Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 273 Warmth

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Chen Yunze's face. "My family hasn't been in the gambling business for many years."

It turned out to be the gambling house that bought most of the Qin family's assets. Song Ying's impression of this Mr. Chen was reduced a little.

So does everyone else.

Although they had never been to a gambling house, they had been told by adults since they were young that gambling houses were not good things and that they had caused many families to lose their fortunes and even their lives!

Chen Yunze noticed the change in everyone's expression and hurriedly made amends: "This happened many years ago. When my father was young, my great-grandfather responded to the government and closed all the gambling houses. There is no gambling house in Qingshui County now."

This is true.

I heard from the adults that in the past, several families in the village had people who were addicted to gambling. If the gambling houses had not disappeared later, these families would have been ruined sooner or later.

Chen Yunze smiled at Song Ying and said, "The clinic is busy today, so I won't force you to stay. I'll ask Tianxianglou to deliver the food to you in a while."

"No need to bother," Song Ying refused, "My senior brother should have prepared the meal by this time."

"Tian Xiang Lou's Kung Pao Chicken is a specialty, very different from what we usually cook at home. I asked Tian Xiang Lou to only send you a few dishes, so you can treat them all as extras."

"Really, there's no need. There are only three of us and the food we prepared is enough. Any more would be a waste." Song Ying refused again.

She felt that Chen Yunze's so-called life-saving grace was a bit forced. He was just likely to be in danger in the crowd, but he was not really in danger.

Seeing her insistence, Chen Yunze stopped trying to persuade her. He looked at Yuan Qing, then at Luo Yanxing, and said, "Doctor Song has something to do. It's New Year's Day, so you guys shouldn't have anything to do, right?"

To be honest, Luo Yanxing was very tempted to go to Tianxianglou for dinner. Perhaps she would never be able to eat there in her entire life, and this might be her only chance in this life.

But she had never associated with wealthy people. In her mind, these people were very superior and dangerous.

They have great power, and killing her is no different from crushing an ant. An unintentional action of hers might displease them, and then she might die.

Therefore, she was afraid to even face the steward of a wealthy family, let alone having dinner with the son of a wealthy family.

Erni and others had the same idea as her and were all hesitant.

Everyone looked at each other and finally turned their eyes to Yuan Qing. There were many young men from wealthy families in Jiahu Academy. Yuan Qing studied in the same class with them and had experience dealing with them.

What's more, Yuan Qing is a scholar. Although he has not yet taken the imperial examination, his status is higher than theirs, and even the county magistrate treats him differently.

Facing the expectant gazes of the crowd, Yuan Qing shook his head gently, "Mr. Chen, you are too polite. It's not a life-saving favor. What we did was just a small thing."

He pointed at Luo Erzhu and said, "Our brother was almost taken away by human traffickers. He was frightened and had to go home quickly. I won't bother him anymore."

Song Tian and the other two immediately showed disappointed expressions. Luo Erzhu opened his mouth and wanted to say that he was scared now, but when he met Yuan Qing's eyes, his words were stuck in his throat.

Luo Yanxing and others were also a little disappointed. Although they were afraid of contacting wealthy people, they would still be brave enough if Yuan Qing could go with them.

"Sir, you are too modest. Your kindness to me is more than just saving my life. If you hadn't controlled the situation in time, the crowd would still be blocked now. Those vendors wouldn't be able to do business, so how could they have the money to pay the rent? You have saved my family's business!"

The corner of Song Ying's mouth twitched. He felt that this Mr. Chen really loved to exaggerate. Any further congestion would only delay one day's business. Besides, even if these vendors' business was not good, his family would not charge a penny less in rent.

Yuan Qing also felt that Mr. Chen's reason was far-fetched and refused again, "We live far away, and if we don't come back, we won't have enough time. I'm really sorry."

"Hey, that's nothing. I have plenty of guest rooms. If you can't make it back in time, you can come back tomorrow. That's a good opportunity for me to entertain you."

Yuan Qing: "..."

Chen Yunze was very persistent and kept persuading them, even saying, "There is a chef in Tianxianglou who can make medicinal food. Since this little brother is frightened, it would be most appropriate for him to drink a bowl of tranquilizing soup to calm his nerves."

Seeing that he was so considerate, Song Tian was no longer so afraid of him, and immediately said, "This is a good idea! Yuan Qing, let's agree to Master Chen!"

"Brother, how can you call Brother Yuan Qing by his name? He is older than us, so you should call him brother." Song Yuan reminded.

Song Tian rolled his eyes. He and Yuan Qing entered school at about the same time, so the contrast was quite tragic.

During the initial period, when the teacher was scolding him, he always compared him to Yuan Qing. From that time on, he particularly disliked Yuan Qing.

Later, the teacher stopped comparing him with Yuan Qing because he felt it was an insult to Yuan Qing.

Yuan Qing didn't care about Song Tian's address. He really wanted to go back early. Such a big thing happened today. If the adults heard the news, they would definitely be worried.

If it's any later, who knows, those adults in the city today and in the future might come rushing in the dark to look for it.

But Song Tian gave in, how could he continue to refuse?

He looked at Song Ying and signaled her with his eyes to stop Song Tian.

Song Ying gave him a helpless look. She was his sister, but Song Tian would not listen to her. In his heart, she was just a person who depended on his father for support and she needed to live by his mood.

Yuan Qing was helpless and tried to refuse again: "Mr. Chen, something like this happened today. The elders at home will be worried if they don't see us. We must hurry back as soon as possible."

"I was inconsiderate. Let me send someone to your house to tell you something."

Yuan Qing: "..."

Song Ying looked at Chen Yunze and frowned slightly. Why did she feel that this Mr. Chen was too obsessed with Yuan Qing? She had just refused him twice and he gave up.

Why is it that even when Yuan Qing brought up such reasons that made the elders worried about filial piety, Chen Yunze still insisted?

Finally, Yuan Qing agreed reluctantly.

Song Ying gave Song Yuan a few instructions, and asked Luo Yanxing and the others to keep an eye on Song Yuan, and then parted ways with them at the intersection.

When she returned to the clinic, Lin Wenxuan had not prepared dinner yet. She had been taken away by the officers. Lin Wenxuan was very worried and had no mood to cook.

Seeing her come back, he heaved a sigh of relief and asked, "Are you really the ones directing things upstairs today?"

Song Ying nodded, "We just happened to be on the roadside. We have to do our best if we meet someone. Otherwise, with so many people blocking the road, who knows what will happen."

Lin Wenxuan nodded in agreement. "Just now, the neighbors all said that today was all thanks to you. Master said that something like this happened on the Qixi Festival in the capital before, and more than 70 people died at that time."