Chapter 010: Do you know what I like about you?
Jiang Xinkui was furious. He pushed her away, tore off the clothes himself, and set them on fire on the spot.
The young men nearby felt very sorry for him and said that Jiang Xinkui was wasting such a gift.
Watching it turn into ashes bit by bit, Jiang Xinkui finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She turned and left.
Wen Yan chased out, but was stopped by Wen Ruyue.
Wen Ruyue said sarcastically, "Wen Yan, you were never a daughter of the Wen family to begin with. Now you've done something so immoral. From now on, the Wen family will no longer have a daughter as shameful as you!"
After saying that, she also got on the carriage, and the carriage left quickly.
"Mother... Mother... Don't leave me!" Wen Yan ran after the carriage for a few steps before stopping.
She looked at the carriage going away with a sad face:
Wen Ruyue, Huo Yaoxing, this has just begun!
Wen Yan returned to the cloth shop and went straight to the second floor.
As soon as he entered the private room, Ying Zhilin saw her face change, and her sad expression turned into a smile.
From time to time, there was a knock on the door of the private room.
The shopkeeper pushed the door open and walked in.
He placed a purse in front of Wen Yan and said, "Young Master, here are the hundred taels of silver."
Wen Yan opened the bag.
There were only fifty taels of silver notes, three ten-tael silver ingots, some loose silver, and ten strings of copper coins.
The exchange was so fragmented, probably to make it easier for her to spend.
Wen Yan took out a banknote and a silver ingot and pushed them towards the shopkeeper. "These fifty taels are your boss's dividend, and these ten taels are the cost of the wedding dress. As for the rest, you can divide it between you and the brothers today and take it to have tea."
Wen Yan cheated Jiang Xinkui not for this little bit of money.
"Okay." The shopkeeper accepted it with a smile. "With so much reward money, they should be very happy again."
Wen Yan smiled graciously and explained some other things.
Wen Yan asked the shopkeeper to help her prepare a luxurious carriage, a few people, and a bunch of other things.
The shopkeeper took the order, left an account book, and went to work.
Only Wen Yan and Ying Zhilin were left in the private room.
Wen Yan opened the drawer next to her and said to Ying Zhilin, "Untie your clothes."
Ying Zhilin subconsciously pulled his collar tighter: "What do you want to do?"
"Is it not okay for me to covet your beauty?" Wen Yan teased him and took out a small porcelain bottle from the drawer.
The cork was opened and the aroma of medicine wafted out.
"Mrs. Jiang's slap just now was not light. Your back must have been scratched by her nails."
"I'll do it myself later." Ying Zhilin took the porcelain bottle and distanced himself from Wen Yan.
Wen Yan didn't force it, poured two cups of tea, and handed one to Ying Zhilin: "Ask whatever you want to ask now!"
He pondered for a long time, then picked a harmless question from among a pile of questions: "Is this shop yours?"
"I only own half of it. My sister and I opened this business together." Wen Yan leaned back in her armchair, sipping tea lazily, and said teasingly, "Now you should finally believe that I have the money to support your education!"
Ying Zhilin did not show any shyness, but said frankly: "From now on, please take good care of me, young master."
"Don't you have anything else to ask?"
"If you don't want to talk about it, it would be an offense if I ask you. If you want to talk about it in the future, I will listen attentively." Ying Zhilin said slowly.
Wen Yan tilted her head and looked at him for a while, and found him very interesting.
She suddenly leaned forward, resting her elbows on the table, supporting her chin with the back of her hands, and looked at him with a lazy but aggressive smile: "Do you know what I like most about you?"
The two were only an arm's length away.
Ying Zhilin subconsciously retreated, keeping a distance from her: "Maybe... I'm more sensible!"
He lowered his head to drink water to hide his discomfort.
"No, it's because you're good-looking."
"Cough cough cough..." Ying Zhilin choked on the tea.
"Hahahaha..." Wen Yan burst into laughter because of his amusing words.
This time, Ying Zhilin's ears turned red.
