Hei Zi brought up something: "Qi Tai came over this afternoon. He wanted to ask which evening you'd be free so he could treat you to drinks."
Ye Xingchang looked at Zhao Honghui: "Why don't we have him come over now?"
"OK."
Zhao Honghui looked apologetically at Yao Yao, but Xie Yuyao didn't mind at all and shook her head slightly.
Since she'd already seen everything she wanted to see, she could relax in her spatial dimension and wouldn't be bored at all.
Ye Xingchang then sent someone to find Qi Tai, while he took Zhao Honghui and the other man to an empty room to rest.
Zhao Honghui put everything on the table in the room, took Yao Yao's hand, and said, "We'll have some drinks later, do you want to come along or rest first?"
"I won't sit at the table. Just don't get drunk." Xie Yuyao knew they must have something to discuss, and she felt uncomfortable being with everyone.
However, she reminded Zhao Honghui, "You know I'm not short of money, so don't do things you don't want to do just because you're a chauvinist."
"Don't worry, I understand." In Zhao Honghui's mind, a man should provide for his family and at the very least ensure that his wife and children can live a stable and worry-free life.
Based on the scale of the treasure described by A-Tian, Yao-Yao will never lack money for the rest of her life. Now that she is financially secure, his focus will be on ensuring her safety and stability, rather than jeopardizing any weaknesses.
Xie Yuyao and Zhao Honghui exchanged only a few words inside the room before Xie Yuyao went out for tea.
Not long after, Qi Tai arrived. He hadn't expected to see him again so soon.
Xie Yuyao didn't stay any longer. "You guys chat, I'm going to rest first."
Ye Xingchang assigned a subordinate to look after her and told her to let him know if she needed anything.
She expressed her gratitude, then quickly washed up and went back to her room to rest.
*
Both times Xie Yuyao and Zhao Honghui stayed overnight at Ye Xingchang's hideout, there was no romantic involvement between them. However, Yang Chunhua couldn't sit still when she was told that her eldest son and Xie Yuyao had stayed overnight again.
She pulled Zhao the eldest son back into his room from the main hall, closed the door, and whispered, "What do you think my eldest son and Yao Yao have that insists on staying overnight? They wouldn't be...?"
"Don't you know your son's character?" Old Zhao said angrily. Recently, neither mother nor son was willing to back down, leaving him caught in the middle.
Yang Chunhua said, "Of course our son wouldn't. Logically speaking, Yao Yao isn't the kind of girl who doesn't respect herself, but a man and a woman alone together, there's always the possibility of something going wrong. If they get caught, it'll be all over."
"Then don't stop them. Just grant your eldest son's wish and let them get married as soon as possible. Wouldn't that make it perfectly legitimate?" Old Zhao suggested, seizing the opportunity.
“That won’t do. Yao Yao isn’t from around here. What if we hear she’s going back to the city and she’s brought our eldest son back with her? If she really runs away, wouldn’t we have raised her for nothing?” Yang Chunhua had been looking for more reasons in the past few days, and this was the most convincing one.
Old Zhao rolled his eyes at her. "You act like you can control everything now. Don't blame me for not reminding you, Honghui will be thirty in a few years. If you keep dragging this out, you'll only hurt your son."
“Then I must keep an eye on them and make sure they don’t really run away,” Yang Chunhua said, tilting her head.
"They have legs; if they really want to leave, can you stop them?"
Yang Chunhua was determined to go all the way: "If you can't stop me, I'll go with you. Honghui's leg injury hasn't healed yet, and I won't feel at ease if I don't keep an eye on him."
"I can't reason with a woman like you." Old Zhao slammed the door and left in a huff.
The eldest son made it clear that he didn't want his parents to interfere, but this woman, whether she really couldn't see it or was pretending to, was just being stubborn.
Yang Chunhua was so angry that she ate her dinner as if it were nothing, seeing that Zhao Laoda was wholeheartedly protecting his eldest son and Yaoyao and insisting on standing against her.
After hastily finishing his meal, he pushed the bowl aside and went next door to complain to his sister-in-law.
The eldest sons of the two sisters-in-law both fell for the beautiful female educated youth, and the two women shared similar joys and sorrows.
Yang Chunhua's various reasons for wanting to be with her eldest son resonated deeply with Wang Qiufen.
After she left, Wang Qiufen tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. She told Zhao Lao Er the key points of what Yang Chunhua had said, "Do you think Jianbin might do the same thing?"
Zhao Lao Er had a long-term vision: "Even if he really goes back to the city with Yang Zhiqing, we can still live with our youngest son. With a capable in-law to help us, he and his descendants can live even better."
“But what can he do if he goes to another place? If he really relies entirely on Yang Zhiqing and her parents, then our son will become a spineless coward who lives off his wife.” Wang Qiufen didn’t want to live in the city.
It's hard to leave one's homeland. Going to the city where one is unfamiliar with everything and can't farm to earn work points would be so pointless.
"No, I need to have a serious talk with my eldest son."
Ignoring Zhao Lao Er's advice, Wang Qiufen went out and dragged Zhao Jianbin out of bed.
"Mom! What is it that you have to say tonight!" Because he goes to work early, Zhao Jianbin goes to bed early every night. He was woken up by his mother and was very impatient as he lay on the bed.
Wang Qiufen sat down on the edge of the bed. "Mom is asking you, what do you plan to do if Yang Zhiqing wants to return to the city after the marriage?"
“She won’t get married if she doesn’t go back to the city, so your question doesn’t hold water.” Zhao Jianbin, still half-asleep and with his mind a complete mess, blurted out Yang Shumei’s idea.
Wang Qiufen exploded on the spot: "What! Not getting married? Then what's the point of dating her?!"
"Mom, don't worry about my business, I'm going to sleep."
"Sleeping? Explain yourself! If she can't return to the city for eight or ten years, are you just going to leave her like this forever?"
Wang Qiufen was filled with disbelief. What was Yang Shumei thinking? A woman's prime years are only a few years long. Was she really going to take advantage of her eldest son?
Zhao Jianbin said impatiently, "We're fine now, don't worry about it."
He also wants to get married soon, but Shumei doesn't agree, so he has to keep trying.
"What's so great about it! She's clearly just looking for free labor. I even thought she wasn't stringing you along before, but I never expected her to be that kind of person!"
"Mom! Don't talk nonsense. She finally agreed after a lot of trouble. Don't mess things up." Zhao Jianbin was really afraid of his mother. He turned over and took out an exquisite watch from the cabinet.
"This watch she gave me is worth several hundred dollars. Tell me, if she used that money to hire someone, what kind of laborer couldn't she hire?"
When Wang Qiufen saw her eldest son's new watch, she was stunned: Wasn't this the watch that her eldest son had saved up to buy himself?
This watch is obviously a high-end item; she would never have imagined that a girl would be so generous.
Zhao Jianbin had been instructed by Yang Shumei not to mention that she had given him the watch when he went out, so as not to cause her any trouble.
Therefore, his mother never knew about this and kept nagging him about wasting money.
Wang Qiufen then asked, "What if... what if she just packs up and leaves as soon as her chance to return to the city is over? What will you do then?"
"I'll go with her; wherever she is, I'll be there."
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