That night, he was unable to leave.
Because, once again, in his delusional state, he mistook Wu Xinxin for Jiang Youran from his previous life.
His desire to make up for the regrets of his previous life outweighed his dislike for Wu Xinxin in this life.
Without realizing it, he seemed to have developed different feelings for this sixth sister.
Seeing his dazed expression, Su Youran nudged him, "Big brother, did you hear what I just said?"
Yun Tianbai snapped out of his daze and murmured, "What?"
"I said, sister-in-law, oh, I mean, Sister-in-law Xia, did you really repay your aunt's money?"
Yun Tianbai shook his head, "No, she just didn't want to accept your favor."
Su Youran chuckled and took out a purse from her bosom. "Brother, I suppose my sister-in-law was afraid of losing face in front of me. It was my oversight. You should give this money to her so we can repay my aunt's kindness as soon as possible."
After thinking for a moment, she took out another purse. "There is another 20,000 taels here. My elder brother has just returned to the capital and has been appointed as the new deputy commander. Consider this my way of congratulating him!"
Yun Tianbai seemed to see Jiang Youran spending money on him like water in his previous life, and habitually took both purses and stuffed them into his arms, "Then I won't be polite."
Su Youran waved to him with a smile, "Okay, big brother, don't bother seeing me off, I'll go home by myself!"
After saying that, he skipped and hopped towards his own yard.
As Yun Tianbai watched her retreating figure, he suddenly realized that this was not Jiang Youran from the previous life, but Su Youran from this life, who was only thirteen years old this year.
Where exactly did things begin to change?
Thinking back to the old stories that his father and grandmother had mentioned, he recalled that in that year, their mansion was raided, and he, his father, and his three uncles were exiled.
The women and children of the entire household were banished back to their ancestral home.
Yes, that was the year the Jiang siblings appeared. Instead of returning to Dingzhou, they went to Sanyang Village in Wufeng County, Taizhou.
The world began to change from here!
Jiang Youran became a little lucky charm, winning the hearts of her grandmother and all the Yun family members.
His own mother was destined to die of illness, but in this life, his father had a second wife, and he had a stepmother.
As a result, Jiang Youran was no longer an orphan, and instead of being engaged to him, she became Su Youran, his stepsister!
...
In the following months, Su Youran would occasionally give Yun Tianbai a purse containing ten or twenty thousand taels of silver, sometimes as little as five or six thousand taels.
Yun Tianbai initially used this money to lavishly entertain his colleagues and make connections with various forces, especially the Third Prince, who gathered many rare treasures and presented them to him.
Strangely, however, whenever he dined with his colleagues, some strange things would always happen.
For example, when drinking and carousing at Tianxian Pavilion, a playboy might suddenly barge in and try to take the top courtesan from him, and then a fight breaks out, smashing Tianxian Pavilion to pieces. Not only does it spoil the fun, but it also costs him a lot of money.
For example, at a dinner at Fuxi Restaurant, he was drinking the top-grade "June Intoxication" wine and remained sober. However, some of his colleagues got carried away and started causing trouble while drunk. They were all military men, and the destructive power they caused was truly astounding. Not only did they ruin the entire banquet, but they also lost a lot of money.
For example, you might invite a few childhood friends to play polo and place a hefty bet. Then, one of your friends might hit the other player with the ball, causing him to fall from his horse and break his leg. Not only do you lose the bet, but you also end up paying a large sum of money for medical expenses.
Such unexpected events always made him very unhappy.
They had originally planned that the 20,000 taels of silver would last for several years, but it was gone in just a few days.
So he kept taking purses from Su Youran's hand.
He probably sensed that this was not a long-term solution, and just then the Third Prince proposed the idea of trading with the Northern Di, so he began to think about doing business again.
With a large sum of money as capital and high profits, the Third Prince was tempted and invested 50,000 taels of silver.
He took another 150,000 taels of silver from Su Youran, bringing his total to 200,000 taels. He hired a merchant caravan and a special escort agency to purchase dozens of cartloads of tea, grain, and silk for the northern border. He then entered the Northern Di grasslands directly through a secret passage he had set up in Liaozhou.
They thought the caravan would return with a fortune, but instead, they encountered a pack of wolves while crossing the grasslands. Terrified, they abandoned their vehicles and fled, nearly losing their lives in the process.
Fortunately, the Northern Di royal court was nearby and sent warriors to rescue them. However, the dozens of carts of tea, silk, and grain had all been destroyed by the wolves and were impossible to sell. They had no choice but to offer them the goods as a reward for saving their lives, under the explicit and implicit pressure of the Northern Di warriors.
The group returned to the capital in a sorry state, and went to Yun Tianbai to complain and demand that he pay the agreed-upon reward.
The caravan consisted of more than ten people, plus the escort team, totaling over thirty. They had originally planned to make the round trip within a year, with each person receiving at least three hundred taels of silver. Now they have returned ahead of schedule, but it is not their fault that they have lost everything; their earnings alone amounted to more than ten thousand taels of silver.
Yun Tianbai was completely dumbfounded. How could this be?
Before, he wouldn't have minded spending several thousand taels of silver, but for this business deal, he poured all the money he had into it.
When the news reached Su Youran's ears, she was looking at a line of bloody words in the little notebook in her mind—"Yun Tianbai lost everything in his business"—and laughing non-stop.
The little notebook said weakly, "For so many years, you haven't bothered to use this method to make someone unlucky. What did this person do to you?"
“He owes me, it’s just that I’m starting to ask him to pay it back,” Su Youran replied, then asked, puzzled, “But… it’s strange, all those unfortunate things that happened to him when he was treating people to meals, if it wasn’t you who did it, who else could be so powerful?”
Just then, Suyue came to report that the eldest young master had arrived.
Su Youran immediately lay down on the bed, saying, "Just say that I'm sick and can't get up."
A moment later, Suyue came in again. "Young Master said he's short of money right now. Could you lend me a few thousand taels of silver to tide him over?"
Su Youran laughed and said, "Go tell him that I gave him all the money I had before, and it's not the end of the year yet, so the shops haven't settled their accounts and distributed profits. I have no money left."
Su Yue did as she was told and returned a while later. "Young Master left very disappointed, Miss. I don't understand..."
Su Youran glared at her, "Do you think my money grows on trees? It's the hard-earned money of all the shopkeepers! I'm not his money bag, he can't just take money whenever he wants!"
Su Yue wiped away her bitter tears, "Miss, you've finally come to your senses! No matter how I tried to persuade you before, you wouldn't listen! You already gave the eldest young master over ten thousand taels! If you keep giving like that, we'll all become penniless!"
"Shh—keep your voice down!" Su Youran tried to cover her mouth, "Be careful Zhao Mama doesn't hear..."
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