Gu Zikai sneered, "What did you say when you tried to persuade ? Good brother, you are wholeheartedly thinking for , naturally I can’t delay you, right? If you spend more ti with , aren’t you afraid of being suspected? Since the decision has been made, why don’t you hurry back to fish more silver and build more connections, so you won’t be starving when you get kicked out in the future!"
"Let tell you, when the ti cos I won’t have money to help you! You can wait to drink the northwest wind! Or you can hold your father’s thigh, wag your tail and beg, obediently listen to everything he says——"
"Spit, spit, spit~ Gu Zikai, can you even talk? What does it an to wag your tail and beg? What does it an that I will drink the northwest wind in the future? Let tell you! Don’t look at how I am now, my purse is thick——" Ninth Master Lee imdiately exploded.
You can say he isn’t handso! That proves you are blind!
But if you say he has no money! Spit! Ninth Master Lee could imdiately pull out silver to smash you to death!
Despite saying these words, both of them knew in their hearts that they were both thinking for each other’s good.
So they tacitly understood to let the previous words slide, taking the opportunity to half-jokingly, half-seriously retort each other.
When Wang Cai brought the guards to pick up his young master, he heard his young master already so angry that he didn’t care about maintaining the image of one of the four beauties of the Capital City.
"It’s an honor for to wear your clothes! Stop pretending to be a big-tailed wolf in front of ! What do you think you are, daring to teach a lesson? Isn’t it just a set of clothes? I’ll buy it!"
Seeing this, Wang Cai imdiately turned his head: "Wang Cai, pay up! Buy the clothes on your young master’s back!"
Wang Cai looked troubled at Ninth Master Lee, knowing his young master’s stubborn temper was acting up again.
Exchanging glances with several guards, he had no choice but to step forward towards Gu Zikai, who usually had a gentle temper but at that mont was visibly upset: "Young Master Gu, how much for this set of clothes?"
Gu Zikai snorted coldly, "Although the Gu Family doesn’t have as much money as the Lee Family, we aren’t stingy to the point where we can’t afford a set of clothes! For the sake of the friendship between the Lee Family and the Gu Family, I’ll just give this set of clothes to your young master! Alright, see the guests out!"
"Pay up! Give him a thousand taels! I don’t need your gift!" Ninth Master Lee snapped angrily.
Wang Cai found himself stuck in the middle, wishing he could disappear on the spot.
After hesitating for a mont, he rembered that he belonged to the Lee Family, naturally he should stand by his young master.
He pulled a stack of silver notes from his pocket, counted them, placed them on the nearby table, and whispered, "Young Master Gu, I apologize!"
Then he retreated to the side.
Ninth Master Lee laughed heartily, turned around, and left swaggeringly.
Wang Cai and the guards behind him didn’t dare look at Gu Zikai’s face, hastily bowed their heads, and followed behind like flowing water.
Once everyone had left, Gu Zikai eased his expression, shook his head, picked up the silver notes, looked at them, then took a book from the shelf and tucked the silver notes inside.
He knew in his heart that Ninth Master Lee did this deliberately, partly to spread his extravagant nature through the guards, and partly as a ans to openly scrape silver from his father and stash it for himself.
He’s probably been holding it in for a long ti and needed to vent!
Thinking of this, Gu Zikai’s face turned solemn again as he returned the book with the silver notes to its place.
He stared at the hole in the wall for a while and finally decided to block it up.
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Over at Shopkeeper Tian’s, after questioning the shop assistant for a while, he finally managed to understand the whole story, and his face turned blue.
He originally thought it was an attack from a rival family or that he had offended soone he shouldn’t have.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be trouble from his wife’s side.
The Zhang Chuntao who had been used up cleanly and had her marriage broken off on the wedding day decades ago had raised such a powerful daughter; was this to avenge Zhang Chuntao?
A maid from the countryside, how could she have such confidence? How could she have such ans, in just a few words ruining the reputation of the Tian Family Rouge and Powder Shop almost completely?
There must be soone supporting her!
Shopkeeper Tian felt both shocked, angry, and afraid. He barely managed to comfort the shop assistant with a few words before stepping outside and saw his second son, Tian Sihai, coming out of the next room.
Seeing Shopkeeper Tian, the father and son exchanged a glance and Shopkeeper Tian instructed, "How is your wife? If there’s no major issue, bring her ho to recuperate, cheaper that way!"
Tian Sihai knew his father must have a reason for such arrangents. Even though his wife hadn’t woken up, the dicinal hall was frequented by many people and keeping his wife there would not sound good.
Thus, he nodded, carried Lady Fang to the carriage, took so dicine, and headed back to the Tian Family.
Back at the Tian Family, Zhang Qiuju and her eldest son Tian Wuhu had already heard the news and were anxious. If Tian Sihai had been at ho, Zhang Qiuju would have sent him out to inquire about the situation.
But seeing her eldest son Tian Wuhu’s honest appearance, she knew that sending him out would be useless and might even create trouble.
So she simply kept Tian Wuhu at ho, and the mother and son, alongside her eldest daughter-in-law Lady Chen, stared at each other.
Upon Shopkeeper Tian’s return, they all gathered around.
Everyone asked simultaneously, "What happened? Did soone cause trouble at our shop? Did you report to the authorities? Have them arrested and beaten with boards—"
"Dad, are you okay?"
"Dad, what happened to my sister-in-law?"
...
Shopkeeper Tian impatiently instructed Tian Sihai, "Take your wife back to her room, co to the main hall later."
Tian Sihai nodded and carried Lady Fang back to the room.
Zhang Qiuju saw Shopkeeper Tian with sothing to say, quickly urged her eldest daughter-in-law Lady Chen, "Why are you still standing here? Go take care of your sister-in-law! You are always so slow, like a lard lamp that only lights when poked, why are you so stubborn?"
The eldest daughter-in-law Lady Chen dared not retort, agreed briefly with eyes downcast, and left.
Left alone, Shopkeeper Tian entered the main hall, sat at the head with an imposing deanor, his face terrifyingly dark.
Once Tian Sihai threw Lady Fang onto the bed and ca to the main hall, he heard Shopkeeper Tian asking, "Wasn’t your sister married to a countryman?"
Zhang Qiuju nodded, "Yes, she was a concubine for soone, their family was considered wealthy, her father-in-law was once a shopkeeper in the town, but later stopped and returned to the countryside to farm. What’s going on?"
Shopkeeper Tian snapped irritably, "What’s going on? Today, the shop was wrecked by your sister’s daughter! Not only that, she spread rumors that our rouge has issues, custors who bought our rouge went mad, wrecked our shop, and injured our people. There are still several lying in the dicinal hall! Your sister-in-law was also injured!"
Zhang Qiuju’s face changed drastically, and she shouted instantly, "What?"
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