Reborn as a Landlord

Chapter 1944: Chapter 990: Into the Trap

"This..." Lady Zhang’s expression twisted with distress, "What can I plan? Alas. Our Manman..., Sixth Master..., perhaps can’t..."

When faced with helpless situations, some people instinctively choose denial, denying the existence of such predicaments. Lady Zhang’s current mood was precisely so.

Yan Daopo sat in her chair, scrutinizing Lady Zhang’s expression. She could see that Lady Zhang’s emotions were in disarray, which made her secretly rejoice. However, she had already said so much, and yet Lady Zhang didn’t proactively bring up the matter of the Divine Medicine she had mentioned earlier, leaving her feeling a bit disappointed.

Nonetheless, Yan Daopo didn’t feel discouraged by this. She had been mingling in Prefecture City for so many years and had seen all kinds of womenfolk. Although matriarchs like Lady Zhang were rare among the major families, they weren’t nonexistent. Lady Zhang not mentioning the Divine Medicine wasn’t because she was deeply scheming, wishing for Yan Daopo to bring it up herself, but because her mind was flustered and simply forgot.

Lady Zhang was not a shrewd and capable woman.

"Oh dear, madam, you’re fooling yourself now." Yan Daopo slapped her thigh and sighed, "Whether it’s possible or not, how can you not have a sense in your heart?"

Saying this, Yan Daopo repeated her earlier words, hinting at Lady Zhang.

"The young lady is still young and can’t consider these things. Madam, you must stand up for the young lady."

"What can I do...? It won’t come to that, Sixth Master is not that kind of person." Lady Zhang spoke again, though from her demeanor and tone, it was clear she wasn’t entirely sure in her heart.

"Otherwise, what do you suggest?" Lady Zhang straightforwardly asked Yan Daopo.

"Madam, if someone else asked me, I’d have no answer at all. But since it’s the madam asking, I’ll speak." Yan Daopo said, deliberately looking around before getting up from her chair, walking up to Lady Zhang, and lowering her voice, "Madam forgot what I said last time."

"Are you talking about that Immortal Elixir?" Lady Zhang asked.

"...It’s the fortune of madam and the young lady, this Immortal Pill, there’s only one piece between heaven and earth, never before, and never again." Yan Daopo nodded, whispering.

Lady Zhang lowered her head, saying nothing.

"I think this is also destined." Yan Daopo whispered again, "It’s meant to be, the young lady has this fate. It’s meant to be, there’s one piece of this medicine, others don’t have the fortune to enjoy it, it’s actually left by heaven for the young lady. It’s meant to be that the young lady will enjoy great wealth and prosperity in her lifetime, with everything going smoothly."

"It’s precisely because I have an affinity with madam, although all these years in this Prefecture City, I can enter any doorstep, truly treating me as a person and not looking down on me at all, it’s only madam, such a truly compassionate person. I’ve long thought of helping madam, but madam always had her affairs in order, without needing my help."

"By coincidence, encountering the young lady’s great news, I heard about it, rejoicing for madam and the young lady. But thinking of the matters in the backyards of the high gates of Prefecture City, I worried for madam and the young lady, so I recalled this Immortal Elixir... It’s also to repay madam’s kindness to me. If the young lady’s future days are good, not forgetting me, the old woman, then I’m truly satisfied."

"This medicine, is it really so effective?" Lady Zhang listened to Yan Daopo for a long time and finally raised her head to ask her.

Seeing Lady Zhang like this, evidently swayed, Yan Daopo couldn’t help but feel overjoyed.

"Madam, don’t worry, as this old woman, I swear on my head. Borrow me a few guts, would I dare deceive madam and the young lady? In the future, do I not want to continue living in Prefecture City? If it doesn’t work, wouldn’t I fear madam and the young lady tearing down my small temple?" Yan Daopo said with an ingratiating smile. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

"Then..."

As soon as Lady Zhang uttered a word, Yan Daopo had already reached into her sleeve and taken out a small porcelain bottle.

"I’ve already prepared it here for madam." Yan Daopo offered the porcelain bottle with a smile.

"You brought the medicine?" Lady Zhang reached out to take the porcelain bottle but paused and asked Yan Daopo, "Such a rare thing, do you carry it around with you?"

"How could I?" Yan Daopo, seeing Lady Zhang’s question, feared giving rise to any suspicion, quickly explained, "As madam said, such a rare item, how could I carry it around? Usually, it’s offered at the temple, to be honest with madam, this is my token of sincerity, intended as a gift for madam."

"Oh." Lady Zhang answered, and finally accepted the porcelain bottle.