Chapter 82 - The New Favorite Granddaughter (1/2)

Zhou Ruyu was in a bad mood and cursed as soon as she opened the door, “Why the hell are you shouting, bitch?”

The maid Qiong Zhi shrank with fear and replied respectfully, “Madam, Fourth Lady has come back. She is in Youran Boudoir now…”

Zhou Ruyu was stunned to hear that and then got overjoyed. Before Qiong Zhi finished her words, Ruyu ran out quickly and rebuked, “Useless girl, why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

She ran fast and only thought of Fourth Lady, Shi Baoyou, totally ignoring Shi Baojin’s surprised and sad eyes behind her.

Shi Baojin subconsciously ran a few steps after Zhou Ruyu, but her mother ran too quickly and she couldn’t catch up with her. She knew that Youran Boudoir was just one hundred steps away from her, but she just stood at the door and watched Zhou Ruyu disappear from her sight.

The first-level maid in Yujin Boudoir, Xiao Tao walked to her and said in a low voice, “My Lady, it’s cold outside. Let’s enter the room.”

Shi Baojin glanced at Xiao Tao and suddenly laughed. “Xiao Tao, we are both Mother’s children, but how could she be so partial to Baoyou?”

Xiao Tao kept silent. After quite a while, she responded, “No. Madam also loves you.”

“Yes, she loves me very much at ordinary times, but I am nobody after Shi Baoyou comes back…” Shi Baojin smiled with self-mockery and then turned around to enter the room.

The fourth lady Baoyou of the Shi Family was a mysterious one among all the ladies. She had been born prematurely and was in poor health but destined to be wealthy. When she was young, a fortuneteller said she was coveted by God and should be hidden and raised secretly. Otherwise she wouldn’t have survived. She couldn’t get rid of the disaster until she was seventeen years old.

Zhou Ruyu thought it was better to believe than to take the risk. When Shi Baoyou was under the age of one, she was sent to the Zhou Family and raised in Marquis of Wuyang’s mansion. She had never come back to the Shi Family. Zhou Ruyu went to her parents’ home to see her little daughter at intervals.

Not long ago, Shi Baoyou had her seventeenth birthday, and Shi Baojin’s marriage was decided, so Zhou Ruyu couldn’t wait to bring her back home to meet the elders.

Although Shi Baoyou had been raised in secret, she was a noble lady brought up in an atmosphere of luxury and wealth. She had received the treatment as good as her sisters. It could be seen that Zhou Ruyu had spent a lot of money on her.

Of course, Shi Baoyou lived up to Zhou Ruyu’s expectations. She was graceful and attractive with a nice figure. Although she was not as outstanding as Shi Qingxue, she was pleasant to the eye, like a lotus.

Shi Baoyou came back to the mansion. With her beautiful face, obedient character and silver tongue, she defeated Shi Baoning and Shi Qingxue, and became Mo Shujun’s favorite granddaughter.

Shi Qingxue didn’t care about it. Since she had grown apart from Mo Shujun, she never expected to win her grandmother’s love, and she was very busy these days.

Because everything had changed in this life, Dong Hui didn’t have the plan to marry off Shi Baoning to Wenren Chi. On the contrary, she always tried to set Shi Qingxue up with Wenren Chi.

Qingxue was not sensitive to the love relationship, but she couldn’t resist Dong Hui’s repeated hints. She was helpless. She had loosened her tongue in front of Dong Hui, so she couldn’t go back on her word and say that she wouldn’t marry Wenren Chi.

Shi Qingxue had no choice but to go to Baoning. “Big sister, do you want to marry Chi?”

She asked straightforward as soon as she entered the room, which shocked Baoning, who then asked after a while, “Qingxue, what are you talking about?”

Shi Qingxue blinked and said innocently, “Nothing. You and Chi are not siblings. And Father and his father want you two to get married, right?”

This was what had happened in the previous life, but Shi Qingxue spoke out without feeling embarrassed.

Shi Baoning was more astonished. After a pause, she laughed. Then she said in a more indifferent tone, “Didn’t Mother say that she will marry you off to Chi and let your child inherit the official position?”

“Ah?” Shi Qingxue finally remembered that the two of them had eavesdropped at the window of their parents then. She smiled awkwardly and explained in a hurry, “Mother was just joking. Grandma is here, and Father wouldn’t give his official position to a man from another family. I have never wanted his position. And Chi likes you, so he will certainly marry you.”

She took her answer for granted, but Baoning was petrified for a long time. She stared at Qingxue, with a complex expression in her eyes that the latter couldn’t understand.

“Sister, what’s wrong with you?”

Shi Baoning lowered her head and clenched her fists, murmuring, “I think, I think he likes you. I think you are going to get married.”

Her voice was so low that Shi Qingxue heard it clearly with difficulty. She shouted in surprise, “How can it be possible?”

It occurred to her that Shi Baoning was cold to her these days. She was suddenly enlightened. It turned out that her big sister loved their brother.

“You misunderstand it. Chi has always treated me as his younger sister. He wouldn’t marry me!” Shi Qingxue held Baoning’s hand and explained seriously.

For fear that Baoning didn’t believe her, Qingxue briefly told her what Wenren Chi said to her in the Wenren Family’s mansion the other day. Of course, she didn’t mention that she had said she would marry him.

After hearing that, Shi Baoning couldn’t hide the joy on her peaceful face. She grabbed Qingxue’s hand and asked excitedly, “Really? You didn’t lie to me?”

Shi Qingxue almost swore to God. “Why would I lie to you? If you don’t believe me, you can ask Chi.”

Shi Baoning was finally relieved and showed a smile. But she concealed it when she met Qingxue’s sincere and concerned eyes. She lowered her head, and apologized softly,” I am sorry.”

Qingxue thought she apologized for her misunderstanding and waved her hand in an instant. “It’s nothing. Never mind.”

It was just a misunderstanding, and it caused nothing serious.

After thinking for a while, Qingxue told her big sister, “Anyway, we are sisters. In the future, if you have something to ask me, just ask. It would be a pity if we are not on good terms because of some misunderstanding.”