Chapter 91
Xu He was lying on the bed, ready to rest. His mind was empty, and he subconsciously said, "Ah?"
Zhang Fangyuan looked at the bewildered man. He put his arm around Xu He's waist and lifted the man up from his side. He stretched out his big hand for Xu He to see: "I said he touched the back of my hand!"
Xu He frowned and asked seriously, "Then why did he touch you?"
Zhang Fangyuan's eyes widened, and he held his hands and reenacted the scene of drinking soup just now: "Why do you think he touched me? He must have bad intentions towards me!"
Xu He frowned, thinking that Wenzi had been in the house for a long time. He had been working diligently and didn't talk much during these months. He had observed him carefully before and found him to be as honest as Wuzi, so he felt relieved to hire him.
"Is there some misunderstanding?"
Zhang Fangyuan is a little bit ignorant of the ways of the world, but after all, he often hangs around in brothels. At first he misunderstood the soup that Xu He sent him and didn't think much about it. Later he took his hands on it, so how could he not understand?
He said righteously: "It's already like this, how can there be any misunderstanding!"
Xu He sat up straighter: "So what do you want?"
"What else can I do?" Zhang Fangyuan leaned on Xu He's shoulder with a pitiful look on his face, like a helpless young wife at the mercy of others: "I must ask you to make the decision for me~"
Xu He was silent for a moment after hearing this: "Be the boss?"
"Who else in this family can make decisions for me besides you?"
Xu He savored these two words carefully.
"Um?"
"Okay." Xu He responded absentmindedly. Zhang Fangyuan saw that he had agreed. He felt very happy that his wife would take care of these things for him. He hugged her and lay down, rubbing Xu He's chest twice: "This is great!"
Xu He couldn't sleep. What did this mean?
Should he go and teach Wen Zi a lesson? But he could just scold him himself, why go through this?
Or... does he want to help Wen Zi become his concubine? Thinking of this, Xu He was shocked and his hands and feet turned cold.
It seemed to make sense. Why did he have to do this? What else could it be? Seeing his cheerful look, he felt even worse.
Xu He tossed and turned, his brows never relaxed.
"You can't sleep?"
Zhang Fangyuan noticed that the person next to him was breathing irregularly. He drank a bowl of Qishen soup and now the aftereffects came, and he couldn't fall asleep even with his eyes closed.
"No, I'm getting ready for bed."
"No, don't rush to sleep if you can't sleep."
Xu He thought about it carefully and said, "Okay then."
Zhang Fangyuan became even more excited after hearing that. He stood up and was ready to pounce on him, but ended up getting hit in the face.
Xu He said seriously, "If we raise Wen Zi to be my concubine, do we need to prepare a few banquets?"
"?"
Zhang Fangyuan's face suddenly turned cold, and his body also turned cold: "Are you talking like a human being?"
"That's right. After all, it's different from a servant entering the house. After all, she's a concubine. How can we not have a banquet?"
Xu He felt a little uncomfortable with Zhang Fangyuan's sudden cold face. They hadn't even entered the door yet, and he was so angry just during a negotiation. If he really got angry in the future, wouldn't his life be difficult?
Zhang Fangyuan's blood was boiling, his blood pressure soared to the top of his head, and he jumped up from the bed.
Xu He also got up, with a look of doubt on his face: "Are you going to sleep over there tonight?"
Zhang Fangyuan looked back at the face in the candlelight, whose eyebrows and eyes were not gentle and kind. He was angry, but he could see that Xu He was surprised and looked a little pitiful, as if she didn't want him anymore, which made him angry and pity him.
After struggling for a while, Zhang Fangyuan suddenly rushed over. He pressed Xu He down and bit his neck: "Are you saying this on purpose to irritate me?"
"Who mad you?" Xu He's neck was wet from being bitten, and he felt a little itchy. He pushed the man up, and to prevent him from biting him again, he held Zhang Fangyuan's face: "Isn't this what you meant by going to so much trouble to let me make the decision?"
Zhang Fangyuan took a breath and said, "I don't think I have such intention. It's you who want to find me a concubine."
"I..." Xu He looked into Zhang Fangyuan's eyes and suddenly let go of his hand: "Why are you putting the blame on me?"
Xu He's eyes suddenly turned red. He seldom cried. When he was a child, he would hide and cry when he was wronged. After he became sensible, he stopped crying because he knew that crying would not solve any problem. Instead, it would only hurt his body and delay things.
But now he suddenly understood a lot more. He could hold back his tears back then because he had no expectations for anything, and there was nothing he absolutely had to possess.
It’s different now. He subconsciously feels that Zhang Fangyuan belongs to him alone. The sudden change makes him feel heartbroken.
Zhang Fangyuan had never seen him like this before, and suddenly he was at a loss. He tried to wipe the man's eyes but was avoided by the man.
Although she was also unhappy and aggrieved in her heart, she softened her tone in the end: "I have never wanted anyone other than you, why do you think that way?"
"I thought... you did." Xu He's voice was a little hoarse, he buried himself in Zhang Fangyuan's arms: "I saw many families in the city, and I saw the Fei family..."
He didn't finish his words before he knew Zhang Fangyuan understood.
"I have never thought about it, and I won't think about it in the future." Zhang Fangyuan said in a hasty and overbearing tone: "If someone wants to bring someone in, even if it's you who brought them in, I will kick them out!"
Xu He raised his head and gave Zhang Fangyuan a long look.
"If I had known you would think this way, I would have brought two men with me when I brought back servants."
Zhang Fangyuan pushed Xu He back into his arms. Xu He lingered on his shoulder and said, "I know what's going on. I won't think like this anymore. I'll take care of this."
