Turning Antagonist to Protagonist: He is Both Soft and Fierce-Chapter 142 - 137: Does Sister-in-Law Have Someone in Her Heart?

Chapter 142: Chapter 137: Does Sister-in-Law Have Someone in Her Heart?

Listening to everyone’s "good intentions," Lin Qiao waved her hand repeatedly, displaying a sensible demeanor of turning big issues into small ones, and small ones into nothing, "Forget it, forget it, it’s enough that the eggs were found, and as for the pecked vegetable hearts, we can still eat them by cutting the roots."

"Madam Tingfan, don’t be so soft, or some people will know how to bully you." Old Mrs. Wang thought Lin Qiao was good in every aspect, except she was too soft-hearted.

Lin Qiao bit her lower lip in grievance, "We’re all from the same village."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a young man’s urgent voice, "Sister-in-law."

Song Tingfan, wearing a crescent-colored jacket, ran over, looking worriedly at Song Rong, Song Qin, and Lin Qiao. Seeing they were fine, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Sister-in-law, what happened?"

Lin Qiao shook her head, seemingly not wanting him to know, "It’s nothing."

Then she looked at Zhou Ping, "Grandpa Zhou, let it go, it’s alright."

The Li Family could make a few cents out of one cent, they definitely wouldn’t give silver coins, so she might as well "play weak" and earn some sympathy.

Since the involved person didn’t pursue the matter, Zhou Ping had nothing more to say, he sighed inwardly, "Madam Tingfan is kind-hearted, since she said let it go, let it go, but as for the Li Family, don’t let your chickens out again. If it harms other people’s vegetables next time, you have to compensate accordingly."

Then he asked the onlookers to disperse.

Niu Er lingered behind, moved closer to Lin Qiao, blinked, and said in a low voice, "Widow Song, I saw everything."

He thought he had caught something on Lin Qiao.

However, Lin Qiao was at a loss, weakly saying, "Saw what?"

Her natural reaction made Niu Er pause, "I saw you..."

Lin Qiao’s body trembled slightly, seemingly scared by him.

Song Tingfan hurriedly stepped forward to separate them, glaring fiercely at Niu Er, angrily saying, "Don’t harass my sister-in-law, or I won’t be polite to you next time!" He said and then escorted Lin Qiao and the others away.

Looking at the seemingly fragile Widow Song, Niu Er felt uneasy, "..."

After a while, he spat, "How good at pretending!"

...

Song Tingfan learned about today’s incident from Song Rong, he glanced at his sister-in-law who was sitting and picking vegetables, pursing his lips.

Sister-in-law was wronged again.

After dinner, Lin Qiao saw Song Tingfan leave the yard, curiously asking, "Uncle, where are you going?"

"To check the hunting holes."

Song Tingfan had been out for a while, only coming back after nightfall, Lin Qiao waiting for him in the main room, "Did you find anything?"

"No." Song Tingfan saw the charcoal in the furnace was almost burnt out, and added a few more pieces.

Lin Qiao comforted, "It’s okay, it’s cold, the prey doesn’t want to come out, it’ll get better in a few days."

Song Tingfan nodded obediently, and after sitting for a while, they both went back to sleep.

The next day, before dawn, a series of increasingly loud scolding sounds came, Lin Qiao rubbed her eyebrows, put on her clothes and went out of the house.

At this time, Song Qin and Song Rong were standing at the doorway watching, Lin Qiao walked over, "What is the Li Family scolding about?"

Song Qin whispered to her, "The chickens were eaten by a weasel, apparently all dead."

Lin Qiao was slightly surprised, inexplicably thinking of Song Tingfan going out last night, feeling vaguely related to him.

She couldn’t help swallowing.

She turned and went to the kitchen, where Song Tingfan was rolling up his sleeves, cooking, and when he saw her, he chuckled, "Sister-in-law, you’re awake? I’ll scoop water for you to wash your face." As he spoke, he deftly scooped some warm water for her.

