After breakfast, Yu Dong took Ye Liu to the grounds where the school was being built. Together with them was Yu Jin who was wearing a cute straw hat with a custom farmer costume that Chen Mi had made for him.
He looked really cute and beautiful while sucking on his thumb and looking around. Yu Jin was already one and a half years old and Yu Dong thought that it was the right time to bring him out of the house and let him get used to the outside world.
On the way, Yu Dong heard the conversation and discussion happening in the village.
She found out that the entire village was talking about the Ding family.
Last night, after the thunder struck the Ding family house, the shed caught fire before spreading all over until the entire Ding house was caught on fire.
Though Old Master Ding called the neighbours to help him, the fire was too strong for the neighbours to put out. By the time the fire was put out, the entire Ding house was burned to crisp.
Not only the house but everything inside from furniture to clothing and food— everything was burned down.
Except for the silver taels that Old Master Ding hid, everything was destroyed.
Though the Ding family and Gu Mo were fine, Ding Nuan Nuan who was struck by lightning was killed in an instant.
Her entire body turned into a piece of burnt flesh.
From what Yu Dong could hear, the rest of the Ding family did not care about Gu Mo and Ding Nuan Nuan as they were not related to them in any way.
Gu Mo was the only one who was courageous enough to run towards his daughter, after all, Ding Nuan Nuan was his daughter. She was a piece of flesh that fell out of his womb, how can he not care for her?
However, as soon as he rushed towards his daughter he realised that Ding Nuan Nuan was dead! She was burnt to death.
The sight was so sickening that Gu Mo fainted then and there.
In the end, it was Ding Xuelan who dragged him out, no matter what kind of person he was — the two of them had spent more than ten years together, and she couldn’t let him die inside the shed.
As for Ding Nuan Nuan? Ding Xuelan didn’t care. Without that bastard, her heart was far more relieved.
Now that the entire matter had quietened down, Ding Xuelan’s daddy was asking her to divorce Gu Mo. In the eyes of Old Master Ding, Gu Mo was the cause of those tragedies.
It was he who caused so much trouble to them!
If not for that mer, Ding Nuan Nuan wouldn’t be alive and she wouldn’t have brought such a tragedy to their family and house.
It was all because of Gu Mo that they lost everything!
Yu Dong glanced at Ye Liu and did not say anything. But inwardly both of them were satisfied. Though Ding Nuan Nuan was young, she should have known better than to dabble with dark arts.
“Madam Yu! Madam Yu!”
Ye Liu’s face turned ugly. He hugged Yu Jin closely and said to Yu Dong, “It’s Old Master Ding. He must have come here to talk with you regarding what happened last night.”
Yu Dong’s face was also not looking good. She turned and looked at the mer who was rushing in her direction. “No matter what, I cannot avoid him.”
She had to deal with this matter anyway, so might as well do it.
Ye Liu pursed his lips and did not say anything but he was not happy.
The two of them walked over to where Old Master Ding was waiting for them. As the two of them approached him, they could hear him clamouring.
“I am telling you that you cannot ignore our family,” said Old Master Ding with an annoyed expression. “I and my family are also the members of this village. Now that such a thing has happened, you should at least help us a little.”
“And I am telling you that it is not that easy. As you can see the entire village has only a few abandoned houses and all of them need to be rented,” Village Head Gu who was nursing her legs stated in a frustrated voice. “What happened to your family was nothing but a tragedy. A terrible one, yes. But it’s not like one of the villagers set your house on fire.”
Yu Dong understood almost immediately what was going on. Old Master Ding wanted the village to arrange for a residence for him and his family. It was not surprising as the Ding house was in no condition for them to live.
Old Master Ding puffed up his chest before turning to look at Yu Dong. He said to her, “Village Owner, you have to help us. You know that our house was burned down because of that bastard. It was her who provoked that ugly thing and caused our family to be in trouble.”
“What wrong have we committed to be thrown on the road like this?” Old Master Ding cried aggrievedly. He was not pretending, but was instead truly worried! That Ding Nuan Nuan ate his family’s money and grains when she was alive and when she died, she took most of the grains and clithes with her.
Only a few silver taels were left.
If he was to use those remaining silver, what was he going to eat and wear? He could not take out even a single tael as rent for another house.
Yu Dong also understood the reason why he was making a fuss. Her lips twitched as she looked at Old Master Ding before saying, “Old Master Ding, if you want then you can live in the small houses on the outskirts of the village.”
Old Master Ding pursed his lips and then shook his head, “Those houses are where the ones who caught the flu lived. If we were to live there who knows we might get sick?”
“Then how about the house that belonged to old widower Su?”
“No… that mer lost his daughters and wife before he died. That house is bad luck.”
Yu Dong was amused by his pick and chose tactics but Ye Liu wasn’t. He narrowed his eyes and questioned, “Then what do you want?”
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