bantayden 226. Warning
226. Warning
"The youngest of the Wu family has come here quite frequently recently... It seems that he cares about you, Third Sister."
Lu Yichen's expression returned to normal, and he asked with a faint smile, "What's your impression of him, Third Sister?"
"It's not bad, it's not much different from other young masters I've seen."
Lu Ningxiang rolled her eyes coquettishly, then her cheeks flushed slightly, and she complained in a low voice: "Fourth brother, you are really serious, you dare to ask a girl this kind of question, hmph."
"You are my sister, so I naturally want to care about your life-long affairs."
Lu Yichen's eyes softened, and he said in a low voice: "If you think Wu Junhao is not good, I will go to my mother right away and ask her to persuade Second Aunt."
"No, I don't think there's anything wrong with him. The elders are so worried about my marriage. I can't be as capricious as I was when I was a child and hurt their hearts."
Unexpectedly, meeting Lu Yichen's gaze, Lu Ningxiang flatly shook her head and politely refused, which made the former slightly startled, and opened his mouth to speak.
"Fourth brother, I'll be leaving first, counting the time, Wu Junhao should also be here."
Lu Ningxiang smiled gratefully at Lu Yichen, then leisurely walked towards the front hall with Qianqian's hand on her back.
"..."
Watching the other party leave, the smile on Lu Yichen's face disappeared, and there was a hint of gloom in his eyes.
"It seems that she likes this marriage very much... No, it's absolutely impossible. The third sister seems to accept everything on the surface, but she is actually a proud person."
"If you want to force her to marry into the Wu family, I'm afraid even the old man can't do it..."
Thinking silently in his heart, Lu Yichen frowned slightly, and once again glanced at the swaying sweet-scented osmanthus trees in the courtyard, and the fallen flowers all over the ground.
I don't know why, looking at it at this moment, the excitement just now was completely gone, but Lu Yichen felt a burst of irritability and impatience.
"Brother Yi Chen, come here quickly, help me hold this lead!"
Liu Yuanyuan's coquettish voice came over, Lu Yichen's footsteps stopped, he had to turn around, shook his head and walked over with a smile.
"Fourth young master, the old man asked you to go there."
At this moment, a short old man moved his short legs, hurriedly blocked Lu Yichen, and said in a low voice.
His name is Lu Azhong, he is the confidant of the old man of the Lu family, and also the manager of the whole old house. He has stayed in the Lu family for decades.
"Uncle Zhong, can you tell me what's going on first?"
Lu Yichen didn't look down on the other party because of his status as a servant, he greeted him respectfully, and followed him obediently.
The short and ugly Lu Azhong has a very high status among the elders, and often appears on behalf of the old man's will, and has always been the object of the Lu family's vying to curry favor.
"I'm not very clear. There was a phone call just now. After the old man answered it, his face turned ugly."
Lu Azhong raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and quickly glanced around, then turned his head and whispered to Lu Yichen: "Brother Chen, you have to be careful, don't make the old man angry!"
Hearing these words, Lu Yichen's eyebrows twitched, he nodded quickly, and smiled gratefully: "The bureau just captured a few wild old turtles a while ago, but unfortunately they were seriously injured and died because the rescue was too late."
"That's really pitiful, what a pity."
Lu Ahzhong smacked his lips, and said with a smile: "It happens that the old man needs to mend his health, Brother Chen can bring back those dead turtles, and I will tell the kitchen to cook them well."
"I think so too. Although it is a protected wild animal, it cannot be thrown away in vain. It is too wasteful."
Lu Yichen also laughed, and the two looked at each other, looking very happy.
After a while, a small library in the backyard appeared in front of Lu Yichen. Lu Azhong made a booing gesture, and then stepped forward to report lightly: "Master, the Fourth Young Master is here."
"Call him in."
The indifferent old voice came out through the carved door, Lu Azhong nodded, and winked at Lu Yichen who was waiting a few steps away.
The door closed silently behind him, Lu Yichen collected himself, and looked behind the desk at the top of the room.
He smiled and asked, "Grandpa, aren't you going to Xiangshan to see the maple leaves?"
"My legs and feet are bad, I'm too lazy to go."
Mr. Lu took off his presbyopic glasses and threw them at the corner of the table, walked out of the desk, and sat down with Lu Yichen at the small coffee table by the window.
"Did you ask someone to give a message to a certain department in Nanling City?"
The hot teacup was handed over by the old man, Lu Yichen took it bravely, it was so hot that he wanted to grin his teeth.
However, before Lu Yichen put the teacup on the table, the old man's abrupt words were like a thunderbolt, which made his eyelids twitch and his heart fell into an ice cave.
"Yes."
Lu Yichen was silent for a moment, then nodded honestly and said, "I want to get something."
"Yi Chen, among the three generations of the Lu family, I am most optimistic about you and Ning Xiang."
Mr. Lu's expression was as indifferent as water, and he couldn't see any joy or anger. He took a sip of the boiling tea and said hoarsely, "How long do you think my influence will last?"
"Grandpa was joking. You are the Optimus Prime of the Lu family. Looking at the entire Jinling City, no one dares to challenge you."
Lu Yichen smiled, and wanted to take the opportunity to flatter again, but Mr. Lu waved his hands impatiently: "You don't need to mention this kind of nonsense, the truth of people's tea is cold, so I don't need to say anything more?"
"I have retired for many years, and you are making trouble outside under my banner. Although I don't go out very much, I am not blind yet."
These words were already extremely severe and harsh, Lu Yichen silently knelt down on the ground, lowered his head and said: "Grandpa, I was wrong this time, I shouldn't be so eager for quick success."
"If you want to take it, you must first give it... The times have changed, and it is no longer feasible to rely on the background of a wealthy family to do those deeds of robbery."
Old Master Lu sighed, patted Lu Yichen on the shoulder, and signaled him to stand up: "Your sister Ningxiang, you have done much better than you in this regard."
"Third Sister has been smart since she was a child. As an older brother, I feel ashamed of myself."
Lu Yichen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled modestly.
It seems that the old man is not very angry... What's more, he thinks that he didn't handle things properly, and let others catch the clue.
"I don't have many days to live. From now on, the Lu family will belong to you young people. Before doing things, you need to use your brain more."
Mr. Lu waved his hand: "Go, don't waste my tea, you are absent-minded, what kind of bird can you taste?"
"..."
Lu Yichen had no choice but to smile bitterly, got up to say goodbye, and didn't realize that his back was already sweating profusely until he left the small study building.
"If you want to take it, you must give it first... What the old man means is that he wants me to be friends with an inferior person like Chen Youcai..."
Walking under a sweet-scented osmanthus tree at the corner of the flower gallery, Lu Yichen twitched the corner of his mouth, sneered again and again, and suddenly kicked towards the tree.
"It's just a countryman with a little skill, he is also worthy?"