Seeing Jie’er’s cheeks almost puffed up like a toad, yet still trying to act like nothing was wrong, Ye Lushen suddenly found it amusing and let go of her hand, saying, “In a couple of days, I’m leaving the prince’s mansion to handle some matters, you…” He was about to ask if she wanted to come along.
But Jie’er interrupted him before he could finish, “Prince, go wherever you want. I can’t control you. No need to specially notify me!”
Ye Lushen’s just-softened expression turned ugly again because of her words, gritting his teeth and glaring at her, “You really dislike me that much, to the point of being so impatient to hear me speak?”
“Wrong!” Jie’er pursed her lips and said, “First, I don’t hate you because you’re not worth hating; second, I’m not impatient, I just want to help the prince save some energy!”
Jie’er clapped her hands, quite satisfied with the effect she had created, stood up from the chair and said: “Is there anything else? If not, I’m going back!”
“Going back?” Ye Yusheng immediately frowned and asked back: “Going back where?”
“Hanquan Residence, of course!” Jie’er replied matter-of-factly.
“Who allowed you to move back?” Ye Yusheng asked coldly. This woman was becoming more and more unreasonable, not taking him, her husband, seriously at all!
Jie’er gave him a dismissive eye roll and retorted impatiently: “I’ll move back if I want to. Why do I need anyone’s permission!”
This guy thinks he’s who? Does he want to control even where she lives? Although sleeping next to him these past few days was quite comfortable, this doesn’t change her stance of wanting to stay away from him…
“I won’t allow it!” Here we go again—
Jie’er casually picked at her ear, lazily saying: “Won’t allow, won’t allow, won’t allow— Besides these two words, can’t you say something else? I’m not your subordinate who you can order around. Tell you what, whatever I want to do, no one can stop me, in-clu-ding you—”
She hadn’t finished speaking when she completely provoked Ye Yusheng’s desire to conquer. He pulled at the corner of his mouth, looking at her with a half-smile: “Is that so? In that case, I’d really like to try!”
Jie’er immediately felt a sense of unease, looking at him warily: “What do you mean by that?”
Ye Yusheng raised his eyebrow in a good mood, mimicking her: “The literal meaning!”
“You—” Jie’er was about to lose her temper, but then thought if she truly got angry, she’d be playing into his hands. So she suppressed her anger and said casually: “Fine! Let’s wait and see!”
Ye Yusheng provocatively suggested: “Want to make a bet?”
“Bet on what?” Jie’er asked with interest.
“Who gives in first, of course!” Ye Yusheng laughed confidently, as if he was certain he would win.
“What’s in it for me?”
“The loser has to grant the winner any one condition!”
“Deal!” Jie’er immediately nodded, even raising his hand to slap palms as a pledge, thinking to herself: If she wins, she’ll definitely make him sign the divorce papers and then extort a hefty separation fee, then travel the world freely!
Ye Yusheng looked at her reaction amusedly, his eyes full of tenderness, an indulgent love unconsciously spreading across his lips.
Jie’er smiled softly: “That’s not it! If you really want to learn, I’ll help you talk about it!”
“Thank you, sister-in-law—” Mo’er happily responded like a child…
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One Branch of Delicate Fragrance (6)
“We are family, no need to be polite!” Jie’er held her hand, smiling gently, then turned and said: “But before that, I also have something I need Mo’er to help me with!”
Mo’er sweetly replied: “Sister-in-law, please go ahead, Mo’er will definitely do her best!”
Jie’er covered her mouth and laughed: “It’s not as serious as you said. I just want to say that you grew up in Beijing, so you should be more familiar with Beijing’s logistics situation. I want to open a beauty salon in Beijing, but I don’t know which location would be most advantageous!”
“What is a beauty salon?” Mo’er asked curiously.
Jie’er explained with a smile: “It’s a place that helps women maintain and dress up, train women’s temperament, and explore women’s potential!”
Mo’er involuntarily showed admiration, her eyes sparkling: “I never thought sister-in-law had such skills! Why don’t you train me first!”
Jie’er nodded excitedly: “Okay, okay! When the beauty salon opens, I’ll let you be our first free customer!”
For a moment, the two young women chatted enthusiastically, as if the beauty salon was already open. Finally, Mo’er asked: “By the way, does brother-in-law know about sister-in-law’s plan to open a shop?”
Jie’er dismissively said: “What does it have to do with him if I open my shop?”
“But who will provide the money for opening the shop if brother-in-law doesn’t agree?” Mo’er raised a practical question.
Jie’er immediately slapped her forehead: “Oh right! How could I forget such an important thing!” Without money, she couldn’t open a shop, ugh…
So, Mo’er suggested: “Sister-in-law might as well discuss her plan with brother-in-law. I think he would probably agree.”
Although Jie’er was reluctant to lose face by asking Ye Luosheng for money, she knew no one else could provide such a large sponsorship. She said dejectedly: “Let me think about it!”
Mo’er looked at her worrying and comforted: “Actually, I can see that brother-in-law is quite good to you. As long as you bring it up, he should not refuse!”
The girl didn’t know that Jie’er wasn’t afraid Ye Luosheng would refuse, but had always felt that opening a shop was her own matter and didn’t want to rely on others’ help!
However, now it seemed that to do well in her first business in ancient times, she couldn’t avoid relying on him. She could just treat it as his investment, and share the profits with him later…
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Beauty salon’s name, Jie’er had already decided, would be called “Women’s World”, with their slogan: No matter whether you were originally beautiful or not, as long as you enter our ‘Women’s World’, we guarantee to make you a woman who can overturn the world…
The makeup section on the first floor of the beauty salon, besides makeup, also handles styling design and clothing matching. All clothes will be personally designed by Jie’er, introducing modern fashion elements into classical craftsmanship, ensuring leadership in fashion trends.
The beauty section on the second floor mainly relies on her known skincare secrets and modern women’s wellness methods, using specially made skincare masks and beauty-enhancing products to make women beautiful from inside out, guaranteeing unique effects, and moreover, there’s no other branch like this.
The third floor is for yoga, mainly cultivating women’s temperament, achieving body shaping effects, while also enhancing physical fitness and resistance to infections.
During the renovation period, Jie’er was mainly responsible for recruiting and training girls during the day, and designing drawings for Zhao Nanny at XiangYue Workshop in the evenings.
On this day, Jie’er was teaching girls facial techniques when Lu Xuyran suddenly appeared in the courtyard, occasionally throwing flirtatious glances at the girls, causing all the girls to stare at him fixedly, completely losing focus on the class.
Jie’er glared at him, pulling him out of the room, saying impatiently: “I say, Great Medical Officer Lu, why are you here causing trouble for me?”
Lu Xuyran looked aggrieved: “I’m just seeing that you’ve been working hard for days and wanted to take you out to relax. How can you say that about me? It’s so heartbreaking…”
Jie’er dismissively curled her lips, “Stop with these tricks. Can’t you see I’m so busy I barely have time to sleep? How could I have leisure to go out and play!” What she wanted most now was to find a big, comfortable bed and sleep!
