"Do you think I'd get rich if I went into the glass business in Da Yu?"
Xie Jiang looked at the Xu Hengyan cousins. As if reminded by them, she suddenly thought of a brilliant way to make money.
"You plan to transport glass from Lan Yong?" Seeing that she seemed genuinely interested, Xu Hengyan considered it and then seriously offered his suggestion, "It's quite convenient for you to have ships for sea transport. It's much more stable than taking the western trade route."
"If you can really transport glazed tiles, you'll definitely make a profit. No matter how much you transport, it will all sell. Glazed tiles have always been in short supply. Are you afraid of not making money?"
Xu Hengyi snapped out of his shock and also felt that this was indeed a smooth path to wealth. His gaze towards Xie Jiang changed; the great benefactor Xie was about to become the great magnate Xie!
After another half cup of warm water, Xie Jiang seemed to have made up her mind. She suddenly looked at Xu Hengyan, "You're setting off back to Ninghe tomorrow? I'll go with you."
"You're going to Ninghe? What are you going to Ninghe for?" Xu Hengyi asked in surprise.
Xu Hengyan also seemed a bit puzzled, "Didn't you say you weren't going?"
Xie Jiang said, "I've changed my mind."
Xu Hengyan nodded, "It's fine to visit Ninghe. However, Ninghe is a small place, mostly wild mountains and barren lands. It's not as prosperous as the capital."
"Wild mountains and barren lands have their advantages too," Xie Jiang smiled at him.
"You can decide for yourself. If you find it inconvenient to stay, you can always return to the capital."
Xu Hengyi looked at Xie Jiang, then at his second elder brother.
He felt as if the two of them had suddenly become much more intimate.
Had he missed something?
The group arrived at the pre-booked restaurant. Xie Jiang had drunk too much water, so she went to the latrine first.
As she leisurely ascended to the third floor and walked towards the reserved private room, the door of the adjacent room suddenly opened from the inside. A slender arm reached out, hooked her waist, and pulled her in.
Xie Jiang was forcefully pressed against the door panel, and in the next second, her lips were sealed.
Xie Jiang enjoyably parted her lips and lazily hooked her arms around his neck.
It was rare for him to be so proactive. If he wanted to here, it wasn't impossible.
However, Yi Yanheng seemed to have been provoked by something, his assault growing fiercer. Xie Jiang frowned uncomfortably and kicked him away.
"Are you crazy! What are you doing, acting like a dog!"
Xie Jiang rubbed her mouth in annoyance, his biting had hurt her terribly! She turned to leave.
Yi Yanheng blocked the doorway, preventing her from leaving, his intense gaze fixed on her.
Xie Jiang raised her leg to kick.
Yi Yanheng caught her leg, pulled her into his embrace, and held her tight, not loosening his grip no matter how she struggled.
"I saw Xu Hengyan carrying you on his back." Yi Yanheng's tone held a hint of grievance.
Xie Jiang said irritably, "Just for that?"
"What else did you do?!" Yi Yanheng instantly tensed up.
Xie Jiang wanted to roll her eyes, "We didn't have time to do anything."
Yi Yanheng sternly warned, "You're not allowed to do anything!"
"Let me go, I'm going to eat." Xie Jiang pushed him.
"You don't want to spend even a moment more with me!" Rushing back to see Xu Hengyan! Not even a moment apart!
"I'm starving!" Are all men this unreasonable and difficult?
"I have prepared food and wine here. Eat with me." Yi Yanheng, without further ado, led her inside.
"They are still waiting for me..."
"Wen Feng will notify them!"
It was the same who she ate with, Xie Jiang didn't necessarily have to go to the Xu siblings. Seeing the steaming dishes on the table, Xie Jiang sat down.
"Yi Yanheng, why are you so irritable today?"
"I heard you call Xu Hengyan 'Hengyan'." Yi Yanheng was very displeased. He called him by his full name!
"How about I call you 'Yanyan' too?" Xie Jiang's eyes lit up, feeling incredibly clever.
It sounded exactly the same. On a night of passion, she wouldn't have to worry about mixing them up.
Yi Yanheng protested with his sullen face, showing his dissatisfaction with her perfunctory attitude.
"Then 'Gengen'? It's settled."
Without giving him a chance to retort, Xie Jiang decisively made the decision.
Yi Yanheng's face turned ashen. She was too lazy to deal with him!
"What do you want to do with Xu Hengyan? Or what do you want to do with the Duke of Wei's mansion? Perhaps I can help you."
His intuition told him that whatever she was doing to the Duke of Wei's mansion, or to Xu Hengyan, was not out of goodwill.
He shouldn't have anything to worry about.
But the development of the relationship between her and Xu Hengyan was becoming increasingly incomprehensible to him.
"You?"
Xie Jiang looked up and scrutinized him.
Imagine if Yi Yanheng and Xu Hengyan got together.
How beautiful and exciting that scene would be.
She liked it.
Millions of people nationwide who enjoyed such things would be eagerly anticipating it.
Old Madam Xu would probably hang herself with the Duchess of Wei.
The Duke of Wei might smash his head against the ancestral tablets.
Xu Hengdan and Celestial Master Xu would ascend on the spot.
Great rejoicing!
But Xie Jiang still rejected the idea, "You can't, you're incapable."
Yi Yanheng was unhappy, "Only you can do it?"
"Do you think Xu Hengyan's will is as fragile as this tofu?" Xie Jiang didn't know if anyone else could do it, but she had never encountered anything she wanted to do that she couldn't achieve.
Yi Yanheng looked at the tofu she had mashed into pieces, then thought of her extremely strange and eager gaze as she had examined him earlier, and no longer dared to boast about helping her.
He didn't know what scheme she was up to.
But he was certain that if she were to speak her thoughts from that moment, he would probably be so angered that he would bleed profusely and his soul would depart his body.
"There are countless ways to act. Don't get yourself into trouble."
"You're worrying for nothing!"
Yi Yanheng was already full of anger and couldn't eat another bite. He sat down and watched her eat.
Hearing the disdain in her tone, Yi Yanheng furrowed his brows and tried to convince himself that it was just a means to an end, why should he take it so personally?
But the moment he recalled what he had seen through the window not long ago.
Yi Yanheng found it difficult to let go.
"In the future, don't get so close when talking to Xu Hengyan."
"I like it."
"Is he deaf that you need to whisper in his ear!"
Xie Jiang stood up to leave. She was crazy, wanting to control everything. Did he have the right to?
This awful meal couldn't be eaten!
She had graciously deigned to dine with him, and instead of being grateful and serving her with all her might, he dared to be sarcastic and endless!
Who gave him the audacity!
Did he really think he was someone important!
Yi Yanheng, who had just stood up to stop her, was directly pushed to the ground by Xie Jiang. Yi Yanheng seized the opportunity to grab her ankle, pulled her into his arms with force, and then flipped over, pinning her to the ground.
Yi Yanheng protected her with his arm, unwilling to let her bump or scrape herself.
"It's my fault, I shouldn't have lost my temper with you, but this matter I..."
Leaving several teeth marks deep into his flesh on Yi Yanheng's shoulder, Xie Jiang, with a cold face and full of anger, kicked open the door of the private room and flashed out.
Wen Feng looked back in surprise. Had she finished eating so quickly?
Xie Jiang, taking out her anger, kicked Wen Feng flying.
Wen Feng, in pain, clutched his abdomen with a bewildered expression and slowly slid down the wall.
How had the master offended Miss Xie?
Thinking of the master's state of near explosion earlier.
Had he argued with Miss Xie?