After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 45 The Live-in Son-in-Law Arrives
"Well, I'm back in the village now, and I'm planning to set up a school. Your eldest child is of school age, so I'm thinking of having him come and learn from me. It'll be his early education."

Su Xiaoxiao was naturally delighted to hear this.

"Thank you so much, you've gone to so much trouble."

When Liu Zian heard Su Xiaoxiao being polite to him, he blushed a little and looked quite embarrassed.

Liu Zian was fair-skinned and quite handsome, with a touch of scholarly aloofness. He hadn't spent much time at home before, so Su Xiaoxiao hadn't had much contact with him.

He is one year older than Su Xiaoxiao, and he is exactly nineteen this year.

There was no engagement yet, and her mother wasn't in a hurry. She said that as long as Liu Zian passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, he could marry any woman he wanted in the future.

Liu Zian looks as shy as a young girl. Su Xiaoxiao thought to herself, "It must be quite difficult for this guy to find a partner."

However, this time Su Xiaoxiao felt Liu Zian's burning gaze. He said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, my mother used to bully you so much, I'm on her behalf to apologize to you!"

Su Xiaoxiao quickly waved her hand and said, "No need, that's just the kind of person your mother is. She can't stand not bullying people. Besides, if she didn't bully me, wouldn't she bully other people in the village?"

After Su Xiaoxiao said that, Liu Zian was speechless.

He thought about it carefully and realized that his mother was indeed like that. No matter who in the village was weaker than her, she had bullied them. So it seemed that not only Su Xiaoxiao had been bullied by her, but others had been bullied as well.

"I will try to persuade my mother later, please don't worry, Miss Su."

Strangely, even though Liu Zi'an knew that Su Xiaoxiao was already married, he still always called her Miss Su.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled at him, said nothing, and turned to go inside.

Sanlang is missing, and Su Xiaoxiao spends her days in a daze.

She simply couldn't understand what Sanlang had done wrong to be captured by those people.

However, Su Xiaoxiao had no way to find out any information. She was troubled by the lack of connections and was afraid of getting involved with the government. If she asked too many questions, she would be arrested.

That noon, Su Xiaoxiao lazily prepared lunch; it was already mid-May.

As the weather gradually warmed up, I was just about to take a nap when I heard someone banging on the door.

Both children were already asleep. Su Xiaoxiao put on her shoes and quickly ran out the door.

"Su Xiaoxiao, open the door quickly, I need to talk to you about something. I brought you someone along, maybe we could live together?"

"What?" Judging from the voice, it was Grandma Liu, Su Xiaoxiao's mother-in-law. Su Xiaoxiao knew that whenever Grandma Liu came, nothing good would happen.

After opening the door, Su Xiaoxiao saw Granny Liu staring at her from outside with a forced smile.

"Su Xiaoxiao, what do you think of this person? Does he/she catch your eye?"

Su Xiaoxiao looked towards Granny Liu's side and saw a somewhat sleazy-looking man. His clothes were greasy, and his hair was all matted together. He looked disgusting from a distance.

He looked to be in his early thirties, staring at Su Xiaoxiao with a lecherous grin.

From the moment he first saw Su Xiaoxiao, his eyes never left her, and he grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"Hurry up and say hello? Liu Tianqi?"

"Hey, how are you?"

Su Xiaoxiao felt nauseous just looking at it. She said expressionlessly to Granny Liu, "Although I don't know what kind of evil intentions you're plotting this time, I have no plans to get married right now, so don't bother with my business!" *Bang!*

After saying that, she closed the door and locked it.

Grandma Liu stamped her feet anxiously outside the door. "Hey, Su Xiaoxiao, how can you be so inconsiderate? This man is my distant nephew, that's why I said I'd introduce him to you. He's not married yet, it's good that he's taking care of you and your two children, it's a good arrangement for you to live together. You, don't be so ungrateful!"

To Grandma Liu's utter surprise, Su Xiaoxiao showed her no respect whatsoever, not even letting her into the door.

Enraged, Granny Liu cursed outside the door, and after finishing her tirade, she kicked Su Xiaoxiao's front door twice more.

Su Xiaoxiao warned Granny Liu from inside the door: "Don't I know what kind of bad thoughts you have? Everyone in the world might be kind to me, but you are the only one. You'd better stop plotting against me now, or I'll teach you a lesson."

"I'm doing this for your own good..."

Grandma Liu suppressed her anger a little and squeezed out this sentence after standing outside the door for a long time. After she finished speaking, she herself couldn't believe it.

"Get out of here, or I'll start swearing!"

The man outside, named Liu Tianqi, was also shouting, "Miss Su, I've come all this way to see you and the children. You can't be so rude! Please let me in!"

Liu Tianqi's voice was as annoying as his name, sounding just like a toad croaking in the field.

Su Xiaoxiao was too lazy to waste any more words with them. She went inside and brought out a basin of water that had just been used to wash the dishes. She moved a stool over and, standing on it, poured the water onto the people outside the door.

A basin of dishwater mixed with vegetable leaves and oil was poured all over the two people outside.

The smell was truly awful. Granny Liu and Liu Tianqi were soaking wet, and Granny Liu was so angry that she jumped up and down outside the door, cursing loudly.

Su Xiaoxiao burst into laughter from inside the door, feeling that nothing could be more exhilarating than this.

The depression caused by not seeing Sanlang for the past few days seems to have lessened a bit.

Da Bao and Xiao Bao came out of the house rubbing their eyes. "Mom, what happened?"

Su Xiaoxiao rubbed the two children's heads and said, "It's okay, go back to your room and continue sleeping."

Su Xiaoxiao took her two children back to the house for a nap. The two people outside, probably tired of yelling, slunk away.

So frustrating!
Su Xiaoxiao wondered what kind of idea Granny Liu was up to, that she actually wanted to introduce a man to her?

However, she felt that this matter was unlikely to end there, and she estimated that more people would come to harass her.

Sure enough, Liu Tianqi came knocking on the door again in the evening.

"Miss Su, please open the door! I've traveled a long way to see you, and I haven't eaten or drunk anything since."

He continued banging on the door, and Su Xiaoxiao, finally losing patience, came out and opened it for him.

"Stop banging! If you keep banging, I'll hit you with a stick!"

Su Xiaoxiao was carrying a fire starter, and the two children were hiding timidly behind her.

Liu Tianqi quickly pretended to be very polite and bowed deeply to Su Xiaoxiao, saying, "Miss Su, I didn't introduce myself properly during the day. My name is Liu Tianqi. I have an elderly mother at home. I am thirty-three years old this year and have never married or had children. Don't worry, I especially like children. These are your two children, right? They are so cute. I will treat them as if they were my own children."

Su Xiaoxiao frowned as she watched Liu Tianqi perform, feeling rather speechless.

(End of this chapter)