soul seeker

17 is old.

"Sister, aren't you too useless?!" In the study on the second floor, the man put down his heavy suitcase and yelled at the middle-aged woman sitting at the desk.

"What's the matter with you?" The woman in cheongsam who followed him closed the door, "Someone will hear it, and if it reaches your brother-in-law's ears, we have to wear small shoes again."

"Sit down and talk." The woman put down the book and looked at the man.

Compared with men, women appear very calm.

"How can you still hold your breath?" The man sat down on the mahogany sofa next to him, "Not only is he in charge of the company now, but he also needs to marry another younger one. Isn't it too much for him to be married! Sister, you Can't you be a little tougher?"

"What can I do? It's not all because of your failure to live up to expectations. If you can be a little more confident, Dad will not hand over the entire company to him. Now that he is the head of the family, he can do whatever he wants? Not to mention just Marry a second wife. Besides, if it's an actor, a prostitute or something, I have a reason to stop her."

"Yeah, I also find this strange." The woman in the cheongsam sat next to the man, "Although the Yun family is not a famous family, how could they agree to marry the second lady as a concubine?"

"Isn't it because Yun Kefu is going to retire this year? I guess he also wants to start a business in the future. Now that he is married to my family, isn't it a great help? Besides, my brother-in-law has always wanted to expand the company." In terms of business scope, when Yun Kefu was the president, he made friends with a lot of people, and his social contacts are very extensive, so it is reasonable for both parties, and it will be a matter of course."

"Oh..." The woman nodded, "I mean, I didn't hear that my brother-in-law and Miss Yuner had any chance to catch up. How can I say that if I want to marry, I will marry. In this way, shouldn't Xiao Ci get married sooner?" Joined the company to help take care of things or something? If that woman has a son after marrying in, then we and my sister will be in a difficult situation. "

"No way? He still wants to pass on the Wu family's property to him and Yun Miao's child?" The man slapped the armrest of the sofa and said excitedly, "Who does he think he is! A married outsider!"

"Okay, you," the woman took off her eyes, "just say, why are you so excited, so impatient, if I were my father, I would choose him instead of you."

"Sis, what time is it and you are still talking about running on me! It's not impossible. Isn't he planning to send Xiao Ci to study abroad recently? Ah, what about Xiao Ci? Why didn't you see it when you came back?"

"Going out. I haven't agreed to this matter yet," the woman took a sip of tea from a blue and white tureen. Persist, since you are back this time, you have to stand by my side when we chat."

"Don't worry, sister, even if I'm stupid, I'm not that stupid."

"By the way, didn't you bring back the little patient this time?" She put the tureen back on the table.

"I brought it, I said I would go shopping as soon as I entered the city." The woman changed her sitting position and straightened the cheongsam.

At the end of the alley, in a wing room of a courtyard house.

The sound of the man opening the envelope woke up the boy in the inner bed.

"What? Your wife from your hometown wrote again?" The boy raised his left hand and put it under his head.

"Yeah." The man sitting down looked at him.

"What trivial matter did you say again? Your son has grown taller again? Or has he learned a few more words?"

"That sounds sour." The man smiled, "She asked me when I would bring the mother and the child over."

"Oh, then when do you plan to take them over?" The boy sat up and looked sideways at the man hostilely.

"What do you think?" the man asked intentionally.

"None of my business." The boy crawled past him and sat on the edge of the bed, buttoned the white cotton gown, took the white silk gown beside him and stood up to put it on.

"Well, it seems that I don't want to pick it up anymore. If I do, Young Master Wu Ci will be pissed off." The man also lifted the quilt and sat on the side of the bed, looking up at the boy, "Are you going back?"

"Yeah." The young man said while buttoning the dishes, "Today my uncle's family came back for dinner, and they will be nagged again if they come back late."

"I'll see you tomorrow." The man raised his hand and held the boy's hand.

"Ah."

"Ma'am," the maid knocked on the door of the study, "Master is back."

"Oh, let's go."

At the gate of Wu Mansion.

"Hey, cousin, what a coincidence?" the boy looked at Wu Ci who had just arrived and smiled.

"Oh, Wu Zai. Why are you alone? What about uncle and aunt?"

"The two of them came back early. I went out to hang out with my friends. How about you? Why didn't you get home? Didn't you not have class today?"

"Oh, I'm about the same as you." Wu Ci and Wu Zan entered the courtyard together.

in the hall.

"Brother-in-law."

"Oh, Shaolu, Yuge. Are you all here? Didn't you just leave in the morning?" The middle-aged man in a suit took off his coat and handed it to the maid next to him, saying hello to the man and woman.

"Because there are few people on this train today, it leaves early." Shaolu smiled and explained to the man in a suit who went to the chair and sat down, "By the way, brother-in-law, when are you going to take care of the second sister-in-law?" ?”

