The mistress is not a cannon fodder, the cold prince falls in love with her every night

"I want to take Sun Zhonghuai as my teacher."

Huan Ge'er thought about it and chose to speak frankly.

After spending these days together, he has come to understand Su Li's temperament and character.

Su Li seems arrogant, but in fact he is very reasonable.

Whether it was an adult or a child, a maid or a servant, she would listen carefully, understand the situation, and never make rash decisions.

She is also very protective of her own shortcomings.

She values ​​her father, Xijie'er, and herself very much. If anything goes against them, she will jump out and defend them.

She is also very respectful.

Even though she was only an 8-year-old, she treated everyone equally.

Many outsiders have prejudices and misunderstandings about her.

But I can see it clearly.

Therefore, it is better for him to say some things directly.

However, he still had concerns.

After all, Sun Zhonghuai's reputation is not very good.

I heard that the Sun family was about to expel him, and Old Master Sun even declared that he had no grandson who slept with other women.

This is also the reason why he has never dared to tell Su Li.

He was afraid that Su Li would object.

Unexpectedly, Su Li slammed the table, widened his eyes and shouted:

"really?!"

really!

She would not agree to be with a bad playboy who slept with other women, even though he was very talented and had a good character, and people had many misunderstandings about him.

"Forget it, just treat it as something I said casually. I won't go looking for him anymore. Today I'm just going to say goodbye to him. For my father, my mother, and my sister, I will do my best for the final exam in three months."

Huan Ge'er was a little dejected and bowed to leave.

Su Li slammed the table again and said:

"What do you mean by forget it? How can it be forgotten?"

She was so excited that she wanted to jump for joy.

Sun Zhonghuai!

That’s Sun Zhonghuai!

A future literary giant! A leader of the clean stream! How could we let him go?

Invest early!

She had been worried about finding a suitable candidate to be Huan Ge'er's teacher these days! As a result, Hao Da'er found one for himself!

Still the most awesome one!

The eldest son has eyes of fire and golden pupils!

"what?"

Huan Ge'er couldn't believe his ears. Did he hear it wrong? Or did he not explain it clearly?

"Mother, I'm talking about Sun Zhonghuai. The famous playboy of the Sun family! Are you, are you being sarcastic?"

"What's with all that irony? I never speak in irony! What's wrong with that playboy? Who knows if he's truly a playboy or just pretending to be one? If he's truly a playboy, I'll turn him back. If he's just pretending, that's even easier to deal with!"

Su Li slapped Huan Ge'er on the shoulder.

"There's no time to lose! Take me to find him tomorrow morning."

Huan Ge'er was stunned and said:

"I don't think he can do that early tomorrow morning. He's not up yet! He usually gets up in the afternoon."

"Afternoon then!"

Su Li thought that when Sun Zhonghuai appeared in the original novel, he already held an important position, and his past was only mentioned briefly.

It is only said that when he was young, he was arrogant because of his talent, and he also advocated freedom and was not bound by any constraints.

We will know what will happen tomorrow.

……

By the way, Pei Yan brought Liu Xu and the silver bills and excitedly went to the shop on East Street.

"Here is ten thousand taels of silver. Bring me the business contract quickly."

Pei Yan slammed the banknote on the table.

But the owner just smiled and told people to move things while saying:

"Sir, you are late. My shop has been bought by someone else."

"Bought it?"

Liu Xu frowned and said:

"What's wrong with you? We clearly agreed a few days ago that I would sign the contract if I brought the money. You're breaching the contract now."

The boss laughed.

"My dear lady, although we have a verbal agreement, you haven't placed an order yet, so how can this be considered a breach of contract?

Besides, the other party offered 12,000 taels, which is 20% higher than the market price. I would be a fool not to make money!"

After saying that, he ignored it and went on doing his own thing.

Liu Xu was furious. She had been eyeing this shop for a long time. The location was top-notch, and the surrounding business district was excellent. She was worried it would be too popular, so she finally managed to raise the money and rushed here.

But I was still too late.

It was all because he was short of money. He couldn't even take out ten thousand taels, and had to wait for Pei Yan to go to the Marquis' Mansion to get the money.

