Three hundred and ninetieth IX: An old friend's visit
This deal did go as Hua Bushi hoped at the beginning. Hai Hongzhu became his nominal wife, and he also successfully hid the truth from his father Hua Tianxiong and gained the power to take charge of the "Evil Dog Gate".
However, although Hua Bushi was very calculating, he never thought that this troublesome little girl was also a person with feelings and would actually fall in love with him, a good-for-nothing young master.
Hua Bushi was thoughtful and quick in almost everything, but he was very slow towards women's emotions. This was true for Yang Jiangyi at the beginning, and the same for Hai Hongzhu.
Sima Rulan had told him earlier that Hai Hongzhu loved him wholeheartedly, but Hua Bushi still refused to believe it. Only then did he realize that this was indeed true.
He said solemnly: "But we are not a real couple in the first place. The agreement we made on the wedding night has already been agreed. Naturally, I cannot treat you seriously as my wife. Have you forgotten?
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Hai Hongzhu shed more tears and choked up: "I don't care! Anyway, we are married, you can't treat me like this! I can no longer marry anyone else, I can only follow you in this life, you
You can’t leave me alone!”
The advantage of women over men is that they can be unreasonable sometimes, and the logic they use in their words and actions is very different from the usual logic of men. For a woman who is both willful and unreasonable, if a man wants to
Asking her about the terms of the previous agreement and trying to point out the fallacies in her words are of no use except wasting words.
Even though Hua Bushi was slow about love, he still understood this truth, so he kept his mouth shut and remained silent at this time.
Baoliang, who was running on the dog training equipment nearby, saw Hai Hongzhu angrily scolding Hua Bushi with tears streaming down his face. He was immediately filled with righteous indignation and barked "Wang! Wang!" at the young master twice, wanting to be strong for his mistress.
It was very powerful. However, it was deeply afraid of this evil young master. These two barks were not loud. Hua Bushi glared at him and he immediately shrank back in fear, not daring to make any more noises.
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But Hai Hongzhu cried loudly: "Why are you glaring at Baoliang with your eyes! Even he knows that what I say is reasonable, but you, a grown man, still don't understand. Don't you feel uncomfortable!"
Leaving aside whether Baoliang also thought Hai Hongzhu's words were reasonable, Hua Bushi understood that he really couldn't afford to offend Mrs. Hai when she got angry, so he could only say: "Okay, you can do whatever you want, Mrs. Hai."
How about, I can do whatever you want me to do to you, is this okay?"
Hai Hongzhu bit her lip and said, "Is what you said true? Did you not lie to me?"
Hua Bushi said: "Of course I don't dare to deceive my wife."
Hai Hongzhu said: "Well, no matter what disease you have, whether you are dead or alive, since we are married, I want you to treat me like your wife!"
Although she was confident when she said this, her face was already flushed with embarrassment after finishing the sentence. Hai Hongzhu was crying, but at this time, pear blossoms were raining on her pretty face, and a cloud of red clouds flew up.
It's really endearing.
Hua Bushi looked at Madam Hai, his eyes a little crazy.
Hai Hongzhu originally lowered his eyes and did not dare to look at Hua Bushi, but after waiting for a long time, he did not see the other party's answer. When he raised his eyes, he saw the young master looking at him with straight eyes, and he couldn't help but said angrily: "You
Looking at me like this, what are you doing, do you agree or not?"
"This..." Hua Bushi was speechless for a moment and couldn't answer. Although Hai Hongzhu was born in the countryside, his appearance was not inferior to that of Shen Ying'er or Yang Jiangyi, but from the beginning, Hua Bushi
She regarded her as a little sister and never thought about making her her real wife.
But now that Hai Hongzhu was being asked face to face like this, how could he say the words "no"? Even though Hua was not as good as stone, and he had an impeccable tongue, he was frozen for a moment.
On the spot, I didn’t know how to answer.
When Hai Hongzhu saw Hua Bushi hesitating and refusing to answer, with a look of embarrassment, her mood couldn't help but turn from shyness to anger, and the anger in her heart ignited. She was about to question again, but she saw a clerk from Yaotianlou.
He walked into the courtyard gate and ran straight towards this side.
When an outsider arrived, Hai Hongzhu had to swallow his words and kept silent for the time being. When Hua Bushi saw someone coming, he felt as if he had met a savior. He hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and asked, "Is there something going on ahead?
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The eldest young master was unable to respond to Hai Hongzhu's questioning. At this moment, he was hoping that if something happened ahead, he could take the opportunity to escape.
The waiter said: "When you return to Master Hua, there is a guest in the front hall who asks to see you by name."
