After being reborn, I became the apple of my enemy's eye.

Chapter 123 Leading by Example

She lowered her head, ignoring the concubine.

Zheng Jihua did not speak.

The old lady looked at the person beside the table.

"Eat them all."

Lu Lan lowered her head and obediently replied, "Yes."

The concubine's hand, which was holding the chopsticks, tightened immediately.

Zheng Jihua watched as Yan Yun drank a bowl of medicinal soup, and then used chopsticks to serve her some food.

"Ning'er, you should eat more, you're still growing."

He always took meticulous care of Yan Yun.

Yan Yun simply looked at what he had placed in the bowl, then immediately put down his chopsticks and refused to touch it again.

Zheng Jihua didn't notice anything amiss, only thinking that Yan Yun had a small appetite and had already had enough to drink.

He noticed that Yan Yun's hands were stained with blood and was a little worried. He was about to reach out and check Yan Yun's hands.

Lu Lan suddenly said to Yan Yun, "Ning'er, I will definitely treat you well from now on."

The maidservant beside Lu Lan delivered the things Lu Lan had prepared to Yan Yun.

“If Ning’er goes to the academy, she can bring these snacks with her. Second brother once said that there was no food at the academy, so I suppose it will be the same for Ning’er.”

The maidservant brought over the box of pastries.

Zheng Jihua looked at her and smiled, "Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Lan'er."

Yan Yun looked at Lu Lan, who was playing tricks on him.

The concubine looked at Zheng Jihua, and those words immediately struck her like a hammer blow.

Yan Yun withdrew his hand and jumped off the stool.

Zheng Jihua also put down his chopsticks, got up, and followed.

"Is Ning'er going to the academy?"

Lu Lan instructed her maid to take the box with her, while she stayed with the old lady.

The concubine also got up.

The old lady spoke.

"Can't you even eat a meal in peace? Sit down."

The old lady didn't lose her temper easily, but when she did, everyone in the mansion was afraid, especially the concubine, who knew this very well. Her hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly.

Lu Lan bit her chopsticks, a smile playing on her lips.

Zheng Jihua saw Yan Yun off to the carriage, then called to Qing'er, "Come here."

Qing'er glanced at Yan Yun and walked to Zheng Jihua's side.

Zheng Jihua clasped his hands together, thinking about Ning'er's hand injury, "You usually follow Miss around, has anything happened to her at the academy?"

Qing'er thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "Miss goes to the academy every day, but only to copy some books."

Zheng Jihua looked at Qing'er and said, "You follow Miss around all day. Every day when you return to your courtyard, you report to me about Miss's affairs."

Qing'er lowered her head.

Zheng Jihua noticed her hesitation.

"Why don't you reply?"

Qing'er replied, "I am Miss's maid."

She obeyed the young lady.

Zheng Jihua wasn't angry; instead, he smiled and said, "Well said."

Qing'er looked up in surprise, and Zheng Jihua reached out and put his hand on Qing'er's head. "I can only feel at ease with a girl like you by my side, Ning'er. Go on."

Qing'er bowed and left.

Yan Yun leaned against the carriage, watching Qing'er return.

Qing'er told Yan Yun everything Zheng Jihua had asked, "Miss, may I say these things?"

There was nothing that couldn't be said; most of the things Yan Yun did were kept from Qing'er's knowledge.

In the academy.

Ru Qing arrived very early. When Yan Yun's carriage arrived, she was already waiting in front of the academy.

After Yan Yun got off the carriage, Ru Qing also stepped forward.

"Miss."

Yan Yun reached out and pulled Ru Qing into the academy. Qing'er looked up and followed behind.

Huiying got up early and went to the front yard to clean. She saw Ruqing and Yanyun.

"Good morning, Miss."

Yan Yun nodded and led Ru Qing into her academy, then closed the door.

I've been holding it in for a long time.

She was finally able to speak, "Is there any news from Changgu City?"

Because of her sister, she hadn't mentioned this matter before.

"Yes, while I was working alongside Young Master Lu Yan, he went to inquire and found out that the house was sold by Lord Zheng."

The "Lord Zheng" she was referring to was Zheng Jihua.

"Isn't that from the Yan family?"

