Volume 2: Eagle vs. Dragon Chapter 53: First Marriage
Wu Chengjian chuckled, and with a smell of alcohol on his body, he laid Ye Youyu flat on the bed. He reached out to undress her and touched her neck, but he felt that Ye Youyu's whole body was stiff. She also saw that her eyes were closed tightly and she was very nervous.
Wu Chengjian thought to himself, "It's okay to use some tricks at this time, but it's too boring." He kissed Ye Youyu's earlobe lightly and laughed in a throaty voice, "Okay, enough teasing, go to sleep."
Ye Youyu opened her eyes in surprise, and saw Wu Chengjian lying flat beside her with his eyes closed. She couldn't help but said, "No... aren't we going to salute?"
Wu Chengjian didn't open his eyes either, but just smiled. He reached out and patted the quilt on her body gently, and then stopped talking.
Ye Youyu was a little at a loss. She withdrew her gaze and looked at the ceiling of the bed. Suddenly, she felt a burning heat on the place on her ear where he had kissed her just now.
My thoughts raced through my mind for a moment, but because they were too numerous and messy, they finally turned into a blur and I fell asleep before I knew it.
Ye Youyu slept very soundly that night. When she woke up the next day, she found that she was no longer lying flat, but leaning on her side against Wu Chengjian. The quilt was warm and comfortable, but she felt very embarrassed and quickly pulled her hand back.
Wu Chengjian also woke up at this moment. He opened his eyes and saw Ye Youyu's condition. He guessed that something had happened and asked with a smile, "Did you dream of performing the Zhougong ceremony with me?"
Ye Youyu spat, "What are you talking about! The weather is so cold now, and you are hot, so I... I just treated you as a pillow or a quilt."
Wu Chengjian smiled and said, "So my lady has this habit when she sleeps, so how about I be your pillow and quilt from now on?"
Ye Youyu felt as if her heart was scratched by a hair, itchy and sour, but she immediately regained her composure and said, "Hao Guan, since our marriage is just a business deal, if you want to follow the Zhou Gong ceremony, I will follow your will. If you want me to bear your child, I will also try my best. But you...if you have no feelings for me, don't always use these nonsense to tease me in the future. I don't want to be used as a substitute for someone else. We should not cross the line. You can be more free, and I will be comfortable too."
Wu Chengjian said "oh" and then calmed down.
Ye Youyu looked at the sunlight outside, fearing that it was already noon, and said, "No, we should go and serve tea now, right?"
Wu Chengjian said, "The rules in our family are not that strict, so don't be so nervous."
But he still opened the red curtain and rang the bell. The light from outside came in. He stood up and pulled down the quilt. Ye Youyu's clothes were half-undone last night and fell off during her sleep. She didn't notice it in the quilt just now. Now she just felt a chill on her chest. Wu Chengjian turned his head and saw her soft body. He was about to say something to her with a smile when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the scar on Ye Youyu's chest. Ye Youyu had already realized that she was exposed and quickly covered it up.
Wu Chengjian frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
Ye Youyu said: "Nothing."
Wu Chengjian angrily said: "This is a new injury! Who did it?!"
Ye Youyu said: "It's been a few days, and everything is fine now."
At this time, Chunrui and Dongxue had come in, and Ye Youyu quickly put on her clothes. Chunrui and Dongxue had already caught a glimpse of the spring scene, but they just pretended not to see it. After helping the young master and the young mistress to wash and dress, Wu Chengjian asked, "Your name is Dongxue?"
Dongxue quickly responded: "Dongxue greets Officer Hao."
"I have seen her last night." Wu Chengjian said, "Your daughter brought you here, so she is obviously a capable person. Haha, she happens to be called Dongxue, so I will have four seasons of maids in my room from now on." He said to Chunrui, "Her share will be the same as Qiuyue's."
Chunrui responded with "yes".
Wu Chengjian asked Chunrui to tell them to prepare breakfast, but he didn't let Dongxue go out. After Chunrui went out, Wu Chengjian suddenly asked, "What happened to your daughter's chest injury?"
Dongxue screamed and looked at Ye Youyu. Wu Chengjian shouted, "Look at me and answer me!"
After all, he was the one who had made Ye Dalin sleepless and eat uneasy. With this pressure, Dong Xue dared not hide it anymore and knelt down and said, "It was my family... the master of the Ye family who kicked me. He kicked me twice."
