Chapter 434, Scumbag
After the experience of stepping on a snake, Daohua walked more carefully. She used to walk ahead of Xiao Yeyang, but now she just follows him obediently.
Seeing that she had become obedient, Xiao Yeyang smiled silently, held her hand tightly, and looked around carefully to avoid similar accidents.
The cave winds down, deep and dark. As they go deeper, the golden light they see becomes more and more dense. By the time they meet up with Sun Changze and others, they can already see gold ore with a good gold content.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang, the guard leader stepped forward excitedly and said, "Master, because there are too many branch caves ahead, I am worried that it will take too long to explore, so I stopped here. I just did a rough exploration and found that these branch caves are all natural gold mines. The gold ore inside is extremely high in gold content."
Xiao Yeyang nodded, and his eyes lit up surprisingly when he saw that all he could see was gold ore. The gold mine here was of much higher grade than the one in the valley, and it was also easier to mine.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Yeyang said, "Divide into several teams. Each team will explore one cave entrance and come back within half an hour. I want to know how deep these gold mines are."
The captain of the guard nodded and immediately called his men together to assign teams. Sun Changze and his four companions automatically formed a team and randomly chose a cave entrance and walked in.
After everyone left, Xiao Yeyang and the three siblings of the Yan family waited at the fork in the road.
After a while, Daohua felt that waiting like this was a waste of time. After thinking for a while, he pointed to several other unexplored mines and said, "How about we choose one and go in and take a look?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled at her and said, "Okay, choose a mine."
Yan Wenkai also smiled and said, "Yes, big sister, you are the luckiest among us. Look, as soon as you came, we found two gold mines."
Daohua was speechless: "How should I know how to choose?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "Just pick one at random."
Seeing that Xiao Yeyang and his two brothers were looking at him, Daohua thought for a moment, squatted down, picked up a stone, turned his back, and threw it behind him.
Seeing her choosing in this way, Xiao Yeyang, Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao all found it a little funny.
Daohua turned around and asked: "Who did you hit?"
Xiao Yeyang pointed to the one at the edge and said, "Let's go into this mine and take a look." After that, he left a secret guard waiting here, then took Daohua with him again, and waited for the guards and Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao to enter the cave first before he followed with Daohua.
"This mine is quite large. It will be easy to mine in the future."
After walking for a while, they discovered that there were branch caves in the mine.
Seeing that the main cave was unfathomable and it would take a while for Daohua to reach the bottom, she pulled Xiao Yeyang and said, "How about we explore the side cave?"
Yan Wenkai shook his head and said, "The branch cave is a bit small. You have to bend down to walk in it. Let's explore the main cave."
Xiao Yeyang glanced at him and said, "What are you arguing with your sister about? Someone is going to explore the main cave, let's explore the branch cave." As he said that, he signaled the guards to walk in front with torches, and then pulled Daohua into the branch cave.
Seeing the two of them go in, Yan Wenkai looked at Yan Wentao reluctantly and said, "Third brother, how about we continue to explore the main cave?"
Yan Wentao glanced at Yan Wenkai in annoyance and said, "You just don't care about Daohua and let her follow the young prince alone?"
Yan Wenkai smiled and said, "Third brother, you are worrying about nothing. Big sister will be fine with the little prince protecting her."
Yan Wentao was annoyed: "We are Daohua's older brothers. It's not good to always let the little prince protect Daohua, right?"
Yan Wenkai glared: "What's wrong with that? The little prince and the elder sister are so close, what's wrong with protecting her? It would be unkind of him not to protect her."
Yan Wentao was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and quickly went to catch up with Daohua and Xiao Yeyang.
Seeing his third brother looking at him with a look of disappointment, Yan Wenkai scratched his head and said, "What? Every time he meets Sister Jingwan, doesn't he always help Brother Zhou take care of her?"
It's him. Seeing how fragile the Su family's sister is, wouldn't he protect her more?
They are brothers and friends with Brother Zhou, Brother Dong, and Su Hongxin. Isn't it natural for them to take care of their brother's sister?
The young prince is of noble status. Although we cannot be brothers, we are still close friends. What's wrong with him helping to protect his sister?
"baffling!"
