C30 It Could Only be Hers

Tao Xiyuan looked around her vegetable garden and counted the days. It was time to continue planting the vegetables on East Mountain. The restaurant business was booming recently, and if she didn't plant more, there would be a risk of a shortage of food.

Judging from the current production, there was already a shortage of food in the restaurant, and she couldn't shorten the growing time of the crops too short, or else it would arouse suspicion.

It seemed that she should continue to reclaim the land.

She did as she said. She held her breath and focused, and with the help of the power of the mountain god, she continued to expand the area of the vegetable garden.

As she was working hard, she suddenly heard a sound behind her.

She frowned. The villagers must have been scared out of their wits, so they wouldn't dare to come again. Who would it be?

For a moment, she was a little wary. She couldn't easily expose the fact that she had the power of the mountain god, or else she would be treated as a demon before she could even become an immortal.

She stared at the end of the road. A moment later, a familiar figure appeared in her sight. It was Soong Junlian.

"Why are you here?" She was a little surprised.

She hadn't seen him in the morning. He must have something to deal with, but she didn't expect him to come back so soon.

Soong Junlian rolled up his sleeves and walked over quickly. "I was thinking about you, so I came a little earlier. If I knew you were coming to East Mountain today, I would have come back earlier."

Tao Xiyuan's ears turned red. This sudden confession made her speechless.

She paused for a moment before saying, "Your highness, you always run back home without a reason. Aren't you afraid that people will gossip about you and say that you are greedy for beauty?"

Soong Junlian's obsidian-like eyes were filled with smiles. "How can I be greedy if I have this woman? If it wasn't for the fact that I still have important matters to attend to, I would have followed you around day and night."

Her sweet words were so good that no one knew how many girls she had flirted with. Tao Xiyuan glanced at him unhappily, "You are so talkative. If that really happens, I'm afraid you won't want to go home all day long."

A man was a liar. He had never heard of the saying that 'Distance makes the heart grow fonder'.

If they were to stay together all the time, they would probably quarrel a lot.

However, they had never really quarreled in the past few days.

Tao Xiyuan summarized it in her heart and finally attributed it to 'Distance'.

Soong Junlian looked at her furry little head and her slightly pouted little mouth. How could he not guess what she was thinking?

He laughed in his heart, but on the surface, he was serious. "In order to show my wife the truth, I will do my best to make it come earlier that day."

Tao Xiyuan could not help but shudder when she thought about the days where they would stare at each other. She felt as if her goosebumps were about to sprout.

She quickly threw the cloth bag containing the seeds on Soong Junlian's feet and said, "Alright, stop talking. You have to work when you come. Quickly plant them."

Soong Junlian did not say anything more, but the smile on his face became even more intense. He picked up the cloth bag on the ground and began to sow it in the ground.

However, before they finished, someone else came to East Mountain. Tao Xiyuan could not think of anyone else who would come, so she asked Soong Junlian, "The person you called over?"

Soong Junlian frowned and shook his head, "No."

Since Mu Chen had gone to do things for him, it was impossible for him to come back so quickly.

The people around them were busy and could not leave.

Tao Xiyuan immediately became vigilant. However, when she saw the person who came, she rolled her eyes at Soong Junlian, "It's not you, big head."

The person who came was Dongfang Ruo, Soong Junlian's cousin. She had liked him since he was young and stuck to him every day.

Before she married her, Soong Qing had intended to matchmake them. At that time, Dongfang Ruo was still young and Soong Qing had planned to get them engaged. However, Dongfang Ruo had disliked Soong Junlian because he was too poor and refused to marry him. Soong Junlian then married her, and the matter was resolved.

Originally, Soong Junlian had returned for a long time, and Dongfang Ruo should have come to find him. However, she had followed her father to go out a few days ago, and she should have returned by now.

Now that she had come back, it was likely that she had found out that Soong Junlian was no longer the same as before and had thoughts about him.

When she thought of this, Tao Xiyuan's heart felt inexplicably stifled.

"Junlian, why are you here? It is so hard for me to find you. I have been walking all the way here, and my feet hurt. Please help me take a look." When Dongfang Ruo saw Soong Junlian, she immediately ran towards him and complained.

She had not seen him for three years, but he was still as elegant as ever. Compared to before, he was more stable. Even when he was planting vegetables, he looked so good.

She was so obsessed with him that she couldn't help but feel remorseful.

If she knew how capable he was now, she wouldn't have given him to Tao Xiyuan, that village woman, three years ago!

Thinking about it, she looked at Tao Xiyuan with eyes full of jealousy and disgust.

What belonged to her, she would take it back sooner or later!

However, Soong Junlian didn't even look at her. He continued to plant the seeds and said indifferently, "If you have a problem, treat it. I'm not a doctor, I can't see it."

After saying that, he looked at Tao Xiyuan gently, "Be careful not to get tired."

Almost in an instant, Tao Xiyuan felt a few knives flying towards her back.

...

Damn it, Soong Junlian was trying to burn her body.

She turned around and glanced at him, "You just have to do your own thing." She would take care of the debts she had caused herself!

Dongfang Ruo looked at the two who were talking to each other. She was so angry that she clenched her handkerchief tightly, but she still looked weak on the surface.

She walked to Soong Junlian's side and said with a heartache, "Junlian, you are now a high-ranking official. Your status is very important. Such a rough job should be done by those country bumpkins. If you do it like this, you will hurt your body."

As she spoke, she glanced at Tao Xiyuan with disdain in her eyes.

Tao Xiyuan rolled her eyes and shook her head. Just as she was about to cut the white lotus, she heard Soong Junlian say, "No matter how important your status is, it is not even half as important as my wife."

"My wife's body is noble, and this kind of rough work should be done by my husband. But you, you have also read a few scriptures. How can you still speak like this? Don't make others laugh at you."

He naturally understood the meaning of Dongfang Ruo's words. His expression couldn't help but turn cold, and his tone was even more displeased.

Tao Xiyuan raised her eyebrows and looked at Soong Junlian in surprise.

She didn't expect this man to have such a clear mind and not be poisoned by the white lotus.

If it was any other straight man, he would have been taken away in a few words.

Not bad, not bad. Although she didn't have any thoughts about Soong Junlian now, they were still husband and wife in name. Her face had to be good enough. Seeing him tear the white lotus apart, she felt a little happy for him.

Of course, if she was happy, there would naturally be people who were angry.

"I didn't expect that Brother Junlian would be so heartbroken for his wife. It's really enviable." Dongfang Ruo gritted her teeth and forced a smile.

What did this Tao Xiyuan give Soong Junlian to make him protect her like this!

No, Soong Junlian could only be hers alone!