Chapter 148: I Bring Misfortune to Husbands!

Bai Yan nestled in Jiang Chengyan’s arms like a live rabbit, sniffing left and right. Jiang Chengyan wrapped his arms around her to keep her from moving about.

“Husband, you’re amazing,” Bai Yan murmured. “It seems like they’re planning to catch me.”

Jiang Chengyan responded with a hum, gently stroking her long hair in soothing strokes. His voice was calm yet deeply reassuring. “Since Jiang You has caused such a stir, it’s bound to affect us. But from today onward, there’s nothing to worry about.”

Jiang You had now cast a halo of fortune around Jiang Yuan. Given the court’s deep devotion to the path of longevity, they would certainly ignore any talk of a wife bringing bad luck to her husband.

So the little rabbit would remain safe and sound by his side.

“But what if I really am bad luck for my husband?” Bai Yan asked, resting against Jiang Chengyan’s chest, her small brows furrowed.

Instead of anger, Jiang Chengyan laughed softly. “Then you’re welcome to try.”

Seeing him smile like that, Bai Yan immediately shrank her head back. So scary...

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After Jiang You’s scandal broke out, the villagers initially felt nothing, for since Jiang Yuan was taken away, no news had come. Quietly, they whispered that Jiang You had sold his daughter, and had done so recklessly.

But just half a month later, someone actually arrived with silver coins.

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Bai Yan had been pulling vegetables in the garden when she heard the commotion. Like a rabbit, she darted back into the courtyard. Jiang Chengyan was standing there fixing something. Bai Yan nimbly climbed onto his back and craned her neck eagerly to look outside.

“What are you looking at?” Jiang Chengyan steadied her, helping her settle on his shoulders.

Bai Yan let out a soft hum. “I smell lots of silver.”

Those people must have brought Jiang You plenty of silver.

Seeing the little rabbit gazing longingly at others’ silver, a new idea sparked in Jiang Chengyan’s mind.

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The mysterious visitors had brought not only silver but also a deed to a fine estate in the county town.

Upon hearing the news, the villagers of Xitang all came to gawk.

Jiang You remained composed, greeting the crowd with a smile before quietly closing his courtyard gate.

“A lucky man, that Jiang You. He caught a venereal disease from Madam Qian but now, thanks to his daughter’s fortune, he’s cured. Is Jiang Yuan really that miraculous?” Aunt Wang asked curiously.

The village chief’s wife quickly covered Aunt Wang’s mouth to silence her. “Shh, didn’t you hear? These are people from the capital. If you say too much, what if you get taken away?”

Zhao Chujiu was among the onlookers. Though his face revealed nothing, he pursed his lips in disdain.

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Others might not know, but he certainly did.

Jiang You was like a snake that bites without warning.

After watching the scene for a while, he remembered Jiang Chengyan had matters to discuss with him and hastened toward the east end of the village.

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At the Jiang residence,

Bai Yan was fast asleep on the kang in the west room. In the east room, two men sat facing each other.

“Big brother, are you really going to destroy those thirty acres of land? That’s all your little sister-in-law’s hard work.” Zhao Chujiu still recalled Bai Yan digging in the earth back then.

“Yeah, slowly destroy it...” Jiang Chengyan replied.

He had to erase every trace of anything remarkable about Bai Yan, making her seem like an utterly ordinary person.