When Shi Fa Ke woke up from this sleep, it was already the morning of the next day. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a group of people gathered around her.

“Father, Mother, Big Brother, Second Brother… Third Brother?” Shi Fa Ke sat up abruptly, looking at the baby-faced young man closest to her with surprise and delight, “Third Brother, when did you come back?”

“When you were drunk like a little pig.” Shi Zhonghai said with a smile, “Little A’ke is really naughty, stealing wine to drink.”

Shi Fa Ke shivered. Among her three elder brothers, she was closest in age to Third Brother. Big Brother and Second Brother would both yield to her, but Third Brother loved to tease her the most, so she feared Third Brother the most…

Moreover, although Third Brother had a harmless baby face, if you cut him open, his core was completely black!

“Don’t bully little A’ke.” At this moment, a fan-sized large hand waved over, reaching out to push away that terrifying baby face, saving Shi Fa Ke.

It was Shi Changtai, who loved his daughter like his life.

The force was so great that it squeezed the baby face out of shape.

Then he squeezed himself in front of Shi Fa Ke, asking with concern, “A’ke, how are you? Does your head hurt? Are you uncomfortable anywhere?”

Shi Fa Ke quickly pressed her hand to her forehead, acting coquettishly in a soft voice, “Father, I’m dizzy and want to sleep…”

“Still sleeping? Do you know how long you’ve been sleeping?” Tao Shi said irritably.

“Wife, don’t be angry, that’s how it is after drinking…” Shi Changtai hurried to smooth things over.

Who knew that it would have been better if he hadn’t said anything. Once he did, Tao Shi became even more annoyed, glaring at Shi Fa Ke lying on the bed, “Don’t you know your own alcohol tolerance? You can’t touch even a drop – you get drunk just from smelling it, yet you dare to steal wine outside?”

“I just tasted a tiny bit… it was very light plum wine.” Shi Fa Ke shrunk her neck.

“Alright, alright, A’ke didn’t do it on purpose.” Shi Changtai felt heartbroken watching and hurried to mediate, “A’ke says she’s dizzy, let’s go out first and let her rest a bit more.” As he spoke, he coaxed and pulled Tao Shi out of the room, and gave his three sons a look, indicating they should hurry out as well.

“Rest well.” Big Brother patted her head and went out.

Second Brother gave her a meaningful look. Shi Fa Ke hurriedly smiled ingratiatingly at him. Second Brother patted her head and also went out.

Third Brother, however, showed no intention of leaving. Seeing everyone had gone out, he instead sat down on the edge of the bed with a thud, smiling as he looked at her.

Shi Fa Ke shrunk her neck and dove into the covers, pretending not to see.

Shi Zhonghai looked at the person who had completely shrunk into the quilt, perfectly illustrating the idiom “covering one’s ears while stealing a bell,” and his mouth curved up high. He was reaching out to poke the quilt…

“Third Brother, what are you still doing in there!” Shi Changtai’s loud voice rang out in the courtyard.

Shi Zhonghai sighed deeply, seeming very regretful.

Shi Fa Ke heard footsteps leaving, then secretly poked her head out from the covers, and then… suddenly came face to face with a smiling baby face.

The baby face smiled and feigned surprise, “Oh, the little mouse has come out of its hole.”

Shi Fa Ke screamed in fright and shrank back into the covers.

Shi Changtai heard his precious daughter’s scream and angrily ran in, grabbing Shi Zhonghai’s ear, “You troublesome little brat, just came back and you’re already bullying your sister! Get out!”

With that, he dragged out the grimacing Shi Zhonghai.

“Ow ow ow… Father, be gentler!”

Amid the chaos, Big Brother Shi and Second Brother Shi silently watched Third Brother courting death…

Tao Shi rubbed her somewhat aching head from all the noise and went to cook hangover soup.

In the room, Shi Fa Ke let out a long breath, staring at the ceiling in a daze, actually not feeling sleepy at all.

She began to recall what had happened…

The Zhu family’s marriage prospect had fallen through. Feeling depressed, she took the reward money from the Zhu family to find Lu Chi, then the two went to Shengxing Restaurant to eat… they ordered sweet and sour mandarin fish and plum wine…

Hmm? Plum wine?

The plum wine was really delicious… Shi Fa Ke smacked her lips with lingering taste. Ah no, that’s beside the point. What happened after that? Shi Fa Ke tried hard to think, then held her head. After drinking, all her memories were a confused mess, and as for what happened… she couldn’t remember anything at all.

So how did she get back?

And Third Brother, when did Third Brother come back?

After thinking for a long time without any clues, Shi Fa Ke bit the quilt in some distress. Hmm… she shouldn’t have acted improperly after drinking, right?

Ah right… where was Lu Chi?

…What exactly happened during that period when she lost consciousness!

Just as she was fretting, she suddenly heard a somewhat familiar voice outside, “Aunt Tao, A’ke hasn’t come to play with me for a long time, so I came to see her… Is A’ke sleeping? It’s fine, I’ll go in and take a look, I won’t disturb her.”

He Ketian?

What was she doing here?

Since their unpleasant parting last time, they hadn’t seen each other again.

Shi Fa Ke instinctively pulled the covers over her head.

Light footsteps pushed open the door, extremely soft footsteps, she slowly walked to the bedside.

“I know you’re not asleep, stop pretending.” He Ketian looked at the bulging brocade quilt that rose and fell with breathing sounds, and said with a light sneer.

Shi Fa Ke persisted for a moment, not sticking her head out, stubbornly pretending to sleep.

He Ketian unceremoniously reached out to pull the quilt, pulling… it didn’t move.

Shi Fa Ke clenched her fists, gripping the quilt tightly.

The two seemed to be competing, one desperately gripping, the other desperately pulling.

Finally, He Ketian gave up. She glared fiercely at that pile of bulging brocade quilt, “Shi Fa Ke, how old are you? Is being this childish interesting?”

Shi Fa Ke slowly pulled open the quilt, looking at He Ketian whose cheeks were slightly flushed with anger, “What are you here for?”

He Ketian snorted lightly, completely disregarding her refined young lady demeanor, and sat down on the edge of the bed with a thud, saying irritably, “You think I want to come?”

“…Could it be that someone invited you?” Shi Fa Ke pouted.

He Ketian turned and glared at her, “My brother said you got drunk and was a bit worried, so he asked me to come check on you.”

Shi Fa Ke was stunned, “How did Big Brother He know…”

He Ketian snorted lightly, “My brother happened to be eating there at the time. Shi Fa Ke, what were you thinking? Have you become so stupid from being a matchmaker that you forgot you’re also an unmarried young lady? Don’t you know about the separation between men and women? You actually dared to go alone with a man to a restaurant to drink, and even got drunk?”

He Ketian scolded her from head to toe. Shi Fa Ke was somewhat dazed from the scolding. At that time… He Kexian was also there?

She had absolutely no memory of it.

“Let me tell you, that Scholar Lu is not a good person. You should give up your plan to matchmake for him as soon as possible. No one in Copper Gong Town is willing to marry a poor scholar of unknown origins! You should also stay away from him yourself, in case he can’t find a wife and sets his sights on you.” He Ketian frowned with a disgusted expression. As she spoke, she suddenly paused, showing a conflicted expression, “Hmm… although he does look quite good, you can’t be deceived by that face. Can good looks be eaten as food?”

After speaking, He Ketian secretly spat and was also secretly warning herself not to be deceived by that face!