Chapter 110 - He Is That Bastard (1/2)

“Miss Qianqian!” Ye Xiaoxian was not in a good mood so she wanted no more emotional blows. “I was just upset yesterday, so don’t mock me anymore. Give me some confidence.”

Liu Qianqian smiled and said, “I’m here today about this matter of yours. I know that tax official. He is familiar with that cousin-in-law of mine.”

“Your cousin-in-law? The one you’d been so infatuated with that you almost died for him?” Ye Xiaoxian wanted to make sure the cousin-in-law was that one.

She and Liu Qianqian chatted quite happily in a back-and-forth conversation and the two were like best friends, talking about all kinds of intimate things.

Liu Qianqian suddenly ground her teeth together. “He is that b.a.s.t.a.r.d.”

“So…are you going to find your cousin-in-law for me? Is it really alright? You two have already been…” With a modern mode of thinking Ye Xiaoxian felt that as Liu Qianqian had been hurt once she would never ever see her cousin-in-law.

Liu Qianqian said, “Already been what? I’m not that fragile. Haven’t you told me before that the only way to solve a problem is to face it. I’ve already gone through all that, so when I see him again I won’t have other thoughts. He is nothing but a peer to me now.”

Her ladys.h.i.+p was indeed broad-minded which made Ye Xiaoxian admire her very much.

Liu Qianqian said again, “That tax official is called Fang Shanding right? He just had a son only days ago. It’s his first son as what he’s had before are all daughters. He’s going to hold a banquet to celebrate the first-month birthday for his son. I’ll ask my condemned cousin-in-law to introduce you to him. What do you think?”

“Sure,” Ye Xiaoxian agreed immediately. “I keep thinking how I’m going to get familiar with Fang Shanding.”

Liu Qianqian looked at Ye Xiaoxian and then shook her head. “Sigh, these things are really just social intercourse which people use in scheming against each other. I really do not wish to see you become a scheming woman but you can’ t help it as the society forces you to.”

Ye Xiaoxian raised her tea cup to Liu Qianqian. “Thank you for your help. Let’s use tea as wine and this toast is to you.”

Liu Qianqian chuckled. “Don’t put on those words. Whether it’ll work or not, it still depends on your capability. I’ll go to call on my cousin-in-law to see if he’ll help.”

“Will he offer any help?” asked Ye Xiaoxian.

“Well he should. As a matter of fact, he owes me.”

“But when you go and look for him, what if…your cousin…” Ye Xiaoxian was still not sure.

“My cousin knows it. Well, that’s enough chatting. Just wait for my good news!”

…

By nightfall Liu Qianqian had already sent Ye Xiaoxian the news, asking her to go to a house in the east district. When Ye Xiaoxian arrived at the time given to her, Liu Qianqian had already been waiting by the entrance to the lane.

Liu Qianqian lifted the curtain of the carriage and shouted to her, “Little Ye, over here!”

On that very day it was the first time Ye Xiaoxian had seen the man for whom Liu Qianqian had pined day and night and had almost died of starvation. She thought he would look as handsome as Pan An, the hottest guy in Chinese ancient history, but just glancing at him Ye Xiaoxian found this guy to be so ordinary. After she looked at him carefully she then found him extraordinarily ordinary.

Liu Qianqian’s cousin-in-law was called Bai Qi and was twenty-five or twenty-six years old with a height of around one-hundred and seven centimeters. His upper body was quite chunky with a protruding belly. The only upside of his looks was that he was light-skinned, but what was so good about a man having light skin anyway?

Liu Qianqian suddenly felt that Liu Qianqian’s taste was ordinary.

When Bai Qi saw Liu Qianqian his eyes actually showed a trace of affection. He also murmured, “Qianqian…” As if there was a lingering sense of guilt towards Liu Qianqian in his heart.

Liu Qianqian’s att.i.tude was rather plain. She introduced Ye Xiaoxian to Bai Qi. “This is the female cook I mentioned before. Luckily she’s been at my side during this time or I’d long be dead.”

Bai Qi only looked at Ye Xiaoxian briefly and then turned to Liu Qianqian. “It’s for this reason that after you mentioned her to me I agreed to help you right away.”

“What about Fang Shanding? When will he come?” asked Liu Qianqian again.