Volume 2: Eagle vs. Dragon Chapter 13: Meeting at the wrong time
Seeing Tan Sanniang's reaction, Wu Chengjian knew that she still cared about him, so he stabbed her again: "If that day comes, don't regret it!"
Unexpectedly, Tan Sanniang lowered her head again and said, "If that's the case, it's my fate. I don't blame you, and I don't regret it."
Wu Chengjian's chest was blocked by a stream of anger, and he had no place to vent it for a moment. He slammed the table and rushed out, and Wu Qi hurriedly followed.
The cabin was silent for a while. After a while, Zhou Yijin said, "Hao Guan is sincere. He never lost his composure like this when he was fighting against Cai Xie and Ji Shan at the most dangerous moment."
Tan Sanniang said, "I know."
Zhou Yijin added: "As a mere descendant of the Pan family, I can't afford to provoke him so much. He was in a bad mood tonight because..."
Tan Sanniang interrupted: "I know!"
Zhou Yijin said: "Since you know everything, why don't you consider it?"
Tan Sanniang smiled and raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes: " It's not that haven't thought about it, I've thought about it a lot. I've been in Baihuaxing for so many years, and I've seen and heard too much... If I really get in, it will be glorious now, but in the future..."
She shook her head: "People should not be too greedy. Everything God gives you is destined. If you are too greedy, you will lose even what you already have. It is better to live a plain and simple life like now. Maybe it will last longer."
Zhou Yijin sighed softly, and without further persuasion, he was about to get up and go back to his cabin. Yu Lian'er was also about to get up, and Zhou Yijin said, "You stay and talk to the third sister."
Yu Lian'er responded meekly, and after seeing Zhou Yijin off, she came back and sat next to Tan Sanniang. Although she was given the golden hairpin by Tan Sanniang herself, and was considered her heir in Shenxianzhou, they did not say a few words, and as they were not familiar with each other, she did not dare to advise her and just accompanied her silently.
After Bi He sent Hao Guan Zhou Yi Jin back, she said, "Girl, girl, do you know who Hao Guan is going to meet tonight?"
Tan Sanniang said, "I know he is going to meet the third lady of the Ye family. What's the matter?" Wu Chengjian did not hide this from him.
Bi He asked, "Do you really have the heart to give Hao Guan to someone else?"
Tan Sanniang said, "This time we meet tonight, we will probably talk about the business of the Ye family."
Bi He said, "Does the Ye family have no son or manager? If that doesn't work, what if Ye Dalin comes here in person? Why is it the turn of a girl to come to the door in the middle of the night? And Hao Guan refuses to see anyone in the Ye family, but only wants to see this third girl. If he says there is no affair between a man and a woman, who would believe it?"
Tan Sanniang said, "I have been persuading him to get married and start a family honestly, not just in the past few days. I have been persuading him for several years, but he always refuses to listen. Now if there is a good girl who can make him fall in love, I will feel at ease. Then I will definitely go to the Tianhou Temple to fulfill my vow to the Tianhou Goddess and pray to Mazu to let him live in harmony with his wife and live happily ever after."
Bi He couldn't help but say, "If Hao Guan marries someone designated by Mr. Wu, or someone forced by Miss Wu, then it's fine. He will stay in the Wu residence, but his heart will be with you forever. I'm afraid someone will come along and he'll be attracted to her. If he turns his heart to her... Miss, I'm afraid you won't even be able to cry when the time comes."
Wu Chengjian rushed out and boarded the boat where Ye Zhong was waiting. Tietou Junba's boat was going to take Pan Zhenghuan, so he jumped on it and said, "Let's go, start the boat! Let's go!"
Changzi shouted: "Hao, Hao Guan..."
Wu Qi hurried to catch up, but he only had time to jump over.
Seeing his face full of impatience, Ye Zhong knew that something else had annoyed him, and thought to himself: "The third lady is so unlucky!" Wu Chengjian had a bad impression of the Ye family. What Ye Youyu was going to do tonight was to go against the trend, and Wu Chengjian was in a bad mood. It seemed that the difficulty of the matter was going to be greatly increased.
But he still signaled the boatman to start the boat.
Changzi wanted to speak, but was stopped by his gaze.
When the boat reached the depths of Baietan Lake, there was already a houseboat parked there. Upon seeing Ye Zhong's boat approaching, the servants on the boat got off and drove the boat to a stop about 20 to 30 steps away. Only Ye Zhong and Changzi got on the boat, but they stayed at the lower level.
Wu Qi followed Wu Chengjian upstairs. He had already found out in the past few days that Ye Dalin had gone crazy these days and spent a lot of money to raise Ye Youyu as a rich lady. Presumably, the girl upstairs must be dressed up beautifully.
After going upstairs, there was a bead curtain separating the room from the outside. Outside was a table of food and wine. There were two figures behind the bead curtain. They must be Ye Youyu and her personal maid.
Wu Qi looked at it and sneered in his heart: "A beaded curtain separates them, and you want people to see through the fog? You pretend to be reserved, and you try this trick, do you think the Third Young Master has never seen it before?"
