Although he knew it was inappropriate, Su Yu couldn't help but feel curious and asked, "Zi Yue, are you planning to go home and visit?"

Deng Qiyue's face turned gloomy in an instant, and his tone was filled with anger: "No, I'm not going back! I don't want to stay in that house for a moment, and I don't want to see anyone in it, except my sister Xian'er." He was obviously very excited.

"Not going back?" Su Yu frowned slightly and asked, "Didn't I hear you say before that you would not travel far anymore? You..."

"It's not that I have nowhere to go!" Deng Qiyue changed the subject, his eyes fell on the yard in front of him, and he sighed helplessly, "It's just that your small yard can't accommodate me and my followers. But don't worry, I have arranged for Li San to take people to temporarily place the luggage in a Buddhist temple outside the city, and I will buy a house tomorrow to solve the housing problem."

"Well!" Su Yu was not in a position to say more about this matter. After a moment of silence, he suggested: "Since we are back in the capital, why not go visit Dean Li!"

"I understand. Alas~" Deng Qiyue nodded in agreement, then sighed, "Although Dean Li is a man of power, he is kind to you and me, so he must have some ulterior motives. However, to be fair, he has not lost the integrity and character that a scholar should have."

"Everyone is like this, you and I are no exception." Su Yu shook his head with some emotion.

"That's true..." Deng Qiyue nodded in agreement after hearing this.

"Do you want to take a rest first? After all, you will be busy tomorrow. Don't forget to prepare for the enlightenment of your little nephews..." Su Yu continued.

"Don't worry, I won't forget it! Come, try a bowl too. This tofu pudding tastes really good, it's a pity there's no wine to go with it... otherwise I really want to buy a few pots right away..." The person who was reminded said as he enthusiastically handed over a bowl of tofu pudding.

However, the man from the Su domain waved his hand and politely refused, "No, thank you. I have to go to school to teach tomorrow morning, so I really can't drink." In fact, he himself was not very interested in alcoholic beverages, and naturally would not choose to disturb those restaurants that had already closed late at night.

"Okay, then it's up to you." Deng Qiyue saw this and stopped forcing him. Then he looked at Su Yu and said with a smile: "Hey, but to be honest, after so many years, you are still the same as before."

"Hmm? What does it look like?" Su Yu couldn't help but ask back curiously when he heard that.

"I just like to act serious and solemn all the time." Deng Qiyue raised the corner of his mouth slightly and answered sarcastically.

Hearing this, Su Yu smiled helplessly and did not refute. Deng Qiyue suddenly changed the subject and asked with a little doubt: "But it's quite strange to say that among so many brothers and sisters in my family, my sister Xian'er, who has the best relationship with me, actually chose you among so many suitors."

Speaking of this matter, we have to start with the Deng family. There are four major families in Yuzhou: Deng, Huang, Zhang, and Wang. Among them, the Deng family is mainly engaged in flower and tree business, silk business, restaurant, bank, various craftsman workshops (responsible for building houses, roads and bridges), etc. The Huang family is mainly engaged in silk business, cloth shop, garment shop, restaurant and other businesses. The Zhang family is mainly engaged in porcelain, bookstores, restaurants, farms and other businesses. The Gao family is better at doing farms and restaurants, of course, they also do other businesses, and their business is very wide.

With the reputation of being one of the four great families, the Deng family was naturally a well-known and prestigious family in Yuzhou, not only wealthy but also extremely powerful. And this Deng Qiyue was the seventh son of Deng Gongran, the head of the Deng family.

Back then, because someone in his family was an official in the capital, he married the eldest daughter of the Feng family in the capital as his principal wife. After many years of marriage, Feng gave birth to five daughters in succession before finally having a baby son. This son was the eleventh in the family and was named Deng Qi.

Perhaps he was too deeply influenced by the idea of passing on the family line, or perhaps it was just for the sake of curiosity, so Deng Gongran bought countless concubines. God will not let down those who work hard! Not long after, he welcomed sixteen sons and more than twenty daughters one after another. But with so many children, troubles also emerged one after another. Especially those concubines who were favored and scheming, they were always scheming and jealous, making the family restless.

Fortunately, Feng came from a prominent family and had clever means, so he used a little trick to subdue this group of people and made them obedient, and they never dared to make trouble again.

After all, the Deng family's influence in Yuzhou looked good, but it was not enough in the capital. Feng's grandfather was the Duke of Zhenguo, and her father was a second-rank official. It was good enough for Lord Deng to buy a concubine and have a child, so why would he offend his wife and her family for a concubine?

Besides, Deng Gongran was not a loyal and long-lasting person. New people kept coming into the Deng family, and they would eventually wither away.

Deng Xian and Deng Qiyue were both born to the women who were bought into the mansion. Deng Qiyue's mother died very early, and after Deng Xian's mother raised him for a few years, Deng Xian also lost her mother. In the following days, the two siblings grew up in the mansion relying on each other. Fortunately, Feng was good to them, so they basically did not suffer any hardship.

Deng Qiyue had few friends since childhood. He learned martial arts and was good at studying. When he was sixteen, his family sent him to Linfeng Academy to study. It was here that he met Su Yu, who was poor and hardworking.

At first, he arrogantly helped Su Yu, but found that Su Yu not only did not appreciate it but also wrote articles to scold him. He decided to never talk to this person again, but later their teacher always arranged them together.

The two of them got to know each other better. Su Yu knew that Deng Qiyue was not the kind of playboy he seemed to be. He also had ideals and aspirations. What made him decide to make this friend was that Deng Qiyue did not care about his hardship, even when he refused his help. Deng Qiyue found that Su Yu was good in every way except that he liked to be pretentious.

On the occasion of Deng Gong'an's 60th birthday, he invited guests from all over the world to a grand banquet. Deng Qiyue brought Su Yu back to the Deng family to attend the banquet. Since the Deng family always respected scholars, Su Yu, as a scholar, naturally received high courtesy.

However, after arriving at the Deng family, Deng Qiyue and Su Yu were surprised to find that many young men had attended the birthday party for Deng Gongran that day. Not only that, they also ran into girls from the Deng family along the way. It was obvious that all of this was a unique blind date party carefully planned by Deng Gongran.

Deng Xian had no choice but to go for a stroll along Huayuan Road with her sisters to satisfy Deng Gongran's wish to form an alliance with the major families through marriage.

She was born with a beautiful appearance, and stood out among the many women like a crane among chickens. Among the rich young men who came to the banquet, some had powerful backgrounds and wives and concubines, and wanted to take her as a concubine; some were of equal status, and secretly planned to marry her home as a wife.

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