"Next Saturday, at Zhaoyue Tower. After all, I'm taking concubines, so I can save you from paying homage. Where's Wu Zai? Didn't you come back together?"

"I'm back, Uncle, I just went out just now." Wu Zhe walked in and stood beside Shaolu as he spoke.

"Hello, uncle and aunt." Wu Ci also came in after Wu Pan.

"Yo, what? You two brothers came back together? What a coincidence." Yuge smiled and turned to look at Wu Ci.

"Well, I saw it at the door."

"Master," the maid at the side walked over with a bow and asked softly, "Everyone is here, can we serve the food?"

"Yeah." The man answered and turned to look at Shaolu, "Where is Shaozhen?"

"My sister is still in the study."

"Xiao Ci," the man pointed to Wu Ci, and then pointed upstairs, "Go and call your mother."

At the dinner table, the man mentioned again that he wanted Wu Ci to study abroad.

"I don't agree." Shaozhen put down his chopsticks and leaned back on the chair, "It's fine if you're only fourteen or five years old, and you'll be eighteen next year, and you'll always inherit the company in the future, so you should go in and help earlier. "

"That's right, brother-in-law," Shaolu raised his wine glass to chime in, "What did you do for those four years when you went out? Anyway, you still have to inherit the family business when you come back, so why don't you go in and hone your skills earlier."

"Hey? Bro, are you going to join the company? I'm so envious, when will I join?" Wu Zhe smiled and looked at Wu Ci who seemed to have no interest in what they said.

"Don't interrupt the kids when adults talk! What kind of company have you joined!" Yuge hit Wu Zan on the head, and waved his hands with an embarrassed smile, "Go ahead."

"Wu Ci, what do you think?" Seeing that the siblings couldn't move, the man threw the question to Wu Ci.

"Although I have no interest in joining the company, I don't even want to go abroad. I'd better listen to my mother. But even if I make a decision, I have to wait until I graduate from middle school next year." Wu Ci's answer made the man speechless.After all, if you talk about it one-on-three, you will have to quarrel.

after dinner.Wu Ci, Wu Zan and Shaozhen stayed in the living room, while Shaolu and Yuge returned to the room.

"Hey, is it really good for us to help sister like this today?" Yuge sat on the bed and looked at Shaolu, "Wouldn't it be nice if Wu resigned abroad? In the four years he was away, our son would help the company. Is it a big competitor?"

"Are you stupid?" Shaolu sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette, "This time my sister brought us back from Shanghai, do you think it was really for the wedding? Wasn't it to keep Wu Ci here? If she doesn't like her this time, will the child still be able to join the company in the future? At that time, I may have to stay in the branch office in Tianjin for the rest of my life. By the way, don't just think about dressing up when you have time, teach your stupid son Right. Was he stupid at the dinner table today? By saying that, my sister and the others are already very wary of our family, heartless things."

"What do you mean by that? When it's good, it's your son, and when it's bad, it's my son, right? When it's good, everything belongs to you? Really!" Yuge stomped his feet and stood up and left the room.

In the study, Shaozhen came to pick up the glasses that had been dropped in the evening.

"I said this time, why are you actively trying to get them back? So it was for this matter. Let me just say, do you value this wedding so much?" The man said to Shaozhen who was about to walk to the door of the study after taking his glasses Said.

"The hearts of the people are not enough, what's the matter? You swallowed up the company enough, and you even want to drive your own son out?" After finishing speaking, Shaozhen opened the door and left, returning to his room.

The next evening.

Wu Zai sat idly in the lobby flipping through newspapers.

Just as he was about to throw away the newspaper and go out for a walk, he heard the harsh ringing of the doorbell from the door.

"Oh? What? Cousin still needs to ring the doorbell when he comes back?"

"No, it's Mr. Xue who taught the young master foreign languages." The maid hurriedly answered and trotted out to open the door.

"Huh?" Being idle and bored, he wandered to the door to see Mr. Xue.

The iron door opened halfway slowly, and after a "squeak", a tall man in his late thirties entered with a leather bag.

The man was wearing a dark gray gown, with an elegant demeanor and a steady pace, not in a hurry.There is a stone road from the gate to the main hall, and the neatly trimmed roses on both sides are blooming just right.

After the man approached, Wu Zing was taken aback by the real Zhou Zheng who Mr. Xue grew up with.

"Mother Xu, who is this?" The man reached the door of the hall and asked the maid beside him.

"Oh, this is Young Master Wu Zan from the second master's family."

"Hi sir." Wu Zan greeted the man with a smile.

"Hi Second Young Master Wu, Xue Ya is here."

"Cousin, he hasn't come back yet."

"Oh, it's like this every time. I'll wait for him first, so I won't chat with you." After a brief greeting, Xue Ya went to Wu Ci's room to wait.