Volume 2: Eagle vs. Dragon Chapter 19 Confidante
It was cold and windy at night. Zhou Yijin hadn't slept yet, but was already in bed. Suddenly, Wu Chengjian came into his cabin angrily, moved the quilt around, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wu Chengjian said, "Someone is possessed by evil spirits! She doesn't want to be the eldest young lady, but wants to be a concubine! Don't you think it's funny?"
Zhou Yijin smiled, sat up, put a blanket on his shoulders, and said, "Two months ago, I saw you talking and laughing, and you almost turned half of Guangzhou upside down. Now everyone in Shenxianzhou respects and fears you, but I didn't expect that you would be so angry. It's really hard for a hero to resist a beautiful woman."
Wu Chengjian said: "Get up! Drink with me!"
"No." Zhou Yijin said, "I have to go see Master tomorrow, so I need to get a good night's sleep tonight to stay alert."
At this time, Wu Xiaojiu had not returned yet, so Zhou Yijin did not know the exact time, but he guessed that he would not have to wait long.
Wu Chengjian asked, "Master Cai?"
Zhou Yijin said: "Not just me, but you as well. So you'd better go to bed too."
Zhou Yijin told him about Cai Qinghua's letter. It was cold, and they were on a boat. Wu Chengjian was still angry, but now he stood still and started thinking. He couldn't stand the cold anymore, so he squeezed over and lifted the quilt. Zhou Yijin was interrupted and shouted angrily, "Get out!"
Wu Chengjian also put his hands into the quilt to warm them up and said with a smile, "Go on, go on."
Zhou Yijin was pushed aside by him and scolded: "You rascal, go play with Sanniang, come play with me."
Wu Chengjian said: "Why are you so excited? We were like this when we were in Beijing."
Zhou Yijin said, "Do you think you are only seventeen or eighteen years old? Now you are considered a big shot in Guangzhou, can you behave yourself?"
Wu Chengjian said, "Do you think I want to be this kind of person? I was having a good time drinking and having fun, and I wanted to live a happy life like this, but who knew that God would give me so many troubles to deal with. I have to support the Wu family in front of others, but I also have to be so pretentious behind others? Aren't I tired?"
At this point, he suddenly said, "Sanniang doesn't understand me! She doesn't know that for me, a future like that is not as important as her."
Zhou Yijin sneered: "Not important? Then just hand in the license and disband Yihe Bank. The remaining money from the Wu family will be enough for you to live a happy and romantic life for the rest of your life."
"That won't work." Wu Chengjian said, "I've been a playboy all my life, but I've ruined many of my friends' jobs. Besides, Beijing tolerates me, and the gangsters support me because I can make money for them. If I quit now, do you believe that my whole family will die on the street tomorrow? I'm sailing against the current now, and there's no way out."
Zhou Yijin said: "So you also know that you have no way out, so Sanniang is right, she just thinks too far ahead."
Wu Chengjian calmed down and said, "They just want me to make money and do things, they may not interfere with my marriage."
Zhou Yijin said, "These things have been forced upon you step by step. I estimate that in a few years, you will be crowned with a top hat and a feather. If , how will you explain to the old man? How will you explain to your sister-in-law? How will you explain to the ancestors of your Wu family? If you accept it, will the court tolerate Sanniang's background? At that time, you will be in a dilemma, and Sanniang will be roasted in the fire? With the current atmosphere in the world, someone will even do something to force Sanniang to death."
Wu Chengjian said, "It's something that's so far away, why bother thinking about it now? Maybe it can be solved by then? Of course, we should find a way to push away the stone that's in the way, but why bother making ourselves uneasy now for the difficulties that will be encountered in a few years? Humph, if she had the determination to do something , I wouldn't have to worry so much."
Zhou Yijin was surprised: "Who is Youyu? Hmm, I seem to have heard of this name..."
Wu Chengjian was a little embarrassed for a moment.
Zhou Yijin's usually cold face showed a rare smile of curiosity: "Come on, come on, our good master, tell your master quickly, whose daughter is this, to make you feel uncomfortable, and even compare her with Sanniang at this moment."
"Compared with Sanniang?" Wu Chengjian sneered, "That scheming little bitch, how can she be compared with him!"
Ye Youyu's sedan chair finally returned to the Ye family. She went straight to the study. It was almost dawn, and Ye Dalin hadn't slept all night and was still waiting there. Ma heard that she was back and rushed over. The couple sat side by side. Ma's eyes looked like she wanted to eat someone. If Ye Youyu didn't bring back an answer this time, she would eat him alive on the spot.
Ye Youyu had put on light makeup before she came back. There was no trace of her misbehavior on her face. She bowed to Ye Dalin and his wife and called out, "Father, Madam."
Ye Dalin asked: "How is the matter going?"
Ye Youyu said: "Hao Guan will come to talk to my father."
Ye Dalin frowned: "That's it? Repeat his words to me verbatim."
Ye Youyu said, "Tonight, he said no more than twenty sentences, most of which were deliberately teasing and gossiping. My daughter... couldn't speak. It was with great difficulty that he finally said something real, which was the sentence just now, 'I will find a chance to talk to your father' - that was it."
