Chapter 4: [4] Run

"Master," Yuming Fushen said, "Master Qiu sent someone to ask you to go to the front hall."

Qiu Che didn't raise his head, changed the book and continued reading: "I won't go."

Yuming said worriedly: "I see that Master Qiu seems to be very angry today... Master, are you really okay?"

She and her sister had only been here for two days, but they could also see that Qiu Chudong didn't like his master, and even the family members The servants are also obedient and disobedient.

Naturally, she didn't want her master to be shackled by others, because she was afraid that if his master acted out of impulse, he might regret it in the future.

"He is angry because I insulted his precious son in front of outsiders."

Qiu Che smiled, but with a bit of sarcasm in his eyes, "Don't worry, I am no better than before, I have an official position. He still relies on me to make the Qiu family prosperous, so he won't do anything to me."

Yu Ming felt relieved.

Qiu Che took a sip of water and asked: "We will discuss the rest later. The three-day deadline is approaching. I have seen that you two have your own strengths in the past few days. You seem to be better at calculations and have a common demeanor in communicating with others. Jade Yanze is kind-hearted and not good at words, but he has some talents in martial arts..."

Seeing that both of them looked confused, Qiu Che said helplessly:

"What I mean is that from now on, you will be the manager around me and be responsible. Intelligence collection, human relations, and economic profit."

"Yu Yan will start practicing martial arts formally tomorrow. When she succeeds, she will be the first female guard under my command."

Yu Ming was a little stunned after hearing this. ...The subordinates have no objection to the young master’s arrangement, but how can a woman like Yu Yan be a bodyguard?”

“I can do it.”

Yu Yan appeared out of nowhere and said to Yu Ming sternly: “Sister, I can do it.” Yes. I like to practice martial arts and I can be a guard."

Yu Ming frowned because of her rude appearance.

She pulled Yu Yan back and was about to speak when Qiu Che put down the tea cup in his hand and calmly interrupted: "Since she has this talent and determination - then why not let her do it? Men can do it Why can't women do it?"

"But..."

"Yu Ming," Qiu Che said softly, "I said, what I want is not a maid, but a subordinate."

"But you guessed that I was in the dental shop that day. Why not choose two young and strong men? "

Yes. "

Why did you choose them?

Obviously among so many people, they should be the two least noticeable ones.

Yuming was stunned for a moment: "Master..."

"Out of some intuition, I don't think you will be willing to be bought back to the house by a noble son or a rich old man one day, and become a queen who will never get out of the house. A maid in the courtyard, or a beloved who will never see the light of day."

After hearing this, the two sisters couldn't help but shudder as they imagined the scene.

"So I bought you."

"But you are always free to stay or go. I won't force you. I have said this a long time ago."

Qiu Che rubbed his eyebrows and asked again: "So, since I I don’t look down on you, so why do you look down on yourself?”

“Remember, the person who puts himself down first will always look down on others.”

“I don’t want to hear from you again, ‘I am a woman, so I can’t. 'In this case. Do you understand?"

Yuming closed his mouth silently, thoughtfully.

However, Yu Yan's tone rose and he quickly replied: "I understand, sir!"

Qiu Che waved his hand and said, "Go back and think about it carefully."

"Give me your answer early tomorrow morning."

...

"You are so majestic!"

As soon as Yu Ming and Yu Yan left, Qiu Chudong, with a gloomy face and the housekeeper behind him, stepped into the gate of Qiu Che's courtyard.

"It's just that now that you have an official position, you don't take your father and I seriously? I can't even invite you to come over. Do you want me to carry you over in a sedan chair?"

Qiu Che asked She raised her eyelids and glanced at him, and said calmly: "If father is willing, I have no objection."

Qiu Chudong choked.

He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed on his face when he saw that she was still sitting there as calm as a mountain reading a book, and she didn't come out to greet her as politely as before.

Qiu Chudong snorted coldly, stepped across the threshold, sat down on the first seat beside him, and said,

"I have taught you before I became a father. As children and brothers, you should abide by your duties and be filial to your parents. Be respectful to your brother."

