After being reborn, I became the apple of my enemy's eye.

Chapter 170 Using Both Soft and Hard Approaches

Lu Lan suppressed the surging resentment in her heart, but when she faced the woman whom Zheng Jihua cared for, all her emotions came to the surface.

He thought Zheng Jihua, his former powerful patron who had fallen from grace, could help him.

When she saw her treating another woman with tenderness, she felt anxious and uneasy.

She looked at Zheng Jihua and said softly, "Sir, may I have a word with you?"

Zheng Jihua directly rejected her.

"You go back first, I'll go to your room."

Lu Lan felt that Zheng Jihua was just giving her the runaround.

If you don't agree to leave with her now, there will be even less chance later.

Lu Lan replied, "My lord, it won't take you long, it's just a few words."

Lu Lan's pleading voice sounded like a relentless pressure to Zheng Jihua, who looked at her impatiently.

That one glance startled Lu Lan. She hadn't done anything, just said a few words, yet he was already so annoyed by her.

The woman standing to the side felt a pang of sympathy for Lu Lan, who was pale-faced, after all, she was a woman herself.

She looked at Zheng Jihua and reached out to take the medicine bowl from him. "I'll drink it myself. You go ahead. Your wife must have something to tell you."

After she finished speaking, she reached out to take the bowl of medicine.

Zheng Jihua moved the medicine away and comforted the woman, saying, "The doctor said that the medicine won't be effective if it gets cold. Since you don't like to drink it, I must stay with you until you drink it."

When the woman heard those words, she seemed a little dazed, but only for a moment. She said, "I will take good care of the child in my womb, so you don't need to worry."

Zheng Jihua's nerves tensed for a moment, but only for a moment, and he quickly put on a kind and gentle demeanor again.

"Let me finish your drink."

He stood up, looked at the maid outside the door, and instructed her, "Take Madam back to her room first."

Lu Lan was unwilling. She reached out to tug at Zheng Jihua's sleeve. She just wanted to say a few words to her and ask about the situation in her father's mansion. It was only a short time, and she didn't know what to do.

Don't push her away anymore.

Lu Lan was about to speak, but the moment she looked up and met Zheng Jihua's icy face, she immediately knew that she could not say anything and could not utter a word.

Zheng Jihua said with a hint of malice, "Don't be so reckless. You're not even as sensible as those maids."

Zheng Jihua's words made Lu Lan a little angry, but she was not the same as before. She wanted to refute him, but she didn't know where to start.

The maids supported Lu Lan's arms and lifted her up.

Zheng Jihua had already turned around and looked at the woman again. He said to her, "Are you still too young? You don't know any better. Lu Mingyuan didn't teach you manners properly."

The woman seemed a little puzzled. She looked at Zheng Jihua, but when she met his face, she swallowed back the words that were almost out of her mouth.

Looking at Lu Lan's young face, she said with some emotion, "We're getting older and older. That little girl is now married to someone else, and she married you."

Upon hearing this, Lu Lan looked up at the woman. The maids grabbed her arms and led her away.

Lu Lan felt a lump in her throat, wanting to

Zheng Jihua didn't want to hear her say these things, so she picked up the bowl of medicine and said, "Keep drinking some more. I'll have the cook prepare some sweet soup for you to calm you down and prevent you from feeling nauseous."

She glanced at it and shook her head. "I'm not drinking it. I can't drink it."

She wanted to stand up, but seeing Zheng Jihua staying by her side without leaving her for a moment, she felt a lot more pressure.

"Can you step out for a moment?"

Upon hearing that she wanted to send her away, Zheng Jihua immediately said, "What's wrong? If you need anything, just tell me. I'll prepare it for you."

The woman refused, saying, "I don't need your help. Just call two maids in for me."

Zheng Jihua immediately understood what she wanted to do. He stood up and had other maids come in to serve her.

He turned around directly while holding the soup bowl.

His movements were fluid and graceful. When he reached the door, he turned back to look at her, his gaze focused on her, and asked, "Do you see anything different about me?"

