"What if they don't agree?" Yan Qiyu didn't quite understand these things, and simply asked, "What if they say they want me to marry them?"
Yan Shujin shrugged and said, "Then tell them to go find your aunt."
Mr. Du asked, "Why not look for your uncle or your father?"
Yan Shujin asked, "Then who do you think would be suitable, sir?"
Mr. Du was momentarily speechless. If such a thing happened, it would indeed be most appropriate to go to Yan Qiyu's aunt, and there was also an element of bullying in it.
Yan Qiyu said seriously, "I've got it."
He doesn't have that many questions. Since he was asked to talk to his aunt, it's because his aunt's handling of the matter would be better for him.
Yan Shujin instructed, "Then go to Grandma and tell her that those people plotted against you, and that you don't want a daughter-in-law like that."
Yan Qiyu asked, "What if Grandma asks me why I don't want it?"
“You could say that such a person is too calculating, and you’re afraid.” Yan Shujin was particularly direct: “You still want to take a concubine and have more children. If such a person becomes your wife, she might scheme against you and prevent you from taking a concubine and having other children.”
Mr. Du was speechless. If he told this to Madam Yan, even if Yan Qiyu's uncle and father wanted Yan Qiyu to marry that girl, Madam Yan would not agree and would think that it would be enough for her to be a concubine.
Regardless of the girl's status, in Old Madam Yan's eyes, she was not good enough for Yan Qiyu.
Mr. Du quickly figured it out, but then realized something: Yan Shujin trusted Old Madam Yan and Aunt Yan more than her uncle and father.
It's understandable to trust Madam Yan, after all, he has always lived with Madam Yan, but why trust his aunt so much?
Mr. Du didn't know Yan Qiyu's birth date or birthmark, so he couldn't be sure of the answer. When he looked at Yan Shujin, he found that Yan Shujin was smiling at him. He felt a chill in his heart. He suddenly realized that these words were not only Yan Shujin's instructions to Yan Qiyu, but also meant for him.
Yan Shujin grinned: "What do you think, Mr. Du?"
Mr. Du asked, "What if someone plots against you?"
Yan Shujin smiled and said, "Come on, come on."
Mr. Du thought about what Yan Shujin had done after arriving in Beijing: "What if that girl was also framed?"
"What does that have to do with me or my brother?" Yan Shujin said calmly. "If her family schemes against her, that's her family's business. If someone else schemes against her family, that's still her family's business. Do you expect my brother to delay his own life because of her family's affairs?"
That statement, though selfish, is reasonable.
Yan Shujin said, "No one is more important than my family. I would never do something like this, letting my family suffer just to pity others."
“Sister is right.” Yan Qiyu didn’t think there was anything wrong with it: “If they were tricked, I can just not settle the score with them later. But since they were tricked, they can’t blame me, can they?”
Mr. Du was amused. Yan Zhili was worried that the two children were unaware of the wickedness of human nature and might be tricked by others. He was afraid that Yan Zhili himself would be tricked, but the two children would not.
Yan Shujin slowly exhaled and looked outside, saying, "Sir, actually, life was even harder back then. Apart from my younger brother, our family consisted entirely of women. Not only did the neighbors take advantage of us first, but we also had to guard against people richer than us bullying us. When I was a maid, I saw even more filth. So... the reason we were able to be brought back safely by Father was not only because we met kind people, but also because we were ruthless enough."
“If a very thin, starving child cries and begs you for something, do you give it to him or not? If you do, many people will come knocking on your door asking for more; if you don’t, people will say you’re heartless.” Yan Shujin looked at Mr. Du and asked, “If someone in their family is sick and asks you for money, do you lend it to them? If you lend it to them, your younger brother won’t have any tuition fees; if you don’t lend it to them, and their family member dies, what will you say?”
Mr. Du fell silent. These were all small matters, but they were difficult to handle.
Yan Shujin said, "Actually, these schemes in the capital are no different from what we encountered before. Moreover... many people in the capital like to put on airs. They don't dare to openly bully others, but they are not as frightening as local thugs, because many people in the capital have something to be wary of."
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