"Daddy, you haven't gone back yet." The young master rubbed happily in Madam Ruan's arms.
Madam Ruan pretended to be angry and tapped the young master's forehead vigorously: "I'm waiting for you. I see you've been having fun all day and didn't even know to come back."
The young master pouted reluctantly. No, he wasn't. He was just strolling outside, not having any fun at all.
Looking at the young master's lively expression, Mrs. Ruan's eyes were full of pity. The young master was raised by him and was ignorant of the world, so she didn't know whether it was good or bad.
He didn't know whether he should tell the young master the truth.
As if sensing Madam Ruan's uneasiness, the young master sensibly hugged Madam Ruan and asked softly, "Daddy, what's wrong with you? Did something happen?"
Madam Ruan was not ready to tell the young master yet, so she tried to gloss over it: "No, I just had a few words with your father, it's nothing."
The young master looked at the two of them doubtfully. He always felt as if everyone was hiding something from him.
Seeing this, Han Xiao quickly changed the subject: "Father-in-law, it's getting late now, let's go back. Ruanruan must be tired after playing all day."
The young master yawned in response. He was so excited that he didn't sleep well last night, and he got up very early. If he hadn't said it just now, he wouldn't feel sleepy. Now that Han Xiao mentioned it, he felt like his eyelids were going to twitch.
Han Xiao held the young master who had come to him on his own initiative and said to Master Ruan, "Father-in-law, the rest of the matters will be left to you."
Mr. Ruan nodded. Han Xiao had already helped them enough, so he just needed to keep an eye on the rest of the things. There was really no need for Han Xiao to waste time here.
There will be a dinner party in the evening. The clothes worn by the twelve flower gods are basically made of fabrics from the Ruan and Chen families, so there will be an inconspicuous competition session.
But Master Ruan had already made all the arrangements, and it would probably take some time for Chen Jiabao from the Chen family to participate, so Master Ruan was not worried at all that they would lose.
Through this selection, he wanted to let the Chen family know that their Ruan family was not a paper tiger either.
After Han Xiao finished his instructions, he prepared to take the young master back. When he walked out the door, he felt a pair of eyes staring at them.
The young master was still mumbling to Han Xiao, but suddenly saw Han Xiao stop and asked, "What's wrong?"
Han Xiao looked up and saw Chu Jinglin standing by the window on the second floor. To be more precise, Chu Jinglin was looking at the young master in Han Xiao's arms.
There was also Lu Ming with an embarrassed look on his face. Han Xiao nodded to the people above, covered the young master's eyes and got straight into the carriage.
"Xing Yi, let's go."
Xing Yi shook the reins in his hand: "Yes, Master."
Chu Jinglin waited until the carriage had gone far away before looking away. He said to Lu Ming in dissatisfaction, "This Han Xiao is really disrespectful!"
Lu Ming nervously wiped the sweat from his forehead and stammered, "Sir, this...this can't be said like that. After all, Han Xiao doesn't even know you yet."
Chu Jinglin glanced over, and Lu Ming was so frightened that he shrank aside and said nothing. He could only complain in his heart, "He's already finding faults before we even know each other. What will he do if he really meets the young master in the future? Will the two of them come to blows?"
As the carriage swayed, the young master's eyelids were almost unable to open. Seeing this, Han Xiao carried the young master to his lap so that he could sleep more comfortably.
But although the young master was sleepy, he couldn't fall asleep at the moment. He could get close to Han Xiao's neck and his breath was full of Han Xiao's scent.
As if sensing that the young master was still awake, Han Xiao hesitated for a moment and asked softly, "Ruanruan, I have a question for you."
The young master nudged Han Xiao's chest and said, "What is it?"
"You said what if, I said what if, what if, what if you are not your father's biological child." Han Xiao asked with full of entanglement.
The young master paused, his hands tightly grasping Han Xiao's collar: "Why are you saying this? I look so much like daddy, how could I not be his son? Brother Han Xiao, you're talking nonsense."
As he spoke, the young master's voice slowly began to choke. Although he tried his best to maintain a normal voice, Han Xiao was too familiar with the young master.
Han Xiao sighed inwardly and hugged the young master tighter: "I'm just saying it's just in case, don't think too much."
"Hmm." After waiting for a while, the young master hummed in a depressed tone.
The two of them had no intention of continuing. After returning to the Han family, the young master was in a bad mood. He went back and had a simple meal before lying on the bed to sleep.
Looking at the young master crying silently, Han Xiao felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife. Although he was not clear about the life experience of the young master and the third young master, Han Xiao felt that this was not what the young master should have experienced.
He should be happy without worries and sorrows and live a peaceful and happy life. Unfortunately, things did not go as he wished. The young master's life experience was not that simple, which made Han Xiao feel powerless and frustrated.
That is the royal family. No matter how powerful Han Xiao is or how much knowledge he possesses, Han Xiao does not think that he can challenge the imperial power by himself. The constraints of identity in this era are too oppressive.
After the Hundred Flowers Banquet, the business of the Ruan family's Jinshang Pavilion really took off. Now even wealthy people from the provincial capital came to Qingping Town to buy.
However, the Ruan family has always followed Han Xiao's wishes and did not release too many of them. It is really hard to find one. Some people are even willing to buy it at a high price. Unfortunately, those who buy it are all rich people, and few people are willing to sell it second-hand.
In stark contrast to the Ruan family, the Chen family is currently in a slump. They originally wanted to make a comeback with the Hundred Flowers Banquet, but unexpectedly they were directly overshadowed by the Ruan family. Now the Chen family has a lot of inventory left.
The head of the Chen family was so anxious that his mouth was irritated. What made him even more angry was that the news that Chen Jiabao had a tryst with a strange man at the Hundred Flowers Banquet spread throughout Qingping Town. The Chen family had really lost both the wife and the army.
The Chen family had no choice but to ask County Magistrate He for help, but County Magistrate He was not a philanthropist. In order to solve the problem of this batch of inventory, he took a lot of profits from it, which seriously damaged the Chen family.
No one dared to cause any more trouble, and in order to control the rumors, Chen Jiabao had to rush to marry Han Mingxiu. Now all the young students in the town knew that Han Mingxiu was a scapegoat.
Although no one dared to say it in front of the Chen family or Han Mingxiu, gossip in private was inevitable.
Han Mingxiu could only silently remember all these people in his heart, and he would make them pay the price in the future.
So Han Mingxiu stopped hanging around outside and focused on studying at home, which made the Chen family feel better.
After all, there is Han Mingxiu, a potential stock. As long as Han Mingxiu takes one more step forward, what will these people matter to him?
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