" useless! useless bastard! you went to the phoenix cloud pavilion again!"

    " patriarch cai, calm down a bit!"

    jia hao sulked as he was on the ground. cai yunhai walked around with an angry face.

    " but father in law, i went there for...a good reason."

    " good reason, you say? good reason?!" cai yunhai yelled loudly.

    " does this good reason consist of rolling on the bed with courtesans?"

    " i met with lady yin hua."

    " i don''t care who the fuck you met..." cai yunhai suddenly paused. " who did you say you met?"

    " lady yin hua."

    " she met you?"

    jia hao couldn''t miss the twinkle in cai yunhai''s eyes. '' heh, looks like this old geezer has a thing for her.''

    instantly, he pulled out the handkerchief given by lady yin hua. " father in law, lady yin hua even bestowed her personally used handkerchief to me, on behalf of you."

    " i was talking with her about how to expand our business in tianxiang pavilion. and she asked me for a favor." jia hao sighed.

    " you know my relationship with xu chenlan. so, she asked me if i could take care of her. she was such a pitiful woman."

    " yin hua did?" cai yunhai frowned as he muttered. " strange, she isn''t a benevolent woman like that."

    " she indeed said that. and, she gave me her handkerchief. she said if you get angry, i can show this to you, so you can give her some face."

    jia hao crept near cai yunhai and whispered. " i saw there, father in law. she was keeping it tightened around her waist. and if look the length of handkerchief..."

    " hmph! silence!" cai yunhai shouted. " what kind of man you think i am?"

    however, right after speaking that, he snatched the handkerchief from jia hao''s hand.

    " i will keep this as a token to prove, that i respected her choice. hmph, you are lucky that she pleaded for you."

    jia hao cupped his fist. " of course, father in law. i even made a deal with her. so now, our tianxiang pavilion and phoenix cloud pavilion will be in a partnership."

    " i see. i will let you handle it. however, i received a news yesterday." cai yunhai looked at him.

    " looks like someone from the imperial family got their eyes on you. you need to go to qingyang county as a member of the investigation team." cai yunhai spoke.

    " so, i beseech you to allow me to follow young lord."

    " you! don''t kneel before me! hurry up and get up!" cai yixue hurriedly got down and pulled xu chenlan up.

    " you don''t need to kneel before me for the scoundrel.'' she sighed and dusted xu chenlan''s clothes.

    " sister chenlan, did you bring any of your clothes?"

    " i have not. i left everything at phoenix cloud pavilion."

    " en, minmin, go and fetch some clothing for her. and show her the guest room."

    " yes, young lady."

    xu chenlan gave a light smile to jia hao before leaving with minmin.

    " why are you silent? go ahead, say something." cai yixue looked at jia hao.

    " i will accept whatever you ask me to." jia hao sighed. " however, before you say anything, i just want to remind you that we talked about bringing her quite some time ago."

    " though, i admit it was rather unsightly to directly bring her like this."

    " i know..." cai yixue nibbled her lips as she paced around here and there.

    " i really can''t understand what to do with you." she grumbled.

    " aaagh! just go and do whatever you want. it''s not like i haven''t gave you the freedom already!"

    " wife..."

    jia hao tried to call her, but cai yixue simply stormed off.

    '' haah, at least she isn''t angry anymore. yet the jealousy is still there.'' jia hao could see cai yixue''s emotions with his six desires myriad thought arts.

    '' anyway, i should start preparing for tomorrow.''

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    a very happy new year to all the fellow daoists here.