Rebirth of an Idle Noblewoman

When Shu Chen entered the community area in the afternoon, she could see her son attracting a lot of attention from countless young girls just by standing at the entrance.

He was poise and regal, though he wasn’t doing anything other than standing. Although there were no changes in her expression, she couldn’t help but feel proud that she had such a son that was outstanding in every aspect. He was just a little… cold, almost no expression on his face usually.

But that was to be expected, he had been so very busy ever since he could understand things, so what expressions did she expect him to have?

“Mom, over here.” Jiang Shuxuan was outside his own unit, keys in hand and about to open the door when it opened on its own.

The one who had opened the door was Jiji, and it was still holding the man-eating plant, Dog Feed, in its arms.

Shu Chen followed Jiang Shuxuan. She glanced around, seeing that the place was very normal, to the point that it didn’t feel like a place that her son would live in. Recalling the words that Jiang Han had said before in their call, “If Shuxuan doesn’t want you to know where he lives, you’ll never find it.”

Shu Chen had not believed it at first, but now, seeing was indeed believing, and she had no choice but to concede his point. The building that Jiang Shuxuan lived in was near to the entrance, and she had gotten Tang Qingqiu to buy her a place in this building too. Having passed this building a lot of times, she really didn’t realize it was here.

“What is this?” Looking at the robot that had opened the door, as well as how lively it had greeted them, Shu Chen was shocked.

“A pet your daughter-in-law churned out.” Jiang Shuxuan eyed Jiji. “Put that thing in a vase.”

His face was calm as he stared at the man-eating plant in Jiji’s arms, but Dog Feed could see the disgust hidden in his eyes, and its leaves started to shake, not daring to say anything.

Shu Chen had seen many things in her life, and she was only surprised for a moment after seeing that it was just a robot. Her calm return to her almost instantly, and she straightened out her clothes. Finally, she asked the butler, “Butler, do I look alright?”

The Jiang family butler smiled. “Perfect.”

Shu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped into the unit. With Jiang Shuxuan’s personality, she had expected to see a cold, minimally decorated house. However, she found the place to be decorated with warm colors, and it even gave off a homey feeling.

The living room had warm tone walls, and the floor was covered with fluffy carpets. The sofa was the same color as the carpet, and there was an easel beside the floor-to-ceiling windows, giving an artistic feel to it.

She didn’t expect a layout like this in the house, and was clearly surprised. Then, she suddenly remembered, “Where’s my daughter-in-law?”

Jiang Shuxuan walked to the sofa, picking up some documents from the table. He picked up his phone to look at the time when he heard his mother’s question. “I’ll pick her up at nine tonight.”

“Nine?!” Shu Chen’s eyes were wide, staring at her son. “It’s fine if you don’t tell me, I’ll just go look for her myself!”

“Up to you,” Jiang Shuxuan said, not a hint of concern in his tone as he continued to flip through the papers in his hands.

If he didn’t want her to find her, she wouldn’t be able to even if she turned the entire Imperial Capital upside down anyway.

She had waited so many days, and it was just a short while more to endure, so Shu Chen calmed herself down quickly. Mrs. Zhang brought her a cup of tea, and gave her a tour of the house. When she came downstairs again, she found that there were a few more people in the living room. “Ah Bin, Feiye, what are you doing here?”

Shu Chen was surprised.

Baili Bin didn’t expect to see her here, and his eyes landed on Jiang Shuxuan for a moment, scrutiny in them. Then he turned to smile at Shu Chen. “Aunt Shu, you’re here.”

Murong Feiye jumped up, hugging one of Shu Chen’s arms. “I heard that Miss Gu will be back today, so I rushed over. I didn’t expect to see you, what a good surprise!”

Shu Chen patted Murong Feiye’s arm, and looked at Baili Bin. Once the other said their greetings properly, he continued to stare at his phone. It seemed that he was watching something?

It seemed that Baili Bin wasn’t the only one holding his phone, Jiang Shuxuan was also doing the same. Shu Chen thought it a bit strange, and leaned over to see that they were watching a live broadcast.