"You did well in the past, but why are you so ignorant of etiquette today? This is really -"

"It's really treasonous, isn't it?"

Qiu Che raised his eyes and said sarcastically, "If father comes here today, It's just to teach me a lesson, that's not necessary. I have an appointment with someone tomorrow and I have to go to bed early today."

"You!"

Qiu Chudong got up and slapped the table in anger.

Just when he was about to roar, he paused suddenly as if someone was grabbing his throat, "Have a date with someone? Who? Mr. Wu?"

Qiu Che brought the tea to his lips and looked at him with a half-smile. After a quick glance, he said in a calm tone: "Whoever Father thinks is who, that's who it is."

Qiu Chudong hesitated and looked at her in surprise.

When did she meet Wu Yiqi? Are you still on such a good terms with the other party?

After a while, seeing that Qiu Che didn't reply at all, as if he hadn't heard anything, Qiu Chudong sat down awkwardly and stroked his beard.

He apologized in his mouth, but his tone was slightly accusatory:

"It was my father who got excited just now. But since you are on good terms with Mr. Wu, why didn't you say it earlier? My father has lost a lot of face in front of him today."

"Did I do it?"

Qiu Che asked back unhurriedly, "If Qiu Zhe hadn't insisted on being mean-mouthed and ridiculed me in front of everyone on the day I returned home after being named on the gold medal list, how could Mr. Wu have treated me so badly? Qiu Fu has a very bad impression?"

"Father."

Qiu Che put down the tea cup, raised his eyelids and looked at him, and said calmly, "Not only Qiu Zhe, you should also reflect on your own problems. "My first reaction is to help my brother accuse me. Is this right?"

Qiu Chudong endured it and said with a smile, "Isn't that because I am impatient? As a father, I still care about you..."

"Oh?" Qiu Che seemed confused, "Since you take me so seriously, why did all the servants in the house come out when I returned home after being named on the gold medal list, and my mother was still nowhere to be seen?"

"You clearly know that I value you the most. My mother."

"...It can't be possible," Qiu Che looked at his expression and slowly added, "Are you doing some menial work like washing and cooking?"

Qiu Chudong's face froze: "How could... ...But she is a concubine after all, and she is always in pain, and rarely sees people. On this big day, I am afraid that she will be reckless and cough when she comes out, so she will bump into you, so..."

"You and I both know very well," Qiu Che interrupted his long explanation, "You just think she is not worthy of the spotlight. In your heart, she was the one you took back by force, and she is not as good as the wife Ming Yuan is marrying. I Not as good as that good-for-nothing coward." She

said calmly: "Father, you should admit that there is something wrong with your education method, instead of trying to make me continue to work for you with lame excuses."

!"

Qiu Chudong finally couldn't hold it back and yelled, "How come I didn't realize you were so presumptuous before! How dare you call Qiu Zhe a bitch... He is your brother and I am your father! You have to take your father as your God! It's not your turn to discipline me for what I say and do!"

"..."

Qiu Chudong was furious and pointed at Qiu Che again with a blushing face: "What's the point of selling your life!

I did it for your own good! Is there anything wrong with me letting you study and becoming an official? You should be grateful to me instead of turning around and blaming your father! That’s not what people do in the world!” So what if you have to sacrifice your life? You are my Qiu Chudong seed, why do you still want to call someone else your father?"

The door of Lianzhu Pavilion was open, and the housekeeper stood at the door, listening to the argument between the father and son, without even turning his head. Dare to lift.

Yu Ming and Yu Yan stood at the door of the courtyard farther away, vaguely hearing the quarrel inside, and looked at each other, wondering whether they should go in to stop it.

There was a brief moment of dead silence in the yard.

The two sat and stood, facing each other for a long time.

Qiu Chudong breathed heavily and slowly came to his senses, only to realize that he had lost his composure.

But the strange thing is that although he is clearly angry, Qiu Che, who is sitting motionless and a head shorter than him, seems to have an even more frightening aura.

"...I see."

After a long time, Qiu Che laughed.

