Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

119. A Midnight Visit

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Cao Mo sat up straight, “Humph, this is all for the so-called reputation, it baffles me to this day, human life means nothing compares to reputation? Can father fall asleep at night knowing there is such a viper at home?”

Xiao Yi wrapped his arms around Cao Mo’s neck, “I’ll be there for you no matter what you want to do.”

Cao Mo kissed on Xiao Yi’s cheek, “You are the best! I need to teach her a lesson or give her warning! We can’t do anything, but heavens surely can! Given the fact that her misdemeanors are too numerous to record, she will be struck by lightning and split into two halves one day!”

Rumble!

Hardly had Cao Mo’s voice faded away, there was a loud crash of thunder.

Xiao Yi closed the window, “Great news, it’s about to rain, hopefully it will help with the drought.”

Cao Mo frowned and said, “Don’t get too optimistic yet, people always say flood comes on the heels of drought, let’s wait and see the yield this year.”

Xiao Yi didn’t take what Cao Mo said to heart, he muttered, “Second Uncle will set out tomorrow, and the second day of next month is an auspicious day, let’s move out and cheer you up.”

“Yeah! I deserve some cheer up, I have done nothing wrong! Next operation, Auntie Lu and thunder!” Cao Mo rose to his feet and walked to his studio.

Studio is basically Cao Mo’s study, the servant now all knew the studio is where Cao Mo spent his time and did his novel projects.

Xiao Yi always thought the name ‘studio’ sounds like a workshop, he thought Cao Mo1 was too good for that, but he still wrote a horizontal inscribed board for Cao Mo on the door.

Xiao Yi knew Cao Mo wouldn’t walk out of his studio unless he finished his project, so he asked Mohua to wait on Cao Mo carefully, and he used the time to read more books.

Xiao Yi selected a small mirror in his studio and put it in a thick bamboo tube, ‘Haha, take that, Auntie Lu! This little baby will scare you to death, and you won’t find out it’s me unless you find out this mirror.”

… …

In Banyan House.

Xiao Yuqi pointed at Auntie Lu and rebuked her, “How dare you! Xiao Qian is my brother’s son!”

“Stupid Lvzhu has miscalculated it, I told her to hide Xiao Qian, but she took the liberty and pushed him to the water vat.” Auntie Lu said with indifference while she was still fiddled with the Buddha beads in hand.

“Aren’t you afraid of karma?” there was another loud crash of thunder while Xiao Yuqi was talking.

Auntie Lu looked unmoved, “I have you to protect me as long as you don’t want me to disclose the fact that your family has been maintaining private troops.”

“You! You are such a viper!” Xiao Yuqi was choked, how he wished he could strangle Auntie Lu, but he just didn’t have the heart to do it.

“I will finish Cao Mo before I leave, you need to promise me you won’t hurt my family!” Xiao Yuqi’s voice trembled.

Auntie Lu’s eyes remained closed, “Deal.”

… …

In Magnolia House.

A man in black climbed over the walls and ran to the direction of Banyan House under the dim moonlight, Xiao Yi shook his head and heaved a sigh resignedly, ‘What can I do when my wife insisted on carrying out a mission of justice?’

The only thing Xiao Yi could do was to wait patiently at home, he needed to save his darling wife if he got busted.

It started to rain, the sound of rain hitting the roof served as a perfect cover for Cao Mo.

Xiao Yi grabbed a coat and sat by the window, he thumbed through a book while waiting for Cao Mo. A figure emerged in the yard and Xiao Yi raised his head, he thought it was Cao Mo who failed at his mission and came back, so he turned up his volume playfully, “You dare to come back?”

Xiao Yuqi who was standing in the yard was shocked to the core, ‘Over ten years on the battlefield, I run smoothly on every mission! How come Yi boy finds me! I am very careful!’

Xiao Yuqi was battle-hardened, he took a deep breath and said loudly, “It’s me, I just saw a thief running towards your house, so I came here to check on you and your wife. Are you still up?”

“Second Uncle?”

Xiao Yi was surprised, ‘What’s uncle doing at my house at such an late hour? Thief? Could it be Mo he is talking about? Mo likes to do his little side projects at night, does uncle has the same hobby?’

Xiao Yi walked out of the door only to see Xiao Yuqi standing in the middle of the yard in martial arts training outfit, without an umbrella in hand.

“Uncle, allow me to get you an umbrella, it’s still cold at night!”

Xiao Yuqi felt embarrassed, “No need, I need to catch the thief!”

Xiao Yi’s heart sank, ‘Chances are you are talking about Mo, no way can I let you go.’

Xiao Yi grabbed Xiao Yuqi’shands, “Uncle, you haven’t come to my place for so long, come on now, let’s have some warm tea first.”

With that Xiao Yi dragged Xiao Yuqi to the room , after that he asked Mohua to serve tea.

Mohua complained with his eyes half closed, “Why the masters in this manor prefer to visit people in the middle of the night, poor sleepy me!”

Xiao Yi kept praying in his heart, ‘Mo, come back, come back now, how am I supposed to entertain uncle!’

Xiao Yuqi looked around and asked, “How come I don’t see Mo?”

Xiao Yi shook his head in frustration, “Don’t even mention his name, he had so much cold milk after dinner and now he is having a diarrhea. Served him well, ignoring my reminder!”

“Send my greetings for me, I need to take my leave and catch the thief.”

“Uncle, are you out all by yourself? Where are your pages?” Xiao Yi stalled him.

Mohua came in with tea, Xiao Yuqi took a big sip and said, “I found a thief running on the roof and I just followed him out, no need to make a scene in case your grandmother get worried.”

Xiao Yi nodded, “That’s very thoughtful of you, uncle.”

“Pardon?” Xiao Yuqi didn’t hear Xiao Yi clearly.

“I said we need to learn from you, uncle, how thoughtful and filial you are.” Xiao Yi replied Xiao Yuqi, but he couldn’t help casting glimpse at the yard.

Xiao Yuqi knew he didn’t have a chance to kill Cao Mo that night, so he said, “I need to go to Dingzhou tomorrow, can you see me off tomorrow morning at the wharf? I have something for you and Mo.”

With that Xiao Yuqi left Magnolia House, Cao Mo came back at that moment and he saw that on the roof. He asked Xiao Yi, “What was he doing here? He found me? No way!”