A Brush with Fate Beyond Imagination

  An Yan hugged Pang Ya and followed behind Bai Ping and Liu Shi, walking on the street for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, before arriving outside Ming Yue Wine House. An Yan's eyes scanned the surroundings, familiarizing herself with the layout, then smiled at Liu Shi and Bai Ping, saying: "Big Brother-in-law, Big Sister-in-law, you two go ahead inside, I'll take Pang Ya for a stroll around the street."

  Liu listened and thought for a moment, also knowing that it was not quite suitable for An to take the chubby girl in. So she nodded in agreement. However, she couldn't help but remind her a few more times, "Chubby must listen to Auntie's words, got it?"

  "Okay, fatty is obedient."

  Fatong was now staring with a pair of shiny black eyes at the magnificent Mingyue Building, and suddenly hearing Mrs. Liu's words, he immediately nodded vigorously to show that he had taken it seriously.

  Liu looked at her daughter like this, couldn't help but laugh and scolded a sentence, stretched out her hand to gently tap on the small forehead of Pang Ya. While Pang Ya stretched out both hands, tightly hugging An Yan's neck, burying her own little head in An Yan's bosom.

  Liu then stopped teasing the fat servant girl and turned to An Yan, saying: "Jin Xiu, you should also be careful. This is Xin Zhu County, it's better to be cautious."

  An Yan knew that Tang Jin Xiu was previously arrogant and willful, so Liu Shi worried that she would cause trouble, and thus kindly reminded her. An Yan knew that Liu Shi had good intentions, and thus smiled and nodded in agreement.

  Liu's family looked at it with satisfaction and smiled, then suddenly stretched out his hand from his pocket and pulled out a string of copper coins, which were stuffed into An Yan's arms.

  "Take this copper money first, and later you can buy something you like. As for Pang Ya, just buying her a string of candied hawthorn will be fine."

  These copper coins were privately accumulated by Liu's family through odd jobs, but now they are taken out for An Yan and Pang Ya to use. The money is very little, but the thought is very heavy.

  An softly pushed the money back to Liu and said with a smile: "Sister, you'd better keep it. I have some silver of my own. Besides, sister, I'm a grown-up now, I shouldn't be taking your pocket money anymore."

  An's face suddenly appeared a serious expression, she knew that if she didn't toughen up, the two of them would probably end up performing a farce of push and pull outside Mingyue Wine House.

  Liu watched An Yan with a resolute expression and calmed down her mind, but in her heart, she valued An Yan even more.

  An softly said goodbye to the two of them with a wave of her hand, then turned around and walked away while hugging Pang Ya.

  After walking for a while, An Yan put down Pang Ya and instead held her hand tightly.

  Every time they walked to a small stall, An Yan would stop and wait for Pang Ya to finish looking before pulling her away. And Pang Ya was very well-behaved, every time she just looked and carefully touched with her hands, never asking to buy anything. An Yan still made an educated guess based on Pang Ya's expression and bought her a string of sugar gourds and a small pinwheel. The pinwheel looked simple, it was just a colored paper windmill attached to a wooden stick. When children blew hard at the windmill with their mouths, it would spin around with a whooshing sound.

  This thing, Anwen thinks it's just two words in her heart, that is simple. But the kids here seem to like it very much, even Chubby is. After buying it, they can't bear to let go of it, holding it tightly in their arms, occasionally blowing hard on it. Every time she sees the windmill blowing loudly, she will make a crisp and clear laughter like a silver bell.

  It's okay, although things are indeed simple, but since Chubby likes it, An Yan can only reluctantly find the windmill somewhat pleasing to the eye.

  However, looking at the windmill, An Yan was inspired and thought of modern waterwheels. She didn't have a grand vision, but just wanted to make life easier for the Bai family and make Pang Yu happy, so she wanted to build a waterwheel in the backyard or somewhere else. However, this matter would have to be carefully considered when there was more free time later. For now, it was time to continue accompanying the little one by her side and go shopping together.

  After chubby little friend got the pinwheel, looking at other things didn't feel as novel anymore.

  After strolling around the street for about an hour, Pangya was getting a bit tired and looked somewhat listless. An Yan looked at her and hugged her in his arms, thinking of finding a place to rest and have a drink. After walking around the street for half a day, he felt like his throat was going to smoke, feeling very uncomfortable. If he was already feeling this way, let alone little Pangya. But looking at Pangya being obedient without complaining about being tired, he felt a pang of tenderness in his heart.

  "What a coincidence, I ran into Tang Jinxiu again today. This Tang Jinxiu looks like she has some natural beauty to her. And carrying a little girl in her arms, with an expression full of maternal love, it's almost as if I don't recognize her."

  Li Yutong and Ruan Yuqing walked out of the wine tower and decided to take a look at the Xinzhu Book Academy, thinking that the journey was not far, so they went on foot. Who knew that after walking for only a few steps, they saw Tang Jinyu holding a little girl, walking towards them. Suddenly, Li Yutong's eyebrows rose, revealing a wicked smile. A pair of enchanting eyes seemed to be smiling but not quite, looking at Ruan Yuqing as if waiting for the next good show.

  Ruan Yuqing also saw Tang Jinxiu, and her beautiful sword-like eyebrows immediately furrowed tightly together. Her gaze was undisguisedly disgusting and hateful. The hand holding the fan handle tightened quietly, and her footsteps involuntarily paused, wanting to wait for Tang Jinxiu to come over and severely reprimand her.

  Although he really dislikes Tang Jinxiu, but unfortunately this Tang Jinxiu is Xue Er's sister, and he can't be too harsh on her, lest the kind-hearted Xue Er gets into trouble. As her brother-in-law, he also has a responsibility to properly warn Tang Jinxiu not to continue doing these useless things. He will never be able to look at her again, his eyes and heart will forever only have room for Xue Er, and he can only be her sister's husband.

  On this side, Ruan Yuqing had made preparations to scold Tang Jinxiu, and Li Yutong was also ready to watch a good show. On the other hand, An Yan, who was holding Hua Fei, was completely unaware that the two men on the other side had already imagined so much content. At this moment, she only thought about finding a teahouse to rest for a while, and when she saw a small teahouse not far away, her eyes lit up immediately, and her footsteps, holding Hua Fei, also quickened slightly, with a faint surprise on her face.

  Seeing her smile, Li Yutong's mindset of watching a good show became even more intense. Indeed, she was still as reckless as ever, this kind of surprise, she was actually eager to get in on the action.

  Ruan Yuqing's face was deathly pale, she had not expected Tang Jinxiu to be so shameless, and the warm and gentle eyes that were usually so pleasing to look at now revealed a thick layer of disgust and anger.

  An Wen was holding Bao Xia, completely unaware, and suddenly brushed past the two beauties under their strange gazes of varying degrees, rushing straight to the small tea house.