Wu Chengjian's face was covered with a layer of dark clouds. Chunrui had already come in at this time, and he didn't say anything, but it was as if he had temporarily suppressed a volcano that was about to erupt.
It was clearly agreed last night that this marriage was a "business", but seeing Wu Chengjian getting angry for her, Ye Youyu felt an inexplicable surge of emotion in her heart. From childhood to adulthood, only Xu had cared about her life or death, but no man had ever gotten angry for her.
She lowered her head and said nothing for the moment.
The two had breakfast together. During the meal, Wu Chengjian said, "My father is very easy to talk to, and my sister-in-law likes people who know the rules. But you don't have to be too reserved. Once you get familiar with their personalities, you will know that life in this family is very good. As for this room, you can do whatever you want. There are no rules in my room. But Chunrui is a person who has made contributions and worked hard, so I always show some respect to her when I talk to her. Xia Qing once took great risks for the Wu family and made great contributions to protecting Guang'er, so my sister-in-law treats her differently from others. As long as she doesn't make big mistakes, she can do whatever she wants. Qiuyue is an honest and useful person. If you ask her to do something, it will be done properly. The other little girls are at your disposal. If you don't like them, you can send them away."
Ye Youyu understood immediately: saying Chunrui "has made contributions and has worked hard" means that Chunrui is good at handling "official affairs" in the house. As for Xia Qing, she is probably the girl who dared to laugh at Wu Qi last night. "It turns out that she has made great contributions. No wonder she is like this." However, he thought: "By saying this, is he really giving me all the power in this house?"
She had been used to being mistreated since she was a child. She always had to work twenty times harder to get half of what an ordinary person would get. If benefits were obtained easily, there would be troubles later. So she was surprised and dared not to believe that she got power and benefits for no reason.
The food in Wu Chengjian's room was really "fine and delicious", but it was almost noon, so he didn't eat much. He just took two bites and called Dongxue to the small room next door for questioning . He came out after a while, with a murderous look on his face.
Ye Youyu was a little worried, but then she heard Wu Chengjian say, "If it were someone else, I could kill him!"
Ye Youyu was stunned for a moment, then he realized that the "he" he was talking about was Ye Dalin. For a moment, the inexplicable breath surged in his chest again, and the breath choked all the way to his throat, and he suddenly had trouble eating.
Wu Chengjian waited for her to recover and finish the remaining half bowl of porridge before saying, "Come on, follow me to see my father."
When they walked out to the courtyard, the servants came running over to serve them. Wu Chengjian caught a glimpse of Changzi in the crowd and called him over, "Boy, you have some skills. What's your name?"
Changzi stammered, "Chang... Changzi."
"Okay, I'll remember your name." Wu Chengjian said to Wu Qi, "Go get a doctor later to see if his stuttering can be cured. If it can't be cured, you can't laugh at him anymore."
Changzi was stunned when he heard this. Ye Youyu thought to himself, "Is he always so considerate to the people around him?" Changzi quickly said, "Brother Qiqiqi has already explained it last night. Thank you, Officer Hao."
Wu Chengjian glanced at Wu Qi, smiled, and pulled Ye Youyu towards the nursing home. Before leaving, he said to her, "My father doesn't usually take care of the affairs of the house or the business. I have the final say on the affairs of the business, and my sister-in-law is in charge of the affairs of the house now. When you meet later, listen to what my sister-in-law says, and take over the affairs she assigns you to take care of."
Ye Youyu said: "Okay."
After they got up, Chunrui asked someone to report the news here, so Wu Guoying and Cai Qiaozhu were waiting there.
Mrs. Wu had passed away. When she offered tea to Wu Guoying, Wu Guoying drank the tea and said happily, "Sister-in-law Xijia, your mother-in-law is gone. If you feel uncomfortable living at home in the future, you can tell your eldest sister-in-law or come and tell me. You have entered my Wu family and will be the pillar of my Wu family. You have to help support Haoguan in Ritianju. A couple should live in harmony, but if Haoguan has wronged you, you can come and tell me at any time and I will make the decision for you."
After hearing this, Ye Youyu felt a surge of warmth throughout her body. From childhood to adulthood, no male elder had ever said such heartwarming words to her. For a moment, her eyes felt hot, and she hurriedly said, "Thank you, Master, Hao Guan... He treats his new wife very well."
Wu Guoying nodded and smiled, then gave her a thick red envelope.
Wu Chengjian brought Ye Youyu to Cai Qiaozhu again and said, "Call me sister-in-law."
