Zhong Kai nodded repeatedly when he heard this. “Then let’s do it early tomorrow morning. You go prepare the medicine and bring it to me.

Tomorrow I’ll personally go find your sister. When the time comes, have your mom bring people over—you don’t need to go yourself.

Otherwise, it might raise suspicion. After all, we’ve been seeing each other for so long—someone might already know.”

Liu Jiaojiao felt that what Zhong Kai said made sense. “Alright, I understand.”

With that, she turned and went back home. After returning, she shared the plan she and Zhong Kai had come up with to Zhao Mei.

Zhao Mei clapped her hands. “Good! As expected of my daughter—so clever.”

Inside the room, Yun Xi listened to the laughter of the two outside and knew they were definitely up to no good.

Meanwhile, Zhong Kai wandered around near the Liu family’s house. When he saw Yun Xi come out, he quickly waved at her.

“Yun Xi.”

Yun Xi walked over when she heard him call. “Liu Jiaojiao went to find you?”

Zhong Kai nodded. “You’re really well-informed. This is what Liu Jiaojiao personally gave me just now—she said it’s medicine specifically to make sows go into heat.

I’ve already agreed with her. Tomorrow I’ll come find you, and you’ll take the medicine. Then I’ll take you up the mountain.”

Yun Xi chuckled. “Liu Jiaojiao is just like her mother—both stupid and vicious.

Alright, I’ll take the medicine. Tomorrow we’ll first…

When the time comes, I’ll bring Liu Jiaojiao to the back mountain.”

Zhong Kai nodded. Yun Xi turned and went back inside.

That evening, for once, there was meat for dinner. Yun Xi didn’t hold back—she scooped half a bowl of braised pork into her own bowl.

Liu Wei gritted his teeth. This little wretch was getting more and more disrespectful toward him as her father.

But when he thought of what Zhao Mei and Liu Jiaojiao had said, he couldn’t help but smile. He wanted to see how this rebellious girl would deal with things then.

After being sent to the countryside, she could just stay there forever! Don’t even think about coming back!

After dinner, Yun Xi went to bed early.

After all, there would be quite a show to watch the next day.

Early the next morning, Liu Jiaojiao went straight to Zhao Mei’s room. “Mom, I won’t go out today. When Zhong Kai brings that little wretch toward the back mountain, you estimate the timing and bring the neighbors to catch them in the act!

I won’t go. Zhong Kai is right—people might already know we’re dating. If I go along, it might arouse suspicion and cause trouble.”

Zhao Mei nodded. “Alright, I understand.”

The mother and daughter calculated the timing. They watched Yun Xi leave the house, run into Zhong Kai, and get fed the drink.

After Yun Xi drank it, Zhong Kai pulled her toward the mountain. The two of them were delighted.

Zhao Mei went to a neighbor’s house to sit and chat. When she figured the time was about right, she gathered the neighbors and headed up the mountain to look for Yun Xi.

Liu Jiaojiao returned to her room, happily imagining Yun Xi’s expression when she was caught by so many people.

Meanwhile, Yun Xi and Zhong Kai hadn’t gone far before, after seeing Zhao Mei go to the neighbor’s house, they turned around and went back to the Liu home.

Yun Xi struck Liu Jiaojiao on the back of the neck, knocking her unconscious. Then she forced the medicine down Liu Jiaojiao’s throat and dragged her to the back mountain.

Zhong Kai looked at Liu Jiaojiao—the girl he had long desired but never managed to go all the way with. He had treated her so well, yet she had set him up.

Since that was the case, he couldn’t be blamed.

Liu Jiaojiao soon woke up groggily, feeling unbearably hot all over. Seeing Zhong Kai in front of her, she was stunned.

“Why are you here?”

Zhong Kai rubbed his hands and grinned. “Why am I here? Of course, to have a proper discussion about our future life together.

We’ve been together for so long but never taken the final step. Today seems like a good day for it.

But after you marry me, you’d better not be so full of schemes like before.”

Liu Jiaojiao felt dizzy and couldn’t understand how things had turned into her being here with Zhong Kai.

Meanwhile, Zhao Mei felt the timing was right. She slapped her thigh and said to the neighbors, “Oh my, I don’t know where my daughter ran off to. She’s been missing since early this morning.

Sigh! I heard she might be seeing someone recently.”

The neighbors perked up immediately. “What? Your daughter has a boyfriend?”

One aunt waved her hand. “Liu Jiaojiao is about that age—it’s time for her to date and get married.”

But Zhao Mei shook her head. “I’m talking about Yun Xi. That girl said she was going up the mountain this morning.

I didn’t think much of it at first, but the more I think about it, the more it feels wrong. If she’s meeting a boy, why go up the mountain?”

Hearing this, everyone smelled gossip and couldn’t wait to rush up the mountain to see what was going on.

Zhao Mei hurried out. “Alright, I won’t talk anymore. I have to go see what Yun Xi is doing up there. I hope she hasn’t been tricked by some bad boy.”

Several women immediately followed behind her, muttering.

“Yun Xi is usually quiet and still young—she mustn’t be fooled by some smooth-talking punk.”

“Exactly. What if something happens? Let’s go take a look!”

But a few sharper ones felt Zhao Mei’s story didn’t quite add up.

When Zhao Mei and the group reached the mountain, they heard rustling sounds. As they got closer, they covered their eyes—but their fingers were spread wide.

Through the gaps, they saw scattered clothes on the ground and heard sounds behind a tree that made their faces flush.

Zhao Mei had no intention of letting the “little wretch” off easily.

She charged forward aggressively, while the neighbors eagerly followed—who would want to miss such a spectacle?

Two elderly women glared at their husbands. “What are you looking at? Go back home!”

But the old men ignored them—this was not something they wanted to miss. They pretended to be casual, but their eyes kept drifting toward the tree.

Zhao Mei grabbed Liu Jiaojiao’s messy hair and dragged her out from behind the tree, shouting, “Yun Xi, what are you doing?

You can’t ruin yourself like this! How am I supposed to explain this to your dead mother?”

At that moment, Yun Xi’s voice came from behind the crowd.

“Aunt Zhao, I’ve been at home the whole time. When I saw all of you rushing up the mountain, I thought something had happened. What’s going on?”

Hearing Yun Xi’s voice, Zhao Mei froze. It sounded like the girl was behind the group of women.

If Yun Xi was behind them, then who was in front of her?

The women all stepped aside, and Yun Xi casually walked forward.

She circled Zhao Mei and Liu Jiaojiao once, then said, “Aunt Zhao, this isn’t right, is it?

That’s clearly your daughter—how can you drag her out like that without caring about her dignity?

And you didn’t even look at her face before saying it was me?”