Yan Wenkai looked up at the branch tunnel that required him to bend slightly to pass through, and resigned himself to his fate and followed.
The branch cave is not as good as the main cave. The road becomes narrower and narrower as you go along, and the cave top becomes lower and lower.
When the space was only wide enough for two people to walk side by side, the guard in front suddenly shouted.
Daohua was startled and quickly grabbed Xiao Yeyang's arm: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Yeyang put his arm around Daohua's shoulders and whispered soothingly, "It's okay, I'm here." Then he asked with dissatisfaction, "Why are you yelling?"
The guard said excitedly: "Master, there are a lot of gold nuggets and rocks ahead."
Defu hurried forward and shone the torch around, and suddenly golden light came into view.
"What gold nugget stone? Let me see!"
Yan Wenkai walked forward quickly. When he passed Daohua and Xiao Yeyang, his strong body pushed Daohua into Xiao Yeyang's arms.
Xiao Yeyang quickly reached out and pushed Yan Wenkai away, saying dissatisfiedly, "Why are you pushing me? You bumped into your sister."
Yan Wenkai smiled awkwardly and said, "It's all because the cave is too small." After saying that, he quickly walked towards Defu.
Daohua looked at her fourth brother with a depressed look on her face. She struggled for a few times, and when Xiao Yeyang's arm around her shoulders loosened, she quickly withdrew from his arms and leaned to the side with an uncomfortable look on her face.
Xiao Yeyang was about to say something when Yan Wentao came over and happened to stand between Daohua and Xiao Yeyang. He let Xiao Yeyang's sharp gaze torture him without moving.
Compared to Xiao Yeyang's unhappiness, Daohua felt relieved.
Thinking of the scene where she stepped on the snake and jumped onto Xiao Yeyang, and the scene where she just lay in Xiao Yeyang's arms, she felt a little awkward and embarrassed.
Now that the gold mine has been found, it's time for her to go back.
During the time at Ningmen Pass, she was very touched by Xiao Yeyang's meticulous care for her, but faced with his increasingly intimate actions, she felt a little helpless and conflicted.
Response?
Whenever she thought about Xiao Yeyang's identity and the complicated relationships behind it, she felt confused and her scalp tightened. The family she longed for was relaxed, comfortable, simple and pure. The royal family with strict hierarchy, complicated etiquette and complex relationships was not suitable for her.
No response?
I also feel like a scumbag. I enjoyed the other person's tenderness and kindness, but I didn't respond emotionally. I was not proactive, responsible, or refused. I am simply a scumbag.
At this moment, Yan Wenkai's excited voice rang out.
"Big sister, little prince, third brother, come quickly. There are so many gold nuggets here that I don't even need to refine them."
When Daohua heard this, she immediately walked over quickly. Looking at the pieces of gold stones with pure quality, her eyes suddenly lit up, and the confusion in her heart was instantly thrown behind her.
"We can take all of this away!"
Xiao Yeyang glared at Yan Wentao fiercely, and when he turned to face Daohua, a smile appeared on his face again. He glanced at the gold nuggets in the cave and estimated that they could produce about ten thousand taels of gold.
Thinking about these days, the Yan brothers and sisters followed him all over the mountains. Although there would be rewards from the emperor's uncle after the gold mine was reported, it was also reasonable to give them some compensation first.
After pondering for a while, Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "I will have someone take these gold nuggets away later. Once they are made into gold bars, I will send them directly to you."
Daohua immediately asked, "Then how do we divide it?"
Xiao Yeyang asked with a smile: "How about I give it all to you?"
Daohua refused righteously: "Money is something outside of one's body, and it should be shared by those who see it."
Xiao Yeyang laughed and said, "You want to divide the spoils and shut people up."
Daohua's face froze. To be honest, this was really what she was thinking. After refining the gold nuggets in the cave, she could get at least ten thousand taels of gold, which was equivalent to one hundred thousand taels of silver. She was a little hesitant to take so much silver.
Xiao Yeyang won’t say it, but his subordinates may not say it.
Xiao Yeyang knew Daohua very well. When he saw her glance at the guard, he immediately knew what she was thinking. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, take it. I'll take care of everything."
(End of this chapter)
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