Transmigrated as the Villain Boss's Mother

"Brother, where are you going?"

A woman's voice suddenly boomed behind Wang Yu, startling him. Turning around, he saw his younger sister and frowned: "Why are you shouting so loudly?"

"Where are you going? Didn't your father tell you to stay home and reflect on your mistakes? Is your injury healed?" Wang Mengru asked Wang Yu, glancing suggestively at his back as she spoke.

"What's it to you?" Wang Yu immediately bristled when Wang Mengru mentioned his injuries.

Wang Mengru watched him jump up and down, showing no fear whatsoever, and shouted, "Mother, Third Brother is going to sneak out again, Mother!"

Ignoring the pain in his buttocks, Wang Yu immediately stepped forward and covered her mouth, saying, "Little sister, let's talk things over, don't do this."

Wang Mengru pried his hands off: "Wherever you go, I'll go too."

"I'm going to a colleague's house, what are you going to?"

"Why can't I go?" Wang Mengru raised her hand, pinched Wang Yu's ear, and twisted it gently.

"You shrew, you shrew! Let go of me!" Wang Yu cried out in pain. He really cared about his twin sister... He had even worried about whether she would ever be able to get married.

"Go, go, I'll take you, okay? Mengru, let me tell you, I'm only letting you off the hook because you're my sister." Wang Yu rubbed his reddened ears.

Wang Mengru made a face at him. What a Wang Yu! He was born less than a cup of tea older than her, yet he dared to act superior to her.

Actually, Wang Yu snuck out today mainly to see Li Qian's wife with Yang Gu. Just kidding, the three of them are such close friends, how could this guy have kept the fact that he has a wife such a good secret!

When Yang Gu saw Wang Mengru, he was taken aback, clearly not expecting that Wang Yu would bring a girl with him.

"Brother Yang, let me introduce you. This is my younger sister. I thought she was too bored at home, so I sent her out for a walk. Mengru, this is my brother Yang Gu." Wang Yu introduced the two of them earnestly. Although his younger sister was fierce, he, as her brother, couldn't say that outright.

When Wang Mengru saw Yang Gu, her face silently flushed, and she shyly lowered her head. Young Master Zongzhi was elegant and refined, as handsome as a jade tree in the wind. A gentleman of noble character, he could never be forgotten.

"Greetings, young lady!" Wang Mengru pressed her right hand down over her left, bent her knees together, and bowed slightly. Her bow was crooked and awkward. She felt a surge of resentment; it was truly a case of "you only realize how little you know when you need to use etiquette."

"Haha!" Wang Yu mocked Wang Mengru without restraint, "Your mother told you to do more needlework and practice your etiquette. But you wouldn't listen, you just wouldn't listen... tsk tsk."

Wang Mengru looked at her brother "gently," thinking, "What a fine brother! He even complains that she can't get married, and he's causing trouble for her. I really want to tear him apart!"

Seeing his sister's fierce expression, Wang Yu touched his nose and gave an awkward smile.

"Will Young Master Yang think I'm stupid? I..." Wang Mengru said in a muffled voice.

"Miss Wang is clever and quick-witted. I personally believe that with more practice, she will definitely be quite good." Yang Gu smiled faintly, encouraging Wang Mengru.

When Wang Mengru looked up at him, her mind was a complete blank, with only four words filling her mind: "a bright and clear sky".

“Madam, we have guests at home. Master wants you to greet them,” Ping’er said to Xu Zhu as she stepped forward.

"Mmm," Xu Zhu replied lazily. She finally understood why Lincoln was shot for abolishing serfdom. This evil capitalism! These past few days, she'd been waited on hand and foot, and she'd become so lazy she was practically a zombie.

Wang Yu recognized Xu Zhu and, after thinking for a long time, slapped his forehead: "Aren't you the young lady who was being chased the other day!"

When Xu Zhu arrived, he guessed that the guests should be Wang Yu and Yang Gu.

“Exactly.” Xu Zhu smiled sweetly.

"Oh my, Li Qian, you're really lucky! You saved your wife!"

Li Qian could not deny it.

At lunchtime, Li Qian kept ordering Xu Zhu around, serving him this dish one minute and that the next. He acted like a spoiled brat, clearly not forgetting his grudge from that meal. Ever since that dinner, the butler had been subtly hinting at a highly skilled clinic in the east of the city. Li Qian repeatedly emphasized that he didn't need it, but the old butler always gave him a look that said, "Don't be afraid to see a doctor." It infuriated him!

"Zhu'er, you..."

"Zhu'er, this dish..."

Xu Zhu smiled and turned to look at Li Qian, giving him a look that signaled him not to go too far.

Li Qian looked at the wide-eyed almond and curled his lips into a smile.

"Zhu'er, go and tell the servants..."

"My husband used to be very satisfied with Zhu'er's service, but now that he's been promoted and given a title, why does he seem to find fault with me at every turn?" Xu Zhu pretended to wipe away tears with a handkerchief, her eyes wide and round, feigning a restrained expression as if she wanted to cry but dared not. In reality, her bound feet were grinding fiercely against Li Qian's large feet under the table. Seeing Li Qian's furrowed brows, Xu Zhu wanted to laugh but was afraid of being seen, so she could only cover her face with the handkerchief.

Actually, Xu Zhu's strength wasn't even enough to tickle Li Qian; he only frowned deliberately to make Xu Zhu smug. After seeing Xu Zhu quickly stick out her tongue at him to show her smugness, Li Qian, for some reason, wanted to taste what that pink, delicate little tongue felt like.

Of course, Li Qian immediately dismissed this romantic notion. He had always regarded Xu Zhu as a younger sister. If it weren't for that night... the two of them might have remained lovers for a long time.

