Chapter 93
Chapter 93
How could he not know what the young lady was thinking? She was just trying to tell him that he should be happy to have a wealthy lady instead of settling accounts with her.
Unfortunately, he was too badly deceived by the young lady to be happy.
Seeing that he was not making sense, Wen Shuse could only speak frankly: "My dear, you are so smart. Even if I tell you a story that is too exaggerated, you will not believe it. But I am also very thoughtful. Thinking that your situation is not ideal, I don't want to add pressure to you, so I can only hide it from you for now."
He had no pressure and didn't quite understand the young lady's efforts.
The young lady looked like she had endured a lot of pain, and explained, "My dear, we are so poor that we can barely make ends meet. If I tell you that my father has a lot of money and can support us, would you agree?"
Without waiting for the young master to answer, the young lady spoke for him, "Young master, you have always been arrogant. Isn't that embarrassing? Young master was once a rich and powerful young man. How powerful were you back then? If someone pointed fingers at you behind your back and said that you were a gigolo, how would you feel?"
Xie Shao silently picked up the golden cup without saying anything.
"Besides, this restaurant is not actually mine. Second Master Wen's last name is Wen, but mine is not."
It’s strange that her last name is not Wen.
The young lady came over gently, tilted her head to look at her husband, and smiled, "My last name is Xie, and I am Madam Xie."
The young lady smiled, always having the ability to melt glaciers. She was waiting for her to explain, what to explain? In the end, she blocked herself again, leaned back, and her tongue was extremely bitter, "Tell me the truth, Wen...how much money does father-in-law have?"
It’s really hard to calculate how much money it is.
She hadn't calculated it either. In addition to a restaurant, the young lady slowly confessed to him, "My dear, do you still remember the bag I brought from Fengcheng?"
Xie Shao naturally remembered it. He had been guarding it like a treasure all the way and never let it go even when he slept. Could it be that it was filled with gold?
The young lady gave him a positive answer and nodded, "It contains all the banknotes from the Dongdu Bank, a total of 180,000 taels. My father gave it to me before I left, and asked me to bring it to Dongdu for my expenses."
Even though she had robbed it, it was the same.
Xie Shao took another sip of tea, but couldn't taste anything. He just took it to moisten his mouth. The young lady was already the young master of Mixian Tower, so what else could surprise him?
The young lady continued, "There are also two rice and flour shops, fifty acres of good farmland, three houses..." She paused and looked at her husband cautiously, "The house we live in now is also one of them."
Sure enough, the young man could no longer remain calm. The teacup in his hand shook and he quickly placed it on the table. He turned around and stared at the young lady. His head was buzzing and he took a deep breath.
Seeing this, the young lady hurriedly said, "Don't worry, my dear. I have saved the thirty taels of rent you gave me. I haven't touched a single cent. Although my last name is not Wen, it is still possible for me to live in the house of Mr. Wen."
He had to thank her for her generosity.
The young lady continued: "My dear, please don't feel any pressure..."
Where did the pressure come from? Was this what he meant? Shouldn't he be angry? She clearly had some money hidden, but she had to pretend to be penniless and live a hard life with him.
It was hard for her to pretend so well. She stayed with him in a cheap inn and even boasted that the house belonged to her aunt and nephew. How stupid he was to be deceived by her.
I even acted out that scene of making lanterns to sell. A few words almost pierced my heart into a sieve...
She, Wen Er, is a heartless person.
I was so angry that I didn't want to pay attention to her.
The young lady was getting more and more off topic. "My dear husband, you are now a third-rank official. You have a promising future ahead of you. And how can a mere merchant compare to an official appointed by the imperial court? Didn't my dear husband say that he would earn an imperial decree for me in the future? I am marrying above my station. Even if my family has a lot of money, they can't give me such honor and glory."
The young lady was not trying to excuse herself, she was clearly exploiting him.
"Don't worry, my dear. I never paid for the things in the Mixianlou. We can eat and drink for free, and live for free..." Wen Shuse chuckled twice, as if she had taken a huge advantage, and she had to separate herself from the wealthy businessman Wen Erye and tie herself to her dear. Whether she is poor or rich, it does not depend on her father and her family, but on the dear in front of her.
Thinking back to what she said that night, that she was willing to suffer with him, but she didn't like it, the meaning was completely different.
Just like a rich girl who was willing to give up her beautiful and comfortable life for her lover and suffer together with a poor boy like him, the anger in her heart was instantly released.
Why should he be angry? What the young lady said made sense. The money belonged to the Wen family. Even if the young lady had a share of it, it had nothing to do with him.
