Chapter 115: A Waste of Effort
Yu Huatang paused to listen to him finish his words, then said calmly, "Yes, I understand. Thank you for letting me know."
After that, he continued to clean the house.
Zhao Yan didn't want to leave, but he was afraid that she would dislike him, so he could only follow her without saying a word. He did whatever she did. After a long while, Yu Huatang realized that he had something else to say.
"Your Excellency, please say whatever you want to say."
Zhao Yan opened his mouth and said, "Actually, I just wanted to ask, if you need help... you can... you can come to me. After all, I am an official, so I have some connections..."
After he finished speaking and looked at her expression, Yu Huatang said calmly, "No need, it's not a big deal."
"How can it not be a big deal..." He looked at her pleadingly.
Yu Huatang didn't want to listen anymore and just said, "Even though you are the governor, it's not right for you to enter and leave a woman's room at will."
Zhao Yan apologized, "Sorry, I didn't mean it..."
"Then please leave, sir." She dismissed him in a calm voice.
Zhao Yan opened her mouth to say something, but she had already turned and walked out of the room.
Anfu and Anyuan were waiting in the yard for their young master to come out. They looked at Yu Huatang's figure in the house, then looked at the young master who had been looking at Miss Yu, and sighed.
"Sir, please go back."
Zhao Yan didn't say anything, but still walked out. The three of them were extremely quiet along the way.
Anfu patted An Yuan beside him and signaled with his eyes that the young master really didn't have enough skills, as the two of them had broken the tiles and had to repair them again.
The young master couldn't find a topic to talk to Miss Yu about, it was such a waste of effort!
After returning home, Zhao Yan sat in the study without saying a word.
She didn't want to trouble him with anything and didn't want to tell him anything, so he couldn't do anything rashly and could only wait.
A few days later, Baili Kui celebrated his 50th birthday and hosted a banquet at his home for guests from all over the world.
The lanterns used in Baili Kui's birthday banquet were originally prepared by the Lantern Master Hall. After a few visits, Baili Kui also got to know Yu Huatang's craftsmanship.
Although the Lantern Master Hall was not invited to this birthday banquet, as a merchant shipping guild, they all believed in harmony and wealth, so they would invite anyone they had met to have a drink.
Baili Yunzhou also sent her an invitation, specifically informing her that there would be a theatrical troupe and acrobatics today, and that anyone who had time could come, so that there would be more people and more fun, which would make his father happy.
Yu Huatang is now a big idler and doesn't have to do anything, so he is very willing to join in the fun.
Although Baili Yunzhou looks romantic on the surface, he is actually a person who loves leisure and elegance in his heart.
He decorated the large courtyard with rockery, stone algae, pavilions, and towers. In the center of the courtyard, he transplanted many plum blossoms according to the changing seasons, creating a scene of different scenery with every step.
The weather was very good that day, with the fragrance of plum blossoms in the air, and the guests were also very comfortable.
Yu Huatang was not there for socializing. After drinking a few glasses of fruit wine and chatting with the people at the same table, he walked into the garden alone.
There was a spring in the garden, which looked like it was specially arranged by Baili Yunzhou. She sat down and watched the spring water flowing slowly, which lasted for a long time, bringing her an indescribable sense of peace.
At this time, footsteps were heard from behind. Yu Huatang turned around and saw that it was Baili Kui. She quickly stood up and said, "Hello, uncle."
Baili Kui gestured for her to sit down, and he found a seat not far away. He pressed a button somewhere, and several fish swam out of the spring, looking very lively. "Here's the button, why don't you try it? Every time you press it, something different will come out."
Yu Huatang found it magical and pressed the button twice. Sure enough, a few more crabs and shrimps swam over, and soon the pond was filled with spring water.
Baili Kui grabbed another handful of something and threw it into the pond. A group of fish immediately rushed to eat it. As if he didn't find it interesting enough, he took out a plate filled with what looked like meat and poured it all into the pond. The shrimps and crabs that had been motionless immediately became active.
Yu Huatang looked at it in surprise.
"If we don't spread it like this, the fish will eat all the shrimps soon," he explained with a smile.
Yu Huatang also felt that Baili Kui had some mischievous qualities that were rare in ordinary people, and he guessed that Baili Yunzhou was just like him.
"How about putting some food in there that the fish won't eat?" she said.
"That's boring. Everything is interdependent and mutually exclusive. It's fun if you eat me and I eat you." He smiled heartily and motioned for her to feed him too.
After a while, Baili Kui said, "I heard that my son wanted to open a shop with you? He's a bit mischievous normally, but he did a good job on this matter. Choosing you shows that he has good vision and some business capital. But I also heard that you didn't agree?"
Yu Huatang knew that Baili Kui was looking for her, but she didn't expect it was about this matter. She stopped trying to hide it and said directly, "Because Master Baili is an extremely outstanding person. He will eventually live a normal life, with a wife and children, and think like a normal person. I don't want him to regret it by then, or to cause his wife unnecessary troubles."
"Perhaps his wife would start a fight with him, saying, 'There's one at home and another outside, what do you think I am?' She would immediately go and smash my shop. She might even get someone to beat me up. I'm scared."
She said it as a joke, and Baili Kui also laughed, "My son is quite good. Don't you really want to marry him? If you marry him, you won't have any troubles in your life."
Yu Huatang shook her head. "It's precisely because he's such a good person that I cherish our friendship even more. I don't want people to point fingers at him one day, saying that his new wife is a skilled tradesman and spends all day with other men, and that his ex-husband is so-and-so. He wouldn't be able to handle that, and neither would I. Who knows, we might even get divorced in a few months."
She added, "I really want to do my own thing. If I marry him, I'll be a wife, and have to stay at home every day to take care of my husband and children. Then all these years of craftsmanship will be wasted, and I won't be worthy of my master's hard work. So I won't marry him."
Baili Kui initially laughed at the joke, but after hearing her plan, he nodded, which was rare.
Yu Huatang continued, "He's a good friend, but not suitable as a husband and wife, at least for me. Because of these concerns, I can't work with him."
Baili Kui said, "Because you never agreed, he contacted me and his mother. He praised you a lot in front of us. We were a little skeptical before, but today, it seems that he is not worthy of you. But I also want to ask, if it weren't for what happened before, would you marry my son?"
Yu Huatang was stunned. She didn't expect Baili Kui to be so direct. She said, "Maybe. If I hadn't gone to the capital and hadn't married, I would definitely be moved by Baili Kui's outstanding talent and his kindness to me. Maybe we would have gotten married six months after we met."
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