Yet Ye Xinyan harbored an unconscious resistance toward Jiang Yifan, who was the original host's husband. By all logic, he and the original host should have been the closest and most intimate of relations, yet they were not on good terms and even detested each other.
A saying from a thousand years later goes, "The person who understands you best is not your friend, but your enemy."
As an enemy with sufficient closeness and intelligence, Ye Xinyan unconsciously believed it would be easy to give herself away in front of Jiang Yifan. Therefore, she had always tried to avoid excessive contact with Jiang Yifan, but still, she had been seen through by that fellow.
Such people needed to be kept at a distance, ensuring the well water did not interfere with the river water was the safest approach.
