In Ye Ximeng’s voice, Jiang Yufeng suddenly regained his focus.
“Sorry,” Jiang Yufeng said, and then the low chanting resumed.
For a moment, Ye Ximeng felt the familiar rhythm return.
She closed her eyes to find the feeling for a few seconds, and shortly after, the Tai Chi movements continued from where they had stopped earlier.
Each move blended strength and flexibility, flowing smoothly like clouds and water.
Soon, a set of Tai Chi was completed, entering the closing posture.
The fluid movements gradually slowed, her body returning to a steady state, and her breathing slowly balanced.
At the same time, Jiang Yufeng’s chanting also stopped.
“Morning practice finished?” Ye Ximeng asked with a smile.
“Yes, finished. Your Tai Chi practice has a strong character—did you study it specifically?” Jiang Yufeng asked.
“I studied it, learning from an elder for many years,” Ye Ximeng said.
When Ye Ximeng mentioned “an elder,” Jiang Yufeng unconsciously drifted off.
For some reason, his mind suddenly conjured the image of Abbot Du’e mentioning his junior.
Truly, the spirit was exactly the same…
Jiang Yufeng shook his head, dismissing these wandering thoughts.
Ye Ximeng and Abbot Du’e were two people who had no connection whatsoever.
At that moment, a knocking sound came.
Jiang Yufeng went to open the door.
It was Zhang Yi bringing breakfast.
A lavish breakfast was placed on the dining table. Zhang Yi greeted Jiang Yufeng and Ye Ximeng and then went upstairs to clean and tidy the rooms.
This was also something Wen Tonghua had instructed her to do.
She was to thoroughly tidy the master bedroom and look for any clues.
Wen Tonghua feared her son was acting one way in front of her and another behind her back, deceiving her and refusing to share a room with his wife.
Ye Ximeng and Jiang Yufeng quietly ate breakfast.
Jiang Yufeng seemed to think of something and suddenly asked, “In the master bedroom, you haven’t moved my toiletries, right?”
“No, I haven’t moved them,” Ye Ximeng said, her eyes shifting slightly as she understood the purpose of Jiang Yufeng’s question.
She continued smiling, “Your toiletries are all there. The wardrobe has your clothes and mine, and even the bed is messy.
Don’t worry, Zhang Yi won’t discover anything.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yufeng relaxed.
When Zhang Yi finished cleaning and came downstairs, her face showed no abnormality.
Jiang Yufeng’s heart settled completely.
After breakfast, Zhang Yi cleared the table, while Ye Ximeng and Jiang Yufeng drank tea beside the tea table.
As the tea entered their mouths, a clear, refreshing tea aroma blossomed on their tongues.
“Where did you pick this tea from? I’d like to buy some too,” Jiang Yufeng said.
Ye Ximeng refilled Jiang Yufeng’s teacup and said, “You probably can’t buy this tea.”
Jiang Yufeng was surprised.
Ye Ximeng smiled and said, “I’m not fooling you. This tea has low production, isn’t available in the market, and is all consumed internally.”
Jiang Yufeng fell silent.
Indeed, such good tea was rarely seen in the market.
“But, I have a bit of quota, not much, only enough to give you three ounces,” Ye Ximeng said.
“Thank you,” Jiang Yufeng said.
“No need to thank me. Just remember me when you have something good later.”
This was a joking remark.
But Jiang Yufeng responded very seriously with a “yes.”
After drinking tea, Zhang Yi and Jiang Yufeng left successively.
Ye Ximeng didn’t stay long in the villa either.
She also had things to do today.
She first went to the rented courtyard in the eastern suburbs.
She still had finished products of the Goose Pear Bed Curtain Incense and Snowy Spring Message that Jiang Yufeng had custom-ordered the previous night.
After packaging them, she sent them out directly.
At the same time, she received a message on her phone from Abbot Du’e.
[The Buddhist Incense you sent yesterday, I lit it during the Dharma assembly.
After smelling it, several temple abbots have been asking me where the incense was purchased.
Shouldn’t you spruce up your online shop a bit?
Right now, there’s only a price difference payment link—it feels awkward to recommend it to them.]
Looking at this message, Ye Ximeng first chuckled, then drifted into thought for a moment.
In her previous life, she had also received this message.
Later, those temples really placed incense purchase orders with her.
The first bucket of gold for the Lu family’s resurgence came from these temple orders.
In this life, she also wanted to secure these orders.
But she needed help, and the initial investment required bringing in partners.
After some thought, she made a call to her close friend Luo Yuanyuan.
…
During afternoon tea, Ye Ximeng met Luo Yuanyuan at a dessert shop.
“You’re newly married—how do you have time to call me out?” Luo Yuanyuan sat down opposite Ye Ximeng.
Ye Ximeng called over the server, ordered a dessert for herself and one for Luo Yuanyuan, then said, “Last time I heard you say you’re already going through the resignation process at your job?”
At this, Luo Yuanyuan’s eyes immediately lit up: “Just yesterday, the resignation process was completed. Now I’m unemployed.”
Ye Ximeng was amused by Luo Yuanyuan’s words. Looking at her expression, it was as if being unemployed were something to be proud of.
“Have you thought about what to do next?” Ye Ximeng asked with a smile.
“Since I quit, of course I want to do something on my own.”
As she spoke, Luo Yuanyuan suddenly looked eagerly at Ye Ximeng and continued, “Xixi, are you really not planning to grow and strengthen your incense shop?
I’ve always thought we’d make a great team.
You have the incense-making skills, and I understand marketing.
If we partnered up, we’d be the dream team.”
Just then, the server brought their desserts.
Ye Ximeng stirred her drink and said, “Actually, that’s why I asked you out.”
In the past, she had always hidden her incense-making talent.
Even when she opened an online shop to earn some pocket money, she kept it almost anonymous, only doing business with regular customers, afraid of attracting the Ye family’s attention.
The Ye family’s business primarily focused on incense-making.
If her biased father found out about her incense-making talent and the many incense formulas she held, he would likely join forces with her vicious stepmother and scheming stepsister to strip her of everything, leaving nothing behind.
So, until she had the strength to fully protect herself, she had always kept her abilities hidden.
But now things were different; her status had changed.
Besides being Ye Wenhan’s daughter, she was also the second young mistress of the Jiang family.
The Jiang family’s influence far surpassed that of the Ye family.
Even though she had signed a marital agreement with Jiang Yufeng, and even though she only held the title of the Jiang family’s second young mistress,
Ye Wenhan, that old fool, would have to think twice before trying to move against her.
After sharing her thoughts with Luo Yuanyuan, Ye Ximeng asked, “Just like you said, you handle the market, and I handle the technical side. Are you interested in working together?”
Luo Yuanyuan’s eyes were already shining like stars: “Do you even need to ask? Of course, let’s do it together!”