Chapter 312

The next day, neither Tangtang nor Guoguo went out. They had been waiting for Shen Qingling to come back from court, but before Shen Qingling got back, a group of people who wanted to drive them away arrived first.

One of them was exactly the person who had come and called himself Shen Qingling’s cousin yesterday, and he came again today. He was accompanied by another noble-looking person, who was also a Ge’er. Judging from his age, he should be of the elder generation. Besides, this person looked somewhat like Shen Qingling. If nothing else, this person should be Shen Qingling’s Daddy.

Tangtang and Guoguo didn’t move. They watched the two of them walking towards them slowly, and thought to themselves. Dad had never told them that Shen Qingling was a trouble himself. If they had known, they wouldn’t have got to know him back then, no matter what!

Guoguo, who had originally wanted to pair his own brother and Shen Qingling off, also hesitated. If he really got himself a bunch of relatives like them in the future, it would be impossible for him to lead a peaceful life. He didn’t want to throw his home into turmoil.

When the two of them came near to Tangtang and Guoguo, they stared at them in a condescending way. Tangtang and Guoguo had wanted to greet them, but they gave up the idea when seeing their faces.

“Hey! Didn’t I tell you to move away yesterday? How come you are still here now? Have you really taken this place as your own home?”

The one talking was the Ge’er who had come yesterday. After that, he turned to stare flatteringly at the elder Ge’er beside him. “Uncle, it’s them exactly. I came here yesterday and told them to move away today, but it didn’t occur to me that they didn’t know their place and haven’t left yet.”

When the elder Ge’er heard what the younger Ge’er said, he put on a sullen face and said with a sneer, “How shameless they are! Since they are unwilling to leave, we can only ask someone to drive them away.”

Although he was speaking to the younger Ge’er, his eyes were fixed on Tangtang and Guoguo all the time.

Neither Tangtang nor Guoguo had expected that this person should say such words. They had originally assumed that since he was of the elder generation, they might be able to communicate if he talked properly. However, the moment Tangtang and Guoguo heard him, they were no longer in the mood.

Guoguo wanted to speak, but was stopped by Tangtang. “Let me handle this!”

Tangtang took a step forward and said, “This Daddy, we’ve rented this house, and the lease runs for two months. We’ve already paid the rent. Since the lease isn’t up yet, even if the owner of the house wants us to move away, he should tell us himself. Besides, he has to return our rent back to us.”

“This house belongs to my son, so how am I not the owner of the house? The reason you haven’t left yet is just because you want your rent! Zisang, give them the money and tell them to leave now.”

Zisang, who was called, took out a bag of silver and passed it to Tangtang. Tangtang saw the pouch in front of him and smiled suddenly.

“This Daddy, let’s not talk about whether you are the real owner of the house or not first. Even if you are, we have to make the decision after we meet the owner of this house. This Daddy, I can see that you have an honorable identity. I hope you won’t make trouble out of nothing.”

“Shut up! Make trouble out of nothing? You actually said that I make trouble out of nothing! Do you know who I am? I’m the spouse of the prime minister and the Daddy of the minister of Ministry of Works. How can you slander me like that!”

Now that the story was played out like this, Tangtang didn’t intend to back down either. Although they had no background or connections in the capital city, they didn’t allow themselves to be bullied at random. Tangtang said, “This Daddy, slander doesn’t come out of nowhere. If no one started the whole thing, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to slander anyone. Therefore, please pick your words with care, this Daddy. Each of your family is powerful, so be careful not to destroy their reputation.”

“You, you, you…”

Apparently, this person was angered by Tangtang. Nothing else had come out of his mouth except for “you”.

Meanwhile, the young Ge’er next to him saw that his backer suffered wrong, he chimed in at once, “What did you say? Is someone like you qualified to teach my uncle a lesson? Since you chose the hard way rather than the easy way, I’ll just play along. Come on! Throw them out of the house!”

The two Ge’ers were followed by many servants. After hearing the order, they surged up to Tangtang and Guoguo.

Tangtang didn’t want to fight with these people. After all, he was a scholar and had to take part in the Spring Imperial Examination, so it would be best for him not to fight. Therefore, Tangtang stood still, remaining unmoved.

Seeing that Tangtang did not make a move, Guoguo knew what he was thinking. Guoguo drew everyone’s attention to himself, while Tangtang looked on. By the way, he looked over those two Ge’ers.

Tangtang thought of some stories that Dad had told him before. So this must be the so-called “fraud on a power”!

Naturally, these servants were no match for Guoguo and brought down by Guoguo in a short time. Guoguo patted the dust off his hands, stepped back to Tangtang’s side with ease and raised his eyebrows towards the two Ge’ers, looking at them with challenge.

