readytorunbook Chapter 218 Strategy
Chapter 218 Strategy
He held my hand and after a while I finally came to my senses. I felt ashamed for having almost been bewitched by a vixen.
I pulled my hand away and said angrily, "What do you mean by next time? I haven't recovered from this time yet—"
His eyes were sparkling, as if there were hooks in them. He grabbed my hand and put it to his lips and kissed it gently. He looked at me with burning eyes and said, "You'll get used to it."
Seeing his eyes change and the familiar prelude, I felt something was wrong. Just as I was thinking whether I should escape first for the sake of my old waist, the door was suddenly pushed open.
I looked over and saw Ruiyang holding a letter, stunned.
Tu Shanjing sat up, blocked me, and said, "Why, I've only been away for a few days and you've forgotten the rules? You're getting more and more lax!"
I secretly tilted my head to look at his waist, and saw Ruiyang with a cowardly look on his face. He apologized repeatedly: "I was wrong! I didn't know the young master had returned, and I was in a hurry to deliver the letter. I was rude. On the way, I met Changbao who was returning from his errand. He said that Miss Lanxiang's cousin couldn't wait any longer, so he wrote a letter and left it. I was going to give it to the guard at the door, but when I heard that Changbao was from our courtyard, I stuffed it into him. He didn't dare to enter the inner courtyard without permission, so he asked me to deliver it-"
I stuck my head out from behind Tu Shanjing, winked at Ruiyang behind his back, and said, "Show it to me!"
Ruiyang caught my eye, his expression relaxed a little, he responded, walked up to me and handed me the letter.
I took the letter and opened it. I saw that he said he had been waiting for me for a long time and could not wait any longer so he went back first. He thought about it last night and was very relieved to know that I was doing well, but he still couldn't bear to take me back to live a hard life. He also said that if I did a good job, I wondered if I could ask the master for an advance of the future monthly salary, which would be used as the betrothal money for him to break off the engagement and marry again. If possible, I would like to meet with Master Qingqiu at Jiye Restaurant at 2:30 pm tomorrow to hand over the money and the contract.
I sneered. Although he was polite in the letter, he wanted me to advance money and make an appointment with Tu Shanjing. Neither of them was easy. But he said it lightly with just a touch of his lips.
Tu Shanjing also leaned over to read the letter. A few strands of his jet-black hair fell onto my face, feeling soft and itchy.
I raised my hand to scratch my face and twisted his hair. He looked down at me and said to Ruiyang, "You go down first."
Ruiyang was so happy that he wanted to run away immediately. He bowed respectfully, closed the door, and slipped away.
Tu Shanjing then said, "Changbao just happened to be here, I asked him to get some silver." I looked up at him and asked curiously, "Huh? Don't you have any money with you?"
He smiled and shook his head: "I have silver bills with numbers all around me. Your cousin... mentioned monthly allowance in the letter, I'm afraid he would prefer to receive cash."
I thought about it and thought that maybe Bai Lifeng was just being mean and was afraid that he would not be able to spend the banknotes, so he felt more at ease with the cash. I couldn't help but sneer, "He's not afraid that he can't take it!"
Tu Shanjing nodded and said, "Yes, I will ask Changbao to exchange some gold later."
I got up and said, "Wait a minute, stop, how much do you want to give him?"
He paused for a moment and said, "Your monthly salary is fifty taels of silver per year, and if you add a little more based on the remaining time of the contract, let's say it's two hundred years, that's ten thousand taels of silver. If converted into gold--"
I screamed, "How much?! Ten thousand taels? In the countryside, marrying a wife only costs ten or eight taels. You gave him so much at once, enough for him to buy my hometown. Don't you feel bad?!"
He looked at me and smiled, his eyes moving: "Don't feel bad, spend money to buy peace of mind, this deal is very cost-effective."
I gasped, feeling sorry for him: "You don't feel sorry for me, but I do! If this gets out, he'll become rich overnight, and he'll have a cousin today and a distant cousin tomorrow, asking for money from him endlessly."
He squinted his eyes and shook his head: "No, the arranged marriage can only be made for one person, it's useless even if my cousin comes." Then he held my hand and smiled: "Are you starting to save money for me?"
My face flushed, and I lowered my head a little embarrassedly: "I'm afraid you'll be ripped off..."
He bent down, looked me up, and said seriously, "I have money. No need to save money for me."
I turned to the other side and replied in a mosquito-like voice: "Got it..."
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Ruo Feng's voice rang out: "Young Master, I just saw Rui Yang go out, are you awake? There was a message from the eldest young master."
Tu Shanjing let me go, stood up and said, "I'm awake, come in."
The door opened, and Ruo Feng walked in. He glanced at the young master and then lowered his eyes politely, bowed and said, "Greetings to the young master and the young lady. The eldest young master sent Guanglin to pass on a message saying that he doesn't need to be confined this time. He wants to take back the timber business that the young master took away before. He wants to ask the young master to come over after lunch tomorrow to hand over the business."
When I heard this, alarm bells rang. I was extremely afraid of anything Tu Shan Hou invited him to do, and I wished I could put him in my pocket to be safe, but my only external aid, Gui Fangduan, had not arrived yet.
So I hurriedly shook my head at Tu Shanjing and said anxiously, "Young Master, don't go, okay? Didn't you agree to meet my cousin tomorrow afternoon? Can you invite the young master to our place to discuss it the day after tomorrow?"
Tu Shanjing raised his eyebrows, then pondered for a moment and replied, "Okay, after all, your matter is more urgent." Then he said to Ruofeng, "Go and tell my eldest brother for me, and then call Changbao to my study. I have something to tell you."
Ruofeng bowed and left. Tu Shanjing also nodded to me, talked for a while, and then got up and went to the study.
I waited for him to leave, got out of bed, combed my hair in front of the mirror, sneaked back to my room to change my clothes, and ate the breakfast Xiaowei left for me in a nervous state.
Just after I finished eating, Xiao Hui came to find me and said that there was a letter from Wanfeng Manor, and he rushed to deliver it to me after seeing it.
As I was dismantling it, I was wondering what was going on. All the things happened at the same time.
After opening the letter, Gui Fangduan said that he had rushed over and would arrive tomorrow afternoon. There were many guards at Tushan Mansion and it was difficult for him to get in, so he asked me to meet him in the restaurant room where Tushan Jing and I had a discussion last time at 5 pm.
I thought, isn't this the Jiye Restaurant where I'm going to meet my cousin tomorrow? It just so happens that I can go there too. After talking about my cousin's business, I can have a meal there and then plan my own plan with him. That's not bad.
At the end of the letter, he also said that his third uncle had left Wanfengzhuang before him. His third uncle had not been out for a long time, and he had not yet found out where he had gone, so he just told us to be careful.
I thought that maybe I told him off last time because he didn't report the news, so this time he remembered it and reminded me at the slightest sign of trouble. I couldn't help but smile. This boy is really teachable.