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Chapter 90 A Warm Face Met with Chu Ruohan's Cold Backside

At this moment, Wang also followed into the house and saw Lan Jie'er looking like a hungry cat, and her brows furrowed slightly.

Just as he was about to reprimand her, Chu Ruohan interjected, "Sister-in-law, if the child likes it, let her have some. What child doesn't have a sweet tooth?"

Wang had no choice but to swallow back the words she was about to say and force a smile.

Lan-jie didn't care about the adults' thoughts. She picked up a pastry, took a bite, and immediately showed a satisfied expression: "Auntie, this is so delicious!"

Chu Ruohan watched Lan Jie'er eat with relish and grew even more fond of her.

Chu Ruohan looked at the somewhat reserved Lu Ge'er and waved her over, "Lu Ge'er, don't just stand there, come and try these snacks."

The little boy looked up at his mother's face and saw that Wang Shi was slightly frowning. Lu Ge'er hesitated for a moment, then gently shook his head and said softly, "I don't like to eat snacks."

Chu Ruohan was slightly taken aback; she could tell that the child didn't truly dislike it...

Wang picked up her teacup, took a small sip, and racked her brains to find a topic to talk about, trying to warm up to Chu Ruohan.

"My lady, I heard that a new silk shop has opened in the capital. They have brought in a lot of uniquely patterned fabrics from Jiangnan, and the colors are very bright."

“When I saw those few styles, I thought they would definitely catch your eye. Your status is noble, and those ordinary fabrics are not worthy of your temperament. If we make a few outfits with these new fabrics, other people will be extremely envious of our Marquis of Anyang for having a mistress like you.”

As she spoke, Wang lightly dabbed the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, her eyes full of flattery, but her deliberate posture appeared somewhat obsequious.

Chu Ruohan had a faint smile on her lips, a smile that was polite yet somewhat distant.

While gently teasing Lan Jie'er sitting beside her, she casually replied to Madam Wang, "Oh? Is that so? I don't usually care much about these things; as long as I'm comfortable, that's fine."

"Besides, Aunt Zhao is in charge of the Marquis's mansion now." As she spoke, she picked up a pastry and held it to Lan'er's lips. Lan'er opened her mouth with a smile and ate it with relish.

Chu Ruohan knew perfectly well that Wang Shi had come today for a purpose.

Yesterday, Aunt Li brought Xuan Ge to visit her, and Wang Shi rushed over to test the waters and curry favor.

However, in Chu Ruohan's view, Wang was usually mean-spirited and had many tricks up her sleeve in the power struggles among the wives and concubines in the mansion. She really did not want to get close to such a person, and she did not want to get involved in the conflict between her and Aunt Li.

“Although it is a concubine who is in charge of the household affairs now, in the future this Marquis’s mansion will still be under your control,” Wang said.

Seeing that Chu Ruohan was only focused on playing with the child and was only giving perfunctory responses to her words, she became a little anxious.

She brought up another topic: "Madam, look at my two children. Although they are a bit naughty, they are both sensible. Lan'er, that girl, just wants to get closer to you. She says you have a kind of charm that makes people like you."

When Lan Jie heard her mother mention her, she looked up, her big eyes blinking as she looked at Chu Ruohan, and said sweetly, "Auntie, I really like you so much!"

Chu Ruohan patted Lan Jie'er's head and said with a smile, "Lan Jie'er is so cute, Auntie likes her too."

After chatting for a while, Chu Ruohan remained indifferent.

Feeling awkward, Madam Wang stood up after sitting for a while and said insincerely, "Oh dear, look at me, I've kept you occupied for so long, Madam. We should go back now, we can't bother you any longer."

As she spoke, she called to Lu Ge'er and Lan Jie'er, "Come on, say goodbye to your aunt, let's go home."

Chu Ruohan did not get up to see them off, but simply bowed slightly and said, "Then take care, sister-in-law. I won't see you off any further. Yuling, please see Madam Wang and the children out for me."

Yu Ling responded and led the Wang mother and her two children outside.

Chu Ruohan's actions were also a way of expressing her attitude; she hoped that Wang would understand and stop targeting her.

As soon as Wang stepped out of the Anyang Marquis's residence, her face darkened instantly, and she couldn't help but spit out, "Pah, what kind of person is that? They look down on people. They're just from a merchant family, what's so great about them?"

She muttered curses under her breath as she walked, completely abandoning the dignified demeanor she displayed in the Marquis's residence.

Lan Jie was startled by her mother's sudden action. She shrank back and said timidly, "I think my aunt is a very nice person. She even gave me a beautiful hairpin."

As she spoke, she carefully took out the hairpin from her bosom. The hairpin was carved from mutton fat jade, with a simple yet elegant design.

Madam Wang snatched the hairpin away, her face full of disdain: "Isn't Chu Ruohan's family the richest in the capital? And they only gave her such a shabby jade hairpin? Why didn't they give her a gold one?"

She examined the hairpin in her hand, turning it over and over, and the more she looked at it, the more she disliked it.

"You've been bribed with this piece of junk? It's just a tool to appease the servants. Remember, you're the granddaughter of the Vice Minister's mansion, destined to marry into a noble family. Don't be so short-sighted."

Lan Jie'er's eyes instantly reddened when her mother said that, and tears of grievance welled up in her eyes.

"Mom, I'm not..."

She was about to explain when Wang interrupted her. "Alright, stop crying. What kind of behavior is this, all this whining and sobbing?" Wang said impatiently.

When Lu Ge'er saw his sister crying, he pursed his lips, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.

He glanced at his mother, then at his sister, and finally chose to remain silent, simply lowering his head and following his mother back home.

He actually felt that his aunt from the Marquis of Anyang's mansion was very kind, quite different from his strict mother, but he dared not say it out loud, for fear of upsetting his mother.

After returning to the Marquis's residence, Yuling recounted the entire process of seeing Wang Shi off to Chu Ruohan.

After hearing this, Chu Ruohan simply shook her head and said softly, "This Wang woman is really not someone you can get close to. It's just a pity for these two children; under her guidance, they're likely to be corrupted."

She sighed, feeling somewhat helpless.

Yu Ling, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but say, "Madam, I feel sorry for those two children, especially Lan Jie'er. She's so young, yet her mother said those things to her like that."

Chu Ruohan nodded and said, "Everyone has their own destiny. Although it pains us to see them suffer, we can't interfere too much. Everyone has their own fate, and we can only hope that things will go more smoothly for them in the future."

"Sir."

Suddenly, Ying Qing let out a roar, startling both Chu Ruohan and Yu Ling...