Nie Yunzhu knew Yang Guo. When she saw him and several others quietly keeping watch around her, all the sourness and unhappiness she had felt vanished at once.
She glanced at Wang Yue from afar and happened to meet his questioning gaze. Like a little girl, she happily went off to play with Yuan Jin'er.
Su Tan'er wanted to grow closer to Wang Yue, so she had been paying close attention to what he did. Of course she saw him look into the distance.
She followed his gaze and saw Nie Yunzhu, who had just walked away. Though she felt a little uncomfortable, she still immediately asked, "Husband, do you want to go say hello?"
Hearing the heavy note of jealousy in her voice, Wang Yue knew better than to actually go. He had already made the arrangements, and Nie Yunzhu was smiling now, so he smiled and reassured Su Tan'er. "I came here today to keep you company. I'm not going anywhere."
Though Su Tan'er knew he was only saying it to placate her, she was still happy to hear it.
She had come out today without even bringing Chan'er, Juan'er, or Xing'er. If Wang Yue took her to meet someone else now, she would never speak to him again.
Satisfied with his answer, she took the prize for solving the lantern riddle from the shopkeeper and casually handed it to Wang Yue, saying with a touch of pride, "Your reward."
Wang Yue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but happily accepted the bamboo flute. He tucked it into his belt and said smugly, "Well? Isn't your husband handsome?"
Su Tan'er hadn't expected him to ask that. She hurriedly glanced around, afraid someone might have heard.
Just then, a scream rang out: "Aaah—!" It was a heart-rending cry