Chapter 240 - Zhou Taught Her Daughter (1/2)

Zhou Ruyu softened her tone and looked at Shi Baoyou with love. “Baoyou, you are my only daughter. Will I harm you?”

“Of course no,” Shi Baoyou answered quickly and firmly.

Zhou Ruyu nodded with satisfaction and advised patiently, “Since you believe that I won’t harm you, why don’t you believe my words?”

Shi Baoyou hurriedly shook her head. “No. I believe your words, but…”

She lowered her head again and murmured with a grievance, “I am just…not confident.”

Hearing that, Zhou Ruyu softened at once.

She comforted her daughter in a hurry. “Why aren’t you confident? You just need to remember that you are not inferior to Shi Qingxue. You can surely get what she can get if you want to.”

“Really?” Shi Baoyou was still unconfident.

Zhou Ruyu nodded devoutly. “And the fourth prince must have feelings for you, but because of Shi Qingxue, he doesn’t dare to express his love for you.”

Shi Baoyou was stunned and looked joyful but doubtful. “How is it possible?”

“Why is it impossible? Didn’t His Highness want to see you these days?” Zhou Ruyu asked with certainty.

“But it is because he wants to know more about Qingxue, and he…”

Zhou Ruyu snorted and interrupted Shi Baoyou. “There are so many ways to know more about Shi Qingxue. If he wants to make her happy, he can even go to the Luotong Boudoir to see her. Can she avoid seeing him?”

“Gee?” Shi Baoyou blinked in doubt and didn’t think of this point seemingly.

Zhou Ruyu continued, “So His Highness must have his own thought. Otherwise it is unnecessary to know something about Shi Qingxue from you. He knows that you came back to the mansion not long ago and you are not close to Qingxue.

If he just does that for Shi Qingxue, he can talk with Shi Baoning. She is Shi Qingxue’s sister and should know more about her, right?”

Shi Baoyou was suddenly enlightened and nodded repeatedly, saying yes.

There was expectancy in her charming eyes. “So His Highness likes me more or less?”

Zhou Ruyu gave a positive answer in a hurry and then replied, “Sure. There is no pure relationship between a man and a woman nowadays. He must have feelings for you. Otherwise, he wouldn’t come to see you frequently.”

“But Qingxue…” Shi Baoyou was happy and worried and couldn’t ignore her cousin.

“No but! Love is never to consider for your rival in love. Moreover, Shi Qingxue doesn’t love His Highness. Even if they are together, they won’t be happy. Do you hope that His Highness will be not happy?” Zhou Ruyu stated logically and showed a signal in her words that Mo Junhao should belong to Shi Baoyou.

As expected, Shi Baoyou hurriedly shook her head and responded anxiously, “Of course not. I hope most that His Highness can have all his wishes come true and be happy…”

“In this case, why are you hesitant? Express your feelings for him as soon as possible, in case that somebody else does that before you. You need to know that many people covet your boyfriend, His Highness.” Zhou Ruyu purposely said vaguely and incited Shi Baoyou to see Mo Junhao.

Shi Baoyou lowered her head with shyness and retorted in a low voice, “His Highness is not my boyfriend. Mother, don’t say that randomly. It will be bad if somebody else hears that.”

Zhou Ruyu didn’t care and waved her hand, with a meaningful smile. “Even though he is not yours now, he will belong to you in the future. Why can’t I say that?”

She wished to spread this matter in the whole world. Then it would be impossible if Mo Junhao didn’t want to marry Shi Baoyou.

But she was still grounded in the South House now and couldn’t go out, let alone making a match for Mo Junhao and Shi Baoyou.

“Baoyou, when will you have a date with His Highness today?” Zhou Ruyu asked with concern.

Shi Baoyou had no doubt about her mother and answered frankly, “His Highness said yesterday that he would come to see me after the imperial court session in the morning today and prepared a big gift for Qingxue. He hopes that I can help him give it to her.”

In the beginning, Shi Baoyou talked and laughed happily, with expectancy shown on her face as she would see Mo Junhao, but later, at the thought that he wanted to see her because of Shi Qingxue, she couldn’t help but feel depressed.

Zhou Ruyu saw through Shi Baoyou at a glance but didn’t comfort her at once. Instead, she expressed, “Look! This is because you shrink back all the time and you are unwilling to fight for your love.

“Look at Shi Qingxue. Although she always looks arrogant and seems to disdain all the powerful and wealthy men in the world, she is sinister, which is beyond your imagination. She lures His Excellency and His Highness. You should know how capable of seducing men she is.”

“Qingxue does that, and it is not fair to His Highness!” Shi Baoyou looked heart-broken and spoke evil of Shi Qingxue for the first time, but she did that for Mo Junhao.

Zhou Ruyu nodded in an instant and took the chance to defame Shi Qingxue. “Right. So how can you stand by and watch such a good man as His Highness being hurt by an evil woman?”

With anger flashing in her eyes, Shi Baoyou was unwilling to do that, but soon she got depressed again and explained almost in a sobbing tone, “But His Highness said that he just loves Qingxue, and I can do nothing!”

“Pah! His Highness just…” He did that for the influence behind Shi Junhe. Otherwise, which man with a backbone would face others’ coldness with warmth?

But Zhou Ruyu didn’t dare to say that. She was afraid that Shi Baoyou could hardly accept the facts.

She advised earnestly and tirelessly in a euphemistic way, “Baoyou, you were born in a large family. Even though I protect you and don’t make you stained with the dirty things in the family, you must be familiar with the fact that men are fickle in love, right?”

Shi Baoyou was stunned and soon understood what Zhou Ruyu wanted to express.

There was less expectancy on her face, but it was not difficult for her to accept it. She just nodded peacefully. “Mother, I know. The noble families are like this. A man can have many concubines and love a lot of women. It’s impossible for a nobleman to love only one woman. Even my eldest uncle…”

Shi Junhe said that he would marry only one woman Dong Hui all his life, and it was pleasant to hear.

But in the end, he broke his promise several times. He didn’t keep his word but made Dong Hui have a bad name as a jealous woman, and he was not that good.