Chapter 125: Leave You to Guard the House

Chapter 125: Leave You to Guard the House

Jiang Li now knew exactly how to handle Zeng Chang.

He was an old lecher. He hadn't been with a woman for years and was incredibly lustful.

Last time he went to South River Village, he actually proposed calling off the engagement, which made Yang Cuilan furious.

Yang Cuilan almost fought with him, saying she would report him for behaving indecently.

Later, Jiang Li stopped her and took Zeng Chang back into the room, unbuttoning a few buttons.

She asked, "Last time, you saw everything of me. If we call off the engagement, you won't be able to touch me anymore. Are you sure you want to call off the engagement?"

Zeng Chang's eyes lit up. Although Jiang Li wasn't particularly beautiful, her figure was voluptuous, and she had plenty of charms.

Through the small opening, a glimpse of her smooth, fair skin was enough to captivate him. How could he hold back?

After all, he had followed behind Mother Sun for so long without gaining any advantage.

Zeng Chang immediately changed his tune, "No engagement cancellation! I misspoke. I came here today to set the wedding date, to have you come into my home as soon as possible."

Thus, when Jiang Li confronted him, Zeng Chang felt his whole body go weak.

"No changing the date, absolutely not. Our wedding will proceed as planned!"

Jiang Li looked at Mother Sun, her face full of displeasure.

"Who’s this old lady anyway? Why is she meddling in our wedding? She says to change the date, and you listen?"

Zeng Chang immediately denied it, "No, I didn't listen. Xiu Yu also thinks..."

"Oh, who is Xiu Yu? You call her Xiu Yu, but I call her 'old lady.' It's weird for you to call her Xiu Yu. Shouldn't you follow me and call her 'old lady' too?"

Zeng Chang's face stiffened, and he said awkwardly, "That doesn't seem appropriate."

Jiang Li snapped, "Not appropriate? Then should I call her Xiu Yu like you?"

Zeng Chang: "..." That probably was even less appropriate.

Xu Lihua watched the drama unfold, realizing that Jiang Li was no pushover.

There would be good shows to watch in the future.

Mother Sun couldn't stand the atmosphere and turned to go into the house.

Zeng Chang’s eyes followed her, and he couldn’t help but whisper, "Xiu Yu..."

Jiang Li twisted his ear, "Who are you looking at?"

Zeng Chang turned around with a placating smile.

"No one, I wasn't looking at anyone. We're talking about the wedding, and you came just in time."

Jiang Li laid it out plainly, "There’s no way we’re changing the wedding date! I don’t like having our wedding banquets together either. We’ll each have our own separate celebrations. Let everyone decide where they want to attend."

Either way, she was going to get her hands on the gifts and money.

Duan Yuzhen was downright annoyed. She definitely didn’t want to share her wedding day with Jiang Li.

"I don't want to be on the same day as you. You have to change the wedding date!"

Jiang Li rolled her eyes at her. "I'm not changing it, what can you do about it?"

Seeing that they were about to clash, with tensions rising, Zeng Chang tried to mediate but couldn't. He had no choice but to turn to Jiang Yu for help.

"Jiang Yu's house is over there. Why don't you go over to her house and sit for a bit?"

Jiang Li immediately shifted her attention. Indeed, she had come to find Jiang Yu.

She snorted at Duan Yuzhen and headed towards Jiang Yu's house.

Jiang Yu was sitting in front of a sewing machine, making clothes. Jiang Li walked right in without so much as a greeting.

"Jiang Yu, making clothes?"

Jiang Li eyed the sewing machine, a hint of envy flickering in her eyes.

Jiang Yu didn't look up and continued sewing the clothes.

It was He Tingyue's cotton coat, and she had been working on it for two days; it was almost finished.

"Sis. Li, if you've got something to say, just spit it out."

Jiang Li was clearly here for her.

"Jiang Yu, Old Zeng and I are getting married. You heard about it, right?"

