I insist

Chapter 389: A Secret Meeting at a Teahouse

Seeing Tian Yumei lying on the bed, Song Miqiu couldn't bear to wake her and instead covered her with a blanket.

He checked Qiu Tianlei's condition again and touched his forehead; the fever had gone down.

Only then did Song Miqiu leave with peace of mind.

After arriving in the courtyard, he gave instructions to the maid.

"Go and brew this medicine again. After they wake up, let them eat something first, and then let Tianlei take the medicine."

The maid couldn't help but marvel at her master's medical skills; such an illness had been cured in just one day.

"Yes, madam."

Within a few days, Qiu Tianlei had fully recovered, including all the wounds on his body.

Tian Yumei also became happy.

Qiu Tianlei stretched his limbs in the yard, with Tian Yumei following closely behind, muttering to herself.

"Can you please pay attention? Don't run around like that. Did you hear what I said?"

Through the study window, Song Miqiu and Yu Huailin saw the two of them playing around and sighed at the peacefulness of life.

Song Miqiu pointed to the courtyard and said, "It's good to be young."

Yu Huailin put his arm around Song Miqiu's shoulder and replied, "I never said you were old. If you envy me, I can make you angry like Tianlei."

Song Miqiu glared at him but didn't say anything.

The two of them stood there quietly, spending the most leisurely time together.

The eldest son has fully recovered, and a new owner has been found to take over the stall. Now the eldest son can stay at home and peacefully accompany his wife and children.

Sometimes Song Miqiu even felt that Liu Xiaoyue's death had brought happiness to her son and daughter-in-law.

In the years that followed, Song Miqiu would burn paper money for Liu Xiaoyue during festivals, though she herself couldn't understand why she did so.

As time passed, progress gradually occurred on Huailin's side, and one day the old eunuch sent someone to deliver a message.

The letter stated that several high-ranking officials in the court already knew of Yu Huailin's existence and expressed their desire to support him.

Yu Huailin was overjoyed upon seeing the contents of the letter, but reading it ignited a fire within him.

The guards watched from the sidelines, completely bewildered.

"Master, why are you doing this?"

After watching the letter burn to ashes, Yu Huailin did not voice his thoughts.

"This is none of your business. Get out of here."

After the guards left, Yu Huailin stared blankly in the direction of Song Miqiu's room.

After spending these days with Song Miqiu, Huailin no longer knew what she was thinking. If she were to launch a revenge attack, would she ever be able to go back to this kind of life?

This was Yu Huailin's only worry at the time.

Distracted for a moment, Yu Huailin did not reply to the old eunuch, nor did he take any action.

In order to properly carry out his revenge plan, Yu Huailin still needs to do some things.

Only after dealing with Liuli properly and ensuring that Song Miqiu is free of trouble can Yu Huailin feel at ease.

After thinking about it all night, Yu Huailin took action as soon as it was light the next day.

Yu Huailin sent someone to deliver a message to Liuli, saying that he wanted to see her.

Liuli was in a daze at the old eunuch's mansion when she heard the news and could hardly believe it.

She immediately ran to the dressing table to get ready.

The old eunuch then came over and said, "Daughter, what's wrong? You're in such a good mood. I haven't seen you smile in so long."

Liuli blurted out without hesitation, "Yu Huailin has finally come to his senses and asked me out. Stepfather, which earring do you think looks good on me?"

The old lady overheard this and flew into a rage, but she couldn't bear to spoil Liuli's enjoyment.

“My daughter Yu Huailin is very perceptive and there’s no way she would suddenly become interested in you. I think we should test the waters first, shall we?”

The old eunuch had already thought things through before speaking, but he hadn't expected Liuli to react so strongly.

"No, stepfather, don't you know how I feel about Huailin? I've been waiting for this long, and now you're testing me? What if you lose interest after testing me?"

It's often said that women in love are immature, and it seems that this statement is absolutely true.

Seeing this, the old eunuch stopped saying anything that would upset Liuli.

"Since you insist on going, then go ahead."

As she left, she sighed, "If Yu Huailin uses you again this time, daughter, you should think it over carefully. I'm getting old and can't take care of you for the rest of your life."

Liuli didn't hear a word the old eunuch said.

After dressing up, she happily arrived at the place Yu Huailin had mentioned.

Looking up, I was surprised to find it was a teahouse.

Standing at the entrance of the teahouse, Liuli talked to herself.

"Yu Huailin, you really have no sense of romance. Your first date with her was in a teahouse, and there was absolutely no romance in it."

He mumbled something, but his body language betrayed him.

Upon arriving in the lobby, the waiter waved a towel and walked up to Liuli.

"Is this young lady here for tea?"

Liuli looked around with her eyes wide open; logically, Yu Huailin should have arrived first.

"I'm here to find someone, it's none of your business."

Seeing that this person was not easy to deal with, the waiter left to attend to other customers.

Liuli looked around and sure enough, she found Yu Huailin's figure in a corner on the second floor.

"The place they chose is quite secluded. Are they planning to do something to me in broad daylight?"

With a shy expression, Liuli went upstairs, clinging to a fantasy that would never happen.

Upon hearing the commotion, Yu Huailin looked behind him and knew that Liuli would arrive on time.

He then beckoned for Liuli to sit opposite him.

Liuli originally wanted to sit next to Yu Huailin so she could be closer to him, but unexpectedly she ended up sitting opposite him.

After sitting down, Liuli took the initiative.

"You didn't come just to drink tea, did you?"

Yu Huailin looked at the woman in front of him and tried his best to suppress his disgust.

How could that be?

First, a cup of tea was poured for Liuli.

"I wanted to show you some of the tea here."

The two are now testing each other, neither revealing their true intentions for coming to the appointment.

Yu Huailin couldn't help but blurt out, "That day when you rescued Qiu Tianlei, was it really to help him? Or did you have other motives?"

Liuli didn't expect that Yu Huailin would still be fixated on this issue after that day.

"So that's what you wanted to ask. I thought..."

Liuli was too embarrassed to finish her sentence halfway through.

Yu Huailin knew this but deliberately ignored her.

"What exactly are you thinking? Tell me, and I won't tell Song Miqiu."

Liuli thought for a moment, looked around, and suddenly lowered her voice considerably.

"If you want to know, you can't say it here. Come with me and I'll take you somewhere."

What Yu Huailin never expected was that Yan Yufan found out about his appointment with Liuli at the teahouse.

Even after Aunt Yu's birthday celebration, Yan Yufan had been intentionally or unintentionally following Yu Huailin.

The reasons for following Yu Huailin were twofold: firstly, he was unwilling to give up Song Miqiu to him; and secondly, he did not trust Yu Huailin's character and always felt that he was plotting something.

Sure enough, I witnessed this scene today.

However, Yan Yufan knew that Yu Huailin was highly skilled in martial arts and was afraid of being discovered, so he did not stay that close and could only find a corner on the first floor to watch from a distance.