Chapter 32 Reminiscing

Qi Sui was passing by Yanchunlou on her way back to Qi Mansion from Wanbao Pavilion and saw a familiar figure in the old place. Cheng An was looking at the second floor, looking a little dazed.

She walked over and whispered, "Cheng An."

Cheng An came back to his senses, looked at her, and said, "I have nothing to do, so I came over to take a look."

Qi Sui nodded, found a tea stall and sat down. Cheng An Followed her and sat opposite her.

"How much did you spend on redeeming the top prostitute?" He lowered his eyes, as if he didn't dare to look at her.

Qi Sui placed several boxes on the table and said, "Three hundred taels." Then he poured two cups of tea.

Cheng An looked up at her in surprise and asked hesitantly, "Three hundred taels? She's the top girl in Yanchunlou, so she must be worth a thousand taels."

Qi Sui explained, "The lady in the building is soft-hearted, so she only asked me for three hundred taels."

Cheng An felt stunned. Seeing that she really didn't understand how selfish she was, he said, "The madam can promise you as long as three hundred taels of ransom, I'm afraid there is a top card to deal with."

This time it's Qi Sui's turn to be shocked. She asked, "Why? Ah? I can afford three hundred taels."

Cheng An was speechless, not knowing how to respond for a moment. These words were clearly said. He asked, "Do you really not know or are you pretending?"

Qi Sui thought for a while then said: "Cheng An, Yunchan... I mean she... might... be interested in me?"

Cheng An stared at her, as if to say that she wasn't stupid.

"Don't look at me like that." Qi Sui curled her lips and said, "I'm not some immortal hero in a storybook, how can I be so likable?"

Cheng An said, "Immortal heroes won't redeem her."

After a long silence, Qi Sui finally spoke up: "Why are you asking about this?"

Cheng An had just put down his teacup, then took a sip again as if to cover up, and said: "I want to redeem Ying'er."

"It's a big deal." Qi Sui understood, and thinking about his family situation, she asked carefully: "Are you in a hurry?"

He sighed and said helplessly: "No."

Qi Sui guessed that he must be very tight on money at the moment, so she proposed: "Then I will redeem Ying'er for you."

As expected, Cheng An refused, but he clenched his fists as if struggling, "I don't want you to help me selfishly, but this is about Ying'er, and it's not my turn..."

Qi Sui nodded, confirming his words, "You're right." Then she said, "But you can borrow mine first. It just so happens that I want to hire people to grow fruits and vegetables on other farms after the New Year. You are also very skilled at it, why don't you take care of the farm for me, and split the harvest 50-50 like before."

Cheng An didn't agree immediately, but asked her: "Are you willing to help me?"

"That's Right." Qi Sui Agreed, and said: "But borrowing money is a temporary decision. I have already determined that you are the most suitable person to be the manager of the farm, but I don't know how to discuss it with you."

Cheng An said: "Even if this didn't happen, I would Help you."

Qi Sui felt so moved that she almost cried and said, "Good brother, let's share happiness!"

"Then can you ask Ying'er if she is willing to do so?" Cheng An's voice suddenly became very low. His expression was also very unnatural.

Qi Sui paused for a moment, then immediately agreed: "It's not difficult, I'll go now."

But Cheng An said he would go with her, and took her things. When the two of them walked to the door, a carriage arrived. The car stopped, and Qi Sui had to step aside. A man got off the car. He's wearing an indigo-colored robe and a silver-gray jacket. A closer look revealed that he's wearing a jade belt around his waist, He exuded an air of wealth.

Qi Sui whispered to Cheng An: "I have never seen a his face."

Cheng An said, "Do you know many people?"

Who would have thought that as he was talking, this person walked directly towards Qi Sui, his eyes changing from probing to confirming, he said in surprise: "Qi Sui!"

"Ah?" Qi Sui didn't react. Does he know me? But she tried hard to search her mind for fragments of memory about him, but found none.

Qi Sui pretended to be calm, politely pretended not to hear, and prepared to take Cheng An away first.

But the man stopped her, stared at her with his long, slanted eyes, and said with a smile: "Are you avoiding me?"

Qi Sui smiled awkwardly and said: "No, no."

"Then tell me, Who is it?" He looked at Cheng An.

Qi Sui leaned slightly sideways to block his sight, the corners of his mouth were smiling, but his tone was slightly cold: "Who is he?"

At this time, the madam saw Qi Sui and hurried over to entertain her, but when she saw the other person, her face was full of smiles, "Master Zhang, how can you have the leisure to come to Yanchun Tower today?"

Zhang Wenchi did not turn around, and said in a long voice: "Don't worry, madam, I will chat with my old friend first."

She almost rolled her eyes, but she had high emotional intelligence and could always turn the tide in such a situation, so she smiled again, "Brother Zhang, we haven't seen each other for a long time. It's not appropriate to do this today. Why don't we meet again in a few days?"

Zhang Wenchi crossed his arms and said, tilted his head, eyes full of amusement, and said: "You remember me now?"

"How could I forget?" Qi Sui agreed with him, but roaring in her heart, "When will it end?"

"It's better to do it today than to wait for another day. Come with me and have a good time today." Zhang Wenchi didn't ask any more questions. He held her tightly, but looked at Cheng An and whispered, "Just you and me."

Qi Sui wanted to struggle . She tried to open her mouth, but he held her tightly. She raised her eyes to meet his gaze, looking down at her intimidatingly.

