Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 42

Chapter 042 Teach One’s Son
Just as Yun Xiao walked out of the room, someone covered her mouth and brought her into the room. She squeaked twice, and the door behind her was already tightly closed. She sighed in her heart. Today was really not peaceful.

“Mother, you’re here.” A soft and waxy voice came. Yun Xiao was stunned. She lowered her head and saw a child wearing a crescent-toothed white child robe looking up at her. Her baby-fat little face seemed to be moist with a layer of light. She was full of smiles, and her pair of bright eyes shone with surprise.

“Bad man, let go of my mother.” Rong Ruo saw that Yun Xiao’s face was getting redder and redder. Obviously, there was a lack of air. Her soft and waxy hands pushed the woman holding Yun Xiao hostage with all their might.

Yun Xiao did not understand why she would encounter Rong Ruo here. She looked inside and saw a man wearing a crescent moon white robe.

Rong Ruo hugged Yun Xiao’s leg and said happily, “Daddy said that Mother will be here soon. Daddy really didn’t lie to Ruo Ruo.”

Yun Xiao hugged Rong Ruo in her arms, but more and more doubts appeared in her eyes. The Crown Prince Zhou Jingchen, the Third Prince Zhou Jingyan, and the county princess Huining had all come today, but the proton Rong Jin had also come. It was truly surprising.

The woman holding him was dressed in a clean dress. The hem of the dress was only a few simple dark lines drawn with colorful threads. She had a pretty face and a face of frost. There was no temperature in her eyes. She stood there like an ice cube.

Yun Xiao sized it up and carried Rong Ruo into the private room. She looked at the gentle man with a smile at the corner of her mouth and poured her own tea. “Is this how Young Master Rong invited people to his private room?”

Rong Jin lowered his eyebrows with a hint of doubt, and the corner of his mouth curled up slightly. “Why didn’t the fourth young miss say that I saved your life?”

Yun Xiao’s expression turned cold. Although Rong Jin only said one sentence, she could already guess what this meant. It must be that Zhou Jingchen was worried about her, so she found someone to follow her. However, she did not expect that Rong Jin would discover her and save her once.

Her heart skipped a beat. Next time, she definitely couldn’t take such a risk!

Yun Xiao bowed respectfully and said, “Thank you for saving my life, Young Master Rong. Today, all of Young Master Rong’s expenses in Yunlai Restaurant are on my account.”

Rong Jin gestured for her to sit down. “Come here and have some tea. There’s no need to bother Fourth Young Lady.”

Yun Xiao couldn’t understand Rong Jin anymore. What happened today was definitely not a coincidence. Her expression turned cold. “You sent someone to follow me?”

Rong Ruo’s eyes were black and white as she looked around, and a wisp of doubt flashed across her eyes. “Mother, I asked Daddy to come here to find you. Last time, Brother Han said that this restaurant was run by Mother, so I asked Daddy to bring me here for an hour every day. Perhaps I would meet Mother. After coming so many times, I finally waited for Mother to kiss me once, but I didn’t come in vain.”

Yun Xiao was stunned. She lowered her eyebrows and looked at Rong Ruo with a serious expression. Her bright eyes flickered with uneasiness. Her heart gradually softened. She didn’t expect things to be like this. She really thought too much about it.

She patted Rong Ruo’s small body and said gently, “If you want to see me in the future, just go to the manor and find me. There’s no need to wait here.” She didn’t know why, but every time she looked at Ruo Ruo, her heart would unconsciously soften.

Rong Ruo obediently replied, but a bright light flashed in her eyes. “Mother, Daddy has been a little busy lately. He doesn’t have time to accompany me. Can I follow you?”

Yun Xiao did not know why, but she had a feeling that this was Rong Ruo’s goal. However, her heart softened when she met the pair of watery black and white eyes, “Alright.”

However, she looked at the man with an indifferent expression and whispered, “May I know if Young Master Rong will agree?”

Her gaze was focused on Rong Jin’s hair roots. She still remembered that this face was not like that last time. Then could this face that she saw now be his true appearance?

Or was this Rong Jin not the proton Rong Jin he had heard of?

Rong Jin’s kind gaze swept across Rong Ruo’s pitiful face before he said, “Since I’m willing, I won’t stop him. However, the capital has been in a bit of chaos recently, so I’ll send two people to serve him. Are you okay with that, Fourth Young Lady?”

He was obviously asking for other people’s opinions, but he didn’t give anyone the chance to refuse.

Yun Xiao naturally replied, and doubts surged in his heart. He had memories of his previous life and knew that the capital would soon be in chaos, but how did he know that the capital had been in chaos recently? Could it be that he was also reborn?

It wasn’t that Yun Xiao thought too much, but that she had to think a little more when she met a county princess of Hui Ning who had been reborn just like herself.

Yun Xiao’s eyes rolled. She suddenly thought of a woman. That young lady from the Duke of Xiao’s Mansion had married Rong Jin in her previous life. However, according to what she saw last time, that young lady Xiao was somewhat different from what she had heard in her previous life. What was going on? Could it be that Miss Xiao was reborn in her previous life? That’s why you know so much about fresh stuff. What?

In her previous life, Eldest Miss Xiao had used the prescription in her hand to cooperate with the Yun Clan’s name pharmacy many times. As for those prescriptions, the shopkeeper of the pharmacy had given them to Daddy, and Daddy had given them to her, so she remembered quite a few prescriptions.

