Chapter 335: Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole (2)
“You go back to sleep.” Su Yaoguang reached out to grab, but the latter held onto her eyebrow pencil and dodged, clearly not wanting to return it to her. “Alright, once you’re done, go back to sleep. You haven’t rested well, and that’s not good for your health.”
“Okay.”
Su Yaoguang closed her eyes, tilted her head back, and let Zhou Wangshu work his magic.
The eyebrow pencil moved across her brows, tickling slightly.
When Su Yaoguang did it herself, she didn’t notice these sensations.
She opened her eyes and stared blankly at the handsome face so close to her.
Zhou Wangshu was amused by her expression, “Do I look good?”
“Of course, you do,” Su Yaoguang said. “Who doesn’t know I love pretty boys the most? If you weren’t good-looking, you wouldn’t have ended up in my hands.”
Zhou Wangshu kissed her red lips, “Your words are so sweet, I must reward you properly.”
“I have to go to Taoyao Square today to prepare for the new product event. Stop teasing me and give me the eyebrow pencil. I’ll do it myself.”
Zhou Wangshu didn’t give it back and continued shaping her brows.
“There, all done.”
Su Yaoguang looked in the mirror and found that the disaster she imagined hadn’t happened—Zhou Wangshu’s skill was excellent, even more distinctive than her own work.
“How is it?”
“Beautiful,” Su Yaoguang said. “You’ve earned my approval; you’ll be my official eyebrow artist from now on.”
Zhou Wangshu chuckled.
Ming Xiu came in from outside and said to Su Yaoguang, “Madam, the second young master had an episode last night; he seems to have gone mad.”
“He’s hot-tempered and always finds fault with everything, treats the servants harshly, but such people are the most ruthless. He’d rather betray the world than let the world betray him. How could someone like that go mad?” Su Yaoguang was surprised.
“It’s absolutely true,” Ming Xiu said. “Maybe it’s because he’s too wicked, and evil gets its own end, so he’s met this fate.”
“What does the Marchioness say?” Su Yaoguang asked.
“The Marchioness has been by his side since last night,” Ming Xiu said. “If Heaven wants to take him, even a deity couldn’t cure him.”
She’d never heard of madness being cured.
Su Yaoguang looked at Zhou Wangshu, “Did you do this?”
Zhou Wangshu didn’t deny it, “I just put Tong Qianbi in his bed, let them sleep together. Isn’t he fond of abusing women? I’m so thoughtful of him, where else could he find such a considerate brother?”
Su Yaoguang gave him a thumbs-up, “You’re ruthless.”
Zhou Wangshu first took Su Yaoguang out for breakfast, then sent her to Taoyao Square. Only after he saw her enter did he take the carriage to attend to his errands.
Cheng’an Hou Mansion had descended into chaos.
Xia Zhen was so frightened by Tong Qianbi that he became deranged. A doctor had seen him, an Imperial Physician had been called, but the conclusion was the same—there was no cure. Unless one day he was so stimulated that it served as a counter-poison and restored him to normal.
The Marchioness Cheng’an was also a character.
The doctor said using poison to counter poison might work, so she directly beat Tong Qianbi and her servant to death in front of Xia Zhen.
That’s right!
In the eyes of the Marchioness, Tong Qianbi was like an insect, something she could crush at a whim.
Tong Qianbi had just woken up, learning that she had lost her face, turned into a wriggling worm, on the verge of a mental breakdown. Now the Marchioness had tossed her out to be beaten to death, completely eliminating this rotten piece from the board, a testament to her utter despair at that time.
You only reap what you sow.
The Marchioness Cheng’an and Xia Zhen found themselves at a dead end.
“Madam, with My Lord like this, I’m afraid…” The old nanny cautiously said, “Should Madam still oppose the eldest young master? Now he’s the only heir left in the mansion. If the second young master can’t be cured, the eldest young master will become the Marquis. Then it’ll be up to him, wouldn’t it be better for Madam to start getting along with him now?”
“Can getting along with him now undo the past? And back then… don’t forget. If he finds out, do you think he won’t strangle me? So, even if Zhen’er loses his inheritance rights, I can’t let him take over. There are plenty of suitable candidates among the clans; I’d rather adopt one from outside than let Zhou Wangshu inherit.”
“The Marquis doesn’t think that way.”
“Of course, he wants his son to inherit the title. But does he really think, if that wolf cub regains his memory, with all that as a father he’s done, that wolf cub would honor him? Especially considering the relation to the National Guardian General, it might cost us a lot. If he can’t bear it, make Zhou Wangshu worthless, give him no choice. As long as Zhou Wangshu can’t qualify to inherit, then the sons of other clans have a chance.”