Chapter 162 Night Visit to the Zhao Residence
Zhao Xinbao snorted coldly and arrogantly turned her face to the side: "Hmph, I won't. Do you think she deserves to apologize to me? She's a poor beggar, a peasant, and she's full of filth. She thinks she can climb into someone's bed just because she's a little pretty. Humph, she's shameless!"
Young Master Zhao clenched his fists so hard they cracked. He really wanted to slap his spoiled sister. She was so ill-mannered! He gritted his teeth and roared, "If you don't apologize, then get out! Don't come to my shop to take anything again, Manager Zhao. I won't give her anything if she comes to take anything again!"
The shopkeeper shrank his neck and whispered, "It's the young master."
Zhao Xinbao stomped her foot in anger, feeling humiliated in front of her friends. She yelled back, "Big brother, you've gone too far! How could you treat your own sister like this for a woman? I... I'm going back right now and telling Mother you've fallen for a village girl! See how Mother deals with you!"
Young Master Zhao could no longer contain himself. He angrily raised his hand to strike Zhao Xinbao, but Liu Ye quickly stopped him, saying, "Young Master Zhao, please stop. It's all a misunderstanding; there's no need to resort to violence."
Young Master Zhao lowered his hand with a dark face and said, "I'll spare you today because Miss Liu pleaded for you. You'd better apologize to Miss Liu right now!"
Liu Ye said indifferently, "No need, I didn't intend to accept your gift. Miss Zhao misunderstood, and I don't need her to apologize."
Zhao Xinbao didn't appreciate Liu Ye's pleas: "Hmph! Stop with your crocodile tears and fake compassion. I don't need your pleading. If it weren't for you, my brother, who has always doted on me, wouldn't have hit me. Shameless vixen! You have a fiancé and you still seduce my brother. Does Brother Bai know how flirtatious you are? I bet he doesn't. When I see Brother Bai, I'll tell him to dump you!"
Liu Ye had originally planned to tolerate her today, to give Young Master Zhao some face, but since she didn't appreciate it, she wouldn't be polite anymore.
She looked at Zhao Xinbao with a mocking expression and said, "If you don't want me, Brother Bai won't want you either. Brother Bai likes pretty girls, just like me, with fair skin, a beautiful face, and long legs. You're too ugly, like an unevolved ape. Comparing you to an ape is an insult to apes."
Actually, you look like a steamed sweet potato that slipped and fell to the ground. You're ugly beyond recognition. And to make matters worse, you're short, with a thick waist, short legs, a big butt, a large face, and eyes that seem to be on your butt. You only care about appearances, not people, and you spew filth like you've eaten shit. Did you wipe your mouth after using the toilet? I can smell it from this far away.”
Young Master Zhao looked at Liu Ye with admiration. Miss Liu was so good at cursing. Her tongue was still so sharp. It was really enjoyable to listen to her. His sister deserved to be cursed like that.
The young lady beside Zhao Xinbao looked at Liu Ye with pity. She had spoken her mind, but she was going to be in trouble. Offending Zhao Xinbao was worse than offending Prefect Zhao. Miss Wang, who offended Zhao Xinbao last year, was already dead.
Zhao Xinbao was so angry her nose almost twisted out of shape. She had never been insulted like this before. She pointed at Liu Ye and said through gritted teeth, "You little bitch, how dare you insult me? You're tired of living, aren't you? I order you to kneel down and apologize to me right now, or I'll make you wish you were dead. I'll chop you up and throw you in the latrine, turning you into shit!"
Young Master Zhao slapped Zhao Xinbao's hand away: "You dare! If you dare to touch a single hair on Liu Ye's head, I'll bury you alive! Get out!"
Zhao Xinbao clutched her finger in pain and jumped up and down on the ground: "I dare! I'll kill her! You dare watch her every day if you dare!"
Liu Ye shook her head speechlessly. She realized that Zhao Xinbao was a shameless scoundrel, and she was too lazy to waste her breath on her: "Alright, Mr. Zhao, you should stay with your sister. It's getting late, I need to go home."
After Liu Ye finished speaking, she turned and left. Young Master Zhao glared at Zhao Xinbao and followed her out of the shop, saying, "Liu Ye, wait a moment. I apologize to you on behalf of my sister..."
Liu Ye had already disappeared into the crowd, which made Young Master Zhao's forehead veins bulge with anger. He clenched his fists, turned around and looked at Zhao Xinbao standing at the shop entrance. His eyes even revealed murderous intent, which frightened Zhao Xinbao into taking two steps back and swallowing back the curse words that were about to come out.
Oh my god, how terrifying! Her older brother actually intended to kill her; she's going to tell her mother when she gets home!
Liu Ye followed the crowd into the Temple of the God of Wealth, offered three sticks of incense to the God of Wealth, donated one tael of silver as incense money, and then squeezed out with the crowd. After wandering around for a while, she went home.
She put the things she bought today on the cabinet, planning not to cook dinner and just eat something simple. Actually, the temple fair is most lively at night, but she wasn't in the mood to stroll around.
That Zhao Xinbao is really annoying, even more annoying than the three Liu sisters. Every time she opens her mouth she's a poor girl and a peasant, as if she's some kind of noble person. Everything she wears, everything she has in her head, everything she eats, everything she has in her belly, isn't it all from her father's embezzlement? Young Master Zhao is a businessman, but even he couldn't have made such a fortune. Look at that house, look at that food and everything he uses, it's like the emperor in the palace. Who would believe he didn't embezzle?
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little itchy and wanted to turn Zhao Xinbao into a poor girl as well. In TV dramas, corrupt officials in ancient times always had treasure vaults in their homes. The Zhao family should have one too, right? If they did, she would go and check tonight and find out. If they really did, she would take them all down.
Before she knew it, night had fallen. There was no moon tonight, and not a single star could be seen. It was pitch black outside, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Liu Ye didn't wait until the middle of the night. She arrived at the Zhao family's courtyard at the second watch of the night, nimbly scaling the wall and entering the courtyard. Her toes landed without making a sound.
She quickly bent down and squatted down, listening intently to the sounds around her, while also trying to figure out where the treasure vault was. She wondered if it was in the study, or perhaps in Prefect Zhao's bedroom. In the TV shows, treasure vaults were always in the study, so she decided to look there first, and if she couldn't find it, she would look elsewhere.
The lights in the Zhao residence had long been extinguished, and the entire mansion was pitch black. Liu Ye squatted for a long time but did not find anyone patrolling. She quietly straightened up and tiptoed around the Zhao residence looking for the Zhao Prefect's study. However, the Zhao residence was too big, with large courtyards inside small courtyards, like a maze. She searched for a long time but still did not know which one was the Zhao Prefect's study.
Finally, she chose the best house in the Zhao family mansion and went inside. The house was eerily quiet. She suddenly looked up and saw more than a dozen plaques on the table in front of her. She mustered her courage and went closer to take a look. Good heavens, they were memorial tablets with the inscription "Memorial Tablets for Zhao Moumou".
Such a nice house is actually the Zhao family's ancestral hall. The treasure room is definitely not here. She should leave quickly. She turned around to open the door and go out, but suddenly stopped and turned back to look at the portrait on the memorial tablet. She felt something was wrong. The portrait was a landscape painting, which looked very ordinary, but she just felt that something was strange.
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