Chapter 295 - Chapter 295: Head is Filled with Water
Chapter 295: Head is Filled with Water
Translator: CokeZero Editor: Rainystars
Lu Jiao raised an eyebrow at Xie Yunjin, “That’s your business. Why do you need my input?”
Xie Yunjin smiled, “Two minds together are stronger than one. I think I’d be able to make a better decision with your input.”
Lu Jiao agreed with that and thought about Xie Yunjin’s situation, “I think you can help him out as a strategist. But it appears to me that the Qinghe District is rather messy politically. I don’t think you should work for him publicly. Once everything calms down, you can show your face then.”
Her thoughts aligned with what Xie Yunjin was thinking before. He smiled,
“Your idea is great. I will do exactly that.”
His praise encouraged Lu Jiao. She added, “I think officer Zhao is someone you could use. Maybe you can ask for his help.”
Xie Yunjin nodded and stared at Lu Jiao with sincerity. He seemed to be listening to her very intently.
This made Lu Jiao feel shy and embarrassed. This man here was going to be the future First Assistant. He must have good ideas of what the right thing to do was. She was talking too much.
“Well, I’m sure you already know what to do. You don’t really need my opinion.”
Xie Yunjin wanted to tell her how much he enjoyed listening to her, but he was smart and kept quiet.
Lu Jiao thought of the person who schemed against Xie Yunjin and handicapped him. She couldn’t stop herself, “You should really look into who it was that plotted against you. He may appear again and hurt you again. The provincial exam is happening next year, and that person may come out to cause harm again.”
Xie Yunjin’s expression grew serious then. He nodded, “Yes, I am going to find out who it was.”
Lu Jiao got up and went to spend time with the four little ones in the back courtyard.
At night, Xie Yunjin didn’t come back for dinner and Lu Jiao didn’t care. She ate happily with the four little ones. Afterward, the children acted coquettishly and asked to sleep with their mother. In the end, all four of them slept in Lu Jiao’s bed.
The next day, Lu Jiao decided to take Feng Zhi and check out the new businesses she was opening with Zhao Lingfeng. The shops were having their foundation set right now and she wanted to go and see if anything needed improvements.
These new businesses were going to be her main source of income and she needed to at least know where they were located.
At first, the four little ones wanted to accompany Lu Jiao. But she knew how messy construction sites could be and denied the idea.
Lu Jiao tried to calm them down by saying she’ll take them shopping in the afternoon to buy things they might need for their studies.
The four little ones were over the moon and suddenly felt okay staying at home with Lu Gui.
After some dressing up, Lu Jiao and Feng Zhi left the house wearing men’s clothes.
Uncle Lin went to get the horse carriage from the back while Lu Jiao and Feng Zhi headed to the main gate. Once there, they heard lots of angry screaming from their neighbor, the Zhao family.
“Grand commander Xu, how could you do something as inhumane as this?! She’s so young!’
Lu Jiao looked over and noticed that there was a large group of people in front of the Zhao family home The man that led the pack was grand commander Xu and beside him was Zhao Hehua.
Zhao Hehua’s face was not exactly perky and she acted like she’d been hit.
She truly didn’t understand what had happened. Last night, she went for a stroll and ended up sleeping with grand commander Xu, who was older than her own father.
Because she was officer Zhao’s daughter, grand commander Xu figured he needed to provide an explanation to officer Zhao. Therefore, this morning, he came with a mountain of gifts and Zhao Hehua.
The grand commander was saying that after drinking last night, he mistook Zhao Hehua as one of his concubines and went to bed with her. Therefore, he came to apologize today with gifts. He also told officer Zhao that he was willing to take Zhao Hehua in as his concubine and will treat her well.
Officer Zhao’s been looking for Zhao Hehua since yesterday. He went to the Xu manor, but the people there said she wasn’t there. He then left to search elsewhere.
Yet early morning, the grand commander Xu came with Zhao Hehua and asked for Zhao Hehua to be his tenth concubine.
Officer Zhao felt the desire to kill that man. This grand commander was older than him, yet he was standing here asking for his daughter to be his tenth concubine? He was going to be the laughingstock of this city!
The more officer Zhao thought about it, the more humiliated he was. He considered killing himself.
The way he looked at Zhao Hehua felt like he was looking at an enemy instead of a daughter he had raised.
Zhao Hehua was terrified of the look in her father’s eyes. She reacted by yelling angrily, lt’s your fault! You told me to marry Lu Daniu. I told you clearly I didn’t want to marry him. I want to marry-”
Before she could finish, officer Zhao furiously yelled, “Shut up!”
He then looked over to grand commander Xu, “Commander Xu, Zhao Hehua isn’t my biological daughter. She was born the daughter of officer Zhang
Zheng. From today on, her last name is no longer Zhao. Her last name will be Zhang. The Zhao family will no longer get involved with any of her business.”
Grand commander Xu froze and he didn’t know what to say.
Officer Zhao ignored him and bowed to the neighbors who were there to gossip.
“Neighbors, please be my witnesses today. From now on. Zhao Hehua no longer exists for the Zhao family. She has no ties to us.”
Zhao Hehua didn’t expect her father to cut her off and started to cry. She gaped at him angrily and sneered, “You think I value the last name Zhao? From today on, I have no more business with you.”
She then turned around and ran away. Behind her, grand commander Xu glanced at officer Zhao, then at Zhao Hehua, who was running away.
Honestly, if it weren’t for the fact that she was the officer’s daughter, the grand commander never would’ve come to visit with gifts or make any promises.
He already had nine concubines and he didn’t care enough to go through all this drama.
The fact that the Zhao family no longer accepted Zhao Hehua as their child saved him lots of trouble. Given how capable officer Zhao was, the grand commander worried that he might get angry if his daughter was mistreated. If the officer didn’t care about Zhao… No, Zhang Hehua, then why should the grand commander care?
The grand commander smiled and nodded, “Great. Then there’s no more Zhao
Hehua. In the Xu household, only concubine Zhang exists.”
He then left with his people. Behind him, officer Zhao went back home green in the face.
No neighbors took Zhao Hehua’s side. They all accused her of being ungrateful and all believed that karma will get her good.
Lu Jiao didn’t expect to witness such a dramatic event this morning. She mumbled to Feng Zhi, “Don’t you think that woman’s dumb in the head? Instead of being butcher Lu’s wife, she chose to be grand commander Xu’s tenth concubine. Her head is filled with water..”