Chapter 45: The Stir Caused by Miss Sheng San

  At noon, after seeing off a few colleagues who came to visit, Ye Zhiqiu looked at the time and found that it was already time for lunch. He thought of Ye Zhixiang going to visit Li Hongzhang early in the morning and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Just as he was about to find Xiaoling to have lunch together, a servant came to report that someone had come to visit. Ye Zhiqiu took a look at the name card, which didn't have a name on it, but only wrote "Sheng's family". Generally, at this time of day, unless there were special circumstances, few people would come to visit. Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help but wonder what important matter someone from the Sheng family had come for.

  They arrived at the living room, but found that there were two women. One of them was sitting with a good figure, and upon closer inspection, she looked familiar. However, to their surprise, although her facial features were regular, her face was as black as a pot bottom. The other woman was obviously a maid standing behind her.

  The scene cuts back two hours ago, inside the boudoir of Third Miss Sheng.

  "Third Miss, are you certain about this?" asked servant girl Xiao Lü once again.

  Miss San Jia's face was fearless, and she replied: "I thought about it all night and came up with a clever plan. Little Lu, don't try to persuade me anymore. Only this way can we make Ye Zhikui retreat on his own initiative."

  Xiao Lü Mian said with a worried tone: "I'm afraid Master will scold Miss if he finds out."

  "No need to say more, let's get started!" Sheng Huiyi said with a strong sense of initiative.

  "Alright!" was Xiao Lü's helpless voice.

  After a moment, Xiaolu handed over a mirror, and Sheng Huiyi took it to look at her face, quite satisfied, smiled slightly, and said: "With your help, Xiaolu, that Ye Zhikui will definitely fall into the trap!"

  The camera cuts back to the Ye Manor living room.

  Yè Zhī Kuí stepped forward and asked curiously: "May I ask who this lady is?"

  Sheng Huiyi sat calmly, not responding to the conversation, and carefully examined Ye Zhikui. She thought to herself that this person's appearance was quite good. The maid beside her proudly said: "This is our Sheng family's third young lady, Sheng Huiyi."

  Third Miss of the Sheng family! Could it be that Ye Zhi Kui thought of a possibility. With a hint of a smile, she asked: "I don't know what brings Third Miss to the Ye manor, what is your noble business?"

  Sheng Hui Yi waved his hand and replied in a rough tone, "No other intention, just heard that Father wants to arrange my marriage with you, so I came to take a look."

  Ye Zhi's eyes widened in surprise, could it be that the women of ancient times were all so straightforward? In fact, after Sheng Huiyi finished speaking, her heart was racing and her face was flushed bright red, but her dark complexion hid it.

  Ye Zhi stood up, walked around the hall in a circle, smiled slyly and asked: "In that case, Third Miss has taken a good look at me, am I also a person with one nose and two eyes?"

  Sheng Hui's face darkened with anger, thinking that this person was so rude and rough in his words, he retorted: "The blessing of the country is General Ye, but it's not like that. I thought it was some kind of three-headed six-armed monster."

  Ye Zhi's heart was amused, and just as he was getting bored, this girl's pretentious attitude was actually quite entertaining! He couldn't help but think of teasing her a bit.

  At times, a servant would come in with tea, and Ye Zhi's eyes widened in surprise as it turned out to be Xiaoling herself carrying the tea set. She carefully placed the cups on the table and poured two perfect cups of tea. Xiaoling asked, "Brother Ye, who is this young lady?"

  Ye Zhi's face turned red with embarrassment as he smiled and introduced: "This is the third young lady of the Sheng family, Sheng Huiyi."

  Xiao Ling's face was as usual, with a hint of cunning in her eyes, and she smiled slightly at Sheng Huiye, inviting her in a grand and generous manner: "So it's Third Miss who has come to visit. It just so happens to be lunchtime. Why doesn't Miss Sheng join us for a meal?" This remark made her seem like the mistress of the house.

  Sheng Huiyi clenched her fists tightly, but then suddenly thought of the purpose of her trip and relaxed all over, expressionless, saying: "This lady has exactly this intention!"

  Xiao Ling saw that she couldn't drive the person away, but instead made a fool of herself and invited the enemy into her home. She was secretly regretful and didn't expect Miss Sheng's face to be so thick-skinned that she would stay for dinner on her first visit. The two women exchanged a few more blows, and Ye Zhi Kui suddenly found himself becoming a bystander.

  Xiao Ling ordered, and soon the servants had prepared the meal. The few people present sat down in order, with Sheng Huiyi sitting across from Ye Zhi Kui and Xiao Ling sitting beside him. After they were seated, everyone was silent for a moment.

  Ye Zhi Kui noticed the atmosphere was a bit dull, and couldn't help but bring up the topic, saying: "Miss Sheng is indeed quite unique and different from others, not much different from African black women."

  Ye Zhi Kui's eyes were shining brightly! Having witnessed the acting skills of Ci Xi, he found that Sheng Hui Yi's tricks were not impressive to him. He just didn't understand her intentions and pretended to be foolish. As for Little Ling Long, as the daughter of a butcher, she was usually carefree, but that didn't mean she was stupid. She just wasn't concerned about other things, but when it came to her brother Ye Da Ge, she immediately transformed into a beautiful girl warrior, becoming very clever and insightful. Having seen through Sheng Hui Yi's disguise, she chose not to expose him, harboring other thoughts instead.