Zhang Fangyuan asked carefully, "Could it be that he has decided on someone behind my back?"
"How could that be?" Xu He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Since I know what you are thinking, I will certainly not let you worry anymore."
Zhang Fangyuan responded, hugged the person tightly and took a long breath. He looked at the tent, stroked Xu He's back, and couldn't help thinking of the past.
"As soon as I opened my mouth, you were thinking about arranging a concubine. In the early years of the Flower Festival, I came to you to propose marriage, and you agreed immediately. You did so because you wanted to leave the Xu family. In fact, you are so…"
"Why are you bringing up the past and the future?"
Zhang Fangyuan: "So anxious to interrupt!"
"I just don't want you to misunderstand." Xu He pursed his lips. You can question anything, but you can't question his feelings.
He held Zhang Fangyuan's hand in return: "Maybe you thought I agreed so quickly and hastily, as if I had some ulterior motive. But I grew up so big, year after year, everyone was around my second sister, and that year, you were the only one who cared about me."
She was afraid that he would be blown by the wind, or that he would get sick and have no money to treat it, so she carried him on her back and gave him a headband... Even though he was cooler and more stable than his peers, he still couldn't resist the sugar-coated bullets.
What's more, it's not a sugar-coated bullet, it's practical and good.
At that time, one of them had a bad reputation, and the other was looked down upon by others. He had fantasized about it on summer nights when insects were chirping, and thought that in the eyes of others, perhaps they could be a good match.
But the more they interacted with him, the more inferior he felt. He knew that Zhang Fangyuan was a capable man, and if he changed a little, he would be beyond his reach.
The fact is that after his marriage failed, things were getting better step by step. Just when he thought there was no hope, he said he wanted to marry him.
"I have been happy for a long time without showing any signs of it. You make me feel that the reason why God let me suffer in the past was because he saved up his luck just to make you like me."
Zhang Fangyuan was stunned. He didn't dare to look Xu He in the eye. He scratched the back of his head, and his ears suddenly turned red because of Xu He's words.
"I see."
They had always had a good relationship and rarely opened up to each other, but this time they confessed their feelings, both of them felt clear-headed and lay flat on the bed, holding their hands tightly.
…
The next day, Zhang Fangyuan packed up and said, "I have to go to the city. Things at home..."
"rest assured."
Only then did Zhang Fangyuan leave the house.
Xu He went out and brought Wen Zi out from the hall.
Last night, Wenzi thought something was going to happen at home, so he waited anxiously in the house, and ended up waiting until dawn.
After being restless all night, he felt relieved when Xu He asked him to go. His face was pale and his eyes were swollen.
Xu He looked at the person who came into the room and knelt down on his own initiative.
"It seems like you know what it is even without me telling you."
Wen Zi buried his head on the ground, not daring to speak.
Xu He lowered his eyes and looked at the person on the ground, and said calmly: "You were not young when you entered our family. Now two years have passed. If you had not been a servant, you would have been old enough to get married. It is not a shame for a young man to want to settle down when he grows up. If you talk to me properly, I am not an unreasonable person."
With a slap, Xu He slapped the table: "You are actually thinking about the master!"
Wen Zi was shaking all over like a sieve and shedding tears. Seeing Zhang Fangyuan's reaction last night, he had already regretted it to the core. It would be fine if the thing succeeded, but if it failed, the consequences... He sobbed even louder.
"The master doesn't want you, but seeing that you have been working hard at home these days, I won't be like those black-hearted masters who would turn around and send the slaves who have made mistakes to a brothel. But the house can't accommodate a servant with such thoughts as yours."
Upon hearing this, Wen Zi kowtowed immediately. If he was sold again, he would be a lowly servant. Not to mention that he could not go to a good family, even if he went, he would be treated like an animal. How could he endure such torture?
He knocked his head against the floor, "My dear, I was just confused for a moment, I never had any bad intentions, I have always been respectful to you, my dear master."
"I met my father-in-law in the tea shed a while ago. He inquired about the boss's affairs and persuaded me that I was getting old and should find a backer. The master was young and had few children, so my father-in-law told me to seize the opportunity..."
As Wen Zi spoke, he cried even more sadly. He was truly bewitched. Although the master looked fierce, he never beat or scolded the servants. They were well fed and well dressed, and their lives were better than before at home. However, he was thinking about a better life and ended up losing his original good life.
Hearing this, Xu He was very disappointed: "I heard that you were sold by your family because the family suffered a disaster and could not afford food. Your brother was getting older and older and still couldn't find a wife. In order to make a living for the family, you were sold to the brothel."
"I didn't mean to ask you to cut off contact with your family. I thought your family was from the local area, and I had planned to let you go back to see your parents. I didn't expect you to be so gullible and indecisive."
Wenzi touched her eyes and said, "I was confused. My husband, please don't chase me away. I will never get close to you again..."
Xu He looked at the person who was kowtowed on the ground. The floor made a thumping sound and his forehead soon turned red and then bloody.
He felt sorry for the situation, as he had also been mistreated at home, and he understood very well the situation of a young man like him at home.
After a while: "I don't have to sell your indenture back to the shop, but I can't keep you serving in the main house. From now on, you will work in the guest house."
"Xie Fulang, Xie Fulang!"
Wenzi didn't dare to make more requests, and was already grateful that he could stay.
Zhang Fangyuan straightened up outside the door when he heard this. He flicked the corner of his clothes with a smile, and looked up to see Xiao E looking at him in confusion. He quickly made a hushing gesture and tiptoed out of the yard.
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