his own."

Seeing that Lu Ziren was confident, Xia Yingying felt relieved and let go of Lu Ziren's arm.

When the soft touch left, Lu Ziren felt a sense of loss.

Because Xia Yingying was going to the county town in a few days, Lu Ziren originally wanted to renovate the house, but he decided not to do so.

"Since you have decided to go to the county town, you don't have to repair the house at home." In order to repair the house, the wages have been negotiated with the people hired, and I will tell them later.

"That's fine." Renovating a house would cost a lot of money. Going to the county town, the cost of living was high, and she urgently needed to rent a shop and a house. If she went alone, she would have to hire someone. Even if she had saved so much money, if there was no stable flow of customers, the money would soon be squandered. Although she was confident, she still had to prepare for the worst.

After Xia Yingying leaves the village, Lu Ziren will also return to the capital soon, so the rooms in the house will be empty and there will be no need to renovate the house or anything.

Xia Yingying has no intention of returning home to live here for the time being. In the future, the family will definitely move to the county town or go to the capital with Lu Ziren. It doesn’t make much difference whether the house in the countryside is renovated or not.

I wanted to take a break before because I thought that since there are so many family members here, they might stay here for a while, so I thought about expanding the house so that it would be more comfortable to live in.

Lu Ziren went to the village and informed all the people who had been invited to repair the house. The time for repairing the house was originally scheduled for three days later. Lu Ziren said that if they didn't want to repair it, then it wouldn't be repaired. Xia Yingying also asked Lu Ziren to bring some snacks to apologize to them. Several people were originally a little unhappy, but now they felt a little less unhappy and didn't say anything.

"However, Ziren, a stranger came to the village today to inquire about your Haoran's affairs."

"What's the matter?" Lu Ziren's voice immediately became tense.

Once there is any disturbance in the village, everyone will know about it. Most of the people in the village are acquaintances, and strangers are rare. Once a stranger appears, everyone is a little cautious. Niu Dalang has a good relationship with Lu Ziren, so he told Lu Ziren about this. Seeing that Lu Ziren was so nervous, he asked: "Ziren, what happened?"

"My Haoran is going to have a competition in a few days, and I'm worried that his opponent will do something disadvantageous to him." Lu Ziren said.

Because Niu Dalang's son also went to school in a private school.

He knew that Lu Haoran was selected to take the written test as Mr. Tang's favorite disciple. This was a top-notch event for both Mr. Tang and the private school.

Someone actually wants to harm Lu Haoran. This is not acceptable.

Niu Dalang told Lu Ziren everything that had happened.

Just a few days ago, a man with a beard and a hat came to the village. As soon as he entered the village, he asked about Lu Haoran's family situation.

"He also went to the well. I thought he might be trying to poison him, so I hid behind the wall and watched him, but I didn't do anything and finally left."

Lu Ziren frowned. Did the bearded man really come here to investigate Ye Xinghe's competition partner?

Shouldn't you investigate the strength of the person in the private school? Why would you come to this small village to investigate for no reason?

Is it really to investigate Lu Haoran's strength, or to investigate something else?

Lu Ziren frowned, his expression very solemn.

"Did he ask anything else? Did he go somewhere else?" Niu Dalang shook his head. "He thanked us after receiving the information and left."

"Thank you, Brother Niu."

Lu Ziren thanked him and left quickly.

"Ziren, if you need any help, just tell me."

"it is good."

Lu Ziren ran all the way back to the house, where Xia Yingying was counting money. "Yingying, I have to go out for a while, you don't have to leave the light on for me."

"What happened?"

Xia Yingying originally wanted to ask, but finally turned it into a sentence.

"Okay, be safe and come back soon."

"Yes." Lu Ziren nodded and rode out. Chen Yi heard the noise and wanted to go out too, but was stopped by Lu Ziren. "The family still needs your protection. I will be back soon."

"Brother Lu, don't worry. I will take good care of them."

Although Chen Yi didn't know what it was, he knew that Lu Ziren was in such a hurry that it was not a trivial matter.

Lu Ziren rode his horse to the only inn in Qingshui Town. When the innkeeper saw Lu Ziren coming, she greeted him warmly, "It turns out that it's Brother Lu. Why isn't Yingying here? Do you have something important to do when you come to town so late?"

Lu Ziren approached and lowered his voice to ask, "Are there any strangers staying in your inn, or people with accents from other places?"

"Yes." The proprietress' eyes flickered. "You want to live next to them?"

"Well, get me a room."

"it is good."

After Xia Yingying counted the money, she put it in the space. She was used to having two people in the room, and now that Lu Ziren was not there, she was a little uncomfortable.

Lu Zi left in a hurry this time. Did something unexpected happen?

Although she didn't know what had happened to Lu Ziren, they were now ants in the same boat and shared the same fate. She still hoped that he could return safely.

Xia Yingying was so nervous that she couldn't fall asleep. She was in a daze until dawn and then she fell asleep.

And Lu Ziren also came back when it was almost dawn.

Because Xia Yingying slept late yesterday and did not get up to make snacks today, Lu Ziren was very surprised when he came back.

Thinking that Xia Yingying was ill, he immediately called Qin Qingfeng to take her pulse. But Qin Qingfeng took one look and said, "She is not ill at all. She just stayed up late. She will be fine after getting more rest."

Lu Ziren was stunned when he heard this and looked at Xia Yingying in surprise.