Chapter 401 Unable to Find a Wife
If it were Gu Qianhan, the waiter would never dare to say such things. Moreover, pretending to be pitiful would be useless against the cold and ruthless Gu Qianhan. He doesn't fall for that and doesn't understand the meaning of compassion at all!
But Xiao Qingyuan is different; he's known for being stubborn but soft-hearted and a sucker.
Sure enough, after the waiter played the victim for a while, Xiao Qingyuan gritted his teeth and gave him ten taels of silver: "Take it!"
The waiter beamed with joy: "Thank you, Your Highness! You are indeed generous and magnanimous, kind and compassionate, completely different from that cold-blooded and ruthless Second Young Master Gu!"
Yuan Zheng, standing to the side, looked at Xiao Qingyuan with a somewhat complicated expression: "Qingyuan, Gu Qianhan was the one who overturned the table, why are you paying for it for him? You don't even earn your own money—"
Before he could finish the word "easy," Xiao Qingyuan glared at him: "I didn't pay for Gu Qianhan. I just felt sorry for the waiter and wanted to tip him! I have plenty of money. What's wrong with tipping him a little over twenty taels? Do you need to remind me?"
Yuan Zheng immediately shut his mouth and said nothing more.
He's so obsessed with saving face that he suffers for it. Everyone says Xiao Qingyuan is a sucker, and they're absolutely right!
She clearly needed money, yet she kept borrowing money from him, and she still liked to pretend to be rich in front of outsiders!
He only had fifty taels of silver on him, which was just given to Chu Yanluo by Shendantang. He was temporarily keeping it for Chu Yanluo, but he didn't expect to give away ten taels so quickly.
Gu Qianhan is much richer than him. When he was playing tricks on Chu Yanluo, he took a thousand taels of gold without hesitation. But when he's out, he spends what he should and saves what he should save. No one can cheat him out of a single tael of silver.
He flipped the table but didn't pay the money. With his intelligence and cunning, he must have already calculated that Xiao Qingyuan would be embarrassed in front of so many people and would pay the money for him.
For a moment, Yuan Zheng even considered switching sides.
Is it too late for him to defect and join Gu Qianhan's camp?
Standing behind Xiao Qingyuan, Chu Yanluo's expression changed to one of pain when she saw Xiao Qingyuan give away ten taels of silver at once.
But seeing that Yuan Zheng's attempts to dissuade Xiao Qingyuan had been met with a rebuke, how could she dare to offer any advice?
She could only force a smile while her heart bled: "That's right, it's just ten taels of silver. It's just a small amount of money that the young master gives away casually. The young master has always been generous and doesn't care about gold and silver or worldly things."
The money has already been given, so she should at least say it nicely. With so many people watching, if she shows even a hint of reluctance, she will be looked down upon, and even Xiao Qingyuan will look down on her.
Sure enough, after she finished speaking, Xiao Qingyuan nodded to her: "Yanluo is right. I really don't care about gold and silver. I've disturbed everyone's tea and meal today. I didn't expect Gu Qianhan to overturn the table. He's getting more and more outrageous. Don't take it to heart. Eat and drink as you please."
Upon hearing this, the onlookers' impression of him changed considerably.
Others chimed in with praise: "Your Highness is magnanimous and righteous; I, Lu, admire you!"
"The young master is much more humane than that second young master Gu. No wonder the young ladies in the capital all like the young master and don't like the second young master Gu. That second young master Gu is such a waste of his good looks!"
"Exactly! That Second Young Master Gu may be as handsome as Pan An and have extraordinary talent, but what good is that? With his awful temper, he'll never find a wife!"
"That's right. I heard that the Liu family was originally going to arrange a marriage between the Liu family and the Gu family, but then Miss Liu didn't think much of the second young master Gu, and the marriage fell through! The second young master Gu was so sad that he didn't eat for three days and three nights!"
"Tch, what's so special about that? I heard that the Xin family case before the New Year wasn't solved by Gu Qianhan at all, it was solved by Miss Liu, but Gu Qianhan stole the credit!"
"What?! Is that so?! Isn't Young Master Gu a renowned genius? He can't even solve a case? He has to rely on Miss Liu?"
"There's no mistake! Miss Liu admitted it herself; she solved the case! Don't forget, Miss Liu is the daughter of the Grand Secretary, and also the most talented woman in Dafeng!"
"Yes, yes, Miss Liu is beautiful and talented, so what's so special about her solving cases? But Young Master Gu, relying on Miss Liu to solve cases, and then claiming he found the clues himself, isn't he ashamed!"
The crowd began to discuss the matter, and the topic quickly shifted to the talented woman, Liu Nanshi.
Xiao Qingyuan, having had tea poured all over his head and body by Gu Qianhan, had no desire to stay in the restaurant any longer. In any case, he had taken the opportunity to dirty Gu Qianhan today, which could be considered as getting revenge.
He led Chu Yanluo into the carriage and was wiping his head and face with a handkerchief when Yuan Zheng also lifted the curtain and sat in.
"Qingyuan, we can't just let Gu Qianhan get away with this! We have to teach him a lesson!"
Mentioning Gu Qianhan, Xiao Qingyuan gritted his teeth in hatred: "Of course I won't let Gu Qianhan go, but the problem is, he's too scheming and even more guarded, so we can't find an opportunity to make a move!"
"Qingyuan, have you forgotten the method I told you?"
"You mean, using Miss Liu?"
"yes!"
"No, we can't take advantage of Miss Liu! She's beautiful and talented, and kind-hearted; we can't harm her!"
Yuan Zheng was at his wits' end: "I've already told you she's not a good person, why won't you believe me?"
"Qingyuan, listen to me, bringing Gu Qianhan and Liu Nanshi together will definitely solve your biggest problem! Don't be soft-hearted at a time like this!"
"Once Gu Qianhan and Liu Nanshi get married, he won't have the energy to cause you any more trouble. Just dealing with Liu Nanshi alone will be enough to give him a hard time!"
Xiao Qingyuan shook his head again: "You don't need to say anything more. I will not harm Miss Liu. You should not have that thought anymore. If you want Gu Qianhan to get married and have his wife control him, you can find someone else. Find a shrew or someone with extremely bad character."
Yuan Zheng scratched his head anxiously: "No! No one will work! Other women aren't cunning enough; they'll just be played around by Gu Qianhan and won't be able to control him at all! Only Liu Nanshi is both cunning and vicious enough; she's the only one who can bring Gu Qianhan under control!"
Xiao Qingyuan's face turned cold: "Yuan Zheng, why are you targeting Miss Liu? She offended you, so you're deliberately retaliating against her?"
"She has never offended me. I just think she is insidious and vicious enough to make Gu Qianhan's life chaotic and miserable in the future!"
“Yuan Zheng, you have a deep misunderstanding of Miss Liu. She is clearly a very gentle and wonderful person.”
"Qingyuan, it's not that I misunderstand her too much, it's that you don't understand her well enough!"
"No, I understand Nan Shi very well now. After we met at Fazhen Temple last time, she went to the Prince Ning's Mansion the next day, and I talked to her a lot."
Yuan Zheng was stunned: "What? She went to your Prince's mansion? Why did she go? Why didn't you ever tell me?!"
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