"Brother Li, I've never seen you cause so much trouble in the army camp!" Wang Yu, outspoken and quick to speak, couldn't help but step in to criticize Xu Zhu, who was on the verge of tears.

Li Qian raised an eyebrow, put down his chopsticks, and slowly wiped his mouth: "Brother Wang, Brother Yang, let's go practice in a bit. My hands are itching to spar after a few days."

"No, no, just pretend I didn't say anything." Wang Yu waved his hands repeatedly in fright. These two often ganged up on him, and he wasn't stupid enough to go looking for a beating.

Wang Mengru looked at Xu Zhu with a pained expression. Poor Xu Zhu. Li Qian hadn't even risen to prominence yet, and he was already starting to dislike his wife. Oh dear, what would happen if this woman were to be abandoned in the future! The more she thought about it, the more heartbroken she felt for Xu Zhu.

Xu Zhu felt uneasy under Wang Mengru's gaze. She raised her hand to touch her face and muttered to herself, "Could my makeup be ruined? No way!"

The meal was a great success, except for Wang Yu, who had been beaten up by Yang Gu and Li Qian yet again.

Wang Mengru looked at her brother with a mixture of heartache and disdain, and helped him sneak back into the mansion through the back door.

As soon as she returned, she heard from the maid that Miss Lin had come to visit.

"Ru Xue, you're here." Wang Mengru was overjoyed to see her close friend and affectionately took her hand.

"I've already been here once, where have you been?" Lin Ruxue said angrily.

“I went to Li Qian’s residence.” Wang Mengru added, afraid that she wouldn’t recognize him, “He’s the man you asked me about at the palace banquet.”

"Really? How did you end up at his residence?" Lin Ruxue paused slightly, showing her curiosity.

"I went with my brother. His wife is absolutely gorgeous, no less beautiful than any official's wife," Wang Mengru praised Xu Zhu. She had thought Xu Zhu was incredibly beautiful ever since she met her.

"You have a wife?" Lin Ruxue's tone rose, her voice high-pitched. Wang Mengru was startled. "Yes, you have a wife! I heard from my brother that not only do you have a wife, but your child is already quite grown up and studying at Xuanwu Academy. Ruxue, I admire her so much! I heard she single-handedly sent her child to Xuanwu Academy. Oh, what a woman! So beautiful and so good at raising children! It's a pity Li Qian is so ungrateful; he looks down on her!" Wang Mengru sighed. She truly admired this woman whose eyes seemed to speak volumes.

Lin Ruxue had been absent-minded ever since she heard that Li Qian had a wife and children. She only came back to her senses when she heard that Li Qian did not like Xu Zhu, and repeated, "Does he not like his wife?"

“Yes, he was extremely critical of her at the dinner table.” Wang Mengru genuinely despised people who disliked their wives.

Lin Ruxue's mood instantly improved: "It's understandable that a man who has achieved success wouldn't look down on a village woman." She didn't think Xu Zhu was particularly beautiful, and assumed Wang Mengru was exaggerating. In her mind, a man needed a wife who was presentable, like her.

Xu Zhu was so overwhelmed by Li Qian's commands that he went to bed early that night.

“Master…” Ping’er was very happy to see Li Qian come to Xu Zhu’s room.

"Shh." Li Qian put his hand to his lips, and Ping'er understood.

Li Qian walked to Xu Zhu's bedside and watched her breathe heavily, her chest rising and falling, clearly indicating she was sleeping soundly. He hadn't noticed how long Xu Zhu's eyelashes were. Thinking of Xu Zhu's spring-water-like eyes glaring at him at the dinner table, Li Qian, as if possessed, reached out his slender hand and touched her eyes.

Perhaps it was because Li Qian had calluses on his hands that Xu Zhu felt uncomfortable being scratched. Xu Zhu rolled over and muttered something. Li Qian leaned closer to listen and said, "Li Qian, get lost."

He burst into laughter.

After recovering from his injuries, the man in black went to report back to his master. Upon hearing that the mission had failed, the mysterious man's voice turned even colder, causing the man in black to break out in a cold sweat.

"I know I was wrong, I deserve to die. Please, Master, give me another chance." The man in black prostrated himself on the ground, begging the mysterious man to give him another chance.

"Heh." The mysterious man chuckled, but his laughter carried a chilling undertone.

"This..." The man in black had lost the arrogance he had shown at the shopkeeper's place, and dared not say anything about giving him another chance. After all, his master was no kind person, and offending him...

A deathly silence fell over the room. The man in black, without the mysterious man's orders, remained kneeling on the ground, too afraid to rise. The master and servant, separated by a curtain, remained speechless for a moment.

About an hour later, the mysterious man spoke coldly: "Go down!"

When the man in black heard that his master's voice was no longer chillingly cold, he knew that his life was spared, and he scrambled out of the room.

The mysterious man behind the curtain, Meng Yi, rubbed his eyes, checking for sleep, and was extremely annoyed: How could he have fallen asleep like that? Luckily there was a curtain, otherwise he would have looked terrible. Sigh, he had insomnia last night, all because of Xu Zhu. How could he have let her transmigrate like that?

Meng Yi picked up the book and carefully read through the plot, feeling utterly exasperated. What the hell was going on? He'd just taken office, and there was already an intruder in this world he couldn't kill or defeat. After complaining for a while, Meng Yi, with his butt sticking out, started reading the plot of the book Xu Zhu had transmigrated into. A little while later, he yawned, feeling so sleepy. When Meng Yi got to the part about Li Qian pawning the jade pendant and the part about the Marquis's wife searching for the jade pendant, he flipped through the pages rapidly. He narrowed his eyes—he'd got it!