"Jiao Wen, your eyes have recovered?" Accountant Tong exclaimed in surprise.
"And your hands—" Shopkeeper Liao was also excited.
Master Jiao smiled and said, "Thanks to the young lady. In recent days, she asked someone to get me some miraculous pills. After I took them, my hands and eyes recovered."
The young lady... In this world, only the young lady still remembered them, these old employees.
Accountant Tong and Shopkeeper Liao shed tears on the spot and hugged Master Jiao tightly, crying to their hearts' content.
After their emotions subsided, Su Yuanyuan said, "I'd like to introduce someone to you today. Get ready and come with me to meet another owner of the shop."
Learning that there was another owner of the shop, the three of them tidied up their appearances and went with Su Yuanyuan to meet Su Huaisheng.
Su Yuanyuan walked into the room and said to Su Huaisheng with a smile, "Master Jiao, Shopkeeper Liao, and Accountant Tong, this is my third elder brother. Brother, let me introduce them to you. These three will be the employees of our shop from now on."
Su Huaisheng had already removed his disguise. He looked about the same age as Su Yuanyuan and resembled her somewhat. It was obvious that they were related by blood.
Accountant Tong, Shopkeeper Liao, and Master Jiao stood in front of Su Huaisheng one by one, straightened their expressions, and introduced themselves.
When it was Master Jiao's turn, he opened his bright and clear eyes, stepped forward, bowed to Su Huaisheng with clasped fists, and said,
"My name is Jiao Wen. I'm a jade craftsman from the south of the Yangtze River. I've been so obsessed with carving techniques that I haven't gotten married yet. From now on, I'll work as a jade craftsman in the shop and spare no effort to create every piece of jewelry for the young lady and Young Master Su."
Su Huaisheng first glanced at Master Jiao's face and then fixed his eyes on his calloused hands.
Those were the hands of someone who had been handling carving knives for years.
Su Huaisheng nodded at Jiao Wen and said with a smile, "I've long heard Yuanbao mention Master Jiao. I've always wanted to get to know you. Coincidentally, I don't have any special hobbies in my life. I especially like handling carving knives and presenting the things I imagine in my mind on jade or stones. I'll have to ask Master Jiao for more advice in the future."
"I'm ashamed. I'm just a rough person. I'm not qualified to give advice to Young Master Su. It should be us exchanging carving skills," Jiao Wen said modestly. Hearing that Su Huaisheng also liked carving, he took the initiative to ask, "I wonder what Young Master Su is good at carving?"
When it came to this, Su Huaisheng became interested. He immediately pulled Master Jiao aside to discuss carving techniques.
When they were talking happily, he took out a semi - finished jade cicada he had been carving recently from his pocket and showed it to Master Jiao.
Although Master Jiao hadn't picked up a carving knife for a long time because of his injured hands and eyes, he still had a jade cicada he had carved before. Coincidentally, it was also a jade cicada. The exquisite craftsmanship immediately impressed Su Huaisheng, who immediately asked him for advice.
Seeing that her third brother and Master Jiao were chatting happily, Su Yuanyuan let out a sigh of relief and showed a smile.
She knew that once her third brother met Master Jiao, they would surely have a good conversation.
Before sunset, Su Huaisheng reluctantly said goodbye to Master Jiao and left with Su Yuanyuan.
On the way back to the Yongguo Duke's Mansion in the carriage, Su Huaisheng said to Su Yuanyuan with a smile, "I didn't expect that there was such a skilled craftsman hiding in Shengjing City. How did Yuanbao know about Master Jiao? Did you meet him when your soul was traveling outside?"
Su Yuanyuan knew that her third brother was still a little suspicious. She leaned towards Su Huaisheng and whispered, "Yuanbao will only tell this secret to third brother. Actually, when my soul was traveling outside, I not only stayed in a music workshop but also in Hanyu Zhai for some time. Besides Master Jiao, Accountant Tong and Shopkeeper Liao are all former employees of Hanyu Zhai."
This answer was really unexpected to Su Huaisheng. He opened his eyes wide in surprise. He didn't expect that all these people were from Hanyu Zhai.
"Yuanbao saw with her own eyes that Su Qingyu treated the employees in the shop harshly and forced Master Jiao and Accountant Tong to forge. But Master Jiao, Accountant Tong and the others were upright and naturally refused to do as she said. So Su Qingyu framed them with a vicious scheme and drove them out of Hanyu Zhai," Su Yuanyuan continued.
Su Huaisheng asked, "So you exposed this matter in front of many guests in Hanyu Zhai?"
Su Yuanyuan nodded. "What's true can't be false, and what's false can't be true. Su Qingyu colluded with the employees in the shop to deceive customers with fake goods. She even asked big brother to buy inferior products as rare items and give them to sister - in - law. I can't bear it!"
As a carving enthusiast, Su Huaisheng could understand Master Jiao's mood and thoughts of not wanting to collude with unscrupulous merchants to forge and damage his own virtue. He could also understand Su Yuanyuan's anger when she saw her family bring inferior products home.
Su Huaisheng clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth. "This Su Qingyu is really hateful! Yuanbao, if you had told third brother about this earlier, third brother wouldn't have let her take that jade pendant away so easily today. I would surely have taught her a lesson!"
Su Huaisheng thought that torturing that woman with poisonous insects and feces at that time was really too lenient! Moreover, he should have extorted a large sum of money from her just now! Without tens of thousands of taels of gold, how could he vent his anger?
Su Yuanyuan said, "Don't be in a hurry, third brother. We'll have plenty of time to deal with Su Qingyu in the future. In short, I'm determined to destroy Hanyu Zhai."
Su Huaisheng smiled wickedly and said, "Of course, you have to count me in. How can such a thing be without me?"
Su Yuanyuan couldn't help thinking that now the staff in the shop was complete. They were only short of a suitable shop and the first batch of jewelry needed for the opening. It seemed that there would be a busy time ahead.
But right now, she was more curious about Su Qingyu's reaction after getting that jade pendant.
...
To avoid arousing suspicion, after Su Qingyu took the jade pendant from Tianxiang Tower, she didn't take it out until she returned to her new mansion. She dismissed all the servants, locked herself in the room, and then took out the jade pendant. Suppressing her excitement, she called out in her heart:
[System, things have been going wrong for me without you these days. Fortunately, you're back now! With you, I can finally raise my head and feel proud.]
The system, which always responded to her in the past, only replied with two words this time: [Hehe.]
Su Qingyu: "..."
Why did she always feel that the system's laughter sounded full of ridicule?
But it didn't matter. As long as the system was back.
Then, as usual, she held the jade pendant and silently recited something in her heart. The next moment, she felt that she had come to a warehouse full of shelves.