Chapter 140 Weiyang's Feelings
There was a jade pendant in the wooden box, and next to it was a two-finger-wide piece of gold-sprinkled letter paper with a few words written on it - Wei Yang's Love.
Legend has it that Duke Kang of Qin sent his uncle Chong'er back to the State of Jin, all the way to the north of the Wei River, and gave his uncle a carriage and a jade pendant.
From then on, the Weiyang relationship specifically refers to the friendship between nephew and uncle.
When Gu Zongci saw these words, he was deeply moved and the tears he had been holding back could no longer be stopped and burst out.
She told him in her own way that she knew the relationship between them.
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Shen Qingtan and Zhao Yi went to the front hall, only to see Boss Qin standing at the door and pacing back and forth.
"Tan'er, have you guys reached an agreement?" Boss Qin walked over quickly. Seeing Shen Qingtan's red eyes, he said in shock and anger, "Did Gu bully you?"
Even if the deal fails, there is still benevolence and righteousness.
Gu Zongci wouldn't be so narrow-minded as to threaten a little girl out of anger when he couldn't pry away his backer?
"Uncle Qin, with my status, how could Uncle Gu bully me?" Shen Qingtan made up an excuse: "It's just that Uncle Gu talked about the customs of his hometown, and I remembered that I was lost when I was a child, and it was my mother who found me in Nanlingzhou. I was touched."
Boss Qin thought about it calmly and felt that it was indeed the case.
“Care leads to chaos, care leads to chaos.”
Boss Qin smiled awkwardly, and suddenly thought of something. His expression became serious, and he put all of Gu Zongci's instructions behind his mind.
"Tan'er, I have something to confess to you." Boss Qin pulled out a list from his sleeve and decisively betrayed Gu Zongci: "Look at this, Gu Zongci gave it to me today."
"He gave you more than half of the property in the capital and gave it to me through my hands, and he didn't even let me tell you. He told me to lie to you because I made a fortune and I'm giving you a share of the dividends from the property I bought with that sum of money."
Boss Qin couldn't help but speculate about Gu Zongci's intentions. "He's such a strange person. He's not after fame or profit, yet he's giving you such a large fortune for free. I suspect he has ill intentions. If you accept it, you might get into big trouble later."
Shen Qingtan looked at the list carefully, took a deep breath, suppressed the fluctuating emotions in his heart, and said with a nasal voice: "He has no bad intentions, he needs my help."
"Is that so?" Boss Qin breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm glad I can ask you for something. I was just afraid you'd be giving me something for nothing."
Shen Qingtan handed him the list: "Uncle Qin, thank you for thinking of me so much."
"Of course." Boss Qin said with a smile, "You are my backer."
Shen Qingtan didn't take his words to heart. Perhaps from the very beginning, she was his support. After living together for several years, he had already regarded her as a relative.
Otherwise, in her previous life, after being imprisoned by Zhao Jue, she would have lost her value to him.
But he was determined to save her at all costs, so much so that he risked his entire fortune and life.
She wanted to confess her relationship with Gu Zongci to Boss Qin, but she was afraid that his relationship with Gu Zongci would change after Boss Qin knew about it.
If someone with ulterior motives finds out, it will be bad news.
After all, a shrewd person would test someone unexpectedly, and the first subconscious reaction of the person being tested would be the most real.
Her opponents all knew that she had a close relationship with Boss Qin. If they wanted to take action against her, they would definitely test their skills with Boss Qin.
She had overlooked this point before. It was the last time that Emperor Jing'an ordered Marquis Cheng'en to resettle the refugees, and he took the initiative to mention that he wanted to help the refugees together with Boss Qin, which sounded the alarm for her.
Shen Qingtan hesitated for a moment, planning to tell Boss Qin when the time was right.
"You go ahead and do your work. I'll go back home first."
She said goodbye to Boss Qin and left.
Boss Qin watched Shen Qingtan leave and turned to go to the tea room.
As soon as he entered the tea room, he was surprised to see Gu Zongci's red eyes, as if he had been crying. He was shocked: "Brother Gu, what's wrong with you?"
Could it be that he gave up a large fortune and still failed to curry favor with others?
That’s not the case, right?
That property was just a drop in the bucket for the Gu family.
Gu Zongci closed the box and said, "I just understand one thing. Since ancient times, scholars have been cunning and cunning. Their intestines are full of twists and turns. Even I have been deceived."
"Huh?" Boss Qin was stunned. "You're such a wicked person... ahem, someone as cunning and calculating as you, and you were actually tricked by someone?"
He immediately became interested: "Who is it? Tell me, brother, so I won't make the same mistake next time."
Gu Zongci uttered two words: "Zhao Yi."
Boss Qin: “…”
After Gu Zongci calmed down, he realized a problem.
How could Zhao Yi be so well-behaved and polite that he didn't look at him with prejudice?
It was obvious that they knew his identity and only then gave him some respect.
Fortunately, he felt even more favorable towards Zhao Yi because of this, and praised him in his heart.
Next time you meet Zhao Yi, don't be fooled by his appearance again.
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When Shen Qingtan and Zhao Yi returned to Duke Zhao's mansion and got off the carriage.
A figure jumped out from the side.
Shen Qingtan was so scared that she took a few steps back, and put a hand on her waist, protecting her to her side.
She smelled a familiar scent and realized that the person next to her was Zhao Yi. She grabbed his sleeve with her fingers and looked forward in shock, only to see a disheveled young man looking at her with tearful eyes.
She asked in surprise, "Third brother?"
Shen Shaobai fled back to the capital from Guanzhou and hid in the mansion of Duke Zhao.
He didn't dare to ask the doorman of Duke Zhao's mansion to report it, for fear that Shen Mingzhu would be alerted first, and then the mansion would be notified to arrest him.
He could only wait at the door for Zhao Yi to come back from the office and take him to see Shen Qingtan.
Unexpectedly, he was lucky enough to catch up with Shen Qingtan.
Shen Shaobai saw that Shen Qingtan's eyes were red, as if she had been wronged and cried. Then he saw Zhao Yi's face was tense and not very good, obviously she was angry.
This is what he saw. Who knows how difficult life is in places that he can’t see.
He immediately thought of Shen Shaoheng's words. Shen Qingtan cried every day and had become a completely different person.
Now if you look closely, isn’t it much smaller?
The eyes grew bigger and the chin became sharper.
"Big sister." Shen Shaobai felt very uncomfortable, "I have something to tell you."
Shen Qingtan nodded slightly: "Follow me into the mansion."
Shen Shaobai glanced at Zhao Yi warily and followed Shen Qingtan into the mansion.
Zhao Yi sensed Shen Shaobai's hostility and couldn't help but feel a headache.
Shen Qingtan had experienced Zhu Yu stopping the carriage before, and this time someone suddenly jumped out, frightening her.
He would inevitably think that someone was going to cause trouble and show his displeasure.
Who knew it was Shen Shaobai.
The group arrived at Lanxue Garden. As soon as Shen Qingtan entered the house, Shen Shaobai blocked the door and stared at Zhao Yi who followed closely behind. He didn't want him to enter the house and listen to the private conversation between the siblings.
Because as they walked along, he noticed that Shen Qingtan would look back at Zhao Yi a few times after walking a certain distance.
He guessed that she had taken the initiative to bring him back home and was afraid that Zhao Yi would be angry, so he carefully observed Zhao Yi's expression.
The more Shen Shaobai thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, and the more he disliked Zhao Yi, "Second Master Zhao, my sister and I have something to say, can you please be flexible?"
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