Although neither of them said it explicitly, they both knew what they were talking about.
Lu Baichuan hugged her tighter and said, "No, you have your mission, and I can't let the people and things here hold you back. If I have the ability to find you, I will definitely go, but if I don't, I will wait for you for the rest of my life."
These words greatly shocked Jiang Jiuniang.
She suddenly remembered a scene from a play she had seen before: the female lead flew away, and the male lead tightly clutched the silk ribbon in his hand, wanting her to stay. Unfortunately, the ribbon broke, and the female lead flew far away and could never return. The male lead stood there, weeping bitterly.
This was originally a rather poignant scene, but one comment stood out: "Look, not only can he not fly with you, he's trying to pull you down."
Jiang Jiuniang thought it made a lot of sense. In ancient myths, fairies from heaven would descend to earth and marry poor men. In the end, they would either sacrifice their immortal bones to stay with the poor men in the mortal world, or they would be separated, one in heaven and one on earth, never to meet again.
Among them, the men on earth never thought of making an effort to cultivate immortality for the sake of the fairy, so that they could stay together in the heavens forever. Instead, they thought that cultivating immortality was too difficult and only wanted the fairy to come down to earth to accompany them.
Human selfishness is on full display.
But now she heard Lu Baichuan say that he never hindered her progress, but let her go out and explore, and he would try his best to keep up and resist, instead of just hesitating or using family and children to morally blackmail her into not leaving.
Jiang Jiuniang's feelings for Lu Baichuan were based on his character from the very beginning.
He was a worthy person, so even though he was covered in wrinkles and looked as ugly as an old man, she never disliked him in the slightest. She even thought he was a hero for single-handedly maintaining peace between Bei Yan and Nan Tai for several years. Later, she genuinely accepted and fell in love with him in their daily interactions.
After so many years together, experience has proven that she made the right choice in this man.
She was moved, but said nothing. The two of them nestled close together, feeling each other's heartbeats.
Soon, the shops that had been purchased were all under renovation. Jiang Jiuniang and Sister Wang's relationship grew better and better. Every day, Sister Wang would accompany Jiang Jiuniang to the construction site to make sure that there were no problems with the overall structure of the shops.
After all, there had been some trouble during the renovation before, so Jiang Jiuniang was quite concerned about these things.
That day, she went with Sister Wang to check on the shop's renovation. Unexpectedly, when they arrived, they found that the workers were not doing renovations, but were being held captive by a group of people and were unable to move at all.
When they saw Jiang Jiuniang, they were very excited, their eyes filled with anticipation, hoping that Jiang Jiuniang would come to save them.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Jiuniang's first reaction was to shield Wang's sister-in-law behind her, then she looked warily at the group of people and asked, "What does this mean?"
The man in the lead had a thick beard and deliberately showed his arms, making him look like someone you didn't want to mess with.
Upon seeing her, he acted all high and mighty, asking, "Are you the one who bought this shop?"
"So what if I am? And what are you anyway?"
Jiang Jiuniang was not intimidated at all. The other party was a little angry when he heard Jiang Jiuniang ask this question, but he still held back, only his tone was worse than before.
"I'm the second-in-command of the Tiger Head Gang. If you've got your eye on this shop, give me three hundred taels of silver, hand over the deed and the land deed, and get out of here. Otherwise, don't blame me for hitting women."
Looking at Jiang Jiuniang's stunning beauty, the bearded man was somewhat tempted, but he also knew very well why he was there today, so he ultimately suppressed the anger in his heart.
Wang's wife explained from the side, "This man is called Wang Biao, also known as Brother Biao. The Tiger Head Gang specializes in collecting debts or engaging in forced buying and selling. This man must have been hired by someone."
Jiang Jiuniang understood and asked, "Who told you to disgust me with three hundred taels? I can afford such a big place, would I care about your measly three hundred taels? Three hundred taels isn't even enough to buy the outhouse in my backyard, get out!"
She put her hands on her hips and spoke with a very domineering air.
"You, a mere woman, dare to oppose the Tiger Head Gang?"
The other party seemed somewhat surprised. They thought this matter would be easily accomplished today, but they didn't expect to encounter such a troublemaker.
Most importantly, this troublemaker is also a beautiful woman.
That's interesting, really interesting.
"What do you mean 'merely'? I think you're the maggot! Either you expose the other party and get out of here, or I'll send you all to jail!"
Jiang Jiuniang was very confused. Every time she wanted to do something big, all sorts of troubles would pop up and annoy her.
Don't let her find out who's behind this, or I'll smash her head in.
Wang Biao had been a tyrant for so many years, and he had never been humiliated like this before. He immediately stood up with a sullen face, ready to teach Jiang Jiuniang a lesson. But before he could even stand up straight, Jiang Jiuniang kicked him so hard that his face was twisted.
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