Quick Transmigration: Leisure

Jilanyuan,

Xia Youmi has been behaving very well these past three days. Through her conversation with Qi Gui, she finalized her plan. If all goes well, she can earn at least three years of peace and quiet.

She had personally seen that miraculous prescription.

She had consulted medical books from multiple worlds year after year, but found no overlap. Ultimately, she could only categorize it as another medical system serving the male protagonist. Combining this with the medicinal logic of this world, she selected what she wanted.

These alone took two days.

During this time, Nianzhu and Nianzhen were sent by her to count the dowry left by their mother to Qiu Xian. In addition to gold, silver and other valuables, there were also some farmland and shops, which were always managed by a dedicated person. Most of the income continued to expand, and the rest was deposited in a money shop.

The steward in charge was originally sent by my maternal grandparents.

However, he signed an agreement with her mother, Luo Ling, in which he would receive a fixed three percent of all profits.

Therefore, in addition to managing the existing businesses, this manager independently chose a business model that made money from money, and the total amount of dowry tripled.

These accounts were recorded clearly, but not a single penny flowed into the Xia household, nor was she ever shown them.

In the original text, Xia Youmi's dowry was only a pitiful amount, typical of a princess. Xia Ji never even thought of entrusting her with the business left by Luo Ling.

The only change she made was obeying when the other party came looking for her. Unlike the original text, she didn't hold a grudge and ignored Xia Ji's attempts to communicate with her after being persuaded by Qiu Xian until her marriage.

Given Xia Ji's personality, if you resist reconciliation, he'll only become more agitated than you. This will give Rao Ai a chance to explain and appease him.

This time, with money in hand, Manager Luo's attitude is completely at your disposal.

Xia Youmi's plan went more smoothly than expected, and her heart gradually calmed down.

then,

When Chunyu Huai suddenly visited her during the day, he saw her reading a book and looking quite relaxed, almost drowsy.

"I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Fourth Prince..." Xia Ji and Qiu Xian stood by, feeling quite embarrassed.

In particular, Xia Youmi wasn't holding any proper books, showing no restraint whatsoever. Unfortunately, this daughter was still half-asleep, oblivious to the need for concealment, and unable to read Xia Ji's expression, she delayed putting away the idle books.

"Greetings, Your Highness; greetings, Father; greetings, Mr. Qiu." Xia Youmi had a slight red mark on her face, a result of pressing down on her desk.

This was unexpected. I never had time to remind her, so I simply didn't say anything to avoid ruining Youmi's performance.

"Oh, let's go take a look at the garden!" Xia Ji said with a laugh. "The scenery of Jilan Courtyard was carefully arranged by Mi'er's mother, so it must be quite elegant."

"Then, Miss Xia, please come along too."

"Yes!"

Xia Youmi behaved herself properly, showing no sign of relief.

This person seemed to be nothing special, and his trip wasn't for her sake; he was extremely open and honest.

Chunyu Huai was slightly surprised, but when he thought of the various books on her desk, he quickly found an excuse for her.

No wonder he was tricked into running away from his wedding.

She could casually dismiss the threat of losing her entire clan, showing no fear whatsoever.

Looking at Xia Ji, whose thoughts were written all over his face, Chunyu Huai realized that even without careful teaching, his daughter had still inherited too much of his traits.

but,

Not long after, Chunyu Huai contradicted himself.

Xia Youmi was practically another side of Xia Ji; you couldn't see any emotion on her face. She wandered around the garden in a daze, with faint dark circles under her eyes, perhaps from reading all night.

Often lost in thought, Xia Ji would only answer "yes" to whatever he was told.

They don't make eye contact with people, and even when their gazes meet, it's impossible to tell if they're happy or angry.

Chunyu Huai should have been uninterested and made an excuse to leave. But when he recalled the night he caught the person, the brief but intense panic and helplessness the other person showed made Chunyu Huai, who was used to seeing beautiful women, see an unusual brilliance.

In contrast to this blank expression.

It really rekindled his curiosity, making him want to carefully peel away her completely shrunken shell to find her.

Xia Youmi hadn't expected that her deduction of the male lead's infatuation with the original owner was based on something easily understood. Instead, she wanted Chunyu Huai to be unable to see through her true nature, just like the scheming people in his backyard who were so commonplace—kind on the outside but ruthless on the inside.

But it still piqued the other party's interest.

Hey, tone down the smile in your eyes!

Xia Youmi tried her best to restrain herself and kept a distance from them, but Xia Ji still noticed that she was angry.

Xia Ji whispered to Chunyu Huai, "It's all my fault for being incompetent and failing to correct my daughter's temperament. She has made a grave mistake, yet she still doesn't know what she did wrong and doesn't know how to repent. Her disrespect towards Your Highness is all my fault!"

Xia Ji and Qiu Xian both knelt down, almost kowtowing to Chunyu Huai.

"I beg Your Highness to show some leniency towards my daughter for the sake of my loyalty. She has done something foolish, so please send someone to teach her a good lesson. She may not understand human relationships, but she is still quite obedient."

"This old minister swears to serve Your Highness to the death!"

Xia Youmi watched Xia Ji's performance and thought that her father was just okay.

These words must have been taught to him by Qiu Xian beforehand, but the location and effect of saying them were entirely up to Xia Ji himself.

His tone and expression, along with his unmistakable belief that she was foolish, could easily persuade half of the princes of the Xi Dynasty.

But Chunyu Huai is not included.

How he acts depends on how long Xia Youmi can maintain his amusing persona and whether he makes a fatal mistake; it's not something Xia Ji can sway with a few words.

But he is also a good actor.

Hearing this,

He personally helped Xia Ji up, told Qiu Xian to stand up, and even helped Xia Youmi, who had been squatting down in fright, to her feet. He whispered a promise: "I will treat your daughter well!"

Then he left gracefully, radiating contentment.

After everyone who was supposed to leave had left Jilan Courtyard, Xia Youmi returned to her study, took out the medical books she had haphazardly hidden, and arranged them in order. Tomorrow, she would have Qi Gui take them all back; she would still be studying them in her mind.

If the male protagonist hadn't been seen by Nian Nian when he entered the mansion, and if their steps hadn't been so decisive as they headed towards Ji Lan Courtyard.

Xia Youmi didn't rush to hide the medical books. In order to make her cheap father feel ashamed and not stay in the study, she placed the most explicit love stories among the books that her prayer beads had swept back in recent days on the top of her desk.

This was originally intended to create a persona, suggesting that part of her motivation for running away from the wedding came from a storybook.

This was intended to weaken the influence of the four guards and pave the way for letting them go. Unexpectedly, Chunyu Huai bumped into her today, which seemed somewhat deliberate. Fortunately, she had already skimmed through the book to filter the content.

It won't be too new, so that people notice something's wrong.

......

The next day,

"Miss, that person's condition worsened last night. I'm afraid they need to take their medication earlier." Qi Gui's voice was extremely low, as if afraid of being overheard. Although he had agreed to the young lady's arrangement and entrusted his life to her.

However, implicating Xia Youmi in the discovery did nothing to benefit Qi Gui in saving people. His respect for her grew stronger each day; he never imagined his master would do such a treasonous thing.

"Relax, if Physician Qi has some free time, you can think of a name." Xia Youmi changed the subject. "Or, you've already chosen one."

"Yes! To be honest, it's all taken."

"Ok?"

"His name is Qi Bei."

"Gallium? Not bad, Jing Si will like it."