Inviting the Moon to the Farmhouse

Chapter 135 Xia Lanyue Makes Her Statement

What?! Marriage?! Xia Lanyue was completely shocked. What had she just said? How could Village Chief Zhao have arranged a marriage for her?

She couldn't care less about anything else and hurriedly looked at Dai You to the side. Dai You seemed to have lost his soul, as if he hadn't heard what Zhao Lizhang said. His face still had the same empty expression as before, and his face was still gloomy.

"Thank you for your help, Village Chief," Xia Yao bowed to Village Chief Zhao. He glanced at Xia Lanyue out of the corner of his eye and saw that she was still standing there in a daze. He reached out and pulled down Xia Lanyue's sleeve, indicating that she should thank Village Chief Zhao.

Xia Lanyue quickly made a curtsy gesture, "Thank you, Village Chief Zhao."

"Well, that's the end of it. You can all leave now," said Village Chief Zhao.

"Yes," Xia Yao replied with a bow.

Xia Lanyue looked at Dai You, unsure of what to say.

"Take Dai You back," Zhao, the village chief, instructed the village security guard standing nearby.

"Yes," Cunbao replied, walking to Dai You's side.

Dai You didn't look at Xia Lanyue, but followed the village guard towards the side house.

Xia Lanyue knew that Dai You must be very sad, but she couldn't explain anything to him right now.

Xia Yao, standing to one side, reminded Xia Lanyue, "We should go."

Xia Lanyue came to her senses and saw that the people around her had dispersed and Li Zhuang had also left with a flick of his sleeve. She nodded to Xia Yao and followed behind him out of the courtyard.

Xia Lanyue was very conflicted. Her mind was filled with the image of Dai You turning around just now. She was too worried. She stopped and said, "No, I have to go see him." After saying that, she turned around and walked back.

Xia Yao took a few quick steps to stop her, "If you go, what will you say to him?"

“It’s all a misunderstanding,” Xia Lanyue said anxiously.

"Do you want them to hear this? That you and I are fake? That we lied to everyone? That we want Chief Zhao to convict us?" Xia Yao said, frowning. "You can't go, at least not now."

"But you didn't see how upset Dai You was!" Xia Lanyue said anxiously.

Xia Yao frowned slightly, staring into Xia Lanyue's eyes with a questioning look, "What exactly is your relationship with him?"

Xia Lanyue was slightly taken aback, then took a half step back, avoiding his gaze, and simply replied, "Brother and sister."

Xia Yao was clearly dissatisfied with this answer. "Then what is he sad about?!"

“He… because he doesn’t like you and doesn’t agree with our relationship,” Xia Lanyue said, turning to Xia Yao. “I told him about how you and Acheng bullied me, and he was very angry.”

Xia Yao took a deep breath, "Then you can't go either."

Xia Lanyue tried to walk past him, but Xia Yao grabbed her arm and dragged her away.

"Let go," Xia Lanyue pried at his hand with all her might, but she was powerless to break free.

Xia Yao shook his head, "We're in this together now, I won't let you go."

And so, Xia Yao pulled Xia Lanyue to the edge of the market. As the crowd grew, Xia Yao released her arm and grabbed her hand.

"What are you doing?" Xia Lanyue trembled and tried to pull her hand back, but she was no match for his strength and couldn't pull it back at all.

“Our story will spread throughout the town tomorrow, so we need to put on a good show from now on,” Xia Yao said, pulling Xia Lanyue forward.

"What?!" Upon hearing this, Xia Lanyue tried even harder to pull her hand back.

Xia Yao stopped and looked at her. "Don't bother, it's useless."

Xia Lanyue had no choice but to try her best to keep a straight face so that passersby wouldn't notice anything wrong with them. She covered her mouth with her hand and whispered, "Acting is acting, but don't take advantage of me. Let go."

"No, if I let go of you, you'll run back. I'm not stupid."

Xia Lanyue took a deep breath and softened her tone, "Then I won't go back, let go of me."

Xia Yao looked at her and asked, "Really?"

Xia Lanyue nodded earnestly.

Xia Yao smiled, "But I still don't believe it."

Xia Lanyue gritted her teeth and said, "You! You shameless scoundrel."

Xia Lanyue sat in the Xia family courtyard with a gloomy expression, staring blankly at the setting sun.

She didn't know how Dai You had understood their meaning and even went along with saying those words, but she could tell he was truly hurt. All her previous explanations were for naught; Dai You probably wouldn't believe her anymore! Thinking of this, Xia Lanyue also felt sad.

At this moment, Xia Yao came over with a bowl of water and placed it on the table in front of her. "Have some water, your mouth is dry."

Xia Lanyue glanced at the bowl but didn't touch it.

"Are you still angry?" Xia Yao looked at her and said, "I was only doing that for your own good."

Xia Lanyue became even angrier upon hearing this, and sneered, "That sounds nice, but you're clearly doing it for yourself."

"We are in this together; if I am well, then you can be well."

"Don't talk like that. You are you, and I am me," Xia Lanyue said, looking at Xia Yao. "What are you going to do about what Village Chief Zhao mentioned?"

"What do you want me to do? How about eight grand sedan chairs?"

Xia Lanyue didn't mean it that way. She didn't expect Xia Yao to say that, and his sudden sincerity made her blush. She hurriedly looked away and said, "That's not what I meant." Xia Lanyue looked into the distance and said what she was thinking. "After Dai You comes out, I will leave the town with him. You should think about how to end this in advance."

Xia Yao was a little surprised, "You just left like that, abandoning me?"

"How can we manage it? We don't have the ability to manage it. Besides, my relationship with you was fake to begin with. I only said that today in a moment of panic to help you cover up for that woman. It's not true." Xia Lanyue lowered her head.

"Ah Yue has completely forgotten her kindness to me," Xia Yao said, feigning grievance.

"You... what nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever do anything to you..." Xia Lanyue paused, thinking of the fan.

Xia Yao smiled and said, "I've been so happy to see A-Yue again!"

Faced with Xia Yao's overtures, Xia Lanyue was taken aback. If she hadn't known about Xia Yao's affair and his collusion with A Cheng to harm her, she would have truly fallen for him. But now that she knew, she could no longer like him as before. "Since you have a woman you like, why don't you marry her?"

Xia Yao gave a self-deprecating smile, then looked at Xia Lanyue with a sincere expression, "I know you don't believe me, but my relationship with that woman really isn't that kind of relationship."

Xia Lanyue thought to herself, "He really knows how to argue." Looking at his expression, she didn't want to argue with him anymore.

After dinner, Xia Yao went to the west room when no one was in the courtyard.

Just then, Acheng was about to go to sleep when he saw Xia Yao arrive. He grinned and asked, "What's up, brother?"

"Acheng, tell me the truth, when you intercepted Dai Xiyue that day, did anything happen between you and her?"

Acheng was taken aback. "No, I explained it to you that day, really no." Acheng's eyes darted around, and his expression turned grim. "She knows that I was the one who was staking out her that day?"

Xia Yao nodded.

Acheng immediately lost his composure, "This woman, no, my sister-in-law, won't tell on me, will she? Ever since I found out you were interested in her, I've been avoiding her like the plague, you believe me."

Xia Yao fell silent after hearing what A-Cheng said.