Siheyuan: Rebirth of a comfortable life starts with Shazhu

"...Yes, that's how I was back then. I didn't think before I spoke or acted, and I would get angry if someone provoked me even slightly."

Like Xu Damao, I've beaten him up quite a few times.

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"Do you think I, with my limited understanding back then, could have seen through the scheme that Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family set up for me?" He Yuzhu asked rhetorically.

These confessions piqued Liu Ting's curiosity. She stared intently at He Yuzhu, waiting for him to explain why he had changed so drastically back then.

"...I think I had a very long dream at that time. In the dream, I dreamed that my father left."

I dreamt that I was tricked by Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family.

I'm just a cook, yet I can't even feed Yushui properly, leaving her starving and emaciated.

And all my meager income was used by Yi Zhonghai to subsidize the Jia family...

The dream was very long, like living a lifetime.

So when I woke up, my first reaction was to lead the rainwater away from that courtyard.

"We need to change our lives." He Yuzhu first explained to Liu Ting how he transformed from a simpleton into a smart man.

Actually, this was just the prelude; the key point is that when he got to this point, he didn't know how to continue.

Is it true that he helped Qin Huairu set up a scheme?

Did Lou Xiao'e leave him with a child?

He Yuzhu really didn't know how to explain this story. He looked conflicted, and his brows furrowed.

Liu Ting looked at her husband with a pained expression.

She quickly used her chubby little hands to rub He Yuzhu's temples.

She could sense He Yuzhu's inner turmoil and pain.

She felt that she was the one who caused it all.

“No wonder,” Liu Ting interrupted, “Yu Shui said that when she thought about it later, it was like you were possessed during that period.”

"She knew nothing! She was just a kid back then."

I guess I heard it from someone else later.

Anyway, I really changed a lot during that period.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have had the chance to get to know you.

"Fang Juan wouldn't have introduced me to you if I were a lazy, unambitious cook like you." He Yuzhu chuckled, first making a sarcastic remark about Yushui.

As he spoke, his voice grew lower.

"Did you reject me at first because I never appeared in your dreams?" Liu Ting believed He Yuzhu's words quite a bit.

She understands He Yuzhu and is aware of his changes.

And everyone around her has said that He Yuzhu's rise from a small cook to the current principal is like a dream.

After Liu Ting finished speaking, she even pinched herself.

The slight pain indicates that she is not dreaming, but experiencing real happiness.

But He Yuzhu has walked step by step, and it seems that he has never made a wrong step.

Some of the choices made at the time might have seemed like failures for He Yuzhu.

However, in retrospect, it turned out to be a stroke of luck, which actually helped He Yuzhu avoid a major problem.

It's like He Yuzhu leaving the toy factory to start a farm...

"I spent my whole life in that dream, in that old courtyard."

Later, even the rain stopped interacting with me.

They ruined my reputation and made it impossible for me to get married.

They always use the pretense of gratitude to morally blackmail me, making me spend money and effort to take care of those who are seemingly less fortunate than me.

They schemed against me their whole lives, and in the end, they even made me take care of them in their old age and see them off when they died.

Now you know why I hate those people in the old courtyard so much, right? He Yuzhu's expression darkened considerably as he said this.

Even today, when he thinks about those things from his past life, he still feels extremely humiliated and wronged.

Now it was Liu Ting's turn to feel sorry for He Yuzhu. She moved to sit next to He Yuzhu, pulled her head into her arms, and whispered to comfort her, "It's okay, it's okay, it was just a dream."

Dreams are all fake.

“No,” He Yuzhu shook his head and said softly, “At that time, I dreamed that Jia Dongxu of the Jia family would die, and that Yi Zhonghai would hide the living expenses that my father sent to Yushui.”

I dreamt that Yi Zhonghai was plotting against me, making me, a grown man, help Jia Dongxu's wife support her family and children..."

"Huh?..." He Yuzhu spoke these words softly, but they sent chills down Liu Ting's spine! She couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

If it was just a dream that made someone realize something and thus change their choices.

That's normal; things like that happen in life too.

However, dreaming about Jia Dongxu's death is completely different.

That just means that everything in He Yuzhu's dream was real.

Seeing Liu Ting's surprised look, He Yuzhu nodded solemnly and said in a low voice, "I didn't miss it!"

Including those major events of previous years.

"No, stop talking!" Liu Ting quickly left He Yuzhu's side, her expression even more tense than He Yuzhu's. She first glanced out the frosted window.

He tiptoed to the door and eavesdropped for a while, pressing his ear against the wooden door.

Only when she heard no further noise did she walk back to He Yuzhu's side, staring blankly at him. Her lips trembled slightly, and curiosity and fear flashed in her eyes.

Finally, he bent down and hugged He Yuzhu, whispering in his ear, "You've never dreamed. You've gotten this far all through your own abilities."

None of those strange things happen in our family.

Do you understand?

These words surprised He Yuzhu so much that he opened his mouth wide in astonishment.

He was about to talk about Lou Xiao'e next!

This was what he hesitated about; he wanted to portray Lou Xiao'e as someone who had been kind to him in his dream.

That's why he helped out at that time, sending Lou Xiao'e and her daughter away.

He didn't intend to talk about what happened between Lou Xiao'e and him; he just wanted to give Liu Ting a hint.

Unexpectedly, at the crucial moment, Liu Ting stopped him from speaking.

Seeing the confusion on He Yuzhu's face, Liu Ting shook her head, but gritted her teeth and said softly, "My master's wife said that there was once a Liu the Immortal in their area who could know where people came from and was very powerful."

After the liberation of the new country, they were forced to eat peanuts.

When I was a child, I heard a story about how the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period killed an old immortal named Yu Ji.

Those who engage in such superstitious practices never end well.

You're not allowed to say that anymore.

I'm scared.

He Yuzhu found Liu Ting's words both funny and absurd.

He thought for a long time before finally managing to say, "I only told you, I didn't tell anyone else."

Even the rainwater is unaware of this.

"I don't care, from now on, you're not allowed to talk about me either."

Think about your current position and think more about our children.

Our family lives a peaceful and stable life.

"I don't want to know anything else." Liu Ting was probably really scared, and she warned He Yuzhu one warning after another.

What could He Yuzhu do but nod in agreement?

But that's alright, at least He Yuzhu doesn't have to think about explaining Lou Xiao'e's matter to her anymore.

As for whether it will be exposed later, we'll see!

Just get through each day as it comes. (End of Chapter)