BXBX NOVEL Chapter 419 - 419: Contract
Seeing that he was silent, Zhou Jia said to him, “Stay in the guest room tonight.
Tomorrow, I’ll get Zhao Cai to accompany you back to the old residence to buy things and hire a cook for you.”
Old Master Zhou nodded and glanced at Zhou Jia. “Go back! I’ll go back to the old residence with Zhao Cai tomorrow.”
“Alright.” Zhou Jia stood up and walked out. He turned around and stood outside Yangyang’s classroom for a while. Seeing that he was studying with
Little Loach and the others, he turned around and returned to the backyard.
Old Master Zhou sat in the dining room for a while and returned to the guest room in a low mood. He was in no mood to wash up and lay on the bed with his clothes on.
Zhou Jia returned to the backyard and showed the contract to Li Yu. Li Yu hugged him and said gently, “Xiao Xi, let go of what should be let go. Let the past go. We have to look forward.”
Zhou Jia kissed the corner of her eye and looked at her with a smile. “Yu’er, I’m really alright. I realized that I’m not sad at all after signing the contract with him. I actually feel that he’s better than I expected.”
Seeing that his brows had relaxed, Li Yu was relieved. “It’s good that you can think it through. Ji Xiang has already grabbed that goateed man. Xing Hua said that he was pulled to the woodshed. Go and see how Ji Xiang is doing. I think since Madam Yang cares so much about us, we have to scare her!”
Zhou Jia looked at Li Yu with a smile. “If you want to scare her, just let Ji Xiang and the others do it. Uncle said that Censor Feng is narrow-minded and has offended many people in the Censorate all these years. His family won’t be able to last long without us doing anything. Let’s scare him. While the sky is still bright, go around and digest your food. I’ll go take a look.”
Li Yu replied with a smile, “Alright, I’ll go take a look.”
Zhou Jia watched as Granny Yang accompanied Li Yu into the garden before going to the woodshed. He stood outside the window and saw the pale-faced goateed man tied to the pillar. He glared at Ji Xiang in shock and anger and questioned loudly, “I was just walking around outside. What right do you have to capture me? This is the emperor’s domain. Do you still have any regard for the law?”
Ji Xiang held a boning knife in his hand and looked at the goateed man on his lips. Suddenly, he reached out and pinched a tuft of beard to pull it off. He pinched the beard and placed it in front of him. He looked at him mockingly. “This is not at all. Tell me! Why did Madam Yang send you?”
“Let go of me.” The man twisted his body and argued forcefully, “I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Even if I stick on my beard, it won’t get in your way. What right do you have to arrest me?”
Zhou Jia stood outside the window. Seeing his fierce appearance, he smiled and turned to leave.
Ji Xiang looked at him as if he was a fool and patted his cheek with a knife. He said coldly, “Why should I arrest you? You went to the Zhou family’s old residence at noon today and said something to my old master?
After my Old Master returned to the residence, you brought two idlers and wandered outside for more than two hours after noon. Then, the two idlers spoke to you for a while before you split up. You went around East Main Street and entered the third residence. Do you want me to remind you which family lives there?”
“You followed me?” The man looked at Ji Xiang in fear. So he knew everything. This was troublesome.
“Hehe!” Ji Xiang chuckled. “I don’t have the patience to follow you. If I don’t play with you, won’t I be letting you down? Tell me! Why did your master call you over? What motives do you have?”
Only then was the man afraid. “Sir, please spare me! I was just following orders. My family still depends on me to support them…
“Come on!” Ji Xiang held the knife to his neck. “Is there an eighty-year-old mother you have to take care of? Letting you off depends on whether you’re worth it.”
The fake goatee looked at Ji Xiang with a sad face. “Sir, to be honest, my name is Han San. I’m just a freelancer. I specialize in running errands for people and doing things that they don’t want to do. Manager Yang was the one who looked for me today. I’m just someone who gets paid to help others. I observe the rules in this industry. If I say something I shouldn’t say, I can forget about living in the future.”
Ji Xiang said unhurriedly, “In the future, you should take care of yourself first! I have a hundred ways to make you disappear without a trace. I don’t have the patience to argue with you. Think about it before replying.”
Han San lowered his head and kept thinking. It seemed that he didn’t want to send him to the government office at all. If he didn’t take some goods out today, the other party wouldn’t be kind. Hmph! The Feng family wasn’t good either. Let these officials fight.
Han San looked up at Ji Xiang and begged, “Sir, I have news to tell you. You have to promise me not to tell anyone. I really have a family to support.”
Ji Xiang looked at him and nodded. “Tell me about it first. If it’s really valuable, not only will I not tell anyone about you, but I’ll reward you.”
Han San watched as he measured the credibility of Ji Xiang’s words. Ji Xiang glanced at him. “It’s up to you to say it or not. I have plenty of ways to find out.”
Han San wanted to take a gamble. He gritted his teeth and looked at Ji Xiang. He said in one go, “Master, the Feng family’s steward asked me to bring people to your residence to keep an eye on him. He said that if your Old Master quarrels with your residence after returning, he’ll let us stir up trouble behind him and blow things up. If your residence is peaceful, he’ll let us wait for your Old Master to come out and lure him to the casino. When he’s addicted, he’ll give us benefits.”
Ji Xiang thought of his unruly Old Master. If he was tempted by someone, it was really possible for him to be addicted to gambling. He cursed Censor Feng’s family.
“Alright, at least you know your place.” Ji Xiang untied the rope for him. Han San retreated and fell to the ground. Ji Xiang looked at him and said, “Sit here obediently and wait.”
Han San grinned and got up. He arched his back and smiled obsequiously. “Yes, yes. Thank you for sparing me.”
“Whether I’ll let you off depends on my master.” Ji Xiang went to Zhou Jia’s study and told Zhou Jia what Han San had said. “Master, what do you think?”
That dog actually thought of such a vicious idea and treated the Zhou family as clay. “Go and tell Han San to think of a way to bring the bastard son of the Feng family into the casino. Remember, don’t tell Madam about this.”
“Yes, Master.” After Ji Xiang went out, he went to the woodshed and asked for the addresses and family situation of the Han family. He said to Han San, “Han San, if you can lure the bastard son of the Feng family into the casino, my master will spare you this time. You will also benefit.”
Han San thought to himself that his livelihood was precarious. If he could hook up with such a family and find a job here, he could have a stable life in the future..