Two days later, Ling Ruonan visited Chen Xiaoyi’s residence again.
During these two days, she had official duties and had left Paris for other destinations.
When Ling Ruonan came over again, she told Chen Xiaoyi and Luo Ziling that she had already arranged for the purchase of a house in a high-end residential area in the suburbs of Paris.
Hearing from Ling Ruonan that she spent over a million Euros to buy a villa for her, Chen Xiaoyi was stunned.
She repeatedly expressed that she could not accept such generous treatment from Ling Ruonan and preferred to rent a place for herself.
Ling Ruonan told Chen Xiaoyi that she would have a trusted aide stay in Paris for a while until Chen Xiaoyi’s life was completely settled before leaving. For Chen Xiaoyi’s safety, she would arrange for people to take care of her life, also looking after the child and providing security protection.
After a moment of silent consideration, Chen Xiaoyi accepted Ling Ruonan’s arrangement.
After saying this, Ling Ruonan asked Chen Xiaoyi what she thought now that her father might face imprisonment.
"If it weren’t for Ziling accepting your advice, your father would already be serving time in prison," Ling Ruonan did not conceal anything and directly brought up the situation when Chen Yining was pushed out by Chen Ruchang as a scapegoat, "Your grandfather wants to sacrifice your dad to secure the temporary safety of the Chen Family. Your dad has already been abandoned by your grandfather, your uncle is set to become the successor of the Chen Family. Frankly, if your uncle manages to survive through joint actions by several other families and maintain the Chen Family’s standing, the one he definitely wouldn’t tolerate would be your dad. He might even eliminate your dad, who most threatens his position. Chen Yijing approached us before and mentioned similar concerns, so you should be mentally prepared."
Ling Ruonan’s words made Chen Xiaoyi turn pale.
She was in Europe and not familiar with the situation in Yanjing; she only knew that the Chen Family was having trouble and her father had lost his office. Upon learning that her father could still face criminal charges, she couldn’t help but call Luo Ziling, hoping he wouldn’t drive Chen Yining to ruin for her sake.
Because of Chen Xiaoyi’s plea and also considering the reality, Luo Ziling didn’t make things difficult for Chen Yining anymore.
After listening to Ling Ruonan, Chen Xiaoyi seemed to have realized something and hesitantly asked, "Mrs. Ling, what do you want me to do?"
"You can help your dad fight for benefits. If you have any thoughts, we can help you!" Ling Ruonan did not hold back and directly stated her own intentions.
Chen Xiaoyi said nothing, lost in thought.
Ling Ruonan did not say anything further, suggesting Chen Xiaoyi rest well and then she was ready to leave.
Chen Xiaoyi got up to see her out, and as they walked to the living room, she timidly asked, "Mrs. Ling, do you think I’m very foolish?"
"How could the princess of the Chen Family be foolish?" Ling Ruonan reached out to sort out the stray hairs on Chen Xiaoyi’s forehead, laughed, "Let Ziling discuss things with you; I think it’s more convenient for you two to communicate. I’m flying back to the country early tomorrow morning, but if I have the chance to come to Europe again, I will still come to see you all. I hope you’ll live well and raise the child properly."
"Uh-huh, I will definitely raise Chenyang to be healthy and beautiful." Chen Xiaoyi softly promised, then thanked Ling Ruonan: "Thank you, Mrs. Ling, for your generosity and help."
"If there is anything, you can directly contact me." Ling Ruonan said no more, exchanged casual talk, and then left.
Luo Ziling escorted her downstairs.
Sitting in the car, Ling Ruonan did not immediately instruct to drive, instead she had the driver step out first.
Once the driver exited, Ling Ruonan said to Luo Ziling, "As for what we discussed before, explain everything in detail to Chen Xiaoyi, see her reaction. Don’t rush her to make a statement, this kind of thing requires her to figure it out herself, forcing her is useless. Of course, asking her to consider such matters at this time is indeed somewhat cruel. After all, she has just given birth recently, and the most important thing right now is taking care of the baby. But I think she will surely handle these matters well, as women from the Chen Family aren’t simple figures."
"I understand!" Luo Ziling nodded.
Ling Ruonan continued, "Tomorrow I will be heading back with the delegation members, so when are you going back?"
Luo Ziling thought for a moment, then replied, "Mom, today is November 5th, with more than half a month until your marriage date. Let’s do it this way, I’ll stay for another five days before going back. If possible, I’ll come back to visit them when the baby is one month old or two months old."
"That’s good, stay here to accompany them for a few more days. After all, women need company and assistance the most during such times. I hope Chen Xiaoyi can understand things clearly and avoid postpartum depression." At this point, Ling Ruonan sighed and instructed Luo Ziling again: "When interacting with other women, be very careful, don’t let such things happen again. Some people will use pregnancy as leverage, many cunning women have successfully entered the upper class by exploiting this."
"Mom, I will remember the lesson!" Luo Ziling nodded seriously and then jokingly said, "Mom, you’ve become a grandmother at this age, should I congratulate you? If you have another child, it would be even younger than my daughter."
Ling Ruonan frowned, she didn’t like Luo Ziling making such jokes.
Luo Ziling realized he had crossed the line and quickly shut his mouth.
Ling Ruonan did not say anything further, instructed Luo Ziling to accompany Chen Xiaoyi, and Wuyue would send him over.
When Ling Ruonan returned inside, Chen Xiaoyi was breastfeeding the fussy baby again.
Watching the baby’s vigorous sucking action, a wave of tenderness surged in Luo Ziling’s heart.
The feeling of family bonds sometimes moves you like that, a warmth that can’t be expressed in words.
Chen Xiaoyi thought Luo Ziling was looking at her unusually full chest, blushing, but didn’t turn away, letting Luo Ziling have a good look.
After a short moment, the child was full and fell back asleep.
Carefully laying the child in the crib and covering them with a small blanket, Chen Xiaoyi walked over to Luo Ziling and leaned into his arms.
"Does your mom want to control the Chen Family through me?" she spoke softly, "I seem to feel this underlying intention."
"With the abilities my mom and I have, we can’t control the Chen Family right now; neither can you and your dad!" Luo Ziling shook his head, "We just think that if your grandfather passes away and your uncle takes control of the Chen Family and survives this crisis, then your father and your position will be very dangerous. After all, over the years your dad has been groomed as a candidate for the family. We also want to help you and your dad control the Chen Family, because that way, our troubles will be fewer, at least not repeatedly being hunted by the Chen Family."
"How do you want me to act?" Chen Xiaoyi whispered to Luo Ziling, "Whatever you want me to do, I will do, I’ll follow your lead!"