Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside

Alu, standing by the side, seemed to have caught on and quickly chimed in, "Miss, about the hairpin, I know."

Li Chuntao looked at Alu with confusion, "You know?"

Alu nodded, "Yes, I know. Back then, after you returned home from Yang Village, you were in a bad mood, so the madam said you should take a break and had the third young master take you to town. I also went along at that time. The madam told you to buy a hairpin, and when we went to the Silver Pavilion, although I waited in the carriage and didn’t go inside, I saw Ms. Yang’s uncle come out from it. You two must have met there. Maybe the key wasn’t the hairpin, but that you both met because of buying the hairpin. So, Miss, that’s why you reacted."

Li Chuntao looked at Xiaoxiao and Alu with perplexed eyes. Is it true? Could she be regaining her memory?

"Chuntao, are you still taking Xue Divine Doctor’s medicine?" Xiaoxiao asked.

Li Chuntao nodded, "Yes, I am."

"Then you should keep taking it. I think it might be working." The more Xiaoxiao thought about it, the more she believed Li Chuntao was regaining her memory. She continued, "Maybe if you keep interacting with my uncle, your memory will return, or you might encounter something that feels familiar. Who knows, you might remember something then?"

Li Chuntao remained silent, pondering whether she had the courage to continue interacting with Yang Dong.

After all, last night, they kissed.

And Yang Dong even confessed his feelings to her.

She thought, in the short term, she didn’t have the courage to interact with him.

"I’ll think about it."

Li Chuntao’s response made Xiaoxiao increasingly suspect there was something between them. They had such a pleasant atmosphere during the lantern festival last night; could it be they got scared afterward by the robbery?

"Chuntao, what happened after you both left last night? How did you encounter a robbery?"

The more Xiaoxiao thought about it, the less sense it made—there were people around on the way to the shop, how did they end up encountering a robbery?

Were the robbers that brazen, robbing them directly?

At the mention of this, Li Chuntao felt uneasy, especially thinking of the things Yang Dong said, and how they kissed. Her cheeks burned, but she quickly masked it, "Nothing happened. Didn’t we get a jade hairpin at the lantern festival? Someone targeted us for it."

Li Chuntao then mumbled, "I don’t know what he was thinking. They just wanted the jade hairpin; just giving it to them would have been fine. But he insisted on fighting, and it ended up like that. Later, I had to find someone to come over; otherwise, who knows what might have happened to him."

Xiaoxiao hadn’t expected this outcome. She hadn’t thought about it, only considering giving them space, forgetting that with so many people at the lantern festival and winning such a valuable item, they could be targeted. Luckily, nothing serious happened; otherwise, it would be hard to explain to the Li Family.

"Chuntao, you might not realize it, but that’s because it’s a symbol that you two are a pair, so my uncle didn’t want to give it up."

With that, Li Chuntao’s face turned even redder, feeling extremely shy. Even though she had thought about it, she still felt that staying alive was more important. What use does it have if you’re dead?

"Stop talking about it."

Seeing Li Chuntao’s shyness, Xiaoxiao didn’t press further and instead asked, "Chuntao, when are you returning to the academy? They’ve admitted quite a few students now, and the small courtyard is almost full."