Sweet Rustic Love: Four Brothers’ Wife

She glared at Ye Mo as she said so.

Ye Mo stared at both Little Tian and Wang Xiangyun as he listened to the accusation.

He walked into the other person because he was not paying attention to where he was going. He did not need Little Tian reminding him to apologize. “I’m sorry,” he said.

He bore no expression on his face, not a bit surprised to see that he’d stumbled upon a beautiful maiden.

Wang Xiangyun was a real beauty indeed but, to him, he would only have room for Liu Duo, the fairest one of all!

Of course, the same went for his three brothers. No other women could compare to their wife, Liu Duo, no matter how beautiful they were. In their eyes, those women were nothing more than grains of sand.

At that moment, Wang Xiangyun removed herself from her thoughts and turned her attention to Ye Mo, who had apologized first. “No matter, I almost walked into you too. Sorry.”

She had originally thought that, in this small town, Ye Ling was already considered quite good-looking. And here she was, face to face with another handsome man whose appearance was pretty much on par with him!

Was this land famous for producing handsome men?

Ye Mo looked at her again but did not continue talking. He lifted his foot, preparing to march on, when Little Tian spoke. “Miss, look at him! He’s the one who walked into you and yet he’s so smug about it! Why are you apologizing?”

Ye Mo eyed her once but went on his way. He still had errands to run and could not bother having a debate with them about attitude.

“Little Tian, watch your words!” Wang Xiangyun disagreed with her. She glanced over at Ye Mo who was leaving. “It’s true he almost walked into me, and I wasn’t watching where I was going either, so I can’t blame him. Perhaps that’s how the man has always been. He’s probably not being smug on purpose.”

They walked in the same direction Ye Mo had been headed. It was about time they returned to the tailor shop.

Little Tian listened to her lady. Despite holding different opinions, she forwent the debate and followed Wang Xiangyun.

Ye Mo arrived at the tailor shop entrance and wavered, indecisive about going in. He had not sorted out the reason he came for the portraits.

“Ye Mo, why are you wandering over here? Have you come to get some new clothes or fabric for Little Duo?” Qin Fang popped out from the shop. She was about to head over to their branch in the neighboring town.

Ye Mo greeted her politely. “Miss Fang,” he said, peering into the shop, “no, I didn’t come for that. Is Mr. Dongfang here?”

“Yes, he is. Are you looking for him? I can bring you to his room,” she replied zealously.

Ye Mo quickly shook his head when she offered. He stiffened a bit and said, “No, nothing, I’m just asking.”

Right then, Wang Xiangyun and Little Duo came to the shop and overheard their conversation. The lady cut in, “Are you looking for Brother Ming?”

She found it odd that Ye Mo was acquainted with Dongfang Ming.

“Miss Wang.” Qin Fang greeted her with a smile. Wang Xiangyun was also staying at the loft behind their shop. Qin Fang could guess what the relationship was between the lady and Dongfang Ming.

Wang Xiangyun also nodded politely in return.

Qin Fang had an errand to run, so she said to Ye Mo, “Ye Mo, if there’s nothing else, I shall take my leave then. I have other business to attend to.”

“Alright, go ahead, Miss Fang. It’s about time I head back too.” Ye Mo could not think of a good excuse to retrieve the portraits. He decided not to linger.

They exchanged a few more words before Qin Fang left.

Ye Mo was about to take off too when Wang Xiangyun promptly blocked his way.

Chapter 728.1: I Shall Not Answer That!

Ye Mo glowered at the beautiful woman in front of him. “Miss, what’s this supposed to mean?”

He frowned in displeasure, not sure why a stranger wanted to stop him from leaving.

“Is Ye your last name? Then surely you know Ye Ling?” Wang Xiangyun gave no reply, but instead put forward a question.

She’d overheard the conversation between Qin Fang and him, and presumed that he could be Ye Ling’s brother. That would mean he was one of Liu Duo’s husbands.

She made that guess on account of how Ye Mo looked so similar to Ye Ling.

They were brothers, after all, so they had to look alike. But Ye Liu and Ye Mo shared the most likenesses.

Little Tian noticed Ye Mo frowning impatiently. She did not have a good impression of him.

Being questioned like that, Ye Mo wondered, how does this woman know Ling’s name? When was Ling acquainted to her?

“I shall not answer that!” Ye Mo simply replied.

He would not give in to a stranger’s request so easily.

He moved around Wang Xiangyun and went on his way. He had to meet up with Ye Liu and return home. It was almost time for lunch.

Little Tian blocked him again after hearing his mean statement. “Hey, my lady just asked you whether you know Mister Ye. If you do, you do. If you don’t, you don’t. Why must you speak to her like that?”

Ye Mo might be handsome, but she would not approve of anyone who was unfriendly towards Wang Xiangyun.

Eyeing the servant girl, who at this point seemed to be making a big deal about the woman’s status and identity, Ye Mo said pretentiously, “Who are you, exactly? Why do I have to answer to you? Shame on you for blocking my way, you dishonorable woman!”

He hated the kind of people who looked down on others.

