“Adding to the chaos, you're not allowed to follow…”

In a side alley, Ning Yi felt a bit helpless at this sudden development. He shook his head, but these two little devils clearly wouldn't be dismissed with just a head shake. Search: \(¨Complete¨Book¨Divine¨Station¨) to read high-quality literature for free.

"Why not?" This time it was Zhou Pei who spoke.

"Commercial secrets, can they be revealed casually? You'll know later. It's nothing like what you're thinking."

"Then... then what does Teacher want to do? How can you persuade that He Fang?"

"Didn't you see he doesn't even want to meet me? What's there to persuade or not?"

"Then... we can find a way to let Teacher meet He Fang..."

Ning Yi narrowed his eyes, looking at the children before him. Zhou Junwu also looked over with a smile, then seemed slightly puzzled, "Uh, is it not allowed?"

Ning Yi laughed, "You're a little prince and a little princess, quite bored, aren't you? Why care about these things?"

"No, no, we might be called little prince and little princess, but actually we're just spendthrifts and good-for-nothings, very useless." Zhou Junwu explained, turning his head to look at his sister, then back again, blinking, feeling he had belittled himself too much, making some corrections, "Uh, it's not useless, it's not useless, it's just... Father doesn't care either, and we'll have nothing to do in the future. My sister and I don't want that. We want to do something big, so we want to learn from Teacher how to threaten people... uh, no, negotiate, negotiate..."

"But I'm not planning to threaten anyone."

"Ah? Then how will Teacher get the imperial merchant status?"

"That's complicated..."

As they talked, the group of one adult and two children negotiated with each other. After a while, they seemed to have reached some agreement. Ning Yi left the alley, nodded to a Wangfu guard he had likely seen before. Afterwards, the two siblings also came out, got into a carriage, and followed from a distance. Turning the corner of the road, Xue Jin and the others, sitting by the window on the second floor of a nearby tea house, saw Ning Yi's figure and began to laugh and chat.

What Ning Yi was doing wasn't the main point. It was just that he had been visiting He Fang in the capacity of a Su family manager for several days, seemingly determined not to give up until he achieved his goal. This had finally attracted some attention. A fool doing foolish things might succeed based on sheer momentum. Xue Yan had something to do today so he didn't come. Xue Jin and the others chatted and laughed in the tea house, guessing whether Ning Yi would be able to get in to see He Fang today, or if he could actually accomplish something if he did get to see him.

Who knew that the development on this third day would be beyond everyone's expectations. Or, in a sense, it could be considered within expectations…

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"Ha, you said he... gave up? He left after just half an hour?"

At night, in Yan Cui Lou, Xue Yan, Xue Jin, and the others were discussing the amusing events of the afternoon. Xue Jin shook his head with a smile, "Originally, I bet with A Xiang and the others that since today was the third day, He Fang might have decided to meet him. So I bet he could meet Master He, but definitely wouldn't be able to do anything. I lost five taels of silver... No one expected that he only stayed for half an hour today, and then left. He didn't say he'd come again tomorrow, so he just gave up..."

A cousin laughed and said, "The funniest thing is, we went to inquire about it later. Master He already knew that this Ning Yi had been calling on him. Although he thought that a live-in son-in-law wouldn't have much say, the fact that the other party had been coming for several days in a row showed sincerity. So this morning, he informed the gatekeeper that if he came today as he had yesterday, waited for an hour, and didn't give up when he left, the gatekeeper should take him in to hear what he had to say. Who knew... haha..."

"A scholar is just a scholar." Xue Yan shook his head, "When they want to do something, they always aim high at first, but they don't understand anything, and they have too many ideas. The most troublesome people are like this. I guess Su Tan'er is also in trouble at home now. A good-for-nothing, even if he has talent, it's only good for writing poems and appreciating the scenery. Just like those poets and lyricists, they worry about the country and the people, and complain about not being recognized more than anyone else, but if you really let them do something for the country and the people, it's not that they don't have the heart, it's just that they don't have the ability. Heh, a mediocre talent is just a mediocre talent, all talk and no action..."

After a slight pause, Xue Yan laughed again, "But it's a good thing for us that the Su family has this kind of mediocre talent. In the future, everyone should be friendly with this Ning Liheng. By the way, A Jin, if you have the opportunity, invite him out once. We're all in the weaving business, business is business, but friendship is still important. Last time here, we had a clash of egos, and A Xia and I were also a bit off. We'll have a meal together, and I'll personally apologize to him, hahahaha..."

While Xue Jin, Xue Yan, or others were discussing what happened this afternoon, Su Tan'er wasn't troubled by it. However, the other two branches of the Su family had a larger reaction to the news. It was said that Su Zhongkan slammed the table that evening and almost broke things.

"Nonsense! He's just a scholar, he doesn't understand anything. If he really keeps insisting, even if he makes it to see Master He, all he'll leave is an impression of being stubborn! What is this! How will Master He view our Su family in the future! He's... he's simply holding everyone back!"

These words came from the second branch of the Su family, and people in the mansion were talking about them all night. But of course, neither the second nor the third branch explicitly expressed such an attitude. There were no protests to the old patriarch or chats with Su Tan'er, because the biggest thing right now was that Su Tan'er really wanted to get the imperial merchant status, which could be considered a threat to both the second and third branches.

On the same night, even Nie Yunzhu and Yuan Jin'er, who had heard about it, were a little puzzled. This afternoon, Ning Yi brought a pair of siblings over to eat, and he didn't seem to be affected much - perhaps Ning Yi didn't know at the time that Master He was already prepared to meet him.

