Doted By The Regent King-Chapter 690 - 689 Setting a Trap

As the year turned, every blossom announced a branch of news, with some people busily calculating their own little livelihoods, and others just as busy scheming against their neighbors like a bustling spring bloom.

In Taiping Town, the Lu Family was in quite a tizzy because their only auntie had been locked up in jail. Somehow, the news had spread like wildfire, and everyone looked at the Lu Family with a peculiar gaze, with no shortage of schadenfreude. After all, who didn’t resent the town bully that was the Lu Family?

Because of this, Old Lady Lu kept on urging her sons and daughters-in-law to visit the Old Zhou family in Wozi Village to negotiate with Old Lady Zhou and get her help.

Old Lady Lu thought to herself, if you don’t go, I’ll have someone pester you every day until you can’t stand it anymore. With so many members in my Lu family, taking turns to nag will surely be enough to wear you down.

Sure enough, every member of the Lu Family complained endlessly, but they just couldn’t defy the obstinate old lady.

Lu Xinlong, the eldest grandson of the Lu family, went straight to his old flame’s place to hide. After a warm and intimate encounter, they finally settled down to talk.

"Sweet Chunhong, what’s bothering you today? You don’t seem to be enjoying yourself. You look so distracted," Lu Xinlong pinched the face of the woman in his arms.

The woman, called Chunhong, sat up and said, "There’s something, it’s been bothersome."

"Oh? What’s troubling you that you’re even thinking about it while lying under your young master? Tell me about it."

"These past few days, a fool has been playing at my gambling house. I have no idea where this country bumpkin came from, and he doesn’t know how to play, but he’s been dropping cash. In just a few days, he has lost five hundred taels of silver here. Can you believe it?" Chunhong laughed.

Chunhong, a flirty young widow, had used her charms to attract a good number of men, opening a small gambling house. Among her guests was Lu Xinlong himself.

"Isn’t that a good thing?" Lu Xinlong’s eyes widened with the mention of five hundred taels of silver. That’s a lot of pigs!

"Good? Pah!" Chunhong snorted coldly, "After losing, the lad gambled himself into a frenzy and pawned some items. Guess what they were?"

"What?"

"Eighteen pigs."

Lu Xinlong’s heart skipped a beat as he said, "I’ve heard of people pawning houses, gold, and silver jewelry, but never pigs. How does that even work?"

"Apparently, he is a pig trader," Chunhong said with a scowl. "But that’s beside the point. With you around, I’m not worried about selling these pigs, am I?"

Feeling extremely flattered, Lu Xinlong wrapped his arms around her and gave her a kiss, "Exactly, I’m here, aren’t I?"

"But those pigs, they don’t look very good to me," Chunhong continued. "Say, Xinlong, doesn’t your pig farm have a bunch of pigs ready for the market these days?"

"Yeah, so what?" Lu Xinlong’s curiosity piqued.

"I’ve got an idea, but it depends on whether you dare to do it. If you’re willing, we could make a fortune together. How about it?" Chunhong rested one hand seductively on his shoulder, her breath as sweet as an orchid. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

Tickled by the thought, Lu Xinlong urged, "Tell me about it first, what’s the plan?"

"Let’s take the pigs pawned at my place, put them in your pig farm, swap them for the current pigs to sell outside. I know a broker who said his boss runs a big restaurant and only wants quality pigs—whole sales, and those could fetch at least six or seven taels each."

"Hold on! You’re saying to swap the pigs at your place with those from my farm?" Lu Xinlong was bemused. Why go through all the trouble instead of just selling them directly?

Then he suddenly remembered Chunhong’s mention that the pigs didn’t seem quite right.

"You said the pigs aren’t very good? What’s the matter with them?" Lu Xinlong immediately asked.

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