Chapter 623: An Oversight Without Malice_1

Qiao Lianhua was already eighteen and yet remained unmarried. Too proud to settle for less, she had dragged on for these years without settling on a suitable match.

She held herself in high regard, unwilling to be a mere village wife; her heart was set on marrying up, ideally surpassing Qiao Muniang. Blind to her own worth, she had procrastinated until now. And still, she was desperately eager to marry, but there seemed to be no eligible suitors. At this moment, overhearing Muniang discussing Zhao Jiangshui with Madam Liu, she perked up—what she heard sounded rather promising!

Suddenly, there was a disturbance from inside the house; it was Qiao Yuanming's voice, "Then I'll head to Tupo Village right now to see just how seriously ill mother is."

Upon hearing this, the mother and daughter were startled and hastily fled in panic.