CHAPTER 543: CHAPTER 532: BUT HE PAYS SO MUCH!

This is simply outrageous...

Cui Yun fell silent for a moment, gazing at her for a long time before finally breaking into an unrestrained chuckle.

"To make such a scene, I hope it’s not too heavy."

He was intentionally infuriating.

"Can’t lift it, can you?"

Cui Yun: "Didn’t you consider this when buying it? Quite foolish."

Back at Yunqi Pavilion, Shen Hua was still very downhearted.

According to her spirit of getting braver as the battle wages on and never giving up, the girl expressed that she could go to Cui Yun’s courtyard eight times a day.

Just to make his life unpleasant!

Just wait and see!

She has the habit of taking a nap; the commotion this time also exhausted her. Fatigued, she kicked off her embroidered shoes with a huff and lay down on the couch, hugging a rabbit toy.

Yicui fiddled with her quilt a bit.

"After all, Young Master Cui has been kind to Madam; it’s a great kindness. Madam’s cough has lessened, and your complexion has improved a lot. If you truly recover... not to mention other things, Madam’s headaches haven’t recurred."

"Besides, you won’t be staying with him forever; just look at his manner, his speech and behavior indicate he’s not an ordinary man. Coming from Shengjing, his family background is probably not simple; once he leaves, I doubt there will be further contact. Why must you antagonize him? And make yourself angered in the process?"

The girl understands all these reasons, but sadly, she’s not one to listen to reason.

She knows right from wrong and understands the human heart better than girls her age.

Cui Yun is not a bad person.

But when Ni Kang came over yesterday, discussing Cui Yun provoked an even greater reaction from him than from her.

—What are you saying? Don’t drag me into the same lot with him; that man’s heart is black as coal. If he hadn’t captured me, why would I have taken the trouble to work for him for no reason?

She found it strange at the time and inevitably asked a few questions.

Ni Kang didn’t conceal a thing.

—"I used to live at the border of Fengzhou and Hengzhou, with the intention of living in seclusion. I had never seen him before. Despite being a few years younger than me, he lifted me up effortlessly. He’s strong. If he had a beard all over his face, I would have almost mistaken him for a bandit."

—"Under his watchful eye, who would dare to run away on the road? Fortunately, it really was just to see a doctor."

The girl found it all very strange.

—"He went out today; why didn’t you run?"

Ni Kang replied as if it was only natural.

—"And to tell you the truth, I did think about it."

—"But him! He pays well!"

The people who invited him out of his seclusion, how could Silver Coin and deed be lacking? But he’d have to be alive to spend it, his master who taught him medicine reminded him before his death.

With trembling voice on his deathbed, he said.

"Those powerful and influential people, who isn’t corrupted by wealth? Under their power, all are ants. My own son, your Shibo was once taken away. He was eager to save lives and didn’t take money for treatment, but he could not return alive. It was because he refused to serve that family. In turn, he healed the enemy of that family. To us, saving lives is a mission, but in the end, he met a violent death in Shengjing. You... you’d better stay away from the strife."

Ni Kang only confided to Shen Hua. Cui Yun had given money and fortune, including a mountain in his name that had not been exploited, which to him, was full of treasures.

He didn’t mention that Cui Yun had meticulous thoughts, nor how he learned of this past, seizing Ni Kang’s lifeline. By promising to heal Shen Hua, he would help him seek revenge.

Personal vengeance.

Isn’t it laughable?

When Cui Yun said these words, Ni Kang had no doubts that he was being deceived.

Whether true revenge was possible, Ni Kang actually had no idea.

But at least the money was in hand and the ownership of the mountain was transferred.

The little girl lay on the couch, puzzled.

The money spent, why has Cui Yun never mentioned it?

Can’t the Shen Family afford it?

She hates needles, but indeed... they are effective.

Effects she has not achieved from years of taking medicine.

She obediently lay down: "I’m not a girl ungrateful for kindness. The hammers prepared for him were made of pure gold."

"It shows he’s fortunate."

She stated boldly and confidently: "And they were even inlaid with several jade beads that were polished into pearls."

"It’s also my way of showing grace; had it not been for his exceptional nature, if anyone else had dared to treat me that way, I would have directly sent a servant with a sack to capture and beat them mercilessly."

"Make them cry!"

She had already calmly reined herself in.

Yicui complied, feeling it made sense. She walked lightly towards the incense burner.

"Don’t use the one he gave!"

Shen Hua coldly snorted: "Use the incense I used before."

Yicui had no reason to disagree, she could only reply with a helpless smile.

"Yes."

The incense burner emitted a curling smoke. Shen Hua’s eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

But she had a nightmare. In the dream, her breathing was obstructed, she felt uncomfortable and was drenched in sweat.

It hurt her so much.

Yicui, sensing something was wrong, came in from outside and lifted the bed curtains.

"Madam, Madam. Are you feeling unwell?"

Shen Hua woke up, her eyes unfocused.

As she regained consciousness, the pain from the dream faded away like the tide.

"It’s stuffy."

Yicui picked up a fan to fan her: "Indeed, it’s hotter today than yesterday."

"Has brother returned?"

"He has."

"Then why hasn’t he come to see me?"

Shen Hua’s eyes shifted.

She understood. He must have gone to see Sister Xiao secretly.

"You’ve wronged Young Master. As soon as our young master returned to the residence, he went to thank Young Master Cui."

Drenched in sweat, Shen Hua was ready for a bath. On her way to the washing room, the girl rubbed her nose.

"Yicui, switch the incense back."

————

In this part of the house,

Shen Zhi was still in his scholar’s attire, having not had the chance to change.

He bore a resemblance to Shen Hua, about fifty percent. But unlike the delicate and charming girl, he carried the refined and elegant air of a scholar.

Not having gone through parting from life and death or the joy of reunion, and still believing Cui Yun to be kind-hearted, he bowed deeply with warm eyes.

"There’s no need."

"Brother Cui, do not stop me, it is only right."

Shen Zhi, a year younger than himself, was extremely excited. On his way back, upon hearing about the family affairs from the servant who came to fetch him, his emotions were in turmoil for a long time.

Not to mention a bow, he would not hesitate to kowtow as well.

"To you, it might be a simple gesture, but for the Shen Family, it is of great significance."

"Yangyang is frail, raised delicately since childhood, pampered by the entire family. But the girl is indeed a good girl. I heard there was a dispute with Brother Cui. I will surely reprimand her later."

"Also, I owe you an apology."

In these days, although Cui Yun stayed at the Shen Family residence, he mostly kept to himself.

It was now mealtime.

Shen Zhi’s lips curled in a smile: "Mama is cooking herself, Brother Cui, why don’t you join us for dinner in the main courtyard tonight?"

Cui Yun was about to refuse, but then he remembered the girl being struck where it hurt, her fingers trembling with rage and haste.

"Then I’ll take the liberty of joining."

Once in the main courtyard, he saw Shen Hua counting Shen Wei’s money bag, but she still seemed to find it insufficient.

"Daddy, I’ve been tight on funds recently."

"If you need more, go to the accounting room to withdraw it."

"Mama said I spend too freely, I’m not allowed to withdraw this month."

"That’s troublesome, your daddy listens to your mama."

Shen Wei laughed, drawing her close to his side, only to smell an unfamiliar incense, his mood suddenly sank.

Upon entering, Cui Yun heard Shen Wei ask: "The incense Daddy bought, why is Yangyang not using it?"

"I got a better one!"

Speaking, the little girl was about to show off.

"But Daddy brought some for you this time too, if Yangyang doesn’t use it, Daddy will be sad."