Mrs. Wu is gone. As the saying goes, an elder sister-in-law is like a mother. Ye Youyu called her the elder sister-in-law and offered her tea. He thought to himself, "This must be the famous Miss Wu in the Xiguan boudoir. Although Hao Guan said so, I don't know if she is really easy to get along with."
Cai Qiaozhu looked her up and down and said with a smile, "No wonder Hao Guan didn't want anyone else and insisted on marrying you. You are indeed very pretty."
As he spoke, he handed over a red envelope and said, "After lunch, I will go back to Xiguan to take care of Hao Guan's elder brother. I will leave Wujiayuan to you. This garden is just a start-up, so you have to set up the rules. If you don't understand something, you can ask Chunrui. If Chunrui can't make up her mind, she can ask someone to cross the Pearl River to ask me. Grandpa can't worry too much. Hao Guan has to take care of things outside, and he never interferes in trivial matters at home. Do you understand ?"
Ye Youyu agreed calmly: "Yes, I'll listen to my sister-in-law."
Wu Chengjian said lazily: "Sister-in-law, it's such a good day, why are you talking about these troublesome things?"
Wu Guoying scolded, "What are you talking about! People in a big family should set rules first, and only by following the rules can they be at ease. The words of the eldest sister-in-law are the truth." Then he said to Ye Youyu, "Xiejia sister-in-law, you have to listen to the eldest sister-in-law on this matter. Haoguan is used to being lax, but you have to help him set up the family."
Ye Youyu quickly responded, "Yes."
The whole family sat and chatted, and soon it was noon. Guang'er and Wu Chenggou and his wife also came. Guang'er was close to Wu Chengjian, so she came over to Ye Youyu to ask for a gift. Ye Youyu was not prepared, but Wu Chengjian secretly stuffed something in her hand. She took it out and gave it to Guang'er. Guang'er shouted happily, "Thank you, Third Aunt, you are so nice!" and started playing with the thing.
Wu Chenggou also came to pay his respects, and Liu was polite yet reserved towards Ye Youyu.
The family gathered together for lunch. Ye Youyu listened more than he spoke. After the meal, he had a good idea of everyone's temperament and status in the family. He thought to himself, "If everyone can be as harmonious as they are today, life will be easier."
After lunch, Cai Qiaozhu went back to her mansion in Xiguan. Wu Guoying said, "Henan is a good place, but it's so empty. I'll go back to Xiguan in a couple of days." He was not in good health, so he couldn't go back and forth too frequently.
Wu Chengjian said with a smile: "Then such a big garden will be occupied by Youyu and I?"
Ye Youyu couldn't help but glance at him when he heard him say the words "I and Youyu" so smoothly.
Then Wu Guoying said, "Why don't you two have more children? It will be more lively here, right?"
Wu Chengjian laughed loudly, but Ye Youyu felt a little embarrassed and was dragged out of the nursing home by Wu Chengjian.
As soon as they returned to Ritianju, Manager Liu was already waiting there with other managers including Ou Jiafu.
Wu Chengjian was unhappy when he saw them: "I just got married last night, can you give me a few days off?"
Manager Liu said, "I didn't want to disturb Haoguan so early, but the Third Young Lady has married and the dowry has officially arrived. How to hand it over, please give me some rules."
Wu Chengjian said, "Can't we just do it according to what we agreed on before?"
Ou Jiafu said, "That was originally what we were going to do, but today we summoned those shopkeepers to meet us, and they said they wanted Third Young Lady to say something."
Wu Chengjian was a little surprised. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Wait a minute. I want to talk to the Third Young Lady." He took Ye Youyu aside and said, "Before you got married, did Ye Dalin let you meet those shopkeepers?" Because of Ye Youyu's injury, he became impolite to Ye Dalin in his words.
Ye Youyu said, "Yes, I have. Yesterday."
Wu Chengjian said, "What's wrong with my father-in-law? He kicked you until you vomited blood twice, but he actually handed over the power to you. This is not right. The latter thing is not in line with his character."
Ye Youyu thought about it and realized that he couldn't deceive Wu Chengjian, so he said directly: "I forced him to do it."
"ah?"
Ye Youyu then told how he had taken advantage of the situation yesterday to force Ye Dalin to give in and hand over power.
Wu Chengjian laughed loudly and said, "I was thinking about how to vent your anger. Now it seems... well, if there is a chance, I will vent my anger again... well, haha. You are such a smart and cunning fish. Fortunately, I caught you and brought you home. If you were out there, I would not be able to rest assured."