"Forget it, Shengjing City is so big, are you still worried that you won't be able to buy the shop you want?"

Pei Yan disagreed.

In his opinion, it was just a shop. If he didn't buy anything, he would just keep looking. There was no rush anyway.

After walking for a long time with the willow catkins in hand, I saw a shop for sale in a good location.

"Shopkeeper, how much is this shop?"

The shopkeeper stopped calculating his abacus, looked up and glanced at the two of them.

"Fifteen thousand taels."

"what?"

Liu Xu was shocked and said, "Your shop's location is much worse than the one down the street, and it's much smaller, yet your prices are even higher than theirs! How can that be possible?"

The shopkeeper rolled his eyes at her and turned to Pei Yan and said,

"If you don't have money, don't ask around! Don't interfere with my business!"

Pei Yan, a young master of a marquisate, had never suffered such humiliation before.

"What do you mean!"

"What do you mean? Sir, if you can come up with 15,000 taels, we can sign the contract right here and now."

Pei Yan only had 10,000 taels of silver in his pocket, so where did he get 15,000 taels? He was immediately frustrated.

The shopkeeper snorted, his abacus clacking, and said sarcastically:

"You have no money and you still want to pretend to be a big shot? You're just a gigolo."

Pei Yan was so angry that his face turned blue, and he was about to hit someone, but Liu Xu stopped him and pulled him out the door.

"Pei Lang, let's go ask someone else."

Liu Xu refused to believe this, dragging the angry Pei Yan around for a long time before finding another one. The price offered was only 20,000 taels. After visiting several more places, the locations looked worse and worse, and the prices were getting more and more outrageous.

Touching the ten thousand taels in his pocket, Liu Xu almost began to doubt his life.

What is the price level in Shengjing City?

It wasn't so outrageous a few days ago. How come the shop has become so expensive in just a few days?

"Don't buy it!"

She gritted her teeth and was about to go back.

Pei Yan was already extremely impatient with his shopping, and when he heard Liu Xu say this, his pride started to get the better of him. He snorted coldly:

"It's just a shop. It's a little more expensive, so what? I've looked around, and the second one is better. Fifteen thousand is fifteen thousand. Let's go back and pay the deposit, and we can come back tomorrow to pay the rest."

"But Pei Lang, just buying the shop costs so much money. In the future, the shop needs to be renovated, stocked, hired, and opened. This money must flow like water..."

Liu Xu has a clear idea of ​​what is happening in her mind.

If you want to gain a foothold in the most prosperous center of Shengjing City, you cannot do so without strong capital backing.

She has ambition but no money.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to find Pei Yan.

Pei Yan said:

"Xu'er, didn't you say you had many unique skills and tricks? Those businesses are guaranteed to make money. This money is the initial investment."

"Pei Lang, you are so nice to me."

Willow catkins smiled sweetly.

The two returned to the second shop and asked the owner, who told them that the prices had increased.

"It was 15,000 taels this morning, but why is it 20,000 taels this afternoon? Your shop is only worth 8,000 taels at most. You're clearly raising the price!"

Liu Xu was so angry that her face was distorted.

The boss's eyes drifted back and forth over Liu Xu, and he said with a sly smile,

"Young lady, I'm not afraid to tell you, if you come tomorrow, the price will be completely different. Don't ask around, there's a wealthy businessman from the south who's buying up shops. The price of this shop changes every day! If you don't want to buy, please get out of the way!"

Liu Xu was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

Pei Yan frowned, unable to bear this kind of torture any longer, and immediately made the decision.

"Your shop is worth twenty thousand taels. I want it."

"Cash!?"

"Cash."

"Okay, this young man is straightforward. I'll go and draft the contract right away. We'll hand over the money and the shop."

Pei Yan patted the willow catkins to comfort him.

After signing the contract, Pei Heng gave a silver note of 10,000 taels and was about to take the contract.

"Here is ten thousand taels, and the other ten thousand taels will be given to you tomorrow."

"That won't work! Didn't we agree on cash?"

The store owner is holding back the contract and business agreement.

Pei Yan said angrily:

"My dignified Jinyuan Marquisate, don't you think I'm still short of this ten thousand taels?"

