HLnovel Chapter 212 Same old thing, but what does it mean?
Chapter 212 Same old thing, but what does it mean?
Xia Mo jokingly said those words, waved to Huangfu Qian, and left.
Huangfu Qian couldn't tell whether Xia Mo's words were a test or serious, so he tried his best to keep a blank expression and just watched Xia Mo leave.
Huangfu Qian lowered his head and looked back at the documents in his hand, but he couldn't concentrate on them. His mind was filled with Xia Mo's words before she left: "Aren't you afraid that I won't be able to win you over and will just find someone else?"
A bitter smile, which Huangfu Qian himself was unaware of, flashed across his lips.
* * *
Another ten days have passed—
Han's Shipping has been successfully taken over by Yin Rou. Now, Yin Rou is going to the capital to personally strive for the salt transport business in the capital. If she succeeds, Han's Shipping will have already achieved its profit target for the next year.
Xia Mo disguised herself as Yin Rou's personal maid and naturally cooperated with Yin Rou's actions, going to the capital with her.
Huangfu Qian, disguised as Steward Huang, went to the capital with Yin Rou.
As for the Han family's shipping operations in the rear, they were still managed by the head of the Han family.
The current head of the Han family is not the person in charge of Han's Shipping, but rather holds a position similar to that of a general manager.
Young Master Han's legs had been reattached and he was recovering from his injuries. During this time, he kept complaining to the servants around him, unable to understand why his father had given up their Han family's shipping business to the Cao family's unwanted adopted daughter!
Lingzhou Prefecture Wharf —
Yin Rou, along with Xia Mo, Huangfu Qian, and a few others, prepared to go to the capital.
Like Yin Rou, several other shipping companies were also eyeing the salt transport business, including the Cao family.
The half-white-haired head of the Cao family stepped down from the carriage and looked at the graceful Yin Rou in the distance, his mind momentarily dazed.
The head of the Cao family walked to a spot not far from Yin Rou, glanced at her, and then looked ahead arrogantly, waiting for Yin Rou to come up and greet him.
When Yin Rou thought of the carefree ten years she spent being adopted by the Cao family, she felt grateful. But the thought that she would be sold to the lowest brothel and become a prostitute was also because of the Cao family. Her emotions surged like a violent tide, making it difficult for her to calm down.
The debt of gratitude for raising her, and the agony of pushing her into hell...
Xia Mo approached Yin Rou, reached out, took her hand, and whispered, "Miss, the boat has arrived."
A hint of discomfort flashed across Yin Rou's face, but it vanished instantly. She nodded and said, "Let's go."
She didn't know how to face the Cao family head, so... she decided to pretend she didn't see it!
Unconsciously, Yin Rou straightened her neck, adopting the proud posture of a peacock, not wanting to show any dishevelment.
Xia Mo, disguised as a maid, glanced at the head of the Cao family with her divine sense.
The head of the Cao family was angered by Yin Rou's lack of initiative in greeting him, and his expression darkened.
During the few quarters of an hour we waited for the boat, the air inexplicably felt stiff.
Several more family heads arrived by small boat.
The Han family's ship bound for the capital has arrived.
Once on the ship, Yin Rou made sure no one could see her. She hid in the cabin, lowered her stiff neck and raised her head, looking completely listless, as if all her energy had been drained away.
"MoMo, can you stay with me for a while?" Yin Rou looked at Xia Mo pleadingly.
Xia Mo nodded.
When Yin Rou said she would stay with him for a while, she really meant just that – she didn't need to chat or talk; just sitting with him would suffice.
Xia Mo didn't intend to comfort or console her. Although she had learned about Yin Rou's situation through her divine sense and Huangfu Qian's intelligence network, she was still not the person involved. How to view this matter and whether she could let go of it was entirely up to the person involved to think about it.
* * *
From Lingzhou Prefecture, one can take a boat directly to the Grand Canal outside the capital city.
The voyage took twelve days, with two stops in between for updates and supplements.
At one of the docks outside the capital city—
As the boats docked, Xia Mo used her divine sense to scan the capital city. Her divine sense could cover a radius of ten kilometers, but the area of the capital city far exceeded ten kilometers, making it impossible to cover the entire capital city with her divine sense.
Xia Mo released his divine sense and immediately withdrew it. He then focused his divine sense on the dock, taking in the situation inside the dock and the situation inside the other ships docked at the dock.
The large ships of Han's Shipping and Cao's Shipping stopped almost simultaneously.
The head of the Cao family disembarked first. When he arrived at the dock, he deliberately slowed down, as if he were waiting for someone.
When Yin Rou saw that the head of the Cao family was already standing on the dock, she hesitated for a moment.
Xia Mo looked at Yin Rou and winked at her.
Yin Rou took a deep breath, mentally prepared herself, and then stepped off the boat.
Xia Mo, disguised as Yin Rou's maid, followed Yin Rou off the boat.
When Yin Rou approached him, the head of the Cao family gave a feigned cough.
Yin Rou's body showed a noticeable tension.
Yin Rou thought: Although my adoptive father kicked me out of the house, he still raised me, and I...
Xia Mo, who was half a step behind Yin Rou, touched Yin Rou's hand.
Yin Rou immediately snapped out of her daze, turned to Xia Mo, smiled, and whispered, "Give me some more time, I promise..."
Xia Mo gestured to Yin Rou with her eyes to calm down.
Yin Rou received Xia Mo's gentle gaze and nodded.
As the head of the Cao family watched Yin Rou walk past him again, not wanting to greet him, his face darkened once more.
"Now that Miss Yin has become the head of Han's Shipping, she's started to act arrogantly and ignore everyone?" The Cao family head's voice rang out with a hint of sarcasm. "Does Miss Yin still remember the person who raised you?"
Yin Rou froze instantly.
Xia Mo reached out and touched Yin Rou.
Yin Rou outwardly regained her composure. She turned to the Cao family head and said, "I am indeed now in charge of Han Family Shipping. I am responsible for the entire Han Family Shipping. In addition..."
Yin Rou took a deep breath and said, "You raised me, yet you drove me out of the manor, and even..."
He let Cao Kai sell her to the lowest-class brothel!
Yin Rou couldn't finish her sentence, her mouth filled with bitterness. She said, "After what you did, the Cao family's kindness in raising me ended."
After Cao chuckled, his expression softened, and he looked at Yin Rou as if she were an elder looking at a junior, saying, "Rou'er, stop making a fuss. Even if you're angry, we're still father and daughter."
Xia Mo was certain that when the head of the Cao family put on the airs of an elder and said those words, he was definitely trying to hurt and disgust Yin Rou.
As long as Yin Rou stays focused, there will be one less person competing with the Cao family's shipping business for salt transport.
Xia Mo simply reached out and grasped Yin Rou's hand.
Yin Rou's hands were already ice-cold, but when Xia Mo took her hand, she felt warmth and managed to cheer up.
She said meaningfully, "The head of the Cao family is still the same as ever."
Same as always, what's the same as always?
Those who heard Yin Rou's words immediately looked at the Cao family head with a puzzled expression.