Reborn as Tycoon's Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 250 Let him be presumptuous once (second update)

Xiaofeng merely smiled.

For her, the Imperial Capital was just too far away.

She might go to that place one day, but not now.

"I understand your intentions," Xiaofeng leaned close to him, gazing at the blue sky as if they were a couple, completely natural, "It’s just that my standing is different from yours. Even if I were to go back with you now, it wouldn’t lead to anything."

There was no real affection to begin with, and with their different statuses, building a relationship would be even more impossible.

"Listening to you, I always get the feeling that you’re not an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl. You sound so mature," Ye Cheng had already known her answer but still wanted to ask.

"Everyone grows up eventually, anyone who goes through what I have would," she said. After all, when accounting for both her lives, she was indeed not young, probably in her forties by now.

"I’ll be leaving the day after tomorrow. The situation at home doesn’t allow me to stay here anymore. You have to be aware of your own body and avoid doing any heavy or tiring work if you can. I’ll also leave some money for you, so don’t overexert yourself."

"Hearing you saying this, it’s as if we’ve been married for years. Not only did you give me a shopping center, but you’re also giving me money. Where have I found a fake marriage? It feels like I’ve married a gold mine instead."

"Then why don’t you hold onto this gold mine?"

Xiaofeng laughed.

Ye Cheng looked at her face in the sunlight, and a bold idea jumped out. He tilted his head down a bit, "Don’t move, there seems to be something on your eyelashes."

Xiaofeng instinctively closed her eyes, but what came was the soft, cool touch of the other person’s lips.

Xiaofeng was initially stunned, but quickly wrapped her arms around his neck and responded.

...

"I’ve figured it out, that Ye Cheng has already registered the marriage with Xiaofeng, and they’ve even held the wedding banquet. That means Xiaofeng is now Ye Cheng’s wife, and the two are living together," Luo Yuzhu shared what she knew with Lin Jianguo upon returning from the town.

Lin Jianguo was silent for a while, "Alright, I understand. Try to visit the Wu Family more often lately, see if you can pick up any information. Yuzhu, this is an opportunity, and we must seize it."

"Jianguo, how can we seize it? We don’t have any evidence," Luo Yuzhu said.

"These things can’t be rushed. We need to take it slow and wait for the right moment. That’s why, the more critical the time, the closer our relationship with the Wu Family must become." Lin Jianguo of course had his own plans.

Luo Yuzhu nodded her head, "Old Mrs. Wu has been in good spirits recently, smiling with everyone, quite approachable."

"It seems the Wu Family elder really made a full recovery."

...

"Girl," Grandpa Six really couldn’t bear to part with Su Xiaofeng. It was too difficult to find a good granddaughter-in-law like her, "Acheng is going back first to take care of some things. Once he’s done, I’ll have him return."

Xiaofeng looked at the people who suddenly appeared in the courtyard, including Ye Cheng and the owner of the dumpling shop, and belatedly realized something—that all these people belonged to Ye Cheng.

Listening to Grandpa Six’s words, Xiaofeng softly replied, "Grandfather, I’m now a married woman. Life will certainly be better than before."

The implication was that there was no rush.

Ye Cheng called Su Xiaofeng into the room and pulled out a circular Jade Pendant from a bag. It was agate-colored, strung on a red cord.

"I’ve been carrying this piece of jade since I was little. Now I’m leaving it for you."

Looking at the jade, Xiaofeng remembered what Xiaoqi had said about Ye Cheng possessing an Ancient Jade. It was because of the Ancient Jade around him that the Spiritual Energy couldn’t directly enter his body.

This Ancient Jade could protect Ye Cheng’s life, and of course, Xiaofeng couldn’t accept it. She hung the jade bracelet back around Ye Cheng’s neck: "I’m not short of jade. Why are you giving this to me? Usually, things like jade are family heirlooms. I really shouldn’t accept this lightly." Xiaofeng teased, "Actually, I’m quite curious about who you really are."

"Do you want to know?"

"Not really that curious, you better not tell me." She would naturally find out when the time came.

Seeing that Xiaofeng didn’t take the Jade Pendant, Ye Cheng felt a bit helpless. This woman, having agreed to a fake marriage, really didn’t want anything from him.

She didn’t know to fight for something, like trying to keep him, for instance.

As the sky grew dark, Ye Cheng watched Xiaofeng packing up his clothes and embraced her from behind, placing his hands on her stomach to feel the presence of the baby inside, "Don’t worry, when the baby is born, I’ll definitely rush back."

Although she knew not whether it was true or not, Xiaofeng felt some warmth in her heart upon hearing it.

It had to be said, Ye Cheng, most of the time, was indeed quite captivating.

Ye Cheng turned her body to face him and pressed his lips directly onto hers.

