Chapter 638: Le Rong's Request

Duyanlong did not care at all; he was already very happy just to be able to see the lady.

For so many years, he had always secretly kept watch on the road to the Li Family, but he had never managed to wait for her.

Le Rong rarely went out, especially after learning that A Qiang had died; she stopped going out altogether, and looking at the stock market and tending to flowers and plants at home had become her path forward.

"Rong'an Cosmeceuticals." Hearing this name, Le Rong's eyes lit up, and she looked at An Yinan with delight.

"My name?"

An Yinan sat up properly on the sofa, then put on her slippers and stood up.

She nodded gently, "Your name. Or, do you prefer your surname?"

Le An, actually, sounds better.

Le Rong hurriedly shook her head, "Just call it Rong'an; I like the character 'Rong'."

She quickly rejected An Yinan's suggestion; she did not like the Le Family, but there was no way to change her surname.

'Rong' was just herself.

The name of the cosmeceuticals was thus decided: Rong'an.

"Madam, I will head back now." Duyanlong reported to An Yinan, and An Yinan did not ask anything, simply nodding.

Duyanlong left; when he walked, he no longer had the mountain-like heaviness of before, the feeling that always seemed to leave him unable to catch his breath.

Now his steps were light and quick; his inner knot had been untied.

Le Rong looked at the people in the room, "By the way, that face cream, do you still have any?"

"I'll buy it!"

Once the topic of face cream came up, she could speak her mind freely; for women who do not have to struggle for a living, the things they love to talk about most are clothes, shoes, cosmetics, and bags.

"An An, that face cream of yours is absolutely incredible. Look at my face; no matter how I maintained it before, the fine lines around my eyes just wouldn't go away. But after using just one set of skincare products you gave me, look, they are almost invisible here."

Le Rong was extremely amazed; whether it was the small pills or this set of skincare products, the effects were truly stunning.

She looked at this face day after day, so perhaps she hadn't noticed it as quickly.

But when she went out to banquets with other ladies, she was immediately surrounded by everyone, all asking what she had used, what she had eaten, and what procedures she had done.

It was simply because her skin condition was too good now.

Li Kun's eyes brightened even more when he heard his mother say this; he felt that the seventy percent share given to Madam An seemed too low again.

He also raised the new pricing for the cosmeceuticals many times over.

That's right...

Originally priced at three thousand, after hearing his mother's comments, he had a brand-new understanding of the market positioning.

Three thousand...

For wealthy ladies and celebrities, it was too low!

"There is more; I'll get you two more sets in a moment." An Yinan smiled, "However, I ordered the jars all at once, so they aren't that pretty; I hope you won't mind."

This batch of jars was actually ordered by her uncle-in-law.

They hadn't been used up yet.

Over these years, except for the Frostbite Ointment which was used more frequently, the other face creams and skincare products were all gifts for the women around her, so the consumption was basically not that high.

She liked to make these things unconsciously when she was thinking about matters; she didn't even need to use her brain for the ratios, as it had already become a habit.

"An An, I am not a person who stands on ceremony."

Le Rong burst into laughter; Duyanlong's inner knot had been released, so how could her own not be released as well?

That previously tense posture had now completely relaxed.

The magnetic field around her whole person had changed.

An Yinan found the items she had already prepared from the room and brought them out.

A box, packed casually.

"This is a facial mask; once a week is enough."

"All my skincare products are made with traditional Chinese medicine ingredients and will not have any side effects. Whether you apply them three times a day or once a day, use them as you please."

What she gave Le Rong was a set; besides the mask, there was also a cleanser, toner, lotion, and cream.

Actually, there was also eye cream, but it required special medicinal herbs that she hadn't found in Hong Kong City and would need to return to Huaxia to find, so she simply didn't make any specifically.

"An An, thank you."

Le Rong hugged the box.

She was not just thanking her for giving her these things, but also for allowing her to have someone to talk to during these days, someone she didn't have to hide from, didn't have to play mind games with, and didn't have to fear being laughed at by.

Wealthy socialite wives are always incomparably glamorous on the outside, and whichever one is not living well becomes an object of ridicule for everyone.

Conversations? A confidante?

That was nothing but wishful thinking.

Moreover, the thing she was most grateful to An An for was bringing A Qiang back to her side, letting her know he was doing well now, and letting her know that he had never hated her.

An Yinan smiled, seeing Le Rong's sincere expression, "Your thanks... I accept."

She accepted it, and this matter could be considered to have reached its conclusion.

Le Rong and Li Kun left.

In the car on the way back.

"Mother, you..." Li Kun stopped mid-sentence.

Le Rong looked at her son who had grown into an adult; she only smiled faintly. In this life, the person she had failed the most was A Qiang.

She had done right by the Le Family; in order to bring the Le Family back from the brink of death, her parents had resolutely sold her, and she herself had chosen to submit.

She had done right by the Li Family.

Since marrying into the Li Family, she had been the perfect First Madam; whether in reputation or in substance, she had never owed anyone in the Li Family anything.

Including Li Kun.

She could touch her own conscience; she had done right by her son, pouring all her love into him, acting as both father and mother for his healthy growth, fearing he might have any void in his heart.

"What is it?" Le Rong asked back softly.

Li Kun pondered for a moment, then seemed to have reached a decision, "If you want to leave the Li Family with him, I will find a way for you to leave in a state of feigned death, and then send you both away from the City."

As he spoke, he was thinking, his entire aura steady, without any emotional fluctuation.

It was as if he had already made up his mind, or rather, had been struggling with it and had only just come to terms with it now.

Le Rong's laughter was exceptionally distinct in this enclosed space.

"Son, I am very happy."

"However..."

"He and I are fine this way; as long as I know the other is doing well, as long as I know he is still alive, that is enough."

Le Rong shook her head, looking at Li Kun's expression of disbelief.

"I am no longer the young Le Rong; I have my son, and I have my own path to walk."

"I am a mother, so naturally, I will stay with you."

"He... also has debts of gratitude he needs to repay."

Li Kun did not understand this kind of emotion, the name his mother called out when she was ill.

He had thought...

His mother would choose to leave, but her choice made him feel at ease while simultaneously stirring up a deep sense of being moved.

The Li Family...

His mother did not care for the Li Family's wealth, nor did she care for the people of the Li Family; the only thing that could trap her in the Li Family was himself.

"Mother."

Li Kun called out, but he did not know what else to say to express his feelings.

"Leave the factory cooperating with An An to me," Le Rong proposed a request.

Li Kun nodded, "Alright."

He wanted this factory to be absolutely clean; he had been scouting for candidates before, going through all the available people, but in the end, he had no leads.

Now that his mother had spoken up, he could finally set his mind at ease.

He had never doubted his mother's abilities.