The maid Dongxue came out first. She was dressed in the clothes that were required of a first-class maid in Xiguan. She also wore pearls and jade on her head. If you didn't know better, you would think she was a young lady. She was about to pour tea for Wu Chengjian, but Wu Chengjian sneered, "Get out! Let your young lady serve you!"
Dongxue was stunned. Ye Dalin had spoiled the maids and servants in Yingyang Garden these days, and had spoiled them a little. When she heard Wu Chengjian's words that were so disrespectful to her young lady, she couldn't help but want to defend her, but Ye Youyu said from behind the pearl curtain, "Dongxue, go down."
Dongxue endured it and went downstairs.
The beaded curtain was lifted, and Ye Youyu walked out. Wu Qi couldn't help but be startled. He saw that Ye Youyu was wearing plain clothes. The material of the clothes was very good, but there was no extra clothing, and there was no pearls or jade on her head. This dress was even plainer than that of Dongxue, a maid.
Wu Chengjian said with a smile: "Didn't you trick Ye Dalin into buying you this and that? Why don't you show it off when we meet now?"
When Ye Youyu heard this, she knew that Wu Chengjian knew everything about her house. She was not panicked, but walked over and sat down and said, "I want those things on purpose to anger Madam and my sisters. The place you live in changes your spirit and the place you live in changes your body, but the demeanor of a real rich lady cannot be cultivated in just a few days."
Wu Chengjian chuckled. No matter whether Ye Youyu was telling the truth or lying, he was in no mood to dwell on the issue. He reached out and touched her face.
Ye Youyu dodged and said, "Third brother, what are you doing?"
Wu Chengjian asked, "Why, are you still going to play the trick of playing hard to get with me?"
Ye Youyu said, "I don't know what you are talking about, Third Brother."
Wu Chengjian said with a smile: "You invited me here today, isn't it just to coax me into a good mood so that I can save your father from the fire? Come on! Come on, I am happy to serve you, and I may make your wish come true!"
As Wu Chengjian said this, he went to hug Ye Youyu again.
Ye Youyu's face turned pale all of a sudden. Today's Wu Chengjian was completely different from the Wu Chengjian she remembered!
The Wu Chengjian she had believed in was not like this. Seeing him narrow his eyes and about to hug her, like a prostitute trying to get a girl, Ye Youyu was frightened and dodged as a conditioned reflex. Just when the two were closest to each other, she smelled a strong smell of alcohol. While dodging, she asked Wu Qi: "Is Haoguan drunk today?"
Wu Qi smiled and said, "I drank a little in Shenxianzhou."
Ye Youyu thought, "So that's how it is." She had already hidden aside, thinking, "He used to drink, but he never lost his composure like this." In the past, even if Wu Chengjian drank, there was always a fierceness hidden behind his hazy drunken eyes, but this fierceness was hard to see unless you were someone who cared deeply about Wu Chengjian.
Now she looked at Wu Chengjian again, and saw that his eyes were not right. Behind his drunken eyes, he seemed to be holding back anger. Ye Youyu suddenly realized, "Something must have happened to him today. He is in a bad mood and is using me as an outlet to vent his anger."
It stands to reason that Wu Chengjian is in high spirits now, and it is hard for anything to make him feel bad recently, let alone make him feel so bad that he loses his composure? I didn't expect that such a small chance of something happening would still happen to me, and it happened tonight.
She thought highly of Wu Chengjian. With a cliff in front of her and no way to retreat, she placed her last hope on him. Unexpectedly, she encountered such a scene. She knew that it would be difficult for her to achieve her hope today. She felt depressed. The chest that was kicked by Ye Dalin suddenly hurt again. She didn't know whether it was a recurrence of the old injury or a psychological effect.
However, after just a moment, she forced herself to cheer up and thought to herself, "There are fish, there are fish. God has never favored you. Don't you realize this now? No matter how well you plan, there will always be some variables that will make things difficult for you. Hasn't it been like this for more than ten years? No matter how difficult this road is, you have to find a way to go on."
In fact, she was more sad because she had only such an important position in Wu Chengjian's heart. However, no matter how sad she was, she had to cheer up and said to Wu Qi, "In this case, you should send... send Haoguan back first. The sea is windy, so be careful when you leave, don't let Haoguan catch a cold."
Wu Chengjian laughed: "You're just going to let me go? I'm telling you, I'll only give you this chance. If you leave, I won't come to see you even if you cry and beg me."
Ye Youyu said, "You are in a bad mood, so it's useless for me to say anything to you now. In this case, it's better not to say anything."
She really thought so in her heart, but others thought she was trying to trick her.
Wu Qi thought to himself after hearing this: "This routine may be considered new to others, but it's a pity that they still underestimated us, Hao Guan."
Sure enough, Wu Chengjian said, "Okay, I'm leaving!" He patted Wu Qi's shoulder and was about to go downstairs.
Ye Youyu suddenly said: "Wait!"
Wu Chengjian laughed and said, "What's wrong? I know you are pretending to be reserved, but I am not in the mood to play this game today. You should just serve me obediently. When I am satisfied, maybe I will satisfy you too."
This is still like selling yourself to save your father. Ye Youyu's eyes turned red, and he held out his hand and said, "Where's the Sun Ring? Give it back to me."
