Chapter 259 An Accidental Encounter with a Wealthy Businessman
Ji Yingying belatedly asked, "What are you dealing with?"
"Your assassination attempt yesterday, wasn't it orchestrated by the Tang family? It's a good opportunity to announce it now."
"Okay, what about that woman, the one from the funeral last night? What do you plan to do with her?"
That woman was innocent, after all, and now all she wants is revenge.
"Look at your dad, eat, eat quickly, after you finish eating, we'll go out for a stroll. I've heard there's a beautiful scenic spot outside the city!"
"Really? Then eat quickly, we'll go in a bit."
Unfortunately, the weather turned against us. Just as we were about to go out, it started snowing and raining, which was absolutely terrible.
"We can't go out, so we can only stay in the hotel." After booking a private room, Ji Yingying brewed tea while looking at the snow scene outside.
A vast expanse of white!
I can already picture a little girl running through a vast expanse of white snow, chasing after her own light...
Hmm, it sounds like there's a story behind it, but where is the story?
[This is the prologue; I haven't even started writing it yet. If I were to actually write it, I'd have to find An Yi. But the scenery here is truly beautiful.]
Ji Yingying took a sip of tea and gazed out at the scene with a dazed look.
"Aren't you cold looking out like that?" Mu Kaiji also looked outside, but he restrained himself, as looking at snow too much was bad for his eyes.
Honey, I want to see the Northern Lights!
"Going to see the Northern Lights in this situation, are you trying to die?"
"Hmm~ But I really want to go and see." Perhaps it was the snow outside that was tempting her!
"I also spent last year in the snow like this. I think it was because everyone was so cold, with no food, no drink, no clothes, nothing at all. The snow was so heavy that even the houses were collapsing, and we were in danger of dying any day or night. I didn't have the mood to look at the snow back then."
Do you like snow?
"I used to like it, but later I came to like autumn because it's so comfortable."
The snow stopped in the afternoon, and Ji Yingying took Mu Kaiji out to see the scenery outside the city.
The heavy snow not only blocked the mountain pass, but also the road. After all, no one was shoveling snow, so it would be strange if there were any roads!
Since they were already out, the two decided to continue walking forward.
The snow wasn't deep. After walking for a while, they passed through a small town, found an inn, and booked two private rooms. Ji Yingying slept until the end of time.
The next day, the sky cleared up.
"We can go out for a walk today." The New Year celebrations are almost over, and the Lantern Festival is just around the corner, but it's still not lively enough here.
"OK!"
After the two went out, they looked around and unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.
"Sister Ji, what are you doing here?" The wealthy businessman looked at Ji Yingying with some disbelief, and even wanted to reach out and touch her, but in the end he restrained himself.
That's right, this person is a wealthy businessman among the handsome young men!
"Brother Shang, what are you doing here? Sister Mei, Brother Zhang, and Little Brother Zhang are all here too."
"We've all separated now. Your sister Mei is at the clinic!"
"Ah~ You two actually broke up?" Ji Yingying was a little incredulous and quite shocked. What happened to the forced love? How did she suddenly realize that?
This script doesn't make sense!
[Xiangxiang, I feel like your gossip is starting to get inaccurate. Look, this isn't forced love, where's the force? Where's the control? Where's the love? It's all gone!]
Ji Yingying complained.
[I don't know what's wrong with them?] Xiangxiang felt wronged, but that's how the melons they gave her were, so how did something go wrong? We must report this.
"And who is this?" the wealthy merchant asked, thinking that someone like Ji Yingying would have guards accompanying her.
But the man's attire didn't resemble that of a guard, so he asked.
"This is my older brother, my third brother, his surname is Mu."
"Hello, Brother Mu!"
Mu Kaiji nodded: "Hello, you can just call me Kaiji. What should I call you?"
"Junming."
"Brother Junming!" The two exchanged pleasantries for a while before the wealthy merchant asked Ji Yingying, "Sister Ji, are you here on official business? Or..."
Do you think I'm a hardworking person?
Upon hearing her say this, the wealthy businessman immediately understood: "You've skipped work again?"
"I don't think so. I'm still on leave, so it doesn't count as absenteeism."
Since she was out having fun, she was the one who gave herself the identity. Ji Yingying didn't plan to say she was absent from work this time, since no one knew she had official business to attend to.
"So what are you doing here?"
"I came here to do business because my family kept pressuring me to get married, so I just left."
"Oh? You're being forced into marriage too? Do you have someone you want to marry?" Ji Yingying had seen people being forced into marriage before; her older brother had practically come over and asked her if he could live in the princess's mansion.
It's really quite terrifying.
It's even more terrifying than modern times. Your mother at home won't care about you. She'll cry, make a scene, and even threaten suicide.
That's terrifying!
"This..." The wealthy businessman was somewhat embarrassed.
"It's okay. A good man should have ambitions beyond his hometown. Who knows, you might meet someone you like in the next second and win the heart of a beauty."
[Host, you're really good at comforting people, but he's like your older brother—hard to find.]
[If you can't find a woman, can't you change your mindset and find a man? We're all human, we all have to spend our lives together, so who accompanies whom doesn't matter.]
"You're quite optimistic; they're after children to carry on the family line."
[To carry on the family line? By the way, is it permissible to have children in my princess's residence?]
What are you thinking! Unless you're a prince.
[I've tried so hard, and the Emperor won't even give me a princely title, haha... I'm skipping work to have some fun, no rush to go back.]
Ji Yingying thought fiercely, while Mu Kaiji couldn't help but shake his head. This girl, what kind of crazy words are these!
Didn't she know that she was surrounded by the Emperor's men?
The wealthy merchant was taken aback. He had seen how well the Emperor treated her, and he had assumed it was because of her good deeds that the Emperor favored her. He never expected that she not only had the Emperor's favor, but was also the Emperor's Grand Princess Protector of the Nation.
They have always had a relationship with a powerful princess!
"Thank you for your comforting words, Sister Ji. May I ask where you plan to go for your next trip?"
"Yeah, just browsing around. What about you?"
"I'm not finished yet. If Sister Ji wants to continue sightseeing here, I have another house here that you and Brother Mu can stay in. It will be convenient for the two of you."
"No need, no need, that's too much trouble. Let's stay at a restaurant, we're not short of money!"
Aside from the cost of restaurants and food and drinks, they don't need to spend any money on anything else. They both have their own space and can do whatever they want.
"This is also a token of my appreciation, please don't refuse!"
"No, it's just really inconvenient. We were just going on a whim and didn't think about where we would stay."
[We didn't even get to explore the last city much before we left. How can we let that stop us from continuing our journey?]
"Alright, if you need anything, please let me know."
"No problem, it's no big deal."
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