Volume 1: Mission in Danger Chapter 59: Changing the Jue
When Ma listened to the servants taking turns to repeat to her what they had heard in the study, she smiled happily at first, thinking that her husband was very skillful and great.
Unexpectedly, Wu Chengjian later interrupted one after another and muddied the waters again.
Miss Ye Er said, "This Third Young Master Wu never speaks a serious word. It's really embarrassing for Uncle Wu to go out with a son like this."
Ma said angrily: "You idiot, what do you know!"
She seldom scolded her daughter like this, and Miss Ye Er was frightened to death.
Ma said angrily, "They are acting out a tough show. Wu San is deliberately playing the role of a clown to flatter his father."
"So that's how it is." Miss Ye Er exclaimed, "I didn't expect this person to be so bad!"
Ye Youyu thought to himself, "How can it be considered bad to help one's own father?"
She remembered that three years ago, when the wife of Master Jishan of the Supervisory Office celebrated her birthday, all the Thirteen Hongs went to celebrate. At that time, Wu Chengjun had just taken over Yihe Bank and was young, with no prestige yet established. It was inevitable that he would be attacked with veiled words during the banquet. It was Wu Chengjian who made jokes and played the clown to flatter his brother, which not only neutralized the attack but also gave his brother a good opportunity to make an impassioned speech. Wu Chengjun's bold words overwhelmed all the merchants present, and even Mr. Cai and Pan Youjie were eclipsed by him at this banquet.
Since then, everyone in Xiguan has praised the style of the eldest son of the Wu family, but Ye Youyu only remembers every word and expression of Wu Chengjun. After returning home and thinking about it carefully, she actually feels that behind each word it seems like a shoulder is being used to help her eldest brother take the position. The more she thinks about it, the more she remembers it.
"We can't go on like this!" Ma said, "Old Wu is no match for the boss when it comes to speaking, but Wu San is a scoundrel. If the father and son start to talk, what if the boss can't respond?"
After thinking for a while, she called her personal maid and said, "Get a pot of cold tea and wait outside the house. If you see that the master is speechless, go in and add more tea."
Ye Youyu's heart moved, and he said, "Madam, I'll go."
Ma glanced at her and said, "Okay. Go ahead."
Seeing Ye Youyu leaving with the teapot in her hand, Miss Ye Er was very angry: "Mother, why did you let her go and not let me go!"
Ma looked at her daughter and thought, this is a bad job, otherwise why would I let that little bitch go? It's ridiculous that her stupid daughter can't even see this. For a moment, she couldn't even scold her.
Suddenly he thought again: "This little bitch has always had bad intentions, I must not do anything bad on purpose." He called a few maids and old women over and gave them a few instructions.
Ye Dalin felt a blockage in his chest after being hit and scolded by Wu Guoying. His momentum also weakened a bit. His previous eloquent state disappeared. He said hesitantly: "We have to cross the river to go to Henan. In the middle of the night..."
"Tomorrow we have to invest, and we in the Wu family may not have another day!" Wu Guoying chose to come tonight just to give Ye Dalin no room to refuse: "Are you going or not, Dalin, just give me one word! If you go, it means you still care about our friendship and are willing to save the lives of the entire Wu family. If you don't go, then our friendship of several decades will end tonight. Come on! Give me one word, are you going or not?"
Having said that, the truth is revealed.
Ye Dalin froze there, and for a moment the entire study room became eerily quiet.
Although he was also looking for an opportunity to turn against her, it was not the right time. If he directly rejected Wu Guoying now, the fault would all be on the Ye family.
At this time, Ye Dalin secretly hated himself for not having a good son by his side to help him out.
At this time, Ye Youyu came in with a teapot, first adding tea to the Wu family father and son, and then to Ye Dalin. Ye Dalin was feeling dry in the mouth, so he took a sip from the cup and spit it all out. He even smashed the cup, pointed at Ye Youyu who was kneeling on the ground after smashing the cup, and angrily said, "How do you do things! Did you make this tea with overnight cold water?"
