Yaoniang couldn't help but smack his hand away. "If I remember correctly, you are already married."
Her sister had told her the news. Huiniang was indignant, saying that Chen An would always make an excuse to come over, but as soon as Yaoniang met with trouble, he ran away and got married. These words were a way for her to vent her anger, like Yaoniang’s complaint about why he had to take a fancy to her of all people. After a period of time, this feeling gradually faded.
But now he already has a wife. Yet he still said that he wanted to marry her and take care of her for the rest of his life. Yaoniang believes there was a problem with his character.
"I am indeed married, but the person that I married wasn’t someone I wanted to marry. It was my mother…" At first, he was a little bit ashamed to speak, but his voice gradually became smoother and calmer. Chen An looked at Yaoniang with affection in his eyes. "If you don't dislike me for already being married, I am willing to also marry you and take care of you and that child forever. As for Tian'er, you don't need to care about her."
Yaoniang had an urge to laugh, and she did. She looked at him with a sneer, "I don’t like you! Yes, I don’t like you. Can you let me go now? If you don't let me go, I’ll scream for help."
Chen An didn't expect Yaoniang to say that. His face turned pale, and he seemed to have suffered some serious damage.
“Yaoniang, you… you are already in this state with a child… I am even willing to marry you, despite you having a child. You can rest assured that I will treat you well…"
Yaoniang yanked her hand back, and interrupted him, "Do you think that I should be grateful for you being willing to marry me? I'm not interested! Please don't come to me again in the future, we are not familiar with each other."
“Yaoniang ……"
Yaoniang left without looking back.
There was a carriage parked on the opposite street corner. Seated inside the carriage, Jin Wang's face was as black as charcoal.
By his side, Fucheng carefully peered at the face of his highness. He didn't know what he should say. Could he say that these men were really insightful and that they were all interested in Nanny Su?
That day, Jin Wang had left behind all his men; the speed of his horse was too fast. The people who followed also didn’t dare to get too close, so Fucheng had no idea what had happened. All he knew was that after his highness had returned, he was in a much better mood than before.
But this was only his guess. Anyway, ever since Jin Wang had come to Linyun County, he never left.
Today, An Shiyi passed a message saying that Nanny Su was going out. Jin Wang rarely ordered for a carriage to go out, but he did today. Fucheng thought that his highness wasn’t young anymore, yet he still wished to go out and play with his little lover. Nanny Su appeared in the distance, but before they could go over, Demon Chen popped up halfway!
How was this playing with his little lover, he was obviously here to catch them in the act!
At least that was what was written all over Jin Wang’s face when he looked at it.
Fucheng felt that the atmosphere was too awkward. Whenever his highness was angered, he could only act dead beside him. If he couldn't share the worries and work for his master, what kind of servant was he?
So Fucheng cleared his throat and cursed, "Humph, where did this kid come from? So ignorant! Nanny Su, a prince’s woman, how dare he have ideas about her!"
Not only did he fail to get Jin Wang’s praise, but his words also earned a cold shoulder.
Jin Wang leaned back and twisted around the sapphire ring on the fourth finger of his right hand. He asked, "How many days of leave did she take?"
Fucheng understood Jin Wang’s meaning as if he had received help from a divine being. “Nanny Su asked for five days of leave. She spent a day on the way here, stayed at home for three days, so tomorrow, Nanny Su should depart for the manor."
Yaoniang spent most of the evening preparing clothes for Xiaobao and Hong’er before she fell asleep. When she woke up, it was still dark.
She quietly got up, lit the oil lamp, and under the dim light, she got to work again.
She cleaned up everywhere and packed the things that she needed to take with her into her bag. Actually, she didn’t have a lot of things to bring with her. When Yaoniang came here, she had brought two big bags with her. Now that she was going back, she only had a small bag with some spare clothes.
Huiniang knocked on the door, fully dressed, then came in. "What time is it now? Why did you get up so early? Your brother-in-law said that there was a light coming from your place. I couldn’t believe it."
Under the dim light, when Huiniang saw her younger sister’s red eyes, she understood. "If you don't want to go back, don't go. Even though you haven't earned a lot of money, you could still get quite a bit of money if you sold those things."
At this moment, Huiniang had forgotten about Yao Cheng's upcoming promotion. She believed that if one needed to rely on this type of relationship to get promoted, it would be better not to do it.
Yaoniang also knew about this news. When she first came back, Yao Cheng had told her about it. So now, there was an extra factor caused by her working in the Jin Wang Mansion. No matter what, she has to wait for her brother-in-law to settle down in his new position.
Of course, it wasn’t only that. Yaoniang also wanted to save more money because she planned to buy a small house in the future. Then she would open a small shop to support herself and her son. But opening a shop wouldn’t be easy. She couldn't rely on her sister and brother-in-law for everything. The days in the future were still long and she might encounter problems. She would feel safer if she had some silver with her.
Now, Yaoniang didn’t plan on marrying anymore. Once upon a time, she had thought that if she met a suitable man who was kind to Xiaobao, it wouldn't hurt to marry again. But Jin Wang really scared her that day. She realized that even if she left the prince’s manor one day, it would still be impossible for her to remarry. As Jin Wang's woman, he wouldn’t allow others to contaminate her, even if he didn’t want her anymore.
So, she really needed silver, the more the better.
But this wasn’t something she could explain to her sister. Yaoniang could only smile and say, “It’s a good job, how could I not do it? The masters of the house are generous, and I plan to work for another one and a half years to earn some more money. But I’ll need to trouble you with Xiaobao."
Huiniang sighed and said, "What do you mean by troubling me? Xiaobao is my nephew. Whatever Hong’er has, he would also have. There’s no way I’ll treat him badly. And you don’t need to finish packing everything right now. Sleep for a while. Zhou Sheng won’t be here so early.”
Yaoniang nodded. After she blew out the lamp and returned to her bed, she wondered whether Brother Zhou would come to pick her up. If he asked about the kidnapping incident while they were on the road, what should she say?
When she woke up again, it was bright outside, and the yard was very noisy. It seemed like there was a visitor.
Yaoniang put on her clothes and pushed the door to go out. She raised her eyes and saw a man standing in the courtyard.
He had a black jade crown on his head and wore a black brocade robe embroidered with threads of gold. He was tall and handsome, so handsome that he didn’t seem to be a mortal man. Under the sun, light reflected off his brocade robe and he appeared as if he was glowing.
Those long, narrow and dark eyes stared directly at her. Yaoniang’s cheeks flushed and she was dumbfounded.
Could someone tell her why Jin Wang was here?!