Jiang Yu nodded. "Uncle Zeng mentioned it."

Jiang Li smiled and sat next to her, nearly knocking Jiang Yu off the bench.

"Here's the thing, as you know, my family's conditions aren't great, so they can't prepare much of a dowry for me..."

Jiang Yu paused her actions and glanced at her. "Are you asking to borrow money from me?"

"No, no, it's not about borrowing money." Jiang Li waved her hands, knowing that these days, even siblings aren’t always willing to lend money, let alone cousins.

"I was thinking, when you got married, you had a lot of dowry, right? Like the thermos, the sewing machine, and that bicycle. Could I borrow them to make a good impression?"

Jiang Yu lowered her head again and tidied the clothes.

"Sis. Li, not to mention the sewing machine and the bicycle, I need them myself. Even the thermos is indispensable at home. Besides, these are my dowry, how can I lend them out?"

Jiang Li's expression turned cold. "So, you’re just ignoring our relationship?"

"You’re joking, right? What kind of relationship do our families even have?" Jiang Yu found it amusing.

Was it the kindness of Yang Cuilan swapping Jiang Ye and Jiang Hao?

Jiang Li felt extremely frustrated but couldn't afford to clash with Jiang Yu.

"Jiang Yu, I'm begging you, just lend me the things. I'll return them after the wedding. I saw that you seem to have two sewing machines at home, giving me one wouldn’t be a huge deal."

One of those machines was actually from He Tingyue's family, and although Jiang Yu didn't need it, she had no plans to get rid of it.

Jiang Yu shook her head. Not to mention whether it would be returned, if anything got damaged while I borrowed it, who’d be responsible?

Either way, it would end in conflict, so it was better to nip it in the bud.

"Sis. Li, ask someone else. I’m not lending out my stuff."

Jiang Li stood up, clearly unhappy, and her attitude turned firm, "Anyway, I already talked to your parents, and they promised. You must bring the things back with you today!"

Saying that, she simply took action herself and first rode the bicycle in the yard back.

Jiang Yu laughed at her thieving behavior, "If you dare touch my bicycle, I'll escort you to the security department in no time!"

But she didn’t even have to do anything. The moment Jiang Li's hand touched the handlebar, the rooster in the coop suddenly flapped its wings and leaped up, pecking Jiang Li right on the head.

Jiang Li screamed in pain, covering her head and stepping back, losing her balance and falling to the ground.

The rooster became even more aggressive, continuing to pounce at her.

Its sharp claws instantly scratched Jiang Li’s skin.

"Ahhh! You just wait—I’ll catch you and turn you into soup!"

Jiang Li finally managed to get up from the ground and lunged at the rooster, trying to catch it.

But this rooster seemed to have become a demon. Not only did it attack people, but it also dodged Jiang Li's attempts to grab it.

The entire yard was in chaos, filled with the sound of the rooster's flapping and Jiang Li's screams.

From where Jiang Yu stood, the rooster was totally owning Jiang Li.

In the end, Jiang Li couldn’t take it anymore and ran out in a sorry state.

Jiang Yu looked at the rooster, which didn’t chase Jiang Li outside but stood tall, looking at Jiang Yu like it was expecting praise.

Jiang Yu: "Did you get smarter or something? Last time you crashed into that tree, you looked pretty stupid."

"Cluck! Cluck cluck!" The rooster started flapping again, as if it was very angry and arguing with Jiang Yu.

Shut up! Don’t bring up that embarrassing moment!

Jiang Yu crouched down and waved at the rooster.

The rooster strode over, standing tall and proud with bright feathers.

Honestly, it looked pretty impressive.

Jiang Yu patted its head, and the rooster didn’t even flinch.

"You're quite something."

The rooster lifted its head, extremely proud.

Jiang Yu said, "Then I won’t eat you. I'll keep you around to guard the place."

The rooster immediately fluffed up and flapped its wings.

"Cluck! Cluck cluck!"

What? You still wanna eat me? Humans are all bad news!