"I understand. From now on, I won't say another word about the Overlord and Miss Su Qiao's affairs, and I'll treat her with the utmost respect."
If Yuan Wu hadn't given him that explanation, he might not have understood.
For someone who was about to become one of their own—a subordinate of the Overlord's, or perhaps a pawn he was cultivating—he could afford to be casual.
But for someone who was about to become their Overlord's woman, he wouldn't dare say anything improper even if he had a hundred lives to gamble.
Only now did he realize why the Overlord had gotten angry when he said that Miss Su had fair skin that day.
It seemed the Overlord had already developed such intentions at that time.
Su Qiao carried the enormous wild boar openly through the village and returned to the Su residence.
Everyone who saw her along the way was left dumbfounded, rubbing their eyes and wondering if they were seeing things.
"What... What a huge pig."
Zhou Lihua had been squatting by the kitchen door, happily eating a corn bun. When she saw her daughter carrying in a wild boar, she sprang to her feet, her eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
Thud!
Su Qiao tossed the wild boar onto the stone paving beside the well.
She removed the Wood Chopping Knife from her waist and tossed it aside.
"Don't just stand there. Have you heated the water? I'm going to butcher this pig. We need to stew the meat quickly, or we won't have time to deliver lunch."
"Yes, yes, yes. Your mother has already heated a huge pot of water over the fire."
Zhou Lihua stuffed the half-eaten corn bun in her hand into her mouth, chewed it a few times, swallowed it, and