The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

After traveling for half a month, Wei Siyu and Shen Yu'an finally saw the city gate of the capital at noon.

"We've finally arrived after walking for so long. If we hadn't come any closer, my butt would have been ripped off."

As soon as Wei Siyu arrived at the city gate, he quickly got off the carriage and stretched his legs.

Shen Yu'an didn't get out of the carriage, but instead lifted the curtain and glanced at his backside. "I saw you were fine the whole way. Your backside is still perfectly fine on you."

"Hehe, Brother Shen, you don't understand. This is an exaggeration. I was just expressing my feelings."

Shen Yu'an didn't give him a friendly look.

After finishing his own pork jerky, this guy would sneak away and eat it every day when he wasn't around.

And every time he changed where he hid, he could always find him.

This guy, just like a rat, ate all the food in the car without anyone noticing.

He only ate a few bites of that sauce before it was gone.

When I asked him, he wouldn't admit it.

Besides the coachman, there were only the two of them in the carriage; who else could it be but him?

Next time I go to Xin'an County with him, I need to find a cabinet and lock up all my good food in it.

"Wei Siyu, let's say goodbye here. My family is waiting for me to come home for dinner. Goodbye!"

After saying that, he gestured for the coachman to hurry up and leave.

Wei Siyu bent down to straighten his shoes, and when he looked up, he saw Shen Yu'an's carriage leaving. He quickly called out to him.

"Shen..."

Before Wei Siyu could react, all he could see was the dust kicked up by the carriage. "Cough...cough..." He swallowed a few mouthfuls of dirt.

That guy is so stingy. All I did was eat a few bites of his good food.

Shen Yu'an: How many bites? How many bites were there?

Well, it's not far from home now. He dusted himself off and headed towards the city gate.

Perfect timing! I haven't been to the capital for months. I'll see if anything interesting happens here.

When he arrived at Xiangmanlou Restaurant in the capital, he was hungry. After calculating the time, he figured that his family would have already eaten by the time he walked home.

He hadn't had Xiangmanlou's signature roast chicken or those kung fu dishes for several months.

He changed direction and headed towards Xiangmanlou.

But before they could even enter, they were stopped by the waiter at the door.

"Hey, hey, hey, where did this beggar come from? Why are you walking in like that? Do you have money for food?"

This was the first time in Wei Siyu's life that someone had spoken to him like this. He never expected that he would be mocked by the waiter at Xiangmanlou.

He immediately put on airs, "What's wrong? It's only been a few months, and you don't even recognize me, Young Master Wei?"

The waiter carefully examined the disheveled man in front of him, whose white clothes had long since turned dusty, and recognized him as the young master of the Wei family.

He immediately changed his expression and pretended to slap himself, saying, "Look at me, I was blind and didn't recognize Master Wei."

"But, Young Master Wei, it's been a while since you've been here. Where have you been today? And why do you look like this?"

Wei Siyu rolled her eyes at him, "You shouldn't be asking about things you shouldn't be asking about. Hurry up and take me to 'Listening to the Rain Pavilion'." Listening to the Rain Pavilion was a private room that Wei Siyu had booked in Xiangmanlou.

"Hey! Young Master Wei, this way please."

After Wei Siyu asked the waiter to order her favorite dishes, she sat alone and waited for her meal.

As expected of the top restaurant in Beijing, the food was served very quickly.

Before Wei Siyu could finish her tea, all the dishes were served.

He quickly picked up his chopsticks and placed them on the signature roast chicken that he had been longing for.

One bite and the juice bursts out, it tastes the same as before, but it just doesn't feel as delicious as I imagined.

He tried the other dishes, but none of them tasted as good as he had imagined.

What's going on? Did I become picky?

After he had barely managed to feed himself, he was about to call the waiter to settle the bill when he heard what sounded like his name being heard from the next cubicle.

He smirked, a smug look on his face. "I never imagined that even though I've been away from the capital for a few months, my legend still lingers all over the city."

Neighbor: "Do you know the Wei family?"

"You mean that largest canal transport guild in the country? The one that has both sea and land transport?"

"Yes Yes Yes."

"what happened?"

"His young master's name is Wei Si... oh, I can't remember his name."

"I heard that his mother got sick from being angered by him and stayed at home for almost half a month, but he didn't budge."

"what?"

"His mother got sick because he didn't want to get married, and he's been hiding outside ever since!"

Wei Siyu clenched her fists in anger. What do you mean he was hiding outside and not coming home? He clearly went to Xin'an County to handle important matters.

"Also, I heard that his family has announced that as long as someone is willing to marry their son, the Wei family is willing to give up half of their family property as a bride price."

"seriously?"

"It's true, my wife's younger sister is the wife of the eldest uncle's son of the Wei family's gatekeeper."

“She heard it from Madam Wei herself, so how could it be false?”

When Wei Siyu heard that his mother had taken out half of the family fortune to help him get married, he slammed his fist on the table and shouted, "Waiter, the bill!"

After paying the bill, he quickened his pace and headed home.

He had to hurry and stop his mother, or he might really end up giving away his entire fortune.

It's just getting married, what's the rush?

As soon as Wei Siyu entered the gate of the Wei residence, she bumped into Wei's head steward, who was walking towards her.

Before Wei Siyu could even check the scrapes and bruises from her fall, she quickly grabbed Butler Wei and asked, "Uncle Wei, where is my mother? Where is she?"

Butler Wei quickly stood up and steadied himself. He hadn't even seen who bumped into him. Just as he was about to reprimand them, he heard his young master's voice.

He looked up and saw Wei Siyu looking travel-worn, with dust on her face. If he hadn't been familiar with the young master's voice, he probably wouldn't have recognized her.

"Master, what are you doing?"

"Oh, never mind that. Just tell me, where's my mother? Where is she?"

"The lady is in the backyard with the young ladies..."

Before Steward Wei could finish speaking, Wei Siyu interrupted, "Isn't my mother seriously ill? Never mind, I'll go see her myself."

After saying that, Wei Siyu ran to the backyard.

"Madam is playing dominoes with the young ladies in the backyard." This young master is still as reckless as ever; it's unclear who he took after.

Neither the master nor the mistress seem like such reckless people.

Steward Wei shook his head, remembering his important business, and quickly walked out.

As soon as Wei Siyu entered the back gate, she heard the sound of dominoes being played coming from the pavilion in the courtyard.

"Eighty thousand."

"Wait, I messed up." His voice was full of energy, showing no sign of serious illness.

He was right; his mother had been faking illness to trick him. Luckily, he was smart enough to stay a few more days and return to the capital with Shen Yu'an, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to eat such delicious pork jerky.

"Mother, elder sister, younger sister, I'm back."

"Give me the money, give me the money."

The group acted as if they hadn't heard him, and no one paid him any attention.

What Wei Siyu didn't see was that the others had already started exchanging glances with each other the moment he entered.

Little did he know, a great gift awaited him.