“Certainly, Grandmaster!” replied Cheng Biyuan as he tried to imitatethe grandmaster’s polite bow. “If you say so, let’s all go take a tour!”

Naturally n.o.body there would give up on that opportunity. One by onethey go up and got ready to go look at the secret item of the Cheng’s.

Following the lead of Cheng Biyuan, the large group of attendees marchedtoward the mystical well guarded by guards.

Inside the main quarter of the Cheng’s.

Mrs. Cheng sat on the chair, her look a little distressed and helplessas though she was bothered by something.

Mrs. Zhou had always know about all the happenings between the Cheng’sand the Gu’s. To be fair, the Gu’s never wronged the Cheng’s. It was just thatthe Gu’s was so quick to end their ties with the Cheng’s. They never tried tohelp even in the smallest ways when the Cheng’s. .h.i.t rock bottom. Now that theCheng’s were well off, they came right away. No matter what the reason was, itwas unpleasant.

Sure the Gu’s didn’t beat the dog when it was down, but there wascertainly no need to kiss up now either.

And, truth be told, that Mrs. Gu wasn’t exactly a nice person either.Back then, the betrothal was more like a joke but that was enough for Mrs. Guto give Mrs. Cheng a hard time.

Now that they were here, it certainly wouldn’t be for any good reasons.Mrs. Zhou was of the opinion that there was no need for Mrs. Cheng to meet upwith her. With her new status as the Countess, she could turn down meetingswith just about anyone.

“I understand, but last time when her son was here, our Xiao Xiao….”

“Yuqin, didn’t you say that you will leave Xiao Xiao’s matters up toher? When why do you torture yourself so? I trust that Xiao Xiao would takecare of matters this time. Do you really think it’s a good idea to meet up withMrs. Gu at this time?”

“Sister Zhou, I know the timing wasn’t ideal, but they are visiting us.And everyone who enters our doors are our guests; let alone they were oldfriends. I am just worry that it’d hurt Xiao Xiao’s reputation.”

Mrs. Zhou couldn’t disagree more with Mrs. Cheng, “I said, Yuqin, aren’tyou a bit too idealistic? If Xiao Xiao decided to call off this betrothal, ofcourse her reputation will be affected. Your meeting up with Mrs. Gu is notgoing to change anything. Perhaps she wanted to meet exactly because of whathappened to her son last time. Your meeting with her would be like inviting herto come scold you!”

“You just might be right, sister Zhou. Sister Gu has such a mouth onher. She knew how to stick it where it hurts the most!” Mrs. Cheng smiledbitterly; apparently having been on the receiving end before.

“If you knew that, all the more there is no reason to meet up with her.If she was to make a scene here, that’d truly be embarra.s.sing. If you don’tmeet up with her, she won’t force her way here or would she make a scene!”

“Okay, I’ll pretend I didn’t know about it and let Xiao Xiao handle it.Speaking of, this kid has been gone since this morning and I have no idea whereshe went to!”

Thinking of her oldest daughter, Mrs. Cheng couldn’t help but to grumbleall over again.

Mrs. Zhou had a big smile and said in an effort to comfort her, “Don’tworry, accidents might happen to any one, but not Xiao Xiao.”

The two sisters continued to chitchat at the main house; Nan Qingqing,Mrs. Gu, couldn’t believe that she had waited for almost an hour outside andhave yet to see any signs of Luo Yuqin. Her face got darker as time pa.s.sed.

Having well-prepared for Luo Yuqin for a piece of her mind was not driving her insane with anger. She wasbarely holding on to her last sense that making a scene there would be a verybad idea.

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