Chapter 40: Contradictions
There were not too many words during the banquet, and after Du Bai and Su Wanmiao respectively sent the prepared gifts, the kind and smiling old lady Su simply asked a few words about the situation in Yuanyang City these days, as well as the difficulties on the road.
Master Fan also praised Su Wanmiao for her more and more decent behavior, as a former best friend of Master Su, he can also be regarded as an elder who watched her grow up.
And Du Bai, who was not paying attention to the side, just wanted to eat a dish, and somehow lay down the gun. First of all, when he repeatedly picked up vegetables, he was deliberately snatched by the little sister-in-law, and when he looked at it a little speechlessly, he saw her puffing out her cheeks like a cute hamster, and glared at him defiantly, like an awkward child.
Then it was that Fan Gongzi, when no one was paying attention, the other party looked at him with inexplicable emotions in his eyes, and he looked like he wanted to say something.
I have to say that Du Bai's psychological quality is still good, and under the interference of these two, he still filled his stomach first.
However, after the banquet was full, Su Wanmiao was left by Old Lady Su to talk, and when he came to the courtyard alone to admire the moon, the footsteps gradually approaching behind him made him frown slightly.
"Fan Gongzi, is there something to do with me?"
He didn't look back and said lightly.
"Hehe, I'm sorry. I haven't had a chance to introduce myself before, my name is Fan Yilin, but I prefer to be called Vice Envoy Fan......"
The man behind him chuckled softly, and then seemed to point, "Mr. Du Bai...... Should I call you Du Xiucai, or the Su family's son-in-law? ”
Unexpectedly and reasonably straight to the point, the other party doesn't seem to have the meaning of being polite, maybe in his eyes, there is no need to be polite with a person whose status is far lower than himself, and the smell of gunpowder in this discourse is self-evident at this moment.
Du Bai glanced back at him, and sure enough, this guy had never dared to attack in front of the elders before, but now when there were only two of them, his attitude had changed from before, although his temperament was still elegant, but his momentum was aggressive.
In addition, what he didn't expect was that this guy turned out to be a deputy envoy, a martial artist. This kind of temperament that is more like a scholar than him is really hard to imagine that the other party is a guy who dances with knives and sticks......
"Actually, I prefer ...... The title of graceful husband? Du Bai smiled happily and was not timid.
“……!”
Fan Yilin raised his head sharply and glared at him, the elegant temperament on his body was swept away, but his blood surged, and only at this time could he see the power of his martial artist.
"You are also a scholar, you won the show at a young age, and the future is promising! Why do you want to be a son-in-law and cut off the road to the imperial examination? The other party took a deep breath and calmed down, but his face was no longer as calm as before, but seemed to be aggressively questioning, "Do you know that if your father and mother knew about it, would they still recognize you as a bad descendant?" ”
He seemed to be questioning Du Bai, and he also seemed to be questioning another person.
"The imperial examination also has to have a life to go on." Du Bai sat on the stone bench in front of the court and chuckled, "The Su family saved my life, and I will be their son-in-law." As for the surname of the children and grandchildren, is it really that important? ”
He looked at Fan Yilin, but when he saw that the other party was dark, he already knew the answer.
Because of his family background, Fan Yilin is impossible to be the son-in-law of a businessman's family, no matter how good the personal relationship between the two families is, no matter how much he likes that woman.
Back then, it was precisely for this reason that it was not done.
He himself understands.
But it is precisely because of this that he is more unwilling, and he is also angry and even jealous of Du Bai, the person who replaced him!
However, he is also the son of an official eunuch in the end, and he is thoughtful, although he was annoyed by Du Bai's words for a while, he quickly calmed down, looked at Du Bai's eyes, and said coldly: "You may not know that my father and Master Su used to be classmates and friends, and they were like brothers. Although Master Su turned to business after the imperial examination, his father still missed the past and befriended him, not to mention anything else, half of the Su family's current business can be done like this, half of which is secretly helped by my Fan family. ”
"Master Su is also grateful to my father for his support and is willing to promote the marriage of the two families. It's a pity that something happened suddenly......"
Du Bai looked at him with interest, and he could probably hear what the other party meant.
It's just a bit of arrogance invisibly revealed between his words, but it doesn't seem to regard the old man of the Su family as an elder, and the former marriage seems to be more like a subordinate currying favor with his leader in the eyes of the other party, which is a transaction that can be discarded casually.
In this way, Du Bai couldn't help but wonder if the other party had true feelings for Su Wanmiao, or was he just like a child, and he felt unwilling and angry that the toy that should have belonged to him was snatched away by others?
It's just that either way, he doesn't have a good impression of this guy.
"I learned that Wanmiao's marriage was ...... half a month ago" Fan Yilin put his hands behind his back, looked up into the distance, and said in a deep voice, "If you really find a good husband, it would be fine, but I inquired and learned that the person who joined the Su family was just a broken scholar who had even taken the Xiucai exam for three years in a row, and was even willing to join the Su family for the sake of coveting the Su family's property!" ”
Du Bai felt a little strange when he heard the other party's evaluation, although it was the predecessor, but after all, what the other party was talking about now was himself, and he didn't know whether he should be angry or not.
"I have known Wanmiao since childhood, and I know her best. From being careful and arrogant, how could Wanmiao, who is not inferior to a man like you, like a man like you! Fan Yilin turned to look at him abruptly, and scolded angrily, "She wronged herself to marry you for the sake of this Su family, do you know how reluctant she is?" ”
Du Bai frowned slightly when he heard this, he felt that the other party's thoughts at this time had fallen into a dead circle of self-deception and self-touching, and he did not hesitate to stand on the moral high ground to accuse him.
"Deputy Envoy Fan, I don't think I'm as unbearable as you say, and I have the confidence to convince her that what she did was the right choice, at least I won't shirk my responsibility." He replied lightly, "Besides, this is a matter between our husband and wife, and we will take care of it clearly, and there is no need for outsiders to worry about it." ”
Probably the word "husband and wife" stimulated the other party, suppressing the anger in his heart, Fan Yilin took two steps closer and said coldly: "I have known Wanmiao for more than ten years, although I can't be a husband and wife due to lack of fate, but I also treat her as a sister, so naturally I can't watch her jump into the fire pit!" ”
"If you are greedy for money, I can give you five hundred taels of silver, and if you are greedy for beauty, I can give you a beautiful prostitute in a green house, just to give her back a freedom, and not to implicate her again. As for the Su family's business, I will definitely take care of it more in the future, so that they don't have to worry at all! ”