#133 - A good show
The next day, in the afternoon, Wei Changtian arrived at the Guo residence in a carriage.
Because he had sent a calling card in advance, everyone in the Guo residence, young and old, male and female, were all standing at the entrance led by the head of the family, Guo Yunjin, to welcome him.
Although the formation was grand, everyone's face wore a worried expression.
"Master, why do you think Young Master Wei suddenly wants to see you?"
A noblewoman whispered to the middle-aged man with a wide frame beside her.
"How would I know?"
The man shook his head, his eyes full of worry.
The woman asked again, "Could it be that he has taken a fancy to our family's business?"
"Long hair, short wit, shut up if you don't understand."
The man frowned and scolded, "With the Wei family's wealth, our little business isn't even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth!"
"Then what exactly..."
The woman stopped speaking halfway through her sentence and, along with the others, turned her gaze to the slowly approaching carriage in the distance.
"It's Young Master Wei."
The worried look on the man's face instantly disappeared, and he hurriedly trotted forward with his big belly jiggling, even running a few steps with a flattering smile towards the carriage that had not yet come to a complete stop.
"Creak ~"
Under the gaze of countless eyes, the carriage door slowly opened, and then a young master stepped out.
He only glanced at the man standing respectfully to the side, and then walked straight towards the entrance of the Guo residence.
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Realizing that he had been ignored in this way, Guo Yunjin not only did not feel ashamed or annoyed, but instead felt even more terrified, and for a moment he didn't know what he should do.
And the others were even more afraid, not daring to even breathe loudly.
This Young Master Wei gave them such a display of power upon arrival, obviously nothing good was going to come of it!
A group of people watched Wei Changtian getting closer and closer with trepidation, until he stopped in front of the gate, looked around, and asked with a puzzled expression:
Guo Yunjin ran over tremblingly, and Wei Changtian also turned his head to look, his expression instantly becoming puzzled.
"Huh? Aren't you the coachman?"
Guo Yunjin: "."
An incense stick's time later.
"Hahaha, please forgive me, Master Guo."
Wei Changtian sat in the luxuriously decorated main hall, looking at Guo Yunjin and laughing loudly: "When I saw you standing by the carriage, I thought you were the coachman waiting to tie up the horse."
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Guo Yunjin was speechless in his heart, but he smiled obsequiously on his face: "Don't blame the young master for mistaking me, my appearance is indeed no different from a coachman."
"Master Guo is joking."
Wei Changtian took a sip of tea and glanced at Zhang San.
The latter immediately waved his hand, and soon a few people came in carrying a large box.
"It's my first time visiting, and I don't know what you like. After thinking about it, silver is the most practical. I hope Master Guo won't dislike it."
"Crack ~"
Along with Wei Changtian's words, the servants also opened the box, revealing rows of silver ingots inside.
At this moment, Guo Yunjin was simply dumbfounded.
It wasn't that he hadn't seen so much money before, but he never expected that Wei Changtian would actually give him money.
"Young Master Wei, this is not right, this is not right!"
Guo Yunjin stood up from his seat with a whoosh, waving his hands repeatedly in refusal.
"Master Guo, there's nothing wrong with it."
Wei Changtian waved his hand and said, "I have something to ask of you this time. If I came empty-handed, it would be too unreasonable."
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Sure enough, there was still no good deed!
Guo Yunjin's heart suddenly sank when he heard this, but he could only bite the bullet and ask, "I, I don't know what Young Master Wei wants?"
"Hmm"
Wei Changtian smiled and said, "Master Guo, are you planning to take a new concubine recently? The girl seems to be called... Yin Xiao'e?"
"Ah?"
Guo Yunjin didn't expect Wei Changtian to mention this, and nodded blankly.
"Yes, there is such a thing."
"That's right, I'm here for this Yin Xiao'e."
"Here for her?"
Guo Yunjin instantly "understood": "Young Master Wei! I really didn't know that this Yin Xiao'e had a relationship with you!"
"I will have someone bring her here right away! You can now..."
"Master Guo, you misunderstood."
Wei Changtian interrupted: "It's not that I have taken a fancy to her, but a friend of mine is interested in her."
"This person is called Chu Xianping, I don't know if Master Guo has ever heard of him?"
"Chu Xianping?"
Guo Yunjin shook his head in confusion: "I dare not deceive you, young master... I really don't know this Young Master Chu."
"That's good."
Wei Changtian nodded, thinking that, as expected, just like in the original plot, Guo Yunjin didn't know about Chu Xianping's existence at all.
"Master Guo is willing to part with her, I think my friend will be very happy when he finds out."
"Young Master Wei, if you are satisfied, ah no, if your friend is satisfied, then that's good."
Guo Yunjin breathed a sigh of relief and tentatively asked in a low voice: "Then this Yin Xiao'e..."
Wei Changtian asked: "Where is she now?"
"She's staying at my residence."
"Well, then leave her with you for now."
Wei Changtian chuckled: "However, I'll have to trouble Master Guo to help me put on a show tonight."
That night, at midnight.
The entire Guo residence was quiet, and other than the occasional patrolling guards, everyone else seemed to have fallen asleep as usual.
However, the window of a certain room in the backyard was quietly pushed open at this time, and then a black shadow deftly flipped into the room and tiptoed towards the embroidered bed with the red curtains hanging on it.
Pulling back the curtains, the young woman on the bed was fast asleep, wearing only her undergarments.
The black shadow stared blankly for a while, then suddenly reached out and covered her mouth.
"Mmm! Mmm mmm!"
The woman woke up instantly and subconsciously wanted to call for help and struggle, but her body was held tightly by the black shadow, and she couldn't move at all.
"Xiao'e! It's me!"
A hurried and familiar voice entered her ears, the woman's eyes widened instantly, and the black shadow gradually released her hands.
"Xianping? Why are you here?!"
As soon as the woman regained her freedom, she immediately asked with a look of horror: "Do you know where this is?!"
"Of course I know!"
Chu Xianping grabbed Yin Xiao'e's small hand and said excitedly: "I'm here today to take you away!"
"Take me away?"
Yin Xiao'e almost subconsciously pulled away from Chu Xianping: "I'm not leaving!"
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Chu Xianping was stunned for a moment, and a burst of pain suddenly arose in his heart.
However, the next moment he heard the woman continue to say:
"That's right, I'm not leaving!"
"Xianping... If you take me away, the Guo family will definitely try to take revenge, I, I can't let you become a fugitive for me!"
"You, you should leave quickly, don't worry about me..."
"You just need to know that no matter who my body belongs to, the person in my heart has always been you, that's enough..."
"Wuu wuu wuu..."
As Yin Xiao'e spoke, she threw herself into Chu Xianping's arms and cried silently, which made the latter almost burst into tears.
He gently patted Yin Xiao'e's back while saying with incomparable firmness:
"Xiao'e, don't worry!"
"I've already arranged our escape route. I've saved a lot of silver over the years working in the Suspended Mirror Division. We'll go to Anzhou tonight, buy a small house there, do some small business, and no one will be able to find us!"
"Haven't you always said you wanted to live that kind of life with me?"
"Let's do it now..."
"Xianping!"
Before Chu Xianping could finish "envisioning" the beautiful future of the two of them, Yin Xiao'e suddenly interrupted him.
However, compared to the "sincere feelings" just now, there was a little impatience in her voice this time.
"I said, I'm not leaving!"