It seems to be at an awards ceremony. Shu Chen wasn’t interested in it, but she suddenly saw a face flashing across the screen.

The person on the screen was not flamboyant, she wasn’t even wearing a gorgeous gown or anything, but it seems that the videographer loved this person a lot, the lens staying on her most of the time. She looked beautiful no matter what angle the lens was on her, and hearing the introduction by the host, this girl seemed pretty great. She had won two awards with just two movies.

She recognized her almost immediately, it was Gu Xiqiao, the girl who had rescued her easily the other day.

Shu Chen stayed quietly beside Baili Bin, her eyes glued to the screen.

She didn’t even realize when Jiang Shuxuan left.

“Isn’t that… Wenxi?” Shu Chen saw a familiar face of the person giving the award, and her tone was surprised. The screen on the phone wasn’t too big, far from a TV screen, but she could clearly see the similarities in the two, as though looking in a mirror. “Ah Bin, why do I feel that this Miss Gu looks a bit similar to your aunt?”

The whole ceremony was nearing its end, and the next scene was of an interview. Seeing that Gu Xiqiao was no longer on screen, Baili Bin turned off the video. He wanted to use his phone to do other things anyway, but he paused for a while, opening Weibo instead.

As expected, Shu Chen was immediately attracted to the Weibo homepage of ‘For A Millenium’.

She was holding Baili Bin’s phone in her hand, swiping through page after page. She was full of curiosity about this mysterious girl. The Weibo page was also refreshing, and Shu Chen watched a few videos that were on it with a serious face. These were all Gu Xiqiao’s shots in the movies.

Each tragic scene made her eyes red-rimmed, and after a while, she said, “I didn’t expect Miss Gu to be great at ancient martial arts, but also very talented in acting.”

Even though they hadn’t met more than a handful of times, Shu Chen felt a lot of affection for this girl. She was beautiful, talented, and her martial arts were not bad at all. Such a girl was perfect, and even Shu Chen couldn’t help but like her. No wonder her fans were all so crazy about her.

Baili Bin took back his phone, smiling softly. In his heart, he was thinking, ‘There are so many things you don’t know, the girl that’s great at martial arts and acting is the ‘daughter-in-law’ that you’re missing. More importantly, she isn’t only good at martial arts and acting, if I tell you you’d probably be scared to death.’

Baili Bin didn’t say these words out loud, but his gaze shifted to the door as he continued to chat with Shu Chen.

Mostly it was of Shu Chen asking Baili Bin who her daughter-in-law is, but his mouth was sealed tight, and he refused to utter a single word about her.

Murong Feiye raised his head, looking at Baili Bin. “Baili, she’s really coming home today, right?”

Baili Bin nodded his head. “Shuxuan has gone to get her.”

Hearing that, Murong Feiye took out his phone immediately, making calls like a crazy person. All his words were something along the lines of “She’s coming back”, “The house number is…”.

When Shu Chen saw this, she was once again shocked. How could she not know who the ‘she’ that he was speaking of was her daughter-in-law? Looks like her daughter-in-law was someone very popular.

Not long after, she saw a lot of people coming. Some she was familiar with, others she wasn’t. All of them exuded a frightening aura, regardless.

Yin Shaoyuan, Tang Qinghong, Zhu Yuan, Wu Hongwen, Yao Jiamu… and some regular people, like Luo Wenlang, Yu Ning, and some others.

Even though they were ordinary people, they also didn’t look like some random commoner.

Shu Chen couldn’t help but be surprised, she watched as the group of young people gathered after greeting her, bickering with each other and discussing somebody. Shu Chen, who had only come to see her daughter-in-law was still stunned. “Butler, this… what’s happening?”

“I’m not sure.” The butler of the Jiang family said, smiling comfortingly to her. “But the young master’s friends are not ordinary. Young Master Tang is still fine, but look at the two who are bickering, they’re exuding a terrifying aura. It seems that they’ve just recently advanced to Fleet Foot stage, and may not know how to control their aura yet.”

