Xie Ting was indeed the Holy Woman, and the reason for her descent was to destroy Great Ming to take revenge for the people who got massacred back then. The Ji family was also among those who indulged in the slaughter so it was highly probable that they had captured her to stop the descent of the so-called destroying power and if necessary, they would definitely kill her.
Jiang Xiu couldn't help but recall that elegant girl who was just like a rose blooming in the desert. He believed she must be in danger right now.
On the next day, Lin Yueling had dressed herself up prettily and even put on a new dress she had bought at the mall along with Cheng Lingsu. When he asked her about the reason, she told him that she was going to meet up with a few of her good sisters from high school. She hadn't met them for 20 years, so she didn't want to appear in an unpresentable state in front of them.
Cheng Lingsu also knew how to curry favor. Lin Yueling liked whatever she said, and in fact, she had quite the excellent taste and seemed to appear of some value. She had dressed up Lin Yueling quite beautifully.
Every man desired that his wife and mother have such good relations, but Jiang Xiu was an exception. He really hoped these two would get into an argument, which would lead to their relationship entering a freezing point again. He even hoped Lin Yueling would force her to divorce him when that happens.
Only, such a beautiful thing was nothing but a pipe dream.
As for Lin Yueling, she didn't consider Cheng Lingsu as her daughter-in-law but rather more of a sister. "Aren't these clothes a bit too plain?"
Cheng Lingsu said, "Mhm. Let's add a cape then we can also…"
Lin Yueling had also recovered her figure, losing a lot of fat. He heard that Cheng Lingsu had got her into a yoga class and due to this, Lin Yuelign was slowly recovering her former bearing as that of the Lin family's daughter.
"Mother, I'm leaving now else I'll be late." Cheng Lingsu fixed up Lin Yueling's dress a bit then left for the door. It was already close to 9 AM in the morning. She didn't plan to attend the morning classes and only planned to attend the main classes. "Bye-Bye!" Before leaving, she waved at Jiang Xiu, but he acted as if he didn't see it, so she went out the door dispiritedly.
Don't you waswant those 100 million? I'll give it to you!
"Ding-Dong!"
Hardly after Cheng Lingsu left, the doorbell rang up. Lin Yueling said, "Susu must've forgotten something." Saying so, she went up to open the door, but the one standing at the doorway wasn't Cheng Lingsu but instead a 20-year old woman whose hair was trimmed to her ears.
"You are?"
The girl's expression turned ugly as if she was suppressing her anger. A smile flashed through her eyes as she looked at the woman in front of her, "You're Aunt Ling, right? I remember you. It's me. Lin Mi, Little Mimi."
"Mimi!"
Lin Yueling's eyes grew wide open. She grabbed her hand emotionally, "You've grown up so big. You were only 3-4 years old back then."
"Come inside!"
Lin Yueling was very happy that someone of the younger generation had come to visit her. She became a little flustered due to the excitation. "Quickly sit down. Did you have breakfast?"
"I already had it!"
Jiang Xiu was quite familiar with her. Before his name had caused waves in the world, he had met her in Dongzhou during the Dao Soldier competition. Back then, she had given him a card with the intentions to take him into the Lin family, and since he refused her, she became quite unhappy. Lin Mi saw Jiang Xiu eat breakfast while sitting there and was dazed for a moment, feeling that he looked a little familiar. She immediately made the connection, "You're Jiang Xiu!"
"Yes. This is my son, Jiang Xiu and your younger cousin. Little Xiu, this is your third uncle's daughter, Lin Mi, your older cousin."
"It's been a long time!"
"Mimi, don't bother with him. He always has a sour look on his face. Aunt is pleased that you came to visit me. Wait for me here…" She rushed upstairs after saying this.
Lin Mi said, "It seems you haven't told aunt that you ripped my younger brother. What? You don't dare to say it to her?"
Jiang Xiu smiled at her, "My mother was driven away by the Lin family, saying she was a traitor. These past 20 years, she's lived in Jiang City, and she had no relationship with the Lin family since then. Similarly, the Lin family also has no relationship with her."
