Chapter 36 (1/2)

Chapter 36 (V2): The Second Old Master’s State of Mind

He had never involved himself with the business and never had any complaints with the share of silvers he had every year. Of course, as the s.h.i.+’s business was extremely large and the income was tremendous, the silvers given to him every year were bountiful.

If his uncle wished to get another concubine, there were so many women under the sun; so why had he come to the idea of hitting on his wife’s personal servant?

“Not just him. You are absurd as well.” s.h.i.+ Fengju directed it at Sang Wan. If she was not, how could she come up with such a terrible idea?

Before heading over to the study room, Sang Wan had already given much thoughts to the idea. She insisted with her gaze locked directly at s.h.i.+ Fengju, “Lord, Liu Ya is my servant and I’ll be taking her away when I leave the s.h.i.+ family. I’ve only got one capable servant by my side, so please Lord, accede to my request! Moreover, even she does not wish to belong to Second Uncle!”

s.h.i.+ Fengju became tongue-tied all of a sudden. It was true that they had an agreement; Liu Ya belonged to her, and when she leaves in the future, she would no doubt bring Liu Ya with her.

“The matter between us, Liu Ya——”

Sang Wan shook her head, “No need to worry, she doesn’t know about it. Lord, there’s nothing for you to worry as all we’ll be doing is just an act. When we leave for a faraway place, this matter will no doubt gradually subside! Lord, please help us!”

s.h.i.+ Fengju gave a long and deep sigh; he himself was absurd! To think that he would actually agree to such an absurd idea!

All of a sudden, s.h.i.+ Fengju felt that there was a side to his wife which he did not know; apart from the gentle side he knew.

But at this moment, s.h.i.+ Fengju did not have the heart to think as Sang Wan had already called for Liu Ya to enter before instructing her to stay. Once done, she left, leaving two pairs of eyes staring at each other.

Seeing Liu Ya standing at a spot indifferently with no sense of uneasiness, s.h.i.+ Fengju suddenly felt that he himself truly was——

He could not find any words to describe it! All he could do was mock himself in discretion: This la.s.s truly is down to earth! It was all nothing but just an act, and because that, she doesn’t look embarra.s.sed!

“Just sit at a side!” s.h.i.+ Fengju waved his hand.

“Yes, Young Master!” Liu Ya immediately answered and went to sit at a side.

A night went by without words. On the next day when Liu Ya came out from s.h.i.+ Fengju’s study room, news began to spread as if it had legs and almost everyone in the household knew.

Gu Fangzi’s face was extremely ashen. A cold glare shot from behind at Sang Wan and only then did Sang Wan recall that certain person was still around. Regardless, it was s.h.i.+ Fengju’s problem! Sang Wan thought harshly.

This incident was not considered something major. Other than some concerns voiced out from certain parties, the rest had shown little to no interest. The young master accepting his wife’s maidservant, in fact, should not even be considered as a problem and even w.a.n.g s.h.i.+ was not bothered to question her son.

A righteous daughter-in-law, and an admirable son; as a mother, why would she even be unhappy?

Hearing of the news, Second Old Mistress was secretly happy. She was unahappy about her husband’s behavior of luring people into their house. However, because it was her marrying to him and not the other way around, she dared not voice her opinion on that matter. But not only did she not dare to voice her opinion, she still had to occasionally attend to her husband’s needs; and because of that, she felt extremely sullen.

Hearing that Liu Ya was fully received by s.h.i.+ Fengju, Second Old Mistress secretly felt lucky, but she displayed a face of sympathy in front of her husband, “If only I had known, I would have talked to my nephew’s wife earlier! To think that Jingyi was of no use and was not able to be count on for something so simple!”

Second Old Master did not like Liu Ya all that much. As for her appearance, whether she was tall, short, plump, or skinny, all those he did not know. But what he did know was that the servant was able to make Xiao Bai listen to her obediently! That was the only thing he fancied about her.

In any case, Xiao Bai truly was clever to even know how to use its own beak to unlock the cage door and escape. Second Old Master thought it would never return and thus felt distressed! But who would have thought that the servant had such an affinity with that bird, for it to fly all the way into her hands?

If that servant belonged to the household, having her transferred into his domain would have been enough, regardless whether he accepted her as his concubine or not. However, she was a personal servant of his nephew’s wife!

The household lacks no servants, as such, he would always have a reasonable excuse to have the servant transferred over to his domain; and his best excuse was because he fancied her. If he were to say so, his nephew’s wife would definitely not be able to refuse.

But the unexpected had happened when s.h.i.+ Fengju accepted his wife’s personal servant on the previous night!

Even though Second Old Master felt that it was a little regrettable, he dismissed the matter before letting out a deep sigh and scolded Second Old Mistress with one to two sentences for not completing the task successfully but did not pursue the matter any further.

Second Mistress listened earnestly and apologized deeply, but she secretly rolled her eyes and scolded in her heart, “Just who was it that was useless? To even dare to reach your hand out for a maidservant of your nephew’s wife, aren’t you afraid what people might think of you!”