Chapter 598 Xi Rusheng's Confusion
Qu Huanhuan watched as boxes and boxes of items were moved into the small courtyard, unsure what to say. She had known there would be pressure marrying Ye Mu'en, but the money and gifts from his relatives alone made her feel overwhelmed.
"What's wrong? Spacing out?"
"Mu'en, what should we do with all these things?"
"What do you mean 'what to do'? Just move them here today as your dowry. We'll move them together when they come to pick you up for your new home."
"But what if these things get lost?"
Ye Mu'en smiled helplessly, seeing how scared she was. His sister had taken on almost all the dowry preparations to give Huanhuan face in front of others, saying it would prevent gossip from pressuring Huanhuan. But now, the pressure had come first. How could he comfort her?
"Someone will be here with you these few days, so don't worry about safety. When we get to the new house, some will go to the bank, some will go into the safe."
"Phew, marriage suddenly feels so tiring."
"You think it's tiring? Shengge has handled most of it, otherwise, we'd both be a mess."
"Yes, thank goodness for Shengge."
Although his sister was pampered, she was actually the most diligent in the family. They handled external matters, and she handled internal ones.
The new home was very close to his sister's house. He hadn't wanted to move, as they had lived together for years and were used to it. But Huanhuan was worried about Zi Yisheng's psychological pressure, so they had to move.
"Let's go, let's go back to eat first. Shengge will help us tidy up the new house in the afternoon."
"Oh, I'll make baodu for Shengge. She said she wanted it yesterday. Oh, will the children be back?"
"They'll be back tomorrow, attend the wedding the day after, and then go back to training."
Thinking of the three children, Ye Mu'en got a headache. It wasn't that they weren't training well, but the way they were being trained would surely make his sister heartache.
With the wedding approaching, most of the family members who were supposed to return had done so. For convenience on the wedding day, they chose to stay at Ye Shengge's house. Thus, every meal felt like a party. The Bai family's chef and housekeeper had also come along; otherwise, Zhenyi and the others would never have been able to manage.
However, Ye Shengge never had to worry about these matters. Despite being so busy, it didn't disrupt her treatment plan.
Xi Rusheng, on the other hand, was avoiding people. He didn't want his negative emotions to affect others. A few days ago, his master had come to find him and talked for a long time outside, lamenting his hardships and how he had been suppressed, but never mentioning the past.
"Kid, why aren't you playing chess when I call you? What are you hiding here for?"
"Elder Fan, why aren't you playing?"
"Still calling me Elder Fan? When are you going to officially become my disciple?"
"I want to wait a bit. After all, I've just been expelled from my sect. Although no one cares, I'm not comfortable with it."
Elder Fan sighed. During this period, the Min Hang kid had been relentlessly suppressing the Gou family, forcing them to willingly hand over Xi Rusheng. If they had negotiated amicably from the start, there would have been no issues. He just thought of unnecessary things.
"Are you still thinking about the past?"
"Yes, I can't understand why."
Elder Fan now knew what had happened to Xi Rusheng. In any case, it wasn't worth it for him, and he also let him know that his old friend, whom he had known since childhood, had such crooked intentions.
In fact, before Xi Rusheng turned ten, he had a good life. His maternal family was a renowned traditional Chinese medicine family. However, by his mother's generation, it had declined, and there were no male heirs to carry on the tradition. He was meticulously nurtured by his maternal family since childhood.
But good times don't last. When he was around ten years old, his father, addicted to gambling and opium, squandered the family fortune. His mother, heartbroken, took him and officially moved back to her maiden home. Once people fall into bad habits, they are like demons. With no money to gamble or smoke, he colluded with a group of thugs to raid his father-in-law's home. The outcome, as expected, was disastrous. The home was gone, and the people were gone.
Xi Rusheng was injured and rescued by Gou Zhengde. Upon discovering his talent, Gou Zhengde voluntarily accepted him as his first disciple. Especially since Xi Rusheng possessed the inheritance from his maternal family in his mind, it was gradually exploited by those with ulterior motives. In fact, the Gou family's current standing in the field of traditional Chinese medicine was also due to him.
Initially, he didn't care about any of this. Since he had taught it, he wasn't afraid of others learning it. However, Gou Zhengde minded. As traditional Chinese medicine regained prominence, he minded even more. He feared being accused of the Gou family stealing others' knowledge. Thus, he found an excuse to send Xi Rusheng away, simply to keep him out of the public eye and to pretend he didn't exist.
"You're the one who's foolish. Now that you know everything, why are you still confining yourself? There's nothing to figure out. You just need to know that Gou Zhengde wronged you and is not worthy of being your master. You're so stupid that you deserve to be bullied for half your life. You're going to make me furious!"
"I understand. Elder Fan, don't be angry."
"Call me Master!"
"I'll call you Master when I officially become your disciple, according to the rules."
"You're even more old-fashioned than I am."
Xi Rusheng's attitude was resolute, and he was a stubborn person.
"Also, if Gou Zhengde contacts you again, don't meet him. Their family's fate is already sealed."
"I can't help them anyway."
"It's good that you understand. That Min Hang kid is a gluttonous wolf. Anything he sets his sights on, he'll leave no scraps behind."
"Oh."
"Oh, oh, oh. All day long, besides medicine, what else do you know? You're over forty and don't even have a woman. You're a complete failure."
Xi Rusheng didn't care about these things at all. He also understood that he might be someone who lacked many worldly interests and was uninterested in many things.
As soon as Qu Huanhuan arrived home, she went straight to the kitchen. She genuinely liked her future sister-in-law. They were only a few years apart and got along well. She felt that in the Ye family, Shengge was her only support.
"Huanhuan, you're about to be a new bride. Why are you still working? You should rest before and after the wedding so you can enjoy a lifetime of happiness."
Zhenyi, being from the older generation, held strong beliefs in traditional customs. She would chide anyone in the family who needed it.
"Don't mind that. Just enjoy the blessings. Don't you see how well everyone in the family treats me?"
"Hahahaha, that's true. Whether it's marrying into the family or living here, no one is unhappy. A harmonious family is key to a good life."
"Yes, I'm very lucky."
Ye Shengge leaned on the sofa, listening to her family chat. Talking was quite exhausting, so she usually rested after chatting for a while.
"Bai Chenxi isn't planning to come back, is he? He'll end up in trouble if he keeps fooling around outside all day."
Ye Shengge was also speechless. She had only scared her cousins, but she didn't expect her second cousin to run off abroad and still be nowhere in sight.
"Second child, you're such a person. If your eldest son can't come back for Mu'en's wedding, he doesn't need to come back to the Bai family."
Bai Erjiu was also extremely angry and had no other recourse. Of his two sons, one was a money-making genius but a scoundrel, and the other was a teacher who couldn't even support himself. He truly had no idea what to do.
"It would be better if he was disowned. Let's see where he'll run off to without the status of the second young master of the Bai family."