Zhao Yuling's eyes were still uncomfortable, and tears couldn't help but flow down. She lowered her head and rubbed her eyes with embarrassment and said, "I'm fine, but my eyes are fascinated."

Su Baizhu was silent for a moment, clenched his fists, and whispered: "Don't cry, since that bastard is dead, it will never affect you again. You will have a new life in the future, and the villagers will not say anything gossip. Don't always think about the past."

Zhao Yuling smiled with some emotion, and explained while wiping her tears: "Thank you, Brother Su, I'm really confused. I don't want to cry, so I'll make Brother Su laugh. It's nothing, I'll go back and wash."

Zhao Yuling turned around and wanted to leave, but her eyes were uncomfortable. She rubbed them for another long time. At this moment, she looked a little blurred. She accidentally stepped on the stone and immediately exclaimed and fell to the side.

Su Baizhu quickly pulled her, and the two of them looked at each other. Only then did he see her swollen eyes clearly. After thinking for a while, he said, "Why... I, I'll show you?"

Zhao Yuling blushed in an instant and stuttered: "No, no need..."

"You can't walk like this, it's almost dark." Su Baizhu looked down at her, his heartbeat gradually accelerated, and he whispered, "I'll help you with the blow."

Su Baizhu took the handkerchief from Zhao Yuling's hand, gently lifted her chin, focused on helping her look at her eyes, and then leaned over and blew it gently.

Zhao Yuling felt much more comfortable in her eyes, but her face seemed to be burning. The chin touched by Su Baizhu didn't look like her. She secretly raised her eyes and glanced at Su Baizhu's face, and suddenly she found that Su Baizhu's ears were red. Her heart suddenly became stable, with less embarrassment, but more sweetness, like drinking sugar water.

Zhao Yuling blushed and said in a low voice, "Thank you, Brother Su."

Su Baizhu coughed twice and said uneasyly: "It's nothing, let's go, I'll take you back."

The two of them walked forward side by side. After a while, Zhao Yuling bit his lip and looked at him and asked, "Brother Su, the person who told me that there was something wrong with my father's marriage...is it you?"

Su Baizhu stopped, looked at her in surprise, and said in confusion: "Miss Zhao, why did you ask this?"

"Because, because last time I sprained my foot, you seemed to be very familiar with the way to my house. I found my father so quickly, and no one found you, so I guess, would that kind-hearted person be you?" Zhao Yuling looked at him, with some expectation in his eyes, "Brother Su, is it you?"

Su Baizhu looked at her for a while before saying, "It's fine you're fine now."

Although there was no clear answer, Zhao Yuling had an answer in her heart. She looked at Su Baizhu and slowly laughed. Even though she was still embarrassed when she had just cried, the smile was still very beautiful in Su Baizhu's eyes.

After this intersection, there was a very obvious change between Su Baizhu and Zhao Yuling. Although Su Xueyun was not at home often, she also keenly felt their subtle undercurrents. Su Xueyun was a little surprised, but she didn't feel very surprised when she thought about it. In fact, in terms of character alone, the women around her were the best, otherwise she would not have become good friends with Zhao Yuling. Now her good friends may be a couple with her brother, and she is still very happy to see them. After even asking about Su Baizhu's feelings, she passed on a few small things among them, becoming a witness to their warming relationship.

However, in ancient times, greed was very obscure. No one knew about this except the three of them, so shortly after news came out of Hetang Village that several good families had proposed marriage to the Zhao family. Zhao Yuling was a very good girl. She regretted marriage and had a bad reputation before. Everyone knew that it was not her fault, but because she was afraid of being vented by Master Yang, no family dared to make friends with the Zhao family. Now that Master Yang is dead, everyone doesn't have to be taboo. Now Zhao Yuling seems to have some flaws. People who used to think that they were a little unworthy of her came to propose marriage. After all, they were a girl who had retired from the bride and was disgraced, which made it seem that there were quite a few people who went to the Zhao family to propose marriage at once.

Su Xueyun also faced the same treatment as Zhao Yuling, but she cleverly pushed the matter to Mr. Qiu and told her parents that Mr. Qiu planned to help her find a good family. Su Dapeng and Liu naturally had no objection to such a person who had seen the world at first sight. Instead, they were very happy. They hoped that their daughter could marry a capable and love good husband, so they naturally helped to refuse all the people who came to propose marriage.