Ma suddenly said in a stern voice: "You have been acting so well for so long, and in the end you come back with something as ridiculous as this?"
Ye Youyu said slowly: "Madam, who is Hao Guan now? How can he be manipulated by others? Youyu has no ability, and can only say this. If Madam is not satisfied, you can punish me."
Ma looked at Ye Dalin, but Ye Dalin raised his hand and said, "Okay, it's good to have something to talk about."
Ma shouted, "Master!"
Ye Dalin said: "I said it's OK!"
Ma stopped talking.
Ye Dalin waved his hand and said, "You go down first. We have been through the whole night, let's go home."
Ye Youyu said goodbye and left. Ma said again, "This little bitch has put on so much airs and messed up all the family rules and traditions, but in the end she came back with such an ambiguous statement. Head of the family, you are too indulgent to her!"
Ye Dalin said calmly, "You also know that she has been acting so arrogantly for so long, so why not indulge her for two more days? Let's wait until that little dog from the Wu family comes to talk before we talk."
Since he knew that Wu Chengjian was willing to talk, then no matter how bad things got, there would be a bottom line. Once his fear was gone, he returned to his usual stubbornness in his words.
Ma was indeed his wife, and she understood what Ye Dalin meant as soon as she heard it: After all, the person she was going to talk to Wu Chengjian about tonight was Ye Youyu, and who knew if there was any other secret behind it. It would be better to let Ye Youyu enjoy herself for a few more days. If they really wanted to settle the accounts, they should wait until Ye Dalin and Wu Chengjian had reached an agreement.
"Huh!" Zhou Yijin exclaimed in amazement: "The third young lady of the Ye family is amazing. She can guess your bottom line. Not only does she have to have a lot of other intelligence information, but the most important point is that she must have a deep understanding of your character. To be able to figure you out so thoroughly, this girl really cares about you."
Wu Chengjian sneered: "If she wants to come and negotiate with me, she will naturally think carefully about me."
"No, no, that's not the case." Zhou Yijin said, "If you were careless before, so you didn't catch the eyes of those big shots, but since you turned the tables that night, Cai Shiwen, Ye Dalin, Lu Guanhuan, who among them hasn't been watching you and thinking about you all the time? They are all cunning and treacherous, but I dare say that they can't understand you like Miss Ye San."
This sentence hit the nail on the head for Wu Chengjian, who was unwilling to admit but had to admit it. The reason why he suddenly became angry on the way back was that he felt that the window that protected his inner secrets seemed to have been smashed in front of Ye Youyu.
Zhou Yijin said, "After all, people's hearts are hidden. To understand the other person's temperament and character to this extent, generally speaking, you have to spend time with him/her day and night, or ponder over him/her for a long time. Spending time with him/her day and night is easy, but pondering over him/her for a long time...you still need a bit of luck."
Wu Chengjian asked, "What luck?"
Zhou Yijin smiled and said, "There are always some people in this world who can easily understand each other. As long as there is a chance, they can know what the other person is thinking at once. Just like..."
Wu Chengjian asked, "Like you and me?"
Zhou Yijin pouted and said, "I mean, like Boya and Ziqi."
Boya and Ziqi are the model of eternal friendship - Boya was a famous musician in ancient times. It is said that when he played the piano, he thought of mountains. Ziqi listened to the sound of his piano and blurted out: "How good! It's as majestic as Mount Tai!" When Boya played the piano, he thought of flowing water. Ziqi listened to the sound of his piano and blurted out: "How good! It's as vast as the river!" - This is the origin of the idiom "high mountains and flowing water".
Wu Chengjian sneered: "You mean, she can become my confidant like you."
Zhou Yijin smiled and said, "We two men are naturally bosom friends. If the other person is a stunning beauty, then we have to add two more words."
"Which two words?"
"A beauty." Zhou Yijin said, "A confidante."
This time Wu Chengjian did not laugh, but suddenly fell silent.
Zhou Yijin asked: "Why? Are you interested?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Wu Chengjian said, "It's just that when you said that, I suddenly felt that this girl is really not simple. She actually figured me out so thoroughly. If that's the case, then I can't let her go so easily."
"Maybe it's not that complicated." Zhou Yijin said, "In fact, if a girl thinks about a boy like this, there is another possibility."
"Hmm?" Wu Chengjian asked, "What's the possibility?"
"She loves him." Zhou Yijin said, "Because she loves him, her heart revolves around him, thinking about him day and night, and pondering over him day and night. If she adds a little intelligence, a little information, and a little luck, then it is only natural that she knows the mind and mood of her beloved."
Wu Chengjian pouted and said, "You are such a liar! She has only seen me two or three times, and she has fallen in love with me! I tell you, the daughter of Ye Dalin's family cannot be that simple. Judging from the trouble she caused in the Ye family, it is obvious that she is not a good person. A woman like this fell in love with me after meeting me twice? If I were naive enough to believe your nonsense, I would have been eaten by others in Shenxianzhou long ago. Humph, I originally thought this was just a deal, but now it seems that I have to rethink it."
