Transmigrator Meets Reincarnator

C231-235

Chapter 231: Filled with Their Own Thoughts (2)
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Jingyan hadn’t expected Fuyan to speak like that. It lit a fuse in her, making her grit her teeth in frustration as she pointed a trembling finger at Fuyan’s departing back. However, she didn’t dare to scold Fuyan either. There were quite a few other maidservants outside, after all.

In the end, Jingyan could only scold Fuyan in her mind for being a fake. Fuyan was clearly dead envious on the inside, but on the surface, she still acted like she could care less. What a fraud!

What could they gain from staying here in the inner court of the Jing’an Estate? Their young master was far off at the borders, and the main branch of this family wasn’t close to theirs, either. The young master of the second branch only came back to the estate once or twice a month, so they didn’t even have the chance to get close to him. Later on, when they came of suitable age, if Third Young Madam was happy with their service, she would bestow them to a steward of the estate. If she wasn’t happy, then she might even marry them off to some menial manservant, to toil away for the rest of their days in poverty.

Mingyan was so lucky to have met such a good chance. Even if she couldn’t get into Heir Zheng’s bed, she might be able to get married to a minor official instead and become an official’s legitimate wife.

As for her, she could only stay by Third Young Madam’s side, toiling away her days in this Songtao Court. What kind of future could she have?

Mingyan’s sudden departure had caused all sorts of hidden thoughts to surface in Jingyan’s mind.

Meanwhile, as Fuyan continued walking towards the parlour, she kept up her calm exterior despite no longer being in front of Jingyan. But in reality, how could she not be boiling with jealousy of Mingyan?!

However, there were other thoughts in her mind that kept her more patient than Jingyan.

When she thought of He Changdi’s outstanding figure and his handsome looks, as well as that strangely attractive cold demeanour and sombre air of his, Fuyan was filled with excitement. She was going to wait, no matter how many years it took. She was going to wait until the day that Third Young Master returned. With that letter in her hands, she was certain that she would be able to get Third Young Master’s favour.

Meanwhile, Chu Lian was lying in her soft bed, covered in a fragrant, light blanket. She was deep in a comforting slumber, without any mind to care about what the maidservants in her courtyard were thinking about.

In the following days, Chu Lian was kept busy with the opening of Guilin Restaurant. Time flew by in the blink of an eye, and before they knew it, there was only one day left before the first of September, the day of Guilin Restaurant’s reopening.

Mingyan had already been left in the Zheng Estate to take care of Old Duke Zheng’s meals for about six days.

After eating the delicious food that Mingyan had personally cooked, Old Duke Zheng’s spirit was back. In just a few days, he had already recovered to his usual state of health. By the fourth day, he was already able to get out of bed and move around. When it came to the sixth day, he could get up in the morning to practise the five-animal exercises of qigong.

On this day, Heir Zheng had come over to his grandfather’s courtyard early in the morning. Old Duke Zheng had just changed into a short-sleeved tunic and was about to do some morning exercise when he saw that his grandson had come to visit him. He cheerfully extended an invitation to him and said, “Tiancheng, come and practise some techniques with me.”

Upon receiving his grandfather’s invitation, Heir Zheng grinned widely, showing off his teeth. He immediately took off his outer robe and tossed it to his manservant. Then, he strode over to his grandfather’s side and started practising some morning exercises with Old Duke Zheng.