Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside

On the carriage

Li Chuntao first questioned, "Xiaoxiao, tell me, did you deliberately make me fall behind yesterday?"

Yesterday Li Chuntao hadn’t realized it, but after a night’s sleep, even with her delayed reaction, she could tell something was off, especially since this morning, the Yang Family praised her for being great at guessing lantern riddles.

This means everyone was there, they were all present but said nothing, this was intentional.

And Alu, she even teamed up with the Yang Family, after questioning Xiaoxiao, Li Chuntao started questioning Alu, "Alu, you’re also in cahoots with them to fool me?"

"Miss, I, I..." Alu had no way to argue, and could only say, "I was wrong."

Xiaoxiao knew this couldn’t be hidden from Li Chuntao, so she said, "Chuntao, don’t blame Alu, I was the one who held her back from finding you. I was just thinking of creating an opportunity for you two. Last night at the lantern festival, you seemed to be having a great time, you were so impressive, guessing so many riddles and outshining all those scholars. You’ve become famous now, maybe even your school will become famous."

Alu also hurriedly agreed, "Yes, Miss, you’re amazing!"

Li Chuntao wasn’t focused on how amazing she was, but rather on how Xiaoxiao spoke so carelessly, now Alu must know everything.

Xiaoxiao noticed what Li Chuntao meant and directly said, "Alright, this can’t be hidden, everyone knows, and Alu isn’t an outsider. You’ve been close to her like one person over the past year."

Being told this, Li Chuntao didn’t say anything, but took the jade hairpin from her head and looked it over.

Seeing Li Chuntao like this, Xiaoxiao said, "That hairpin is indeed very beautiful, it must be worth a lot of silver."

Alu also chimed in, "Yes, Miss is truly amazing, even winning such a valuable item."

Li Chuntao wasn’t looking at the value of the hairpin, she was thinking about its relation to her, and after a moment, she said, "I didn’t even think about joining the event yesterday. You know, I’m not one to seek the limelight, but when it was mentioned that the hairpin was the prize, I felt like something flashed in my mind. It’s happened before, I thought maybe the hairpin was related to some past memory, so I joined. But now it seems like this hairpin doesn’t have much to do with me."

These words truly delighted Xiaoxiao, she hurriedly asked, "Chuntao, you said it’s happened before, when was that?"

Li Chuntao thought for a moment and said, "It was when you came to my house and said something about being truer than pearls, and also the time Yang Dong disrupted my matchmaking."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoxiao carefully recalled when she said truer than pearls, suddenly she seemed to remember something, she grabbed Li Chuntao’s hand and said excitedly, "Chuntao, maybe your memory is coming back."

"Hmm?"

Xiaoxiao continued, "I said those words to you on the day I returned home, I said if you slimmed down, I’d introduce you to my younger uncle, and you asked if I was serious. I said truer than pearls. And, and, about Yang Dong disrupting the matchmaking, he used the same trick you had used before, you must have found it familiar, maybe you’re about to remember."

"And this hairpin, even though it doesn’t have much to do with you, Yang Dong bought one for Yang Xiaocui before, maybe there’s an obsession deep inside you."