Transmigrated into the Scumbag Ex-Wife of the Prime Minister - Chapter 52

The one tael of silver that Lu Sheng offered as wages, after subtracting the personal favor component, was mainly because the wine shop’s business hours were longer, and currently she was the only helper in the shop, so the work was heavier than at the eatery.

Liu Yun naturally had no objection to the conditions Lu Sheng offered. These past few days she had been doing odd jobs like washing clothes for others. Her hands were numb with cold every day, and even though her back ached from exhaustion, she could only earn a little over a hundred wen a day.

“Are you willing?” Lu Sheng asked with a smile.

“Yes.” Liu Yun nodded happily, then asked with a little apprehension, “I just don’t know what all needs to be done?”

“Selling wine, collecting money, sweeping and cleaning, keeping the store tidy.” Lu Sheng thought for a moment, “It’s just that the working hours in the morning are quite early. You’ll need to come at Maoshi (5-7 am) and finish at Youshi (5-7 pm). Can you handle that?”

“Yes, yes, I can,” Liu Yun nodded and responded quickly.

“Then just come to the shop tomorrow morning at Maoshi to start work.”

“Then, Miss Lu, please take this silver first.” Liu Yun handed the silver in her hand back to her.

“Keep this money for yourself first, save it to buy some food to nourish Luyu.” Lu Sheng told her the plan she had already thought of, “As for the ten taels for the medicine, how about deducting two hundred wen from your wages each month?”

When she said this, Liu Yun truly understood that Lu Sheng was not in a hurry for her to repay the money. Since she and Luyu were caught until today, Lu Sheng had helped them more than once.

After leaving Deer Village, the only people truly willing to help them were Lu Sheng and Qi Zhenshu.

“This, this.” Liu Yun held the cloth bag in her hand, staring straight at Lu Sheng, too grateful for words, her voice even tinged with a sob, “Miss Lu’s great kindness, Liu Yun will definitely…”

Her face was delicate and beautiful, and at this moment, her apricot eyes were brimming with tears, making her look incredibly vulnerable and pitiable.

Lu Sheng couldn’t bear to see girls cry and quickly waved her hand to interrupt her, “We are all from the same clan; helping each other is what we should do.”

To ease the atmosphere, she changed the subject and smiled warmly at Liu Yun, “Since we’ll be working in the shop together from now on, calling me Miss Lu is too distant. Sister Yun, you’re older than me, just call me Xiaosheng.”

Lu Sheng helped them purely because she felt the two of them were having too much difficulty and wanted to lend a hand, but she never thought of any repayment.

“Yes, yes,” Liu Yun said, smiling through her tears and nodding repeatedly.

Looking at the two women smiling at each other, Qi Zhenshu’s brows unconsciously furrowed.

They had only met three or four times; why was Lu Sheng so familiar with her?

Qi Zhenshu couldn’t help but turn to examine Liu Yun closely.

An oval face, lightly swept eyebrows, apricot eyes, and cherry lips—she was indeed a good-looking woman.

Suddenly, Qi Zhenshu had an epiphany, and the doubts in her heart instantly dissipated.

Lin Shuqing, Liu Yun, Princess Changning.

It seemed that whenever Lu Sheng met someone good-looking, she would pay a little more attention.

Thinking this, a sense of annoyance inexplicably rose in Qi Zhenshu’s heart.

“Sister Yun, when can you start work?”

“I have nothing to do now; I can start tomorrow.”

“Alright then, come to the shop at Maoshi tomorrow. I remember you live on Shizi Street, right?”

“Yes, Shizi Street, Sanxiang Alley.”

“That’s quite close. How is Luyu doing now?”

“Much better. She…”

Qi Zhenshu’s gaze deepened, and suppressing the displeasure in her heart, she couldn’t help but call out, “Lu Sheng.”

Lu Sheng turned her head, looking at her in confusion, “Hmm?”