Wen Yan thought of the Cat Playing Painting, and her face was distressed: "Such a good painting, why did you give it away? Doesn't it mean Master Wen is getting a bargain?"
Ying Zhilin: "Don't worry, I have a box of paintings like that. The one I gave away was only the worst one."
"You...you actually have a box!" Wen Yan's eyes widened in surprise. It seemed that he had a close relationship with Wu Yunzi!
"Yes, I can let you pick two more."
"Two!" Wen Yan was overjoyed. "If I sell them to the prince, how much silver will I get?"
Ying Zhilin looked at Wen Yan's money-obsessed look and thought she was very lively and cute.
Wen Yan was in a good mood and began to look through the account book in a daze.
Ever since she agreed to the marriage exchange, the Wen family didn't allow her to go out for fear that she would talk nonsense outside.
Naturally, it is impossible to keep an eye on the business in the shop.
Fortunately, the shopkeeper is very capable and keeps the shop in good order.
The accounts are clear, and the earnings have been stable and have even increased slightly.
In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, she had finished settling the bill and the shopkeeper came back.
He said respectfully, "Young Master, everything you requested is ready. The carriage is waiting for you in the woods outside the South City Gate."
"Shopkeeper Ding, I have something else to do, so I'll be leaving first. By the way, when will Sister Chi Fei return to Beijing? Is the date set?"
"In ten days."
"Got it. I'll pick her up in ten days."
Wen Yanxian first rode in an ox cart to the woods outside the south city gate, where he met a gorgeous horse-drawn carriage.
"I have to go to the east to do some things. It will probably take three or four days. You should go home first."
She hadn't figured out Ying Zhilin's character yet, so she shouldn't let him interfere too much in her affairs.
It was careless to let him know about the cloth shop.
Ying knew that Lin knew that she was on guard against him, and there were seven people waiting for her in front of the carriage, so her safety was guaranteed, so he obediently agreed to her arrangement.
Wen Yan stuffed two bags of snacks into Uncle Niu's pocket and settled the 500-wen fare in advance.
Watching them walk away, Wen Yan also came to the front of the carriage. Looking at these seven familiar faces, she was stunned for a moment.
In her previous life, after Wen Ruyue returned, her father and mother let her stay in the Wen family while neglecting her.
This made her position in the Wen family very embarrassing.
She was depressed, so her stepmother advised her to make plans early.
With the support of her stepmother, she and her step-sister Meng Chifei jointly opened the "Tianyi Cloth Shop".
Meng Chifei contributed two-thirds of the capital; she contributed one-third and was responsible for the operation and management of the store, but the profits were split 50-50.
Since she had to go out occasionally to run her business, her stepmother asked the seven people in front of her to protect and take care of her.
The four guards, Uncle Hu, Uncle Tian, Uncle Lin and Uncle Shitou, are wounded soldiers who have retired from the army. The father and brother of the two maids Qinghe and Lixia died in the war, and Aunt Shuang's father, husband and son all died on the battlefield.
These seven people were loyal to her and followed her to expand her business from a cloth shop to the south and north regions.
Even when they grew up to be independent, they were reluctant to leave her.
Wen Yan already regarded them as half family members at that time.
Unexpectedly, a few years later, he was hunted down by Huo Yaoxing's enemies.
Huo Yaoxing pushed her out to delay time, and these seven people were all killed in order to protect her.
Wen Yan still dares not forget the scene where they fell in a pool of blood, using up their last bit of strength to tell her to run, and were finally dismembered by the killer.
They died with their eyes open.
After getting on the carriage, Wen Yan threw herself into Aunt Shuang's arms, sobbing uncontrollably: "Aunt Shuang, I miss you so much."
Aunt Shuang had only been with her for half a year, and they had only been together five or six times. The total time they had spent together was no more than five days, so their relationship was not close.
Wen Yan's sudden closeness made her freeze.
Thinking of the recent rumors about her, Aunt Shuang's eyes showed heartache, and she stroked her hair lovingly: "You are already a married woman, why are you crying?"
Wen Yan secretly swore in his heart that he would let them spend their old age in peace in this life and not end up with a torn corpse.
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