A life of two souls traveling through time

Three days later, Li Yunye received another invitation.

"Hasn't the Zhao family always regarded the Li family as a strong enemy? Do you think it's normal for the young master of the Zhao family to invite me now?" Li Yunye felt a headache holding the invitation. He finally got rid of one, and another came.

"Although our Li family and the Zhao family have been competing with each other privately for many years, we have never torn our faces in public. Young Master, you often drink and watch plays with the young master of the Zhao family." An Ge at the side refilled the young master's hot tea.

"Humph, birds of a feather flock together." Li Yunye threw the invitation on the table with disdain, and his mood instantly relaxed: "I finally got rid of those bad habits, and I will never associate with such people again."

"But sir, others are fine, but it's not easy to offend the young master of the Zhao family! After all, they are rivals, and we have to deal with them on the surface. The master also often says that it is better to resolve an enemy than to create one. For this reason, every time the Zhao family invites him to a banquet, the master has to go and put on a show even though he knows that their private competition methods are despicable."

"I'm not as magnanimous as your master." Li Yunye still looked unmoved.

"But sir, everyone in Qile City knows that the Zhao family is not easy to mess with, especially that Master Zhao, who is vindictive and ruthless. If you offend him, I'm afraid..."

"What? Are you, the famous Li family from Jiangnan, afraid of the Zhao family?"

"I'm not afraid, but the master and the housekeeper are not here right now. If the Zhao family uses some shady tricks again at this time, Ange is worried..."

"Yeah, it's better to have less trouble than more. You go and tell them that I will keep the appointment on time." After Ange's reminder, Jiang Siyao shuddered in his heart and responded quickly.

After all, there is no one capable in the Li Mansion now, and the managers of various stores in the city are just workers. Madam Li is a woman with social phobia, and she is indifferent to some things in the mansion. Jiang Siyao himself is a person who is afraid of taking responsibility.

At the beginning of the third month, Li Yunye went to the Plum Garden to inform Mrs. Li that he was going to keep the appointment.

"It's rare that you would tell me these things now. In my opinion, just ignore it and stay at home peacefully. Wait for your father to come back if there is anything." In the past, her son never told her who he met or what he did when he went out. Today, Mrs. Li was also surprised and happy, but when she heard that her son was going to keep an appointment with the Zhao family, she couldn't help but worry.

"Although the Li and Zhao families compete with each other in business, don't they still have to maintain the superficial personal relationships? Since it's the young master of the Zhao family who has sent the invitation personally, it's not good to ignore it, right?" The two have been together for more than a month, and the mother's obvious maternal love for her son has made Jiang Siyao feel more warmth and respect for Mrs. Li from the bottom of his heart.

"That's right. Then you have to be more careful and go early and come back early." Mrs. Li also sighed helplessly. She held her son's hand and gently reminded him. Then she turned her head to look at An Ge who was waiting at the door and instructed: "You have to be smart too. Find a few more people to protect him."

"Yes, ma'am."

"It's OK for Ange to accompany me. Too many people will attract more attention. Don't worry, mother. I'm old enough to take care of myself."

"Well, since you have your own ideas, I can't say anything more. My son is old enough to get married. Wait for your father to come back..."

"Mother, it's getting late. I'm going out!" Without waiting for Mrs. Li to finish her words, Li Yunye hurriedly pulled An Ge, who was trying to hold back her laughter, and ran away.

"What's going on? How did we end up talking about urging people to get married?" Li Yunye left the plum garden angrily.

"Sir, the lady is right. A man of your age should have gotten married a long time ago. It's just that you used to hang out outside every day, which led to your bad reputation like the young master of the Zhao family. Otherwise, there are countless young ladies in Jiangnan who are well-matched..."

"Shut up!"

Less than half an incense stick of time later, the Li family carriage stopped steadily outside the Chengnan Opera House. As soon as Li Yunye got off the carriage, he was warmly greeted by the servant at the door: "Hey, Mr. Li, you haven't been here for some time."

Li Yunye didn't respond, but just nodded with a forced smile.

"Oh, brother Yunye, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time!" As soon as Li Yunye was brought to the private room on the second floor of the theater, Zhao Chu came forward and pulled him to sit next to him.

