Chapter 176 Rejection, but not complete rejection
"Ah... eldest son, I didn't expect that so many things happened between you and Yuxue. Your concerns are right. I don't have the face to plead for Yuxue anymore." Not only did the old man not have the face to plead anymore, he couldn't help but blame Nian Yuxue's father in his heart. When the other party talked to him on the phone, he didn't mention anything about the bad things Nian Yuxue had done, and blamed it all on Fu Shangjie, making him embarrassed in front of the eldest son of the Fu family.
"Old Nian, Nian Yuxue thinks very highly of herself. Even I am not in her eyes. It is very abnormal that she is suddenly with Fu Shangjie. However, this is the Nian family's business, so I won't say much." Fu Shangbei's reminder made Old Nian feel uneasy.
"Okay, I know about this. I need to get to know Yu Xue better. I haven't been back for more than ten years, and I don't know the Nian family anymore."
Fu Shangbei no longer responded to these questions, asked some questions about life, and then hung up the phone.
After answering the phone, he continued to work, and old age only caused a ripple in his heart.
But he stirred up a huge storm in the old man's heart.
"Qingyi, Qingyi, Qingyi." The old man called his wife's maiden name and returned to the backyard as if something bad had happened.
Hearing the name, the woman laughed, with a hint of disgust in her smile: "What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Big deal." The old man sat in the chair, breathing slowly.
The woman nodded: "I know, you don't call my name unless it's a big deal."
Her name is Nian Qingyi, a poetic name her parents took from the Book of Songs.
After taking a steady breath, the old man looked at his wife and said, "I called the eldest son of the Fu family. He was unwilling to give in because Yu Xue and he were enemies. He suspected that Yu Xue and the second son of the Fu family were together to target him."
Nian Qingyi stopped trimming and looked at the old man: "Tell me in detail what happened."
The old man carefully relayed what Fu Shangbei had told him to his wife. He said, "We have all been with the eldest son of the Fu family. You and I know his character very well. He can't lie."
"Yeah, there's no need for him to lie to us. If he really doesn't want to, he can just refuse directly. There's no need to talk to you about all this. It shows that what he said is true. My cousin is really something. How could he educate his granddaughter like this?" Although she has settled in Country A, she still has her heart set on the Nian family. Five years ago, Nian Yuxue's father wanted to expand his business but didn't have enough money, so she gave the money.
"What should we do now? Just call my cousin and say there is nothing we can do?" The old man looked at his wife eagerly, waiting for her to make a decision.
Nian Qingyi shook her head: "I don't know either. It's rare for my cousin to ask us for help."
In the evening, Fu Shangbei returned home on time after get off work and told Yan Nuo about his old age before dinner.
When Yan Nuo learned that he had such a relationship with the Nian family, he rolled his eyes, glanced at Fu Shangbei, looked away, and rolled his eyes again.
Fu Shangbei curled his lips and said, "Mrs. Fu, what tricks are you secretly brewing?"
"I'm thinking, if Fu Shangjie still wants to snatch what you have, even if you drive him out of the country, he'll find a way back. Besides, we're far away, and we don't know what kind of power they've developed abroad. It's better to have them under our noses and keep a close eye on their every move. I learned this from Yan Haitao. Who would have thought that he, so ordinary, could be connected to the letter-level mercenaries after going abroad? Do you think my idea makes sense?"
Fu Shangbei stared at Yan Nuo with shining eyes: "Mrs. Fu's analysis is quite accurate."
"Then why are you rejecting an old man? He might be unhappy if he is rejected by a young man like you."
"Although the old man is not particularly generous, he is definitely not so petty. If I directly agreed to give Nian Yuxue a chance, the old man would think it was just a small matter, but I gave him a long speech and refused. The old man naturally understood that this matter was very tricky. Wait until tomorrow and say that I agree to give Nian Yuxue a chance. He will take it seriously and then restrain the Nian family. With him in charge of the Nian family, I don't have to take time out of my own to pressure the Nian family. Of course, the simplest and most brutal way is to not give in and not agree, but since my wife has other ideas, I can only listen to her."
Yan Nuo was stunned by what he heard. He took a half step back, hugged himself with his arms, and put on an expression that looked frightened by his conspiracy and trickery: "You really are an old fox. You can make such a simple thing into such a trick."
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