Warm medicine emits fragrance

After that, life returned to normal. Fan Liuer thought that Li Chenbi would find all sorts of excuses to approach her and take advantage of her, but he didn't.

Li Chenbi had no time to pay attention to her; he was too busy to engage in a battle of wits with Qi Weiming.

Today you build a wall, tomorrow he'll have to replace the tiles.

Today you lay floor tiles, tomorrow he'll renovate the walls.

The two of them clashed, and in less than ten days, they completely renovated the courtyard.

At first, Fan Liuer tried to persuade her to stop. She could accept spending Li Chenbi's money, but she felt embarrassed to use Qi Weiming's money.

I always feel indebted to him after using it.

But she couldn't persuade him, not at all. The more she tried to reason with him, the more upset Qi Weiming would become. He would ask her, "You never refuse what Li Chenbi does, and I want to do something for you too, but you always treat me like a stranger. You are..." He pursed his lips, a hurt look in his eyes, "...don't you value my money?"

This is a serious charge, so Fan Liuer immediately explained, "No, how could I possibly look down on your money? I just think it's not easy for you to earn it."

"You're different from Li Chenbi. He has money, and he can spend it without a second thought. But your money is all earned by risking your life on the battlefield; it didn't come easily."

"Keep this money for yourself. You'll need it for many things in the future, you..." She wanted to say that she would need money to get married in the future.

Before she could finish speaking, Qi Weiming opened his eyes wide and stared intently at her. "So you're worried about me. I understand. Don't worry, although I'm not as rich as Li Chenbi, nor as good at making money, I can still afford this little bit."

Fan Liuer: "..."

She couldn't admit it, nor could she deny it, so in the end she could only let him be.

If that were all, Fan Liuer felt that life was still bearable. Although it was a bit noisy, at least she didn't have the constant sense of crisis of having to escape her life that she used to have, and Li Chenbi hadn't been bothering her lately.

She thought that once she arrived in Xingzhou and entered the Li residence, Li Chenbi would be busy with matters on the battlefield, and Qi Weiming would no longer be able to enter the Li residence, and life would settle down.

These last few days are all we have left; just bear with it and it will pass.

But she didn't expect that in these last few days, the rivalry between the two would escalate.

The incident occurred just five days before Li Chenbi's vacation ended. The day before, Qi Weiming had brought people to repair all the walls inside and outside her house. Early this morning, Li Chenbi went to invite a carpenter who was famous for miles around, saying that he wanted to replace all the furniture in Fan Liuer's house.

When he sent someone to invite his master in the morning, Fan Liuer advised him, "Isn't that unnecessary?"

It wasn't that she wanted to save money for Li Chenbi; the main problem was that she would have to go back to Xingzhou with Li Chenbi in a few days, and it would be at least three years before she could return. The brand-new furniture would be old by the time she came back.

Besides, the furniture for the entire house can't be finished in just a few days.

Li Chenbi told her not to worry about it, he had his own plans.

Fan Liuer was too lazy to persuade her anymore.

Around noon, shortly after Li Chenbi finished drinking his medicine, his master arrived with his apprentice.

Upon seeing Feng Xu, Fan Liu'er was surprised. "Feng Xu? What are you doing here?"

Feng Xu grinned and stepped forward, "Sister Liu'er, didn't Sister Siqing tell you? I'm learning a craft from my master now."

Fan Liuer recalled that this was indeed the case, not long after she bought the house. However, Siqing had only mentioned it briefly without going into details, so she didn't know exactly what craft Feng Xu had gone to learn.

"I knew it! I haven't seen you come over for so long. It's good that you've learned a skill; you won't have to worry about making money in the future." As she spoke, she habitually reached out to touch Feng Xu's head. When she reached out, she noticed that Feng Xu had grown quite a bit taller in the few months they hadn't seen each other.

"Wow, you've grown taller too."

Feng Xu immediately raised his head, looking smug. "Right? I'm taller than you now. My mom said I'll definitely grow as tall as Brother Feng Xu."

Fan Liuer was amused by his expression and covered her mouth, "I think so too."

As the two were chatting and laughing, a gloomy voice came from behind Fan Liuer.

"And who is he?"

Fan Liuer's smile froze. Now, without even looking at Li Chenbi's expression, just by listening to his voice, Fan Liuer knew what he was thinking.

Turning his head to warn him not to be jealous, Feng Xu grinned and rushed past him to Li Chenbi.

"You must be Sister Liu'er's distant cousin, brother! You're so handsome and tall!"

There's a saying that you can't hit a smiling face, but that doesn't apply to Li Chenbi. He glanced at Feng Xu, then looked at Fan Liuer, waiting for her answer.

"He's the younger brother of Siqing's third uncle, named Feng Xu," Fan Liuer said, pulling Feng Xu to her side and whispering, "He's not very polite, so don't pay him any attention."

Li Chenbi's gaze fell on Fan Liuer's hand holding Feng Xu's arm, and a dark cloud settled between his brows.

Guanshan Town is really unbearable to stay in. These flies keep coming back after you chase them away. It's disgusting.

Although Feng Xu was five years younger than Fan Liuer, he had helped out in his family's shop since he was a child and was used to reading people's expressions. He could tell that Li Chenbi was not an easy person to get along with, so he obediently stopped trying to get closer to him.

Fan Liuer said to the carpenter beside her, "Let's choose the style and materials first."

Feng Xu immediately took out a sketchbook from his toolbox. He stood next to Fan Liuer, opened the sketchbook for her to see, and said, "Sister Liuer, you choose the style and carving first, and then we'll choose the materials."

Fan Liuer leaned closer and looked at his hand.

The two heads were pressed together, looking extremely intimate to onlookers, which was quite an eyesore.

The shadows around Li Chenbi's eyes grew heavier. Just as he was about to speak to the two of them to keep their distance, Feng Xu suddenly said, "Sister Liu'er, why don't you come with me to Master's house? He has a lot of custom-made furniture there, which is more convenient than looking at picture books."

Feng Xu had long regarded Fan Liuer as Si Qing in his heart. He was used to being carefree since childhood, so he took Fan Liuer's arm and said, "Let's go, it's not far, it's very close to my house. You can have dinner at my house later before coming back."

Li Chenbi could no longer bear it and said sternly, "Let go."

Startled by him, Feng Xu immediately released Fan Liuer and looked at him timidly.

Stop pretending to be pitiful!

Li Chenbi was even angrier. "How old are you? Don't you know the proper distance between men and women? What kind of behavior is this, pulling and tugging at each other like that!"

Feng Xu was still only a fifteen-year-old boy, and Li Chenbi's gloomy face filled him with fear.

This person is terrifying, even more terrifying than when Feng Jifa is angry!

He turned to Fan Liuer and whispered for help, "Sister Liuer."