"Marquis Jinyuan's Mansion?"

The shopkeeper squinted his eyes and looked up and down at the man and woman in front of him, unsure which deity they were.

"If you say so, then it is? Sir, this world is very dark. Who knows if you are lying to me?"

"You!" Pei Yan was so angry that he was speechless for a moment.

The shopkeeper was also smart. He rolled his eyes and said, "Sir, there's a bank on the left side of the door. They also do some private lending business. Why don't you go there and borrow some money to make ends meet?"

Pei Yan: “…”

Seeing Pei Yan hesitate, the store owner pretended to tear up the contract.

Pei Yan was anxious and said:

"You wait!"

He gritted his teeth, got up and left the shop, and returned with the silver in a few moments.

The shopkeeper took the silver and politely sent Pei Yan and Liu Xu out.

As soon as Pei Yan and Liu Xu left, he turned and went into the backyard, bowed and handed the 20,000 taels of silver in his hand to Su Zhe, and said:

"Master, it's done."

Su Zhe smiled roguely and said:

"Go, spread the news about the Third Young Master of the Jinyuan Marquisate borrowing high-interest loans from an underground money lender. Let everyone in Shengjing know. This noble young master had the nerve to abandon my sister, but now he's so destitute that he can't even come up with ten thousand taels of silver."

……

Despite some setbacks, Liu Xu was genuinely happy after signing the contract. She hugged Pei Yan and kissed him several times on the face.

"Pei Lang, I finally have my own shop."

Seeing his sweetheart happy, Pei Yan was also very happy.

The two of them went to Fanlou and happily had a meal and drank to celebrate. It was almost dark when they returned to the villa.

As soon as I entered the house, I heard my son crying and Ruyi scolding.

"Cry, cry, cry, all you do is cry all day long! I'm here to serve the Third Young Master, not you!"

Liu Xu frowned and pushed the door open suddenly, only to see her son sitting on the ground crying, with the food in front of him spilled all over the floor, while Ruyi had a dark face, scowling and cursing at him.

Seeing Pei Yan coming in, Ruyi's eyebrows turned and tears welled up in her eyes. She came up to him and said sadly:

"Sir, look! I fed Brother Ping with good intentions, but not only did he not appreciate it, he even bit me!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand to show Pei Yan. Sure enough, there was a large circle of teeth marks on his slender white fingers, which had turned red.

"He's still a child, what does he know? You don't have to feed him if you don't want to!"

Liu Xu scolded while holding the child.

"Sir, look at what she said. She's a mother herself, yet she left her child behind and went out all day without caring about him. I took care of Ping'er with good intentions, yet I still have to listen to her scolding! Sir, I feel so wronged!"

Ruyi was sent to the villa by Nanny Qian last night. She came there with a mission.

Liu Xu, this bitch, is not even a concubine, yet she has the nerve to jump over her head?

"Bitch! You hit my son, and I haven't even settled the score with you yet, and you're the first to complain!"

Liu Xu is not someone to be trifled with, and is about to go forward and hit Ruyi.

Ruyi cried out and pretended to be weak and hid behind Pei Yan.

Pei Yan had been in a bad mood after being out in the street for a long time. When he got home, he found his child crying and the two women fighting, which made him feel overwhelmed.

He frowned and said angrily:

"That's enough. Go do what you need to do! I'm tired."

Liu Xu glared at Ruyi fiercely, then carried the child back to her room.

Ruyi leaned on Pei Yan and said tenderly:

"Master, calm down. Does your wound still hurt? Do you want me to rub it for you?"

Pei Yan watched Liu Xu disappear outside the door.

Willow catkins are good in every way except that they are too strong-willed. Sometimes their strong-willedness is unfeminine.

After being beaten, Liu Xu never asked about her after the initial concern. The child was also very concerned, hiding in the study, thinking about her business.

Thinking about how he had borrowed 12,000 taels of silver at high interest in order to buy a shop for Liu Xu today, Liu Xu didn't ask a single question.

He would have to ask Ruyi to go back to the Marquis' Mansion to get the ten thousand taels. Pei Yan calmed himself down, hooked Ruyi's chin and said,

"That's fine, I also have something to tell you."