"Oh… does Sister Cuilan have such a good figure?" Su Wen, lying on the tree and munching on an apple, gaped.
This woman was a well-known widow within miles and also Su Wen's cousin-in-law.
Seeing Zhang Cuilan smearing her body with a towel and soap, Su Wen accidentally fell from the tree branch.
"Thud."
Zhang Cuilan seemed to sense something, and quickly wrapped herself in a bath towel and emerged from the water.
"Oh wow."
Su Wen hit the ground hard and began wailing from the pain.
Then, an inexplicable force drilled straight into his brain.
A series of unfamiliar characters formed into renowned medical classics.
"Medical Classic of the Green Bag", "Compendium of Materia Medica", "The Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor"...
As Su Wen was in unbearable pain, a cool, soft hand gently rested on the back of his neck.
This is…
He suddenly opened his eyes.
It was Zhang Cuilan.
"Wen, are you hurt? Get up quickly," Zhang Cuilan said while helping Su Wen to his feet.
Water droplets trickled down her hair, the bath towel she was wrapped in was hardly secure, and as Zhang Cuilan bent over, her fair collarbone was clearly visible to Su Wen.
His parents passed away early, and as a child, he owed much to the care of his neighbor, Tianyou, for not letting him starve, who later even supported him through college.
A year ago, Tianyou married Zhang Cuilan, but he was crushed by an excavator the day after their wedding, and not long after, Su Wen was also expelled from the university after uncovering safety issues in the cafeteria. He was reluctantly back in the village, usually under the care of Zhang Cuilan.
Considering she was indeed his cousin-in-law, Su Wen shook his head to clear his wandering thoughts, gritted his teeth, and stood up: "Sister-in-law, I'm okay…"
"Nonsense, does this look okay to you?" Zhang Cuilan scolded, "Hurry up and come with me to treat it, you're bleeding."
"Alright…" Su Wen didn't refuse and followed Zhang Cuilan into the house, limping.
After both had left, no one noticed that where Su Wen had fallen, there was a piece of the Jade Pendant which emitted a faint green glow.
A moment later, the green light gradually dispersed.
And the Jade Pendant turned into an ordinary stone.
Upon entering the house, Zhang Cuilan prepared a basin of warm water and brought it to Su Wen.
Suddenly, Su Wen's head throbbed with pain, his vision turned a blank white, and the next second, Su Wen was utterly stupefied to see his sister-in-law standing in front of him without a single piece of clothing on.
Her long legs coupled with a graceful figure made Su Wen's heart skip a beat.
Without a man around for years, Zhang Cuilan's figure had become even more voluptuous.
"Hiss, wasn't she wrapped in a white bath towel? Could it be that I have X-ray vision?"
Su Wen quickly turned his head away.
What was he thinking? The woman in front of him was Tianyou's wife, though he never shared a wedding night with her, she was still his cousin-in-law by name.
If Tianyou, now under the nine springs, knew about this, how could he face anyone?
Zhang Cuilan said with concern, "You must be more careful in the future, don't fall again; you were lucky this time."
Soon, she seemed to get something and teasingly said, "Come on, Wen, tell me, how did you fall, huh?"
Su Wen's head was covered in a cold sweat, his heart pounding with nervousness, he said with a wry smile, "Just... I fell, I thought I'd climb the tree to pick some fruit, and accidentally dropped down…"
"Enough, do you even believe what you're saying?" Zhang Cuilan rolled her eyes at him and said, "No need to make excuses, I know about men."
"Ah…" Zhang Cuilan's face suddenly turned melancholic and she said, "Tell me, why is the life of a widowed woman so hard? As soon as your brother died, I became a widow, worthless. Young men dare not approach, afraid I'll curse them. Only old men in their fifties and sixties come by, none of them young and handsome." As she spoke, she went to draw the curtains.
Upon hearing this, Su Wen swallowed hard, "Sister-in-law, what are you trying to do? Stop joking around…"
"Who's joking with you? From now on, don't call me sister-in-law, call me sister. Did you hear that?"
"I heard you, sister… Cuilan," Su Wen responded, lost for words.
Zhang Cuilan nodded in satisfaction, then sat down next to Su Wen and slightly loosened her bath towel, "Sister hasn't yet experienced what a man is like, how about you satisfy me for a bit?"