A large hand grabbed Ye Yunniang and pulled her into a narrow alley.
His warm, moist lips pressed down, swallowing all of Ye Yunniang's screams.
"No, Second Master, no," Ye Yunniang reached out and pushed Jiang Mingzhe, speaking softly to avoid attracting the attention of people outside the alley.
Jiang Mingzhe ignored him and took the opportunity to enter.
After the kiss ended, Ye Yunniang collapsed into Jiang Mingzhe's arms, panting heavily.
Stopping Jiang Mingzhe from speaking further, Ye Yunniang asked inwardly, "Second Master, are you alright?" She then inwardly scolded herself for her poor communication skills. Could the Jiang family's current situation be considered good?
Jiang Mingzhe did not answer. He reached out and hugged Ye Yunniang tightly, inhaling the faint milky scent on her body to calm his anger.
Held in Jiang Mingzhe's arms, Ye Yunniang could feel his exhaustion and anger.
Ye Yunniang didn't struggle and let him hold her. Feeling her body stiffen slightly in his embrace, she asked, "Can I let go now?"
Jiang Mingzhe released Ye Yunniang.
Ye Yunniang took two steps back, took out a jade thumb ring from her bosom, and handed it to Jiang Mingzhe, saying, "This is yours."
Jiang Mingzhe did not accept the jade ring. "Once it's given to you, it's yours."
“You need him more than I do.” Ye Yunniang looked at the jade thumb ring in her hand. It was of good quality and she could exchange it for some money.
“This is a reward I bought for myself when I made my first business deal at the age of 13. I’ve always worn it on my wrist and consider it my lucky charm. Please keep it safe for me.”
Having said that, Ye Yunniang agreed and put the jade thumb ring into her sachet.
He took out two silver notes and handed them to Jiang Mingzhe, saying, "I believe that you, Second Master, will definitely rebuild the Jiang family into the richest family in Jiangcheng."
Seeing the silver notes in Ye Yunniang's hand, Jiang Mingzhe's indignation vanished, and he reached out and hugged Ye Yunniang tightly.
"you,"
A violent storm struck.
Jiang Mingzhe picked up Ye Yunniang as if she were a child and carried her into the depths of the alley.
Ye Yunniang, terrified, clung to Jiang Mingzhe with both hands and wrapped her legs around his waist. "...Master...you...want...to...go...ah..." Ye Yunniang stammered, her words incoherent.
Push open a wooden door in the middle of the alley, enter the courtyard, and walk towards the bed in the room.
"Second Master, please stop!" Ye Yunniang cried out in panic, even in broad daylight.
"Call me by my name, Jingzhi. Yunniang calls me Jingzhi."
"No...disrespect...to...not...not during the day...um...no..."
***
The small courtyard is next to a dilapidated temple.
"Old man Jiang, do you still think you're the richest man in the country? The Jiang family has been raided, and you're just a poor old man now." Jiang Mingshu said arrogantly.
“Jiang Mingshu, he’s your father.” Jiang Mingrui spoke with an arrogant tone, clearly disgusted by Jiang Mingshu.
"Jiang Mingshu? Hmph, I'm called Li Mingshu now and have nothing to do with your Jiang family." The Jiang Mingshu who used to have to fawn over the Jiang family is gone.
Standing before the Jiang family now is Li Mingshu, whose surname is Li, not Jiang.
Grandpa Jiang was so angry about Jiang Mingshu and Jiang Mingyue's affair that he wanted to send Jiang Mingshu to jail.
Jiang Mingyue knelt before Old Madam Jiang, kowtowing and begging for mercy. Aunt Bai also pleaded in various ways, even revealing that she was pregnant.
Grandpa Jiang didn't believe it at first, but after a doctor took her pulse, he found out she was indeed pregnant.
At 60 years old, and still with children, Grandpa Jiang was very happy.
At the request of the two, the Jiang family relented and agreed not to send Jiang Mingshu to the authorities. However, they could not keep him and expelled him from their residence.
