Warm medicine emits fragrance

Li Chenbi stormed back to the North Courtyard, and on the way he made up his mind that he would definitely remove all the heaters from Fan Liuer's room!

Let's see how she manages to endure this. Then she'll know that Fan Liuer can't live without Li Chenbi at all.

However, when he arrived at Fan Liuer's house and saw the tightly closed door, he remained motionless for a long time.

Li Qiuping, who was following behind him, was puzzled. After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively asked, "Sir, shall we go in?"

He stretched out his hand, waiting for Li Chenbi to speak. As soon as Li Chenbi spoke, he would knock on the door immediately.

After waiting for a long time, they didn't receive any instructions from Li Chenbi, but only saw his back as he turned and went upstairs.

Li Chenbi felt that he had really fallen into Fan Liuer's trap. He was so angry, yet he couldn't bear to see her suffer even the slightest bit.

He hadn't seen Fan Liuer for three days. Just now, standing at Fan Liuer's door, his thoughts weren't on having someone kick down the door and remove the heater from her room, but rather on going in, lying down on the bed, and holding her for a good night's sleep.

But when he thought of Fan Liuer's carefree attitude, he couldn't bring himself to do it.

Fortunately, he had thought that he and Fan Liuer were a match made in heaven, and that the heavens had taken pity on him and sent him this holy medicine so that they could not bear to see him suffer any more.

Ah!

Is this a miracle cure?

It's clearly poison!

Even if he wasn't poisoned to death, he would eventually be driven to his death by Fan Liuer.

Back in his bedroom, which he hadn't been to much since winter began, he found everything about it displeasing.

He slumped into a chair, his sleeves fluttering, and said impatiently, "It's so hot, bring me some ice."

Li Qiuping could see clearly that his master wasn't feeling hot; he was clearly furious.

These past few days have been difficult for Li Chenbi, and he has been having a hard time as well. He has to be on guard against Li Chenbi losing his temper at all times. For the past three days, Li Chenbi has been like a firecracker, and he will be punished for the slightest thing that does not go his way.

For the sake of his own peace of mind, he dared to speak up: "Sir, if you ask me, you shouldn't hold a grudge against Madam Fan. People always say that women need to be coaxed and pampered."

Li Chenbi sneered, "Haven't I spoiled her enough? She's just a heartless, ungrateful wretch!"

Li Chenbi, who had been holding back his resentment for several days, finally found an outlet and poured it out to Li Qiuping.

"Tell me, where else could she find someone who spoils her like this?"

Li Qiuping immediately nodded, "Yes, yes, yes, where in the world can you find a man as good as you? You couldn't find one even with a lantern."

"If you ask me, that Lady Fan is just too ungrateful, she..."

Before he could finish speaking, he received a cold glare from Li Chenbi.

Li Qiuping coughed softly, then immediately changed his tune, "That Lady Fan is just too inflexible, she's too stubborn..." Receiving a look from Li Chenbi, Li Qiuping quickly changed his words, "Um...stupid...uh...stubborn! Yes, she's just too stubborn!"

After saying that, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself: It seems that only I can speak ill of Madam Fan; no one else is allowed to say anything.

Li Chenbi scoffed again, "She's just a stubborn mule who doesn't know what's good for her!"

Having learned from past mistakes, Li Qiuping dared not agree and could only listen silently to Li Chenbi's complaints.

Li Chenbi complained a couple of times, but received no response from Li Qiuping, so he became dissatisfied again.

"What are you standing there like a block of wood for? Are you mute?"

Li Qiuping now felt he was the most wronged one. He said with a bitter face, "Sir, please don't make things difficult for me. How about this, if you can't bring yourself to go to Madam Fan, I'll go and pass on your message, okay?"

Li Chenbi glared at him, "What's the difference between you going and me going? She's not stupid."

After saying that, she added with a self-complaint, "She looks simple-minded, but she's the most cunning one!"

Sometimes he really wanted to knock her head open to see what she was thinking.

Li Qiuping already had a plan in mind. He said in a flattering tone, "I just won't let Madam Fan know that this was your instruction."

"Tomorrow I will go to Lady Fan and complain that you have been in a bad mood these past few days, and that it is not easy for us servants to have a good time."

"Madam Fan is the most soft-hearted. I'll beg her to come to you. That way, you'll save face, and Madam Fan will save face too."

"Is this acceptable to you?"

This time, Li Chenbi neither immediately refused nor agreed.

He still felt somewhat uneasy.

He wanted Fan Liuer to come to him on her own, so that it would show that she cared about him, instead of having someone beg her to come.

but...

That heartless little thing, if he doesn't go looking for her, who knows when she'll remember him.

He slept alone for three days, and not a single night was a good night's sleep.

Seeing that he didn't directly refuse, Li Qiuping knew there was hope, so she immediately pressed her advantage, "Sir, we adults are magnanimous, why bother arguing with a woman about these things? You're a man, it's not shameful to back down. When the old master was alive, wasn't he also kept in check by the old lady?"

"Look at my parents. My father is the steward of the mansion in front of outsiders. The servants in the mansion, apart from their masters, are most afraid of my father. But my father is a henpecked husband in front of my mother. He wouldn't dare to go west if my mother told him to go east."

Li Chenbi really didn't know about this. Butler Li always boasted that he was the one who made the decisions at home.

"Really?" he asked, his eyes filled with doubt.

"I wouldn't dare lie to you, he's just trying to save face by bragging outside. Last night, my mother kicked him off the bed for secretly hiding some money from him."

Hearing this, Li Chenbi felt a little better.

Although Fan Liuer didn't care much about him, she at least didn't dare to kick him off the bed.

Li Qiuping observed his expression and, seeing that it was softening, pressed her advantage, "Actually, all married men are like this. Manager Wang of our bank is notoriously afraid of his wife. I heard he even washes his wife's feet at home."

"And then there's Mr. Yang, the owner of the East City Restaurant. Just because he couldn't tutor his son properly, his wife chased him from the backyard to the front yard with a kitchen knife. He fell down and that's how he got the scar on his forehead."

"Oh, I remember now. Do you remember that Western merchant from overseas? He was missing a front tooth, wasn't he? Last time he was drunk, he secretly told me that he broke it when his wife punched him in the face during a fight at home."

As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed, "You see, whether it's our Great Yan Dynasty or those Westerners, no matter how powerful they are outside, they're all the same at home."

As he spoke, he added with a sigh, "Compared to this, our Lady Fan is simply too gentle."

Li Chenbi finally nodded in agreement with Li Qiuping's words.

In comparison, he felt that Fan Liuer was both obedient and docile.

He's much better than those people.