It was late.
Around one-thirty in the morning.
Li Qianfan, however, felt no hint of sleepiness, tossing and turning in bed.
After escorting Sister Wujiang to the airport, Li Qianfan went to be Su Nanyin's driver.
He thought that on the way back, Su Nanyin would have a heart-to-heart talk with him.
At least she would have told him that when the Su family needed her to take charge, she was recalled to Longxu overnight, right?
In fact, on the way to the airport, Li Qianfan had called Ziyu to ask what exactly had happened.
Ziyu told him, "I don't know either. I only know that Grandmother was very angry. Not only did she scold her father-in-law to the heavens, but she also kicked him."
When Empress Dowager Xiao was angry, even Ziyu dared not approach her.
This made Li Qianfan even more curious.
But on the way back, Su Nanyin kept looking out the window, treating him as air, and said nothing.
He couldn't ask too many questions, so he could only go home dejectedly.
After everyone had gone to rest.
Li Qianfan had thought that Shen Chongchong would quietly come to his room.
However, it was past midnight, and no one opened the door.
Li Qianfan sent her a message, but she didn't reply.
It seemed she had fallen asleep—
"Alas, what exactly happened?"
Li Qianfan really couldn't sleep. He turned over, sat up, and got out of bed, walking to the door.
Instead of tossing and turning here, he might as well take a walk in the courtyard, look up at the brilliant starry sky, breathe in the fresh air, and quietly feel the footsteps of spring approaching.
He quietly opened the door.
Creak—
At past one in the morning, the night was exceptionally quiet. Even the slightest sound would be amplified.
The small night light in the living room still emitted a soft glow.
But this soft light made the night appear even more silent.
Li Qianfan, afraid of startling others, tiptoed out and was about to slowly close his door when Su Nanyin's bedroom door also opened.
Su Nanyin, wearing a black cotton robe, also tiptoed out of her room.
She was about to close the door when she saw Li Qianfan.
Their eyes met—
In Su Maomao's bedroom.
Maomaochong bit her lip, staring intently at her phone screen.
She whispered, "I knew it. As soon as we all fell asleep, they would definitely sneak out for a rendezvous in the middle of the night! After all, they had made substantial progress last night at the corner!"
Neither Su Nanyin nor Li Qianfan expected that while they were at the airport sending Li Wujiang off, Maomaochong bit had quietly installed surveillance cameras in the living room.
Li Qianfan didn't know why Li Wujiang wanted to beat him up.
Let alone Maomaochong bit.
But they knew—
The relationship between the two had made substantial progress last night at the corner!
The Empress's bitten lip (she had bitten it herself while making a difficult decision) was the best proof.
Therefore.
Maomaochong bit immediately entered a love-struck state, convinced that a couple who had just tasted love would be "unable to sleep alone tonight," longing for another rendezvous; then, in the quiet of the night, they would agree to leave the backyard together; and in the warm spring, yet empty central courtyard living room, they would eagerly embrace.
It was good to have a big yard.
Indeed—
Maomaochong bit's six eyes watched the phone screen silently, not blinking.
On the screen.
The two people who quietly walked out of their bedrooms stared at each other for a moment, the woman quietly raised her hand and pointed outside.
She then wrapped her black robe tighter, put the hood on her head, and walked along the wall to the living room door, quietly opening it and going out.
The man glanced at Maomaochong bit's bedroom door, lowered his head, and quickly walked out.
Soon.
They walked out of the backyard one after another, disappearing around the corner of the central courtyard.
Yaoya spoke, "Should we also install surveillance in the central courtyard?"
Maomaochong together said, "Are you stupid?"
Yaoya was puzzled, "How am I stupid?"
Maomaochong again asked, "Do you really want to see them being intimate?"
Yaoya finally understood.
"It's late, let's go to sleep."
The pregnant Maomao yawned and lay down.
If it weren't for her severe drowsiness, she wouldn't want to sleep. She would definitely have a lively discussion with Chongchong and Yaoya about household matters.
Huhu—
Watching Su Maomao, who started snoring evenly as soon as she lay down, Yaoya pouted and quietly asked Chongchong, "Should we go listen at the door in the front?"
"Nonsense."
Chongchong rolled her eyes but asked, "Everything is as we wished. Yaoya, are you content?"
Yaoya said calmly, "As long as they both live long and healthy lives, I can do anything."
"Me too."
