Then Amy Qi suddenly burst into tears, "Mother, I miss Charles so much. I haven't been away that long. How could he be engaged?"
Violet Xing took a deep sigh, "There, there. Haven't I told you that I'm on your side? Besides, it's only a fiancee. They haven't got married yet."
"But, wasn't the betrothal arranged by my father? He didn't want me as his daughter-in-law, did he?" Amy Qi kept on sobbing in a low voice.
Violet Xing was filled with anger whenever she thought of the betrothal. She didn't say anything, but she knew all about James Mu's secret crush on Sherry Nalan, Linda Xia's mother.
Her anger was revived everytime when she saw the resemblance of Sherry Nalan in Linda.
However, what's past was past, and there's no need to stir it up again in front of the children. Thus Violet Xing decided to keep the secret to herself.
"It's just a silly joke between your father and Lord Xia when they were young. He just didn't know how to turn him down later on. And Charles was too filial to go against his father. You just focus on making Charles fall for you and leave your father to me."
Violet Xing's words put Amy Qi's mind at rest.
Amy Qi then stopped her whining and grabbed Violet Xing's arm like a little child, "I know you love me."
"Now, listen to me. You are going to make some tonic soup and bring it to Charles. Men all like thoughtful wives. The point is that you have to do this before Linda Xia, and Charles will consider you to be the one worthy of his hand in marriage."
Amy Qi was cheered up by the idea. Then she thought again and her smile began to fade, "But, mother, I don't know anything about making soups..."
"My child, you don't have to. I've already set things up for you. I've sent for the experienced traditional Chinese doctors from Rexin Tang earlier in the morning. They have a secret prescription to enrich blood. The maids are making the soup in the kitchen, and you just wait for 3 more hours and drop it off to Charles's. And then you will join him for lunch."
Violet Xing dotingly said to Amy Qi and then slightly touched her nose.
"I know. Thank you, mother!"
Amy Qi couldn't help holding Violet Xing out of joy. She knew she will win this one.
Linda was waiting for Bun to bring over the car, but to her huge surprise, Bun drove a red Lamborghini from the garage... Bun said that Charles Mu bought this one long ago but hardly had the time to drive around. And then he gave it to Bun as a gift when he found that she really loved it.
But it was the market that they were heading to... The least thing that Linda want was to make a fuss in the market, so she told Bun to change for something more low-profile.
Bun could only drove the Lamborghini back and changed for a white Cadillac Escalade. Seeing that Linda seemed unsatisfied with the replacement, Bun then said, "My Lady, this is the lamest car of Young Master's collections. If you don't want this one, I could only drive you to the grocery shopping in Young Master's limited edition of Bugatti Veyron."
"Don't... Please." Left with no other options, Linda had to get into the car.
A hundred thousands worth of car already seemed like a luxury to Linda... Let alone a car that costed more than a million.
And it's the lamest one...
Thinking of the ¥20 million worth of Bugatti Veyron in the garage, Linda was given a vivid lesson on the way how Charles Mu was burning his money.
They drove to the nearest market. However the 'lamest' Escalade drew more attention than they expected, especially with the SA000000 license plate.
Luckily Linda only needed a few ingredients and she knew exactly where to find them. However, Bun was really shocked by the fierce way that Linda bargained with the vendors.
It only took them 15 minutes to finish up and then they went back home.
In the kitchen.
Bun was like a curious baby who was following around and watching Linda's every move.
"My Lady... It's amazing... that you can make soup."
"Why the amazement? It's quite normal, isn't it?" Linda answered Bun with a soft smile. Her hair fell over her shoulder as she lowered her head, so she wiped her hands and tied her hair up, then she continued to wash the ingredients for the soup.
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