Su Xueyun was so light that she saw Su Baizhu coming back from the town, she smiled and joked: "Brother, you didn't say anything anymore. My future sister-in-law will become someone else's."

Su Baizhu was stunned, pursed his lips and asked, "Has anyone ever proposed a marriage to the Zhao family?"

Su Xueyun nodded, held his finger and smiled, "I'll do it, Wang's, Li's, Chen's, and that..."

"I'll go find my mother!"

"Hey? I haven't finished talking yet." Su Xueyun looked at Su Baizhu's figure hurried into the house and couldn't help laughing. It turned out that this increasingly steady brother was still so anxious.

Su Baizhu didn't know how to tell Liu. Anyway, Liu happily said that night that he wanted to arrange a marriage, to ask whoever he wanted to propose marriage, what bet gifts he wanted to prepare, and where to go to combine his horoscopes. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep for half a night. Su Xueyun was naturally happy for his brother. He discussed with Liu for a long time, booked a very generous bet gift list, and gave Su Baizhu a lot of ideas to let him go to the future Yue family to show his presence.

Su Dapeng patted Su Baizhu's shoulder and was happy. The whole family was filled with laughter because of the upcoming happy events at home.

Su Xueyun specially asked Mr. Qiu for a few days off and accompanied Liu to the Zhao family to mention his relatives. Zhao's father and Zhao's mother seemed a little surprised and even a little cramped. They really didn't expect that the Su family would actually like Zhao Yuling. It's not that they looked down on their daughters, but that the conditions between their in-laws in the village were almost the same. The Su family made a lot of money this year, not only in Yunshui Village, but that no one could compare to them even in the nearby villages.

However, the Su family was full of sincerity, and Liu did not show any airs at all. He pulled Zhao's mother and kept saying how much she liked Zhao Yuling. She was so happy that a woman of her age had already held a grandson, but because Chen Lanhua delayed Su Baizhu for two or three years, Su Baizhu looked down on those who came to talk to the matchmaker, which made her very worried. Now, Su Baizhu finally fell in love with one of her own, and she still had a great time with her daughter. She was willing to hold a banquet and took the person back.

The Su family was so enthusiastic that the Zhao family finally felt relieved and responded to the marriage between Zhao Yuling and Su Baizhu. Su Xueyun knew Zhao Yuling's preferences and bought a lot of things she liked when buying a betrothal gift. When decorating the wedding house, Su Xueyun suggested buying another house in the town. Anyway, Su Baizhu built the house in the town, and the two elders' Su Ji was also in the town. It would be more convenient for their home to be settled in the town in the future.

Maybe people were excited when they were happy and even became easier to talk. This time, Su Dapeng and Liu really agreed to move to the town. They bought a large house, which was chosen by Su Baizhu. From the materials of the house to the layout of the small garden, they were very good, and the price was affordable. From then on, they completely walked out of the village and became people in the town. This was a great event for the Su family, which made Su Dapeng feel deeply moved, feeling that the couple in the family had increased their face for him and was truly glorious.

Su Xueyun helped her family complete all the purchases and returned to the Qiu family to study. However, she secretly approached the Qiu family and intended to draw a clear line between the Su family and the Qiu family. Mr. Qiu told her that she didn't have to be so nervous. If this place was not safe, Mr. Qiu would not be able to live here with Ouyang Heng for several years. This is actually the territory of the Qiu family. The county magistrate Zhang Zhihe is also a member of the Qiu family. He and Luo Yizhi support Ouyang Heng. Even Zhang Zhihe's Shangfeng Prefect is also a member of the Qiu family.

After all, the Qiu family was once a big family, and it was impossible for them to have no power except the clan members. However, if they were put aside the open, they were more hidden forces. No one except Master Qiu knew. As long as the county magistrates like Zhang Zhihe did not show any abnormalities, the prime minister and imperial concubine in the capital could not pay attention to it. Where Master Qiu was, there was no news at all. The imperial concubine had no direction to look for. The world was so big that even the emperor would look for someone secretly.

