Meritorious deeds? How dare this slut utter these four words!
Su Qingyu was so angry that her fingers were about to shred the handkerchief in her hand. And then Su Yuanyuan said something that almost made her spit blood in rage.
"But Sister Qingyu, the gold you brought seems not enough," Su Yuanyuan counted the gold ingots in the wooden box, frowned slightly, and said, "According to the rule, Hanyu Zhai should compensate me ten thousand taels of gold. Last time there was only a few hundred taels in the store, so I could only take that much. I thought that since Sister Qingyu came to deliver the compensation, you would make up the remaining gold to ten thousand taels."
Xiaoba laughed loudly in Su Yuanyuan's mind: [I didn't expect Little Gold Ingot to be so sarcastic. Look at Su Qingyu's expression. Her face is as stinky as a stone in a cesspit!]
Su Yuanyuan also wanted to laugh.
[In my previous life, I was eager to clear my name and argued with her and the world, but no one ever listened to me seriously. Now I understand that when dealing with someone like Su Qingyu, we can't be too straightforward. We need to be more circuitous to win.]
[Maybe this is what is called treating others as they have treated you.]
Xiaoba agreed: [Good, good. It would be best to piss her off!]
Su Qingyu didn't know that Su Yuanyuan and Xiaoba had already laughed at her heartily in her mind. She sighed and said, "Sister also intended to make up the compensation, but now Hanyu Zhai has too many people to compensate. Sister can't come up with so much gold and silver for the moment. I hope my dear sister can understand. But sister has come up with a good idea. I wonder if my sister is interested in hearing it?"
Su Yuanyuan propped her chin with both hands and said with a smile, "Sister, just say it. Yuanyuan is listening."
Su Qingyu then told her wonderful plan of giving away jewelry for free for ten years.
While listening, Su Yuanyuan discussed with Xiaoba in her mind:
[The method Su Qingyu came up with must have impressed many customers. For the noble and wealthy, a piece of jewelry is not worth much, but if someone keeps giving them free jewelry, no one will refuse.]
Xiaoba said, [So, are you going to accept it, Little Gold Ingot?]
There was a glint of calculation in Su Yuanyuan's eyes.
[Of course, I'm going to accept it. It's very beneficial for me to deal with Su Qingyu.]
Xiaoba was extremely curious: [Little Gold Ingot, what method have you come up with to deal with Su Qingyu?]
[You'll know later.]
Su Yuanyuan showed an impressed look to Su Qingyu and said, "Sister is so amazing. If I can get jewelry from Hanyu Zhai for ten consecutive years, Yuanyuan won't have to buy jewelry anymore! Well, Yuanyuan will accept the gold you brought. The matter of the fake goods is hereby written off. Yuanyuan won't pursue it anymore."
After thinking for a while, Su Yuanyuan counted on her fingers and said, "And the matter of you pushing me into the water at the Qianqiu Banquet, and the matter of bribing others to spread rumors and slander me at Zhenman Lou, let's write them all off. In the future, Yuanyuan won't mention them to anyone. It's for sister's sake. What do you think, sister?"
"Thank you, dear sister Yuanyuan, for being so magnanimous. It's really my honor to know you. Another day, sister must invite you to Zhenman Lou for a big meal." Su Qingyu thought she had succeeded and laughed brightly.
"It's getting late. I have other important matters, so I'll take my leave first." Su Qingyu stood up and said.
Su Yuanyuan also stood up and said, "Yuanyuan will see sister off."
Su Qingyu was a few years older than Su Yuanyuan and was taller. The two young girls walked side by side towards the outside of the pavilion. From the back, they looked like a pair of sisters with a very good relationship.
But no one would have thought that these two girls were at odds with each other at the Qianqiu Banquet not long ago, with a determination to fight to the death.
"After sister's jade pendant was broken, did you find someone to repair it?" When seeing Su Qingyu off, Su Yuanyuan "accidentally" mentioned the jade pendant again.
Su Qingyu cursed in her heart, clenched her fists, and forced a smile, saying, "Naturally, I did. But I haven't found a capable person who can restore it for the moment."
"That's really a pity. Yuanyuan remembers that the jade felt very warm. Even Yuanyuan couldn't put it down."
Su Yuanyuan smiled cutely. Her words seemed to be spoken without thinking, and her tone was full of sincerity: "How about Yuanyuan giving sister a new piece of jade? A few days ago, His Majesty bestowed some treasures on our Duke's Mansion. There are a lot of beautiful jade in the warehouse. Maybe there is one that sister will like."
But in Su Qingyu's ears, it only sounded like she was showing off.
Showing off that their Duke Yong's Mansion was in full favor with the emperor, while the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion was out of favor with the emperor, and Su Zeqian had lost his position.
Thinking of one of her speculations again, Su Qingyu suddenly stopped, looked down at Su Yuanyuan beside her, and asked in a low voice, "Dear sister Yuanyuan, sister has a very important question to ask you. This sentence can only be heard by you and me."
Su Yuanyuan's eyes flashed slightly. She winked at the two maids behind her, signaling them to stay away.
Su Qingyu's maid also took a few steps back.
After confirming that no one could hear their conversation, Su Qingyu said to Su Yuanyuan, "Sister, have you ever heard the saying 'Odd changes, even remains the same'?"
Odd changes, even remains the same? What was this?
This strange code left Su Yuanyuan completely confused. It was Xiaoba who reacted quickly: [Little Gold Ingot, reply to her - 'The sign depends on the quadrant', and then ask her: Are you also from another place?]
Although she didn't know why Xiaoba asked her to do this, out of trust in Xiaoba, Su Yuanyuan's eyes suddenly widened. She looked extremely shocked and stammered, "S-Sign depends on the quadrant. Sister Qingyu, how do you know this slogan? Could it be that you are also from another place?"
Hearing the answer from Su Yuanyuan's mouth, the stone in Su Qingyu's heart suddenly dropped. She sneered in her heart.
Sure enough, after she pushed this little fool into the water at the Qianqiu Banquet, the original little fool was dead. Now in this fool's body was a "fellow countryman" who had traveled from the future world just like her.
No wonder this little fool always gave her a familiar feeling and also knew the method of identifying gems from their place. So that was it.
Su Qingyu held Su Yuanyuan's hand and her eyes were filled with tears: "I didn't expect that sister Yuanyuan also came from the future. In this world from now on, sister won't be alone anymore. When we are free, we must sit down and have a good chat."
Su Yuanyuan replied with a smile, "Okay, Sister Qingyu."
After confirming Su Yuanyuan's "identity", Su Qingyu didn't stay in the Duke Yong's Mansion for long. She soon left with her maid.
What she didn't know was that after she got on the carriage of the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, two figures quietly followed it.