Chapter 37 Xing Dairong Escapes

Chapter 37 Xing Dairong Escapes

"Enough." Cheng Yunshuo directly refused Xing Dairong.

"Cheng Yunshuo, this is what you call loving me!" Xing Dairong's face changed. "You promised me a lifetime together, but in the end, you want me to be your concubine. I asked you to run away with me and be my husband, but you said no. In the end, you were just deceiving me."

"Can you stop being unreasonable!"

"Cheng Yunshuo, I'll ask you one last time: will you run away with me?"

"Xing Dairong, can't you be more sensible? If we run away, how will we survive? The money we carry will eventually run out. What will we rely on then? Your business ideas? Without the marquisate, who will clean up after you?"

Xing Dairong stood up, clenching her fists, feeling extremely determined. "I told you, I have a secret recipe that will make you famous and powerful!"

"Show me your secret recipe now!"

"If you run away with me, I'll tell you! It will definitely make you famous."

"Haha, if you have such a recipe, why do you need to run away with me to tell me?"

"Cheng Yunshuo, in the end, you just don't believe me!"

"Xing Dairong, what makes you worthy of my trust?"

The two argued until their faces turned red, and Xing Dairong looked at the man in front of her with heaving chest.

After calming down for a moment, her eyes filled with tears and hatred, she gritted her teeth and said, "Just tell me, will you run away with me or not?"

"No!"

Cheng Yunshuo firmly rejected her.

"Fine, don't regret it!"

Xing Dairong pushed Cheng Yunshuo away.

In anger, Cheng Yunshuo did not want to stay there any longer.

With a flick of his sleeve, he went straight to the neighboring Autumn Fragrance Courtyard.

Seeing him disbelieve her so completely, Xing Dairong was filled with rage.

"I will make you regret this! I will!"

In terms of making money through business, she had indeed come to realize the reality. Modern business practices were simply not applicable in ancient times due to the lack of productivity.

Moreover, she truly lacked the skills to conduct business. Even if some ideas might work in ancient times, she could not think of them or control them.

But while she was not good at business, she still possessed modern knowledge!

After being humiliated by Lu Lingyun, she spent an entire day thinking about what else she could offer that would astonish everyone.

She, a proud time-traveler, could not be defeated by the natives of this era!

After going through all the knowledge she remembered from elementary school to high school, she came up with a few completely feasible ideas.

One was the saponification reaction for making soap, and another was the formula for gunpowder.

Sulfur, potassium nitrate, and charcoal—this was a formula memorized by anyone who took junior high chemistry.

She had the formula for gunpowder, which was something that could shake the entire ancient dynasty!

If Cheng Yunshuo ran away with her, she would tell him the gunpowder formula!

Then, he would definitely become famous and powerful.

But now... Ha! This scumbag!

She would make him regret it!

Make him regret everything!

Xing Dairong locked the door and packed all her belongings.

She was going to escape the marquisate!

Lu Lingyun knew that Cheng Yunshuo had argued with Xing Dairong again.

After hearing the content of their argument, she shook her head.

"Tell Aunt Qiu to hurry up," she said to Chunxing.

"Yes, Young Lady."

That Xing Dairong was ultimately hopeless; it was time to find someone else.

The next day.

Cheng Yunshuo went to work early as usual. Before leaving, he instructed the servants at Yaoguang Pavilion to keep an eye on Xing Dairong, worried that she might take drastic actions after their argument.

The servants agreed promptly.

Not long after he left, Luo Heng came to the marquisate looking for Cheng Yunshuo.

As soon as Lu Lingyun heard that Luo Heng had arrived, her brows furrowed deeply.

Luo Heng was the son of the Supreme Court's Lesser Minister, the same man Wang Qiluo had married in her previous life, a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Without even showing her face, she instructed the steward to inform Luo Heng that Cheng Yunshuo had gone to serve at the Prefectural Commandant Manor and no one was home.

Despite hearing this from the servant, Luo Heng still stayed to have a cup of tea at the marquisate before leisurely leaving.

Lu Lingyun truly had no good impression of Luo Heng.

After this incident, her impression of him worsened significantly.

In the afternoon, Lu Lingyun received an invitation from Lady Jiang of General Wang’s residence.

"Three days from now, I would like to invite you for a small gathering at our residence. —Wang Jiang."

Lady Jiang was Wang Qiluo's mother.

Upon seeing this invitation, Lu Lingyun's mood improved considerably. She immediately sent a reply, confirming her attendance at the small gathering three days later.

Leisurely passing the afternoon.

Lu Lingyun found these few days surprisingly free of worries. She was comfortably enjoying the flowers in the courtyard, contemplating the upcoming winter preparations, when someone from Yaoguang Pavilion rushed over with urgent news.

"Second Madam! Something terrible has happened!"

"What is it? Why are you so flustered?" Shuang Hong, already bearing the demeanor of a senior maid, scolded the young servant who had run over from Yaoguang Pavilion.

"It's really serious!" the servant panted.

"What happened?" Lu Lingyun turned to look at him.

"Xing Dairong, she... she's gone!"

Everyone in the Ningyang Marquisate waited for Cheng Yunshuo to return, searching for Xing Dairong.

Qiukua cried as she recounted that Xing Dairong's door had been closed all day, but it had opened briefly in the morning when food was delivered.

She didn't eat lunch, and the room was quiet. Qiukua remembered that she had a habit of sleeping during the day, so she didn't push too hard, as it had been like this recently.

By the afternoon, Qiukua felt something was wrong after repeatedly urging her to eat. When they finally broke down the door, Xing Dairong was nowhere to be found.

She had run away.

Strangely, no one saw her leave through either the front or back gates.

Upon learning that she had escaped, Cheng Yunshuo immediately contacted the Imperial Guards to search the entire city.

Lu Lingyun, after repeatedly questioning the servants and confirming that no one had seen Xing Dairong leave through the gates, and considering that the walls of the marquisate had been reinforced, realized she couldn't have climbed out alone.

Suddenly, Lu Lingyun thought of someone.

Luo Heng.

Today, Luo Heng, an outsider, had visited the marquisate.

"Don't make a fuss. Send someone to find Zhiran and ask her to send trustworthy people to inquire around the residence of the Supreme Court's Lesser Minister, focusing on Luo Heng," Lu Lingyun instructed Shuang Hong.

If Xing Dairong had indeed left with Luo Heng, it wouldn't be convenient for the Ningyang Marquisate to directly investigate. Lu Lingyun thought of Zhiran, who managed her shops outside, and asked her to send some trustworthy people to inquire about Luo Heng.

Sure enough, early the next morning,

Zhiran sent word.

Her people had discovered traces of Xing Dairong at one of Luo Heng's private residences. Yesterday, he brought a young woman there.

Upon hearing this news, Lu Lingyun furrowed her brow deeply.