The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 560 - 564 My Grandson is the Villain (11)

Chapter 560: Chapter 564 My Grandson is the Villain (11)

"Have you all heard? Today, Fragrance will release a line of incense that is truly unique. The city’s elite are all rushing there, hoping to purchase it as soon as possible."

"Really? Then let’s hurry over and take a look. Even though I don’t have enough money to buy even a little bit of incense powder, just smelling it on the spot is a win."

The Fragrance store, held in high esteem by the residents of Xingyao City, was none other than the store Su Li founded five years ago.

At that time, Su Li had brought Luo Luxi from a small remote town to the outskirts of Xingyao City. With her superb perfumery skills, she successfully connected with a noble lady and ingeniously found a different path into the city.

In just five short years, she had not only established a perfumery in Xingyao City but had also taken that store to the pinnacle of success.

The noble ladies and wives of Xingyao City even regarded owning a fragrance personally crafted by the owner of Fragrance as a symbol of their status.

But the incenses personally sent out by Su Li numbered only a few.

It wasn’t that there weren’t people who covertly or overtly had designs on Su Li and her Fragrance store. It’s just that the store’s owner, elusive as a dragon, was in everyone’s eyes, an oddity of sorts.

Anyone who had ever caused trouble in the Fragrance store either ended up with broken hands or legs. Everyone knew who was responsible, yet no one could find concrete evidence to capture the culprit.

Furthermore, the mysterious owner, regardless of the status or intentions—noble or malicious—of the person inviting him, had only one response: refusal.

Some people didn’t even know whether this owner was a man or a woman.

Despite this, the Fragrance store became even more popular among the wives and ladies of Xingyao City.

And it was through this modest store that Su Li accumulated a significant amount of original capital and collected vast quantities of food supplies through various channels, all stored in the stone bead’s space.

While Xingyao City was in full bloom, the various noble ladies often spent a fortune on a unique stick of incense, not knowing that outside of Xingyao City, the situation in other parts of the Xingyao Empire was becoming increasingly dire.

The majority of people were struggling to get even coarse grains and wild vegetables.

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In a small residence on the west side of Xingyao City, fragrance lingered, and fallen flowers were aflutter.

The elegantly managed courtyard was where a graceful woman was bent over, carefully snipping blossoms with a pair of golden scissors.

Even without seeing her face, her delicate silhouette and beautiful posture were enough to imagine the loveliness of the True Woman.

Yet her silver hair provoked a myriad of thoughts.

"Nanny, it’s time to eat...."

"Coming."

It was only when the beautiful woman stood up and turned around that it was revealed the person in front of her was none other than Su Li, who, five years ago, had left with the little rascal Luo Luxi.

She seemed to grow younger with time, looking at her now, it would be hard for anyone to imagine what she looked like five years ago and would believe her to be nothing more than a noblewoman in her early thirties.

Indeed, some people did think so.

Lu Jun passed through this old street daily, as it was his usual route to the Sports Academy.

He was an administrative teacher at the Sports Academy and had lived in this area for many years.

However, the familiar old man he knew had sold his house two years ago and, with a substantial sum of money, went back to his hometown. The small residence then had a new owner.

According to the old man, some of his relatives in the countryside couldn’t even afford to eat. The large sum of money from the house sale was just enough to sustain them for a while.

But Lu Jun had only seen the transformed residence that had changed owners, and over two years, he had never once seen this new neighbor.

Today, he had gotten up late and hurried to the academy with only a piece of bread in hand. On his way, he unexpectedly caught sight of a graceful figure.

The beautiful silhouette under the nascent morning light seemed particularly surreal.

Especially at the moment she turned around, he thought he heard the sound of his own heartbeat.

It was as if the whole world stood still before him, and his eyes held only this one scene.

"Nanny, it’s time for breakfast...."

The blood that had stopped coursing through his veins resumed its flow at this crisp male voice, and the flush on his cheeks quickly receded.

How, how could this be...

Had he heard wrong?

He vaguely saw that young boy, who at such a tender age, had already shown his remarkable presence, casting a provocative glance in his direction.

It must be an illusion, certainly all an illusion.

But by the time he came back to his senses and craned his neck to look again, the enchanting silhouette had already vanished.

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Su Li placed fresh flowers into the vase, then looked up to find the table already taken over by a breakfast full of fragrant aromas.

Luo Luxi, who five years ago had been a frail little bean, had now grown into a young boy with an innate air of nobility.

His every move was full of an elegance that was a pleasure to behold; his enunciated phrases always evoked a sense of luxurious grandeur.

"You are still so beautiful today, just like the roses in your hands, blooming with irresistible charm..."

Luo Luxi’s poem-like compliment was abruptly cut off by Su Li’s rude interruption, "Shut up, speak plainly."

A moment ago, Luo Luxi had seemed like a little master from some noble family, but now, as if struck by lightning, he immediately transformed into a plain and simple farm boy.

"Okay, Granny, got it, Granny."

"Granny, you look pretty today..."

Seeing Su Li glance over, his survival instincts kicked in to full gear, and Luo Luxi quickly morphed into a lackey, flashing a smile and hurriedly saying, "You looked pretty yesterday too, and every day."

If someone from the Luo Family were here, they would hardly recognize the visually challenging style of the boy in front of them as the gloomy, reticent outcast from back then.

Following Su Li these years, Luo Luxi had lived comfortably, growing taller by a significant margin, with his already handsome features becoming even more splendid.

One would not dare believe he had come out of a remote town if they weren’t told, rather assuming he was a young master who had been intensely groomed with hefty expenses from a well-to-do family.

Su Li, propping her chin, watched the beautiful young boy for a while, suddenly understanding the feelings of that teacher from the original owner’s memory who had always been deeply wary of Luo Luxi.

Luo Luxi had a charismatic personality with the qualities of a leader.

Unwittingly, he would attract like-minded people to gather around him, and this was just when he was unaware; if he were to develop a hint of ambition... to those with ulterior motives, he would become an unknown threat.

"Alright, no need for flattery, let’s eat."

Only when Su Li started to eat did Luo Luxi, with a smile, also pick up his chopsticks.

While nibbling on a steamed bun, he casually mentioned, "I heard that outside of Xingyao City, people can’t even get wild vegetables to eat, they’re resorting to tree bark and roots..."