After Qiu Chudong said this, he regretted it. Thinking of all the abnormalities today, he was afraid that Qiu Che would really decide not to call him daddy in the future.

Without Qiu Che's sincere dedication, it would be very difficult for the Qiu family to get ahead.

Seeing Qiu Che laughing out loud for no reason, Qiu Chudong was stunned and subconsciously said angrily: "Why are you laughing?"

"I'm laughing. I never realized that every question my father asked sounded so funny before." Qiu Che He spoke slowly and sarcastically, "You haven't been home these past few nights, so you went to Lan Xiao Fang to learn opera?

" , everything except poison.

Hearing that Qiu Che was in Yin Yang, he only knew how to be drunk all day long. Qiu Chudong's face turned green and white. After a moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "I won't argue with you about today's matter, but I advise you to explain it to Mr. Wu as soon as possible. ...If I know that Prime Minister Wu is dissatisfied with the Qiu family because of this matter, you will be the biggest sinner of the Qiu family!"

After that, he walked away.

"He really came in a hurry and left in a hurry."

Yuming sent the person away with a smile on his face, turned around and lost his expression, and snorted coldly.

Yu Yan was also rarely dissatisfied, and murmured: "The sinners, let me see, if they don't make trouble today, they won't make Master Wu dissatisfied. If we really want to say the sinners, he and the eldest master are the sinners..."

Yuming made a silent gesture, asking his sister to keep her voice down.

Yu Yan didn't understand why such a thing was not allowed to be discussed in his master's yard, but he knew that his sister had always been smarter and smarter than him, so he didn't say anything anymore.

She curled her lips and turned around to continue practicing martial arts in the yard.

Qiu Che let them complain for him, holding the book in his hand and never speaking, as if he was in a trance.

After a long time, she stood up.

Yu Ming, who was waiting on the side, was in a daze. When he saw this, he stood up and asked, "Master, do you want to go out?"

"No, go to Yihong Mansion."

Yihong Mansion is where the second concubine Wang lives.

Yuming Yuyan lived here for a few days and met Qiu Che's biological mother twice.

Just as Qiu Chudong said, Wang was skinny, lingering on the bed all day long, and his coughing could be heard in the servants' room next door at night.

But judging from her physical appearance, she was at least a delicate and charming woman when she was young.

Qiu Che used to go to see her often, but as he got older, he gradually stopped going.

First, in the early autumn and winter, he felt that Mrs. Wang was sick and an unworthy concubine. During that period, she was also angry with Qiu Che for hanging around the academy and getting home later and later. As punishment, he ordered her not to visit.

Second, as he gets older and reads more books, Qiu Che becomes less and less able to see the Wang family's petty and melancholy image - just like

now.

When Mrs. Wang heard that she had a dispute with Qiu Chudong, she held her hand sadly and said, "He is your father after all. Don't get angry with him. Apologize to your father and the matter will be over..."

" Mother."

Qiu Che interrupted her and looked at the room on the other side of the house. "Where is Cai Que?"

Cai Que is the maid in Wang's house.

Wang's face turned pale: "I think something happened... I went out."

Liar.

It was obvious that he thought she was easy to bully, so he left her and ran out to have a good time with Qiu Zhe.

Yun Yan had done many such things in the past, but Qiu Che had only read the books of sages and paid no attention to these trivial matters.

In fact, the clues were quite obvious, even placed in front of her.

"It's okay," Mrs. Wang patted her hand, "Mom is fine alone." As

soon as she finished speaking, she coughed violently for a while.

There were not many servants in the Qiu Mansion, and some of them favored her over others, so the dirty work was piled on Wang, the aunt.

This is the root cause of the disease caused by Wang's years of washing and cooking for Qiu Mansion and exposure to wind and sun.

"...Mom."

Qiu Che glanced at her pair of three-inch golden lotuses wrapped in white cloth. There was a scorching storm in his calm eyes that Wang couldn't see or understand.

"Let's run."

"...You say it again?"

Qiu Chudong said in shock, "The eldest princess loves... Qiu Che?"