“Y-You…” Little Tian furrowed her brows, not expecting that from Ye Mo.

“What about me? Get out of my way.” Ye Mo did not want to waste his breath on her. Once again, he walked around Little Tian and resumed his original route.

Little Tian, having been rejected, could only complain to Wang Xiangyun, “Miss, did you see how terrible he was? How dare he speak to us like that!”

Wang Xiangyun frowned angrily as well as she watched him leave. She had been told twice in one day what a shameless woman she was, so it was natural for her to feel angry and hurt. “Little Tian, when Miss Fang returns, ask her who that man is. I’m heading back inside.”

She turned away and entered the shop.

“Alright, got it.” Little Tian nodded, while wondering, hmmph, don’t think we can’t find out on our own!

By the time Ye Mo reached the spot where the bullock-cart was waiting, Ye Liu jokingly asked him, “Hey, Mo, where are the portraits? Why did you come back empty-handed?”

Li Wazi also said in a quieter voice, “It’s exactly as Liu predicted. Mo wasn’t able to retrieve the portraits.”

Ye Mo refused to back down, despite the awkward situation. “Er, I didn’t get to meet with Mr. Dongfang. He must have been busy,” he said. He boarded the bullock-cart and changed the topic. “Oh, I also met a rich lady who asked me if I know Ling. Liu, Li Wazi, how do you think Ling met this woman? She had a servant girl with her.”

Ye Liu knew that Ye Mo had changed the topic on purpose, but he did not tease him for that.

He exchanged glances with Li Wazi. “We’ll have to ask Ling then. The three of us are always spending time together. If you don’t know, then there’s no way we would.”

Chapter 728.2: Leave Ye Mo To Deal With This!

After that, Ye Liu directed the bullock-cart back to the village. They would resume their purchase of tomatoes after lunch.

At home…

Liu Duo sat in her rocking chair, leisurely playing with Bai Xiaojiao. Occasionally, she would steal glances at her handsome husband, Ye Ling, who was revising their accounts not far away. It was certainly a picture of bliss.

“Ling, how heavy do you think Xiaojiao is right now?” she asked him.

It had been a few months since they got Bai Xiaojiao home, and it had since grown from a barely weaned kitten to a fat, fluffy cat.

Ye Ling glanced over at Bai Xiaojiao and smiled. “I’m guessing it should be about three jin or four. Why don’t we give it a weigh?”

“Sure.” Liu Duo nodded and carried the cat over to Ye Ling.

And then, the two began to measure Bai Xiaojiao’s weight.

They placed the cat in the bamboo basket, but it started to mew out of nervousness when it could no longer feel the stability of the ground.

Hei Xiaomeng came running at the sound of the purring. It looked at the cat and barked a few times, as if taunting him.

“Don’t be afraid, Xiaojiao, we’re just weighing you a bit. Be good,” Ye Ling softly comforted it.

Liu Duo consoled the cat too, but it eventually got frightened by Hei Xiaomeng’s barking, leaped out of the basket and scurried away.

The affair escalated into a giant chase between cat and dog.

“Xiaomeng, don’t run after Xiaojiao!” Liu Duo smacked herself on the forehead helplessly. Their efforts to weigh Bai Xiaojiao had gone to waste.

“We’re back.” Right then, Ye Liu slowly brought the bullock-cart into the yard.

Ye Ling looked over at them. “Liu, why are you guys back so early today?”

He headed to the yard, ready to help unload the freshly purchased tomatoes.

Ye Liu snickered and peered at Ye Mo, not saying a word. His younger brother should be the one to answer this.

He took a trip to town, which meant they had lesser time than usual to get tomatoes.

Liu Duo got to the yard too and noticed the amount of tomatoes on the cart was far fewer than what they’d gotten in the past few days.

Ye Mo gazed at Liu Duo, clearing his throat to say something. But Liu Duo spoke first. “We’ll take what we have. You guys can go again in the afternoon.”

It was fair for the size of their collection to differ each time. It could not possibly be always fruitful.

Ye Mo quickly concurred. “Yes, we didn’t get much in the morning. We’ll go later.”

Yet, Li Wazi chose this time to talk. “Actually we went to town just now, that’s why we could only get so little.”

Went to town?

Liu Duo and Ye Ling got suspicious. Why did they go to town? They did not lack anything at home, and they had not loaded any tomato sauce onto the bullock-cart when they set off in the morning.

Ye Liu could not resist a laugh, but he did not intend to explain. Instead, he went to park the bullock-cart before unloading their stash.

He would leave Ye Mo to deal with this!

Frustration brewed within Ye Mo once Li Wazi spilled the beans. Why did he have to bring this up?

He did not want Liu Duo to think that he was being lazy. Worse, he did not want her to know that he went to town to get the portraits.

Yet Li Wazi was purely thinking that there should be nothing wrong with reporting their whereabouts to Liu Duo.

“Brother Li, why did you guys go to town?” Ye Ling curiously asked.

Ye Mo, worried that Li Wazi would blurt out the truth, answered before his friend could.