The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

Seeing Li Muxia surrounded by the crowd, Cui'er squeezed through the throng carrying the pastries she had bought, and approached Li Muxia. She anxiously looked him up and down and said, "Little..." Before she could finish the word, Li Muxia interrupted her with an elbow.

Cui'er then realized what was happening and changed her words, saying, "Young master, are you alright? Didn't you say you were waiting for me at the restaurant? Why did you run off on your own? I've been looking for you everywhere."

Li Muxia looked at Cui'er, who was dressed as a man and was panting heavily from running, and gently patted her back, saying, "Don't worry, your young master is fine. Slow down, look how sweaty you are."

After saying that, he glanced at Jun Mochen and said, "I have indeed just returned to the capital from out of town."

After listening, Jun Mochen said with understanding, "So that's how it is. No wonder I've never heard of it before."

Jun Mochen assumed that Li Muxia was the child raised outside the manor and had only recently returned to the capital.

At this moment, the siblings who had been left out stepped forward, knelt before Li Muxia and Jun Mochen, and said, "This humble woman, Wang Yusheng, thanks you two benefactors for saving us."

Li Muxia quickly helped the two up and said, "There's no need for that."

He then took out a silver ingot and handed it to Wang Yusheng, saying, "This is ten taels of silver. Go and take care of your father's funeral first."

Wang Yusheng took the silver from Li Muxia's hand and said to him, "Thank you, young master. I will repay your great kindness by serving you like a slave in the future."

As he was about to kneel down again, Li Muxia quickly helped him up and said, "You don't need to be a slave. If you want to live a good life in the future, you still have to rely on yourselves."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yusheng quickly said, "Young master, Yusheng and my younger brother are already yours. We will definitely serve you well from now on. Do you also dislike Yu'an because he is too young? Don't worry, even though Yu'an is young, he can still do some simple work."

Li Muxia knew that Wang Yusheng had misunderstood, so she quickly explained, "No, what I meant was that you two siblings are still free. This ten taels of silver is not money for selling yourselves. Consider this money as a loan from me. After you have taken care of your father's funeral, you can come to Xiankelai to work and pay off the debt with your work. You can discuss the specifics with Manager Wang when you arrive at Xiankelai."

After hearing Li Muxia's words, Wang Yusheng felt relieved and took the money home with her younger brother to arrange their father's funeral.

Li Muxia looked at the backs of the siblings with some emotion.

Li Muxia hadn't expected to run into Jun Mochen this time. Her hot pot restaurant was about to open, and she had originally planned to ask her older brother and his classmates to help promote it. Now that she had met Jun Mochen, given his influence in Kyoto, if he could endorse her hot pot restaurant, it would not only make the restaurant a huge success but also deter her competitors.

I need to seize this opportunity today and establish a good relationship with Jun Mochen.

Thinking of this, Li Muxia turned around and glanced at Jun Mochen beside her. Then she saw the women around them staring at her and Jun Mochen with shining eyes, and said, "Lord Jun, why don't we find another place to talk?"

Jun Mochen also noticed the gazes of those around him and replied with a smile, "I also feel that this is not the place to talk."

After saying that, the two left the crowd. A group of women watched them leave with loving eyes, but did not follow them out of politeness.

Li Muxia and Jun Mochen sat in an elegant private room of a teahouse. Li Muxia had heard about this teahouse from Li Anjin, who often came here with his friends to drink tea and discuss academic matters.

Li Muxia ordered a pot of fine Longjing tea. Although she didn't know much about tea, she had a grandfather who loved drinking tea in her previous life, so she was forced to learn some knowledge about tea ceremony.

At this moment, she even took the initiative to pour tea for Jun Mochen and told him about some tea culture she had learned in her previous life. Jun Mochen listened to Li Muxia with a smile the whole time.

If Li Muxia knew that Jun Mochen's ancestral home was in Jiangnan, a region famous for its tea production, and that the Jun family had made their fortune through tea, she definitely wouldn't have chosen to show off her limited knowledge in front of Jun Mochen.

Jun Mochen didn't hold back his praise, saying, "I didn't expect Jian Xi to have such a deep understanding of tea ceremony at such a young age."

Li Muxia scratched her head sheepishly and said, "No, it's just that some elders in my family love to drink tea, so I learned a little from them."

Just as Li Muxia was thinking about how to get to the point, Jun Mochen asked, "What does Jian Xi's family do?"

Li Muxia was overjoyed and quickly replied, "I haven't done anything special, I'm just preparing to start some small businesses recently."

Jun Mochen: "Oh, I wonder what kind of small business Jian Xi is talking about?"

Li Muxia: "I'm currently preparing to open a restaurant. However, the dishes in my restaurant are different from those in other restaurants."

Jun Mochen: "Oh, what's the difference?"

Seeing that Jun Mochen was interested, Li Muxia said, "If Lord Jun is interested, I will bring you some good things tomorrow to thank you for saving me today."

Jun Mochen wasn't particularly interested in the good stuff Li Muxia mentioned, but he was somewhat looking forward to seeing her again tomorrow.

The two talked for a while longer. Li Muxia noticed that it was getting late and thought that Jun Mochen should be going to work. If she took up too much of his time and affected his work, it would be difficult to discuss cooperation with him in the future.

"That's all for now," Li Muxia said. "Lord Jun, it's getting late. I saw you were about to go to your shift, so I won't take up any more of your time."

Jun Mochen was still a little reluctant to leave. He didn't know why, but he felt very comfortable chatting with Li Muxia and wanted to stay with her a little longer. However, now that she had brought it up, he couldn't stay any longer.

The two agreed to meet at Cyclamen the next day and then went their separate ways.

Li Muxia left the teahouse and saw that it was getting late. Although she hadn't finished what she was supposed to do today, she was still very happy to have met Jun Mochen, this big shot.

After returning to the General's Mansion with Cui'er, Li Muxia went directly to the old general's courtyard. Seeing Li Anjin playing badminton with the old general, Li Muxia smiled and went up to greet him: "Grandpa, Big Brother, I'm back."

The two stopped, and General Li looked at Li Muxia and said, "Muxia is back. Did today go well?"

Li Muxia took the old general's arm, and the three of them sat down in the pavilion. Li Muxia then recounted the events of the day.

When the old general heard that Li Muxia had almost been injured while saving Wang Yusheng and her brother, he quickly pulled Li Muxia aside to check her over: "They didn't hurt you, did they?"

Li Muxia quickly said, "Grandpa, don't worry, I'm fine. I just happened to run into Lord Jun today, and he stepped in to teach Hua Zixiu a lesson."

"This Hua Zixiu is getting more and more arrogant, and Hua Wanlou is really something, not disciplining his son properly. I must go to the Hua residence to ask him a question one of these days," the old general said.

Judging from the old general's tone, Li Muxia realized that her grandfather and Hua Zixiu's father had a good relationship.

"Alright, Grandpa, don't be angry. I'll be worried if you get sick from it," Li Muxia said coquettishly.