Now a few years have passed, and the imperial concubine and the prime minister have actually relaxed a lot. Although they still suppressed the Qiu family when they saw that the Qiu family would still suppress it, it was just a way to make the Qiu family unable to make a comeback. After the Qiu family deliberately made the illusion of declining, the imperial concubine now had a sense of victory and would not think that the Qiu family was a threat. There were other fresh palace concubines in the palace waiting for the imperial concubine to fight, and there were disobedient officials in the court waiting for the prime minister to suppress it. They did not have so much time and so much manpower to find the young prince. After all, the queen and the young prince had already been defeated by their subordinates, and it was not worth their efforts to spend too much effort.

Because of this, Su Xueyun never thought at first that the Qiu family would be related to the royal family, and their lives were very comfortable. If it weren't for Luo Yizhi's appearance, I'm afraid Mr. Qiu wouldn't have planned to say it so early. So Su Xueyun's current environment is very safe, which is also the reason why Mr. Qiu promised that the Qiu family could protect the Su family's health for the rest of their lives.

However, Su Xueyun still used her own methods to be cautious, and gradually reduced the number of appearances outside. Every time she went out, she would secretly change into men's clothing. Now she still remembered her probably the boss of the embroidery shop and the owners of several restaurants. Especially after she moved to the town, even the villagers rarely saw her again.

On the day when Su Baizhu and Zhao Yuling were overjoyed, many acquaintances from the village came to the Su family for wedding banquet. The Su family yard was big enough. When everyone entered the Su family yard, they felt that their eyes were not enough, for fear of breaking something. However, Su Dapeng and Liu brought people enthusiastically, and everyone got close to each other quickly and looked very festive. Some young men about the same age as Su Baizhu accompanied him to Hetang Village to meet the bride. They used a big red sedan chair. After the sedan chair, they followed a team of people playing suona. No one in the nearby townships had ever married like this. Zhao Yuling suddenly became the object of envy and jealousy of all the girls, especially resentment why they didn't see that the Su family would be prosperous, otherwise they would be the ones who are now glorious.

Among these jealous people, Li Xiner, she also went to Hetang Village to watch Su Baizhu welcome the bride, because she had never seen what the ancient Longjiao wedding was like. Although she had acted on TV, she realized that almost all the women in the village were pulled back by ox carts, and even too poor, she just walked and married. In her opinion, she had no dignity. What was even more hateful is that she didn't even have the dignity to walk. She was exchanged for the wild boar and was carried back by Boss Liang in a coma. This made her have an obsession with the big red sedan chair, and she especially wanted to hold a grand marriage after she had money. In this life, she and the three brothers of the Liang family never had a marriage.

Unexpectedly, the one who made her realize that the big red sedan chair was the marriage of the Su family. She watched Zhao Yuling enter the sedan chair in luxurious wedding clothes, and almost tore her sleeves jealously! Why is it the Su family? Why is it Su Xueyun's home? Why is the bride a good friend of Su Xueyun? When she saw the boxes of dowry, she immediately knew that it could not have been all paid by the Zhao family. At least half of them were betrothal gifts given by the Su family, and these are now all the dowry of a village girl.

Li Xiner looked at these and thought, Zhao Yuling would be so grand when she got married. Wouldn't Su Xueyun get married even more grand when she got married in the future? She couldn't even compare with Zhao Yuling, so what could she compare with Su Xueyun?

Li Xiner was feeling uneasy, and was caught by Liang Cheng, who had just raised her legs. She really caught her and did not show any face to her. She shook Liang Cheng away in shame and angrily said, "Are you still a man? Do you feel accomplished by bullying me all day long? I don't owe you, why do you treat me like this?"

Liang Cheng snorted coldly, grabbed her and pulled her home hard, not caring about the onlookers at all, and said, "You are just the woman I bought with a wild boar. I will treat you whatever I want. Don't forget that your contract is still in my hands. Didn't you say we are not husband and wife? Then you just want to be a maid. You, a maid, dare to sneak out to watch the fun if you don't work at home, but I'm still right to be caught?"

When Li Xiner saw many people pointing at them, her face turned blue with anger and stared at Liang Cheng, she said, "Do you think you are very capable? Even if I was replaced by a wild boar, it is the wild boar you beat by your elder brother. What does it have to do with you? Look at the sedan chair over there, if you have the ability, you can also use a big red sedan chair to marry a wife. Do you have that ability?"

Liang Cheng's face was gloomy, his eyes glaring at Li Xiner were a little creepy, and he raised his hand and slapped her, "Are you looking for death?"

