I Gave Birth to a Cub without Telling the Head Assistant - Chapter 11.2

Chapter 11.2

After the two of them sat down, the woman in blue lowered her head, her eyes twinkling, and she glanced at Li Zhulin a few times shyly, then bent her knees and bowed and said softly, “Young master, it’s really an honour to have you here. My father knows that the young master likes to be quiet, so he declined other banquets today and only accepted the young master’s table. Now he is cooking in the kitchen himself. The dishes cooked are the young master’s favourites, and I hope the young master will like them after trying them.”

 After telling them that, she left.

 ‘Reserve the whole venue!

 The owner is making food personally?

 To receive such special treatment, it seems that this person is very kind to the owner of the restaurant! Otherwise, he is not an official of third rank or above, so why would he receive such favour?’

 Ruan Longling had never doubted Wang Chulin’s identity.

 [Tl: Reminding: Li Zhulin introduced himself as Wang Chulin because he didn’t want others to recognise him as the Chief Minister of the country.]

 Every guest staying at Tianxialou must show their household registration and directions.

 The household registration system of the Qi Dynasty was strict. Anyone who faked their household registration would be punished with beheading once caught.

 Therefore, no one in the Qi Dynasty dared to falsify, let alone the skills to falsify, and the household registration documents could never be deceived.

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 Li Zhulin had introduced him as Wang Chulin, who was the son of a wealthy family in the capital, and his family was engaged in silk trading.

Seeing the handsome and wealthy nobleman in front of her, Ruan Longling’s idea of borrowing a man to get a child appeared in her mind.

 Over the years, there had been so many young masters coming and going in Tianxialou, but this was the first time she had seen a person so good-looking.

 ‘But this Mr Wang… Although his skin is passable, his IQ does not seem to be very high. Take his room fee as an example. If he agreed to pawn the green thumb ring on his fingertip at the Ruan family store, he would only have to spend at most two thousand silver. But he just rejected it. What was the result? The house price has increased tenfold, and he has to pay a total of 20,000 silver more! Isn’t this being taken advantage of by him? Even if the Wang family has a lot of money, they can’t afford to spend like this! If he were to be the father of the child, the child would definitely be a prodigal when born! No, no, it doesn’t matter how good-looking he is!’

 Ruan Longling glanced at his good-looking appearance with a look of regret and pity.

 ‘But then I thought about it. Although Wang Gongzi looked cold, he seems to be a warm-hearted person. Otherwise, he would not have risked offending the champion, who was in first place in the capital, and offered to help me in Taowu that day.’

 ‘If the relationship is settled well, maybe in the future we can use the resources of the Wang family to spread the Ruan family business to the capital? After all, multiple friends, multiple paths!’

 Thinking of this, Ruan Longling’s eyes brightened slightly, and the smile on her face became more attentive.

 As soon as the woman in blue left, only the two unfamiliar people were left sitting across from each other in the empty accordion.

 Lady Linglong could never stand a cold start. What she was best at was making the scene lively. Now she wanted to win over him, so she naturally chatted with Wang Chulin.

She first asked about the check-in experience with great concern: “I haven’t asked yet. Mr. Wang, is there anything unsatisfactory after you checked into the hotel?”

 Then she began to talk about the scenery and interesting things in Yangzhou.

 “When Mr. Zhou Ge is giving lectures, if Mr. Wang is occasionally free, you can go around Yangzhou. Take a walk. Let me tell you, twenty miles south of Yangzhou, there is Fuyun Mountain. The scenery there is really beautiful. I don’t think Mr. Wang has ever tasted our Yangzhou speciality, Yunsu pancakes. Do you know which one has the best craftsmanship? It must be Mrs. Liu from Plum Blossom Alley…Let me tell you, the Bodhisattva at Daxiangguo Temple is very spiritual.”

.The woman’s sweet voice sounded like an oriole, and the man occasionally responded with a few words, which were considered to be back and forth.

 There were only two people, but it seemed to be particularly lively at times.

 This kind of excitement was indeed unfamiliar to Li Zhulin.

 Li Zhulin had always restrained himself, restrained his desires, and had a cold temperament.

 Since childhood, he has been constrained by the rule of not talking when eating. No matter whether it was a family banquet or a state banquet, the people sitting at the table would pay attention to their manners and not dare to make loud noises.

 Perhaps this businesswoman didn’t know his identity, so she could smile like this and naturally tell him everything, from the prosperity of the world to the hustle and bustle of the market.

 It was not boring to listen to. On the contrary, some extremely ordinary things became extremely vivid and interesting when described with her precise and unique words.

 Li Zhulin couldn’t help but raise his eyes and carefully look at the woman in front of him.

 Compared with the attire in Taowu that day, she was not dressed up much today. The pale, crescent-shaped white dress on her body was not elegant. There was only a green jade hairpin on her head, and there were no other accessories.

 But on the contrary, such a refreshing and pleasant appearance had become more and more natural and uncarved. The breeze blew through the broken hair on the forehead, and it looked particularly soft.

 It was clear that a few days ago, she cried bitterly in front of him due to emotional frustration, but today she was able to pretend as if nothing had happened, with such a sparkling look on her face that she had a great time chatting with him.

 Her eyes were bent with laughter, but the underlying colour of her eyes was sad, desolate, and cold. Her whole person exuded tenacity, pretending to be strong.

 It was clear that her heart had been broken into eight petals, but she hid it from anyone.

 Li Zhulin suddenly felt a trace of distress from the bottom of his heart.

 Seeing how hard she worked to find a topic and even forgetting to refill the tea when she finished drinking it, Li Zhulin couldn’t help but stretch out his fingertips, lift the teapot, and fill her cup.

 “Miss Ruan, are you tired? It’s okay to take a rest.”

 The words in Ruan Longling’s mouth paused, her eyes trembled, her nose felt sour, and she was about to shed tears.

 People were always like this when they were at a low point. They were obviously carrying a heavy burden and moving forward without feeling anything wrong. Once they got used to it, they would get through it.

 But at this time, if someone thoughtfully asked, “Are you tired? Numerous grievances would arise from the bottom of my heart.

 This sentence really silenced the scene.

 Ruan Longling put away the long-standing professional smile on her face; her eyebrows were calm, showing some of her true temperament, and then she sniffed.

 She picked up the teacup, took a sip, turned her head, cast her eyes on the two wild mandarin ducks crossing their necks on the East Lake in the distance, and said leisurely, “I can’t rest, I can’t rest.”

 ‘Even if I have a moment of free time, there will be a strong wind and tsunami in the sea of mind. It’s better to get busy; it will make me feel better.’

 Li Zhulin seemed to be able to understand the helplessness and sadness behind these words.

 As someone who watched the whole process of her being annulled, he naturally knew what she was sad about.

 He was inexplicably touched, his beautiful and narrow eyelashes lowered, he trembled slightly, and whispered, “You can’t rest anywhere else, but here, the girl can be more casual.”

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End of chapter 11

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