Transmigrated into Substitute Bride ‘Fu Lang’

Transmigrated into Substitute Bride Fu Lang Chapter 32.1

Chapter 32.1: 商量

Negotiation (Discussion) 

A loud noise exploded in his ears and the kneeling butler was startled, raising his eyes to look warily at the Zhao family matriarch sitting above him. The face that had looked so arrogant and despotic in front of Chen Xing’s face was now covered in beads of sweat. He looked extremely embarrassed.

 

Mother Zhao’s well preserved face was now filled with a mean look. She lifted her hand, which was painted with beautiful petal nails, and pointed it straight at the man on his knees, angrily questioning him: “What did you say to me before? Now, what are you doing? If you hadn’t pushed yourself so hard, I wouldn’t have let you do it and this is the result of what you’ve done!”

        

The steward trembled twice and looked up at the angry head mother of the family and begged for mercy, “Madam, it’s not me, it’s the vendor who sells things that are ungrateful. I just told him what I wanted and he refused my offer. I tried to trade him for the helper in the kitchen of one of the Zhao family restaurants, but he wouldn’t be willing either, and even ridiculed me.”

 

When Mother Zhao heard him say that, her face became more and more ugly. She raised her hand and slapped the table beside her, her face full of anger, “Absurd, that ger is so ungrateful, cannot tell good from bad.”

 

Seeing how angry Mother Zhao was, the housekeeper echoed her words, “That’s right ah, madam! Everyone knows that I am the housekeeper of the Zhao family and usually gives me a face, but that ger is the only one who is so arrogant and ungrateful.”

 

After losing her temper, Mother Zhao slowly calmed down, her eyes squinting at the man kneeling on the ground, her expression somewhat enigmatic or unfathomable. 

 

The butler, who had just been so aggressive, gradually became a little more fearful under Mother Zhao’s cold gaze, and wanted to shrink into a ball as he hid somewhere out of her sight.

 

Looking at the cowering housekeeper, Mother Zhao leaned back on a soft pillow and said carelessly, “Since that ger cannot tell good from bad, you should teach him a lesson, so that he knows who he can and cannot offend. I don’t believe that he is still so stubborn.”

 

“Yes.” Hearing Mother Zhao say it like this, the housekeeper’s heart was filled with joy and he felt that his chance had come.

 

Just as Mother Zhao was about to send the person out to carry out his plan, the curtain was lifted from outside and a slightly chubby figure walked in.

 

Mother Zhao took a good look at her youngest daughter, Zhao Jing.

 

Seeing her appearance here, Mother Zhao’s face showed obvious displeasure and her voice was still the same cold and bland as before, “What are you doing here at this hour?” Zhao Jing had always been afraid of her mother, and when she heard her question, she pursed her lips, somehow not in ease, but when she thought of what she was going to say, she gathered her courage and said in a small voice, “Just now, this daughter had heard what mother said at the door.”

 

The moment Mother Zhao saw her look of cowardice, she became angry, but at least she is her own child, so she had been holding back, and now when she heard Zhao Jing saying it like this, her eyebrows immediately rose and she said with dissatisfaction, “What actually do you want to say?”

 

Zhao Jing pursed her lips and carefully glanced at her expressionless mother, but still insisted on speaking her mind, “This daughter didn’t mean anything else, it’s just that if mother forced that little boss to make the dessert and if this matters reached the county magistrate’s wife’s ears, I’m afraid she would not like it, right? After all, the county magistrate and the county magistrate’s wife are notorious for not liking people who abuse others with their power.”

 

After hearing Zhao Jing’s words, Mother Zhao depicted delicate eyebrows furrowed tighter and tighter. She was silent for a while before she faintly said, “Then tell me what should I do?”

 

When she saw that there was a slight softening in Mother Zhao’s words, she knew that her persuasion had had some effect, so she pursed her lips and made her suggestion.

 

“Why don’t we let my daughter go and negotiate with that little boss first, and see if he is willing to continue to make the desserts for us. If he is not willing to do so, it would not be too late for this Mother to think of another way. Since the little boss is willing to give me that as a gift, I’m sure he won’t be stingy about making more. Since he did it voluntarily, it won’t do any harm to our residence’s reputation.”

 

After hearing Zhao Jing’s words, Mother Zhao didn’t immediately make a sound, instead she placed her gaze on Zhao Jing and sized her up for several times, after Zhao Jing couldn’t stand it anymore, only then she said leisurely, “Since you’ve said that, then let you go ahead and give it a try.”

 

“Yes, thanks a lot mother!” Zhao Jing let out a sigh of relief, not expecting that she would be able to persuade her mom successfully. Besides that, she would be able to make that little boss suffer less. 

 

Zhao Mother, however, looked at her, her face showing little sign of easing as she continued, “Just let’s talk about the unpleasant things first, if you can’t get that little boss to help, I will do it my own way.”

 

Zhao Jing’s round little face tightened for a moment and she softly replied, “Mother, I know.”

 

Hearing her promise, Mother Zhao waved her hand at her and said impatiently, “If there’s nothing else, you can go back now.”

 

“Yes.”