Jackie Chan's Son-in-Law

Chapter 52 Favors
The Gu Family Compound.

Chen Qing had already packed up most of his things, and Xiao Yue was standing in his room, looking at Chen Qing with teary eyes.

After Chen Qing tied up his bundle, Xiao Yue finally couldn't hold back her tears and cried out, "Young Master, are you just leaving like this?"

Chen Qing stopped what he was doing, turned around and glanced at her, and said irritably, "You're crying as you say this. It doesn't sound like I'm gone, it sounds like I'm dead."

Xiaoyue wiped away her tears, her eyes red: "How could Master Chen be like this? He was the one who sent the young master here, and now he's going back on his word."

"It's out of the way."

Chen Qing reached out and wiped Xiaoyue's tears with his sleeve, and said with a smile, "I'm just temporarily leaving this compound, not leaving Deqing. I'll probably still be in Deqing for a while."

"Once I've settled in, I'll tell you where I live, and we can still see each other often."

Xiaoyue wiped her tears with Chen Qing's sleeve, but new tears flowed down her face. She said through her teary eyes, "Of the three young nephews, Shouzhuo has been exiled by the government. The other two young nephews have also left Anrentang. It's fine for you to live in the courtyard, but if you go to live outside, I'm afraid the two young nephews will cause you trouble."

Chen Qing said with a smile, "Isn't my leaving the Gu family exactly what they've been dreaming of? It doesn't necessarily mean they'll cause me trouble. If they really want to, they'll cause me trouble."

“I’m not the Chen Qing who only knew how to take a beating anymore.”

Young Master Chen patted Xiaoyue's head and said with a smile, "Take care, don't cry. I'm going to say goodbye to Miss Pan'er."

After saying this, he didn't carry his bag, but walked out of the room empty-handed, looked up at the sky, and let out a long sigh.

Today's fight was something another Chen Qing would never have dared to even imagine, but he has already done it.

Confronting the great demon within, one suddenly feels the vastness of the world.

From now on, he will strive to make a name for himself in this era, at least not be inferior to Chen Huan, who is also working hard to climb.

If you're short, you can't be too short.

Otherwise, it would be a huge embarrassment.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing strode towards the backyard of the Gu family and quickly found his way to the foot of Miss Gu's embroidery tower. He looked up at the tower, which had only one window, hesitated for a moment, and then called out, "Miss Pan'er."

Upstairs in the embroidered tower, the window seemed to rattle, then there was silence again. After a while, Gu Pan's voice could be heard.

“You…you come up here and talk.”

Chen Qing stood at the foot of the embroidered building, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted her teeth and stepped onto the small stairs.

A moment later, he was already standing at the door of Miss Gu's boudoir, and gently knocked on the door: "Miss Pan'er."

The door was slowly opened.

Miss Gu, dressed in a light blue dress, looked at Chen Qing with slightly red eyes, probably from crying.

It's unclear whether she was crying because Chen Qing was about to leave, or because of her own troubled marriage.

Chen Qing stood at the doorway, looked at Miss Gu, and said with a smile, "Shall we talk right here at the door?"

Miss Gu gritted her teeth slightly, reached out and grabbed his sleeve, pulling him into her boudoir: "If I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

Chen Qing was pulled inside by her, and upon hearing this, he sighed, "It's precisely because you're not afraid that I'm afraid."

Miss Gu asked, "What are you afraid of?"

"I fear I will fail to live up to the kindness of this beautiful woman."

"Grumpy."

Miss Gu turned her face away from Chen Qing, instead of looking at him, she went to pour him water. She handed the tea to Chen Qing and said quietly, "From the moment you came to the Gu family, my father came and said that you would be my future husband."

"Over the past month or two, I've already made up my mind about this."

She looked at Chen Qing with sorrow in her eyes: "The Chen family sent someone to see you first, and now they're sending Chen Sanlang to replace you. What do they take me for?"

"I absolutely cannot agree to this."

Chen Qing chuckled softly, "Don't worry, Miss, I can't let them do it."

"Ah."

Miss Gu nodded silently, then asked, "What do you plan to do next?"

“I’ll go live away from home for a while. That way I won’t have to worry about the Gu family’s affairs. I can spend some time memorizing some things.”