  Only a naive and inexperienced young lady like Sheng Huiyi, who has never been in the underworld, would think she can disguise herself so well. Poor thing, no matter how clever she is, if she has never been in the underworld, how could she know its dangers?

  She replied in a low, muffled voice: "I've been this way since I was born, and I don't usually dare to go out. I thought I wouldn't be able to get married in this lifetime, but unexpectedly, I heard the good news yesterday, and my heart is filled with joy. Today, I came to see you without delay, Miss, to thank you for not despising my appearance."

  "Disgusted? How could that be! Actually, I really like this skin tone, black with a hint of red, how healthy it looks! On ordinary days when I have nothing to do, I also often sunbathe, hoping my own skin tone will become like yours."

  Xiao Lingtong heard this and took a big mouthful of rice, eating it in one go with a huff. Seeing this, Ye Zhiyuan felt a pang of heartache and regretted teasing Miss Sheng on purpose.

  Sheng Huiyi saw this and didn't know why she felt a little happy, but after thinking about it again, her heart sank with a thud. Wasn't Ye Zhikui really having some special fondness for black? She had heard people talk about how some men have some bad habits before.

  She picked up a piece of fish meat with chopsticks and sent it to Ye Zhi Kui's mouth, saying: "Brother Ye, this is the fish meat you like best, try the taste, how is it?"

  Unexpectedly, the usually shy Little Ling unexpectedly showed such intimacy in front of everyone, Ye Zhi Kui couldn't help but open his mouth and eat it, even praising that the taste was good. Little Ling still felt a bit uncomfortable, after finishing she lowered her head and lightly pushed rice into her mouth with her chopsticks.

  Hui Yi cursed the fox spirit in a low voice, and a sour feeling arose in her heart. Thinking of her purpose for coming to Ye Fu, she calmed down and turned her eyes, only to exclaim in surprise as she stuck her slender fingers into her mouth and pulled out a piece of green vegetable. She looked at Ye Zhongkui with amazement and said, "I didn't expect that the green vegetable I got stuck between my teeth during dinner yesterday would finally be found by me today."

  After finishing, she stuffed the vegetables into her mouth and started eating with relish. However, the expression on her face betrayed her, it was not an enjoyable expression, but rather like eating poison, suddenly Xing Huiyi's complexion changed, covering her chest with her hand, unable to bear the urge to retch, she suddenly stood up and hastily said: "General Ye, may I ask if there is..."

  Ye Zhi Kui recovered from the shock and saw that she was still unclear, couldn't help but laugh and hurriedly let the servant lead her to find a place to vomit. After Sheng Hui Yi left, Ye Zhi Kui and Xiao Ling Tong looked at each other and burst out laughing, both thinking of the performance of the third miss of the Sheng family just now, it was simply too ridiculous.

  Xiao Ling smiled, but her face gradually darkened, and she looked at Ye Zhi Kui with a hint of fear: "Brother Ye, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so petty earlier. Actually, Father mentioned the Sheng family's affairs to me last night, and when my sisters told me that Miss Sheng was visiting, I felt uneasy for no reason. I wanted to see what this Miss Sheng was like. Sorry, Brother Ye, I've caused you trouble."

  Xiao Linglong was lively and lovely, never putting on airs with the servants, addressing them as sisters. Ye Zhikui didn't think of changing her in any way, so he let her be, but unexpectedly, this made Xiao Linglong quickly win over the hearts of the servants, who all regarded her as their young mistress. As a result, whenever there was any news or rumors, they would immediately report to Xiao Linglong.

  The gentle and lovely little Ling's hair was stroked by Ye Zhi, who comforted her saying: "Don't be silly, how could Big Brother Ye blame you? It's just that Big Brother Ye feels guilty towards you so he didn't dare to tell you. Don't worry, no matter what, Big Brother Ye will formally marry you and bring you back home with a grand wedding procession."

  Xiao Linglong's eyes turned red as she leaned against Ye Zhiwei's chest and said, "As long as Big Brother Ye doesn't drive me away, I'll be content."

  Ye Zhiwei stroked Xiaoling's hair, feeling very loving and thinking that he had been too neglectful of Xiaoling in the past, which led to her having such thoughts.

  Before long, the third young lady of the Sheng family tidied up and returned, seeing the two men looking at her with a sly expression, she couldn't help but say with a smile: "General Ye, I was really rude just now."

  Ye Zhi Kuai waved his hand repeatedly and said straightforwardly: "It doesn't matter, vomiting will get you used to it. Does the third young lady still want to have dinner?"

  Sheng Huiyi laughed so hard that even with a dark face, the red color inside could be seen. He slightly bowed and said: "No need, I came to bid farewell to General Ye. It's getting late, I should go back."

  Ye Zhi Kui winked at her with a smile and said, "Well, in that case, we'll see you next time. I hope Miss Sheng will come up with some new tricks to play on us next time, and thank you for bringing joy to us!"

  Sheng Huiyi hastily led the maid away from Ye Fu in a manner that resembled fleeing.