Chen Wanqing was thinking, 'What a lovely day,' when she heard a familiar voice call out by her ear, "Qing'er."
She glanced to the side. Who else could it be but her mother?
The County Magistrate's wife spotted Xu Su Ying as well and hurried forward to take her hand.
In the past, the County Magistrate's wife had always looked down on Xu Su Ying.
She found Xu Su Ying utterly unpresentable.
Xu Su Ying was now the wife of the County Assistant Magistrate, yet she still ran her old business, even designing makeup for women of a lower station. The County Magistrate's wife was ashamed to even be associated with her.
Mr. Cheng had tried to persuade his wife on more than one occasion. He told her that Chen Song was his right-hand man—shrewd, capable, and unfailingly obedient. For his own sake, he had said, she needed to win over Chen Song's wife.
But the County Magistrate's wife had her own way of thinking.
