TSBFL Chapter 94.1
Chapter 94.1: 陳四小姐
[The Chen Fourth Young Lady]
The housekeeper felt that this plan was even more involved than a direct robbery, (criticized for what he believes to be their ulterior motive) so he was suddenly shocked. Looking up at the excited look on Master Chen’s face, he immediately restrained his untimely (out of step with current thinking) emotions and gently answered, “Yes, Master, I already know what I should do.”
When Master Chen thought of the expression on Gu Lang’s face after the goods they had worked so hard to get via innumerable trials and tribulations; untold hardships were intercepted, he felt a little happier, he waved his hand to let the butler go down to do his job, and he himself sat back in his chair, eating the fruits that were brought to his mouth by the maid beside him, and leisurely sitting there, shaking his chair.
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Chen Ling Er’s room.
The young maid hurriedly ran in, said towards Chen Ling Er who was sitting there, “Young Miss, I’ve inquired about it.”
Chen Ling Er’s eyes lit up, hurriedly threw the half-eaten grapes in her hand onto the table, and immediately stood up, looking at the maid and eagerly said, “What? What did you hear or inquired about?”
That little maid breathed hard after gasping evenly, immediately said: “The master really do that to that small restaurant, said to let the following shops, not to provide them with rice and vegetables, forcing them to cut off the source, therefore ‘the cleverest housewife can’t cook a meal without rice so it’s just like you can’t make bricks without straw’, they come to the old master here to admit their panic.”
Chen Ling Er heard that her father even did this. She was somewhat dissatisfied at the first time as she muttered: “Father, how can you do this? Isn’t this forcing them to the brink of extinction?”
The little maid, listening to her family’s young lady’s words, also nodded her head vigorously at the side, as if echoing her words.
Thinking about Chen Lao Ye’s usual style, Chen Ling Er also thought about the last time she said that Gu Lang didn’t agree to marry her, she felt that it must be because her parents didn’t make it clear, or maybe it was because her parents used such aloof and remote tone that they annoyed Gu Lang and made him did not want to marry her. She felt that Gu Lang should have wanted to marry her, but because of her parents, only then did he endure the pain and give up.
Chen Ling Er thought that if she could help Gu Lang at this time and help him to get through this crisis or difficult time, he would surely be grateful to her, and even more so, he would be deeply in love with her. At that time, even if she does not say, Gu Lang will also take the initiative to marry her.
The more Chen Ling Er thought about it, the more excited she got. She ordered the maid to dress her up. She was going to Gu Lang’s place to explain the reason and help him get through this difficult time.
Just when Chen Ling Er was instructing the maids in the house to turn round, there was another movement outside the door.
Chen Ling Er was in the midst of excitement, and before she could hear the noise, she saw that her mother was already standing in front of her.
Madam Chen looked down from a high position at her own family’s daughter who was dressed up in her best. The mood in her eyes was a little dark and unclear, and finally in her shocked eyes,she said in a low voice: “Ling Er, where are you planning to go?”
Chen Ling Er meets Madàm Chen’s somewhat sharp gaze, not knowing why she is suddenly afraid of being found out. She slightly lowered her head and said in a low voice, “Daughter, you want to go out for a walk today.”
“Oh, is that so?” Madam Chen saw through Chen Ling Er’s lie at a glance, “If a person who doesn’t know, they would think you’re wearing this to go out to meet that Gong Zi na?”
Chen Ling Er was caught off guard by Madam Chen poking her heart, feeling somewhat guilty at the same time also with some anger, she complained in a low voice, “Mother, how can you say something like that about me?!”
Madam Chen looked at Chen Ling Er’s angry eyes, thinking of their own purpose here, did not continue to ask questions, just a light sigh, and then said: “Ling Er, mother knows that you like that Gu family boy, but that Gu family boy has refused you. In the future, do not think about him anymore.”
Chen Ling Er pursed her lips and did not utter anything. In her heart, she already firmly believed that it must be because the Old Master Chen had said something, only then they made Gu Lang refuse to marry her.
Madam Chen looked at Chen Ling Er’s silent look, and thought she would listen to some of her words. She reached out and touched her cheeks, warmly consoled: “My daughter has such a good appearance, if he doesn’t like you, it’s his loss. Moreover, he is just a poor guy with no relatives, not worthy of my Chen family’s eldest daughter.”
Chen Ling Er finally couldn’t hold back, raised her eyes to look at her mother and said in a low tone: “Then do mom think, with I’m like this, who is the talented person that deserves me?”
Madam Chen looked at Chen Ling Er’s face, re-emerged stubbornness, as well as the dissatisfaction that was not well hidden. She slightly froze for a moment, and then quickly came back to her senses. Her eyes in the tenderness gradually withdrew as she looked at her and faintly said: “Naturally, like that Zhao family, that kind of family.”
Chen Ling Er immediately became angry, she looked at Madam Chen in front of her and angrily roared: “But mother, I do not want to marry him. He was ugly before, and now he even broke his leg; if he can’t be cured, won’t he become a cripple? I don’t want to be with a cripple for the rest of my life!”