He was about to leave this place, so let him be reckless this one time.

...

Ye Cheng left around twelve o’clock last night.

When leaving, he left her a small box, saying it would be useful in times of trouble.

Xiaofeng stored the box in a space, afraid that she might carelessly lose it.

Mei Sanying, seeing Xiaofeng return alone, was quite puzzled, "Girl, where’s Ye Cheng? Why didn’t he come back with you?"

"Auntie, Ye Cheng isn’t from around here; he’s gone back to his hometown. He said he will return after a while."

Mei Sanying’s brows furrowed tightly, "How can he go back to his hometown alone? You’ve just gotten married, and you’re a newlywed. If anyone should be going back, it ought to be both of you." free𝑤ebnovel.com

Not bringing his wife and going back alone—what is that supposed to mean? Does he disdain Xiaofeng for being pregnant and bringing shame to him?

Xiaofeng didn’t mind, "His family is far away, and the journey there is very bumpy. I can’t handle it in my current condition. He just went back to take care of some business; it won’t be long before he returns."

Hearing Xiaofeng say this, Mei Sanying naturally couldn’t say too much, or else she would be inciting trouble, "That’s true; your condition certainly can’t endure that. Are you hungry? What would you like to eat?"

"I’m not hungry," Xiaofeng shook her head. "Auntie, I’m going to make a trip to the factory first."

"Go ahead, and you can buy some groceries on your way."

As Xiaofeng arrived at the factory, Tie Bao and the others gathered around, looking at her with reproach, "I say, President Su, what are you implying? Are you afraid we can’t afford the gift money, so you didn’t even inform us about your big wedding?"

"I didn’t invite many people, just had a meal with a few relatives. If it had been a big celebration, of course, I would have invited you all."

"We’re not accepting that; you’ll have to make it up to us with a meal, and then we’ll make up the gift money. This is a major event in life; you can’t treat it so casually," Tie Bao wasn’t going to take it lightly; he definitely wanted to have that celebratory drink.

"All right, come to my house tomorrow at noon. I’ll ask Auntie to prepare a table, and we can all enjoy it together."

"President Su, your timing is perfect." Manager Zhou hadn’t seen Su Xiaofeng for a couple of days and had a few matters to discuss with her.

Xiaofeng sat down and gestured for Manager Zhou to do the same.

Manager Zhou took out a notebook, "We’ve recruited quite a few more hands recently, and the production pace has started to catch up. I was thinking, maybe we should set up a canteen in the factory to make it convenient for everyone to eat there."

"Now, adding up all the personnel in the factory, there are nearly fifty people. If we’re going to build a canteen, hiring a cook to buy groceries and cook is sufficient. Providing lunch for everyone means that those who live far away won’t need to go home at midday."

Xiaofeng folded her hands, "How about this, first conduct a survey. If they eat in the factory, there will be no subsidy and no deduction from their wages. If they prefer to go home to eat, let’s give everyone fifty cents per meal. We first need to see how many people are willing to eat at the factory, and how many would rather eat at home. Based on that, we can decide whether or not to establish the canteen."

Manager Zhou nodded, "Okay, I’ll ask around. However, President Su, our factory is growing, and the number of employees is increasing. It’s definitely necessary to set up a canteen."

"Of course," having their own canteen would obviously be more convenient with the growing number of employees.

"There’s another matter," Manager Zhou had another issue to mention to Xiaofeng, "Someone is trying to poach from us."

"Hmm?"

"I’ve heard that someone is copying us, setting up a chili sauce factory exactly like ours. They also wanted to poach our people, but I discovered their intentions in time, and they didn’t succeed."

Xiaofeng was not interested in who was copying but wanted to know who they were trying to poach, "Who did they want to poach?"

"Wang Genlan and Zhao Deyou."

"Although these two are among the oldest employees in the factory, they don’t hold the core recipes. What use could it be poaching them?"

Her current seasonings were all pre-mixed by Xiaoqi, and then she would package and distribute them in the workshop. She taught them how many spices to add per hundred jin of chili sauce, but no one knew the precise proportions of the spices.

"I’m aware of that as well. Perhaps I should call Wang Genlan and Old Zhao over to talk about it?"

Xiaofeng leaned back in her chair, idly twirling a pen in her left hand, "Let’s not rush it, wait and see a while longer."

She wasn’t afraid of copycats; she was merely curious who was so eager to replicate her factory setup.

Sitting in the chair and working, something seemed to move inside her stomach.

Xiaofeng paused.

Was that really fetal movement, she wondered uncertainly?

After waiting a little while longer, there was no further sensation, and she started to doubt whether she had misperceived the earlier feeling or perhaps it was just her stomach rumbling due to hunger.