Warm medicine emits fragrance

Fan Liuer followed Li Yuhe to the west courtyard. Before entering the old man's room, she hesitated a little.

Li Yuhe held her hand and whispered, "Grandma won't make things difficult for you, don't worry."

Fan Liuer took a deep breath and stepped into the room.

Inside the room, the old lady was half-reclined on a chaise lounge, pretending to doze off, while two maids fanned her from the side.

The old nanny standing to the side saw the two enter and whispered in the old lady's ear, "Miss Yuhe and Madam Fan have arrived."

The old lady opened her eyes and looked at Fan Liuer.

Fan Liuer immediately bowed and greeted the old lady.

The old lady propped herself up and sat up. She looked at Fan Liuer, her eyes filled with mixed emotions. "Sit down."

Li Yuhe immediately pulled Fan Liuer to sit below the old lady.

Fan Liuer kept her head down the whole time. She didn't know what the old lady's purpose was in calling her here today, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Grandmother chuckled softly, "She's already of marriageable age, and she's still so greedy."

"I don't want to get married. I want to stay by my grandmother's side for the rest of my life."

The old lady glared at her, annoyed. "Nonsense, what woman doesn't get married?" She then looked at Fan Liuer, paused, and added, "Your second uncle is getting married soon. After their wedding, I should also choose a husband for you."

These words made Fan Liuer look up at the old lady, and she met the old lady's gaze. She subconsciously wanted to lower her head again, but the old lady stopped her.

"From now on, you will be the mistress of the Li family. You need to change this habit of always bowing your head and be more generous and open in your dealings with others."

Fan Liuer was still feeling a bit surprised, and replied blankly, "I understand, thank you for your guidance, Madam."

The old lady was quite satisfied with her obedience and said, "I called you here today for the sake of the housekeeper. From now on, you and Yuhe will come to me every morning, and I will teach you how to manage the household."

After giving these instructions, the old lady said she was tired and told Fan Liuer and Li Yuhe to go back.

Fan Liuer came out of the room, still a little dazed.

She thought today would inevitably be another tough battle, but she didn't expect the old lady to accept her so easily.

"Auntie, Second Uncle is here." Li Yuhe tugged at Fan Liuer's arm.

Fan Liuer looked up and saw Li Chenbi hurrying towards them from the opposite corridor.

His foot injury had not yet healed, and he still needed to use crutches to walk, which made him look rather comical.

But Fan Liuer couldn't laugh at all at this moment.

He must have thought he would be put in a difficult position by the old lady, which is why he was in such a hurry.

At this moment, Fan Liuer suddenly felt that the outcome was not so important.

At least for this moment, she truly felt Li Chenbi's care for her.

She strode quickly toward Li Chenbi, jogged to his side, and reached out to support him, saying, "Slow down."

Li Chenbi first sized her up before asking, "Did Mother give you a hard time?"

Fan Liuer shook her head. "No."

Li Chenbi didn't quite believe her, so he asked Li Yuhe, who was following behind Fan Liuer, "Did Grandmother make things difficult for your aunt?"

"No, no, Grandmother called Aunt over to teach her how to manage the household affairs, and also asked Aunt to come and learn every morning from now on." Li Yuhe told everything in one go.

Fan Liuer nodded in agreement, "Yes, the old lady called me here for this matter, nothing else."

Li Chenbi was relieved and took Fan Liuer's hand, "Let's go back to the North Courtyard."

Fan Liuer then asked in confusion, "Could it be that someone specially went to the prefect's residence to invite you here?"

Fan Liuer thought to herself that this person really had good judgment. Although the old lady did not make things difficult for her, she still had to reward this person.

In case something happens to her next time, she will be able to do her best again like she did this time.

Li Chenbi paused for a moment, then nodded without changing his expression, "Yes."

Fan Liuer immediately said, "Who is it? They have such good eyesight, I think they should be rewarded."

"You haven't seen it before, it's just a servant in the outer courtyard. You don't need to worry about this, I'll reward him myself," Li Chenbi said calmly.

Fan Liuer thought to herself that it made sense; Li Chenbi was always generous to his servants, so she didn't need to worry about such things.

"Are you going to the Prefect's Mansion later?" Fan Liuer asked him, but before he could answer, she turned to Li Yuhe and said, "Yuhe, come to the North Courtyard for dinner later. I'll have the cook make you horseshoe pastries."

Just as Li Yuhe was about to agree, Li Chenbi spoke up, "I won't go out later. Yuhe, you'll eat by yourself today. Your aunt and I have something to discuss."

Disappointment flashed across Li Yuhe's face. "Okay."

Fan Liuer asked Li Chenbi in confusion, "What is it?"

I'll tell you later.

Filled with curiosity, Fan Liuer bid farewell to Li Yuhe and followed Li Chenbi back to the North Courtyard.

Fan Liuer was somewhat surprised by the old lady's drastic change in attitude and chattered on and on with Li Chenbi the whole way.

"I didn't expect the old lady to agree so quickly. I thought she would call me over today to pull out a huge sum of money and tell me to take the money and get out of here."

She shouldn't have brought this up, because it reminded Li Chenbi of old times. "Oh, like a two-courtyard house."

Fan Liuer didn't expect this person to bring up old grievances. She snorted and said, "A two-courtyard house isn't enough now. This Li family mansion is all mine now."

As they were saying this, the two of them happened to walk up to Fan Liuer's house.

Fan Liuer locked the door. She took out her key, opened the door, and went in first. When Li Chenbi went in, he waved to the servants outside.

The servant immediately bowed his head and retreated.

Li Chenbi closed the door behind him.

After Fan Liuer finished speaking, she did not hear Li Chenbi's reply and prepared to turn around.

Before I could even turn my head, a warm body pressed against my back, and then my abdomen tightened as I was held tightly in a hug.

Fan Liuer then remembered the promise she made to Li Chenbi at the prefect's mansion.

My mind also clicked at that moment.

"Nobody even notified you. You must have rushed back because you wanted to do this yourself!" she said angrily.

She was wondering why he came back so quickly.

She was so touched for nothing.

Li Chenbi neither denied nor admitted it, but directly proved his purpose with his actions.

He dragged a chair over from the side, picked up Fan Liuer and sat down, letting Fan Liuer sit with her back to him.

"What...what are you doing?" Fan Liuer didn't understand Li Chenbi's behavior.

Only after her clothes disappeared one by one, and Li Chenbi held her down on his lap and gave her a thorough lecture, did she finally understand.

"Li Chenbi!" She gripped the armrest of the chair, turned her head, and looked at Li Chenbi with watery eyes, her gaze filled with anger and a hazy, restrained expression.

Li Chenbi frowned, gave a low hum, and leaned forward, his burning chest pressed against her back, beads of sweat dripping from his forehead onto Fan Liuer's shoulder.

He spoke in a hoarse voice: "I'm here."