“It’s about time,” Qi Zhenshu said, glancing at the sky outside.

“Right, right.” Lu Sheng suddenly remembered that today was Zhuo You’s birthday, and they had agreed with Lu Zheng that they would go to her house for dinner after closing the shop.

“I have to go out,” Lu Sheng turned and explained to Liu Yun, “I’ll see you at the shop tomorrow then.”

“Okay,” Liu Yun replied with a smile.

After sending Liu Yun off, the two closed the shop and headed out.

“When she comes tomorrow, you won’t need to help in the front anymore.”

Just when she was thinking of hiring someone, she met a suitable person, and Lu Sheng was in a good mood.

“That saves trouble; I don’t even need to write a recruitment notice.” She said with a smile, “I remember she seems to be literate.”

Being literate means she can learn more things in the future, which makes her more worth cultivating than just finding an assistant for physical labor.

Lu Sheng chattered to herself, completely unaware that the person behind her had a gaze so deep it was almost merging with the twilight.

At the same time, in Sanxiang Alley.

Liu Yun pushed the door open with a joyful expression and entered the room. Luyu was propping herself up to get out of bed and pour water. Her wounds were basically all scabbed over, but the injury to her right brow bone was severe, still swollen to this day, making it difficult to see clearly.

“I’ll do it, I’ll do it,” Liu Yun quickly walked over, taking the teapot to pour water for her.

“Yun’er.” Luyu reached out and held her hand, her voice dry and deep, “I’ve made you suffer by following me.”

Liu Yun’s hand holding the teapot paused, and she raised a gentle smile, “What foolish talk. You’re the one who suffered by being with me.”

If she hadn’t been with her, Luyu would not have been driven out of Deer Village. Although life was meager, it was stable.

“I was the one who insisted on being with you.” Luyu shook her head, hugging Liu Yun’s waist, full of remorse, “It’s all my rashness, all my fault for dragging you down. I caused you to be driven out, but I can’t even take good care of you.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. You’ve taken very good care of me.” Liu Yun gently stroked her hair and smiled lightly as she told her, “By the way, I found a job. One tael of silver a month.”

“What job?” Luyu looked up and asked with some worry.

She worked all day long helping people load and deliver goods in the market, earning only one tael a month from morning till night. Could it be that Liu Yun had also found some exhausting job?

“Working as an assistant in Miss Lu’s wine shop. I went to repay the money today…”

Liu Yun happily told Luyu what had just happened. Luyu finally relaxed after listening.

“Sister Sheng is a good person.”

“Yes.”

“Don’t worry too much about the money. When I’m better, I’ll earn back these ten taels very quickly.” A hint of gloom flashed in Luyu’s eyes, and she secretly made a decision in her heart.

She would never let Liu Yun suffer the slightest hardship again.

“Yu’er.” Hearing her words, Liu Yun felt inexplicably uneasy, “I don’t ask for anything else; I just want you to be safe and sound with me.”

Liu Yun had asked Luyu about her injury, and Luyu only said she had encountered some petty thieves, but Liu Yun always had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

Xueshi Street.

A large family finished dinner in a lively atmosphere.

Lu Sheng was helping Lu Zheng wash the dishes. Lu Zheng, holding a loofah scrubber, suddenly remembered something and lowered her voice to tell her, “That Huang Yaozu, Ah Yu had him arrested.”

“Arrested?” Lu Sheng was a bit slow to react.

“That despicable fellow specialized in deceiving young girls outside. Ah Yu ran into him in Qingzhou last month and had people follow him for a few days. Unexpectedly, this scoundrel lured a girl and sold her into the pleasure quarter in Qingzhou.” Lu Zheng frowned, her face full of disdain, “He looks respectable but secretly engages in this kind of trade.”

“Fortunately, you came to your senses in time and weren’t deceived by him, otherwise…” Lu Zheng stopped there, clearly not liking the hypothetical words that followed.

