Youji Pawn Shop is well-known in Kyoto, and it is a time-honored brand that has been around for decades. The prices are reasonable and it has always been very popular with the neighbors.
After all, no one wants to have to deal with a pawnshop, but when the need arises, the pawnshop will definitely be closer to you than your biological father.
The shopkeeper has been a shopkeeper in Youji for more than 20 years. As soon as he inquires, he will know that his name is You Junle, and it is said that he is the biological son of the pawnshop owner.
Shi Qingxue's guess was not wrong. The owner of You Ji's pawnshop passed away many years ago, and You Ji was taken over by You Junle.
But You Junle has always been the pawnshop manager. Even if he suddenly becomes a real owner, he doesn't change much, so people around him still call You Junle "the shopkeeper."
"You said he concealed his true relationship with his so-called master. Did he think it was unimportant, or... did he hide it deliberately?" Shi Qingxue asked doubtfully.
Although she asked this, her bright eyes said everything - You Junle deliberately hid it from them.
Mo Junyang touched Qingxue's head in a funny way and said, "Stop thinking here. If you have any questions, let's ask him face to face!"
Shi Qingxue's eyes widened in surprise, and she looked at Mo Junyang in disbelief: "You just found him?"
"What's so difficult about this?" Mo Junyang twitched his lips indifferently.
In fact, although You Junle left the Duke of Shi's Mansion and carefully seized all the secret sentries sent by the Shi family, thinking that he was safe and sound, he never escaped Mo Junyang's control.
So when Qingxue saw You Junle again, the fat middle-aged man was being tied up and sitting on the ground, looking a little embarrassed.
"...I said you..." Shi Qingxue glanced at Mo Junyang helplessly. Seeing the latter's natural look, she couldn't say anything to complain.
She had no choice but to step forward and tear off the dirty and smelly rag from You Junle's mouth, took out a knife and cut the rope around her body, and asked her servants to help You Junle sit up.
Cai apologized and said, "I'm sorry, Shopkeeper You. My daughter and Jun Yang just need to ask you something. We don't mean to offend. Please forgive me."
You Junle has always been pampered and has never been treated so roughly. He couldn't help but get angry. He looked at Shi Qingxue coldly and hummed rudely: "I have been tied up by you, and you have tied me up. Now I am sorry." , Miss Shiliu, don’t you think it’s a little late?”
Shi Qingxue paused, looking at You Junle with a hint of surprise in her eyes, but she quickly covered it up.
She lowered her head and said obediently: "As long as Shopkeeper You doesn't care, it's not too late."
You Junle: “…”
The middle-aged man choked at Shi Qingxue's words, put away his casual and leisurely attitude, and looked at Shi Qingxue seriously again.
After a while, he laughed again, but it was different from the previous provocation and ridicule. This time he smiled very sincerely, even with a little appreciation, and looked at Shi Qingxue with burning eyes.
Looking at Mo Junyang behind him, his face darkened, but he smiled even more happily.
"Shopkeeper You... you should know Qingxue, right?" Shi Qingxue suddenly asked.
You Jun paused for a moment, then smiled nonchalantly and said, "You are the granddaughter of Duke Shi, how dare the young shopkeeper not recognize you?"
"Oh? So you are very familiar with Shi Guogong's mansion?" Qingxue immediately asked.
You Junle said, "I'm just a small pawn shop owner. How can I recognize someone from Duke Shi's mansion? Miss Shi Liu, please stop joking."
Perhaps knowing that Shi Qingxue was suspicious of his previous performance at the Duke of Shi's Mansion, You Junle continued to talk: "The young man only had the honor to deliver the relics of Duke Shi to the Duke of Shi's Mansion for his master, so he had the opportunity to meet him. It’s time for Miss Six.”
He deliberately made his identity very humble, as if Shi Qingxue was really unattainable to him as a 'common citizen' like him.
Shi Qingxue did not believe his words at all, and pointed out unceremoniously: "If you really only know me because of this, and you have never even known anything about the Shi family before, then how did you know that I was there?" Where is the sixth eldest child in the Shi family?"
You Junle: “…”
He deliberately wanted to use "Miss Shi Liu" to tease Shi Qingxue, but he didn't expect that it was this sentence that exposed himself.
"That's okay, that's okay!" Although You Junle had heard rumors that Shi Qingxue was very smart, he still felt that a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, no matter how smart she was, had her limits, but she didn't expect...
This time he miscalculated.
However, You Junle did not feel too depressed, but felt relaxed as if his secret had been revealed.
You Junle admitted frankly: "Yes, I have indeed known your identity for a long time."
"You also know that my father is not the only daughter, right?" Shi Qingxue's face turned cold.
From the moment You Junle first appeared in the Duke Shi's Mansion, Qingxue felt that his behavior was strange and that he deliberately said those words to sow discord between their family!
I don’t know what kind of peace this man has.