If today's seafood meal is included, he is still penniless.
Seeing his expression slowly calm down, Wen Shuse secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quietly hooked her fingers around his sleeves, "It's getting late, my dear, let's go home."
Xie Shao let the young lady lead him out and arrived at the carriage in front of the restaurant. He turned around and looked at the three-story building in front of him. The bright lights were dazzling, and there was a lot of noise. All he saw was people obsessed with money and paper money...
What the young lady said just now was wrong. He should have been sighing that with such a wealthy and beautiful lady at home, how could he not work hard.
A meal brought out a wealthy young lady. The previous arrogance was just a show of skill in front of the young lady, and she no longer had the confidence. The young lady had already said that her last name was not Wen, she was the wife of Mr. Xie, and she couldn't let her life be worse than that of the Wen family.
This morning, I wanted to be content with the status quo and spend two days of leisure with my young lady, but now I no longer have the mood. I started to plan while sitting in the carriage. As soon as I returned to the house, I immediately told Min Zhang: "Get ready and go to the palace tomorrow."
After a delay, it was already past midnight when he finished bathing. Seeing that Xie Shao was distracted from time to time, Wen Shuse knew that he was trying hard to digest the food, so he tried not to disturb him.
The man didn't get rude to her just now, and he even helped her get on the carriage as usual. After she sat in the carriage, he didn't let go of her hand, and held it all the way back to the house. He was a rare and good man who could do this.
Lying on the bed, she saw that her husband was still open-eyed, so she took the initiative to hug him sideways and asked softly, "My husband, are you angry?"
She might be hiding something from him.
But she was not the one who should talk about the Xie family's affairs. Old Madam Xie would arrive in Dongdu in two days and would tell her husband then.
Neither of their families went bankrupt. The husband was not only powerful and rich, but also handsome, talented, and proficient in both civil and military affairs. There was no such perfect husband in the world.
Which young lady would not be tempted when seeing this?
But he was hers, and she felt proud, glad that she met her husband on her wedding night. But she also felt a little scared. What would she do if the man she married was really the eldest son instead of the husband in front of her?
She was wrong. She wronged the Bodhisattva and shouldn't have scraped the Bodhisattva's golden body.
When he returns to Fengcheng someday, he will definitely go to the farm and ask Xiangyun to make a new golden body for the Bodhisattva, then light a few incense sticks to apologize to the Bodhisattva.
Xie Shao looked at the young lady's face, which looked like she had done something wrong and was begging for forgiveness. The remaining awkwardness in his heart completely disappeared. He reached out and held her shoulders, saying softly, "No, your husband married a wealthy businessman, and your husband should be happy."
As soon as he finished speaking, the lady in his arms suddenly raised her head and kissed him on the jaw, looking at him lovingly with her eyes, "My dear, you are so nice. I thought you would peel off a layer of skin if you knew it."
She is quite self-aware.
Xie Shao smiled, gently stroking her shoulders with his palms, and whispered, "My wife would rather give up a good life and suffer with me. How can I let you down when you are so sincere to me?" He looked down at her upturned red lips, the faint outline and the faint fragrance, which aroused endless reverie in the hazy night. It didn't matter whether he was angry or not. His mind had already deviated to another direction, "I am still working hard on other things, but I can do the same thing."
The young lady was totally unaware of the danger and asked stupidly, "What can I do?"
The young man didn't respond. He pressed his lips down to hold her lips, and after a few strokes, his tongue made the young lady feel dizzy. Then he moved to her earlobe, bit it lightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Let me be happy."
His lips moved around her neck. Wen Shuse had no strength to resist. She was shocked by his twisted logic. "My dear, do you have any shame..."
Before he finished speaking, the young man reached out and touched a bud of the herb spoon he had just picked last night. The young lady screamed, but the sound was blocked in her throat by the young man, and it was broken into pieces...
The next day, the young lady had new injuries on her old ones. At night, her husband applied a layer of medicine for her shoulder injury, which covered her with a cool feeling. After the effect of the medicine wore off, she felt the same as yesterday, sore and swollen.
The husband entered the palace early to take up his post. Before leaving, he left a lipstick mark on the back of her neck, "Madam, take a good rest at home and work hard for your husband."
Aunt Qing had said to her yesterday, "You are at your age, and you are strong and healthy. If you break the rules, your wife will suffer."
She didn't understand what it meant, but today she finally understood. He was not strong at all, he was just a donkey.
He was not angry nor did he want to skin himself alive. He just took out all his anger on her body. Looking at the scars on his neck and shoulders in the bronze mirror, he gritted his teeth and cursed, "You bastard." How could she get out?
