Staring at the enormous hole that had appeared in the distant mountain peak at some unknown point, Jiang Lin swallowed...
"Young Master Jiang..." Mother Chen took another sip of tea and spoke slowly, her calm tone somehow making things even more unsettling.
"Yes! Madam Chen!" Jiang Lin's entire body jolted as he sat upright, wiping the sweat from his forehead...
"Regarding this Peony Dudou, is there something Young Master Jiang would like to say?" Mother Chen crossed her slender hands, resting her pointed little chin on them as she smiled at Jiang Lin.
Mother Chen looked so much like her daughter that they could practically have been sisters. But how could two people who were mother and daughter have such completely different personalities?
No matter how he looked at her, Mother Chen seemed like the scheming type.
For a moment, Jiang Lin found himself missing that little girl Chen Jia. She might have been a little flat-chested, but her legs were long, and her silly personality was so endearing...
Silly, sweet, fair-skinned... A silly sweetheart like that was so easy to coax...
But what was he supposed to do now? Should he come clean and tell Mother Chen the truth?
[That's right! Your husband is interested in that Wine-selling Lass from the Sun Moon Sect! He's the one who bought the dudou!]
How could he possibly say that?!
Jiang Lin was a merchant!
A proper, respectable merchant!
What mattered most to a merchant?!
Trust! Protecting the customer's privacy!
Even if he might be punched to death! Even if Madam Chen might pin him beneath her foot and grind him back and forth! Jiang Lin would not even furrow his brow!
Jiang Lin had principles! The professional principles of a merchant!
"Madam Chen!"
Jiang Lin sat up straight, forcefully enduring Mother