Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

Chapter 193 Unbelievable

Heavy rain poured down in an instant, and when the two men returned with the table, Mou Lan had already shown signs of waking up.

Xiaoyi hurried over and woke his mother up.

"Cough cough cough..."

Mou Lan opened her eyes with difficulty. Her brows were furrowed, and she looked extremely weak after just waking up. Her delicate appearance made me feel even more pitiful.

"daughter…"

She raised her hand and touched Xiao Yi before she realized that she was in a strange place.

"Where is this? Am I dead?"

Duanmu Yan gave her a vicious look, her face full of disgust and contempt.

"Leave when you wake up, don't stay here."

She always spoke in a harsh tone, which made people feel that she was heartless in this situation.

Mu Lan stood up with difficulty and bowed.

"Thank you for saving my life, sir. I will take my daughter away right away."

Ran Qianxi took a step forward and held her tightly. Duanmu Yan was instantly furious.

"Auntie, it's raining heavily outside. Where can these lonely girls and widows go? Just let them rest before leaving."

Duanmu Yan just turned her head to look at her, and her eyes seemed to be able to crush all her bones.

Ran Qianxi pulled Duanmu Yan's arm and acted like a spoiled child.

"Auntie, please~"

No matter what the reason was, Duanmu Yan was overwhelmed by her sweet words.

"You can stay. You can cook for them. I only cook a few handfuls of rice a day."

"Okay, okay, I'll do it. I'll do it."

Duanmu Yan left in anger, the back hall door was slammed shut, and Ran Qianxi habitually blocked her ears with her fingers.

Mou Lan, who was smiling, poured her a glass of water.

"How did you get to the shore?"

In comparison, Ran Qianxi was much more kind than Duanmu Yan. To Mou Lan, who had just experienced a disaster, she was as kind as a god who saved the two women.

She took the water and bowed softly.

"Thank you so much, my benefactor."

After she drank the warm water, he began to tell the whole story.

"After leaving the villa, my daughter and I planned to live in Penglai. Unexpectedly, we met a bad guy on the boat who tried to molest me. My daughter bit him and was pushed into the sea. I had no choice but to jump overboard holding the wooden stake."

Although Ran Qianxi had no dealings with Mou Lan in her previous life, she felt sympathy for her daughter and knew the mother and daughter's past.

The villa she mentioned was obviously the secret courtyard behind the Jibei Palace. It was a bit unbelievable to hear it at this moment.

"You said you came out of the villa. What villa?"

"I don't know exactly. I had nowhere else to go and entered the villa, but I don't know why the owner let us out."

"When did he let you out?"

"This March."

The more Ran Qianxi listened, the more confused she became. March was the time when she traveled to Yangzhou. In her previous life, she learned that Tan Qianhuan had imprisoned them and treated them as tools, but in this life, he showed mercy and dismissed them.

"This guy can't live his whole life again, so why is he doing good deeds..."

"Who are you talking about, benefactor?"

Ran Qianxi was thinking, but was suddenly pulled back to her senses by Mou Lan and gave a perfunctory smile.

"No one, no one, sister, drink some water."

"Thank you so much, my benefactor."

The two of them kept chatting about everything under the sun. It was almost You hour and Ran Qianxi still hadn't returned to the room. Duanmu Yan walked in anxiously.

"What have you been talking about for so long?"

Facing the unfriendly Duanmu Yan, Mou Lan felt uneasy all over.

Hearing her domineering tone, Ran Qianxi turned her head away impatiently!

"Why are you so busy? Are you not going to cook?"

Duanmu Yan looked at Ran Qianxi without a good look, slammed the door again and walked out. There seemed to be an inexplicable rift between the two of them.

"If you want to eat, make it yourself!"

Ran Qianxi smiled awkwardly at Mou Lan and also became embarrassed.

"Haha... this is my aunt... she has a bad temper. Let me do it."

Ran Qianxi stood up guiltily, and Mu Lan smiled embarrassedly and then held her back.

"The girl probably can't cook."

Ran Qianxi immediately turned around and looked at her seriously.

"My God, how did you know?"

"The girl doesn't look like the type who would spend her time worrying about daily necessities."

