Chapter 410_1

Regardless of how Chen Qing might have been explaining himself to Jiang Ziqi, over at the Chen Mansion, before Chen Qing left, he had already sent a servant to warn Madam Chen and her daughters not to go out. Although Madam Chen was uncomfortable inside, there was still some dread within her. Chen Ruyu, on the other hand, was even more infuriated. She just knew her father would act this way—with his words clearly implying criticism towards her and her mother. Even though she was the legitimate daughter, her father always favored his concubine-born daughter. Whatever that base-born daughter did was right, and everything she did was wrong. It was utterly infuriating.

"Ruyu, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so pale? You're not feeling ill, are you?" Zhang Peilan asked with considerable concern upon seeing Chen Ruyu's poor complexion.