My elder sister stole my marriage? She regretted and cried after I married the general.

Ye Qinghuan never dreamed that Shen Lin's arrangement was to kidnap Boss Bai and take him to Huaxi Villa!

"General, ma'am, I'm just doing business to make a living. I'm not doing anything illegal."

Boss Bai’s name is Bai Qing. He is only twenty-one years old and does not have the philistine and shrewdness of a businessman.

But after he was kidnapped, he was only slightly panicked for a moment before he regained his composure.

Either he gained experience from being kidnapped, or he was certain that Shen Lin would not hurt him.

Ye Qinghuan asked in a roundabout way about some business methods in the pearl market, but Bai Qing's answers were vague and he didn't sound like someone who had been in the pearl business for a long time.

It was not until he mentioned pearl cultivation technology that Bai Qing showed some confidence: "Mrs. Shen, the climate in Shengjing cannot cultivate pearls. This business is really not suitable for you."

"So what kind of climate would be suitable?"

"It can't be frozen, nor can it be too hot. Also, pearls grown in seawater are of good quality. Look at the pearls collected from the river. They are not round enough, and most of them are cold in color. The only advantage is that the pearl layer is thick enough and does not turn yellow over time. But the cost of pearl collection is also high..."

Ye Qinghuan had already made up for what Bai Qing said in advance.

The superficial knowledge that she could learn in advance, Bai Qing could too.

"Well, you name a price and transfer the technology to me." Ye Qinghuan said.

"Mrs. Shen, I'm afraid you can't afford this price." Bai Qing smiled, "Good pearls are priceless, and skills are even more priceless."

"Then, under what conditions would you be willing to pass on your skills to me?"

"No matter what, no."

Shen Lin coughed twice, and a sense of oppression instantly filled the air.

Bai Qing obviously shuddered for a moment before he said, "General Shen, many nobles have reserved the beads. If something happens to me, their money will be wasted, and they will report to the authorities..."

"Tsk!" Shen Lin rolled his eyes, "I will never take human life lightly."

Bai Qing was relieved and took out a peacock green pearl the size of a peanut: "As long as the general is willing to let me go, this pearl will be yours."

"Then you went back to the government and said that I kidnapped you to steal the pearl. And this pearl is the evidence of my crime?" Shen Lin said coldly.

Bai Qing said hurriedly: "That won't happen! Shengjing is a deep place. If I have the general's protection, my business will be easier in the future..."

"There are so many nobles in Shengjing. If everyone wants to kidnap you, do you have to please everyone?" Shen Lin asked back.

Bai Qing was speechless and could only smile awkwardly.

"Okay, I brought you here just to discuss business. Since the negotiation fails, you can leave now!"

At Shen Lin's glance, the guards immediately sent Bai Qing away along the same path.

"Uncle Xu, please come out!" Ye Qinghuan called.

Old Xu came out from behind the screen and said, "Second Miss, this person doesn't look familiar to me."

"If you are not from the Bai family, how can you have the technology to cultivate pearls?" Shen Lin frowned, "Could it be that Third Brother can cultivate pearls himself?"

Ye Qinghuan's eyes narrowed.

"It shouldn't be. Before his leg was injured, he hardly left Shengjing except to follow his father in battle." Shen Lin quickly rejected his own guess.

"Second Miss, my husband went to Cuibaoxuan to look at pearls. The best ones must be more than ten years old," said Lao Xu.

Ye Qinghuan said, "Then it's not him. Uncle Xu, can you send someone to the south to find out where Mr. Bai's pearl farm is and when it was built?"

"it is good."

Lao Xu took the order and left.

Ye Qinghuan raised his hand and pressed his brows.

As long as Bai Qing is not her uncle's child, she can investigate with confidence.

Technology can be hidden, but the farms can’t be hidden, right?

Ye Qinghuan turned around and prepared to apologize to Shen Lin, but found that he was looking at her unhappily.

Ye Qinghuan called cautiously: "General?"

"Why don't you ask me to check?" Shen Lin's face was stern, full of resentment.

Ye Qinghuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "The general has to march and fight, so I won't bother you with this little thing."

"You are still too independent." Shen Lin sighed.

If you are self-reliant, you won't think of relying on him.

But he is her husband!

"Is it not good?"

Shen Lin shook his head: "Not good."

Ye Qinghuan could not deny it.

She hopes she can be stronger!

It's getting windy and snowy in the evening. It seems inconvenient to go back to the city.

"General, would you like to rest here tonight?"

"Ah."

Shen Lin felt depressed and went to sleep in the next room.

Half a month later, the plum blossoms in the villa were already in full bloom, with a faint fragrance floating in the wind and snow.

Ye Qinghuan picked a few plum branches and put them in a vase. Just as she was about to go to sleep, she saw a dark shadow passing by the window. She got up in shock and asked, "Who?"

"Madam, the general has gone out. You should go to sleep!" Feng Yu said.

Ye Qinghuan relaxed, shook his head and murmured, "Isn't it cold to always go out at night?"

"Madam, you feel sorry for the general, so you should just say it straight." Chunyan smiled.

Ye Qinghuan blushed in embarrassment: "Nonsense, who feels sorry for him?"

"Hehe, only those who feel pain know it."

"You... you are spoiled! You dare to tease the master, go to sleep!"

----

In the general's mansion, Shen Rong sat alone in the study with the door open.

The cold snow was pouring in, and no amount of charcoal could warm the study. When Ah Jiu brought the hand warmer to Shen Rong for the third time, he advised: "Sir, do you want to wait any longer?"

"Wait."

"But can he leave Huaxi Villa alive?"

"If not, we have waited until then. That bead is enough to prove that he abuses his power and robs others."

There was a cold light in Shen Rong's eyes, and his ten fingers were tightly gripping the hand warmer.

The hatred surging in my heart is even more crazy than the wind and snow outside.

Since you already have the beauty, why do you need to be dignified?

Ajiu stopped talking and silently stepped back a few steps.

I don’t know how long I waited, but someone arrived with the wind and snow.

He took off his hood and revealed his face, and it was none other than Bai Qing.

"Third Master, General Shen and his wife wanted to buy the pearl farming technology, but I refused."

"that is it?"

"Yes, as ordered by the Third Young Master, I presented the best peacock green pearls, but they confiscated them. I guess they really only wanted the technology. But this Madam Shen is quite knowledgeable about business, and I was almost stumped by her questions."

Shen Rong curled his lips coldly: "No, he wants money."

"But he didn't ask me for money."

"How much money do you have? It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish." Shen Rong stroked the hand warmer, "It seems that the Shen family army is having a harder and harder time."

"Third Young Master?"

"Okay, go back now! Don't let anyone see us."

"Yes."

Bai Qing put on his hood and left quietly.

There were always two dark shadows following him - they were the secret guards assigned to him by Shen Rong, whose martial arts skills were unfathomable.

I have traveled with him all these years and never failed.

If the Third Young Master hadn't instructed, Shen Lin wouldn't have been able to tie him up today!

Ah Jiu stepped forward to push Shen Rong's wheelchair and sent him back to the bedroom: "Third Master, the ghost doctor said that you should not stay up late, you should rest early."

"Cough cough..." Shen Rong was choked by the cold wind and kept coughing. "Now that we are back in Shengjing, we must make careful plans. Only in this way can we live up to all the plans we have made over the years!"