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Chapter 31 The Su Family's Mistress
Su Ruoyun turned her head, her gaze falling directly on the spot where Su Jiayi was sitting. A faint smile appeared on her lips, and her voice was excessively soft, as if it had been caressed by a spring breeze, "I don't know if he will slap me to death, but if you sit down any longer, I will definitely slap you to death."

"Stand up, Su Xiaosan'er!"

Upon hearing this, Su Jiayi stood up sullenly, not daring to linger for even a moment, afraid that if he sat for another second, he would really provoke Su Ruoyun to slap him. But he still said relentlessly, "It's just a table full of food. I'm your brother."

"Tang's."

Su Jiayi is the second son of the Su family, that is, the son of Su Mingyan and Su Ruoyun's second uncle.

Su Ruoyun and Su Jiayi are the same age, except that Su Ruoyun is a few months older.

"My cousin isn't even worth as much as a wooden table?" Su Jiayi unconsciously raised her voice, as if questioning whether her cousin's value or the value of the wooden table was greater.

Su Ruoyun leaned against the tea table, her left hand resting on it, the back of her hand against her chin, and said lazily, "The wooden table you're talking about, you couldn't afford even if you sold yourself."

“You’re rich,” Su Jiayi said, giving Su Ruoyun a thumbs up, then followed up with the question from before, “You still haven’t told me, why are you entertaining Huo Jingcheng? Don’t you two have a bad relationship?”

"He knew it too, but he didn't object."

Su Jiayi raised an eyebrow. "What, have they gotten back to being friends?"

"How would I know."

……

Inside the private room on the other side, Ruyuan.

Three cups of black tea were placed on the tea table, the tea soup being a bright red color.

As the three enjoyed their tea, the tea server gently introduced the tea, "The aroma of pine smoke is a unique characteristic of Lapsang Souchong. In its meticulous and complex production process, the tea leaves are carefully smoked with pine wood smoke, which infuses into every single leaf... Lapsang Souchong has a rich, sweet, and mellow taste that other black teas can hardly match..."

On the tea table was a small box containing various kinds of pastries and snacks to accompany the tea—auspicious red bean rolls, kumquat and hawthorn cakes, pear blossom pastries, mung bean cakes…

Once you've tasted the best, everything else seems bland and unappetizing.

Huo Jingcheng took a small sip, and with a soft "click," the white porcelain bowl was placed back on the rosewood table.

Halfway through the tea session, Qi Zhiwen and that President Tang were chatting idly when Huo Jingcheng found an excuse to leave.

The front yard cashier counter.

Huo Jingcheng raised his hand, loosely clenched his fist, and tapped the black walnut wood tabletop with his knuckles, producing several crisp sounds.

Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Hu looked up abruptly. The moment his gaze fell upon Huo Jingcheng, he instinctively stood up and politely greeted him, "Mr. Huo."

After acknowledging the form of address, Huo Jingcheng asked the question he had been wanting to ask, "Where is your boss's wife?"

Xiao Hu said, "The proprietress is in the main courtyard, she's entertaining guests. Is there something you need from her?"

guest?

Huo Jingcheng pursed his lips slightly. "Who are we entertaining?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Huo, we cannot disclose that."

Because Su Jiayi was led to the main courtyard by Su Ruoyun, Xiao Hu only thought he was Su Ruoyun's guest and was unaware of the sibling relationship between the two.

The main courtyard at this time.

Su Ruoyun sat cross-legged on a futon, reached out and picked up the purple clay teapot from the tea stove, "What kind of tea would you like to drink?"

"The most expensive one," Su Jiayi said without hesitation. Su Ruoyun wasn't about to tolerate him and immediately cursed him, "Go to hell."

With that, Su Jiayi sat down in a single chair by the tea table, stretching out her long legs. "How about Jin Jun Mei? Look at how stingy you are, I'm embarrassed to say you're my sister when I go out."

"If you keep talking like this, forget about Jin Jun Mei tea, you might as well go out and eat grass."

Su Ruoyun set out the tea set and performed each step smoothly. While whisking the tea in the black-glazed rabbit fur teacup, she chatted with him, "What did you come back from the military region for this time?"

Five years ago, Su Jiayi was sent directly to the military region by his father, Su Laoda, under the pretext of "tempering his character." Among the Su family's grandchildren, he was the most unsettled.

"I don't know. The old man summoned me home, so I had no choice but to come back." Su Jiayi lowered his head, holding his phone in his right hand.

Su Ruoyun held a tea ladle, scooped up water to paint, and then a simple and perfect orchid appeared.

She pushed the Jianzhan (a type of Chinese teacup) towards Su Jiayi.

Su Jiayi held the cup in one hand and drank the tea in one gulp like a cow chewing on a peony, which made Su Ruoyun feel sorry for him.

The Jianzhan teacup was placed back on the table.

"The old man's bodyguard sent me a message saying that he wanted to see me after the meeting, and then he left." He swept the neatly placed military cap on the tea table into his palm.

Su Ruoyun also got up with him, saw Su Jiayi to the door, stood on the threshold and watched him leave, and told him, "Be careful."

"Alright." With that, he saluted Su Ruoyun and said, "I'm off."

Su Jiayi walked out without stopping. As he passed the covered walkway, a striking green caught Huo Jingcheng's eye. By the time he came to his senses, Su Jiayi had already quickly stepped down the stairs.

This is the Su family's... mistress.

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The interior of the main courtyard is decorated in a rich and antique style, with wood carvings, porcelain, and calligraphy and paintings complementing each other. Among the precious antiques, the figure next to the low table stands out, with his head down and his expression focused.

The pink long-sleeved shirt, as soft and delicate as a wisp of cloud in early summer, is worn close to the body. Paired with loose-fitting white cropped jeans, it exudes a fresh and sweet vibe.

Huo Jingcheng lowered his eyes, his gaze seemingly casually sweeping over her neck. Because of her slender figure, the deep V-neck design revealed large expanses of fair skin like warm, lustrous jade, delicate and beautiful collarbones, and black hair scattered across the curved indentation.

He leaned against the vermilion door frame, squinting, and stared for about ten minutes. Su Ruoyun didn't even notice that there was someone standing at the door. Huo Jingcheng wanted to see when she would finally notice him.

Su Ruoyun discovered Huo Jingcheng fifteen minutes later, when she failed the game. After failing to pass the level several times in a row, she simply deleted the background apps on her phone, turned off the screen, and prepared to get up. As she looked up, her eyes met a pair of peach blossom eyes.

She blurted out instinctively, "Why are you here?"
The last two words were swallowed back down Su Ruoyun's throat.

Huo Jingcheng then stepped inside, found a place to sit down, and said, "I've come to ask Boss Yun for a cup of tea."

Upon hearing this, Su Ruoyun assumed the tea server hadn't brewed tea for him and asked, "Mr. Huo, aren't you having tea in the private room?"

"I drank it. Maybe I've been spoiled by Boss Yun, because I don't think other drinks taste as good."

Su Ruoyun picked up the teapot beside her, then took a clean cup from the teak tray and poured a cup of warm water for Huo Jingcheng.

Upon hearing his words, her hand trembled, and the tea cup froze. The misunderstanding between Ye Shi'an and He Jingrong from two days ago was still vivid in her mind. She carefully considered her words, "Then I'll have them go and improve their tea skills later."

"It's not a problem with the craftsmanship, it's a problem with the people."

(End of this chapter)