Chapter 279 - One More Dead Person? (2/2)
Shi Junhe was speechless. Aha, he would be more worried.
“This is a domestic affair of the Shi family. I am afraid…” For the sake of Shi Qingxue, Shi Junhe didn’t want to bother about this jerk who would irritate others with only a few words.
As a result, before Shi Junhe finished his words, Mo Junyang expressed, “Hmm, this is my business, too.”
The corner of Shi Junhe’s mouth twitched. This guy really didn’t think that he was an outsider.
“I…” Shi Junhe tried to find proper words, but at last, he found that he didn’t have “nice words” to express to Mo Junyang mildly.
So he continued directly, “It seems that I have never agreed to marry Qingxue to you.”
His tacit consent earlier was not effective.
Mo Junyang smiled and responded casually, “Only if Qingxue agrees.”
Shi Junhe suddenly glared at Shi Qingxue with his fierce eyes, which scared the girl.
“Er!” She was wondering who the “mystery guest” in the eight-treasure box was and ignored the two men who quarreled childishly. When her name was mentioned suddenly, she was frightened.
She moved backward by instinct and wanted to avoid the two men’s covetous eyes, but she found that they stared at her more closely.
Qingxue wanted to cry yet had no tears. “I didn’t say anything.”
However, Mo Junyang pointed out seriously, “You said yes. You have promised to marry me as long as I can find the secret that the princess royal hides all the time.”
Shi Qingxue was stunned.
It seemed to be true.
“Now I have found it.” Mo Junyang announced the result directly and then looked at Shi Junhe who was dumbfounded.
He even nodded gracefully and politely, saying slowly, “Today is a lucky day. I will tell somebody to send the betrothal gifts to your mansion later. Hope that you won’t dislike them, General Shi.”
Shi Junhe was speechless.
It changed so quickly that Shi Junhe was startled and couldn’t instantly retort Mo Junyang’s wishful thinking.
As a result, Mo Junyang thought that Shi Junhe gave tacit consent, so he decided. “It’s great that you have no objection, General Shi.”
“Wait. Who said that I…”
Shi Junhe was about to speak, while Mo Junyang unhurriedly brought up a new subject. “General Shi, don’t you want to know what secret your mother hides all the time?”
Shi Junhe paused for a moment and then asked seriously, “What is it?”
“Although I have guessed, under the current situation, I have no evidence. General Shi, if you really want to know, I am afraid that you need to do something.” Mo Junyang didn’t answer in a hurry but left a difficult problem to Shi Junhe.
Perhaps because Mo Shujun behaved more and more weirdly recently, Shi Junhe pursed his lips and didn’t object to the offer unexpectedly. He just asked, “What?”
“Break up the family.”
Shi Junhe probably understood Mo Junyang’s plan to “force them to a corner”, yet he was still baffled. “I have promised Mother earlier to break up the family after Baoning’s wedding. If I mention it rashly at this time, I am afraid…”
It was fine if the people at the imperial court censured him. Now there was something wrong with Shi Lei’s grave, and he didn’t have energy to consider breaking up the family.
Moreover, Mo Shujun wouldn’t agree.
“Not necessarily.”
Shi Junhe frowned. “What?”
“Under the circumstances, the princess royal may not be unwilling to break up the family.”
“Are you kidding?” Shi Junhe certainly didn’t believe Mo Junyang’s words.
It was because even though Mo Shujun doted on Shi Juncai, she really loved Shi Baoning. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have asked the Empress Dowager to give Baoning the title of Infanta.
The princess royal wanted to see Shi Baoning get married.
Nevertheless, Mo Junyang sneered and pierced to the truth with a single pertinent remark. “No matter what the princess royal did, Shi Juncai has claimed ties of kinship with the fourth prince and would regain his official position soon, so they don’t need you to mediate.
“As for Shi Baoning… Maybe the princess royal really loves this granddaughter, but compared with the dowries which would be carried out of the Shi family’s shared warehouse soon, I believe that she would make a choice.”
After all, when Shi Baoning got married, most of the enviable doweries would be carried out of the shared warehouse, which meant that they would use the three brothers’ property to put up a façade for the first master’s family.
“No way! Mother won’t have such a thought.”
Shi Junhe retorted Mo Junyang without hesitation and didn’t hide his indignation at this young man on his face. He even coldly glanced at Shi Qingxue.
He cursed in secret, “Look at the good husband that you have chosen. He thinks that everybody is evil.”
Shi Qingxue innocently shrank her neck to express that she said nothing just now.
But…
She looked at Mo Junyang and then at Shi Junhe, saying flatteringly, “Father, if you don’t believe it, you can have a try. Anyway, even if this idea is not practical, Mo Junyang would have other ways to make Grandma agree to break up the family. Father, please rest assured.”
Shi Junhe was unable to speak a word.
It was said that a daughter was the father’s “debt” that he had owed in the previous life, and he finally knew it today.
A married daughter was another family’s member indeed. Shi Qingxue spoke for Mo Junyang all the time even before marriage.
And she was natural and calm, as if she didn’t realize that she was partial to Mo Junyang.
Mo Junyang was happy.
But Shi Junhe was mentally exhausted.