"Liang Cheng, you bastard!" Li Xiner covered her face and shouted loudly.

Liang Cheng slapped again with his backhand, his face even more gloomy, "I think you want to be sold!"

Li Xiner pursed her lips, her eyes full of hatred, but she no longer dared to shout and talk nonsense. She was really afraid of being sold, and she had a contract for selling her body. She regretted it very much at this time. She shouldn't have had a dispute with the three brothers of the Liang family at the beginning, and should have coaxed them to burn the contract for selling her body. It's a pity that Liang Cheng hid the contract for selling her body tightly now, and she couldn't even run away.

Li Xiner was scolded by Liang Cheng, and she dared not resist and scolded everyone in her heart, especially Su Xueyun. She felt that Su Xueyun was specialized in defeating her. As long as it was about Su Xueyun, she could always make her feel unhappy and always make her unlucky. She just saw the marriage of the Su family and was humiliated by Liang Cheng in front of so many people. She must have had a conflict with Su Xueyun.

Li Xiner's farce soon reached Su Xueyun's ears. At that time, Su Baizhu and Zhao Yuling had already worshiped the world. As soon as Su Xueyun gave Zhao Yuling a bowl of noodles, she was pulled by Wang Yunniang to talk. Wang Yunniang mainly said how lively the marriage was in the village, and then she mentioned Li Xiner with a funny look. In the past, Li Xiner was also a wife after all, but even if she was a shared wife, she was a wife. Now Liang Cheng said that she was just a maid bought by the Liang family. This is really a level lower than everyone else. The maid was a slave, so I don't know that Li Xiner had become a slave.

Wang Yunniang was also very moved when she talked about Li Xiner. She had seen people who liked to do things in the village. Didn’t they just do things like Liu and Chen Lanhua just suffer the consequences? But people like Li Xiner are really weird. They have to make trouble for nothing, and they have to get involved in things that have nothing to do with her. As a result, they turned themselves from their wife to maids, and they didn’t know that they would not regret it later.

Su Xueyun smiled and thought to himself that Li Xiner must have regretted it, but it was not that she did not cherish the three brothers of the Liang family, but that she did not seize the opportunity to kick the three brothers of the Liang family. Some people have this kind of personality. Even if they regret it, they will not take the future path with their hearts. They will only complain about missing the past and any opportunities, as if they can reach the sky in one step as long as they don’t miss it, and they have a sense of superiority.

Su Xueyun suddenly understood why she always encountered such a stupid original heroine, because only in such a world can cannon fodder be innocent and be more tragic and bloody by cannon fodder. If it were really that kind of classic masterpiece, cannon fodder would usually become cannon fodder for a certain reason, and there would be no more cannon fodder than cannon fodder in the bloody text.

However, this is very beneficial to her. Life will be easier without spending too much effort in this life. Since the original protagonist is Li Xiner and the three brothers of the Liang family, their opponent will definitely not be the kind of person who is particularly difficult to deal with, or their opponents may have internal conflicts, and there are many unstable factors in themselves, so the original protagonist will be defeated. Otherwise, the three remote rural men of the Liang family, plus a modern college student, would have defeated the imperial concubine and the prime minister, which would be incredible no matter how they think about it.

The only reason is that there are people who can use it and loopholes that can be exploited, so this time Su Xueyun does not plan to fight for the throne step by step according to the ordinary path. She feels that she can find out the unstable factors of the enemy and find ways to take shortcuts. But now she still uses learning as an excuse first and slowly reveals her abilities. Otherwise, many things that she is obviously good at will have no way to pretend, and her living standards will decline too much. Su Xueyun is using the Qiu family to gilt herself, and there will be a reasonable explanation for what she wants to do in the future.

Because of Su Baizhu's marriage, Su Xueyun took a few more days off. After Zhao Yuling returned to the door and adapted to the Su family's life, she resumed her life studying in the Qiu family. However, after she went to the Qiu family this time, she found that the teacher who taught her kung fu and riding and archery had changed, and it turned out that Luo Yizhi taught her personally!

Su Xueyun stood on the martial arts training ground, looked around and said, "Is General Luo busy? How dare I, a beginner, work with General Luo to teach me?"

Luo Yizhi said, "Qingyun, you are so polite. You have saved my life and call me Yizhi."

