Chapter 38: That Fool Yuan Shao

  "What does it mean?" he asked again tomorrow.

  Guo Jia patted the little maid's head tomorrow.

  "Do you still remember what I said yesterday? The important thing is not whether the flower was delivered to Diao Chan's hands or not, but to let her know that I send flowers to her every day! So, when that person went in, I had already succeeded. And in their eyes, I not only sent flowers, but also spent a lot of money!"

  As he spoke, Guo Jia himself became somewhat excited.

  "With persistence, with emotion, with romance, and also subtly showing off my wealth. Tsk tsk, a high-class rich handsome guy putting in so much effort to chase after me, which woman can resist such temptation?!"

  "Actually, we don't have much money, Second Master," Ming Er reminded him with a pout.

  "Not having money now doesn't mean there won't be any in the future, one's vision should look forward. Moreover... I think maybe there isn't much time for me to slowly come either."

  Kuo Chia's eyes narrowed, and a familiar figure appeared in front of him on the street.

  "Oh, it's Filial Piety, what a coincidence! Let's go have some drinks!"

  "Meng De brother, what's wrong? Judging from your expression, it doesn't seem like you're here to celebrate." Guo Jia asked as he approached.

  "What's there to celebrate? Haha, what mood do I have to celebrate now!" Cao Cao suddenly looked up at the sky and cursed loudly, "That idiot Yuan Shao~~~~"

  The sound was so loud that it completely drew all the attention around.

  Cao Cao then pulled up Guo Jia and roughly dragged him away.

  "Let's go, be filial, and chat while we drink."

  Guo Jia's face suddenly fell, Cao Cao had publicly scolded Yuan Shao in the street, then pulled him to another place to talk. What would others think of this? And how would Yuan Shao react when he heard about it?

  Others will definitely think that Guo Jia is also like Cao Cao, scolding Yuan Shao as a fool.

  Perhaps this matter, from Guo Jia's point of view in the era of ultra-superiority, is not a big deal after all. Because Yuan Shao was never a wise lord to begin with. In history, Guo Jia would leave Yuan Shao and surrender to Cao Cao, so naturally, today's Guo Jia would choose Cao Cao even more.

  But shouldn't Guo Jia be afraid that Yuan Shao will cut off his free meals, since he is still a dependent of Yuan Shao and eats at his expense every day?

  "What's wrong?" Finding Guo Jia standing still, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment and quickly reacted. He let go of Guo Jia and said, "I'm really sorry, I got too excited. If I've caused any inconvenience to Fengxiao, I'll apologize first."

  "Meng De brother said what, I was just thinking of having a good drink with Meng De brother!" Guo Jia hastily said, apparently he had already made his decision in that instant.

  "Good! Haha! Good!" Cao Cao grasped Guo Jia's hand again, and for a moment he was so excited that he couldn't speak.

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  Situ Mansion

  "Miss Diao Chan! Miss Diao Chan!" The gatekeeper from just now ran into the mansion and directly looked for Diao Chan. Actually, in the Sui Mansion, it's usually the steward who takes charge of things, Diao Chan isn't someone who manages affairs.

  But those people always subconsciously come to find her, not for anything else, just simply wanting to see Diao Chan's face. Without any ulterior motives, Diao Chan is like a goddess, and these guys are content as long as they can gaze at her from afar.

  So if someone wants to take away their goddess, it's not that easy!

  "What's going on in such a flurry?" Diao Chan suddenly frowned, and saw the small yellow flower in the gatekeeper's hand. "Who has passed away?"

  "Oh, no. Today is the birthday of the great poet Qu Yuan, didn't you know, miss?" said the gatekeeper.

  Diao Chan was taken aback, feeling a flush rise to her face, and hastily said:

  "Oh dear, I forgot about this one. It seems like I've been really busy lately. But didn't we used to not have this custom before?"

  "Yes, it was actually brought by Guo Jia, I suppose they have this custom there." The gatekeeper replied.

  "Guo Jia?" Diao Chan thought for a moment, seemingly having no impression, and couldn't help but ask, "Who is that?"

  "Miss, don't you remember? It was that person who came to see the master a few days ago and ended up giving you flowers." The doorman explained.

  Diao Chan suddenly remembered...

  That day, Guo Jia came and asked if Wang Yun was in. After the gatekeeper replied that he wasn't, he then asked if Diao Chan was in. Very naturally, it made people mistakenly think that he had come for official business, so Diao Chan hastily came out to meet with Guo Jia. As a result, she received a bouquet of flowers from Guo Jia and his endless praise and adoration, making it very clear that Guo Jia had actually come just for her!

  Back in the mansion, Diao Chan directly threw away Guo Jia's flowers and made an evaluation on the spot: Guo Jia is "either a prodigal son or has ulterior motives". As a result, Guo Jia was pulled into the "blacklist", so when he came to the Sima Mansion again, Diao Chan was always in an "offline" state.

  At the thought of these things, Diao Chan's eyes narrowed slightly,

  "Are you familiar with that guy?"

  "No, I'm not familiar with him at all, we can't even say that we know each other. It's just that he comes every day to send flowers to the miss, so almost everyone knows who he is." The security guard explained hastily.

  "Every day?" Diao Chan's expression changed slightly, it seemed like that matter had already passed for many days.

  "Yes, probably he also found out that we are completely not cooperating with him, so he finally started taking other actions!" the gatekeeper said.

  Diao Chan's heart skipped a beat as she opened her mouth to ask,

  "Did he buy you off?"

  "It wasn't me, it was that bastard from yesterday, and he's even been bribed!" The guard then recounted the events of earlier in detail.

  "Duan Yu asked, 'Are you certain? Wouldn't it be a miscarriage of justice for good people?'"

  "I'm absolutely sure! And I just asked others, Guo Jia did have a secret conversation with that bastard yesterday. When someone else asked him about it, he actually said he didn't hear clearly! By the time Guo Jia comes back tomorrow, we can confront him on the spot!" The gatekeeper said indignantly.

  Diao Chan's face suddenly stiffened.

  "Although the matter is not big, if it's true, it shows that this person has an evil heart and can't guarantee that he won't betray his adoptive father for greater benefits in the future! We can't keep such a person in our household!"

  "What the young lady said is right, I was thinking the same way, that's why I came to discuss this with you, Miss Diao Chan. Actually, I'm not the kind of person who likes to report small things." The gatekeeper hastily added a sentence, he couldn't afford to leave a bad impression on Diao Chan because of this matter.

  Diao Chan nodded slightly.

  "Uh, you've done a good job." Looking at the small yellow flower in the gatekeeper's hand again, he thought for a moment and said, "Since others have this custom, let's make some slight arrangements and pay our respects for a while. I think Father would agree with that too."

  "Yes."

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  Cao Cao's mansion

  In a room, Cao Cao and Guo Jia sat facing each other, with no one else present, not even a young servant girl to attend them.

  It is clear that Cao Cao wanted to discuss with Guo Jia, or confide in him, was not a trivial matter. At this time, it can be considered confidential.

  Cao Cao personally poured a bowl of wine for Guo Jia and then spoke up.

  "Filial piety, did you know? The great general plans to take action against the Ten Attendants!"

  "Ah." Guo Jia responded calmly.

  "Aren't you surprised at all?" Cao Cao asked with some surprise, after all, such a big matter, even related to the future direction of the entire country, anyone who heard it should be moved.

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