Chapter 412 - Chapter 412: Chapter 419: Its an Acquaintance (2/2)

Han Yu was also momentarily irritated and didn’t like to disguise his feelings in front of his wife, so he inadvertently revealed some of his emotions. Seeing his wife’s dangerous gaze fixed on him, he quickly softened, a smile gracing his face: “My dear, I believe, of course, I believe. You’re amazing, running the store so well that it’s flourishing. Truly, profits abound each day! When I spoke just now, I was only referring to Chen Li, that promiscuous woman. You must have misunderstood my meaning.”

Han Yu was afraid his wife would hold a grudge and actually go out to prove something, like opening a store despite his objections, which would really give him a headache. So, he preferred to yield.

“Really?” Su Wenyue clearly didn’t believe him. She knew exactly what her man was like. Although he had changed a lot under her guidance, the deeply rooted male chauvinism was still there.

Seeing that he couldn’t fool his wife with half-truths, Han Yu’s tone became more earnest and serious: “My dear, I didn’t mean to belittle women. It’s just that men and women have their respective duties—men take care of external matters while women manage the household. Isn’t that quite alright? You needn’t concern yourself with external affairs like that unruly woman, Chen Li. She may seem clever, but she’s actually very foolish. Even if she managed to meddle in external matters, in the end…”

Han Yu stopped there, but his words piqued Su Wenyue’s interest: “In the end, what? Has something happened that I’m unaware of?”

Seeing the curiosity on his wife’s face, Han Yu didn’t hide anything and said directly, “Brother Liu intends to marry Miss Yin from the Yin Family. It wasn’t urgent before, but with Yiyang Prefecture becoming increasingly chaotic, it seems that this matter might need to be expedited.”

When Han Yu said this, his face showed a hint of sarcasm. Chen Li’s hopping about had only sped up Liu Xiu’s resolve to marry Miss Yin. Even if Chen Li ended up with Liu Xiu, she could only be a concubine, a fitting self-inflicted outcome. However, Chen Li probably didn’t know this news yet.

Su Wenyue was taken aback but not overly surprised. In her previous life, around this time, Liu Xiu had also married Yin Lihua. It seems that this life had not changed due to other circumstances.

“Miss Yin is both beautiful and talented, gentle and virtuous—she indeed matches him well,” Su Wenyue remarked, though internally she considered how Liu Xiu later married another woman for his grand ambitions. She thought of the current, unaware Chen Li and reflected that Liu Xiu, albeit a rare ruler and wise sovereign, was not exactly a good husband for any woman.

Su Wenyue thought about this and turned her gaze to Han Yu. Fortunately, she married a man who truly loved her and was worth her devotion. Although he too harbored aspirations for success and could sometimes be a domineering male chauvinist, he genuinely held her in his heart. Moreover, he stood firm on his principles, always relying on his own efforts, never dreaming of using women to achieve his goals.

“They are indeed well-suited,” Han Yu agreed, having met Miss Yin and acknowledged her to be an exemplary young lady from a noble family, incomparably better than a woman like Chen Li.

Han Yu stayed in the room for a while before heading to the study. The times were tumultuous, and he had stopped by the backyard first fearing his wife would be worried. Many matters awaited his attention outside, yet when he arrived at the study, someone was already waiting there—a familiar face.