Chapter 49: Second Visit to the House

The dawn light lifts off the veil of night and spits out brilliant morning glow.

After Su Yuan and Nan Chu had breakfast delivered to their room by the servants of the Meng Mansion, they sat in the room and chatted.

Su Yuan propped his head on his elbows, leaned on the table, and asked lazily:

"Nanchu, I'm going to buy a house today. What kind of house do you want?"

Nan Chu glanced at Su Yuan after hearing this, bit her lip and said:

"I want to be closer to my wife."

He hasn't forgotten what his father told him!

When Su Yuan heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and nodded in agreement:

"Well, that's a good idea. It's really not safe for you to be outside alone. It's better to stay closer."

After she finished speaking, she poured herself a cup of tea with one hand, took a sip from it, and asked leisurely:

"No more?"

After hearing this, Nan Chu blinked, nodded and said:

"Um."

Su Yuan put down his teacup, spoke in a leisurely tone, and said after thinking for a while:

"Okay, then I'll buy a bigger mansion, um... and buy a few servants to accompany you in the afternoon."

"After I went to the academy, you didn't know anyone in Tongcheng except Meng Yunlan. You can go and play with him in the future."

After saying that, she took out a stack of banknotes from her sleeve and handed it to Nan Chu. She raised her eyes slightly and said in a low voice:

"Keep these three thousand taels of silver as your own private money. When you go out with Meng Yunlan in the future, buy whatever you like."

Nan Chu looked at the stack of silver bills in front of him and was a little surprised. Then he heard Su Yuan say that it was three thousand taels.

He was so frightened that his eyes widened, and he waved his hands repeatedly, refusing:

"My dear wife, where did all these banknotes come from? I can't use them. You should keep them for yourself."

Su Yuan shook his head, moved closer to Nan Chu and explained to him:

"I stole this from the bandits in Banshi Mountain. I have a lot of this stuff. This stack is for you. Don't be stingy in the future. Just buy whatever you like. When you're done with it, my wife will give it to you."

"But there is one thing. Don't mention the Banshishan incident to outsiders. Just say that we were lucky. We had already entered Tongcheng before the Pingji Bridge collapsed. Remember?"

After hearing this, Nan Chu looked solemn and nodded seriously:

"Yeah, I remember it all."

Su Yuan's eyes flashed with a smile, and he stuffed the banknote into his collar, curling his lips and said:

"Okay, then these banknotes will be used as your guarantee. Don't refuse."

Nan Chu was so embarrassed that he covered his chest and said:

"oh oh!"

Su Yuan glanced at his face, suppressed her smile, and said calmly:

"I'm going to go to Meng Yunqiao to look at a house. Do you want one, or do you want to go to your brother Meng?"

Nan Chu lowered his head slightly, blushing, and stammered:

"I, I'm going to find Brother Meng."

Su Yuan stared at the top of his head, pursed his lips and chuckled, and said meaningfully:

"Okay, okay, I'll go then. Remember to keep the banknotes and go find Brother Meng."

After saying that, Su Yuan did not stay to continue joking, and leisurely opened the door and walked out.

Nan Chu was left alone in the room in chaos.

Qinghe Town.

The Pingji Bridge incident that Su Yuan and Nan Chu had just discussed had, after a period of time, also appeared in every corner of Qinghe.

Especially the Han Ling family.

Instead of being sad, I feel happy.

Han Ling, with a plaster bandage on his right leg, patted his chest with a look of relief and said to Gu Ranran who was sitting at the table:

"Fortunately, my leg is injured. Otherwise, if I had listened to your advice and gone to Tongcheng on the 17th with an injury, I'm afraid I would have lost my life."

Gu Ranran listened to Han Ling's complaints and lowered her eyes in silence.

Before, she did blame Han Ling for not being able to hurry up and holding them back, and for leaving her behind as well.

Now I have to admit that Han Ling was right. I heard that many people were involved on the day the Pingji Bridge collapsed.

She couldn't guarantee that she wasn't the unlucky one.

Gu Ranran heard Han Ling still chattering, glanced at her right leg, and changed the subject:

"Have you found the criminal who severely injured you?"

Han Ling's attention was indeed diverted.

The face that was smiling just now suddenly turned gloomy.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, her pupils were filled with a piercing coldness, and said bitterly:

"I didn't find it, but I just gave Meng Yunlan a letter of withdrawal of engagement this morning, and then I was killed by thieves in the evening."

"Oh, if it wasn't that idiot Meng Yunqiao who did it, I can't find another person who did it. When I return to Tongcheng, I will definitely give her a good beating."

After hearing this, Gu Ranran looked up at her in surprise, with a flash of sarcasm in her eyes.

Saying Meng Yunqiao is a fool, does that mean she is smart?

Without the Meng family, Han Ling is just a poor scholar. I don't know who gave her the courage to say that.

Han Ling has written countless letters to Miss Zhu since half a month ago. Isn't he still looking for the next scapegoat like the Meng family?

Seeing that Gu Ranran hadn't said anything for a long time, Han Ling looked at her strangely and asked in confusion:

"Why don't you speak?"

Gu Ranran opened her eyes slightly, as if she had just reacted, and smiled faintly:

"I was thinking about the Pingji Bridge. It's all thanks to you. Otherwise, I would have been buried in the surging river."

Han Ling heard this, raised his eyebrows and smiled, then curled his lips and said:

"Of course, but I'm afraid it will delay your trip to Shengshi Academy!"

Gu Ranran pursed her lips and said with a fake smile:

"Besides me, there are other students. If Qinghe is not sent out, they should be able to come up with a solution."

Han Ling raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, smiling slightly:

"I hope so."

The atmosphere in Qinghe Town was extremely weird between the conversations between this pair of seemingly close friends who were pretending to be friendly with each other.

Tongcheng.

Su Yuan and his good friend Meng Yunqiao are just the opposite.

At this moment, she is working together with her sister to bargain with the broker to buy a house.

After a eloquent and persistent conversation between the two, Su Yuan cut the price by three hundred taels.

In the end, he took over the second courtyard of Yujing Lane, which was just across the street from Tiande Academy, with 2,100 taels of silver.

Su Yuan stood at the gate of the government office, took the deed in his hand, looked at it carefully, and sighed:

"You know what, it's very detailed, especially the two words 'Su Yuan', which are very obvious."

Meng Yunqiao twitched his lips and reminded:

"Sister, let's go. You want to buy furniture? Why don't you buy the complete house? You will have to go through the trouble of re-installing it after you have an empty shell."

Su Yuan glanced at her, shook his head and said:

"I like new ones, you don't understand."

"By the way, I have to go to the Human Market later to pick a few servants. I will go to the Academy the day after tomorrow. It's too dangerous for Nan Chu to be alone at home."

Meng Yunqiao frowned and looked at Su Yuan seriously and said:

"It's really not safe. Otherwise, let Brother-in-law Nan live in my house. He can talk to my brother on weekdays. I think the two of them get along well, don't they?"

Su Yuan tilted his head and replied lazily:

"Forget it. It's fine in the new house. It's close, and I can go back to see him often on weekdays."

After hearing this, Meng Yunqiao nodded in understanding and said:

"I understand."

Next, the two went to buy furniture, paid the money, and had the store deliver the furniture to their door and put it away.

He went to the human market again and carefully selected and bought two middle-aged men, both of whom were about the same age as Nan Chu, and brought them back to the Meng Mansion.