This Life, I'm Raising the Right Man

Su Yaoguang stood behind Zhou Wangshu, massaging his shoulders: ”It’s like this... I went to find Chen Buyu, but he wasn’t willing to disclose any information about Young Master Zizhan. Can you help me out?”

Zhou Wangshu: ”...Why do you insist on finding him? Do you actually have a thing for him?”

”No, he’s injured, and he got hurt because of me. I just can’t feel at ease until I see he’s okay!”

”Perhaps he doesn’t want you to visit him!”

”I just need to make sure he’s alright, then I definitely won’t bother him again,” Su Yaoguang said, ”Rest assured, I really have no other intentions towards him. I just want to thank him and check on his injury.”

”Why should I be worried? I’m your younger brother anyway.” Zhou Wangshu muttered.

”Brother, I’m leaving this matter to you.” Su Yaoguang tapped his shoulder, ”Eat more, if you like it, I’ll make more next time.”

”Shameless.” Xiao Yanci cursed.

Hearing his voice, Su Yaoguang turned to see him standing with a strange woman, and promptly closed the window to shut out the outside view.

”It’s rare that it doesn’t rain today, yet I see such a dreadful sight, it ruins my mood.” Su Yaoguang said loudly.

”Mr. Xiao, you’re still weak and need to take good care of yourself, you must not get angry,” the unfamiliar woman said gently.

”Thank you, Sister in law Wen,” Xiao Yanci replied, ”Fortunately, with your care, I can get up and walk around a bit. You have such a good heart, unlike some people whose hearts are as hard as stone.”

”If it weren’t for Mr. Xiao allowing me to stay, the teachers at the academy wouldn’t even give me a bite to eat.” Sister in law Wen said, ”Mr. Xiao is practically my savior.”

Su Yaoguang leaned closer to Zhou Wangshu: ”I spent the whole morning in the kitchen, did I miss any good shows today?”

Zhou Wangshu said: ”The refugees heard the academy is recruiting people to take care of patients, and they came forward to recommend themselves, among them was that woman. Originally, the teachers didn’t want to keep her, but Xiao Ci pleaded on her behalf, so she stayed. She greatly appreciated him, spending an hour in the morning taking care of him, and the remaining hour helping other students with their medicine. She even wanted to take care of me, but I refused.”

”Everyone else is taking medicine too, the illness should be controlled soon, then it won’t be so dangerous.”

”The illness might be easy to control, but not people’s hearts. Look at how many in the city are locals, and how many are refugees?” Zhou Wangshu said.

”You’re right. Once the illness is controlled, we’ll go back home, and once these issues are resolved, we’ll return to the academy. Right now, we can barely keep ourselves alive, let alone study!”

”No way!” Su Yaoguang suddenly remembered, ”Did you remember what I said earlier? Are you helping me or not?”

Zhou Wangshu lowered his eyes: ”I’ll help you.”

She’s so persistent, if she doesn’t see this ’Young Master Zizhan’ at least once, she won’t give up. Better to let her meet him directly, so she’d give up completely.

Su Yaoguang laughed: ”That’s more like it, good brother.”

Zhou Wangshu: ”...”

”Once a brother, always a brother. Though we are not blood related, our friendship is more reliable than family ties.” Su Yaoguang sweet-talked Zhou Wangshu.

Zhou Wangshu couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

”Then when shall we talk, when can we meet?”

”I’ll talk to Chen Buyu first, then set up a time. Why are you in such a hurry?”

”He’s still injured!” Su Yaoguang said, ”Let’s not delay any longer, let’s go now!”

With that, Su Yaoguang pulled Zhou Wangshu to his feet.

Zhou Wangshu grabbed a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth.

Since Jia Chunni and Zhang Pandi came to cook at home, Su Yaoguang rarely went into the kitchen, let alone made pastries.

In Zhou Wangshu’s opinion, Su Yaoguang’s pastries were a class of their own. However, the ladies preferred the pastries made by Zhang Pandi and her mother. But for a man’s taste, Su Yaoguang’s pastries were just right, sweet but not greasy, you could eat a whole plate and still want more.

Zhou Wangshu stepped into the dance house again.

The dance house was deserted, not a single customer.

Zhou Wangshu led Su Yaoguang through the back door, as the front door hadn’t been opened recently.

”Where’s your young master?” Zhou Wangshu asked the steward.

The steward replied: ”The young master went back to see the madam. Madam is ill, and the young master has been by her bedside for two days, worried.”

”He’s not here, but finding you is the same.” Zhou Wangshu gestured for the steward to join him in a corner, whispered for a while, and then returned to Su Yaoguang. ”I spoke with the steward, and he said that the Young Master Zizhan is actually here at the dance house today. But he’s quite timid, and never shows his true face, always hiding at the slightest sound. With guests here, he’s avoided again.”

”What is he doing at the dance house? There are no guests, no need for him to perform on stage.”

”I heard he’s short on money and came to the dance house to borrow some for a bit.” Zhou Wangshu said, ”If you want to see him, you can see him now. But he’s timid and won’t like to meet many people, so I’ll wait somewhere else while you talk.”

”Okay.”

The steward came over and said to Su Yaoguang: ”Miss, please come this way.”

Zhou Wangshu saw Su Yaoguang leave and quickly turned to head in another direction.

”Miss, please wait here for a moment.”

Su Yaoguang paced back and forth in the room, until someone pushed the door open.

”Miss, you were looking for me?”

Su Yaoguang looked at the man in front of her, wearing a hat that hid his face.

”How is your injury from the other day?” Su Yaoguang pointed to his back. ”Have you seen a doctor? What did the doctor say?”

’Young Master Zizhan’ said in a deep voice: ”Miss, don’t worry. My injury is nothing serious, I’ve applied medicine already. There’s no need for you to be concerned about it at all. Were it not for your help, I would have been more severely injured. This little scratch is nothing, compared to what you’ve done for me. You’ve helped me, I’ve helped you, let’s call it even. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going, my family is waiting.”

”I heard you came here to borrow money?”

”Yes.”

Su Yaoguang took out a silver note and pressed it into his hand: ”Consider this as a loan, you can pay me back when you have it. The current situation is tough, grain prices have risen by dozens of times, it’s hard to get by.”

”All these silver notes for me?” ’Young Master Zizhan’ sounded a bit strange, as if biting his words.

Su Yaoguang was puzzled: ”Is it not enough? This is all I brought.”

”One hundred taels of silver notes, do you think that’s enough?” ’Young Master Zizhan’ laughed out of anger.

”What’s wrong?” Su Yaoguang thought for a moment, taking off her bracelet, ”If that’s not enough, I’ll give you this too.”

’Young Master Zizhan’ Zhou Wangshu: ”...”