Su Xueyun said lightly: "You are pretty invisible."

Luo Yizhi was confused by the bow and arrow in his hand and said, "It's really too late to learn these things from now on, but you can only endure these hardships when you dress up as a man. Qingyun, in fact, you don't have to make a choice like this. Mr. Qiu just wants you to accompany the little master. You don't need to sign a contract to sell your body. It's different from those maids around him."

Su Xueyun shook her head, "Even if it is different now, you have to have an identity when you appear in front of others in the future? You still have to be a maid? Maybe you will find an excuse to kill me, and there is no guarantee at all, unless a woman can appear as a guard or a staff member, but I can't change these things now, so I can only temporarily change myself to dress up as a man. Everything is the same, I would rather be free. But I really don't have to worry General Luo, I guess you have a lot of important things to do."

Luo Yizhi pursed his lips, "My confidant is doing things. It's not until I'm here, Qingyun, I just want to repay you one or two."

Su Xueyun smiled slightly, "Haven't you already repay me? That day you mentioned the Yang family to me, and the scumbag died, and Chen Lanhua was also sentenced to death. Did you do it?"

"Yes, you guessed it." Luo Yizhi's eyes were filled with admiration and looked at Su Xueyun and said, "That was just a small matter. It was a small task. Compared to the fact that you saved my life, it was insignificant. Qingyun, do you care about the difference between men and women? You may have to get close to women in the future when you dress up as a woman. If you can't stand this, it's better to think about it."

"Not this," Su Xueyun paused and smiled, "Okay, thank you. It's my honor to have General Luo personally teach you."

Luo Yizhi is indeed better than the previous teachers. He had heard from all the teachers praise Su Xueyun as a genius, so he wanted to help Su Xueyun become a talent quickly. Unexpectedly, he really got along with Su Xueyun, and found that Su Xueyun was really fast and fast to learn things, which was far beyond comparison. It is no exaggeration to praise a genius. Ouyang Heng heard that they practiced martial arts, so he also came over to learn with Su Xueyun. Originally, Luo Yizhi had taught him kung fu, but now he just wanted to teach them together. Every day, the three of them would be in the martial arts field for a long time, and their relationship naturally became more and more harmonious.

After a year of this, Su Xueyun has read many classics, and her skills in fist, footwork and riding and shooting should not be underestimated. Even Luo Yizhi taught them a lot of military tactics when teaching them. It can be said that Su Xiuer of the Su family has transformed from a smart and beautiful village girl to a gentle young strategist, and is considered to be a master of great disciples. After a year of teaching, several of her teachers praised her as a genius, and asked Mr. Qiu to find many books for her to teach herself, saying that this would make her grow faster.

Su Xueyun was reluctant to ask for it, and the freedom to learn by herself became even greater. No one doubted her change faster. Now she lives like a fish in water as Chen Qingyun. Even Ouyang Heng would blurt out her brother Qingyun. She hasn't mentioned the title of Sister Xiuer again for a long time.

Ouyang Heng made rapid progress, and he was also an extremely intelligent person. If he was a stupid person, Mr. Qiu would not be able to put his hope on him. Especially with Su Xueyun, a "genius" competing next to him, Ouyang Heng couldn't do anything without hard work. He didn't take it easy for him to be lazy every year. He completely regarded Su Xueyun as a role model and had a little more vague admiration for Su Xueyun.

Mr. Qiu didn't expect that Su Xueyun had such a great influence on Ouyang Heng, but he was very happy. He often said that he met Su Xueyun because he met treasure. He was as kind to Su Xueyun as his granddaughter. Su Xueyun also regarded the Qiu family as his other family. In fact, she met the grandparents and grandchildren of the Qiu family within a few days after traveling through time. In terms of feelings, there was no difference between them and the Su family. Her closeness was something that Mr. Qiu and Ouyang Heng could feel, and therefore, she had become the person trusted by Mr. Qiu and Ouyang Heng without realizing it.

This year she developed very well, successfully putting herself on a layer of gold, no longer being restricted in her work, and lived a lot more comfortable life. This year, the Su family also developed better and better. Zhao Yuling had just given birth to a boy, and the Su family was filled with laughter and joy every day. Su Dapeng and Liu coaxed their grandson to be satisfied and happy.