"You have to ask me to explain something to him."

"Just put it like that." Zhang Wenchi still refused to let go.

Qi Sui had no choice but to turn half of her body and said to Cheng An, "Take these things back home first, and then tell Mother Song that I won't be back for dinner tonight."

After Cheng An left, Zhang Wenchi finally let go and smiled sincerely, saying "You just need me."

Qi Sui felt like she had eaten something unclean and couldn't help vomiting, but her face remained calm. "What are you playing?"

Zhang Wenchi glanced at her hair. It wasn't like before, where she used to wear a head full of jewels and jade, and asked, "Why are you so plain now?" Then he glanced at her clothes and realized, "I just realized it, but you look good like this too."

Qi Sui didn't listen to him and walked straight to the madam. She said, "Madam, just arrange a room near the window. There's no need to call any girl."

"I want to listen to Qu'er, have you forgotten?"Zhang Wenchi walked up to her and said softly.

"Since we are reminiscing about the past, it would be inconvenient for others to come."

"What's the harm? It's more elegant to listen to the music." Zhang Wenchi gave the madam a silver ingot and said, "Since Yunchan is not here, let's replace her with the best singing girl in the building."

The madam took it, her eyes curved with joy, and said, "Our Ying'er has a good voice. If Master Zhang thinks it's good, please love her more."

Qi Sui said anxiously, "No, we won't. Listen to the song."

Zhang Wenchi didn't really care who sang better, but seeing her reaction, he immediately became interested and insisted that Ying'er come to accompany him.

Qi Sui gnashed her teeth in hatred and asked, "Did you do this on purpose?"

"Of course." Zhang Wenchi did not shy away from it, but happily agreed, "This is more fun."

"Then you can have fun by yourself." Qi Sui turned around and Go away, don't bother with him.

Zhang Wenchi wasn't in a hurry. He just said slowly behind her: "If I don't have fun, Ying'er will suffer."

Qi Sui really stopped, turned around angrily, and rushed to the second floor before him, not forgetting to put down "If you are rude to Ying'er in the slightest, I will never let you go."

"I carry the Zhang family's reputation with me when I go out, how could I do such a vulgar thing?" Zhang Wenchi said slowly. Then, he stared at her back, with no emotion in his tone.

When Ying'er learned that Qi Sui had arrived, she became happy for the first time since Yunchan left Yanchunlou and hoped to meet Cheng An. But when she opened the door, she found that the person walking with Qi Sui wasn't Cheng An, and her expression suddenly dimmed.

"Are you unwilling to sing for me?" Zhang Wenchi tapped the teacup with his fingers and looked at her expressionlessly.

Qi Sui said, "Ying'er didn't even speak, where did you get your temper?" She stood up and pulled Ying'er to sit next to her.

After Zhang Wenchi witnessed her actions, he patted his legs and said, "Come sit here."

"Are you sick?" Qi Sui couldn't help scolding him. Ying'er quickly grabbed her hand and tried to stop her.

Zhang Wenchi was scolded, but instead of getting angry he laughed: "Why is your temper even worse than before?"

Qi Sui had to hold it in. After all, she wasn't the original owner and didn't know what the original owner's temperament was like.

"She's just a prostitute. Do you want me to coax her?" Zhang Wenchi changed the subject and said, "Don't spoil her too much." His eyes suddenly turned cold and he stared at Ying'er sinisterly.

Ying'er felt a chill on her back when she was looked at, and she hid behind Qi Sui unconsciously.

Qi Sui couldn't get used to the contempt in his words. Even though she knew the world here was different from the one she grew up in, she still retorted, "What you despise is naturally treasured by others."

"Why are you always picking on me today? "Zhang Wenchi frowned. He didn't like others going against him.

Qi Sui didn't bother to pay attention to him. She dragged Ying'er out and went straight to the madam and said, "Mom, I want to redeem Ying'er."

"What's the matter? Why are you talking about this for no reason?" The madam looked puzzled, then she looked at both of them.

Ying'er lowered her head in guilt and told her about the matter, but the madam was not happy, and softly rebuked her: "Ying'er, who is Master Zhang? If he see you, he will naturally love you, and there will be a way out in the future."

Qi Sui pulled Ying'er behind him and said to the madam, "Don't blame her, Mom. It's not bad for me to redeem her now, so as not to embarrass her in the future."

"Young lady, what do you want me to do?" The old woman sighed.

Zhang Wenchi also came downstairs at this time, came to her and said, "Madam, I like Ying'er too. It just so happens that I need someone to play the piano and sing songs. Why don't you let me redeem her and take her as my concubine?"

Ying'er was so frightened that she trembled all over. She had heard rumors about him from her sisters in the building: that he was moody and took pleasure in torturing women.

Qi Sui looked at him in disbelief and asked, "What on earth do you want to do?"

"To go against you." Zhang Wenchi raised his eyes slightly and looked at her with a smile.

Qi Sui did not back down and directly said to the madam, "Three hundred taels."

Zhang Wenchi followed and shouted, "Four hundred taels."

The madam was shocked and frightened, but the two of them rushed to bid, attracting other guests to come over, and finally one bid was enough, One thousand taels.

Zhang Wenchi then stopped, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "As expected of a girl from the Qi family, you are so generous. I admire you."

Qi Sui was just hot-headed, and when she came to her senses, she realized that she had fallen into his trap.

Zhang Wenchi walked up to her and asked, "Are you satisfied?"