With the level of Fleet Foot, one could reach level fifty in the Trial Tower. It wasn’t that far off from people like Tang Qinghong and Murong Miaoxue. In the ancient martial arts world, you could also be ranked in the top ten with this level, a terrifying existence.

“I also don’t know where the young master got so many friends like this.” Butler Jiang was also surprised at the scene he was seeing.

Shu Chen was deep in thought at this.

Jiji was watching the cards in Zhu Yuan’s hands, and it said, “Zhu Yuan, to be able to play like this, it’s not that easy either.”

Yao Jiamu and the others couldn’t help but laugh at Jiji’s words. Being laughed at by a robot, Zhu Yuan, you’re really something else!

“Don’t think that I won’t dare to slap you because you’re a robot!” Zhu Yuan glared at the robot, but without any killing intent present in the air.

Jiji glanced at Zhu Yuan with its mechanical eyes, and it suddenly jumped down from the sofa. It ran at a speed that wasn’t like a robot at all towards the front door. “Beauty Qiao is back!”

Hearing that, Zhu Yuan and the others put down the cards in their hands immediately, staring intently at the door.

Before Gu Xiqiao could take out her key, Jiji had already opened the door.

While thinking about the words that Jiang Shuxuan had just said, she stepped into the room.

Then she felt a lot of pairs of eyes on her, and she turned around, meeting the bright, accusing eyes of everyone present.

Luo Wenlang sighed at the sight of her. “Miss Gu, you’re finally back!”

“You finally remember to come back, the lab’s in a crazy uproar because of you!” Zhu Yuan also snapped out of his daze instantly.

“I was this close to hacking the National Security Department if you didn’t come back.” Yu Ning’s tone was so full of resentment. At least Gu Xiqiao had seen Luo Wenlang and the others before she left, but she had thrown him into a corner and forgot all about him. That wasn’t fair at all!

“You’re finally back,” Tang Qinghong stared at her intently, and then uttered softly. Recalling the incident in the caves, as well as the peacekeepers who had turned the Imperial Capital into a bloody battlefield, he couldn’t help but sigh, but his mouth was also twitching.

“Miss Gu!”

“Er Qiao!”

“Qiao Qiao!”

Jiang Shuxan was pushed to one side as the people surrounded Gu Xiqiao, all talking at once, the things all not making sense as they didn’t mesh together.

There were so many things going on at once that Gu Xiqiao felt a headache coming on. She put up her hand as a gesture to stop, and everyone fell silent immediately.

Before she could say anything, Jiang Shuxuan took her hand, pulling her around where the group was standing, and walking her to the graceful woman who was near the back. “This is my mother.”

“Mom, this is your daughter-in-law.” Jiang Shuxuan paused. “Well, you already know her anyway.”

The entire room fell even more silent at this declaration.

Gu Xiqiao didn’t expect that the ‘Aunt Shu’ she knew was in fact Jiang Shuxuan’s mother, and she didn’t expect him to bring his mother back so casually to meet her. What was on his mind?! Gu Xiqiao’s mind was blank, and it was filled with ‘So embarrassing’, ‘What do I say now?’, ‘Jiang Shuxuan, go to h*ll’.

Compared to Gu Xiqiao, Shu Chen was even more stunned and astonished than her.

Just a short moment ago, she was discussing Gu Xiqiao’s martial arts level with the butler, and lamenting that this girl wasn’t someone without talent.

And suddenly, Jiang Shuxuan came back, holding Gu Xiqiao in his hands.

Gu Xiqiao, whom she had been singing praises all the while, was her daughter-in-law?!

And all these people who didn’t look like ordinary people, that they had thought to be Jiang Shuxuan’s friends, all turned out to be her lap dogs? I mean, look at the undisguised respect and admiration in their eyes!

Shu Chen felt like she was in a dream, and had originally accepted the fact that her daughter-in-law would be someone ordinary from the secular world, and had decided to protect her.

Looking at it now, who would protect who?

The shock and surprise came too quickly, and her hands were trembling in excitement.

‘Son, you… you’re really something else!’