Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 629 - 058 Business Booming_3

Chapter 629: 058 Business Booming_3

"Could it be your aunt?"

Jin Yuyu nodded, her eyes radiating a relieved smile, "This morning when I went to fetch grandmother, Mother Feng told me in secret. She said that yesterday auntie returned to the mansion especially to discuss the marriage with Old Lady Jin, and proposed that Lingling marry into the Li Mansion in my place. Now, doesn’t it mean that I have nothing to worry about?"

’Really?’ Lin Yuan’s eyes brightened, her words indeed had the desired effect, how wonderful. Jin Yuyu had pleaded with that bastard Li Chengzhi, and now Jin Lingling had walked into the fire pit herself.

Although Lin Yuan’s instigation was undeniable, Jin Lingling had been competing with Jin Yuyu for Li Chengzhi from the start. If she wanted to marry that scumbag, then let her marry him, but she’d better not regret it later on.

Jin Yuyu added, "Mother Feng also told me that grandmother felt bad about how things turned out for me, so she is planning to give me two estates from her dowry to manage."

Lin Yuan chuckled and patted her hand, "Not only did you get out of the marriage, but you also gained some estates. Jin Lingling must be so angry that her nose could be crooked by now."

Jin Yuyu covered her mouth with a laugh, "I have no idea whether her nose will be crooked with anger, but yours is almost laughing off your face."

"You’re mocking me!" Lin Yuan pouted, feigning indignation with a huff.

Jin Yuyu knew she was just pretending and laughed heartily.

Looking at the joyful Jin Yuyu before her, Lin Yuan felt that this was the true Jin Yuyu, who had been too suppressed before.

"Oh right, I saw your brother came too, and he seems very reliant on you." Lin Yuan poured another cup of tea for Jin Yuyu and noticed a complex expression on her face when her brother was mentioned, prompting her to take a closer look.

Jin Yuyu sighed, her voice a bit subdued, "Shi Wen’s mother passed away last month."

Lin Yuan was surprised, not expecting such an answer. The last time they had met, she had indeed heard Jin Yuyu mention Shi Wen’s mother wasn’t well. Yet, in just over a month, she was gone.

"Now, Shi Wen has moved to my mother’s side and has become the legitimate son," Jin Yuyu glanced at Lin Yuan and said, "With a legitimate son in the main branch, the second branch is more anxious now. I think Jin Lingling will be marrying Li Chengzhi very soon. After all, the only chip she has to outplay me now is this one."

Lin Yuan nodded, but all her thoughts were on the deceased Little Concubine, and she couldn’t help asking curiously, "Died last month? Why haven’t I heard any news coming out of your mansion?"

For a family like Jin Mansion, the sudden loss of a person should have been a matter to attend to, but it seemed as though not even a white paper announcement had been made by Jin Mansion.

Jin Yuyu looked bewilderedly at Lin Yuan, "Hmm?"

"I mean, there was no funeral, right?"

Jin Yuyu suddenly understood and said, "Oh, she was just a Little Concubine. Though she gave birth to a son, her status still remained lowly. Jin Mansion would not hold a funeral for her. However, my mother felt pity for her many years of honest service in our house, and considering Shi Wen’s situation, it wouldn’t be right to completely disregard it. So, my mother bought her a coffin and buried her at the foot of a mountain outside the city. It is said that this was the Little Concubine’s own wish because from there she can see her hometown."

Lin Yuan fell silent, then remembered in this era how lowly Little Concubines were regarded. If not for the fact that this Little Concubine had given birth to a son, and met Lady Hong, a kind-hearted mistress, her fate might have been nothing more than a mat and a hurried burial in Mass Graves.

The image of Mrs. Liu suddenly came to Lin Yuan’s mind, that gentle and uncompetitive woman. If she couldn’t escape the nightmare of Li Mansion, she might end in depression like Shi Wen’s mother. But what’s foreseeable was that Mrs. Liu’s fate would be much worse than Shi Wen’s mother’s fate, because Jin Yuyu wasn’t like Lady Hong.

Correspondingly, Lin Yuan couldn’t help but sinfully think of Lin Siyu. If one day her disgusting affair with Li Chengzhi was exposed, her fate would be unimaginably miserable.

Perhaps due to the recent loss of his birth mother, Jin Shiwen was very dependent on Jin Yuyu, seeking her out with Qinger after only a short while.

Jin Yuyu lovingly pulled her brother closer and gently stroked his head, then formally introduced him to Lin Yuan.