Yunling smiled and lowered her head, rolling her eyes where the two couldn't see. Did they really think she was naive? If it weren't for this old man and that shrew Liu's tricks, her aunt wouldn't have been so frightened.

The Qin family knew about this and tried every means to get Yun Ruochun's forgiveness. They also wanted to sever ties with this old man. But this man pretended to be ignorant when he knew the truth. Why didn't she just feed him a mouthful of shit?

"I wouldn't dare say whether we're family or not. When I was little, my aunt was apparently favored by an old man in the city because of her superhuman strength. He insisted on bringing her to our doorstep in a sedan chair. My aunt was almost driven to the point of jumping into the river to commit suicide."

Master Song's face darkened, and his eyes narrowed, like a wolf crouching in the dark night. If his prey made any further rash moves, he would leap out and fight it.

Yunling could certainly sense the dangerous aura emanating from him, so she quickly said:

"Later, when the Qin family found out about this, they were very indignant on behalf of my aunt..."

Yunling stopped talking. Master Song's face turned from purple to green to white; Yunling's unfinished words were the most deadly to him. He could only force a smile that was as good as it could possibly be.

"The Qin family is a good family, and the Qin family members are very kind."

Master Song couldn't say anything more. Yunling didn't want to get entangled with him over this past matter. First, it would be bad for her aunt if things got out of hand. Second, even a cornered dog will bite, and she didn't need to fight for the upper hand in this mess.

“What you say is absolutely right.”

Song Jiasanlang had always known that his father had this kind of fetish, and had mentioned it to him before. But it was only when he himself kept a beautiful young mistress that he truly understood the feeling. It was wonderful, truly wonderful.

It's just unexpected that Yun Ruochun has the ability to rise to prominence and become a phoenix. She is indeed not to be underestimated. However, the past is the past, and it's not glorious to bring it up again. It's best for the three families to live in harmony. After all, who in this world would turn down money?

Song Jiasanlang considered himself to be very perceptive, and his smile was quite natural.

"It's fate that we met. Young lady, please stay and have a simple meal together."

"No need. I still need to go to the Lu family business. Uncle, just publish that article for me. Will it be available first thing tomorrow morning?"

"Tomorrow... I can, I can, I can."

Yunling took out half a string of copper coins from the bag. She had already counted them on the way here; there were a total of five hundred copper coins, enough for her to publish for five days.

“I’ll pay you this copper coin first. Song Xiaoliulang said that it would cost 100 coins per day to publish, and it could be published for a maximum of five days. I happen to have 500 here. I’ll trouble you, Uncle, to publish it for five days.”

"No need, no need. As I said, it's fate that we met. I often visit Huai-ge'er, so this is nothing to worry about."

"That won't do. We're all in business, so we should keep our finances separate from our business dealings. Only then can our friendship last."

Yunling simply placed the copper coin on the table where they were having tea, then thanked them and left.

As Master Song watched Yunling's departing figure, he wished he could stare a hole through her back.

"The daughters of the Yun family are all quite unique. How many daughters does the Yun family have?"

“Didn’t Song Wang say there were four? They’re all quite capable. One of them is even studying medicine at Ren’an Hall.”

"And what about the last one? What does it do, and what does it look like?"

Song Jiasanlang frowned slightly. Everyone in the city knew that the Yun family's status had risen dramatically, and even their business was booming. His father, however, was still concerned about what that person looked like.

"She probably does business too, but I don't know the specifics. Besides, that's Yu-ge'er's future sister-in-law. If Father really likes her, why not let the matchmaker pick out a few good ones for him to play with, so as not to get himself into trouble."

Master Song was well aware of this principle, but he had already played so many games with them, and they were all obedient and well-behaved, so he wasn't satisfied with the experience.

He likes people with strong personalities; it's more fun to mess around with them. It's just a pity that he finally met one, only to fail, and now he's met another one, and failed again. Is Song Zhiping destined to never have a chance to rise to the top?

He's practically on his deathbed; if he doesn't try this once, he won't die in peace!

Since leaving the two men, Yunling felt like her shoes were greased, as if she wanted to rub sparks off the ground just to get away from the paper shop as quickly as possible. It was terrifying. If it weren't for her connection with Qin Yu, she would have been skinned alive today.

Despite the sweltering heat, she felt no heat at all; in fact, goosebumps were creeping up her back. It was awful. Next time she came, she would have to ask Song Xiaoliulang at the door before entering alone.

Yunling got back into the carriage and headed towards the Lu family's trading company, but this time she didn't see Lu Yinghuai. Instead, Lu Jiamin affectionately wrapped her arm around her.

"Lingniang, you're finally back."

"Minniang, it's been a long time! How have you been? Have you been eating anything good?"

Lu Jiamin gets happy whenever food is mentioned.

"I had some really delicious cheese balls, Lingniang. Thank you for the little pendant. I really like it."

Yunling was somewhat taken aback. So this guy really did like the little pendant; Lu Yinghuai hadn't lied after all.

"If you like it, that's good. Where is your brother?"

"Oh, my brother was called out by Song Xiaoliulang. When he saw me at the trading company, he specifically told me to return the two land deeds to you if I saw you."

Yunling then spread her hands in greeting, but Lu Jiamin, having learned a bit of Lu Yinghuai's refined manner, wouldn't let her go until she achieved her own goal. She directly led Yunling outside.

"Lingniang, we haven't seen each other for so long, why don't we go out for a stroll together?"

"Let's go shopping again next time, I still have a lot to do at home."

Lu Jiamin didn't care. She dragged Yunling outside, and before she knew it, they bumped into someone. She looked up at the person in front of her; he was slightly shorter than her brother, with a tall and slender figure. However, the fact that he didn't apologize after bumping into her left a bad impression on her.

"Hey, you bumped into me, aren't you going to apologize?"

Xie Sinan had finally managed to see Yun Ling, and that's why he thought of following her in. He had been careful on the way, wary of being framed, but he still ended up getting caught in the crossfire.

"Miss, is that you?"

Who are you calling a "Miss"?

Shessnan nodded apologetically twice. He had momentarily forgotten that in this dynasty, "Miss" was used to refer to a "prostitute," so he quickly apologized.

“Young lady, it was my fault for addressing you incorrectly, but you were the one who bumped into me first. It is very inappropriate for me to apologize.”