Wenxianglou.
Jiang Huaizhi wrote the document and repeatedly massaged his forehead with two fingers.
Huaiyu felt sorry for him and advised, "Young master, you can leave the acquisition of shops to your subordinates. Why don't you go back and spend some time with your wife?"
Jiang Huai looked up, his eyes slightly red, bloodshot from fatigue caused by not having rested for a long time.
"It's alright. She noticed when I was distracted, and in the end, she still sent me here to handle official business."
Huaiyu sighed: "Madam is good in every way, except that she is not very clingy to you. I have heard that women who love their husbands deeply do not want their husbands to leave their side for even a moment. Why do you want to push you away, Madam?"
Jiang Huaizhi jumped up from his chair in a hurry and retorted, "She did it for my own good! She knows I like doing these things, that's why she made me do them! She's sacrificing her time with me to let me handle these official matters. She's putting the greater good before her own. You try saying she doesn't love me again?"
"I... what did I say?" Huaiyu looked aggrieved. "I just mentioned how other women behaved when they deeply loved their husbands. Don't you have to be so impatient, young master?"
“I’m not in a hurry! I’m just telling you that she loves me very much. She knows my true nature and isn’t afraid of me, yet she’s still close to me; she knows about my revenge plan but doesn’t oppose it at all, and even helps me from the sidelines; she understands that I’m busy with my affairs but never complains, and waits for me at home wholeheartedly… and she even gave birth to Nanyu for me. She loves me very much, very much…”
Jiang Huaizhi's voice grew softer and softer until the last few words were almost inaudible.
Huaiyu said coldly, "She loves you, but you still look very lonely."
"lonely?"
"yes."
Jiang Huaizhi fell silent, his eyes glazed over, as if lost in thought.
Huaiyu pouted: "I don't think you like these official matters that much. You clearly wanted to accompany Madam, but she refused. You were too embarrassed to persist, so you're secretly heartbroken here."
"I didn't!" Jiang Huaizhi protested loudly.
"Young master, I'm practically rolling my eyes. Are you starting to doubt that your wife loves you anymore?"
She loves me very much!
Huaiyu rolled her eyes: "Young master, if you feel that the madam's love for you has diminished, why don't you just repeat the same act you did before?"
"First of all, she loves me very much! Secondly... what was all that charade before?"
Huaiyu's eyes widened: "You pretended to be a patient for over ten years, and you've forgotten after three years? A woman's love for a man begins with 'sympathy,' 'pity,' and 'heartache.' Isn't that your best tactic?"
Jiang Huai instinctively wanted to refute, but this time he realized that what Huai Yu said was not without reason.
As he was deep in thought, there was a knock on the door.
A middle-aged man's voice rang out from outside the door: "Young master, the guest has arrived."
Huaiyu was the first to come to her senses: "Uncle Zhong, let the guests in."
After saying that, he returned to the table and tapped the edge of it lightly: "Young master, stop thinking about it, the person has arrived."
Jiang Huai's thoughtful eyes instantly returned to their usual cool and aloof state.
He did indeed make an appointment to discuss the acquisition of the shop.
The twelve shops in the north of the city represent a considerable business, so the person who came today is the true owner of these twelve shops.
"knew."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a thin figure appeared behind the screen.
The newcomer was dressed in a white long robe and wore a bamboo hat, the white veil on the hat completely concealing him.
This person was short and thin, and carried a faint scent of perfume; by all accounts, she seemed like...
"Are you a woman?"
Huaiyu sighed.
The woman in white bowed slightly as a gesture of respect.
Jiang Huaizhi frowned slightly. It wasn't that he hadn't done business with women before, but this was the first time he had encountered one who concealed her face like this.
“Young lady, you own twelve shops in the north of the city. You’re here to discuss business with me, so why bother with all this secrecy?”
Jiang Huai spoke up to remind her, indicating that he wanted to see her true colors.
The woman swayed her hips and gracefully passed the screen to the table. Then she reached out and took off the straw hat from her head.
The moment its true form was revealed, both men in the room were startled.
"Sun Chan?"
Even Jiang Huaizhi couldn't help but raise his voice.
He really didn't expect it to be her. He had investigated these twelve shops before, but these shops had changed hands many times, and the names on the land deeds had changed again and again. Moreover, the owners listed were not the real owners behind them, just like himself.
After searching for a while but still not finding out the final ownership of these shops, he gave up.
He figured that since the shop owners were the ones selling the shops anyway, they would at least meet them eventually, so he didn't pursue the matter further.
Seeing the person behind this, he was indeed startled, but upon closer reflection, it wasn't surprising that the person behind this was Sun Chan.
The Sun family was already a large and wealthy family with many shops under its control, so it was reasonable for them to give a few of them to their daughter.
Jiang Huaizhi calmed his surprise and steered the conversation back on track: "You want to sell the shop? Are you short of money?"
Sun Chan still had bruises around her eyes, her eyes were filled with tears, and her expression showed endless grievance.
Her body went limp, and she suddenly knelt down, sobbing as she cried out:
"Please, young master, save my life! I'm going to be beaten to death by Jiang Huaisong!"
Her actions were so sudden that Huaiyu instinctively reached out to help her, but when he caught a glimpse of the indifferent young master, he ultimately withdrew his hand.
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