Tangtang smiled and said to the two Ge’ers, “If the two of you really want us to leave, it’s fine. The two of you just need to wait here for a while. Brother Qingling drops by every day after he comes back from court. As long as Brother Qingling asks later, we will definitely move away at once without hesitation.”

“Humph,” the elder Ge’er snorted and said, “Since that’s the case, we’ll wait a while! I don’t believe that my son will turn against his Daddy for an outsider.”

Guoguo snorted with scorn. ‘Who can tell what lies beyond? Now that you feel anxious and get to us, it means your son is already out of your control. Although you are his Daddy, your son should know how to deal with such a Daddy if he is wise.’

The elder Ge’er, who called himself Shen Qingling’s Daddy, agreed to wait, while the younger Ge’er, who called Shen Qingling his cousin, was a little worried. Tangtang and Guoguo could tell that these two Ge’ers must have come secretly without telling Shen Qingling.

One of them was the Daddy, who was confident, while the other one was the cousin, who was not that confident, but he didn’t dare to show disapproval.

Tangtang and Guoguo did not invite them to come in and sit down. All of them just stood at the door. At the same time, there were already many onlookers on the street. It was probably because Guoguo had fought just now.

They hadn’t waited for long before they saw Shen Qingling running towards them from afar.

“Brother Qing, did something happen? How come there are so many people?” Shen Qingling rushed straight towards Tangtang without pause and didn’t see clearly anyone else or the onlookers for now.

Tangtang shook his head. “There’s no need to worry, Brother Qingling. Nothing happened. It’s just that two Ge’ers who claimed to be your Daddy and your cousin came here and asked us to move away. My brother and I were not sure if what they said was true, so we didn’t move away and thus there was a little conflict between us. Brother Qingling, now that you are here, please confirm their identities! If you really want us to move away, please return our rent back to us, Brother Qingling.”

Shen Qingling looked around and saw quite a few servants from his residence, while his Daddy was indeed behind him. As for the other person, Shen Qingling had never taken him seriously.

Shen Qingling walked up to his Daddy, greeted him and then asked him in a confused tone, “Daddy, what are you doing? These two are my friends. I let them live here in the capital city. Don’t you agree, Daddy?”

This Daddy of Shen Qingling was not his biological Daddy, who had passed away when Shen Qingling was ten years old. Although this step-Daddy had treated him well, he had always wanted to fix Shen Qingling up with a Ge’er from his own family, but Shen Qingling hadn’t agreed. Therefore, his step-Daddy had asked his people to watch Shen Qingling. As long as someone decent looking or with a good family background appeared beside Shen Qingling, his step-Daddy would provoke him, no matter he was a Ge’er or a son.

Shen Qingling glanced at the person standing next to his step-Daddy and knew what was going on. It must be because he had often visited this place recently that he was on the watch list again.

Shen Qingling smiled. “Daddy, I won’t embarrass you on the street. You don’t have to explain this to me either. You can’t make the decisions on my behalf, and it’s not up to you to make the decisions. You just need to think about how to explain this to my Dad when you go back. As for the other people, let me clarify now. The Shen family don’t welcome plotters. If anything happens to such people in the Shen family, the Shen family won’t be responsible for it. Daddy, please think it over.”

Shen Qingling had become the minister of Ministry of Works at such an early age. He hadn’t relied on his father or brother, but totally on himself. Even if he left the Shen family, it would not affect him much. Moreover, in his Dad’s mind, his son was much more important than his spouse, let alone a second spouse.

The elder Ge’er, who had said confidently that he would wait until Shen Qingling showed up, was now speechless. As for the other Ge’er, he didn’t even know where to look.

Before his Daddy could explain, Shen Qingling walked up to Tangtang and Guoguo to apologize, “Brother Qing, Brother Mu, please forgive me. My Daddy must have been misIed by someone, and thus deceived by rumors. As for the house, it belongs to me. Expect for me, no one else can decide the usage of the house. It’s their fault today. But don’t worry, no one will harass you in the future.”

Since Shen Qingling apologized sincerely, Tangtang and Guoguo could naturally say no more. After all, this was his family’s fault, not his fault.

They would just treat what had happened as a farce.

Since the matter was resolved, they didn’t have to continue standing at the door. Tangtang said to Shen Qingling, “Brother Qingling, you must have hurried over once you went out of court! Come in and sit down first. Have a cup of tea! Let’s turn the page.”

Shen Qingling let out a sigh of relief when hearing Tangtang say that he didn’t care about it, so he followed Tangtang and Guoguo in immediately.

As for the others outside, let them do whatever they wanted! Anyway, Shen Qingling was not the one to be embarrassed. Now the master of the family was his prime minister Dad, and someone would fix those who didn’t know their place.