"Ah, Yunzhu-jie, I bet he must be very unhappy tonight."

"Probably... not, Liheng is open-minded..."

"Even if he's open-minded, he'll still be unhappy, and... only half an hour away, it's really a pity. Why didn't he persevere..."

"Maybe... he thought Master He really didn't want to see him, or maybe those siblings were waiting outside, and he was rushing out..."

"Who are those siblings? Could they be his children he had outside?"

"Don't talk nonsense, Liheng is only in his early twenties, how could he have such old children..."

"Maybe he had a child bride before he became a live-in son-in-law..."

Despite their good intentions, their thoughts were actually not too far off. In Jiangning City at the moment, the only ones holding different speculations were probably in the Princess Consort’s mansion on one side of the city.

"He did it on purpose?" In the pavilion, Kang Xian listened to the siblings' narration, slightly stunned. The siblings had gone home to eat and bathe, and had just arrived. Earlier this evening, Kang Xian had already heard the news that Ning Yi had lost the opportunity to meet He Fang because he had failed to persist for the last half hour of the third day.

"Yeah." Zhou Pei nodded. The little girl was wearing a refreshing autumn dress, her little face flushed with excitement, as if she had participated in some amazing event. When she came over tonight, she had already guessed many times with her brother in the carriage, "Grandpa Consort, why would Ning Liheng do this?"

"Heh, I can't figure it out either." Kang Xian thought for a while, finally shaking his head in confusion, "Didn't he tell you?"

"Yeah, he wouldn't say. Junwu said he could help him meet He Fang, and he immediately refused. This person... he never intended to meet that He Fang from the beginning. I can't figure it out. How did he know that He Fang would meet him today, so he simply left half an hour early."

"He didn't know, but today was the third day..." Kang Xian sighed, "Liheng... he probably calculated the number three correctly. If it were an ordinary person, they would usually persist for three days. He Fang, after all, doesn't really refuse to see everyone. He just doesn't discuss the imperial merchant status with people. If he really wants to meet, he can, after all, the Su family is a major weaving household. If he wasn't seen on the first day, if he really wants to meet afterwards, to act like he was moved by his sincerity, he would probably wait until three days or more. He deliberately made it look like he was giving up halfway, so he chose the third day, and then short half an hour, heh, this guy..."

Kang Xian shook his head and smiled, but there was still doubt in his eyes, "But what reason does he have for doing this? Leaving this kind of impression on He Fang, how can he still resolve the matter of the imperial merchant status? Xiao Pei, Junwu, what else did you say to him?"

"We made a trade." Junwu laughed beside him.

"A trade?"

"Yeah, he didn't allow us to go in or help him, and we thought it was strange. We asked him if he could actually resolve the Su family's crisis, because Grand Uncle said he was very capable. He was probably afraid we would add to the chaos. In the end, he said that he was resolving it, but it would take a long time, and things in the business world are uncertain, so he couldn't tell us exactly what he was doing. We made a trade, we wouldn't add to the chaos, but for the next month we would often go and follow him to see what he was doing in the Su family. He agreed later, as long as my sister and I don't add to the chaos. We plan to dress up as shop assistants in the cloth shop, or maybe schoolboys. I'll be Schoolboy A, and my sister will be Schoolboy B, ah... okay, Sister, you be Schoolboy A..."

Little Junwu rambled on with an innocent and pure face, then was thumped on the head by his sister, and quickly changed his words. Kang Xian's eyes had already narrowed, "You two little devils, you're doing this on purpose because you haven't been allowed to go out lately and have been made to study in the mansion all day, right?"

"No, we want to see how capable the teacher you praise so much is..."

The little boy's face was full of sincerity, and he tugged at his sister's clothes. Zhou Pei also nodded quickly, "Yes, Grandpa Consort, if I know he's very capable, I'll be willing to take him as my teacher. You also said that the Su family is facing a very difficult situation, and if he can solve it without asking for help, Junwu and I will admit that he's very capable... um, we promise not to add to the chaos, and not to run around."

"Um, um, um, um..." The little boy acted like a chick pecking rice.

Kang Xian narrowed his eyes and looked at them for a long time before laughing in annoyance, "Alright, everyone has their own expertise. If he can't solve it, that's to be expected, but if he really solves it, you might as well witness what happens in between. Since he has agreed to this, he shouldn't corrupt you. But one thing you must remember, after going out, you must never leave the sight of Protector Mu and the others. I will also send people to check often. If it happens even once, before the city gates open, neither of you will be allowed to go out. Got it?"

"Yeah." Two heads nodded vigorously, then the siblings smiled at each other. Finally free.

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The Su family, after all, is one of the three major weaving giants in Jiangning. Afterwards, the things Ning Yi did in those first few days began to spread in the Jiangning weaving industry within a day and a night. Regardless of the influence at the moment, the next afternoon, Ning Yi went to Bamboo Garden, met up with Nie Yunzhu, and then headed towards the Qin residence. This was to fulfill the agreement made earlier to go to Old Master Qin to apologize.

A few days ago, Yunzhu was actually looking forward to this matter. Ning Yi taking her to the old man's house to apologize seemed to have some symbolic meaning, but today, she didn't have much excitement or emotion. Because of her conversation with Jin'er last night, she had many other emotions in her heart. Occasionally, she looked at Ning Yi walking ahead, considering some comforting or reassuring words while chatting idly.

However, in the end, these words were not spoken...

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