Chapter 382 What is Right and Wrong?
Er Ya heard Yu An call her and turned around to smile at him, "What is it, Young Master Yu?"
Yu An's prepared words suddenly stalled.
Looking at her smiling face, his heart pounded, just like the first time he saw her smile.
Er Ya saw that he hadn't spoken for a long time, "Are you going to take some snacks with you? It's a pity, there are really no snacks left today. I'll have someone let you know if there are any another day."
"If you have nothing else to do, I'll go back to my work now."
"Qingdai, I...I actually love you and want to ask you to marry me."
Yu An mustered up her courage and spoke her mind in one breath.
After she finished speaking, her face turned as red as a ripe duck.
Now that Er Ya has married him, she has indeed married down.
"So that's what you wanted to talk about!" Er Ya smiled. "I know."
"You know?" Yu An was taken aback.
He thought it over and over before he came. She might refuse, or she might run away shyly, but he never expected her to react this way.
She knows, she knows.
"and you……"
Er Ya looked around and, seeing that no one was around, said, "But I don't have any feelings for you. I only see you as an acquaintance. That's the truth, although the truth can be quite hurtful."
She didn't even think it was wrong to use this relationship to sell her products in the first place.
It was a mutually agreeable transaction; she didn't force anyone to buy or sell.
And her desserts were indeed worth the price.
Would a savvy businessman give away his or her things for free?
No, what she did might not meet the standards of a good woman.
But what is good, and what is bad?
My mother said that there is no absolute right or wrong in this world.
However, there are still too many constraints on the reputation that people place on women.
If a man did the same thing, there wouldn't be so much criticism.
If Yu An hadn't brought this up, she could have pretended not to know anything. But now that things were out in the open, and considering they were friends, she was willing to tell him the truth.
Yu An felt a stab to her heart and opened her mouth, "Then do you have someone you love?"
He actually wanted to ask who that person was.
Is that Pei Si? I just saw that they seemed to be very close.
In terms of looks and family background, he does seem to be no match for Pei Si.
Er Ya's smile faded. "No, I don't have a man I like."
Her favorite thing is money.
What are men anyway? Money is everything.
Yu An's previously piercing heart seemed to have eased again, "Then I..."
Is there still a chance?
Er Ya interrupted him, "Don't rush to pledge your loyalty. Let me ask you, you say you love me, but where is your love for me?"
"Do you like my youthful appearance? Or my ability to make money? Or perhaps you like my parents' power?"
Yu An was stumped by the question.
What does he like?
He couldn't quite put it into words, but he just felt a liking for her as soon as he saw her.
"Think about it again. Actually, if you put all that aside, your so-called liking is really nothing to brag about," Er Ya said to Yu An very seriously.
"If I were a powerless country girl running a small business, would your parents have let me into their home? Without the prestige of my parents, would you still like me? You probably wouldn't even know me. You don't need to refute these things; they are simply the truth!"
"Besides, I have a short temper, am competitive and ambitious, and will stop at nothing to achieve my goals. If you knew the real me, would you still like me?"
Yu An's face flushed red, and she hurriedly said, "I like it..."
Er Ya looked at him and said, "Don't rush to refute me. What you know about me now is just the tip of the iceberg. You only think I'm new to you now. Once you marry me and it's been a long time, you won't be able to stand me."
"I don't listen to anyone except my parents, so it's good that we're friends."
Moreover, she prefers clean men, and she knows that Yu An already has a concubine.
Sharing a rotten cucumber with another woman? Forget it, she doesn't have that kind of hobby. There's a saying...
Men and women shouldn't be shared, it just feels dirty to think about.
Of course, she wouldn't tell Yu An this. Having multiple wives and concubines was his prerogative, and she wouldn't be one of them.
"No, I genuinely want to marry you," Yu An said anxiously.
"I'll pretend I didn't hear what you said today, Young Master Yu. We'll still be friends when we meet again."
Er Ya turned and left without looking back.
Yu An's eyes dimmed slightly. He stood there for a long time before finally leaving, looking dejected.
Pei Zhixuan, who had inadvertently overheard, touched his chin.
"That's a good question. What do you think I like about her?"
Pei Si turned to ask the servant beside him.
servant: How would I know?
Pei Si, "I like her competitive and ambitious nature, we're a good match, don't you think? If she asked me that, would this be my answer?"
The servant scratched his head. "Well, young master, I've heard people say that the young women men like are mainly women they want to sleep with. They want to sleep with the first woman they see, and marry her to have children and have a warm bed in the future."
Pei Si: "..."
"That's a very crude way of putting it."
The servant scratched his head. Isn't this the kind of thinking all men have? Are they supposed to marry her and worship her?
After returning home and thinking about it carefully, Pei Si realized it was true.
Is his thinking impure?
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"With so many talented young men, is there really not one that you find appealing?"
When the family was having dinner together that evening, Aunt Cai couldn't help but ask about Er Ya.
The main reason is that recently, the wives of various families have been asking her about marriage.
I originally thought that seeing the Lotus Banquet and Er Ya's strong presence would make her unpopular, but she's becoming more and more sought after.
Er Ya's cheeks puffed out. "Don't rush me. If you do, I'm going to go to the south of the mountain to find San Ya. She fights her way there, and I'll travel as a merchant."
Sanya is still helping Emperor Jing expand the map; she, the female general, will soon be a real person.
Aunt Cai chuckled, "Who's rushing you? I'm just keeping an eye out for good opportunities if they come up."
Er Ya wasn't joking; she really did leave in a few days.
She's going to do business, and this time she's taking a lot of things with her to open up a new trade route.
"Oh, the kids have grown up, they can fly now."
Ye Wan felt a pang of sadness, as none of her three daughters were by her side.
Daya was busy, Erya had left, and Sanya was risking her life on the battlefield.
She touched her face, wondering why she was being so sentimental when she wasn't even old yet.
Then she couldn't help but ask, "Do you think they were all influenced by me? But I got married and had children too, didn't I?"
Apart from Daya, who is already married, Erya and Sanya have no such thoughts at all; they are only focused on doing their own thing.
Huigu laughed, "It's a good thing that the girls think this way. Men have always been unreliable."
"Auntie, did you also have someone you couldn't forget when you were young?" Ye Wan immediately became gossipy.
All eyes were on Hui Gu.
Huigu: "Yes, but so many years have passed, I've long forgotten."
Ye Wan didn't get to eat any melon, so she went back inside to take a bath.
Leaning on the edge of the bathtub, Ye Wan sighed, "I just finished eating, and now I'm soaking in the tub. Life feels so lonely!"
When did Lin Anyuan come in? “Then let’s do something meaningful later.”
Ye's eyes narrowed slightly. "What meaningful thing?"
"Lord Ye, your humble servant will attend to your bath."
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