Moonlight filtered through the clouds, silver-white light seeping through the curtains and spilling onto the bed, where three overlapping shadows lay. Ye Hui always slept deeply after each encounter, and now at the Qin family, she didn’t need to worry about being scolded, because Qin’s mother was even lazier than her. But early this morning, before the sky had fully brightened, there was a noisy commotion outside, like a marketplace, interspersed with sharp and harsh cursing. Ye Hui was thoroughly annoyed, unable to sleep well, her head feeling like it was filled with lead, with not a hint of energy. She sat up, swayed, and then lay back down again. ”My wife, sleep a bit longer,” Lao Shi patted her back and pulled the brocade quilt over her. Lao Shi got up, dressed, and said angrily: “I’ll go see which blind fool is running around early in the morning like a zombie, I’ll definitely send him to the yamen for a beating.” He picked up a sword in one hand and the Yiwang Mansion’s token in the other, and walked out the door. Shortly after Lao Shi left, the noise stopped, and Ye Hui drifted back into a deep sleep. The door opened, and Qin Yuhang walked in softly. Lao Shi sat up, wrapped in clothing. ”My wife, were you awakened?” ”I just woke up. What was happening outside?” Qin Yuhang didn’t answer, walking to the bedside and intently gazing at his wife’s elegant face, leaning down to kiss her cheek. He said to Lao Shi: “Didn’t I discipline some neighbors yesterday? One fell from the wall and broke his leg, so this morning their family came to make a scene…” Typically, Qin Yuhang would have settled things by giving some silver, but Qin’s mother happened to hear about it and rushed out to curse at the family, causing him great headache. Just as he was thinking of driving them away, Lao Shi walked in with a gloomy look, kicking each neighbor unconscious, breaking a couple of ribs in the process. Moreover, he had a subordinate take the Yiwang Mansion’s token to the yamen to report and have people arrested. ”I caused some trouble for the neighbors yesterday in my anger, but having them arrested seems a bit excessive.” Becoming enemies with neighbors wasn’t ideal. Lao Shi was unconcerned: “No need to be polite with such ignorant commoners.” These high-ranking royal descendants didn’t care about killing a few peasants! Qin Yuhang remained silent, knowing only his wife could understand him. He waved to Lao Shi: “Go wash up, I’ll keep my wife company.” ”Okay, my wife was very tired last night, let her sleep more.” When Ye Hui awoke, she saw her husband sitting at the bedside reading, rubbed her eyes, and sat up, the blanket sliding off her body. Qin Yuhang had Mo Qi bring water and personally wiped her face and hands, spreading her legs and wiping back and forth with a towel, his fingers parting the petals, revealing a tender color that made his heart itch. He restrained his urges and began dressing her. ”How was last night, my wife? Would you like to sleep more at noon?” Qin Yuhang bent down to put shoes on his wife. Ye Hui shook her head, embracing his neck: “Husband, after this contraceptive’s effect passes, let’s not take it anymore. Let’s have a child!” Qin Yuhang looked at her with tender affection: “Okay, my wife, we’ll have an heir for the Qin family.” ”After the medication’s effect passes, I’ll focus on being with you, sincerely creating our own child.” Qin Yuhang was slightly surprised: “Wife won’t accompany the master and Li Weichen?” Ye Hui firmly shook her head: “Only you and me, no one else.” Thinking to herself that the contraceptive might seem miraculous to them, but she wanted to prove through action that she would bear her husband’s flesh and blood. Qin Yuhang smiled, lifting her from the bed in a child-holding posture and walking around the room. Mo Qi’s eyes showed a hint of envy as she carried the water basin to the door, turning back: “Qin’s old madam and master are awake. Would the young mistress like to pay respects?” In ancient times, daughters-in-law had to pay morning and evening respects; returning to the Qin family, this couldn’t be neglected. ”I know, I’ll go later.” Qin Yuhang, perceptive, noticed the disappointment in Mo Qi’s eyes and told his wife: “These days you’ve neglected the child, spend some time with him tonight.” Ye Hui also considered Mo Qi as someone to be equally treated, which was unanimously opposed by her other husbands. Poor child, she would have to find another time to comfort him. Ye Hui rested her head on her husband’s shoulder and whined: “But I wanted to be with you tonight. Okay, put me down, or your mother will criticize me again if she sees us like this. Ah, being a wife is hard.” She remembered before going to Pingzhou, Qin’s mother would always look at her disapprovingly, casting stern glances. Qin Yuhang laughed: “Mother won’t do that anymore.” Lao Shi had stirred things up early morning, sending a subordinate with the Yiwang Mansion’s token to report to the officials. Soon, a group of bailiffs arrived, respectfully calling Lao Shi “Your Highness”, shocking the entire Qin household and the neighbors who had tried to cause trouble. He explained the morning’s events, saying: “This is actually good. In the future, my wife won’t be nagged by mother all day, and I’ll feel better.” Ye Hui laughed. Every time Qin’s mother criticized her, he would intervene. Fortunately, they hadn’t been married long before going to Pingzhou, so she’d suffered less. If it were Qin Da who had to endure such treatment, she might have considered divorce.
★ Chapter 104 Extra – Brother from a Previous Life
In the highest building of Manhattan, New York, in a luxurious office at the top floor, an elderly man with salt-and-pepper hair stood by the window, overlooking the bustling street below, his eyes filled with the vicissitudes of time. The door opened, and another salt-and-pepper-haired old man entered: “Chairman, you’re retiring tomorrow. Are you reluctant?” The man addressed as Chairman turned: “After working a lifetime, it’s time to rest. What’s there to be reluctant about?” The entering old man shook his head: “We brothers worked together to build such a great enterprise, yet now it will be inherited by outsiders. It seems unfair.
Who inherits is not important, what matters is who can do better, ensure the company’s profitability, and guarantee that no employee loses their job – whoever can do that will be Tenghua’s best successor. The chairman laughed, then changed his tone: “Deputy Chairman, we’ve fought side by side for a lifetime. Let’s announce our retirement together at tomorrow’s reception!”
The Deputy Chairman’s eyes welled with bitterness: “Although you’ve never said it, as a lifelong old friend, I know you have something on your mind.” Seeing the chairman’s gaze turn deep, he sighed: “Forget it, we’ll talk at tomorrow’s reception.”
The Deputy Chairman turned and left the office.
The spacious room felt somewhat desolate.
The chairman returned to his chair, slowly pulling out the green jade pendant from his pocket, silently kissing it: “Xiao Nan, you must be waiting anxiously on the Naihe Bridge. Perhaps I won’t be far behind in seeing you.”
He closed his eyes, a tear dropping from the corner.
“I’ve taken care of our parents, now it’s time to reunite with you. Don’t be in a hurry to reincarnate, wait for me!” He murmured to the pendant, his fingers tracing it lovingly, as if it were not a jade piece but his beloved girl.
He sat quietly, staring unblinkingly at the pendant, seeming to see her smiling shadow through it.
The phone rang, and he tucked the pendant away, answering, “Come in.”
The secretary brought several employees with a stack of documents, placing them on the desk.
“Chairman, these are the materials about Tenghua’s past that you asked us to organize.”
The chairman waved them away.