As for those prescriptions, many of them were made into various rare pills. The effects of these pills were even better. They had the effects of beauty, skin care, health preservation, anti-aging, and so on. Moreover, these effects were better than the prescriptions in the pharmacy before.

“Since Young Master Rong is able to gain a firm foothold in the capital, there must be an industry like a pharmacy under his name, right?”

“Indeed, Fourth Young Lady, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly.” The Yun Clan’s shop was the capital, so it couldn’t be said that it wasn’t small. The property under his name was still inferior. Yun Xiao’s question at this time was definitely not that simple.

Yun Xiao chuckled. As expected, it was easy to talk business with smart people. “I have a few prescriptions in my hand. They are all for beauty care.” After she finished speaking, she looked at Rong Jin firmly. “I want to cooperate with Young Master Rong.”

Rong Jin was stunned for a moment, his eyes filled with doubts. Wouldn’t it be better to cooperate with the Yun Clan’s industries? The money he earned was all from the Yun Clan, but why would Yun Xiao cooperate with an outsider like him?

It was truly unimaginable. Rong Jin looked at the woman opposite him and could not understand her thoughts. It was the first time in many years that he had seen such a woman who made him unable to see the truth.

‘”I want to know why Fourth Young Lady didn’t give her pharmacy prescriptions and instead cooperated with an outsider like me.”

Yun Xiao turned the teacup in her hand, and the corner of her mouth slightly hooked, “Young Master Rong is not an outsider. You are Ruo Ruo’s father, aren’t you?”

As for the real reason, she naturally had her own intentions. If she gave all of those prescriptions to her family’s shops, then the Yun Family’s property would definitely rise to a higher level. However, doing so would push the Yun Family into an irreversible situation.

Just like in his previous life, when he married Zhou Jingyan, more than 200 people from the Yun Clan had died in the end! In this life, nothing could be said to allow such a tragedy to happen again!

To prevent such a tragedy, Yun Clan’s industrial income would naturally drop, and the income of other families would rise. Now, county princess Hui Ning had the desserts and drinks from her previous life to make a fortune. Yun Clan had always been an old-fashioned industry, and although Rong Jin’s industry was booming, there was still no advantage.

As long as he cooperated with Rong Jin on the prescription, Rong Jin’s business would turn around as quickly as possible. At that time, the shops in the capital would become tripartite. Naturally, they would be able to divert the attention of many royal families from the Yun Clan, and Zhou Jingyan’s attention would naturally be diverted as well.

Now that county princess Huining had been reborn, she naturally knew what had happened in her previous life and knew that Zhou Jingyan was the future emperor. It was hard to guarantee that she did not want to cooperate with Zhou Jingyan when she met him this time. In this way, Zhou Jingyan’s gaze would not always be fixed on the Yun Clan, which was well-off in the world.

“Naturally, this is Ruo Ruo’s father and this is Ruo Ruo’s mother. We are originally a family. There is no reason for father and mother to cooperate.” Rong Ruo smiled and said, “Of course, this is Ruo Ruo’s father. This is Ruo Ruo’s mother.”

When Yun Xiao heard Rong Ruo’s words, she felt her face turn red. She coughed softly and said, “Ruo Ruo, don’t speak nonsense.”

Rong Ruo’s mouth was flat and she was somewhat dissatisfied. “What nonsense is there to speak? They all said that Mother has no marriage matters left. But an innocent girl, my father has not taken a wife. It would be most appropriate to marry Mother.”

Yun Xiao felt that Rong Ruo’s small mouth was really poisonous.

But what does it mean to be unmarried? To have children before a wife? Obviously, Rong Ruo had forgotten about this matter.

Yun Xiao did not remind him, “Marriage is a matchmaker’s order. How can you just say that? Private gifts can only ruin your reputation.” The corner of his eyes looked at the man who refused to marry him. He only smiled and did not make any other movements. His pair of bright black eyes seemed to be able to see through people’s hearts.

Rong Ruo originally thought it was a good marriage. He was very curious. Why did everything go wrong when it came to mother’s mouth? He looked at Rong Jin, who had always been silent. “Daddy, is what you said right? Brother Han calls mother’s father father as father and mother’s mother as mother. Mother’s father and mother are naturally husband and wife. How did things change here?”

When Yun Xiao heard this, she almost spat out a mouthful of tea. However, her good self-control allowed Yun Xiao to know that she could not do so. She could only forcefully swallow the tea and coughed a lot.

Rong Jin still chuckled and looked at Yun Xiao. “Since it’s your son, I would be grateful if I could trouble Fourth Young Lady to teach him a lesson.”

When Yun Xiao heard this, her cough became even more severe. She placed Rong Ruo in Rong Jin’s arms and said, “Ruo Ruo is also your son. Teach her a lesson first and I’ll take her away later.”

Rong Jin patted Rong Ruo on the back. Rong Ruo seemed to understand as she shouted, “Mother, where are you going?”

Yun Xiao continued to walk out, “Go back and change clothes.” Otherwise, Chun Lin and Chun Lan would have to go back. Seeing their clothes, they would definitely cause a disturbance.

However, Yun Xiao’s footsteps suddenly stiffened. The Ice Beauty who kidnapped her happened to be wearing the same set of clothes she was wearing today. “My Young Master still has something to tell the Fourth Young Lady. Please stay here and change her clothes.”