Chapter 95
Zhou Lao'er's wife supported herself with her hands on the ground, seeming to want to stand up. But halfway up, it was as if her butt weighed a thousand gold and she couldn't get up. With an "aiya" sound, she sat back down again.
Zhou Lao'er caught this out of the corner of his eye. If he hadn't been too far away and his legs weren't long enough, he would have definitely kicked her.
This damn woman. She had been sitting on the ground ever since Fang Zichen arrived. Just now, when he himself had been rendered speechless by the other party, this woman didn't come out to help argue. Now she actually still wanted to lie on the ground.
Zhou Lao'er's wife pressed her waist, her face scrunching up as if she was in great pain.
"Aiya, my waist."
Zhou Laoda's wife went over to help her up, asking: "What's wrong?"
"Don't, don't move me. I can't stand up." Zhou Lao'er's wife shot a very quick glance at Fang Zichen and said: "Probably from being pushed by Zhao Ger just now. It caused a problem."
Zhou Laoda's wife was also shrewd. Having been sisters-in-law for almost ten years, they understood each other perfectly and were extremely familiar with one another.
As soon as Zhou Lao'er's wife said this, Zhou Laoda's wife understood.
"You really... you fell before and hurt your tailbone. Didn't the physician specifically tell you to be careful from now on? He said if you had another fall like that, it would cause serious problems. Now look what's happened. What are we going to do about this?
Zhao Ger frowned slightly.
He hadn't expected it to be this serious.
Just now, Zhou Lao'er's wife had tried to come over and grab Zhou Ger. In his panic, he had pushed her. He had used some force, that was true, but he hadn't thought it would be this serious. Zhou Lao'er's wife looked like she couldn't even stand up. Could she be...
"Husband~" Zhao Ger, feeling he had caused trouble, was a bit guilty: "What should we do?"
Fang Zichen still had the mood to tease people at a time like this. He spread his hands and said: "How should I know! It wasn't me who pushed her."
Seeing his rascal and heartless attitude, Zhao Ger gritted his molars and directly pinched him on the waist.
"......" Fang Zichen wanted to escape to the side, but the flesh on his waist was tightly held between Zhao Ger's two fingers.
The moment Fang Zichen moved, Zhao Ger twisted it a full circle.
If there weren't so many spectators present, Fang Zichen would have howled.
It was truly painful.
This Zhao Momo, his hands were still so ruthless.
He had even learned Rong Momo's deadly moves.
[容嬷嬷 (Róng Mómó): A notorious and feared palace maid from the television series "My Fair Princess", known for her cruel and ruthless tactics; 嬷嬷 (mómo): an older female servant, nanny, or matron, often one with authority and experience]
He had just made a joke, and Zhao Ger could use such a vicious hand. Next time if his mouth was unrestrained again, he estimated Zhao Ger would use a twenty-centimeter-long embroidery needle to poke him.
How had his gentle and considerate Zhao Ger become like this?
The first month, he shyly called him husband.
The second month, he was meticulous towards him, couldn't bear to be apart for a day.
The third month, he started to throw small tantrums.
This fourth month, at the slightest disagreement, he started using his hands and feet on him.
How many months had it been?!
Only four months! They say the seven-year itch, but he was starting to itch after just four months?
Was he, the husband, picked up by Zhao Ger from the latrine?
Was his shelf life only three months?
The first three months were all tender affection and deep love.
After three months, it's like the husband still has feelings but the wife is cold-hearted. His mood changes faster than flipping a page in a book. This life, wuwu~ it's just impossible to go on like this.
If it weren't for giving Guaizai a complete family, and if he didn't actually care for Zhao Ger, back when they had just started their relationship, he would have packed his bags long ago and become the next Chen Shimei.
[陈世美 (Chén Shìměi): a character from classic Chinese opera "The Case of Executing Chen Shimei". In the story, Chen Shimel is a scholar who abandons his wife and children to marry a princess after achieving top honors in the imperial exams. His betrayal and refusal to acknowledge his former family lead to a famous trial presided over by the upright judge Bao Zheng, who eventually sentences Chen to execution as punishment for his treachery. The name has since become a byword for male betrayal and ingratitude in Chinese culture.]
He called out softly: "Zhao Ger, stop, stop, it's going to hurt me to death."
That he pushed Zhou Lao'er's wife was witnessed by everyone. There was no way to deny it. And based on his understanding of Zhou Lao'er's wife, she was probably not willing to let this matter go easily.
They were probably going to have to pay a large sum of silver.
But Zhao Ger was unwilling.
Earning silver wasn't easy. His silver was only for his husband and son to use. Others weren't allowed, unless he gave it voluntarily.
"You help me," Zhao Ger said.
He felt that as long as Fang Zichen stepped in, they definitely wouldn't have to pay a single copper coin.
Fang Zichen hurriedly agreed: "I'll help, I'll help, of course I'll help."
The small interaction between them went unnoticed. After Zhou Laoda's wife said those words, she didn't dare look at Fang Zichen, but both her ears were perked up.
She wanted to hear what Fang Zichen would say.
This matter couldn't be denied.
This trip today, even though they couldn't snatch Zhou Ger back, and their dream of striking it rich was shattered, but husband and wife are one. If they could extort ten or twenty taels from Fang Zichen, then this trip where they risked their old faces to make a scene wouldn't be in vain.
But they waited and waited, yet didn't hear Fang Zichen speak.
Everyone in the courtyard had reacted and understood what Zhou Lao'er's wife meant.
Zhou Ger didn't speak.
But he had already decided that if Zhao Ger had to pay silver this time, no matter how much, he would pay it for Zhao Ger.
Zhao Ger had pushed his second sister-in-law only to help him.
Zhou Laoda's wife and Zhou Lao'er's wife exchanged a glance, then looked up towards Fang Zichen, only to see the other party looking at them with a faint, mocking smile.
Zhou Lao'er's wife swallowed hard, steeled herself, and asked: "Young Fang, given my condition, what do you plan to do about it?"
Fang Zichen tilted his head slightly, adopting an innocent expression: "What condition?"
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