Lu Sheng’s heart skipped a beat upon hearing this. Huang Yaozu’s identity matched the book.

She transmigrated into the book and changed the original host’s behavior, which also changed her life. So, would the lives of people like Huang Yaozu, who had not changed, still follow their original trajectory?

What about people like Qi Zhenshu, who were affected by her?

Could she influence Qi Zhenshu’s life trajectory, and could she influence her other matters? For example, Qi Zhenshu’s preferences? And for example, Qi Zhenshu’s marriage?

Would Qi Zhenshu still fall in love with Princess Changning?

The thought that this was possible made Lu Sheng feel very uncomfortable.

Seeing Lu Sheng’s poor expression, Lu Zheng changed the subject.

She glanced at Qi Zhenshu, who was tidying up the main hall, narrowed her eyes, and whispered jokingly to her, “Are you and Ah Shu getting along well recently?”

Lu Sheng had been sick a few days ago, and the two sisters hadn’t had time to sit down and talk properly.

Lu Zheng saw that when she was sick, Qi Zhenshu had been busy taking care of her meticulously, and they seemed much closer than before when they spent time together.

Lu Sheng was startled by the question. She sighed inwardly and said softly, “Not bad.”

“Your tone doesn’t sound like things are going well.” Lu Zheng put down the bowl in her hand and looked at her worriedly, “Did something happen?”

Lu Sheng had always been in a state of confusion about transmigrating into the book.

At first, she was very relieved that Qi Zhenshu wouldn’t become the person in the book, but later, when she recalled Qi Zhenshu’s emotional storyline in the book, she felt a deep resistance to the fact that she had transmigrated into a book.

That novel was originally a romance novel focusing on relationships. She was afraid that she could change Qi Zhenshu’s life experiences, but might not be able to change her emotional trajectory.

She had been keeping this matter bottled up, with no one to tell, and it weighed heavily on her heart.

“Sister,” Lu Sheng called softly, asking somewhat helplessly, “What kind of person do you think Qi Zhenshu would like?”

Was it someone like Princess Changning—smart, beautiful, and highly educated?

Only someone like that was a good match for Qi Zhenshu, which was why they were the official couple.

So, Qi Zhenshu would still fall in love with Princess Changning in the future, right?

Seeing her distressed look and the foolish question she asked, Lu Zheng immediately realized that her little sister had truly fallen for Qi Zhenshu.

“What kind of question is that?” Lu Zheng reached out and tapped her drooping little head, “You two are already married, and Tangtang is three years old.”

Being married doesn’t mean she likes me, though. Qi Zhenshu only married the original host out of necessity, to be able to study and learn, so she had no choice but to agree.

“Sister, you know why she married me,” Lu Sheng slumped her shoulders, frustrated, “Besides, you can get a divorce even after getting married.”

Seeing her so lovesick, Lu Zheng couldn’t help but frown too.

She and Zhuo Yu married for love, and she truly didn’t understand the kind of marriage Lu Sheng and Qi Zhenshu had, which was arranged by their parents.

Lu Zheng thought carefully for a moment, then suddenly her brows relaxed, and she said with a smile, “Don’t worry about what kind of person she likes; why don’t you just make her fall in love with you?”

“Huh?”

“Huh what!” Lu Zheng glared at her, exasperated, “You’re already married. Do you understand the concept of ‘a good hunter need not go far’?”

The grass has already been delivered to the lair; are you still afraid you won’t get to eat it?

“I didn’t like Zhuo Yu at first either; it was just that she kept pestering me.” Lu Zheng didn’t finish the rest of the sentence, just gave her a wink.

Lu Sheng understood, and the reasoning Lu Zheng presented made sense.

But your situation and ours are not the same!

You and Zhuo Yu are the official couple.

“You silly girl.” Lu Zheng put down the dishes, leaned close to Lu Sheng, “When you go back tonight, just do this…”

Lu Sheng’s face grew redder the more she listened.

Do older sisters play this wild in private?!

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