Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 1362 - 195, Hatred Penetrates to the Bone (second update)_2

Following the voice, he indeed saw a young maid of about ten years old. Despite her age, she possessed an extraordinary demeanor, even steadier than the young ladies he had encountered.

Though it wasn’t mealtime yet, Dong Tian’s business was always booming. At this moment, the hall wasn’t solely occupied by Lu Chong, so Lin Yuan didn’t notice that she was being watched and went straight to the third floor to inspect the Glaze in Dream Kingdom.

"Interesting."

Lu Chong smiled and expressed some interest in the cooking competition that Cheng Haoxuan had mentioned. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

In Capital City, the rumors about the Chen family spread far and wide, eventually even reaching Lady Jiang, who had not left her residence for a long time. And like Chen Leyao, she too attributed the blame to Lin Yuan.

However, luckily, Chen Leyao was sensible. After this incident, she, who had always seen herself as the legitimate daughter and carried herself with superiority, seemed to have matured overnight.

As Lady Jiang was clamoring to go to Lin Mansion to settle scores with Lin Yuan, Chen Leyao coldly held her back, "Mother, have you not come to your senses yet? This matter wasn’t caused by Lin Yuan. Think about it, although the rumor spreader deliberately erased Lin Wei and Ruochu’s involvement, it was excessively deliberate. If your daughter guesses correctly, the real mastermind behind this should be the Wu Family."

The Wu Family!

Lady Jiang finally came to a realization. Yes, ever since the price war that day, Lady Du hadn’t shown herself. Logically, after taking on the business of two thousand taels of silver from Lin Yuan, she should have come to flaunt it to her. But this time Lady Du hadn’t come, there must be something fishy.

"It must be that Lady Du!" Lady Jiang cursed angrily, "Daughter, thankfully we have you, otherwise, Mother would have definitely been tricked by the Wu Family again."

Chen Leyao frowned at her mother, "Mother, it’s not that I’m smart; it’s that you have been confused by Lin Yuan and Ruochu. Mother, listen to your daughter, can we please stop making trouble with Lin Yuan, Lin Wei, and Ruochu? Lin Wei is my only friend in Capital City, and Ruochu is my brother. How can you treat them this way? Have you thought about how embarrassed I will be when I see them?"

"Daughter!" Lady Jiang’s heart trembled; when had her obedient daughter begun to question her? And it seemed they were not as close as before.

"Daughter, everything Mother does is for you! Friends? She’s only trying to get into our Chen family, that’s why she’s ingratiating herself with you. Listen to Mother! And that little mongrel Chen Ruochu, he’s not your brother; he’s a bug here to divide your inheritance! If you’re soft-hearted towards him, once he gets the Chen family’s wealth, he’ll be cruel to you, cruel to mother!"

"Silly child, you’re still too naive and too kind. Do you know why Mother doesn’t want Lin Wei to marry into our family? Yes, it’s because, with the Lin family’s support, that little mongrel Chen Ruochu will surpass us! If our Chen family only has you, then all the inheritance would be yours. Now, an extra son appears out of nowhere. Do you think your father, who’s stubborn, will leave the wealth to you?"

Wealth, wealth! Lady Jiang’s every other word was about wealth!

Chen Leyao felt very irritable hearing all this, "Mother, the wealth of the Chen family is naturally meant to be left to the son. Not to mention Jiangnan, even the whole of Dayong now sees men inheriting the wealth. Don’t you remember, we once had a family in Jiangnan with three daughters, but when the old master died, didn’t he leave all the wealth to his nephew? Mother, do you really want our Chen family’s wealth to go to a stranger? Do you think leaving it to strangers will ensure they respect and care for you in your old age?"

As Chen Leyao said, the people here valued male heirs, so the main wife must give birth to a son, even if she has to adopt one from the concubines to be raised under her knees specifically to eliminate any thoughts from outsiders.

Since Lady Jiang hadn’t given birth to a son and Chen Haigang only had Chen Ruochu, a concubine’s son—if a typical main wife would have adopted him long ago.

It just happened that Lady Jiang couldn’t accept it and persistently made things difficult for a concubine’s son who had lost his biological mother early on.

"Mother, Ruochu’s biological mother died of illness before he was even a year old. One could say he grew up with the charity of the maids and old women in the mansion. Although grateful, he didn’t show special affection toward any maid. Such a concubine’s son without a mother’s constraints is coveted by other houses. Why must you be against him? You don’t need to pamper him, just keep him by your side to train him. In the future, when he inherits the business, with your daughter’s support, he’ll definitely not mistreat you. And Weiwei, I’ve spent a few months with her at Red Smoke Pavilion; I’ve come to know her character well. She’s gentle, honest, and if she becomes your daughter-in-law, wouldn’t she be at your mercy? Mother, please, can we stop making things difficult for them?"

Chen Leyao pleaded earnestly, but the hatred that Lady Jiang had for Chen Ruochu was not new. When she unexpectedly discovered this little concubine’s son, she felt as though her sweet world had suddenly collapsed. The man she loved and protected had, unbeknownst to her, favored another woman and even fathered a child!

The most unpredictable thing in the world is a woman’s heart, and the hardest to control is a woman’s jealousy. Lady Jiang had lived with this life for a decade, and this hatred had penetrated deep into her bones, just awaiting a trigger to ignite it, and the romance between Lin Wei and Chen Ruochu was precisely that catalyst.