However, Su Xueyun was about to turn 18. In ancient times, she was really an old girl who was about to get married. Even though she was getting better and better now, as if she was reborn, the Su family members began to worry about her. There were also some people who were jealous of the Su family and began to gossip about Su Xueyun, saying that Su Xueyun must have some hidden illness to get married. Although there were very few people who said this and only dared to discuss it secretly, Liu was thinking about it. He always asked Su Xueyun when the Qiu family would help her see others, and asked her what she liked, which urged her to be concerned about marriage.

Su Xueyun told Master Qiu like a joke and joked: "You have to arrange a decent family for me, so that my parents can be glorious and marry me out with confidence."

Mr. Qiu smiled and stroked his beard and said, "How do you think Yizhi?"

Su Xueyun looked at Mr. Qiu's expression and said with a funny look: "What does it have to do with Yizhi? What we are talking about is a fake marriage, just find someone to pretend to be."

"Yizhi has not married yet, and I have delayed him. I think you get along well and are very close to each other. If you can become a couple, it will be a good story. I think that boy Yizhi has never cared so much about any woman. I guess he has intentions for you. I wonder what you think?" Mr. Qiu smiled and looked at Su Xueyun, as if he was not talking about a matchmaker but discussing what to eat for dinner.

Su Xueyun's face was not blushing, and she waved her hand and smiled, "I don't want to get married in this life. I don't like the small land in the backyard at all. Don't joke about me. As a general, Yizhi is suitable for marrying a good wife and mother as his wife's helper. The family business will be stable in the future and will be passed down from generation to generation. As for me, I like to play around without restraint and don't want to have emotional involvement with anyone. It's really not suitable for us. Let's talk about the fake husband's family. It's best to marry farther away. When I want to go home in the future, I will tell them that I have become a widow. You must make arrangements for me."

Mr. Qiu sighed, shook his head and smiled, "You girl, you are so stubborn. You can't even pull back any cows. You originally felt sorry for your hard work, but I think you are happy with it. OK, I'll make arrangements for you, don't worry."

Su Xueyun stood up and smiled and bowed, "Then I will thank Mr. Qiu, I'll go and see what the young master is doing."

Su Xueyun looked at the screen and left the study with a smile. After she left, Mr. Qiu sighed again and said helplessly: "Come out."

Luo Yizhi walked out from behind the screen and said without any expression: "Thank you Mr. Qiu."

"Oh, since Girl Xiu said she had no chance to have a chance with you, don't worry about this matter anymore. You have been together day and night this year, Girl Xiu refused without hesitation. It would be fruitless to persevere. After all, some things cannot be forced." Mr. Qiu advised Luo Yizhi, "I am old, and I hope to see the younger generation live happily. Most of the troubles in the world are found by myself. If I can figure it out, I will definitely be able to live better."

Luo Yizhi's lips were pursed tightly, lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment, and whispered: "After seeing such a woman, how can I still take other women into consideration? Mr. Qiu, Qingyun used to be hurt by Liang Cheng, but is that person really worthy of her like this?"

Mr. Qiu shook his head, "It has nothing to do with what kind of person Liang Cheng is. Xiu Yao will change because she wants to change herself. She has a big idea, how could she be affected by Liang Cheng for so long? I think she really doesn't want to get married, she just likes to live alone. Her family is worried that she will be lonely in the future, but look at her, she has the slightest intention of feeling lonely? Since she has expressed her opinion today, don't force it."

After a long time, Luo Yizhi responded: "I understand. Mr. Qiu, it's time for me to go back. I'll set off tomorrow. I'll send any news back."

"Okay." Mr. Qiu looked at him, and finally sighed silently. King Xiang had a dream and the goddess had no intention. Others could not control him. He could only sigh that he had a fate but no part.

On the other hand, Ouyang Heng was also asking Su Xueyun about the marriage, "Brother Qingyun, will you get married in the future? Will you have your own husband and your children become alienated from me after you?"

Su Xueyun said with a funny look: "I have my own parents, my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew. Are you alienated from you?"

Ouyang Heng shook his head, "That's different, right?"

"What's the difference? Are you all family members? I treat you as my family, too." Su Xueyun smiled and comforted her and continued, "But don't worry, I have no plans to get married, and I won't marry in the future."
To be continued...