Back To The 90s: The Resilient Daughter-In-Law
Chapter 1222 - 1241: Narrow Victory

Chapter 1222: Chapter 1241: Narrow Victory

Footsteps were drawing nearer, and just when a collision seemed imminent, Zhuanzhuan suddenly made her move. The girl pressed her callused hand forcefully onto Leng Ran’s shoulder, her strength so great that Leng Ran was utterly helpless, feeling a faint pain transmitting from her shoulder, even making her think she was restrained by a burly man.

The three of them suddenly stopped in their tracks.

Shi Cin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Although his heart had settled back down, he didn’t feel relieved inside.

He knew, in this confrontation, Leng Ran had lost.

Leng Ran’s fearlessness was commendable, yet in front of Jiang Zhuanzhuan, who handled it with ease, she was clearly outmatched. Coupled with the first clash at the villa halfway up the mountain, Leng Ran had lost for the second time.

"Where are you heading?" Zhuanzhuan said with a smile, keeping her hand on Leng Ran’s shoulder, not withdrawing it but gradually increasing the force.

Leng Ran’s pupils constricted sharply as a piercing pain came from her shoulder, yet she didn’t show it at all, instead tilting her mouth slightly and revealing a mocking smile.

"I’m going to see your sister. I heard she’s sick, and quite seriously too."

Zhuanzhuan suddenly exerted more force, her veins bulging on the back of her hand, a trace of ferocity flashing through her eyes. "Seeing my sister!" she murmured to herself, "Not everyone is qualified to visit my sister." She finished speaking, looked at Leng Ran’s ashen face, and finally let go.

She quickly apologized, her eyes sincere, "Did I hurt you just now? I’m really sorry, I’ve been chopping wood and feeding pigs and doing household chores since I was a kid, so I’m stronger than the average person."

"You..." Leng Ran gritted her teeth, staring fiercely at Zhuanzhuan.

"Let’s go! Since it’s to see my sister, we might as well go together. It’s been a long time since I’ve been home. Now that my sister is back, I should return too." After speaking, she walked past Leng Ran leading the way.

Leng Tianqi followed close behind.

"Hmph!" Leng Ran watched their retreating figures, her eyes blood-red.

******

"Wife, wake up, it’s time to eat, wife." Huo Beijiang personally held a bowl, sitting in front of the bed calling out.

The person on the bed, wearing a shoulder-baring silk nightgown, was in a room where the heating was turned up high, completely unaffected by the northern winter’s harsh cold. Nan Fei was awakened by the voice, turned over, her long hair spreading over her shoulders, contrasting against her snowy white skin, stunningly beautiful.

Huo Beijiang’s eyes darkened, and he pinched Nan Fei’s cheek, "Not waking up yet? Don’t you care how many meals you’ve missed?"

Nan Fei blurredly opened her eyes and was startled by the person close in front of her. Then, she turned her head to look outside the window, where bright sunlight was streaming in through the ground-to-ceiling window. In the warm sunlight, she could see tiny dust particles dancing.

She rubbed her eyes and finally woke up.

"Had a good sleep now?" Huo Beijiang’s voice carried a smile, teasing, "Look at you! Having a brigade commander like me personally serve you bed-side, not everyone gets this treatment."

Nan Fei, embarrassed by his teasing, blushed and said, "Thank you!"

"Don’t thank me, when I can’t get up one day, you’ll have to serve me tea and water."

Nan Fei immediately made a salute, "Mission assured."

"All right, get up quickly and wash up to eat. Gu Qiu personally made a nourishing soup. You should have seen Zuo Xinyao’s jealous eyes turn red."

"Though I didn’t see it, I can imagine it," Nan Fei said as she threw back the covers, only then realizing that she had changed into a nightgown, and it was the most daring and revealing one she owned. As the covers were pulled back, the first thing revealed were her slender, fair thighs.