chapter 29 I understand the logic, but I don’t accept it!

"It was him! One time he claimed to guide me in martial arts cultivation. Afterward, he pressed many acupoints on me. Since then, my cultivation has not progressed. That old dog!" Scarlett Hong clenched his teeth and cursed. "You both belong to the Merging Stage. Although he's at the ninth level of the Merging Stage, surpassing you by a lot, you're young. He fears you might surpass him, so he resorted to such a trick," Ferrid Chu analysed. Cedric Hong knelt on the ground and bowed, saying, "Boss, from now on, I'll change how I address you. I'll call you master. From now on, my sister, myself, and all the disciples of the Hong Gang will be your loyal subordinates!" "Master, Scarlett Hong kowtows to you!" Scarlett Hong expressed genuine gratitude. After all, Ferrid Chu had helped her tremendously. "Don't do that," Ferrid Chu directly lifted them up and said, "From now on, just call me Yang Master Chu." "Alright, Yang Master Chu!" Cedric Hong looked at Ferrid Chu with some surprise. Even though Ferrid Chu emitted a strong aura of battle during the Hong Gang battle, giving off a heavy oppressive feeling, he didn't have an overbearing demeanour. He was someone capable of great things! "Oh, right, Yang Master Chu, I found this in that old dog's secret room. I don't know what it is, but I feel it's not ordinary, so I brought it." Cedric Hong quickly ran to the back of the small truck and laboriously lifted a bronze cauldron the size of a microwave. The bronze cauldron had turned dark, with green moss growing on it, clearly showing that it had been left alone for a long time. However, the dragon head on one side of the cauldron was particularly eye-catching, intricately carved and imposing. Ferrid Chu effortlessly took the hundred-kilo heavy bronze cauldron and examined it. He then exclaimed in surprise, "This is an alchemy cauldron, used for refining elixirs. It's of good quality, and it's even an eighth-grade cauldron!" An eighth-grade cauldron; the highest grade is the ninth grade. Not to mention in Maple City and Spirit City, it was rare throughout the entire Nine Provinces! "This old man in tattered clothes really doesn't know how to treasure things. He didn't even use such a good cauldron. From now on, it belongs to me, Ferrid Chu!" Ferrid Chu instructed Jim Chu to transport the cauldron, along with the highest-grade herbs collected by the old man in tattered clothes, to the secluded villa. At the same time, he had Scarlett Hong and the seven women from the Lotus Store guard the medicine hall, and had Cedric Hong take people to the medicine factory to rendezvous with the Grace, keeping watch over the factory together. Because Ferrid Chu was clear in his mind that once he reclaimed the factory and the medicine hall, the Chen family would certainly counterattack. They couldn't afford to be unprepared. Next, he thought of Juliet Song from the Song Auction House. With the medicine hall and manufacturing plant in hand, it was time to find a distributor to cooperate with. And the best distributor, of course, was the auction house. The prices of herbs and elixirs auctioned by the auction house were much higher than those sold in the medicine hall, especially for high-quality herbs and high-grade elixirs. At this moment, at the Song residence. "Juliet, your father passed away early. If it weren't for me holding on all these years, I would have been driven out of the Song Consortium by your uncle long ago. The reason I agreed to your marriage with the Zhou Family was to give you a support. This way, you and I won't be bullied by your uncle," Juliet Song's mother, Naomi Liu, explained. Since the last auction where Finlay Zhao publicly announced that the Song family had agreed to the marriage, Juliet Song had been harboring resentment. She shouldn't have been informed in secret, and her lifelong decision shouldn't have been made without her consent. Seeing her daughter still silent with her head down, Naomi Liu said, "Daughter, being born into this kind of family, we have to be willing to make sacrifices, otherwise, everything we gain will be lost. I've also arranged for you to meet the young master of the Zhou Family in Maple City. He's a good child, and he's taken a liking to you. He'll be coming to our house soon. You two should get along well!" "What?" Juliet Song looked at her mother in disbelief. "Mom, I'm not a commodity, and certainly not a tool for arranged marriage. I won't meet the young master from the Zhou Family! I want to fall in love freely!" "Smack!" Naomi Liu directly slapped Juliet Song, her face filled with anger. Although her eyes were red from crying, she urged Juliet Song to quickly change her clothes and apply her makeup. Suddenly, Juliet Song felt completely hopeless. She felt like a walking corpse, pushed to the makeup table by her mother. She was dressed up and put on a beautiful white dress. Only then was she pulled to the living room by her mother, waiting for the young master from the Zhou Family. The Zhou Family was one of the six major aristocratic families in Maple City, with considerable wealth and strength. That was why Naomi Liu chose the young master from the Zhou Family as her future son-in-law. "Aunt Liu," the young master from the Zhou Family, Cove Zhou, walked in. As he entered, his gaze landed on Juliet Song. At this moment, Juliet Song, with her three thousand strands of black hair, had a slightly flushed fair face. Her beautiful eyes, still damp from crying, had a touch of rosy hue, making her look even more charming. The tight-fitting white dress outlined her figure, curving in the right places, yet it exuded a sense of innocence. She wore white silk stockings on her fair long legs, paired with pale pink high heels, making Juliet Song look extremely beautiful. "This girl is really something!" Cove Zhou was dumbstruck. Naomi Liu naturally noticed the infatuated look in Cove Zhou's eyes and quickly said to Juliet Song, "Juliet, this is the young master from the Zhou Family. He's a remarkable talent and a high-achieving student. He's about to take over the core industries of the Zhou Family." "Yes, hello." Juliet Song's expression was extremely cold. She simply couldn't feign warmth. Cove Zhou didn't mind. He simply thought that Juliet Song might be in a bad mood. He straightforwardly said, "Juliet, I really like you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come today. I hope we can get married as soon as possible, preferably within a year, and have a child." "Huh?" Juliet Song looked at Cove Zhou in surprise. "Are you in such a hurry? We haven't even gotten to know each other yet." "To be honest, it's my grandfather who wants me to get married and establish a career quickly. One time when my grandfather came to the Song Auction House to bid on items, he saw Miss Juliet and thought you were very suitable to be the wife of Zhou Family. My grandfather even promised that as long as I marry Miss Juliet and have a child, he will let me become the future head of the Zhou Family." Cove Zhou didn't hide anything and directly stated the truth. "So, you don't actually like me. Getting married to me, and even having a child, are all for the sake of becoming the head of the Zhou Family, right?" Juliet Song questioned. "Yes, Juliet, your family, the Song family, is considered a medium-sized family. You and I both understand that being born into these families, love and marriage are all staged. Many couples from prominent families, though they seem loving on the surface, are actually each doing their own thing in private. You wouldn't be unaware of this principle, would you?" Cove Zhou's expression remained calm. When it came to love and marriage, he felt as indifferent as if he were drinking plain water, without any emotional fluctuations. "I understand the principle, but I don't accept it!" Juliet Song firmly shook her head. "As the future lady of the Zhou Family, it's certainly prestigious, but I, Juliet Song, don't like it! I want to marry the person I love. I'm sorry, Young Master Zhou, it seems our blind date today has ended in failure." Juliet Song stated resolutely. ..