"The people of the Yun family all kept silent about what happened before. It was only after Young Master Lu Yan sent people around to inquire that we learned that the mansion was sold by the Zheng family."

"That Fengyulou?"

"It was originally sold to someone else, who said it was to be demolished and rebuilt. Young Master Lu Yan went to negotiate and was ready to buy it. Now he is just waiting for the money, but he can't come up with it right now."

“He can’t produce it, but I can.”

Yan Yun looked at Ru Qing.

"We must buy Fengyu Building no matter what."

Ru Qing nodded.

"As long as you hand over the silver to the other party, you can get the land deed for Fengyukou."

Yan Yun thought about what he had taken from the bandits of Changgu City, and now this was the time to prepare for it.

“Ruqing, I trust you. I entrust everything to you. Go to the gold and silver pawnshop and tell them it’s Zheng Ning’er. You can get the things I’ve stored there. Those things are enough to buy Fengyu Building.”

Fengyulou was once owned by the Yan family and was engaged in pawnbroking. Yan Yun's mother once sent a message to her through someone, saying that business was getting worse and asking Yan Yun to talk to Zheng Jihua about borrowing some money from the bank to make ends meet.

They arranged for her to marry Zheng Jihua so that the Yan family could continue to survive. The Yan family only had Yan Yun, and all their hopes were on Yan Yun. If Zheng Jihua helped them, the Yan family could survive, and in the future, it would also be for the survival of Zheng Jihua and Yan Yun.

Yan Yun tried to find Zheng Jihua several times, but Zheng Jihua kept avoiding him.

Yan Yun knew that speaking like this would be annoying, but her mother's message kept being conveyed to her by the maid.

She was anxious too.

She waited in the study and finally met Zheng Jihua.

Haven't spoken yet.

Zheng Jihua said that Fengyulou was already at its last gasp, and lending them money would be a waste of time and effort, so he told Yan Yun not to speak.

"But what about Mother and the others?"

"Yan Yun, you've married into the Zheng family. What does the fate of the Yan family have to do with my Zheng family?"

When Zheng Jihua said these words, Yan Yun was unsettled. Husband and wife are supposed to be one body, yet he spoke these words to her without any mercy.

Yan Yun naturally did not believe that this was Zheng Jihua's true thought, and wanted to persuade her to stay. She told Zheng Jihua that when she got married, her father had told her that they were guarding the Yan family now in order to protect the Zheng family.

Their banquet was for the sake of the Zheng family.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jihua immediately cursed at Yan Yun, "Naive! You are as stupid as a pig. How could your shrewd father hand over the Yan family to my Zheng family? Yan Yun, let me give you a piece of advice: if you continue to talk about the Yan family in front of me, I will send you a letter of divorce."

Not only did Yan Yun fail to secure any help for the Yan family, she also realized that to Zheng Jihua, she was nothing more than a dispensable person.

Distraught, Yan Yun sent a message to his maid.

When the maid returned to the mansion and told Yan Yun's parents that Yan Yun was useless, Yan Yun was shocked.

They didn't believe Zheng Jihua would be so petty, and since even they didn't offer any help, he blamed Yan Yun for being useless. As for whether Yan Yun could return to the Yan family after mentioning the letter of divorce and saying that Zheng Jihua intended to divorce his wife.

Without the Zheng family's assistance, they wouldn't have survived, and the Yan family wouldn't exist either. As for the actors wanting a place to settle down when they return, that's just wishful thinking.

The maid's message eventually reached Yan Yun's ears.

The Zheng family will not stay, and the Yan family cannot be returned to.

Yan Yun's current situation has put him in a dilemma.

When the old lady appeared, she told Yan Yun that she only needed to take care of the household affairs, using herself as an example.

She told Yan Yun that she, like him, was also a woman who had married. After arriving at the Zheng family, her husband died young, but she, a woman, was able to endure until this point.

All of this is because she has her own child. Her former family has nothing to do with her anymore; only the child she gave birth to is her hope for the future.

Because Hua'er's legs were injured when she was young, she is also much more wary and indifferent to people.

Yan Yun arrived at the mansion, though Yan Yun hadn't yet recognized him.

However, as a mother, she could see that Hua'er had clearly changed. As long as Yan Yun was willing to be devoted to him, their child would be the master of the Zheng family in the future.