Ran Qianxi sat back awkwardly.

“I really can’t do it…”

Xiao Yi: "Mom, I want to eat smoked chicken."

While the two were talking, Xiao Yi suddenly felt hungry. Before Mou Lan could persuade him, Ran Qianxi squatted down with a smile on her face.

"Come on, I'll take you shopping."

"Hey……"

The two had already walked out of the wooden house, and Mu Lan hurriedly followed them. The two had already walked to the corridor.

"The rain isn't heavy anymore. The county town is across the wooden bridge. Let's walk over and buy some."

"Thank you, benefactor."

Ran Qianxi smiled gently and took a small umbrella for her.

"Just call me Sister Xi."

Xiaoyi grabbed Ran Qianxi's sleeve tightly, and before she had gone far, Mou Lan caught up.

"Miss Xi, there is no need to bother."

Ran Qianxi and Xiaoyi looked back at the same time, and Mou Lan had already run to their side.

"This child can't eat much, don't waste money."

"Well, smoked chicken isn't expensive, and happiness is priceless."

Seeing that he couldn't convince Ran Qianxi, Mou Lan had to go with the two of them. Under the eaves, Duanmu Yan looked like a family of three.

"Humph! You just said a few words and then you run off with someone else!"

There were few people in the market, but fortunately the smoked chicken shop was still open, so Xiaoyi ran over happily.

Mou Lan swallowed his saliva as he smelled the refreshing aroma of the smoked chickens on the shelf.

Ran Qianxi walked over and took out a piece of silver, but was immediately stopped by Mou Lan.

"I'll give it to you."

Ran Qianxi smiled gently. Mou Lan rummaged through the money but only found the price of a smoked chicken. The silver bills she had with her fell into the sea along with her and were all washed away by the sea water.

"Haha, I'll give it to you. You've saved your life, so where would you get the money?"

Mou Lan looked at her somewhat embarrassedly, and Ran Qianxi smiled again to protect her self-esteem.

"It's okay. I'll pay and you'll provide the cooking skills. Just cook for me and my aunt every day."

"Thank you, Miss Xi."

Mou Lan knew that she was protecting her self-esteem, but she came from a prostitute family and had no skills other than skin care, so why would she care about her ridiculous self-esteem?

Ran Qianxi happily took out a silver ingot, and the shopkeeper's eyes immediately changed.

"Hey girl, which one do you want?"

“Pack up the freshly smoked ones, otherwise there won’t be enough to eat.”

"Ok, ok, wait a minute, girl."

The rain was getting heavier outside Yun Pavilion, and the scholars inside the pavilion were watching the rain and reciting poems. There were many heroes in Penglai, and any one of them could speak eloquently.

Ran Qianxi and the other two were quietly gnawing on the smoked chicken. Sen Sen Wen Ren couldn't help but chuckle, as they were all amused by Ran Qianxi's contrasting appearance.

"Mother, eat chicken legs."

In the previous life, the mother and daughter were brutally persecuted. Xiaoyi lived in fear every day. She dared not see anyone or speak, and even curled up in a ball when she slept. Now, seeing the mother and daughter loving each other, Ran Qianxi felt extremely relieved.

"The distant mountains have long eyebrows, the slender willow waist is graceful, after putting on makeup, she stands in the autumn wind, and her smile is worth a thousand gold."

Ran Qianxi was eating with great relish and had no idea that this was the inspiration that one of the literati had found in herself.

"A light silk fan with white orchid flowers, a slender waist and jade belt dancing in the sky, I thought she was a fairy descending from the earth, her smile is more brilliant than the stars."

"good words."

The whole pavilion was under her command, and her ideas were flowing, but she was still enjoying the food with relish.

"Only the legs are delicious, sister, don't eat anything else."

Ran Qianxi broke off a new chicken leg and handed it to Mou Lan.

"Look, I bought so much, I won't be able to finish it."

Seeing her unthrifty character, Mou Lan easily guessed that she had been the darling of the family since she was young, with fine clothes and delicious food, and she had no worries about food and clothing.

"Thank you, Miss Xi."

The literati continued to talk incessantly, but none of them caught Ran Qianxi's attention, so she ignored them the whole time.