SFS Chapter 166: The Scumbag's Thoughts
Chapter 166: The Scumbag's Thoughts
Return to Jiangnan?
It’s not like Ye Wenbo hadn’t thought about it, but the Ye family didn’t have any property in Jiangnan, and all they had relied on before was Yunniang’s dowry.
In the past, the Ye family had just a small courtyard with two entrances in the town.
The Ye family in that city was Yunniang's dowry, but now, it has nothing to do with him anymore.
If he returns to Jiangnan, Ye Wenbo shook his head slightly, his eyes full of helplessness.
"Ye Quan, you think too simply. Not to mention the long journey back to Jiangnan, if I go back to Jiangnan, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve as an official in the court again in this life. Also, if I go back to Jiangnan, everything will have to start from scratch, how easy is that?"
Ye Quan lowered his head in deep thought.
"Master, are we just going to sit there and wait for death? Who can we rely on in this place in the capital?"
Suddenly, a figure broke into Ye Quan's mind.
"Master, Madam, no, Miss, you are her biological father after all, and the blood relationship cannot be severed. If it is possible, you and Madam can reconcile, then all these difficulties will be solved, right?"
Yunniang, Xiaoxiao?
Ye Wenbo sighed.
"Don't mention this matter anymore. She must be mad at me now. You know her attitude towards me. How dare I get close to her?"
Whenever he thought of how fiercely she beat him that day, he felt very scared.
I also felt an unconscious pain in my teeth.
"Let's go back!"
Ye Wenbo continued,
"You should handle the matter of the farm outside the city quietly. Don't let the old lady know yet. I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it. I'll try to ask the old lady what she thinks first."
"Yes, sir."
Ye Quan responded.
When Ye Wenbo returned home, he went to Old Madam Ye's yard to discuss with her the fate of the servants in the mansion.
"Mother, the situation in our house is not very good right now. If possible, we should sell off the servants!"
Ye Wenbo said helplessly.
When Madam Ye heard this, her eyes widened.
"Wenbo, what are you talking about? Selling off the servants? Didn't I already kick out a group of them? Our mansion is so big, and we are already a little short-staffed. If we sell off more, there will really be no one left. When I sold off those people, you were worried that I would lose the dignity of our mansion, but now, what's going on?"
Ye Wenbo explained with a wry smile,
"Mother, I don't want to either. But you see, the Ye family is now spending more than it earns. The monthly allowance for the servants alone is a considerable expense."
Madam Ye still refused to give in.
"No, absolutely not! We have already lost all our face in the capital. If this gets out, what will others say about us?"
Ye Wenbo continued to persuade patiently.
"Mother, think about it, if we don't do this, we will soon not even have food to eat. By then, the Ye family will really become a laughing stock in the capital. How can we still be respectable now?"
He didn't want his mother to sell the servants at first because he was worried that the princess would be dissatisfied with the difficulties in the mansion after entering it. However, now, all the reasons no longer exist.
Madam Ye was silent for a while, with a hint of hesitation in her eyes, but she still shook her head.
"Wenbo, think of another way. If we drive out all the servants in the mansion, why don't we sell this mansion and go back to our hometown in Jiangnan to retire?"
Ye Wenbo frowned, feeling helpless. However, when he heard his mother mention returning to Jiangnan, he was moved.
"Mother, if my son said he wanted to go back to Jiangnan, would you agree?"
Madam Ye snorted.
"I won't go back. I made a harsh statement in front of the house of that bitch Liu. My son has become a high-ranking official in the capital. The servants in the Liu's house all treat me as a joke, especially Madam Xu who is by Liu's side. Now, you want me to go back like this. I won't go back unless you agree to one condition of mine."
Ye Wenbo felt a sharp pain in his heart. After all, his mother was only concerned about her face.
"Mother, what conditions do you want your son to agree to?"
Old Madam Ye turned her head away angrily.
"Humph, if you want to go back to Jiangnan, go and coax that Liu. If you can coax her, I will be willing even if we go back to Jiangnan."
Ye Wenbo sighed, sneered in his heart, and felt extremely speechless.
Why did his mother think that Liu was someone he could call upon and dismiss at will?
"Mother, you know the relationship between Liu and me. Now that she hates me to the core, how could she easily forgive me? Aren't you deliberately making things difficult for me?"
Ye Wenbo looked embarrassed and tried to make his mother understand the difficulty involved.
Old Madam Ye disagreed.
"Humph, I don't care. You were the one who wanted to abandon her in the first place. Now for the sake of the Ye family, why not coax her back? If you don't even have this ability, how could you have coaxed that shameless princess in the first place?"
Old Madam Ye was very stubborn. She believed that her son was extremely charming and that both Liu and Murong Jin loved her son deeply.
Now, Liu is just trying to be willing but reluctant. As a woman, which one doesn't say one thing and mean another?
Ye Wenbo's heart was filled with bitterness.
"Mother, you are speaking lightly. Liu's status is different now. How could she be willing to be involved with me again?"
Madam Ye glared at him.
"I don't care about that. If you don't want to go, then don't mention going back to Jiangnan anymore. I'm an old man, and I want to die in the capital."
After saying this, Old Madam Ye no longer paid any attention to Ye Wenbo and closed her eyes to rest.
She just didn't believe that if her son gave up his face, Liu would really be so cruel as to sever the love they had for each other for so many years.
As long as Liu and her son can reconcile, then why should she worry about the rest of her life?
Bo'er is still young and energetic. If I don't force him to bow his head now, he will probably regret it for the rest of his life.
Seeing that his mother was unmoved, Ye Wenbo knew that it was useless to say more.
He walked out of his mother's yard helplessly, feeling very upset.
He never knew that his mother had such a paranoid personality. Why, all those years, he always thought that his mother was a reasonable and kind old lady?
Ugh!
Ye Quan was waiting outside the yard. When he saw Ye Wenbo coming out, he hurried over to him.
"Master, what does the old lady say?"
Ye Wenbo smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"The old lady doesn't want to go back to Jiangnan. She said that as long as Liu can forgive me, it's fine. But if Liu and I reconcile, why would she mention going back to Jiangnan?"
Ye Quan frowned. Yes, if the master and the mistress reconciled, then the difficulties of the Ye family would be solved. Why would they need to go back to Jiangnan?
"Master, the old lady's request is indeed a bit unreasonable. Madam Liu is probably avoiding you now. How can she reconcile with you? What does the old lady mean by this?"