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In the end, Fan Liuer's money box was returned. She put the jade seal in the money box, built a cabinet under the bed, put it inside, and locked it.

Furthermore, the lock on her room door had been changed, and she had the key. She had to lock the door every time she entered or left the room. Apart from her and Li Chenbi, no one else was allowed to approach the room, not even Li Qiuxia, who had come back to serve her. Other maids and servants were out of the question.

Li Chenbi found it amusing, but he ignored her and let her be.

After returning to the Li residence, life went back to normal, except that Siqing was no longer by his side. Li Chenbi gave Feng Ji a house, and he and Feng Xu lived outside, which made it convenient for them to do things for Li Chenbi.

Li Chenbi's holiday is over, and he's been very busy every day. He's nowhere to be seen during the day. On the other hand, Li Yuhe goes to the North Courtyard every day. Fan Liuer has been back for three days, and she's been there for three days straight.

She came again that morning and saw Fan Liuer packing her things. Curious, she asked, "Auntie, what are you doing?"

The day after Fan Liuer returned, Li Yuhe stopped calling her "Madam Fan." Fan Liuer tried to correct her once, but it was no use, so she stopped trying.

"I was planning to visit my friend's grave. I had promised her I would bring her to Xingzhou, but now she can't come."

"Can I come with you?"

"Of course, if you don't mind the distance."

Fan Liuer, along with Li Yuhe and Siqing, led a group of people sent by Li Chenbi to protect them to pay respects to Wei Nian.

Fan Liuer had promised to take Wei Nian to eat, play, and wear all the things she had promised, and she burned them all for Wei Nian.

The tomb was also repaired and reinforced.

Standing in front of the newly installed stone tablet, Fan Liuer looked at Wei Nian's name and a thought came to her mind.

On the way back, she said to Siqing and Li Yuhe, "Is there any way to raise those homeless children, teach them skills to make a living, without losing money?"

Siqing knew why Fan Liuer was saying these things, and she sighed, "Sister Liuer, if such a thing really existed, I'm afraid someone would have already done it."

Li Yuhe said, "If Auntie wants to do good deeds, she can just do them. Second Uncle won't care about this little bit of money."

Fan Liuer shook her head. She didn't simply want to do good deeds; she also cared about the money. She just wanted to do what she could without losing money.

She pondered this all the way, but couldn't come up with any ideas.

Back in Xingzhou City, Fan Liuer wanted to buy some food to take home, so the carriage stopped in front of a pastry shop.

She, Siqing, and Li Yuhe got out of the car and went into the store to buy pastries.

This pastry shop is very famous in Xingzhou City. The shop is quite large, and there are several general helpers inside.

Among them was a small boy, perhaps a newcomer, who was a bit slow and was scolded by an older man.

"How many times have I taught you? You still can't learn it. If we weren't short-staffed, we would have fired you long ago."

The boy looked resentful, and after the others left, he muttered to himself, "I only get less than half the wages of the others, and they expect me to be as capable as them? Don't they know you get what you pay for!"

Fan Liuer was amused by his words.

He saw Fan Liuer smiling, his face flushed, and he ran away in a flash.

Looking at the young man, Fan Liuer began to have some ideas.

After buying the pastries and returning home, Fan Liuer locked herself in her room, thinking about the matter.

Li Chenbi returned late at night.

A few days ago, when Li Chenbi returned, Fan Liuer was already asleep. Today, he passed by and saw that the light in Fan Liuer's room was still on, which surprised him. He knocked on her door.

When Fan Liuer saw him, she immediately waved to him.

Li Chenbi's heart trembled slightly. After the two returned to the Li residence, they slept in separate rooms. Now, in the middle of the night, Fan Liuer invited him into the room, which inevitably made him have all sorts of wild thoughts.

He stepped into the house, closed the door behind him, and walked toward Fan Liuer.

Reaching out to pull him into her arms, Fan Liuer grabbed his hand and pulled him to sit down at the table. "I have something to ask you."

Li Chenbi's rosy thoughts vanished, and his face darkened. "You called me in just to talk to me about something?"

"Yes, otherwise why would I call you in the middle of the night?" Fan Liuer replied matter-of-factly.

Li Chenbi stood up. "Let's talk about it tomorrow. I'm tired."

Upon hearing this, Fan Liuer said, "Alright, it's not urgent anyway. I'll think about it myself and discuss it with you tomorrow." With that, she got up, intending to see Li Chenbi out.

Li Chenbi was even more displeased now, and looked at Fan Liuer with a stern face, "You're doing this on purpose, aren't you? Don't you understand what I mean?"

Fan Liuer was preoccupied with her own thoughts and hadn't really paid attention to what Li Chenbi meant.

Seeing him like this now, I understand.

Her face turned red.

Wei Nian's death awakened Fan Liuer, who had actually already decided to accept Li Chenbi.

But she was too embarrassed to say it outright, so she thought that if Li Chenbi brought it up again next time, she would half-heartedly go along with it and make up with him.

When he returned, Li Chenbi surprisingly kept his promise and didn't mention sleeping with her again, nor did he make any intimate gestures.

If he doesn't take the initiative, Fan Liuer will feel even more embarrassed to do so.

The two ended up in separate rooms for three days.

"Then...what do you mean?" Fan Liuer lowered her head, too embarrassed to look at Li Chenbi.

She thought that Li Chenbi would probably hug her or make things clear at this point, so she just needed to nod.

result...

Seeing Fan Liuer hanging her head and refusing to look at him, still pretending to be stupid, Li Chenbi snorted angrily, "Fine, I was just overthinking it. It's okay, you can rest now, I'm going back to my room." He turned and left without giving Fan Liuer a chance to stop him.

When Fan Liuer looked up, Li Chenbi had already left and closed the door behind him.

She stood there, somewhat surprised.

They're leaving already?

In the past, when she seriously refused, he would use all sorts of methods, including coercion and bribery. Now that she was just being reserved, why did he just leave like that?

Oh well, let him go. Anyway, Li Chenbi's temper flares up quickly and subsides just as fast. Maybe he'll be fine by tomorrow.

At worst, if she shows even a little bit of willingness next time, he should understand.

The next day, Li Chenbi went out early again and didn't return until very late at night. Fan Liuer waited until she fell asleep but still couldn't find him.

The same thing happened on the third day, and the same thing happened on the fourth day.

Fan Liuer found it strange; was this person avoiding her?

Is he really angry?

Fan Liuer was still thinking about what she needed to do. She felt that dragging it out would be a waste of time, so she decided to discuss it with Li Chenbi and, if possible, get it done as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, she inquired about Li Chenbi's whereabouts, then called Li Qiuxia and went out to the prefect's residence.