Warm medicine emits fragrance

Fan Liuer was exhausted. Li Chenbi had been tossing and turning her around for a long time, from the chair to the table, and finally to the bed.

Before Li Chenbi lifted her onto the table, she was already exhausted. She had to support herself to sit up and use her hands to shield herself.

Her face flushed red, and she glared at Li Chenbi, scolding, "What are you doing!"

Li Chenbi knelt in front of the table, head bowed.

Fan Liuer's eyes widened as she tried to stop him, but she couldn't. In the end, she collapsed onto the table, weakly cursing Li Chenbi.

"asshole."

Li Chenbi stood up and leaned down to look at her with a smile, "You're just saying that, you clearly like her a lot."

Fan Liuer got angry, "I don't like it!"

"Really?" Li Chenbi reached out and wiped the glistening moisture from the corner of his mouth.

Fan Liuer blushed completely and turned her head away, refusing to look at him again.

Li Chenbi's low laughter rang in my ears.

"I like it very much too."

When Fan Liuer woke up, it was completely dark outside; she had been awakened by hunger.

I didn't eat dinner and was tossed around for so long.

Li Chenbi was fast asleep, holding her close, with most of his body pressed against her, trapping her in his arms and preventing her from moving.

Fan Liuer slowly removed his hands from her chest, but before she could move, Li Chenbi woke up and pulled her into his arms again, burying his head in the crook of her neck. "Where are we going?"

I'm hungry.

After waiting a while and seeing no reaction from Li Chenbi, she turned to look at him and found that he had fallen asleep again.

Fan Liuer removed his hand, and this time he didn't react. She successfully got out of bed.

She almost lost her balance when she got out of bed, and couldn't help but want to curse Li Chenbi again, but she swallowed the words back down.

Well, she's quite comfortable with it, so she won't scold him anymore.

She got out of bed and ate some snacks. After she was full, she went back to bed and planned to continue sleeping.

Not long after she fell asleep, Li Chenbi woke up again and pulled her into his arms.

"Are you full?"

"Um."

"I'm hungry too, now it's my turn to eat."

"You... um..."

When Fan Liuer woke up again the next morning, Li Chenbi was no longer there.

She finished tidying up and opened the door, only to see Li Yuhe waiting outside.

When Li Yuhe saw her, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Auntie, you're finally awake. Hurry up and wash up and have something to eat. We have to go to Grandma's for class after we finish eating."

Fan Liuer had completely forgotten about this and hurriedly asked, "What time is it now?"

"It's almost noon now," Li Yuhe said.

Fan Liuer was startled; she hadn't expected to sleep for so long. "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"Your second uncle won't let me call you, but don't worry, he sent someone to inform Grandmother, so she won't say anything."

Fan Liuer finally breathed a sigh of relief, but she wasn't completely at ease.

After quickly washing up and eating a couple of bites to tide her over, she followed Li Yuhe to the west courtyard.

There were many people in the old lady's room, all of whom were unfamiliar faces that Fan Liuer had never seen before.

Upon seeing the two women, the old lady said nothing, but simply beckoned to them, "Come here."

Fan Liuer and Li Yuhe went over and stood beside the old lady.

The old lady pointed to the other people in the room and introduced them to the two of them one by one, "This is Manager Wang of the money shop."

"This is Manager Chen of the rice shop."

"This is Manager Zhang, who manages the land tenants."

After recognizing everyone, the old lady said to the others, "This is the future Madam Li, the mistress of the Li family."

Everyone stood up to greet Fan Liuer, "Greetings, Madam."

Fan Liuer had never seen such a scene before and felt a little uneasy. It was only after the old lady patted her on the back that she straightened up and forced a smile.

"I hope you will take good care of me in the future."

The old lady slowly withdrew her hand, seemingly satisfied with her reaction.

Because they had gotten up late that morning, the class didn't end until the afternoon. After seeing off all the managers and stewards, the old lady finally allowed Fan Liuer and Li Yuhe to leave.

Before leaving, her expression towards Fan Liuer was much kinder than yesterday, with a faint smile on her lips.

"You and Shenbi have a good relationship, so you should have a child for him as soon as possible. He's not young anymore. Others his age already have children running around."

Hearing this made Fan Liuer's heart tremble. She dared not explain and could only nod.

After leaving the west courtyard, Fan Liuer disregarded her worries and went out of the mansion to find Siqing.

She thought that she probably wouldn't be able to meet the old lady's expectations in this lifetime, so she had to work harder to take full control of the family property that Li Chenbi had given her.

At that time, even if the old lady was dissatisfied and wanted to replace her, she had the confidence to do so.

Fan Liuer wasn't very good at math; she couldn't process complex combinations of numbers.

But Siqing is quick-witted and has a talent for arithmetic.

She needs to train Siqing so she can help herself in the future.

When they arrived at Siqing's house, Siqing was delighted to see Fan Liuer when she opened the door. She quickly welcomed her inside, saying, "Sister Liuer, you've finally come! I was so bored staying at home all by myself."

Fan Liuer smiled and said, "Cherish the days you have now, or you'll be so busy you won't have time to breathe."

Siqing became interested. "What, have you changed your mind and want me back by your side?"

Fan Liuer nodded and then shook her head, "Yes and no."

"I do intend to have you work for me, but not as a maid; you'll be my steward. I plan to hire a tutor to teach you accounting and arithmetic. From now on, you'll work for me. What do you say?"

Siqing's eyes widened upon hearing this. "Manager? Me?"

"Yes, it's you," Fan Liuer affirmed.

Siqing stood up excitedly, paced around the room twice, and then returned to Fan Liuer's side, laughing, "This is truly a case of 'when one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven,' I've actually become a manager too."

After saying that, she immediately declared to Fan Liuer, "Sister Liuer...no! Madam, please rest assured, I promise I will study hard and become your right-hand woman, always ready to follow your lead!"

Fan Liuer chuckled, "You get into character pretty quickly, you're already dressed up?"

Siqing chuckled, "Let's get used to it in advance."

"Alright, I'll arrange for someone to come over tomorrow. Study hard, I'm very strict!"

After leaving Siqing's house, Fan Liuer went to the study and bought some books.

She was different from Li Yuhe, who had been raised as the matriarch of the household since childhood and understood things easily through constant exposure. But she was different; she didn't understand much of what was being said today.

Not wanting to be looked down upon by the old lady, she decided to secretly take extra supplements.

When Li Chenbi returned, Fan Liuer was still engrossed in her book.

She was even more confused by the contents of these books than by the lectures she attended during the day, and she didn't even know that Li Chenbi had returned.

Li Chenbi walked behind her and looked down at the book in her hand.

"What are you looking at so intently?"

Fan Liuer looked up and met Li Chenbi's gaze, her face filled with pain and despair.

"Li Chenbi, tell the kitchen to stew more pig brains for me tomorrow. I think I need to replenish my brainpower."