Shi Qingxue had not had a good impression of him from the beginning, and now that she heard him admit it, her mood became even worse.
You Junle felt Shi Qingxue's indifference. He was stunned at first, and then said with a leisurely smile: "So what if you know? I just took out the relics of Mr. Shi, and they all rushed to get the relics from my hands. Take it away as if there is some big treasure inside."
Having said this, You Junle couldn't help but smile happily and cunningly, and asked knowingly: "You weren't scared, were you?"
Shi Qingxue didn't bother to ask You Junle if he had seen the thing wrapped in red cloth, and he didn't bother to wonder why You Junle did this
Just ask: "Whose skull is that?"
You Junle was stunned for a moment, probably not expecting Shi Qingxue to be so direct. After a while, he said calmly: "It's just a piece of white bone. Maybe it was just a piece of white bone that old Duke Shi picked up on the battlefield and gave it to you as a souvenir? "
Of course Shi Qingxue would not believe You Junhe's nonsense, and smiled coldly, "Really? Then may I ask why Shopkeeper You wrapped it so carefully when it was just a piece of white bone picked up from anywhere?"
There are three layers on the inside and three layers on the outside. It is clear that I don’t want the things inside to be damaged at all.
If it was just to scare them, it would never be done for this purpose.
The smile on You Junle's face froze again, but he soon recovered.
Perhaps because Shi Qingxue saw through it, he did not think twice about him, but just reminded him: "Miss Shi Liu is extremely intelligent, and she must have made some guesses about the owner of the skull, but the identity of this person is not trivial. You can say it casually. If Miss really wants to know the truth, you can go back and ask your grandmother."
"Grandma didn't know about it." Shi Qingxue retorted subconsciously. But when she faced You Jun's sarcastic expression, which was half-smiling but not smiling, she was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the [Tenth day of the first lunar month of Year Yihai] carved in the skull, and she could no longer feel confident.
All right!
Although she had already guessed that Mo Shujun had something to do with this so-called [the tenth day of the first lunar month of Year Yihai], You Junle's emphasis was a bit deliberate.
But she couldn't find a breakthrough for a while, so she turned to look at Mo Junyang.
Mo Junyang smiled at her, then turned to look at You Junle, smiled coldly, and suddenly asked: "I heard that Shopkeeper You is now the owner of You Ji Pawnshop?"
You Junle was originally on the side that held the secret, but when he was suddenly asked a question by Mo Junyang, his heart skipped a beat, as if his advantage was suddenly gone.
Especially when he met Mo Junyang's cold and terrifying eyes, he felt even colder all over and avoided Mo Junyang's gaze with a guilty conscience.
After a while, he admitted: "Yes, but that doesn't seem to mean anything, right?"
Mo Junyang did not comment and continued to ask: "You remember that your original employer was your mother?"
You Junle was so shocked this time that his jaw almost dropped to the ground. He looked straight at Mo Junyang and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Even though his reaction had already given Mo Junyang the answer.
Shi Qingxue was also frightened by Mo Junyang's sudden revelation. Although they had already heard this anecdote from their neighbors, they only knew that You Junle was the son of the owner of You Ji's pawnshop.
No one told them that You Ji’s boss was a woman? !
Even if you guess, you won't guess in this direction, right
"How did you know that the former owner of You Ji's pawnshop was a woman?" Shi Qingxue stared at Mo Junyang closely and asked, "Do you know her?"
She could only guess this answer.
Who would have thought that Mo Junyang's eyes fell on the skull in her hand, he suddenly smiled and said lightly: "Her skull is already in your hands, how do you think I know?"
"What?"
Shi Qingxue was startled, so frightened that she almost threw her hand and threw the skull away.
Fortunately, before she made a move, she remembered that the skull was also a relic left to her by Shi Lei, so she could not move.
But instead of answering Shi Qingxue's questions, Mo Junyang's answer only made the doubts in her heart grow bigger and bigger.
Why did Shi Lei have this skull of You Ji’s former employer, and why did Shi Lei have [the tenth day of the first lunar month of Year Yihai] engraved on it
It’s scary just thinking about it, right
And there will be such a connection between the two people, or there will be a deep hatred, which will make you unable to live in peace even if you die - Although You Junle provoked the relationship between the eldest family members of the Shi family, he did not go too far, and he did not look like a mother at all. She looked like she was taking revenge, and if the two families really had any unsolvable hatred, it would be impossible for You Junle to have a rubbing of her private seal in his hands.
After ruling out this possibility, another, more ridiculous idea came into her mind.
She shook her head quickly and looked at Mo Junyang instinctively, with pleading and expectation in her eyes.
Mo Junyang stopped smiling at this time, and instead nodded to her.
Shi Qingxue was stunned.
For a long time, for a long time...
She seemed to have recovered from her confusion, and looked at You Junle with an obscure and unspeakable light in her eyes.
Qingxue pursed her lips tightly and asked softly: "Excuse me, sir, do you have another name?"