"My dad said Zeng Xianglin has been calculating and daring since he was young. He can really say something different." Yu Weiwei smiled, as if she was sharing something happy with her friend. "My dad said Zeng Xianglin took over the Zeng family very suddenly. Before that, my uncle had no signs of handing over the family business to his eldest son. He even discussed with my dad about doing a business, but a few days later he suddenly announced in public that he would hand over the Zeng family business to his eldest son. He has rarely appeared in public since then."
"Did you see him again later?"
"We can see each other a few times a year. After I knew that my father was poisoned, I thought about this possibility, but my uncle's condition is different from my father's. He has intermittent headaches. When he is fine, there is no problem at all, but as long as he uses his brain, he will have a splitting headache. That's why I had to let the eldest son take charge of the family in advance."
Yu Weiwei leaned close to Hua Zhi's ear and whispered openly, "My father also told me one thing. He was optimistic about water transportation and wanted to ask my uncle to partner in this business. My uncle was not optimistic and declined. But about half a year after Zeng Xianglin took over the family business, he found my father and said he wanted to do this business."
Hua Zhi frowned, "But we found that there is no water transport under the name of the Zeng family."
"This business has always been under the name of my Yu family. Zeng Xianglin said that my uncle disagreed, and we didn't want to upset him, so we kept it a secret. If my father hadn't said anything, no one would have known about it. The water transportation business has not made any progress in the past few years. My father wanted to give up, but he thought that he was the one who brought up this business, and it would be unfair to Zeng Xianglin if he gave up, so he kept dragging it on."
Hua Zhi's heart moved, and she confirmed, "In other words, the Yu family's water transport is actually half of Zeng Xianglin's?"
Yu Weiwei didn't know what Hua Ling wanted to know, but she could vaguely tell that this was very important to her, so she said quickly, "Yes, and Zeng Xianglin was in charge a few years ago. He told my father that there was no business that would fail him, and he didn't believe that the water transport business couldn't be done. My father was afraid of discouraging him, so he simply gave up and stopped managing it."
If Zeng Xianglin was covering for them secretly, and Zhu Ling and Yuan Shifang at that time were facilitating the transfer openly, with the water transport option available, it would have been completely unimpeded to transport the silver!
Hua Zhi's heartbeat quickened. She leaned over to Yu Weiwei's ear and said, "This clue is very important, Weiwei. You've been a great help."
"I'm helping myself, too." Yu Weiwei leaned on her. "Only when you're well can the crisis of my Yu family be resolved, and our whole family can survive."
"Don't worry, I will try my best to keep you safe regardless of whether it succeeds or not."
Yu Weiwei smiled, "I believe your words, very much. Ah Ling, are all the girls in Beijing the same as you?"
"No, they are real daughters of noble families, but I am a businessman who is stained with the smell of money. I probably won't be able to get married in the capital."
"No way. Do you think I'm so easy to fool?" Yu Weiwei glared at her, her expression relaxed, a rare sight in the past few days.
"You two are done with it. Why are you so affectionate? Yu Weiwei, I've finally seen through you. I've known you for more than ten years, but you and I have never been this close." Wang Yu finally couldn't stand it anymore, and there was a hint of sourness in her words. She was really jealous, and her heart was filled with a sense of crisis that her good friend had been snatched away.
Yu Weiwei deliberately hugged Hua Zhi's neck, looked over there provocatively, and whispered, "What should I do next?"
Hua Zhi hugged her back and smiled as if to cooperate. She whispered quickly in her ear, "Don't keep Qi Qiu locked up anymore. Keep an eye on him and find out the relationship between him and Zeng Xianglin. You don't have to risk coming out. I'll let Ling Niang find you tonight."
"Someone in my family has been bribed. I will put the letter in the pen holder in the study."
"good."
Wang Yu played a card with force, "Yu Weiwei, I'm getting angry!"
"You're really not easy to tease." Yu Weiwei took the opportunity to stand up and walked behind Wang Yu, "Come, let me lend you some good luck."
"Your good luck is borrowed from others, how dare you say that." Wang Yu smiled and motioned for her to draw a card for him.
It was just such a coincidence that Yu Weiwei was really lucky and got the card she wanted to win, which earned her a lot of chips. She was so proud of herself that her tail was about to rise to the sky.
Shaoyao couldn't bear it any longer, so she pushed the cards aside and stood up, "Weiwei, you come."
"Okay, I'll play a few more rounds and then go back. My dad's health is getting worse and worse, and I can't leave for too long."
It was difficult for others to respond to this. After all, the current situation of the Yu family was not good. Yu Weiwei even had a reputation as a tigress. There were so many troubles. Fortunately, Yu Weiwei was capable of taking responsibility. If it were them, they would have not known what to do.
Wang Yu glanced at his friend and said, "You still look very unwell. Don't overwork yourself. Your health is important."
"It's just that I caught a cold and it hasn't healed yet. It will be fine after some rest." Yu Weiwei rubbed her forehead. She didn't feel it until she said it, but now that she talked about it, she felt a lot heavier in the head.
"That's enough. Why are you still playing when it's already like this? Go home quickly. I'll take you there." Wang Yu pushed the cards over and helped Yu Weiwei up. He said to the maidservant who was waiting on the side, "We'll settle our accounts together next time."
"Yes." The maid immediately stepped forward and put the chips of the two people into the boxes respectively. Her movements were quick and it was obvious that this was not the first time she had done this.
Two seats were left vacant. Hua Zhi, who was addicted to cards, naturally could not let them go. After sending people out, she returned immediately and sat in a seat with Shaoyao. They went home only after playing until they were hungry. As usual, she did not eat out.
It was past dinner time, but Gu Yanxi did not eat first. He waited until the others came back before he quickly asked someone to serve the food. He wrung out a hot towel and handed it to Hua Zhi. After she wiped her hands and face, he immediately handed her the hot water bottle. It was still cold today.
Shaoyao curled her lips, looking a little bit disgusted.
"Apply the medicine before eating."
Looking at the ointment handed to her, Shaoyao was stunned for a moment, then she gave Brother Yan a big smile and went to the side to find a mirror with the medicine jar in her arms.
"Peony's face seems to be better." Gu Yanxi said as he helped Ahzhi sit down.
"The scar has become lighter. In the end, it can't be completely removed. Just apply some gouache and it won't be noticeable anymore."
Gu Yanxi smiled, "She doesn't have the patience to deal with this. It's good enough now."
Yes, it's good. Hua Zhi leaned on the man's shoulder and silently comforted him. Shaoyao had been hurt for many years, and he was afraid that he had felt guilty for many years. In his opinion, if it was not for him, Shaoyao would not have died with that woman, and her face would not have been scratched by her. Even though Shaoyao never blamed him, he blamed himself for not protecting his sister and letting his sister protect him in return. This was his incompetence.
Therefore, he cares more about the extent of Shaoyao's face's recovery than anyone else, and he cares much more about applying the ointment than she does about herself. The importance of this matter in Yan Xi's heart is probably no less than the comeback of the Chao Li clan.
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