The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 647 - 658: Bewitching Beauty Brings Disaster

Chapter 647: Chapter 658: Bewitching Beauty Brings Disaster

"You like having a dog, so just keep it. Can’t our big Lin Residence afford to keep one dog? The Princely Heir brought it to you, we can’t just let him take it back, can we? Youyou, you can make your own decision about such a small matter, just tell your aunt if you need anything."

This... "Ah, okay!" Gu Youyou replied, though her expression was a bit strange.

Back in the flower hall, Yue Rujing was leisurely playing with Abao.

Abao hadn’t seen them for a long time and wasn’t the least bit aloof, especially when he saw Gu Youyou. Although he had grown, his eyes still looked the same as they did back in the tomb chamber behind the hills of Lotus Village.

"I’ll keep Abao myself," Gu Youyou said.

"Oh, keep him then!" Yue Rujing said, noting that Gu Youyou didn’t seem very happy.

"Your aunt has already agreed to let you keep him, why do you still look unhappy?"

Gu Youyou sighed, "Auntie has never even seen Abao. Well, never mind, she said to keep him. Alright, you’ve given Abao to me, thanks for bringing him over."

"Mm." Yue Rujing nodded, with a look of wanting to say something more.

"What is it? If you have something to say, just say it."

"Today, my master came," Yue Rujing said. "He snuck in and gave my senior brother and me a good scolding."

"Oh, why?"

Gu Youyou recalled, Jin Zijin had said their master, Tian Jizi, was getting senile, hadn’t he?

"Your master isn’t losing his mind, is he?"

"How is he not? He mistook me for my senior brother and scolded us interchangeably."

"Mistook you?" Gu Youyou pictured the hilarious scene and laughed, saying, "Didn’t you explain things to him clearly?"

Yue Rujing pointed to his head and said, "He would need to listen for that to work, his brain!"

Right, he was getting senile.

"So why did he come all this way to scold you?"

"All because of you," Yue Rujing said grumpily. "The senior brother was afraid you’d end up waiting for him and become an old maid, so that’s why he’s not becoming a Taoist."

Gu Youyou: "..."

"Ah! Do you know how troublesome it is to switch paths? If he had simply become the State Preceptor as expected and used the Dao Sect’s influence to handle that matter, he could have spent a few more years withdrawing the sect’s power from Beijing, then he could have retired successfully. But you just had to get involved, and now, he also has to go acknowledge his relations."

"Oh, so it’s my fault?" Gu Youyou shrank her neck a little.

Yue Rujing humphed and said, "If not you, then who? A beauty brings trouble. You know how much the senior brother hates his father, right? Originally, he planned not to acknowledge him for his whole life, because there was a stand-in, and no one was suspicious. Now look, sigh, never mind, you won’t understand even if I explain it..."

And so, Gu Youyou was disdained by Yue Rujing.

"You haven’t been to Jisheng Hall recently, let me tell you about the factory at Yangguan City."

"Mm, is it operating normally now?"

Yue Rujing nodded and said, "Yes, we followed your advice and cooperated with Doctor Cao from Fujitang. We opened the largest factory in Yangguan City. The location is convenient, and the herbs from Zhuzhao Country are all brought there for processing before being sold to other cities—extremely convenient.

We’ve just started there, so we couldn’t staff it entirely with new hires, which is why I’ve transferred quite a few people from Lingnan. In less than two months, we’ll have a steady flow of silver coming in. Manager Gu, do you have any further instructions? Like opening another branch factory or something?"

Having heard this, Gu Youyou simply nodded and said, "The factory in Yangguan City is big enough, no need to add more for now. Just hurry and get all the production lines up and running. Besides... we need to open some Jisheng Hall chain pharmacies."

"Pharmacies?"