After giving his report, Uncle Hai carried the potted plant upstairs.
"Wait, what are you holding?" Young Master Yan called out to Uncle Hai.
"Oh, this? It's a gift Ying'er brought!" Uncle Hai said honestly.
"A gift?" Young Master Yan's sharp eyes swept over the potted plant.
It's amazing that this little girl came up with such a clever idea, actually bringing two potted plants to someone's door. Anyone else would never dare to bring such a gift when visiting someone's home.
Sure enough, they're out of money!
Uncle Hai couldn't understand what the young master meant by that half-smile, so he could only say, "Yes, it seems to be called auspicious grass."
Upon hearing this, Yan Shao looked thoughtful, finally understanding why the girl had given him those two potted plants.
"Okay, put one in my parents' bedroom and the other in my bedroom."
After giving his instructions, Young Master Yan strode towards the terrace.
"Huh?" Uncle Hai was stunned for a moment. After understanding what the young master meant, he quickly stopped Yan Shao. "No... young master, the master said to put one pot in their bedroom and one pot in his study."
Uncle Hai stood in the middle of the stairs, looking troubled, holding two potted plants, unsure whether to go up or down.
Young Master Yan raised an eyebrow slightly. "Why should I?"
Since this girl sent over two pots, one was clearly for her mother and the other for him. Why should his gift be given to his father?
Although it's just a cheap, broken pot of flowers, it's still a gift for him. I can't let my dad get away with it for nothing, can I?
"This?" Uncle Hai was speechless.
How could he know what gave him the right? He was just a servant, always obeying his master's orders. If his master said east, he would go east; if he said west, he would go west.
But right now, his two masters are telling him to go east and west, which is clearly making things difficult for him!
"Alright, alright, just put it in the way I said."
Yan Shao, however, did not have the patience to put Hai Shu in a difficult position. He waved his hand, signaling Hai Shu to go quickly, and then turned and walked towards the terrace.
Madam Yan, facing the balcony door, looked up when she heard the sound, saw Young Master Yan, and waved to him with a smile.
"Son, you're back? Come and sit down, and try the tea Ying'er brewed."
Zhu Qianying, with her back to the terrace door, turned around when she heard what Old Madam Yan said. Upon seeing him, she smiled and nodded at him, "Young Master Yan!"
Yan Shao glanced at her, nodded slightly as if to greet her, and strode over in a few steps to sit down next to Zhu Qianying.
When Madam Yan heard Zhu Qianying's polite yet distant address to Young Master Yan, she finally understood why Zhu Qianying was so surprised when she heard the title "Xiao Han".
Could it be that my stupid son has already decided that she is his future wife, but hasn't even formally introduced her yet?
"Ying'er, why are you calling Yan Shao like a stranger? You can just call him by his name!"
Madam Yan decided to help her son.
It's strange. She always thought her son was very smart, so why was he so stupid when it came to Zhu Qianying?
Zhu Qianying smiled at Madam Yan, "Auntie, what you call her is just a title." As she spoke, she filled the cup in front of Young Master Yan with tea.
Young Master Yan has an eccentric personality, and she doesn't dare to call him Xiao Han like Old Madam Yan does. It's safer to just call him Young Master Yan.
Young Master Yan completely failed to understand his mother's good intentions, and took a sip from his cup.
"Mom, call her whatever you want, it doesn't matter!"
Just imagining that Zhu Qianying, that girl, would be like her mother, constantly calling out "Little Cold, Little Cold" all day long gives him goosebumps.
Madam Yan glared at her son with exasperation and then ignored him.
"Uncle and Aunt, I'm so sorry I wasn't home when you came to my house that day!"
Just now, Old Madam Yan had been telling her a bunch of funny stories about her and Yan Bo when they were young. Only now did Zhu Qianying find an opportunity to apologize for what happened that day.
Madam Yan and Yan Bo exchanged a glance, then turned to her, "Silly girl, we're family, why be so polite?"
Yan Shao almost spat out the tea in his mouth. A family? How come he didn't know?
Although he has acknowledged her as the winner, he and she haven't actually done anything yet, whether it's real or not. How could they become family so quickly?
Not only was Young Master Yan surprised, but Zhu Qianying was also taken aback by what Old Madam Yan's family had said.
It's easy to tell from her brief but harmonious conversation with the two elderly people that they had a good impression of her.
But she thought it was just good, far from being enough to earn her approval.
After all, the Yan family was no ordinary wealthy family. In her view, such wealthy families had many rules and their people were much more complex.
"Thank you for your understanding, Uncle and Aunt." Zhu Qianying was surprised, but she didn't show it on her face.
"Your father..." Old Madam Yan carefully observed Zhu Qianying's expression. Seeing that her expression was normal, she continued to ask, "After you came back, your father and your aunts didn't do anything to you, did they?"
The aunts that Madam Yan was referring to were naturally Zhu Qianying's eldest aunt, second aunt, and third aunt. Judging from the old lady's tone, she was genuinely worried that Zhu Qianying would be bullied in the Zhu family.
Zhu Qianying was slightly moved by Madam Yan's thoughtfulness.
You should know that even her mother was only worried that she had offended the Yan family, but she did not speak up for the cold words she had suffered these past two days, let alone worry about them.
"Auntie, don't worry, they wouldn't dare do anything to me. I'm sorry for embarrassing you and making you laugh!"
It seems that the whole city already knows about my family's messy affairs.
As Yan Shao sipped his tea, he heard them mention this matter and couldn't help but feel angry when he thought about the unpleasant things that happened at the Zhu family that day. "You're one of my people. They dare to touch a single hair on your head?!"
Just moments ago, Yan Shao was inwardly complaining that he and Zhu Qianying hadn't done anything real or fake, but now he was actively asserting his dominance.
Madam Yan looked at her son with satisfaction and smiled. She liked her son who was so strong-willed and knew how to protect his wife!
“That day, we might have been a bit hot-tempered, but your uncle and I are both parents, and we can’t stand seeing other parents treat their children like dirt, beating, scolding, and feeding them whatever they want. Don’t worry, we’ll back you up from now on. If they dare to say anything unpleasant to you again, just slap them across the face!”
Madam Yan had a strong personality and expressed her love and hate very directly.
Although she has become much more restrained in her personality and has gradually become more like a noble lady since being with Yan Bo, her inherent fiery temper and love of fighting for justice are things she can never change.
However, now that she is older, there are fewer and fewer people and things that can ignite her passion and sense of injustice.
But what she saw and heard at the Zhu family's house that day truly broadened her horizons.
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