A Different Jun Jingyi

The Bai residence.

"Young lady, what do you think of this?"

The maid Lian'er smiled as she looked at Bai Ruoli in the mirror, dressed from head to toe in men's clothes, and asked softly.

"Hmm... not bad!"

Bai Ruoli came back to her senses.

Her cheeks reddened slightly as she recalled what Jun Jingyi had said yesterday.

Then her expression turned icy.

She could never forget what had happened in her previous life.

She examined herself in the mirror, then stood up and called softly, "Let's go."

A short while later.

On the street.

Bai Ruoli and her maid Lian'er, one dressed in a long white robe and the other in green, carried themselves with dashing grace and drew everyone's attention.

"Hee-hee, young lady, even dressed as a man, you're an exceptionally handsome young gentleman."

The maid chuckled. "Look, even the girls around us are staring at you."

"You're asking for a beating!"

Bai Ruoli playfully gave Lian'er a light smack.

At the same time, she was extremely nervous.

She had naturally not gone out just to have fun.

Since heaven had given her another life, she would make those who had hurt her in her previous life pay.

But as she was now, she couldn't even stand up to the authority of the concubine in her own household.

She could only seek a powerful backer.

According to her memories of her previous life, there happened to be an important official in Tianfu City who needed help at this time.

From what she knew in her previous life,

he had been poisoned with a very rare poison: the poison of the Nine Nether Grass.

In the early stages, the victim merely suffered from a poor appetite and restless sleep. Combined with the poison's rarity, this made it easy for an ordinary physician to overlook.

In her previous life, it seemed that a prince had brought an imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Academy in the capital, and only then had the poison been identified.

As a result, that important figure had naturally joined the prince's faction.

He had played a crucial role in the later struggle for the throne.

In this life, she would try to win him over!

The poison of the Nine Nether Grass was not difficult to cure. All it took was its companion plant, the Blood Spirit Flower, to purge the poison. The hard part was that nobody knew it.

So she could definitely earn this favor!

Bai Ruoli thought to herself.

Suddenly, her maid Lian'er's voice rang out beside her.

"Young la... uh... young master, young master, look! Isn't that Young Master Jun? He's so handsome!"

"Hmm? Jun Jingyi?"

Bai Ruoli frowned and turned to look.

At the entrance of a run-down restaurant, Jun Jingyi was shouting something at the shopkeeper.

"What? Five hundred taels? Do you take me for a sucker?"

Jun Jingyi's face darkened.

The first step in his plan to make money was to open a restaurant.

He had originally thought this place was in a good location, and since the owner couldn't manage it and it was on the verge of closing down, he had come to discuss buying it.

He had already asked around.

A shop like this in this area was worth only two hundred taels, at the absolute most!

But this guy had opened with five hundred taels. Was he trying to fleece him like a fool?

"Brother, your image, your image..."

Beside him, Jun Yixue looked at the crowd gathered to watch, her face red. She wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

She would never have imagined, even if beaten to death, that her brother, who had always been the picture of a graceful young gentleman, would now be shouting in the street like a shrew.

Jun Jingyi: ...

He had wanted to retort, but considering his status, he gave a light cough instead.

Forcing a smile, he shook his head and said evenly, "Two hundred taels at most. What do you say, shopkeeper?"

The restaurant's shopkeeper: ...

Looking at the clearly smiling yet strained expression before him, he felt a chill run down his spine.

He had only asked that much because he thought young masters from prominent families cared about saving face, but this...

Now he was very worried that Young Master Jun, who was renowned throughout the city, might settle the score with him later.

He hurriedly nodded.

"Fine, fine!"

In truth, he was quite pleased too. He was still making a good profit at that price!

Now he just wanted to take the money and leave Tianfu City as quickly as possible.

"All right, here's the silver. Where's the deed?"

Jun Jingyi rolled his eyes irritably.

If only he'd agreed so readily in the first place. Now Jun Jingyi's image was ruined.

Nearby, in the crowd.

Little Lian'er, who had been watching the scene in silence, clenched her fists and glared at the unscrupulous shopkeeper. She cried out indignantly, "What an awful man! He even tried to cheat someone as good as Young Master Jun!"

Bai Ruoli said nothing.

She felt only disgust at the expression she had just seen on Jun Jingyi's face.

Before the world, he usually presented himself as a graceful young gentleman, but who could have imagined that behind the scenes he was such a ruthless, despicable bastard!

In her previous life...

She looked at Lian'er beside her.

And sighed softly.

Back then, at this point in time, she too had been fond of this fellow, hadn't she?

He really did have a handsome face, and he was a young master of the Jun family. He truly was the prince charming in countless young girls' hearts.

With that thought, Bai Ruoli slowly turned and walked away.

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out nearby.

"Oh, little fellow, are you all right?"

"Are you hungry?"

"Here, eat!"

She whirled around.

At the restaurant entrance, she saw Jun Jingyi helping up a little beggar boy who had been knocked to the ground by the crowd.

He also gave the little beggar some food a servant beside him had passed over.

Smiling, he asked after him kindly, every bit the graceful young gentleman.

"Wow, young la... young master, Young Master Jun really is such a good person!"

Stars shone in the maid Lian'er's eyes.

Bai Ruoli fell silent again.

She recalled a scene she had witnessed in her previous life: a beggar had asked Jun Jingyi for alms, and in front of others, he had been so kind and approachable.

But afterward... he had the beggar beaten and warned him not to talk.

She still couldn't forget the look of disdain in his eyes.

"Hypocrite!"

Bai Ruoli's voice was a little cold as she gritted her teeth lightly.

She turned and left at once.