What he actually meant that was he had crippled an insignificant person so why would he be worried about getting found out. If he were afraid of that, he would've have crippled the person.
"Hmph! You're more perverse than what I imagined you to be. Did you think this matter is over?"
"Do you want to take revenge for him? Can you even do it?"
Lin Mi had witnessed Jiang Xiu's strength in Dongzhou. She had come here with the intentions to lecture Jiang Xiu but wasn't expecting that he was the same young expert from Dongzhou. Back then, even Uncle Fu had praised his strength so there was no way she'd be his match in a fight.
"You…"
Lin Mi's face turned ice cold. Lin Yueling came down from upstairs at this moment with a red envelope in her hands. At her home, the elders often discussed this aunt of hers. It seemed that they were planning to let her come back to the family again. Lin Mi couldn't make a mess out of things in such a delicate situation.
"Mimi, aunt hasn't returned home for such a long time. I've never been able to give you new year money. Take this…" Lin Yueling placed the red envelope she prepared in her hands.
Lin Mi was put in an awkward situation now. She had grown so big so getting a red envelope was pretty embarrassing. Moreover, she wouldn't have much use for such an amount of money.
"Quickly take it…"
Jiang Xiu turned a blind eye to this. His mother was born in a wealthy family and was generous on the inside. She couldn't do much as she was poor before, but it was different now as they had become wealthy again. This was clear from how she acted towards Cheng Lingsu. She never regretted spending money for her.
"T-Thank you, Aunt…"
"Good child!"
Lin Yueling looked at Lin Mi and felt as if she was looking at her younger self. She sighed deeply then suddenly remembered that she had to go out. "Aunt has to hurry since I'm going out now. Make yourself at home with Little Xiu. You youngsters can socialize between yourselves."
Lin Mi was looking forward to Lin Yueling leave, "Mhm. Okay!"
Jiang Xiu bit onto the breadstick, "Mother, I'm going to Huabei province today. It might take a few days for me to return."
Lin Yueling believed he was going there to meet with his old classmates. She warned him to attend to Lin Mi properly then spoke a few words with Lin Mi before leaving with her purse.
Once Lin Yueling left, Jiang Xiu also stood up, "I'm sorry. I don't have time to take care of you. You heard it, right? I'm going to Huabei province."
"Do you think you can escape?"
Lin Mi scowled at him, "This matter isn't over yet. My little brother is still lying on the hospital bed."
Jiang Xiu didn't bother with her. Wang Xintong had arranged a 10 AM flight for him. If he missed it, he'd need to wait for the next one. Lin Mi followed after him closely. No matter what, she planned to get an explanation from Jiang Xiu today.
A black Bentley came over and stopped in front of the house. The driver got out and opened the door for Jiang Xiu. Jiang Xiu bowed his head to enter inside, and Lin Mi also followed after him to sit inside.
Jiang Xiu just gave her a glance and let her do as she wished to since he didn't care about what she did. That driver also didn't know the inside story, so he drove to the airport directly.
He got a call from Wang Xintong. "Cheng Lingsu has already signed the agreement. The funds have been transferred as well."
"Okay!"
He paused for a moment then said, "Keep an eye on her for me. I want her to lose all the money."
Wang Xintong couldn't even respond to this. Jiang Xiu was planning to make her lose purposefully by letting Cheng Lingsu lose the 100 million she was planning to invest in the financial market. If Cheng Lingsu knew she was dealing with such a demon, she'd have coughed up blood in anger.
The car reached the Imperial Airport in 30 minutes. She saw him enter inside and followed after him. He went inside the VIP lounge and didn't even take a seat, directly going to the aircraft parking ground. She saw a private plane already ready here. "Looks like you're really going out."
"Did you think I'm hiding from you?"
Saying so, he got into the plane. Lin Mi hesitated a bit before following him inside. She was already feeling startled by all the things she saw. This wasn't consistent with what she knew about Lin Yueling's situation. During the time Jiang Yi was in prison, their family had run a fruit stall, and it hadn't even been a year since Jiang Yi's case was redressed. And now, they had a villa, a professional driver who drove a Bentely and a private airplane? This didn't make sense.