After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 477: That’s One of the Four Great Families!

Chapter 477: Chapter 477: That’s One of the Four Great Families!

The members of the Cheng Family were still a bit stunned.

Wasn’t it about the dowry?

What’s going on with Lingdang?

She’s going to spend all this money instead of saving it for hard times?

Even if she’s not pained by it, the sight is making them ache.

That’s money right there.

Crisp, white money.

If she doesn’t want to save it, they’d be very happy to do it for her.

Too bad Cheng Lingdang won’t give them the chance.

However...

Right now, they clearly hadn’t noticed another, most serious issue.

This isn’t the time to be worrying about whether or not it’s about the money.

After receiving the money, Cheng Lingdang took Cheng Xingjian and Xiao Mingyue away.

As they saw Cheng Xingjian and Xiao Mingyue get into the Humvee not far away, they were all dumbfounded.

"Lingdang, where are you taking Xingjian and the others?"

Hearing the question, Cheng Lingdang happily answered, "To eat."

Old Master Cheng said, "What meal? Don’t waste time. The Zhao Family is still waiting for us."

Cheng Lingdang purposefully shook her head, "The wind’s so loud, what are you saying? I can’t hear a word—"

As she spoke, she shook her cell phone triumphantly, "This money is like compensation for my emotional distress. After today, you’d better not come looking for me, and if you show up in front of me again, watch out, I might beat you up."

Seeing Cheng Lingdang raise her fist with a proud and coy expression, those still standing there fell into deep thought.

By the time they thought of chasing after her, the Humvee was already long gone.

...

In the car.

Cheng Lingdang slumped back in her seat and sighed deeply.

Seeing her like this, Cheng Xingjian spoke, "Sit up properly, will you? What do you look like?"

Cheng Lingdang snorted, "Dad, your daughter just narrowly escaped with her life, and you won’t even give me a moment’s rest, but instead keep pushing me. Is that really okay?"

Cheng Xingjian said, "When did I not give you time?"

Cheng Lingdang snorted again, "What’s wrong with just sitting and resting for a while? I think you’re just preventing me from resting on purpose."

As she spoke, she started singing mournfully, "Little bok choy, yellowing in the field..."

Cheng Xingjian did not wait for her to finish singing and interrupted with a knock to her head, "Enough already, if you don’t settle down, we’ll see how I deal with you."

Cheng Lingdang felt wronged.

Cheng Lingdang felt super wronged, pouting her lips, and didn’t interact with him for a good while.

Cheng Xingjian glanced sideways at his daughter and simply stopped paying attention to her.

He looked towards Shi Yaoguang, hesitating to speak.

Shi Yaoguang knew what he wanted to ask and, without waiting for him to ask, said, "Mr. Cheng wants to know about the Zhao Family’s situation, right?"

Cheng Xingjian nodded, "I am indeed quite curious about the Zhao Family’s affairs. Would Miss Shi be willing to enlighten me?"

"Of course."

Shi Yaoguang showed him the information she had found on the way there and also explained how this incident was related to her and how there was a great possibility that Cheng Lingdang had gotten involved because of her.

Although, even without her intervention, Cheng Lingdang would still be Shi Yiqing’s stepping stone, the issue related to the Zhao Family this time indeed had started because of her.

Since the issue had arisen because of her, she naturally explained it thoroughly.

After Shi Yaoguang finished explaining, Cheng Xingjian didn’t show much displeasure.

On the contrary, he appeared grateful.

Shi Yaoguang hadn’t told him about Shi Yiqing’s matters. By rights, it would be good if he wasn’t angry, so why was he grateful?

Knowing she was curious, Cheng Xingjian spoke directly.

"Our Lingdang has taken Miss Shi as her mentor. If it weren’t for Miss Shi, Lingdang would probably still be a bookworm."

"From any perspective, we should be grateful to Miss Shi."

With that, he let out a sigh, "Besides, the situation Miss Shi has explained cannot be blamed on you."

"According to what you said, even if they haven’t approached the Cheng Family now, they will inevitably come after us sooner or later."

"Since it’s fate that we can’t escape from disaster, what difference does it make if it’s sooner or later?"

It had to be said that Cheng Xingjian’s success in navigating the political landscape so effortlessly wasn’t without reason.

With his alertness, navigating the political waters was really just the basic level of operation.

Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but consider a few more things.

The last cooperation with Cheng Xingjian wasn’t bad, why not deepen and extend it further.

After all, Cheng Xingjian was a good collaborative partner.

They say it’s easy to find wealth, but hard to find a true friend.

If such a talented individual wasn’t roped in, it would truly be a pity.

Just as Shi Yaoguang was contemplating how to draw Cheng Xingjian to her side, Cheng Xingjian was thinking about the same thing.

Though Shi Yaoguang hid the existence of the Heavenly Dao, his keen instincts still alerted him to the hidden dangers.

Although danger was everywhere...

But, the feeling that Shi Yaoguang gave him was not that of an ordinary person.

An existence that even she was wary of did not afford Cheng Xingjian the luxury of too much thought.

Now, he felt that the most pressing task was to establish a good relationship with Shi Yaoguang.

They were, after all, already on the same side.

Whether they liked it or not, they were already tied to the same rope.

Cheng Xingjian thought about many things, even figuring out how to convince Shi Yaoguang.

Unexpectedly, it was Shi Yaoguang who asked first.

"Mr. Cheng, the existence of the Zhao Family is now superfluous... The four great families of the Imperial Capital are indispensable, I wonder if the Cheng Family is interested in taking their place?"

Cheng Xingjian was shocked by her words.

"Taking their place?"

Shi Yaoguang countered, "Mr. Cheng, don’t you have confidence?"

Cheng Xingjian was left speechless.

Is it a question of confidence?

This was simply an impossible gamble!

If the four great families were so easy to replace, how could they have stood unchallenged for so long?

He found it incredibly unbelievable.

Yet, Shi Yaoguang seemed to take it for granted.

"Mr. Cheng needn’t worry too much, the Zhao Family hasn’t fallen before because they hadn’t met a formidable opponent."

"In the future..." she drew out her words, "if Mr. Cheng is interested, perhaps there is a way to take their place."

"It all depends on how interested Mr. Cheng is."

If it was just a matter of interest, Cheng Xingjian naturally had it.

Who wouldn’t want to climb higher?

What Shi Yaoguang wanted was just his attitude.

Seeing him nod, she had no further concerns and immediately smiled.

"In that case, happy collaboration."

Cheng Xingjian hadn’t yet come to terms with it, and he had already struck a deal with Shi Yaoguang.

...

That night, Cheng Xingjian lay in bed feeling dazed and confused.

He hugged his wife’s slender waist, and asked excitedly, "Yueyue, I’m not dreaming, am I?"

Xiao Mingyue gave him a look, "It’s been almost a day, haven’t you come to your senses yet?"

Cheng Xingjian retorted confidently, "How can I possibly recover so quickly from such a big event?"

"Those are the four great families that have stood unshaken!"

No matter how mature and steady Cheng Xingjian appeared on the outside, and strict he was with Cheng Lingdang, he also had his moments of giddy excitement in private.

And that was something only Xiao Mingyue could witness.

Cheng Xingjian looked at Xiao Mingyue, then suddenly said, "Yueyue..."