Chapter 80 Lust Blinds Reason

Yao Fanghua's sleeper berth was in the frontmost carriage, connected to the luggage compartment.

The third brother was in the luggage compartment.

She could go see him once a day at noon and feed the third child.

The third dog, huddled in its cage, looked rather listless. It only perked up when Yao Fanghua looked at it, whimpering and looking utterly aggrieved.

After three days of swaying and rattling, the train finally arrived at its destination.

Yao Fanghua pulled her suitcase with one hand and held her third son's hand with the other, walking out with the flow of people.

I was hoping to flag down a taxi or tricycle that could take my third child, but as soon as I got off the train, I saw a large truck.

The third brother was the first to shout.

With his hair in a mess, Wu Peng, who looked like he had just survived a calamity, looked over when he heard the dog barking.

He then saw Yao Fanghua in the crowd, holding a dog and smiling at him.

Upon arriving in Shenzhen, Wu Peng kicked Yang Liu out of the car and drove himself to the train station.

"Why is this damn dog here? With this money, we could have bought ten or eight better ones here."

Having finally escaped the dog cage, the third dog, whose tail was wagging happily, bared its teeth and barked incessantly at Wu Peng.

Yao Fanghua tossed her head. "I'm not short of money. Our third brother deserves the best. It's so inconvenient to pick people up in a big truck. Didn't we say we wanted to buy a car? Buy it!"

Wu Peng: ... "You found money?"

Wu Peng already had a car purchase quota, but he was always short of money; to be precise, he simply didn't have enough. Once the factory was up and running, there would be plenty of other expenses, so he wouldn't dare spend the money on a car.

Yao Fanghua raised her chin. "Get in the car, we'll talk about it when we get back."

Wu Peng drove the car directly into the factory dormitory building.

Wu Peng originally wanted to buy land and build his own house, since he would be living there long-term, but private residences were difficult to arrange. While private residences were impractical, the factory could build employee dormitories. The five-story dormitory building would have the entire top floor reserved for him and Yao Fanghua. Wu Peng even installed a door between the fourth and fifth floors.

Unlike the four floors below, which have individual cubicles, public water rooms, public toilets, and public bathrooms, the top floor features bedrooms, bathrooms, studies, and dressing rooms, all upgraded to the standards of Yao Fanghua's Beijing apartment.

The designer's money wasn't wasted. When the designer asked him if he had children, Wu Peng immediately said three, ignoring the family planning policy, saying that as a native of Gangcheng, it had nothing to do with him.

The designer was surprised that Wu Peng was already a father of three at such a young age. While admiring him, he also put a lot of effort into designing a project for him, considering the money involved.

So the top floor has a total of four bedrooms: one large and three small. In addition, there is a study room, an entertainment room, a laundry room, a maid's room, a storage room, a kitchen, and a terrace.

Yao Fanghua inspected each room, and found the living conditions to be far superior to those in the workshop. Aside from lacking a yard, it was better than her apartment in Beijing. Although it didn't have a yard, it had a terrace. And being on a higher floor, there were definitely fewer mosquitoes.

After glancing at Yao Fanghua, he went to wash up and urged Wu Peng to hurry up and wash up in the small bedroom as well. He even handed the third child to him and asked him to wash up with him.

When Wu Peng came back in, drying his hair, Yao Fanghua was already sitting on the bed counting gold bars. Her eyes were full of smiles.

Wu Peng was momentarily blinded by the golden light. After a few moments, he jumped onto the bed. "Found it on the train?!"

He'd heard stories of people having incredibly lucky streaks on trains. There was a young man in the workshop who loved telling jokes; nobody knew where he got them from. One time, he told a story about a notorious thief, being watched by the police, who, to escape, stuffed a huge bag of gold and jewels into a stranger's luggage. The men and women in the room gasped in astonishment, wishing they weren't the strangers!

"Guess?" Yao Fanghua blinked.

Wu Peng picked up a gold bar just to check its purity, but the more he looked at it, the more something seemed off. There was a circle engraved on one corner of the gold bar and a mouth engraved on the other corner. This was a unique mark of the Wu family when they minted gold bars.

"You found what's in the picture?!"

Yao Fanghua already knew there was a mark on the gold bar; she guessed that the circle and square represented Wu.

Yao Fanghua: "Your grandfather was a professor at Peking University, right?"

"Is this thing at Peking University?"

"Wait a minute, which of those pictures depicts Kyoto University?" Three of the buildings are clearly residential, and there's one in Yamahashi, but Kyoto University doesn't have a mountain that high. So he never even considered Kyoto University.

"That bridge."

Wu Peng racked his brains: "Is there such a big mountain at Peking University?" Was his memory playing tricks on him?

Yao Fanghua revealed the key to it.

Wu Peng was speechless and wanted to curse. What was his grandfather thinking? Was he testing his eyesight or his intelligence? Or did he really not want him to find someone? At this rate, he'd never find a single hair on his head in his entire life. Luckily, he was fortunate to have found a formidable wife.

Even if he knows the location of the old house, it's useless; he still can't figure out where the old man hid the things. Are they taking advantage of his ignorance of painting? The old man wants to force him to inherit the mantle of painting, but there's no need for this.

