Do Not Offend A Reborn Wicked Wife - Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Pei Jinheng

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Third Auntie, this is an embroidery I made recently. Can you help me take a look?”

In the Chai residence, Longyue received the embroidery from Chai Qiao’er. After carefully examining it, she nodded and said, “Not bad, you’ve improved. Compared to before, it looks like it was made by two different people!”
“Really? Thank you, Auntie! This is all thanks to your help!”

Qiao’er smiled good-naturedly as she spoke, and even her greeting became much more affectionate.

“Oh right, Auntie. Brother will be making a trip to the county city soon after he’s done with the hunting. Should we go?”

“Since it’s on the way, let’s go there and sell this batch of embroidery.”

Longyue had a few dozen embroideries on hand that could be sold for quite a bit of money. It was not a bad idea to go out and take a walk.

Later, Chai Tieniu came in, took a few packages, and brought the two of them to the county city.

The old bull mooed and shouted as the cart drove slowly, leaving two uneven trails on the muddy little path. A black shadow suddenly appeared behind them and looked at the distant ox cart with a silly smile.

Young lady, tsk tsk, what a wonderful person. Her figure is graceful and her appearance is outstanding. Hiss, she makes my heart itch just looking at her.

‘The man stared ahead, his eyes almost popping out as he drooled

In the city, Jinxiu fabric shop.

Yun Niang received an honored guest from the capital yesterday. Be it his appearance or manner of speech, he was noble beyond words, making her shudder in fear. She had thought that she could rest today, but who knew that he would come again!
“Young Master, it’s cold here. I don’t have good tea. Please forgive me!”

Yun Niang held a cup of tea that was of moderate temperature and carefully served it to the young man sitting on the exquisite rattan chair. Usually, she could not bear to sit on this chair, but the other party just laid on his side casually.
“If two people have been in love with each other for a long time, why should they care about being together day and night… Yue’er, since you had feelings for me, why did you let me down?”

The man held a silk handkerchief with exquisite embroidery in his hand. His thumb gently caressed the embroidery on it as he stared at the words on it and muttered to himself.

In terms of conceptual style and workmanship, this handkerchief was a shadow of the woman he could not forget.

He held the handkerchief to his nose and sniffed it gently. He seemed to be able to smell the faint lotus fragrance unique to her.

She was untainted, pure, and not seductive. He had always thought that his Yue’er was such a noble, elegant, beautiful, and refined woman. But why did he witness such an unbearable scene?

Why was that?

He was angry and sad, but he refused to be resigned. So in a fit of anger, he broke off the engagement between the two families back then. Meanwhile, the Pang family also felt that she had disgraced their family name. Not only were they not angry at his actions, they even sent people to give him
compensation.

But why would he want compensation? What he wanted was Yue’er from the beginning!

So when he found out that she had been chased out of the house by Minister Pang and was forced to marry a poor family from his hometown, his heart ached and he was upset. He wanted to look for her, but at this time, the current emperor actually granted him and Second Miss Pang a marriage!
If he left the capital, rumors would spread—the emperor had just conferred a marriage for the eldest son of the Pei family but he had gone to meet his old love

If the emperor lost face, his future would be destroyed!

He took a deep breath and suppressed the grief in his heart. He said slowly, “When will the person who embroidered this handkerchief come?”

“Young Master, it is hard to say. Sometimes it’s three to five days, sometimes it’s ten days or half a month. Recently, she hasn’t come here for five days. I’m afraid… She’ll be coming soon, right? That… Young Master wants to see her?”

“No, this handkerchief is exquisitely made. I’m just curious.”

“Oh…”

Yun Niang was a woman in her thirties and had seen a lot of things. How could she not tell that this man was not telling the truth?

But she could not say anything. She could only pray in her heart that Longyue would not be in any trouble.

After the young master left, Yun Niang heaved a sigh of relief. She saw Longyue walk in with Qiao’er.

Yun Niang clenched her fists and hurriedly greeted them warmly, “Hey, you two are finally here. These past few days, many people have come to ask me if I have any new embroidery here. I almost couldn’t handle it!”

This was a polite greeting, but it was also the truth. Longyue’s embroideries were exquisite, and many wealthy ladies and daughters would fight over them.

Longyue smiled and replied, “Something happened at home these past few days, so I haven’t been here often. It’s making the lady boss anxious!”

After she finished speaking, she realized that there was something wrong with Yun Niang. The weather was cold, but why was her forehead covered in sweat?

“What’s wrong, Lady Boss? Are you sick?”
“Ah, no… I just received a customer. I’ma little busy…”
Yun Niang was a businesswoman. She knew that those influential people or court officials could kill merchants like her as easily as crushing an ant, so she did not dare to offend that nobleman.

She didn’t dare say anything about him, but she felt bad hiding it from Longyue. As a result, she began to sweat even more.

Longyue looked at her extremely nervous expression and realized that something was not right. She smiled and said, “I’m afraid Lady Boss is really not feeling well. How about this? Let’s settle the bill quickly so you can rest.”
“alright, alright!”

Yun Niang responded repeatedly and then did a count. However, she was a little flustered. If not for Longyue’s reminder, she would have given them an additional 10 taels by mistake.

After receiving the 20 taels for this batch of goods, Longyue gave Qiao’er eight taels that belonged to her. She put the remaining 12 taels in her purse and they left the shop.

As they walked out of Jinxiu fabric shop, Qiao’er curiously asked, “Longyue, that lady boss doesn’t look right today.”

“There’s indeed something wrong, but this has nothing to do with us. We’re done here!”

“Yes!”

“Let’s go to the market to see if there’s anything to buy!”

“alright!”

‘The two of them gradually walked away. A tall figure appeared in the alley behind Jinxiu fabric shop. He looked at Longyue’s graceful back view and frowned slightly.

It was not appropriate to meet her with someone accompanying her. He had to find a chance to be alone with her.

“Young Master Pei!”

A sweet voice suddenly appeared from behind him. Pei Jinheng frowned and looked over. He saw a young girl in a light green dress and asked, “Do you know me? Who are you?”

“Sigh, has Young Master Pei forgotten me? My surname is Zhou and my name is Zhigin. I’m Sister Yue’s distant cousin. When I was young, I went to play with Sister Yue. Young Master Pei should have met me!”
Zhou Zhiqin said obsequiously, trying her best to show the charm and inexperience of a young girl.

Pei Jinheng nodded. “I have some recollection now. Is there anything you need from me, Miss Zhou?”

“Oh, I saw Young Master Pei staring at my cousin just now. Is there something you want to see her about?”

Pei Jinheng said, “There’s something.”

“Then, Young Master Pei…”

“It’s not convenient—she has someone by her side!”

Pei Jinheng frowned and said. Since he was recognized, he could only tell the truth.

“Oh, you want to meet my cousin alone? That’s easy. I’ll ask her out later, and you can meet her alone, right?”

Pei Jinheng had just arrived at a small place like this and was not very familiar with it. Since someone was willing to help him, he nodded and said, “Alright, thank you, Miss Zhou!”

“Young Master, you’re too polite!” Zhou Zhigin said with a smile, her eyes flashing with imperceptible malice..