Chapter 1078 I'm a Soft-Hearted Person
The beggar looked up and saw Shu Yu looking at him. He quickly held out his bowl and said, "Girl, please have mercy."
Shu Yu touched his cuffs, took out five or six copper coins, and walked over to put them in his bowl.
As soon as I bent down, I suddenly had the feeling that someone was watching me.
Years of caution had made her very confident in her intuition; the hairs on her body stood on end, and her whole body tensed up.
Shu Yu paused slightly, put down the copper coin, and straightened up without saying a word.
He then smiled, took two steps back, and turned around as if nothing had happened.
There was no one behind him, only a small restaurant. At this time of day, there were only two or three tables of customers drinking, eating peanuts, and chatting.
No one seemed to be looking in their direction, as if it had all been her imagination.
Shu Yu pursed her lips and simply stepped into the restaurant lobby.
The waiter immediately came forward, "Would you like something to eat, young lady?"
Shu Yu wasn't hungry, but she still ordered a plate of local specialty pastries and a pot of flower tea, and then found a seat by the window.
The waiter quickly brought over what she had ordered, and while pouring her tea, he asked with a smile, "You look unfamiliar, don't seem to be a local?"
Shu Yu smiled and said, "Yes, I'm not a local. This is my first time here. One of my servants is from this area, and she happened to be passing through Tianning County this time. She begged me to go back to her hometown for a visit. I was too impatient to go, so I just wandered around the area by myself."
"That girl is such a kind-hearted hostess."
Shu Yu nodded. "Yes, there aren't many masters like me these days. I'm a soft-hearted person."
The guy was speechless for a moment, unsure how to respond.
Fortunately, he had already poured the tea and was about to leave after quickly putting down the teapot when Shu Yu suddenly asked, "By the way, what's the deal with that courtyard across from your restaurant?"
As soon as he said that, the feeling of being watched came back.
I don't know if the other party was much more restrained this time, or less blatant, so this feeling only lasted for a moment and quickly disappeared.
But Shu Yu still looked towards the entrance, pointing at the Quansheng Escort Agency outside while her eyes quickly swept over the surroundings. Her gaze swept over the shopkeeper by the counter, and then she asked the shop assistant, "That courtyard, burned to such a state, why isn't it being repaired properly? This area is quite lively, it's such a waste to just leave it like this."
The waiter sighed and said in a low voice, "That's right, everyone says it's a pity. It's just that the courtyard was involved in a lawsuit back then, which involved a high-ranking official in the capital. The owner didn't live in Tianning County, so it's just been left there. However, some people tried to take it for themselves, but none of them succeeded."
The owner of the courtyard was Meng Pei. After the fire broke out, the government ultimately determined that it was caused by the owner's improper use of fire, and the case file stated that it was an accident.
Everyone believed that after Meng Pei's death, the house should naturally be inherited by his son, Meng Yunzheng.
However, Meng Yunzheng was taken away by Gong Qiu and was not Meng Pei's son, so the courtyard belonged to Meng Pei's younger brother. His younger brother had come to Tianning County to handle the Meng family's funeral arrangements, and then returned home.
The owner of the courtyard is not in Tianning County, and Meng Pei's younger brother has no intention of selling it, so it has just been left there.
What Shu Yu was curious about was, "Why do some people want to possess it but fail to do so?"
(End of this chapter)
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