Lin Qiao took it, rubbing the towel while tentatively asking, "Uncle, was the mountain path slippery last night?"

Song Tingfan hesitated and then shook his head, "Not slippery."

Lin Qiao, being quite experienced, saw his hesitation and had a hunch, it was probably him, "..."

What to do, she felt a bit panicked.

If he knew she deceived him, she’d be done for.

This matter wasn’t wrong for Song Tingfan to do, by her usual nature, she’d have wiped out the Li Family’s chickens too.

But she couldn’t help feeling a chill.

The mice at home, she hadn’t seen in a long time.

"Uncle..."

"Hmm?" Song Tingfan looked at her obediently.

Lin Qiao swallowed, "Uncle, if someone deceived your feelings, would you be sad?"

Upon hearing the word "feelings," Song Tingfan instinctively thought of her with Zhang Dong and the smile on his face vanished instantly, "I would be sad."

Lin Qiao pursued further, "And then what would you do?"

Song Tingfan glanced at her, "Ignore them forever."

"That’s it?"

"Hmm."

Lin Qiao gave an example, "What if the deception was deep, like everything from beginning to end was just acting... ahem, perfunctory."

Who deeply deceived Sister-in-law? Was it Zhang Dong? But Sister-in-law said she didn’t like Zhang Dong, then who?

Song Tingfan felt even more stifled, with an indescribable discomfort, "I would hit them."

No matter who it was, no one could bully his sister-in-law.

Would he hit her, like in the dream?

Lin Qiao’s hand holding the towel trembled a bit, she concealed it by wiping her face, soothing herself not to be scared, in the future she’d doubly be good to the antagonist.

Seeing her remaining silent, Song Tingfan thought she had something on her mind, he wanted to ask but dared not, afraid she might really have someone else in her heart.

He couldn’t bear to lose her, but Grandpa and Grandma were right, she shouldn’t live as a widow all her life.

Each was thinking differently, not on the same page at all.

...

After digesting her inner fears, Lin Qiao and Song Tingfan took the drawings to the county, this time taking a carriage from the town to the county.

There were more than a dozen people traveling together, it was crowded and cramped, and the man with a beard sitting next to Lin Qiao kept bumping into her, irritating Lin Qiao’s temper, she feigned a smile, "Uncle, are you uncomfortable somewhere? Your shoulder keeps moving? Do you want to get off the carriage and treat it?"

The uncle was clearly taking advantage, facing the gaze of others, he awkwardly sat up straight.

There was also a man sitting next to Song Tingfan, so he couldn’t swap seats with Lin Qiao, after a moment’s hesitation, he stretched his hand around to her shoulder, subtly separating the man’s arm.

Meanwhile, his face turned red.

Lin Qiao noticed naturally, "Thank you, Uncle." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

It’s unclear if it was her words, or Song Tingfan’s hand that made the man stop squeezing.

Actually, the bearded man wanted to squeeze, but was discouraged by Song Tingfan’s fist.

Along the way, people got on and off, by the time they reached the county gate, it was already afternoon.

Song Tingfan had been to the county once, but it was when he was seven or eight, and back then the county wasn’t as bustling as now.

Lin Qiao saw him looking around curiously like a child, she smiled, "Uncle, you can wander around later, we’ll return tomorrow."

They had told Song Qin and Song Rong beforehand that they probably wouldn’t return today.

Furthermore, Cheng Sheng had taken two children from the village for the county examination, and Song Tingfan was on leave until the tenth, just in time for his birthday.

"Really?" Song Tingfan’s eyes lit up, and he added, "The teacher said there is a lake in the county that’s really beautiful."

The teacher said many women like to release lanterns by the lake, Sister-in-law should enjoy it.

"Then we can go see it later." Lin Qiao, hearing it was his first time expressing a place to visit, readily and happily agreed.

Even if it’s not just for the scenery of the lake, but even if it was to see anything, she would still agree, a bit exaggerated, but when it comes to the antagonist’s requests, she would surely comply.