She couldn't go out, so Uncle Wen came to her house and saw Wen Shuse's bright face. "I did as Second Madam said and gave the contract to Minister Jiang last night. Minister Jiang sent someone to deliver it this morning." As he said that, he took out the contract from his sleeve and handed it to Wen Shuse.
Wen Shuse took it and unfolded it, and saw that Minister Jiang's fingerprints were already on the contract.
This is it.
Wen Shuse breathed a sigh of relief and returned the contract to Uncle Wen. "Officials have many tricks in their heads. Whoever guesses the right answer will be the winner. Uncle Wen, just go back and prepare the money."
Two days later, while the other three families were still testing each other's prices, Mixianlou suddenly withdrew from the bidding and refused to buy the Jiang family's heirloom.
Since he had already signed a purchase contract with Shangshu Jiang in advance, Uncle Wen was in breach of contract and had to compensate Shangshu Jiang according to the compensation price specified in the terms.
Minister Jiang sighed and said that he was disappointed. Since it was God's will, he would continue to keep the family heirloom and had no intention of selling it.
The other three restaurants hadn't figured out what was going on yet, and the restaurant that would serve dishes at the prince's banquet two days later was decided to be Mixianlou.
Uncle Wen was very busy, so Wen Shuse also went to the restaurant to help. After deciding on the wine and food to be served with Uncle Wen, he saw the eldest lady of the Wen family standing outside the door as soon as he walked out of the door.
After not seeing her for a few days, the eldest lady looked much more haggard.
Ever since the eldest son of the Wen family and the third lady went to the Xie family last time and came back, the eldest lady couldn't sleep. It was useless to regret, so she blamed herself for blocking the road.
They had agreed that she had nothing to do with him, and no matter how well he was doing now, she was too embarrassed to visit him, until today, when the Countess came knocking on his door.
As soon as she entered the room, she complained to her with a smile, "I really treated the Madam as a sister, but the Madam still didn't trust me. She hid things from me and kept it from me. It was so painful."
The eldest lady was confused and felt a pang in her heart. "Since my Wen family came to the Eastern Capital, I have been honored by the Countess and treated as a sister. I am grateful to her. How dare I lie to her? I wonder what you are talking about?"
The countess smiled, "Madam, you are still pretending to be me. If it weren't for the fact that the Second Princess held a banquet for the Sixth Lady of the Yang Family at the Mixian Tower when she came of age a few days ago, I wouldn't have known that the owner of the Mixian Tower was actually the Second Master of the Wen Family. This time, the Crown Prince chose the Mixian Tower to serve dishes for the celebration banquet. I haven't heard the Madam mention such a good thing before. What else can this be but a lie?"
The eldest lady's head was buzzing, her expression was shocked and dazed, and she didn't react for a long time.
The Countess finally understood what was going on and asked in confusion, "Madam, don't you know yet?"
If she knew, would she have done such a stupid thing?
Master Wen, Wen Shuse...that damn girl actually hid such a big thing from her. What was her intention?
The eldest lady's face turned pale. A few days ago, she had criticized the second wife in front of the countess for being useless, not striving for progress, and relying entirely on the first wife for support. Only a few days later...
They are all family, but the second wife did not go bankrupt and even bought such a big restaurant in Dongdu, keeping the first wife in the dark and others knew about it before her.
The Countess's suspicious look was like a thorn and a torture. She was so embarrassed that she opened her mouth and forced a smile. "What are you talking about, Countess? I just found out about this a few days ago. Madam, don't you know that the second lady of our Wen family has been spoiled by her grandmother since she was a child. She spends money lavishly. In order to protect the family wealth, the second master has also taken great pains, and even we have been kept in the dark..."
"I do believe that. The Second Lady is indeed generous. I heard that she even sent fireworks to the Sixth Lady of the Yang Family to liven up the party."
The eldest lady didn't know how she sent the Countess away. As soon as the carriage left the alley, she turned around and said, "Oh my God, this damn prodigal son has kept it a secret from me."
Even I have only been to Mixian Tower once or twice.
Normally, he would feel very proud when he had a dish from there, but now he told her that the restaurant was opened by the second master of the Wen family.
He didn't care about his face at all. He immediately asked someone to prepare a carriage and hurried to the restaurant. When he arrived at the door, he stopped and looked up at the magnificent building in front of him. His heart was bleeding.
The treasures are here~ (continue to give out 100 red envelopes)
Next chapter preview: slap in the face.
Xie Shao: I always feel that my wife is PUAing me, but I have no evidence.
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