Chapter 245 I didn’t steal anyone!

Xiao Zhao did not recognize the woman in front of him. He had come to the capital two years ago and had been staying in the opera garden ever since. He rehearsed opera every day and had no time for other things. So he just bowed and did not say hello.

"Your play is very good."

Ziyuan walked over and gave him an ingot of gold. Xiao Zhao was slightly surprised. An ingot of gold?

Even if he sang for ten years, he couldn't earn a single ingot of gold. Could it be that the daughter of the God of Wealth has come down to earth?

Seeing that he was stunned, Zi Yuan stuffed the gold into his hand and returned to Qiao Wanyan.

"May I have your name?"

"Xiao Zhao."

"You are the best actor I have ever seen, so you deserve this reward." Qiao Wanyan's tone was very sincere, and every word seemed to contain endless firmness and seriousness, making people feel that there was not a trace of pretense or hypocrisy in these words.

Xiao Zhao felt the heavy weight in his hand and felt a little embarrassed for the first time. "Thank you for the compliment, Miss."

Qiao Wanyan: "I will come again tomorrow and listen to your singing again."

Xiao Zhao said frankly: "I'm afraid I won't be here when you come tomorrow, I'm afraid I'll disappoint you."

Qiao Wanyan stood up and said, "He didn't restrict your personal freedom, did he?"

Xiao Zhao was stunned.

Qiao Wanyan smiled and said, "I will come again tomorrow and wait for you to sing another song for me."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left without waiting for Xiao Zhao to say next.

On the second day, the stage at the pavilion in the center of the lake was reserved by Qiao Wanyan. It was quiet and not as noisy as outside.

She waited for about an incense stick of time and saw Xiao Zhao go on stage to perform without saying a word.

After the song ended, Qiao Wanyan just praised his singing and talked about her unique insights into the play he sang, which made Xiao Zhao unable to recover for a long time. He looked at Qiao Wanyan as if he had seen a confidant.

She understands opera and also knows the mood she wants to express.

"But, your sadness is somewhat hidden, which ruins the perfection of this play."

Qiao Wanyan put down a bar of gold and left without saying a word.

Xiao Zhao chased after her, "Who is Miss? How do you know...what exactly does Miss want to do?"

He asked the boss yesterday, but he refused to say.

Xiao Zhao didn't understand a thousand things in his mind, but he couldn't get an answer, so he stayed up all night. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally came.

He doesn't like to interact with people and only likes to sing opera.

Being locked up in that small courtyard, I became even more reluctant to go out and see people.

But this time, it was the first time he was willing to go out on his own initiative.

Qiao Wanyan turned around and looked at him, "If you want to know, sing a song for me again at this time tomorrow."

After saying that, he left.

On the third day, Qiao Wanyan did not go.

Xiao Zhao waited alone in Changhua Pear Garden until dark and still refused to go back, but was forcibly taken back by people from General Zhongwu's Mansion.

On the fourth day, Xiao Zhao did not go to Changhua Pear Garden because he could not get out of bed.

On the fifth day, after Li Hansong went to court, Xiao Zhao hurried to Changhua Pear Garden and sat there for a whole day.

But, I still haven’t waited for the person I wanted to see.

Boss Zhao sat on the chair next to him and said, "Don't wait any longer. That young lady is of noble status and it's not easy for ordinary people like us to talk to her."

A goddess-like person like that, let alone saying a word to others, even if she doesn't say a word, people will never forget her in their lifetime.

Xiao Zhao lowered his eyes and looked disappointed. "I just want to know who she is."

After all, Zhao was a bit reluctant. Xiao Zhao was a man of few words. He didn't like to interact with people, and he was obsessed with opera.

If it weren't for my family......

Mr. Zhao sighed inwardly. He should have become a famous actor in the capital.

"She is the second daughter of the Minister of Revenue."

Xiao Zhao suddenly looked at him, "Ministry of Revenue? Ministry of Revenue... Shangshu Mansion?"

Boss Zhao nodded and said, "You may see her again in the future, because the wife that Mr. Li is going to marry is the cousin of this second young lady. They have a deep sisterly love, and perhaps she has been preparing things for her cousin's wedding recently."

Xiao Zhao suddenly stood up, turned around and left.

Boss Zhao did not stop him from leaving. The task was completed, and he estimated that the Shangshu Mansion would send the silver tonight.

Hehe, Changhua Pear Garden will not close down for at least three years.

This is really meeting the kind-hearted God of Wealth.

Qiao Wanyan was leaning on a soft couch in the courtyard of Yongning Pavilion, reading a book. The sunlight penetrated the leaves that blocked out the sun and shone onto the book, creating a dazzling light and shadow.

Zi Yuan was getting impatient. "Miss, don't we still have to deal with the matter at General Zhongwu's house? Why haven't you been going out these days? Doesn't Xiao Zhao care?"

Qiao Wanyan replied slowly without looking up: "He will come to me on his own initiative."

If you want to use people as chess pieces, you must thoroughly understand the nature of the chess pieces.

Find the weakest point as the entry point and you will get twice the result with half the effort.

Li Hansong threatened him with Xiao Zhao's family, and even secretly turned Xiao Zhao's family into slaves to control Xiao Zhao. Didn't he know who the Minister of Revenue was?

The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of household registration, taxation, land and other matters. The people below accepted bribes and arbitrarily changed the status of good citizens to slavery. Li Hansong was simply courting death.

Although Li Hansong disdained to restrict Xiao Zhao's personal freedom, that night the General Zhongwu's Mansion sent someone to take Xiao Zhao back to the General's Mansion from the Pear Garden without any courtesy. Xiao Zhao did not even show up in the Pear Garden the next day, so he must have suffered a lot.

The resentment in your heart needs an outlet.

After being bullied for two years, anyone with flesh and blood would want to grab that hard-earned life-saving straw.

It would be fine if he was humiliated himself, but Xiao Zhao was someone who could endure such a thing for two years for the sake of his family, so he would come to find him even for the sake of his family.

Being used by himself, he actually begs to be used by himself.

Qiao Wanyan felt a little tired of reading, so she closed the book, put it aside, and rubbed her brows. After a moment, she stood up and walked to Lu Jinye, who had been kneeling on the washboard for half a day, and kicked his leg.

"You're so stubborn."

Lu Jinye would kneel on the washboard these days when he didn't go out, and the servants in Yongning Pavilion were no longer surprised.

Either you offend the master or you offend the master.

Lu Jinye looked up at her, his overly fair face full of the talent of a stubborn person.

"I don't want to tell the master."

Qiao Wanyan was rarely patient. "What did you steal in the Flower God Temple? Just tell me and I won't let you kneel from now on."

Lu Jinye said nothing and continued to be stubborn.

Qiao Wanyan tucked his drooping hair behind his ears and said, "A dog must be well behaved so that its master will like it."

Lu Jinye still didn't speak.

"Dumb dog."

Qiao Wanyan sneered, slapped him in the face, and turned into the house.

Inside the house, Qiao Wanyan thought about it for a long time, and finally said to Ziyuan: "Is he cheating on me?"

"I don't!"

There was a loud noise outside the door.