"Trouble’s erupted again..." Li Jiaya spoke without reservation, so engrossed that she didn’t even notice Gu Qingheng. She practically raced over, her face brimming with excitement as she looked at Yang Ruxin and Sanni, delighting in the misfortune that almost spilled from her eyes.
Yang Ruxin watched the pair, their enthusiasm so palpable she felt like laughing.
"What happened?" Sanni’s eyes sparkled with curiosity.
"Let me tell you, it’s about Ma Doggy," said Li Jiaya, her face full of intrigue.
"Ma Doggy?" Yang Ruxin frowned, momentarily unable to recall who that was.
"Ah, you know, Tian Jinhua’s son," Sanni interjected with an explanation.
"What happened to him?" Sanni was getting impatient.
"Just yesterday, Ma Doggy went to the neighboring village to steal chickens, but he got caught. While running away, he fell into a ditch. There were some sawed-off tree branches in that ditch..." Li Jiaya paused there, then made a strange face, "and then he got injured..."
Seeing Li Jiaya’s expression, Yang Ruxin couldn’t help but laugh, "It wasn’t in an unfortunate place, was it? His eggs got shattered?"
Gu Qingheng furrowed his brow, thinking how careless this girl’s speech was. Too direct. He would have to teach her to be more mindful with her words in the future—she shouldn’t speak so crudely, saying ’eggs’. Maybe say something like a ’root injury’... Okay, maybe that wasn’t much better. He’d have to think of something else...
"Sister Xinxin, are you that perceptive? You guessed right?" Li Jiaya eagerly leaned in, "Indeed, it was that part of a man that got hurt... My dad was called over in the middle of the night. Turns out, the eggs were indeed shattered... My dad couldn’t treat it, so they went to town together, and even Doctor Wang said he couldn’t do anything. They just got back..."
The corners of Yang Ruxin’s mouth twitched, "And you two ran over first thing in the morning to tell me this?" Was she really that much of a gossip?
Okay, in fairness, she was sometimes quite the gossip.
"We wanted to invite you to join the spectacle," said Guan Qingyue with a mischievous grin, "No sooner had they returned, than Tian Jinhua went over to the Wang Family..." She let out a cold laugh, "She used to look down on Wang Baozhu, but now she’s off to propose a match so eagerly..." Isn’t she a bit too hasty?
Yang Ruxin’s brow furrowed again, but then she had an epiphany, "Wang Baozhu?" If Ma Doggy’s eggs were indeed shattered, then the Ma Family would be without an heir, but Wang Baozhu had Ma Doggy’s seed in her belly, and by now, it must be about four or five months along? But then... she glanced at Guan Qingyue, "You..."
"None of the Wangs are good people; the more trouble they have, the happier I get," Guan Qingyue bit her lip lightly, "I know it’s wrong to think like this, but..."
"Nothing’s wrong with that." Yang Ruxin smiled, "Revenge for wrongs, gratitude for kindnesses, there’s nothing bad about that..." Which girl wouldn’t feel aggrieved after being insulted like that? If it were her, she probably would have slaughtered Wang Wu by now.
Guan Qingyue smiled. The more time she spent with Yang Ruxin, the more she liked her straightforward nature; she was not at all pretentious, very comfortable to be around. Moreover, her way of thinking was unlike others—an unfettered ease that Guan Qingyue had always longed for.
"Are you going?" Li Jiaya couldn’t wait any longer.
"Of course!" Sanni nodded eagerly.
"You go ahead," Yang Ruxin shook her head, "Come back and tell me about it later, and I’ll make something delicious to treat you at noon."
"Sounds good." The group, hearing this, hurriedly joined hands and ran towards the village, as if afraid the excitement might end if they were too slow.