Early the next morning, as soon as I opened the courtyard gate, I saw a woman peeping from the wall.

When she saw me, she exposed her yellow teeth and viciously said, "Minglang gege is the man I like. How dare you, an ugly woman, try to steal him from me!"

"You must be Cuiya."

I smiled and walked towards her. She retreated one step cautiously.

"How do you, an ugly woman, know my name?"

Of course, I remembered Cuiya. In my previous life, when Xue Minglang and I had our wedding in the village, she rushed into the wedding venue with two kitchen knives, saying she wanted to kill me. I was nearly killed by those knives. It was the villagers who managed to control her in the end.

The villagers said she was foolish and crazy. They told me not to mind.

This incident left a deep shadow in my heart.

Treat the good with goodness, and the evil with evil.

I answered her, "Of course I know you. Xue Minglang always mentions you in front of me. He said he is working hard outside to come back and marry you."

She was puzzled, "Isn't he supposed to marry you? The village women all say that."

"They don't understand the situation and are just making things up. I am his colleague, here to do him a favor."

I took out a pen and paper from my bag, and wrote down the address of my rented house. I also wrote my cellphone number on her palm, "This is Xue Minglang's address. When you go to the city, find him. He will definitely be very touched. Here is my phone number, you can contact me if you have any difficulties."

I also gave her some money for travel expenses, "Consider this as my sponsorship."

She happily accepted the note and money, "I knew he wouldn't like an ugly woman like you. I am definitely going to marry Minglang gege..."

Just as she was speaking, a shout came from behind.

Xue Minglang quickly walked towards me. Seeing Cuiya's face turning ugly, he said to me, "What did you say to her? She is a well-known fool in the village."

"I think she seems normal."

"Minglang gege." Cuiya saw Xue Minglang, showed her yellow teeth, and reached out to pounce on him.

Xue Minglang stepped aside quickly. Cuiya had great strength, and actually shattered several bricks.

Xue Minglang angrily yelled in the local dialect, "Get lost, or I'll send a dog to bite you!"

After grumbling for a while, Cuiya walked away with grief.

"I'm going to cook. Is your mother allergic to anything?"

Xue Minglang thought for a moment and said, "She's tough and doesn't have any allergies. But one time, I brought some mangoes from the city for her to eat, and her whole body itched. She had to take Chinese medicine to cure it. She has only eaten mango once in her life. We can't buy that in the village."

I nodded and said that I needed some ingredients for cooking. I asked Xue Minglang and Lin Xiuyin to go to the fields and pick them.

I timed it just right for the bus departure time. I ran away without even grabbing my luggage while Xue Minglang and Lin Xiuyin were out.

I hopped on the bus and only felt relieved once the door closed and the bus started.

My phone rang, it was Xue Minglang calling. I ignored him for several times and eventually blocked his number.

After traveling on several buses and trains, I finally returned home.