The woman responded very sincerely, "You have changed a lot, completely different from before."

Zheng Jihua found her words to be accurate and smiled with satisfaction. He said to her, "Yes, I am completely different now."

After saying that, he walked out with great confidence and high spirits.

The maids said that Lu Lan was being given her own residence, but it would be more accurate to say that she was being forcibly sent back by those maids.

She neither cried nor threw a tantrum; instead, she remained remarkably calm.

She suddenly broke free from the maid who was holding her and ran towards Yan Yun's room.

Once he got into the courtyard, no one stopped him.

Lu Lan rushed into Yan Yun's room.

Yan Yun was still half asleep when she was woken up by her.

Lu Lan stared at Yan Yun and said, "I've never asked you to do anything else, just this one thing, please help me."

Yan Yun listened to her voice as she yielded to him.

Help her? What can I do?

Yan Yun took the clothes, put them on, and sat up.

Lu Lan said again, "I have never asked anyone for help before, not even you, but today I have no choice but to beg you. Please, please help me."

Yan Yun still looked at him, "What can I do to help you?"

Lu Lan said, "My second brother's white eagle is still with you. Can you send a message to my second brother using the white eagle?"

It's good that the white eagle is still by Yan Yun's side. However, while Yan Yun thinks it can deliver messages, how can it find people?

Yan Yun had not yet voiced his doubts.

Lu Lan said that the white eagle could fly and deliver messages; her father used to use a white eagle to deliver messages for them.

She also knew that Yan Yun could do the same.

Lu Lan said she was almost worried to death. Everyone said her father was dead, but she didn't believe it. Her father was a great general who had fought on the battlefield for so many years. How could he have died at the hands of those petty thieves?

Lu Lan looked at Yan Yun in disbelief, but seeing Yan Yun's indifferent expression, she was left to plead desperately, yet Yan Yun seemed unchanged.

Lu Lan felt a sense of despair again. She looked at Yan Yun and was reluctant to kneel down any longer.

She simply reached out and grabbed Yan Yun's hand, pleading, "Please, help me."

Lu Lan took off all the hairpins, bracelets, jade pendants, and hair ornaments she could find, and placed them all in front of Yan Yun.

"These things are all the newest and best. I know you don't care, but I won't let you help me for nothing. I just want to know what happened to my father and brother?"

Yan Yun was calmly thinking about something.

If Lu Mingyuan is in trouble, even if Bai Ying can find him, Bai Ying is unable to speak and there is no one to receive the message, so sending a message would be difficult.

Before she could finish her thought, Lu Lan interrupted her again.

"If you're still angry about what happened before, then let me get my revenge."

She made up her mind, and as she spoke, she grabbed the hairpin she had taken off and stabbed it into her own arm.

Before Yan Yun could react, she saw the hairpin stuck in Lu Lan's arm, and she frowned slightly.

"do not move."

Lu Lan ignored her and reached out to pull out the hairpin, looking at Yan Yun.

"How about one more?"

Yan Yun listened to the defiant tone.

Lu Lan grasped her hand, ready to do it a second time.

Yan Yun immediately spoke up upon seeing her flushed face.

"Stop."

Despite her stubbornness, Lu Lan still struck her arm a second time.

"I did something wrong to you."

This time, she aimed for the palm of her hand.

Yan Yun looked at the blood that kept staining his long sleeves red.

"Don't threaten me."

That was the only word that came to her mind.

Lu Lan's eyes were already full of tears, tears of pain.

She looked at Yan Yun.

"Only this once."

What do you want to do this time?

Before Yan Yun could answer.

Zheng Jihua's voice could be heard coming into the house from outside.

Yan Yun had not yet gotten up.

Zheng Jihua had already rushed in.

Before Lu Lan could speak, Zheng Jihua slapped her across the face.

Lu Lan's already flushed face was slapped to the side by Zheng Jihua.

Lu Lan slowly raised her hand to touch her cheek.