"I'm sorry, the road is slippery due to the snow, and the driver is driving a little slowly." Li Yunye hurriedly shook off Zhao Chu's hand on his shoulder with a fake smile and moved to sit opposite him. He was already disgusted to the point of going crazy: he started to touch me right away. Even if he had a handsome face, he couldn't hide the greasy feeling in his heart.

"Brother Yunye, why are you so distant with me after not seeing you for several months? We have known each other since we were young. I was the one who taught you how to touch a girl the first time, hehe..." Seeing Li Yunye suddenly distance himself from him, Zhao Chu was shocked and annoyed but did not get angry. He just showed an ambiguous and obscene smile.

"Ahem..." No matter how angry she was, Jiang Siyao knew she had to endure it.

An Ge, who was standing outside the curtain, looked at her young master's flushed face but dared not say a word: This young master of the Zhao family is still as bad as ever.

"It took me some thought to invite Brother Yunye out today. Firstly, we haven't seen each other for some time, and as your brother, I miss you very much. Secondly, I know you have a special liking for Miss Jin in this theater. Tonight happens to be Miss Jin's play, so I might as well arrange it here. It will not affect our drinking party, and we can also appreciate Miss Jin's beautiful figure again. Later, I will naturally make room for you and Miss Jin to talk from the heart." When the wine and food were served, Zhao Chu raised his glass, showed a greasy smile again, and talked a lot.

Hearing the name Miss Jin, Jiang Siyao's heart skipped a beat: Isn't this Li Yunye's former lover in Hexi Garden? Does Zhao Chu know about this too? It's over, it's over. Why did I feel like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth when I came here today?

"Then I'll have tea instead of wine, thank you." Jiang Siyao was even less in the mood at this moment, and just picked up the tea in front of him to deal with it.

"Brother Yunye, what do you mean by this?" Seeing the other party perfunctorily serving him tea, Zhao Chu's face immediately darkened and he was about to get angry. Ange hurriedly lifted the curtain and smiled apologetically: "Master Zhao, please forgive me. It's not that my master intentionally neglected me. It's just that I ate something bad this morning and suffered all day. But in order to keep Master Zhao's appointment, my master repeatedly begged the doctor to prescribe a strong medicine, so that he had the strength to rush here."

Jiang Siyao looked at Ange with complicated eyes: I didn’t realize this boy has such a talent for acting.

"Oh, you are really something. Since you are unwell, why don't you just lie down at home? Why don't you just send someone to inform me? Do you think I, as your brother, can really argue with you?" After hearing this, Zhao Chu put on a concerned look and reprimanded in a gentle voice.

"Brother Zhao invited me sincerely, so how can Yunye not come?" Li Yunye followed Ange's lie and pretended to be sick, trying to raise his teacup again: "Ouch... Ouch..."

"Hey, what's wrong?" Zhao Chu saw Li Yunye holding his stomach and screaming in pain, and stood up worriedly.

"Young Master, what's wrong with you? Is your stomach uncomfortable again?" An Ge also hurried forward to support Li Yunye.

"It must be that the idiot doctor took the initiative and didn't mix the medicine properly. I'm probably going to have a stomachache again..." Li Yunye leaned against the table with a painful look on his face, gasping for air, and looked up at Zhao Chu with tears in his eyes: "It seems that Yunye will not be able to enjoy Brother Zhao's kindness tonight."

"It's okay, his health is the most important thing. Help your son go back quickly and find a doctor to check him out." Zhao Chu said to Ange with an anxious look at this time.

In this way, Li Yunye left Hexi Theater as he wished with the help of An Ge.

"Today's Li Yunye really made me look at him with new eyes." Zhao Chu, who was standing in front of the window, looked at the carriage leaving the Li Mansion outside and smiled playfully.

"What are you looking at, sir? Where is Master Li?" At this time, a charming woman dressed in a green theatrical costume entered the private room.

"My little beauty, you are late. Your lover just put on a wonderful show in front of me." Zhao Chu turned around and looked at the woman with confused eyes. He hugged her in his arms and teased her.

"Nonsense, you are Jin'er's lover." The woman twisted her waist in Zhao Chu's arms and said coquettishly.

"Hahaha......"