Not his biological son, and who had even tried to kill him. Grandpa Jiang didn't give Li Mingshu a single penny of his inheritance.
Jiang Mingyue and Aunt Bai gave all their private savings to Jiang Mingshu.
Fearing the Jiang family would kill him, Jiang Mingshu took the money given to him by his lover and mother and went to a mountain town on the outskirts of Jiangcheng to buy some property. Just as he settled down, he received news that the Jiang family had confiscated his property.
He laughed loudly, thinking, "Heaven has eyes!" and hurried towards Jiangcheng.
"Yueyue, come with me." Li Mingshu reached out his hand to Jiang Mingyue. He had genuine feelings for Jiang Mingyue.
Without hesitation, Jiang Mingyue reached out and took Li Mingshu's hand, standing beside him.
“Okay, to the ends of the earth, I’ll follow you.” Jiang Mingyue’s eyes were only for Jiang Mingshu.
"Mingyue, you can't!" Old Madam Jiang tried to grab Jiang Mingyue's hand; she couldn't let her daughter be kidnapped like this.
"You old hag, get out of here!" Jiang Mingyue forcefully shook off Old Madam Jiang, her tone full of disgust.
"Mother." Jiang Mingrui helped up the old lady Jiang, then turned to angrily rebuke Jiang Mingyue, "Jiang Mingyue, are you even human? You pushed your mother who has loved you since you were a child for an outsider."
“She’s not my biological mother. She killed my own mother, I hate her so much.” Jiang Mingyue no longer hid the hatred in her eyes.
"You," Old Madam Jiang couldn't believe that the child she had cherished for 16 years hated her so much. He really wasn't her biological son; no matter how much sincerity she showed, it was useless.
Li Mingshu smiled smugly and then looked at Aunt Bai.
"Mother, come with me."
Aunt Bai looked at her belly and hesitated.
“Mother, the old man has nothing. If you stay with him, he might sell you off someday when he needs money,” Li Mingshu comforted her.
Grandpa Jiang ignored Li Mingshu's words and stared at Aunt Bai, "Are you going with him?"
"Master, I..." Aunt Bai thought about how she hadn't eaten a single meal since being kicked out yesterday, and that she had slept on prickly straw at night. After being pampered for more than ten years, she couldn't bear to be forced to live a life of hardship again.
Aunt Bai's silence already conveyed a certain meaning.
"Alright, I'll write you a letter of release from your concubine status. You can go with him." Since he couldn't keep her, Old Master Jiang decided not to try either, and simply let Concubine Bai leave.
The dilapidated temple had no writing brushes, ink, paper, or inkstones, so Li Mingshu sent someone to buy them on the spot.
After writing it down, Old Master Jiang pressed his fingerprint on it. From then on, Aunt Bai was no more in the Jiang family.
Bai Yurong carefully took her divorce papers, her eyes brimming with tears, and looked at Old Master Jiang. "Master, I will give birth to the child and raise it well."
“Mother, it has nothing to do with the Jiang family, so the child should naturally be aborted.” Li Mingshu didn’t want to raise a child from the Jiang family.
Jiang Mingyue remained silent, which also indicated her agreement with Li Mingshu's opinion.
“Mingshu, this is your younger brother.” Aunt Bai disagreed, turning to hold Old Master Jiang’s hand. “Master, don’t worry. No matter how hard or tiring it is, I will raise our son to be successful. I will let him study and take the imperial examinations, so that he can bring glory to the Jiang family in the future.”
Hearing Aunt Bai's assurance, Old Master Jiang was satisfied and whispered a few words in Bai Yurong's ear.
"Master, please come with me. Let's leave Jiangcheng, okay? My baby can't be without a father." Bai Yurong leaned softly against Old Master Jiang's chest and wept.
"Mother, what are you saying? You still have me." Li Mingshu said, pulling Bai Yurong towards the door.
Bai Yurong was being pulled by the leg to leave, her head always fixed on Old Master Jiang, her eyes brimming with tears as she called out, "Master, Master..."
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