Chapter 193: Damn, He Left but Still Took Advantage of Me?
Ye Jiamei hesitated, unable to find the right words, but Yu Haojie didn’t care about being polite. No matter how skilled A’Yu was, he was of unknown origin. There was no way he could be allowed to stay long-term.
As soon as he made this decision, the faint smile on A’Yu’s face disappeared, replaced by a gaze full of grievance as he looked at Yu Haojie.
“I’m not your wife. No matter how good-looking you are, that won’t work on me. I’m just speaking the truth,” Yu Haojie stated firmly.
Without hesitation, he took out two silver banknotes, slapped them onto the table, then stood up and grabbed Ye Jiamei, who still seemed reluctant to leave.
“Here’s two hundred taels of silver. Whether you go to Feng City or somewhere else, this is more than enough for your travels. Get some rest. We’ll still provide meals and medicine at mealtimes, but since you’re well enough to attack our guards, your injuries clearly aren’t that serious. There’s no need for you to stay in my house any longer.”
With that, Yu Haojie pulled Ye Jiamei out of the room before she could say anything more.
“What are you doing? Look at his righteous appearance—does he look like a bad person to you?”
“Darling, bad people don’t have ‘I’m a bad person’ written on their faces. You can know someone’s face but not their heart.”
“Then at least wait a couple more days! Why are you in such a hurry? Didn’t you see his wounds yesterday? They were so deep you could see the bone! How is that not serious?”
“Darling, I know you’re a doctor, and you have a compassionate heart. Even if someone is bad, you’d still help them. But tomorrow, Xiao Luo is leaving, and it’ll just be the two of us here. If he has any sense, he should take the silver and leave instead of shamelessly clinging to us.”
Seeing Yu Haojie’s clear-headed reasoning, Ye Jiamei realized she had been a little too emotional.
“Alright, I know I was being unreasonable. It’s just that… if I had to imagine the perfect son-in-law, he’d look exactly like him! He’s just my type. If we let him stay, making him a live-in son-in-law wouldn’t be so bad either.”
Seeing his wife indulging in her own fantasies again, Yu Haojie felt utterly powerless.
He had spoiled her like this in their past life too.
“You, stay behind and keep an eye on him. If he needs anything reasonable, provide it.”
“Yes, Master. I’ll stay.”
Zhang Hu stepped forward. Yu Haojie glanced at him and nodded in satisfaction.
Meanwhile, in the backyard, Yu Luo was preparing the carriage for tomorrow’s journey.
When she bought the carriage, it only had a wooden cabin—no cushions. Given how rough the terrain was in the wilderness, the journey was bound to be bumpy. She planned to use thick cotton blankets as padding.
When her parents arrived, they found her sewing. Seeing her daughter being so diligent and capable, Ye Jiamei immediately started showering her with exaggerated praise.
“As expected! A mother’s clumsiness forces the daughter to become skilled at everything. Look at this cushion—it’s so well-made! Such delicate stitching!”
Yu Luo rolled her eyes so hard she almost strained them. The only reason she was this good at sewing was because her mother had forced her to learn!
“I’m leaving tomorrow, and I don’t feel at ease leaving you two at home. I’ll see if I can take that man with me. I don’t trust him. If I had known he was like this, I should’ve just left him to die in the rain yesterday.”
“Your father already told him he has at most two or three days to leave. But looking at how well he’s recovering, why not just take him with you tomorrow?”
That made sense. Leaving such a mysterious martial artist behind at home was unsettling.
After discussing it as a family, they reached a decision.
No matter what that man wanted, he had to leave tomorrow. If he refused, they’d just drug him unconscious and throw him onto the carriage.
The next morning, the rain was still pouring. Small puddles from the previous day had grown into large ponds.
Yu Luo put on her raincoat and bamboo hat, took a walk around, and gradually became more concerned.
The rain from the system was going overboard. She wasn’t afraid of much, but she worried that the entire city might flood.
Fortunately, the system had designed a drainage system in the barren city. Otherwise, after three days of rain, her newly built estate would have been washed away.
“Miss, that man is gone!”
Yu Luo was waiting in the main hall for someone to call A’Yu and Zhang Hu, but instead, Tao Ming rushed in with this shocking news.
“What do you mean he’s gone? Zhang Hu, weren’t you with him the whole time?”
She had planned to send him away today, but him leaving on his own and them escorting him out were two very different things!
“Miss, he didn’t allow me to stay in the same room as him, so I slept in the outer chamber. If Tao Ming hadn’t come to wake me up, I might have kept sleeping.”
The sound of the rain was soothing, and Zhang Hu hadn’t slept on such a comfortable bed in years. He had slept deeply without realizing it.
Perhaps A’Yu’s light-footed skills were so refined that he left without making a sound.
Seeing the situation, Yu Luo didn’t continue blaming Zhang Hu. She looked at the three men, her gaze serious.
“Search the whole estate. Maybe he realized I was planning to send him away today, so he deliberately hid himself.”
“Yes!”
The three of them split up and searched every corner of the estate.
Feng City was still 200 miles away. Yu Luo had planned to travel through the day and arrive by nightfall.
At this hour, Yu Haojie and Ye Jiamei were still sleeping since there was nothing else to do.
After quickly scanning the entire estate using their light-footed martial arts, the three men still found no trace of A’Yu.
Unwilling to give up, Yu Luo returned to his courtyard.
Upon pushing the door open, she caught a faint whiff of an unfamiliar fragrance and frowned slightly as she walked toward A’Yu’s bed.
The bedding was still neatly arranged, without any sign of being used.
As she stood there in confusion, she noticed a slightly yellowed slip of paper peeking out from under the pillow.
Yu Luo reached out, lifted the pillow, and indeed found a note pressed beneath it—along with two banknotes, each worth a hundred taels.
“My dear wife, since you do not wish for me, I shall take my leave. I will leave the jade pendant with you. No regrets.”
“Damn! He left, but he still had to take advantage of me?!”
Furious, Yu Luo stormed out of the courtyard just as the three men landed beside her using their light-footed skills.
“He left a letter. He’s gone.”
“Miss, are you sure? What if he’s just hiding, waiting for us to leave before reappearing?”
Zhang Hu remained cautious. What if A’Yu posed a threat to Yu Haojie and Ye Jiamei?
Hearing this, Yu Luo immediately used her light-footed skill to rush toward her parents’ courtyard.
Just as she reached the door, Yu Haojie—who had just woken up—was about to step out.
Before she could knock, he swung the door open, and their faces nearly collided.
Startled, Yu Haojie stumbled backward in shock.