Chongchong lowered her head and fiddled with her white feet. "Moreover, we haven't harmed anyone's interests. Nor are we blabbing to the world."
"The most important thing is."
Yaoya looked up in the direction of the central courtyard. "Even if they didn't interact like this, their reputations were already ruined by the two major scandals. Our support from an objective standpoint is just taking advantage of the situation."
In the central courtyard living room.
The air still carried the aroma of strong liquor and the special scent of dumplings.
There was even a trace of almost imperceptible blood.
The night light was soft.
As Li Qianfan stood at the door and took out a cigarette, Uncle Kui, who was on night patrol, moved like a ghost, passing by silently from not far away.
Shen Congdao and Miao Hanyu, the new recruits from the Su family, could only patrol in the front courtyard.
If they dared to come to the central courtyard, Uncle Kui would break their legs without Su Nanyin saying a word!
Similarly.
When Uncle Kui was on duty at night, he would only patrol to the corner of the central courtyard and would never step into the backyard.
He clearly saw that the young lady and the son-in-law, dressed in their respective robes, arrived at the central courtyard living room one after another at almost two in the morning, but he acted as if he were blind, his patrol steps not pausing at all.
Don't look at what you shouldn't.
What shouldn't be said should remain buried forever!
This was precisely why Uncle Kui, Su Xin, and others were considered absolute confidantes by Su Nanyin.
Su Nanyin sat on the sofa, staring at the floor in a daze.
Li Qianfan stood at the door, silently smoking.
After finishing a cigarette—
"Come in."
Su Nanyin said in a lazy voice, stretched, and then lay down on the sofa. "I haven't slept well these past few days, my back and waist are aching."
Li Qianfan understood her unspoken meaning.
He walked in, closed the door, sat by the sofa, and began to give her a back massage.
So comfortable—
The woman grunted contentedly a few times, saying, "When Li Wujiang called Empress Dowager Xiao, she accidentally let something slip."
Her occasional grunts took a full half hour to recount everything Li Wujiang had told her.
Finally.
She added, "Before Li Wujiang got out of the car, she told me that it would be best if I prepared to commit suicide to ensure my innocence. Or be prepared to be taken to the basement, put in shackles, and kneel."
Li Qianfan gave a bitter smile.
No one told him—
How much psychological pressure Yang Xiao, who had activated her original 209 because she didn't want her beloved grandson to be mediocre, had endured during this period!
Li Qianfan could truly and more deeply understand.
As long as one could understand the pressure in Yang Xiao's heart, one could understand why she flew into such a rage upon hearing the secret of "Four Phoenixes Circling the Vermilion Bird."
Yang Xiao's rage.
It was actually a release of all the accumulated pressure in an instant.
"I'm even doubting now."
The woman turned and leaned sideways on the sofa, casually propping one foot on his chest. "Perhaps I don't need the 'Bi Yi Bird' at all, and can use the unique aura of the 'Four Phoenixes Circling the Vermilion Bird' formation to curb your aging."
Li Qianfan, being proactive, began to massage her feet.
He bent his index finger and pressed on the Yongquan acupoint, applying a little force.
The woman immediately trembled and let out a short gasp.
She quickly retracted her foot.
"Before you go to bed every night, ask Maomaochong to help you knead the Yongquan acupoint."
Li Qianfan said, "The more sore your area is, the more severe your insomnia will be."
The woman's eyes flickered. "From now on, you'll give me massages every night."
Li Qianfan immediately replied, "No."
"You ungrateful little brat!"
The woman gritted her teeth and pushed her foot over again. "Don't forget, the great Empress Su is your last line of defense for survival."
Tch—
Li Qianfan was about to open her foot when he grasped her heel and pressed his index finger on the Yongquan acupoint.
"What are you tutting about?"
The woman said, "Are you going to tell me that only Su Ziyu, who can be implanted with the 'Concentric Knot,' is your last guarantee?"
Huh!?
Li Qianfan was stunned for a moment and slowly raised his head.
"Last night, when you were on the phone with Su Ziyu at the corner, I was in the shadows about two meters behind you."
The woman closed her eyes and said dreamily, "I heard your conversation. I also heard you, with a sinister smile, praising Empress Su's face, waist, and hips. You were willing to use your life to protect her sanctity and inviolability."
Li Qianfan—
"I've changed my mind. If Su Ziyu can't save you."
Su Nanyin, quickly engulfed by waves of sleepiness, said softly before drifting sweetly to sleep, "I will save you."