Four people rode the carriage back, Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming returned to their own room. Apart from Han Yongsheng who was surprised, Yang Ming was equally astonished, "Wife, you know how to farm fish?"
Xiaoxiao chuckled at Yang Ming’s question, he really believed everything she said, "I don’t know a damn thing about it!"
Yang Ming frowned, they’d been played by their wife’s little tricks, "Wife, can’t you be a bit more elegant in your choice of words?"
Seeing Yang Ming’s petty look, Xiaoxiao pursed her lips, "Alright, to be elegant, I don’t know how to farm fish."
"So what tricks were you just playing? Huh?" Yang Ming said, his hands getting restless again as he wrapped his arms around his wife from behind. He really felt inferior to his wife’s cleverness, but far from disliking it, he found it very endearing.
Xiaoxiao turned around, wrapped her arms around Yang Ming, and nuzzled her head against his chest, "Who told him to treat us like fools first? I had to shake him up a bit."
Yang Ming stroked his wife’s head, "So you’re saying you do want to cooperate?"
"Of course, we don’t know how to farm fish. Moreover, husband, you know, I really hate trouble. It’s so much better when others do all the work, and we just sit at home counting money."
"..." His wife’s greed for money was flaring up again, "Aren’t you afraid he’s a swindler?"
Xiaoxiao lifted her little head with a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth, starting to share her grand principles, "Could she possibly be more cunning than me? Besides, if he could step in to save Wang Xiangxiang and fight with so many thugs, he can’t be that bad, right? His terms were just a way to test the waters with us."
"..." Seeing his wife’s demeanor, Yang Ming felt an inexplicable urge to laugh; his wife always said she wasn’t stupid, always proclaimed she was the cunning one.
Talking, Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand, making a little fist-pumping gesture, "Don’t worry, everything is under my control."
Yang Ming’s face was full of exasperation, utterly defeated by his wife’s antics, but having a lead on the fish pond issue was indeed great news.
He pecked his wife’s little mouth, "Yeah, my wife is amazing."
Xiaoxiao lifted her confident little face, "Of course, who do you think I am?"
While the two were feeling cheerful, Han Yongsheng’s face was as bitter as a gourd.
As soon as the two returned to their room, Ada became anxious. He had been watching the master’s conversation with those two throughout, "Young master, what should we do now? Should we go and plead with Miss Wang?"
"No need, let me think thoroughly; we’ve met our match this time, I didn’t expect the opponent to be so difficult to deal with." Han Yongsheng sat down as he spoke; this time he truly hadn’t prepared enough and had underestimated the enemy.
"Young master, if this doesn’t work out, it won’t be easy to explain to the old master," Ada reminded his young master worriedly.
"I know." Han Yongsheng’s face showed helplessness. His father had been pressuring him with this matter, insisting that he marry his cousin. In a fit of pique, he had made a military pledge – if this deal went through, he would decide his own marriage matters.
Every time he thought of his cousin, he’d get a headache. She was nothing like Wang Xiangxiang; there simply was no comparison. She was one without brains.
Thinking of Wang Xiangxiang, he froze. Why was he suddenly comparing her? He shook his head.
Seeing his young master shake his head in distress, Ada feared this would be difficult to manage, "Young master, when do we plan to return?"
"Stay a few more days, then we’ll set off."