Wearing books: relying on family wealth to start a decadent career

These days, in addition to the Sheng family being on tenterhooks all day long, the Ji family has not been living a stable life for a few days either.

Not to mention Mrs. Ji's anxiety, Ji Huayan, who was locked up in the courtyard, seemed to be cut off from news from outside.

She had doubts in her heart. All the people who usually waited on her were removed, and the maid who was left alone was the one she kept because of her temper.

After being locked here for several days, she had a feeling every time she came out of the room and breathed the air outside, as if there would be nothing else but eating and sleeping for the rest of the day.

By the way, maybe Mrs. Ji will carefully select a husband she doesn't like and continue this life after marrying him.

When she woke up this day, the surroundings were still quiet that she was not used to.

She called her maid to get up and dress and freshen up.

"Shuang'er, how much do you know about the situation outside?"

She was sitting at the dining table, holding a bowl in her hand but staring at the maid not far away.

The maid had been with her for five years and knew what she meant. She lowered her head to reassure her: "Girl, I heard some remarks when I went to get breakfast."

Ji Huayan lowered her eyes and drank the porridge. Upon seeing this, Shuang'er came closer and leaned over to whisper.

The words outside were passed into her ears. She listened calmly, put down the empty bowl, stood up and said, "Take it away. Go and have a look."

Shuang'er nodded, packed up his things, picked up the food box and went out.

Along the way, she couldn't see the people she usually worked with. What she saw were servants she didn't interact with very much.

Smiling, she returned the things to the kitchen. She stood still and looked at the people inside.

"Old Ma, make a soup to relieve the fire."

Shuang'er was startled by the sound. Why is Mr. Zhang here?

Chef Ma said "Ouch" as he walked out, wiped his hands on the apron around his waist, and said with a smile: "Why is Mr. Zhang free to come here today?"

Seeing the other party's behavior, Chief Zhang raised his hand to steady the jade hairpin in his hair, and sighed: "No, what happened outside has made Madam worried all day long!"

As she spoke, she couldn't help but clapped her hands in distress, and pointed to the corner of her mouth: "It's already blistered. Nanny Xu was so anxious that she came to me to discuss what to do. As soon as I heard that, she said she had to eat first. Something to set fire to."

After hearing this, Chef Ma patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me, don't worry, just tell grandma that things will be easy to handle when you get back."

"That's done." Manager Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and became worried again: "I don't know when it will be over. I don't want to frighten people if I am called away."

Chef Ma narrowed his eyes and whispered, "What's going on?"

Manager Zhang glanced at the kitchen door and called the person farther away: "It's early this morning and I haven't even eaten yet. Well..."

She opened her left hand to block it, and quietly stretched out her thumb with her right hand. When Chef Ma saw it, she put it away and continued: "There is someone here, and I didn't say what it was about."

"He was taken away?"

"Then what else can I do? Can you say no if I want you?"

Chef Ma waved his hands and shook his head in fear.

"I guess we can't have anything going on here. The person who committed the crime has nothing to do with us. I asked the master over just to ask a question and nothing else."

Chef Ma tilted his head and pondered the connection here.

Manager Zhang slapped him on the head: "You are stupid, you have forgotten that the eldest girl has an engagement with his family. Although the eldest girl did this in an unethical manner, no sister would snatch the man who is kissing her sister."

Chef Ma was afraid that someone would hear her words and quickly stopped her from continuing: "My old sister said it's far, far away."

Manager Zhang covered his mouth and said "Bah, bah" twice. Seeing that there was no one around, he said again: "I want you to tell me whether you should stay away if this happens to you. My husband and wife probably think so too, but there is only one left." Big girl, can she be willing?"

"You know what the eldest lady is like. Look, if you really dare to ruin your marriage, you can annihilate our whole yard."

As they talked, they became more and more annoyed, so they simply separated and went to work on their own.

Shuang'er came out of the darkness and quietly returned to the yard.

Tell everything you hear.

Although Ji Huayan could guess what her parents were doing, she couldn't help but get angry after hearing it.

He wrote a note and handed it to Shuang'er: "At night, when no one is around, go find the boy next to Awen and ask him to give this to Awen."

In the afternoon, Shuang'er went to get food again, and saw Master Ji coming back from outside from a distance.

He was supposed to take another path back to the courtyard but somehow managed to follow it secretly.

At this time, all the servants went to eat and rest, and Mrs. Ji drove away everyone in the front yard.

Shuang'er hid at the base of the wall and squatted, listening to what was said inside.

"The Lord asked about our marriage to the Sheng family."

"But this time you called me over just to ask Huatong if he agrees with this marriage."

"Now the Sheng family has nothing to do with our family."

Shuang'er gently lifted up the food box and slowly walked away from the room with a low body. His movements were very gentle.

But when he was retreating, he accidentally hit a tree. The branches trembled and cast a shadow on the window.

She stepped away step by step while holding her breath, and finally left the front yard.

Although Ji Huayan had already guessed the outcome, she couldn't help but feel chilled when she learned what her parents had done.

Ji Huayan closed her eyes and said, "You go at night, be careful."

In the past, she had received many responses to her requests, and even the slightest refusal would make her dissatisfied.

She didn't consider anything else about what she was about to do. Just as Ji Huatao thought, no one could stop Ji Huayan from going crazy.

It's late at night, the weather is getting cooler, and the cool night breeze feels comfortable when it blows on your body.

Jie Xige closed the door, cutting off the silence on the street and the chatter and laughter in the backyard.

The three of them were sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, talking and laughing.

After learning about Xiaofeng's situation, Ji Huatao couldn't help but exclaimed: "You really hide everything."

Xiaofeng smiled.

Ji Huatao added: "The stall owner from that day is really an old acquaintance of yours. We are both direct disciples of the inner sect and we grew up together. According to the storybook, aren't we childhood sweethearts?"

"A Tao." Xiaofeng covered his face and felt confused.

Ming Huaying looked at her with a smile: "Who wrote this book that you like so much?"

Ji Huatao became very interested when talking about this, his eyes wandered back and forth between the two of them, and his right hand mysteriously took something out of the sleeve of his left hand.

He raised the book to his head with excitement, his eyebrows furrowed: "Let me tell you, I got up early three days in a row to grab this. Feiyi writes so well. Everything I want to buy here is made long in advance." There’s a queue.”

"Fei Yi?" Ming Huaying was stunned when she heard the name at first. She raised her head slightly and glanced at the name revealed in the opened book.

"Yes, Fei Yi." Ji Huatao just brushed off the non-existent dust on the book, glanced at the two people in front of him, and slowly handed the book over with a reluctant expression.

He held it tightly with his fingers: "If you are interested, I can lend it to you, but you are not allowed to damage it."

The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Ming Huaying pushed her stiff hand back and said with some disgust: "You like to take your time and watch by yourself, I won't snatch it from you."

Ji Huatao looked at Xiaofeng again.

Xiaofeng quickly waved his hand: "I'm not interested either."

Ji Huatao quickly put the book away, fearing that they would think he was stingy and unwilling to part with it, so he explained: "I just haven't finished reading it yet. We can read it together when Sister Feiyi's next book comes out."

Sister Feiyi?

Ming Huaying lowered her head and put her hand on her forehead to block the smile on her face.

After a while, he raised his head and said seriously: "Okay."