Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 230: Panic

Chapter 230: Chapter 230: Panic

The man furrowed his brows and glanced back at his attendant.

The attendant immediately went silent upon noticing this, stepping to the side.

"Surely there must be something to say, right?" The man’s tone still carried a laugh, as though he wasn’t angry at all.

"My family has not arranged a marriage for me yet."

Upon responding, Twelve had a sweat forming on his forehead.

"No arranged marriage... could it be there is a person you’re already desirous of?"

The man’s tone conveyed surprise, clearly more intrigued by Twelve’s situation.

"Is it a young lady from a family in the Capital City?"

"Actually, it’s not somebody from the Capital City. I met a young lady out in the countryside."

Recalling Shen Miaomiao, Twelve’s expression visibly relaxed.

"A country girl?" The man was somewhat hesistant to hear this. He knew that Song Lian’s deputies had always been with the army and he had assumed they wouldn’t be interested in upper-class ladies, but he had not expected any of them to take a liking to a village girl.

"Yes, she and I have made a commitment to each other."

After this, Twelve kept his head low, not daring to lift his gaze and meet the man’s eyes.

"If you two have made a commitment to each other... then let’s just leave it at that." The man waved his hand and only then did Eleven and Twelve dare to step to the side.

"Well, since I’ve been out for a long time, let’s go back." As the man’s words fell, his attendant immediately bent at the waist to stand by his side, ready to help him stand up.

"Move aside, I can stand up by myself."

Watching their retreating figures, Song Lian looked at the two young men, who appeared clueless, with a somewhat complicated expression.

"Why did that gentleman come?" Eleven wiped off the sweat on his forehead and blinked at Song Lian.

"He’s a general."

"That’s enough, you two are already grown men, yet you behave like children all day." Song Lian pat Eleven on the shoulder in resignation, while inwardly pondering the meaning behind the words of that gentleman earlier?

Could it be that he was attracted to these two young men?

March 3rd

The last day of the Shang gathering, which is also the day to select the five best products.

The people of Yan City were all standing at the entrance of Zuitingxuan, hoping to see who would seize this opportunity.

The finally selected five best products would be sent to the Capital City. The reward was nothing much, but more importantly was the potential to become a Royal Merchant.

Most of the people in Yan City are merchants. If they have even the slightest connection to a Royal Merchant, they can stand out among many other traders in Yan City. Their future will be bright and they won’t need to pay the 20% commercial tax again.

The farmers’ tax is forty-one, small vendors are thirty-one, and merchants with shops need to pay a commercial tax of twenty-one.

Even though the taxes for Royal Merchants are higher than twenty-one, they also have higher selling rights. Being protected by a Royal Merchant also means having the benefit of 25% of the tax.

Those two merchants who had won the title of Royal Merchant had moved to the Capital City long ago and became truly rich.

They didn’t know about these things at the beginning, but now that they knew, who would want to miss such an opportunity?

Zuitingxuan was crowded with Yan City’s merchants. Lin’s mother had come with her two sons and her husband to join in the excitement.

She was somewhat surprised to see Lin Fu in the crowd.

Only after Lin Shougui hard squeezed in did she understand the reason.

Mother Lin took her two daughters-in-law to sit in a tea house on the side to watch the excitement.

"Mother, won’t they be afraid of troubles if they do this?" Looking at the bustling crowd outside the window, Chen Qiulan opened her mouth hesitantly.

She couldn’t forget the scene when they fled from a calamity.

The other day, when they were shopping in the North Market, she did not see so many people. However, looking at such a situation today, if anyone in front of the crowd were to lose their footing, a serious incident would occur.

"I don’t know either." Mother Lin shook her head. Even she frowned as she saw the increasingly crowded crowd. After a while, she let her daughters-in-law sit in the tea house and she went downstairs to find Lin’s father.

Sisters-in-law, Sun Cui and Chen Qiulan were sitting upstairs looking at the crowd below. They felt their hearts pounding, and they couldn’t describe their anxiety.

On the other side, Nanzhi, along with her two brothers and Shen Miaomiao, went to the county government office.

By the time Lei Zhong arrived, the four of them had already arrived early.

"I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I was delayed by some things at home." Lei Zhong was still sweating and his face was full of apology.

"It doesn’t matter. Now that Manager Lei is here, let’s go in." Nanzhi said with a smile, and made a gesture of invitation.

After allowing each other first for a while, Lei Zhong finally compromised and entered the county government office first.

When they walked out of the county government office, it was half an hour later.

Looking at the stamped contract in her hand, Nanzhi felt like it weighed a thousand pounds.

This thin paper represented all her assets.

Lei Zhong was laying his hand on his chest and sighing.

The one thousand tael banknote he held was for him to start a journey away from the place he had tried desperately to remain in in the past.

Looking at Nanzhi, who was full of smiles on her face. Lei Zhong felt the need to remind her once more: "Miss Lin, let me tell you, you should be more cautious of the people in Yan City."

Outsiders may think that his Baiweizhai was defeated by Miss Su’s idea. However, those who actually took action were the owners of Hongfu Building and Zuitingxuan.

In the end, Miss Su was intelligent and beautiful, but the only thing she lacked was power.

He had come to Yan City for more than twenty years. It seemed like he had lived a glamorous life. However, when these two Businesses began fighting each other, it was barely the beginning and he had already lost the opportunity to stay here.

"Thank you, Manager Lei."

Nanzhi said her thanks sincerely. The sight of his departing figure filled her with a touch of melancholy.

"Let’s go, Fatty. We’ll go find our parents." Lin Yicheng, who had finished everything, suggested they should find their parents first.

"Or you and Ercheng can go first, and I’ll go home and get the kids." Nanzhi suggested to her two brothers.

Last night when she returned home, she told her family that she and Shen Miaomiao were going to start a business together. Her parents suggested that all of them should go to Hongfu Building to have a meal to celebrate. So early this morning, the family split into two groups. One group came to sign the contract, the other went to the gathering to watch the excitement. As for the four children at home...

Since the Academy would start classes in two days, Lin Zihan and Lin Jian were both doing extra studying at home. Zhiyu said that she wanted to join her two brothers in ’sharing tribulations’, and she stayed at home with Yuanbao, who wanted to go outside with them.

"That works too, I will go find mum and dad with my older brother first. We will meet at the Hongfu Building later."

"Okay."

Only then did Lin Yicheng and Lin Ercheng head towards Zuitingxuan, and Nanzhi went in the direction of their house with Shen Miaomiao.

"Sister Nanzhi, what kind of business are you planning to do with Baiweizhai?" Shen Miaomiao was a bit curious.

"Something different." Nanzhi replied, then looked at the girl beside her.

"Do you have any ideas?"

"Me?" The little girl was perhaps taken aback by Nanzhi’s question; she only shook her head.

"I’m not savvy or smart. When it comes to these matters, you can make the decisions, Sister Nanzhi."

Hearing the girl’s words, Nanzhi felt a bit displeased. She stopped walking and spoke solemnly.

"Miaomiao, Baiweizhai is now our restaurant. You can’t just listen to me from now on. We have to discuss everything together."

Caught off guard by Nanzhi’s words, Shen Miaomiao nodded and felt more grateful.

"Okay..."