"Yaoguang, you’re finally here."
Cheng Lingdang sized up Shi Yaoguang up and down, anxiously asking, "Is everything taken care of? Are you alright?"
Shi Yaoguang reached out and rubbed her head, "Relax, I’m fine, very well indeed."
"That’s good, I was nearly scared to death by today’s events."
She said, patting her chest, and then her expression turned solemn.
"I will absolutely not let Shi Yiqing get away with plotting against like this!"
Having said that, she seed to rember that Shi Yaoguang was there, and hastily added as if to preserve her dignity, "Yaoguang, I’m usually very gentle, not at all like I am now, don’t get the wrong idea."
Shi Yaoguang chuckled softly, "Why so nervous? As if I’ve ever misunderstood you."
"That’s... not the case..." Cheng Lingdang fiddled with her fingers, timidly saying, "I just feel a bit embarrassed."
"What’s there to be embarrassed about?" Shi Yaoguang reached out and pinched her cheek, "Between ntor and disciple, there’s no need for embarrassnt."
Cheng Lingdang bit her lip, looking shy.
"Cough." Cheng Xingjian stepped forward, interrupting his daughter’s tender mont.
He spoke without expression, "Rein it in a bit, we’re discussing important matters here."
"Am I not discussing important matters?" Cheng Lingdang looked confused.
Cheng Xingjian, speechless, "Does this look like you’re discussing important matters?"
"Doesn’t it?" Cheng Lingdang stood with her hands on her hips, huffing, "Where do I not seem serious?"
"There’s not a single place where you don’t seem serious," Cheng Xingjian comfortingly said to his daughter before addressing Shi Yaoguang, "Miss Shi, my apologies for the laughter."
Shi Yaoguang waved it off, "Mr. Cheng, there’s no need for such words. Lingdang is very charming like this."
Cheng Xingjian sighed, "My daughter, only you can handle her."
Saying this, he cleared his throat, forcibly steering the conversation back on topic.
"Let’s talk business." Speaking of today’s events, Cheng Xingjian’s expression grew dark, clearly not in a good mood.
He had already roughly understood what had happened today.
Had it not been for Shi Yaoguang’s tily arrival, his wife and daughter might have been victims of the "terrorist" attack.
With his daughter and wife’s lives at stake, he had to take it seriously.
Shi Yaoguang also intended to discuss the sa issue and she promptly told him everything that Cheng Xingjian needed to know.
"Today’s incident started with Shi Yiqing, but this matter is also sowhat related to ."
"Lingdang had not initially planned to learn from Elder Xiao and Mrs. Xiao. It was I who, along with Elder Xiao and Mrs. Xiao, coerced her... Shi Yiqing has had her eyes on the position of Elder Xiao’s and Mrs. Xiao’s closed-door disciple for so ti."
"Lingdang’s sudden change of heart was like stealing her position, so naturally, Shi Yiqing felt aggrieved."
Hearing this, Cheng Xingjian found it strange, "Such a young girl, can she really be so capable?"
Shi Yaoguang explained, "She isn’t that capable, but... others are."
Cheng Xingjian’s expression turned grave, "May I know who this ’others’ Miss Shi refers to is...?"
"The Leng Family’s Young Master, Leng Yuchen."
"What?"
Cheng Xingjian stood up abruptly, "You an Leng Yuchen?"
"Precisely," Shi Yaoguang confird and then looked at him curiously, "Mr. Cheng, your reaction... don’t tell you have so history with him?"
Cheng Xingjian frowned deeply, taking a while before replying, "Recently, my people had a run-in with Leng Yuchen... He escaped with items that shouldn’t be in circulation on the market..."
"My n were on his tail closely, but sohow, he escaped their pursuit."
Hearing him say this, Shi Yaoguang had an absurd speculation.
She imdiately asked the question in her mind, "Did you... lose him near Chiz Street?"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Xingjian’s eyes widened, "How did you know?"
Shi Yaoguang gave him a helpless look, "The intersection between Shi Yiqing and Leng Yuchen started from that ti."
"Are you saying—," Cheng Xingjian’s face was one of disbelief, "are you saying that the reason we lost Leng Yuchen on Chiz Street that day was that Shi Yiqing was covering for him?"
"You could say that."
Cheng Xingjian, "..."
He felt an urge to swear.
Shi Yaoguang looked at the enraged Cheng Xingjian and sighed, "If I had known earlier that it was Mr. Cheng who lost the person, I should have told you in advance."
Cheng Xingjian waved his hand, "Speaking of the past does no good now, rather than dwelling on it, it’s better to think about what we should do next."
Shi Yaoguang pulled out a printed docunt.
"I already have a plan to deal with the Leng Family."
"Before coming to the Xiao Family, I handed another set of docunts to the detective captain in charge of this case. If all goes well, he will join us as well."
Shi Yaoguang briefly explained how to deal with the Leng Family. After saying that, she then addressed Mrs. Xiao, "I ca here today because I wanted to discuss sothing with Mrs. Xiao..."
Mrs. Xiao was a bit curious, "What is it?"
"I was thinking..." Shi Yaoguang pointed at Cheng Lingdang, her face wearing a harmless smile, "I was thinking of having Lingdang..."
Cheng Lingdang, seeing her smile, suddenly felt a tightness in her chest.
A bad premonition bubbled up in her heart, "Brother Shi, you wouldn’t be thinking of making do sothing bad, would you?"
"Nonsense," Shi Yaoguang scolded with a laugh, "How could I make you do sothing bad? Whatever I do, it’s for your own good."
Cheng Lingdang showed an "you better not be deceiving " expression.
Then, she heard Shi Yaoguang say, "I don’t want you to do anything else; now that you have beco Mrs. Xiao’s apprentice, mastering the craft of perfu blending is a must."
Cheng Lingdang nodded, "That’s for certain. I am, after all, my grandmother’s own granddaughter; it’s impossible for to not do well in this matter."
"Are you sure?"
"I’m sure!"
"Alright then," Shi Yaoguang rubbed her hands together and said with a beaming smile, "To test whether you are up to the mark, I plan to make a deal with you."
"Make a deal?" Cheng Lingdang instinctively took a step back, her bad premonition growing stronger.
But alas...
Shi Yaoguang had no intention of letting her escape.
No matter how much she retreated, it was futile.
In the end, Shi Yaoguang still voiced what she wanted to say.
"Once Lingdang begins learning perfu blending, I would like everyone to open a work studio for her."
"Huh?" Cheng Lingdang was stunned, "Open a work studio for what?"
Mrs. Xiao and the others also thought it was strange.
Cheng Lingdang said, "Our family has money; even if I do nothing and lie around like a salted fish, I can spend lavishly for a lifeti. I... I don’t really need to work so hard..."
She started speaking confidently, but as she t Shi Yaoguang’s threatening gaze, her bravado faded, and her voice beca as faint as a mosquito’s, showing just how sheepish she felt.
Shi Yaoguang waited for her to finish before revealing her own purpose for suggesting the opening of a work studio.
"The reason I want you to open a work studio is because..."
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