Ye Youyu said, "Father, please forgive me. It must be because of the strong wind at night that the teapot became cold..."
Ye Dalin added fuel to the fire: "How dare you talk back? I...I...I will beat you to death, you unfilial daughter!"
He looked around, found a feather duster, and started beating Ye Youyu. Ye Youyu knew it would be like this, but after being hit twice, it was really painful and tears could not help but flow. Then a woman and a maid rushed out from the door, one pulling and the other hugging, pulling Ye Youyu to dodge.
The old woman yelled, "Master, Master, you are going to beat the Third Miss to death, no, no!"
Ye Dalin said angrily: "You are still protecting this unfilial daughter? You still dare to protect her!" Three of the four people dodged and one chased. The study was not a big place, but it became a mess all of a sudden.
Wu Guoying and Wu Chengjian looked at each other. They both knew that Ye Dalin was trying to change the subject, but this method was too despicable! If it were Wu Guoying, he would not do it.
The Ye family started cursing and beating, and the three begged for mercy and dodged. Then two concubines came in to plead for mercy. The small study room suddenly became very lively.
Wu Chengjian watched coldly, and finally couldn't stand it anymore, and said to Wu Guoying: "Dad, forget it. I can't stand it anymore!"
Wu Guoying asked: "Did you bring Mingyuejue?"
When Wu and Ye got engaged, there was no formal ceremony. Instead, the two families exchanged tokens after reaching an agreement. They were a family of merchants, and the rules were not as strict as those of officials. It happened that the two families got a piece of good jade, so they hired a skilled craftsman to carve it into two jade pieces: one was a round sun ring, and the other was a half-ring with a gap in the moon ring. After the two jade pieces were carved, the moon ring was given to Wu Chengjian, and the sun ring was given to Ye Haocai, and they would exchange them when they got married.
Wu Chengjian usually doesn't carry this thing with him, but today he had prepared it and took it out and gave it to Wu Guoying.
Although Ye Dalin was beating his daughter, he was keeping an eye on all directions and keeping an ear to all directions. When he saw the father and son take out the Mingyue Jue, he knew what was going on. He slowed down in beating and scolding his daughter, but he still kept scolding her.
Wu Guoying said, "That's enough. What has my niece done wrong? Stop hitting me. Old Ye, go get the Sun Ring and we can exchange it back."
Upon hearing this, Ye Dalin immediately took out the Sun Ring from his arms and said, "Brother, do you really want to do this?"
Wu Guoying smiled coldly: "If you weren't so concerned about this matter, you would have kept the Sun Ring with you. You just wanted me to ask you."
Ye Dalin said sternly: "Brother, if you say that, I will be wronged to death."
Wu Chengjian said, "Dad, since Uncle Dalin said so, then don't change it back. Haocai and I are a good match brought by our previous life. I think if something happens to me, she will definitely not survive. That's it, don't change it. Please don't break up this pair of star-crossed lovers."
Ye Dalin's face suddenly turned the color of liver.
The maids in the study were all thinking, "Master, you're not going to stop when you're ahead. Now it's going to be a disaster."
Wu Guoying looked at Ye Dalin, who was speechless because of his son's blockade, and suddenly felt indescribably happy. He laughed and said, "Old Ye, are you going to change or not?"
As he said this, he raised his hand and hung Mingyuejue.
Ye Dalin no longer dared to take advantage of the situation, and with lightning speed he captured Mingyuejue and handed the Sun Ring to Wu Guoying.
Wu Guoying touched the sun ring and sighed, "Forty years of friendship! Is this all it's worth?"
As he said this, he threw the sun ring towards the pillar.
Ye Youyu had been paying attention to the situation. When she saw Wu Guoying raising her hand, she rushed over to save her. However, she didn't grab it correctly and was hit on the forehead by the sun ring. Then it fell into her hands, but the skin on her forehead was already broken. Fortunately, Wu Guoying was in good health, so the wound was not serious.