He couldn't sit still back then; he neither liked painting nor calligraphy. First, he was young and only had a playful heart, and later, after falling on hard times, he focused solely on getting food and drink. If he knew his grandfather had hidden gold in the paintings, he would have sat on a chair even if it had nails to it. Even as an adult, as long as he didn't starve, he had to learn.

Needless to say, things got even worse after that, with family members passing away one after another. Once he got the drawings, where was he supposed to learn? Even if he wanted to learn, he needed someone to teach him. Back then, there were very few people who could teach reading, let alone drawing; they'd have to be incredibly busy.

He finally returned to the city, but not long after, several of his associates who were also involved in the illegal trade were arrested. He had a bad feeling and locked the pictures and belongings left by his grandparents and parents in a small camphor wood box. In the middle of the night, he climbed over the wall to visit Grandpa Yao.

When he jumped in through the window, he terrified Old Master Yao, who almost died from the shock. Being old and valuing his life, Old Master Yao was so frightened that he nearly saw the gates of hell, and he glared at Wu Peng with amusement.

Wu Peng wanted Grandpa Yao to keep his things safe. Grandpa Yao said that he had been kind to Grandpa Yao and would help him if asked.

When Wu Peng saw that Old Master Yao was panting heavily and barely alive, he regretted his decision. What if the old man had died while he was fleeing? He was thinking of giving it to Wang Huaizhi, but his wife was difficult to deal with, and Wu Peng was afraid that the item would end up in her hands.

While he hesitated, Old Master Yao had already taken the box and cursed, "Get out of here!"

Wu Peng stood there without moving.

"I, the old man, neither know how to pick locks nor have the strength to break them, so don't worry."

So Wu Peng left. Before leaving, he kowtowed to Old Master Yao, saying, "Old Master, you must live a few more years."

Old Master Yao was so angry he wanted to curse again. After his wife died, he had become very good at controlling his temper. In order to live a long life, he rarely got angry and was a cheerful old man with a very open mind. But this brat had really angered him all night.

Seeing Wu Peng's changing expression, Yao Fanghua teased him, "You're your grandfather's biological son, right? I mean, your real grandfather, right?"

Wu Peng's face darkened even more.

Yao Fanghua tugged at him, stopping her from teasing him, and cheerfully recounted her treasure hunt. She emphasized how she had been frightened by an old man.

She's worked so hard and been frightened; it's not unreasonable to keep the jewels.

Wu Peng: "How come you're so amazing? Running off by yourself in the middle of the night. You could have given me a call, and I could have gotten back to deal with it. How could something fly away like that?"

"It's all just a case of the old house being destroyed in vain. I can't sleep if I don't dig it up tonight."

Wu Peng: "Next time, don't take the risk alone. If you get caught, you won't be able to explain yourself. Luckily, you escaped." He didn't manage to escape back then and had to stay in jail for several years.

Yao Fanghua: "I know, I know, I'm scared too."

Wu Peng glanced at him suspiciously. "Really just thirty gold bars, nothing else?"

Yao Fanghua shook her head, a sincere shake of her head.

"That damned Wu Kun said that besides a box of gold bars, there was also a box of pearls in the old house."

Yao Fanghua immediately replied, "You have to hide things at home, that's how you hide so many."

Wu Peng pushed the gold bars aside, pulled Yao Fanghua into his arms, and said, "Hurry up and get the marriage certificate, hurry up and get the marriage certificate. Once the washing machine is produced, we'll go back to Beijing to get it. After we get the certificate, we absolutely have to see what you've been hiding." He had all the documents prepared; all that was missing was going back to Beijing to get the certificate. Oh, and one more thing—the ring from the slicked-back haircut.

Yao Fanghua laughed and pushed him away, "I won't show you the marriage certificate even if we get it."

I'm so heartbroken!

"Didn't you say that we're one and inseparable?"

Wu Peng: ... "I'm heartbroken!"

"Do we still want these fifteen gold bars?"

Forget it, I'll pack it in my suitcase and take it with me when I leave. You can just be sad all you want.

Upon realizing the performance was over, Wu Peng quickly scrambled to his feet and clutched the gold bars, exclaiming, "I want them! Who said I didn't want them? This is practically free for me! Even if you only gave me two, I'd be ecstatic. We'll cash them out tomorrow morning and buy a car this afternoon!"

"That's more like it. People should be content. If you don't want it, I'll just make a gold necklace for the third brother."

The third dog tilted its head and looked over when it heard its name, and even barked once at the opportune moment.

Wu Peng imagined the scene of the third brother wearing a gold chain around his neck and being chased by a pack of female dogs. "No, no, no, let's not waste the gold. The third brother doesn't need to rely on this."

Both of them were quite tired and were lying in bed chatting idly. Just as they were about to fall asleep, Wu Peng suddenly realized something. "Wait a minute, there's no problem with splitting these thirty pieces of gold in half. But my half has to be invested entirely in the factory. And we'll split the factory 40/60, or 60 for you and 40 for me. Doesn't that mean I only get two-fifths of half the gold? How much of the total gold is two-fifths of half the gold?"

Yao Fanghua pretended to be asleep, and her breathing became even.

"Damn, I'm a master at business, but I was blinded by lust and fell into your trap."

Before falling asleep, Wu Peng muttered, "You heartless brat, I gave you everything and you still won't open your heart to me. Luckily, I can tolerate this."