He smiled at Gu Pan and said, "With the Gu family's wealth, they can allocate some manpower and resources to learn booksells, and they can probably make a lot of money that way."

Gu Pan thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to do it?"

Chen Qing rubbed his temples and said, "I have a lot of ideas in my mind, a whole bunch of thoughts. I need some time to sort them out before I can figure out exactly what I need to do."

"While I'm away, Miss, please visit Anrentang more often and learn to gradually take over the affairs of Anrentang."

At this point, Chen Qing paused, then said, "Uncle Gu, he..."

“I know.” Miss Gu’s eyes reddened again. “Father wants to make arrangements for me and then send me to the capital.”

Chen Qing was somewhat surprised.

"you know?"

"I'm not stupid, why wouldn't I know?"

Gu Pan gritted her teeth slightly: "I've met that uncle before, but I haven't seen him in the last few years."

Chen Qing sighed, then comforted him, "I've figured out what I want to do later, and I might be able to help Uncle Gu in the future."

"Don't worry."

Miss Gu looked at him and shook her head, saying, "Being a bookseller won't have any impact on the capital."

"Who said you have to be a bookseller?"

Chen Qing said with a smile, "There are still many things that can be done in this world."

He said softly, "You'll find out later, Miss."

Gu Pan looked at Chen Qing, about to speak, when she suddenly caught sight of Master Gu's figure below the embroidered tower. Her expression panicked: "My father is here!"

"It's out of the way."

Chen Qing smiled and said, "We're innocent, what's there to be afraid of? I'll go down and greet Uncle Gu."

Miss Gu gritted her teeth slightly and asked, "Where do you plan to live after leaving the Gu family?"

Chen Qing thought for a moment and replied, "They should stay temporarily in Niluo Lane."

Miss Gu nodded silently.

"Be careful out there, and don't do anything reckless."

Her words were clearly out of concern, but after she finished speaking, she inexplicably thought of Mr. Yang's daughter from Niluo Lane.

Therefore, her gaze towards Chen Qing took on a new meaning.

However, Chen Qing was destined not to understand this meaning. After bidding farewell to Miss Gu, he had already left the embroidered tower and happened to run into Master Gu walking towards him.

Master Gu looked at Chen Qing, stepped forward and grabbed Chen Qing's sleeve, saying, "Come with me."

Chen Qing was pulled away by him, staggering and somewhat confused: "Uncle Gu, where are you taking me?"

"Let me take you to hide for a while."

As they walked, Master Gu said, “Your father went to the county government office. He and Magistrate Hong are both Jinshi graduates. Scholars have teachers and mentors, and their relationships are very complex. Who knows what kind of connections they might have?”

“If Magistrate Hong can’t refuse, he’ll probably agree to your father’s request and send his men to take you back to Huzhou. You can come with me to hide.”

Chen Qing was taken aback, then frowned: "Where are you hiding?"

"Don't worry about this."

Mr. Gu said calmly, “The Gu family doesn’t have much, but it has plenty of places to hide people and things. I’ll take you to lay low for a while.”

“Your father won’t be staying in Deqing for long. Wait until he leaves before you come out. By then, he won’t be in Deqing anymore, and Magistrate Hong will probably be too lazy to make things difficult for you.”

As they spoke, Chen Qing was led to a side path and soon entered the Gu family's underground vault. This vault mainly contained silver, as well as some grain, which was piled up here.

“Nephew, you stay here for now. Once your father leaves Deqing, you can come out from here.”

Chen Qing looked around at the gold and silver piled up in the warehouse, then asked with some curiosity, "Magistrate Hong and he are not subordinate to each other, so why do you listen to him so much?"

"Everyone carries the bridal sedan chair."

Without hesitation, Master Gu replied, "In officialdom, one must always give each other some face. When both sides give each other face, they themselves will also have face."

"Moreover, this kind of favor is actually very worthwhile for Magistrate Hong."

"Moreover, Magistrate Hong is a shrewd man."

Master Gu looked at Chen Qing and said, "Just now, Magistrate Hong secretly sent someone over to greet me and tell me about your father's visit to the county government."

"Make sure both ends are settled."

At this point, Master Gu looked up at Chen Qing and gave him some instructions.

"Don't worry, you can make do here for a few days."

He looked calm.

"Leave the rest to me."

(End of this chapter)