Ye Youyu grabbed the Sun Ring and walked over to Wu Guoying and said, "Uncle Wu, people's thoughts may be wrong sometimes, but what's wrong with the jade artifact?"
When Wu Guoying saw the red on her forehead, he felt a little guilty, but he couldn't feel good at all because he had just severed a friendship of forty years. He shook his head, helped Wu Chengjian to leave, and didn't even bother to take the Sun Ring.
Ye Dalin was a sharp-tongued person. Since the two sides had already officially fallen out, he was too lazy to even move to see him off. He just bowed and said, "Goodbye, Brother Wu."
The servants of the Ye family also watched coldly with unhappy faces, and everyone's eyes seemed to be looking at two dogs in the water. Although the Wu family father and son did not expect the Ye family to treat them politely, this situation was indeed a bit embarrassing.
Ye Youyu said, "It's dark at night, and I'm afraid Uncle Wu and Brother Wu won't be able to recognize the road to the house, so your daughter will escort you there for your father."
Ye Dalin frowned. Ye Youyu had already taken the lantern and walked in front of the Wu father and son to lead the way.
The servants all thought, "This Third Miss is so tactless. She will definitely be scolded and beaten by the mistress later."
The Ye residence was not small either. Wu Chengjian supported his father and saw that there was no one around. He looked at Ye Youyu who had taken a step forward and whispered, "Youyu, go back. You shouldn't have sent us out tonight."
He was no longer smiling frivolously at this moment, and his words showed real concern.
Ye Youyu felt a slight warmth in his chest and said, "I've already delivered it, it won't matter if I walk a few steps."
Wu Chengjian said, "We appreciate your kindness, but be careful or the woman surnamed Ma will cause trouble for you later." Although he had not paid much attention to the Ye sisters in the past, after all, they were close friends and had an arranged marriage. He knew about Ma's temperament and the fact that Ye Youyu was born out of wedlock.
Ye Youyu said: "Even if I get beaten up, I still owe you that."
Wu Chengjian was stunned: "You owe me? What do you owe me?"
Ye Youyu looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he took out the chest bag and opened it with one hand, revealing a beeswax gourd: "Third brother, do you still remember this?"
Wu Chengjian took a glance and felt it looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where it came from - he had handled hundreds of gold and jade artifacts over the years, whether in Shenxian Island or at home, and he had given away so many of them, how could he remember this one?
Although the lantern was dim, Ye Youyu was only half a step away. She could still see Wu Chengjian's expression. She felt a little sad and said, "I knew you wouldn't remember. Forget it, I just remember it." As she put Momo away, she suddenly remembered another thing and took out the Sun Ring and said, "I'll give it back to you."
Wu Chengjian looked at the few spots of blood on it and said, "You saved it, so just keep it."
Ye Youyu didn't refuse and took her into his arms.
Wu Chengjian smiled and said, "You're welcome."
Ye Youyu said, "If this thing is not a keepsake, it is no different from rubble to you. But we are poor, and if we are at our wits' end, we can still go to the pawn shop to exchange for some money to spend."
When Wu Chengjian first met her, he was only amazed by her appearance. He talked a few words to her and felt that she suited his taste more and more. He couldn't help but tease her. Suddenly, Wu Guoying coughed beside him. Wu Chengjian remembered that his father was still beside him, so he put away his smile and said, "If you have any difficulties in the future, bring this sun ring to me."
Ye Youyu said: "I heard that the insurance investment will be carried out tomorrow."
She didn't say everything, but her meaning was clear: Your Wu family can hardly protect yourselves, and you still make such a promise?
Wu Chengjian smiled and didn't explain. He helped his father walk again. Ye Youyu stopped talking and continued to lead the way, escorting him to the sedan chair - the sedan chair was brought by Cai Qiaozhu and Wu Liuzhui. As it was windy at night, the father-in-law went back to sit on a recliner to get some fresh air.
On the way back, Wu Guoying said to Wu Chengjian, "Old Ye is a good girl. When did you become connected with her?"
Wu Chengjian slapped his head and thought about it, but he couldn't figure it out.
