The conversation came to an end. Li Mai lowered her head and drank her tea. Mr. Yang also picked up his teacup and sipped it gently, silently pondering whether he should say what he wanted to say today.
Li Mai put down her teacup. "This shouldn't be the reason Mr. Yang came to see me today, right?"
Mr. Yang nodded. "When I went back this time, my grandmother called me in for a talk."
Li Mai raised an eyebrow.
His grandmother, wasn't she Jiang Wenhan's maternal grandmother? She must be the one who was the mistress of the old head of the Yao family.
It seems it really is related to the Jiang family's affairs?
“My aunt went back to see my grandmother once and said that my cousin had something he wanted me to pass on to you.”
"Jiang Wenhan?"
Li Mai smiled faintly. This person is quite interesting. Even while eating prison food, he still doesn't forget to scheme about things outside.
He said that the mistakes he had made before had finally come to an end. He had been helpless before and often hoped that all of this would come to an end.
"He also said that it was his maternal grandfather's idea to arrest the Xu family head and his disciples. As for what happened when you went to Tianxiang Village, it was something he had calculated after he found out that Xu Changhuan had been in contact with you. The timing was also just right to carry out the plan, all in order to push this matter to end as soon as possible."
"However, he never expected that you would be the sister of the Prince of Yun, and that the Xu family would gain the Prince of Yun as a backer through you. The change in things started with you. Although the outcome was not what his grandfather wanted, it was what he had hoped for in his heart."
"He said he knew he was guilty, and if it weren't for your intervention, perhaps the Yao family and the Jiang family would have won, instead of the Xu family. The reason he wanted to tell you this was not because he harbored any resentment towards you, but because from the first time he met you two, he had a feeling that you would be a turning point in his life."
“Back then, you chose to cooperate with the Zhang family instead of the Jiang family, and he knew that his premonition was right. He said that this might be the retribution for using his cousin in the past. You met someone like you who is worth making friends with, while he was no longer qualified to befriend you.”
"He said he didn't dare to hope that you would still be willing to be his friends in the future, but he wanted to ask you for one thing: while he was in prison and while the second master of the Jiang family was in charge of the Jiang family, please don't agree to cooperate with him or be his backer. This is his only request to you."
After Mr. Yang finished speaking, he sighed, "This is what he wanted me to pass on to you."
Li Mai smiled faintly, "Do you know that when I passed through Yongzhou on my way back, the second master of the Jiang family arranged to meet with my wife and me?"
Mr. Yang nodded. "Wenhan guessed it, which is why he sent me a separate message, asking me to pass on a message to you."
Li Mai snorted coldly, probably not because he guessed, but because both messengers were part of his scheme.
"From the first moment I met him, I knew he was a calculating person. Therefore, I would rather cooperate with someone less capable than with someone who is always scheming."
"I never expected this. He really didn't disappoint me. It turns out that his scheme started as early as when Huanhuan and Lele went to the Jiang family as children. No matter how big or powerful the Jiang family is, I don't care about them and I'm not willing to cooperate with them."
"I think he himself should be aware of this, so I listened to the message he asked me to pass on because it was you who said it. But, Mr. Yang, please remember, this was to give you face by letting you say these things in front of me. As for his concerns, Mr. Yang can rest assured. In my eyes, Second Master Jiang's abilities are not enough to bring the Jiang family back to its former glory. Even when he was alive, I was unwilling to choose to cooperate with the Jiang family, and I would be even less willing to do so when he is not around."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Yang respectfully returned the bow to Li Mai, saying, "Thank you very much, Madam Zhou."
He knew that he had used up all the favors he had accumulated in Limai.
"Mr. Yang, come back to the shop with me to get the prescription!" After finishing their business, Li Mai didn't want to stay there any longer. She paid the bill, went back to her own shop next door, sat in the counter, wrote a prescription for Mr. Yang, and told him to go to Doctor Niu's to get the medicine when he had time.
After thanking Li Mai, Mr. Yang took the prescription and left.
He didn't go directly to Doctor Niu to get the medicine, but went home first and sat silently by the window, staring blankly at the flowers and plants outside.
He arrived home at noon and sat quietly until 5 pm, neither eating nor drinking, nor moving, just sitting quietly, thinking quietly.
Thinking about his life, thinking about his home, and his ex-wife who once gave him a little warmth.
When he learned that he could not have children, he saw the shock and disgust on her face.
So when her family came to ask for a divorce, he readily let her go.
His family's indifference towards him made him lose the desire to stay in that home, and he resolutely left.
He went back this time because of his grandmother's birthday, and because his eldest brother wrote to him asking him to come back.
However, after he returned, he learned why they had called him back.
Over the years, while he was away, Wenhan maintained a good relationship with him. He didn't know how to make money, so to prevent him from struggling financially, Wenhan opened a bookstore that sold books and art books. He invested some money in the bookstore, and every year he received a large share of the profits, enough for him to support himself.
Some of his paintings are also sold in bookstores.
He felt grateful to Jiang Wenhan.
He was unaware of what Wenhan and the Yao family had done until the incident last year, when he finally learned what he had done.
He had nothing to say about his cousin's character, but his business acumen was undeniable.
He did this out of gratitude for his cousin's care over the years, so he agreed to his grandmother's request to pass on the message. As for that family, he felt even colder inside.
He felt uncomfortable when he said those things; he knew he had been used by his cousin.
If someone else had been to convey those words to Li Mai, she probably wouldn't have even had a chance to speak. But since it was her own words, she listened attentively and gave herself a serious answer.
Last year, when he taught painting to the children and stewards at the Li residence, they treated him with great respect. Li Maizhouquan also took good care of him, providing him with meals at the Li residence every day. In addition to tuition, they also gave him many nice things and several sets of clothes. He still has a few sets that he hasn't worn yet, enough for him to wear for a year.
His thoughts were a jumbled mess, and by the time he realized he had been sitting for too long, the sun had already begun to set.
The old butler came to ask him if he wanted to eat now. He nodded, and only then did he let the food be served and begin to eat.
...
Zhou Quan returned seven days later after making arrangements for Zhou Lei and Yue Ze.
He also asked the shopkeepers there to keep an eye on Zhou Lei's situation.
After he returned, Li Mai told him about some things that had happened here in the past few days.
Upon hearing what Mr. Yang said and his illness, Zhou Quan scoffed, "That Jiang Wenhan is really good at scheming. Do you know who I ran into on my way back?"
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