Chapter 617: Forgot Something (1/2)

Upon seeing his wife’s questioning gaze, Third Young Master Zhou didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry. Whose side was his wife on?

He patiently held his wife’s hands and explained, “At that time, when the Yu Family just separated from the main family, they were impoverished. Even if they wanted to open a restaurant, they didn’t have the capital. Younger Sister Xiaocao sold the recipes to me, and slowly accumulated the funds to do what she wanted to do. You wouldn’t think that everyone is like you, with a family to prepare the shop and goods for you to freely utilize, right?”

Huang Shuya’s face slightly heated up when she heard his words. She had always thought that her shops flourished because she had the talent to do business. Now, it seemed like she wouldn’t be able to accomplish much without her father and brothers. From the bottom of her heart, she seriously admired this young girl of the Yu Family, who was younger than herself but had started from scratch and created one miracle after another.

“I heard that Miss Yu started to earn money to support her family before the age of ten. It’s really not easy ah!” Huang Shuya’s heart couldn’t help but ache for her idol.

Third Young Master Zhou was glad that he had married a wife with such a lively, sincere, and naïve character. He had long inwardly made up his mind to treat his wife well, but if the other party was difficult to get along with, or had a personality that he didn’t like, then there was nothing he could do. Because, as the head of the Zhou Family, he was destined to sacrifice most of his time on the family and business. How would he have the spare time to become compatible with the other person?

Well, now, his heart throbbed for the young maiden’s sometimes shrewd and sometimes naïve personality. The smile on his face became even more genuine. Looking at the young maiden’s blushing face, he suddenly had the urge to tease her. So he looked at her with a seemingly plaintive expression and said, “Wife, can we not talk about Younger Sister Xiaocao?”

“What else would we talk about other than Miss Yu? Quickly help me take it off. What if it breaks? This is something Miss Yu gave me ah!” Huang Shuya was still struggling with the jade pendant’s dead knot with her head lowered and didn’t want to lift her head at all.

Her personal maidservant, who was serving by her side, felt very anxious. ‘What is Young Miss doing? Is it really alright for her to ignore the young master and focus on her own matters? What should they do if the young master is displeased with the young miss? Before the wedding, the madam repeatedly reminded the young miss to restrain her temperament and prioritize her husband. How can she forget it as soon as she leaves home?’

The maidservant tried to remind her young miss several times, but she was stopped by Third Young Master Zhou’s gaze. In order to shift his wife’s attention back to himself, he had no choice but to use Xiaocao’s name, “Usually, there will be maids serving you when you’re dressing up, so how can it get broken? Moreover, that lass has made a lot of money over the years. If it got broken, then let’s just have our younger sister replace it!”

“You make it sound so easy. It’s hard to even buy this jade pendant without at least ten thousand taels. Such a high quality jade would be reserved before it appeared in public. People can’t vie for it even if they wanted to! Don’t take advantage of Miss Yu just because you two have a close relationship.” Huang Shuya defended Yu Xiaocao.

“After you return from your maiden home on the third day, I’d planned to take you to the Yu Estate and introduce you to Younger Sister Xiaocao! If you put away the jade pendant and bracelet, Younger Sister Xiaocao might mistakenly think that you didn’t like her gifts. She will be so heartbroken ah! Using the gifts given by others is the proper way to show respect and appreciation to the giver. Don’t you agree?” Third Young Master Zhou threw out a small bait.

Sure enough, the little fish got hooked! Huang Shuya was so excited that she grabbed his arm and shook it vigorously. With excitement in her voice, she said, “Really? You’re not lying to me, right? You’re taking me to meet Miss Yu? That’s great! I can finally talk to Miss Yu!! I need to tell her I love the pastries at her shop, especially the newly launched chocolate mousse. I buy all my skin care products from ‘Blossoming Beauty’. After using them, my skin has become brighter and softer. I also like her family’s fruit wines. The sweet fruit wines taste really good!! I even asked my parents to include a lot of her family’s medicinal pills and syrup in my dowry…”

The young maiden was elated and chattered endlessly with him. Third Young Master Zhou didn’t know he should react to her words. He had originally thought that he had gotten the lass’s attention, but now, the other party was still focused on his younger sister. Ay…he really wanted to ask, ‘Wife, if you can only pick one between me and Younger Sister Xiaocao, who would you choose?’ But he didn’t dare to ask, for fear that she would blurt out an answer that he didn’t want.

Third Young Master Zhou could only vaguely agree, “Mhm, Father-in-law and Mother-in-law are quite scrupulous. They even prepared commonly used medications for you. But, Wife, our family don’t lack medicinal pills and syrups. Furthermore, they are all personally made by Younger Sister Xiaocao. The effects are even better than the ones sold at the pharmacy…”

“Wow! Medicinal pills and syrup made by Miss Yu herself?? Can you show me? Can you give me two pills? Let me taste it to see if it tastes the same as the ones sold at Tongren Medicine Hall…” The young maiden’s eyes shone brightly as she looked at him expectantly. Her expression made it hard for one to refuse her request.

Third Young Master Zhou immediately pulled a long face, ‘It’s medicine, not candy. You even want to try it!’ He couldn’t let his silly wife, who became foolish when she heard Younger Sister Xiaocao being mentioned, continue on like this!

“Wife, did you forget something?” Third Young Master Zhou leaned forward and lowered his head to look at the pair of sparkling eyes and small face.