"Oh, go tell him, I'll go see him right away!" Hua Bushi said, cupping his hands toward Hai Hongzhu and saying, "Madam, please help me take care of Baoliang. I'll go to the front hall to meet the guests."
Just as he was about to take a step forward, Hai Hongzhu shouted: "Wait!"
This evil young master clearly wanted to escape, and Hai Hongzhu would not let him succeed so easily. She turned to the waiter and asked: "Who is coming to the front hall? Have you informed me of your name?"
The waiter said: "The guest called himself Chai and said he came from Nan'ao Town in Guangdong."
When Hua Bushi heard this, his expression changed.
Previously, he thought that most of the guests who came were business customers in Okura City, and they probably came to his door for trivial matters such as dog training. He hurried to meet him, just to use an excuse to avoid Hai Hongzhu's questioning.
But at this time, after listening to the waiter, I realized that the guest was an acquaintance whom I had known for a long time, Chai Lin, the owner of Chaiyuan in Nan'ao.
Although Hai Hongzhu had never met Chai Lin, she had heard of him when passing through Nan'ao Town that day. Knowing that he was indeed a very important guest, she could only glare at Hua Bushi, but she could no longer stop him from going to meet him.
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Hua Bushi followed the waiter to the front yard, and saw the middle-aged man in the living room from a distance. It was Chai Dashan who was famous in Guangdong.
Since drifting to Okura Island, Hua Bushi has not seen his old friends in the Middle-earth continent again. Although he only met Chai Lin a few times back then, they were still acquaintances. At this time, they suddenly met each other, and in their hearts
Quite happy of course.
But this Chai Dashan was still dressed as a member of a wealthy family, with a melon cap on his head and a satin flowered jacket. He looked no different from that day, and he came alone without any servants.
Hua Bushi walked a few steps and entered the living room. He cupped his fists and saluted and said, "It turns out that Mr. Chai Dashan is here. Hua Bushi failed to come out to greet him. He was so negligent. I really feel sorry for him!"
When Chai Lin saw Hua Bushi, he also had a look of surprise on his face. He returned his hand and said, "Chai heard that Brother Hua and his party suffered a hurricane at sea. He thought he would never see Brother Hua again in this life.
, I didn’t expect to see each other here today, which really makes Chai very happy!”
Hua Bushi said: "The big storm that day was really thrilling. Even my little brother thought that he must be mentally ill. Thanks to God's protection, he barely escaped with his life. It was really a fluke that he drifted to this island.
.But I don’t know where the Chai family master learned that we were hit by a storm? "On that day, Hua Bushi took the "White Oriole" from Nan'ao Town to sail to Wanyi Island, and then encountered a hurricane and storm. It should be the same.
Only people from various factions on Wanyi Island would know about it, but Chai Lin could find out about it, which made Hua Bushi feel a little surprised.
Chai Lin said: "Chai Lin only knew it after someone told him. Brother Hua has been on this island for several months, but he didn't know that Mrs. Yiyi and the little girl named Bai have searched all over Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang in the past few days.
We traveled all over the country's coasts and thousands of miles of islands just to find your whereabouts, brother. Mr. Chai also sent people to assist in many ways, and spent a lot of effort, but unfortunately he couldn't find any information at all."
He chuckled and said: "I didn't expect that Mr. Chai would come to Okura Island for business matters and meet Mr. Hua here. When I just heard someone say that the boss of the Waitian Tower in the city is Mr. Hua, Mr. Chai simply didn't dare.
Believe it! It’s true to the old saying, ‘You’ll never find a place if you step through iron shoes, but you’ll find it without any effort’!”
Hua Bushi suddenly understood, but said with joy on his face: "It turns out that Mrs. Yiyi and her disciple Bai Yiling came to Brother Chai's house and helped me. Hua Bushi should thank Brother Chai!"
On Wanyi Island that day, Hai Hongzhu was kidnapped by Cao Muyun. When Hua Bushi and others went to rescue him, he was separated from Chu Yiyi and Bai Yiling on the Nanshi Cliff. Later, he boarded the boat with Yi Ruoying and Zhu Hong.
They boarded the "Qing Chi" and were caught in the hurricane, and there was no news about anyone else.
Hua Bushi was once worried about whether Chu Yiyi and others could leave Wanyi Island smoothly. Now after hearing what Chai Lin said, they must have escaped safely on a treasure ship with Tang Zilin and other masters from various sects.
, returned to the mainland. After learning the news, the young master was overjoyed.
At that moment, he extended his hand and said, "Brother Chai, please sit down quickly. Hua Bushi must serve tea with his own hands to express his gratitude!"
Chai Lin waved his hand and said, "Young Master Hua, you don't have to be polite. In fact, Chai came here today not only to see my brother, but also to talk to him about some things, but I don't know if there is a convenient place to talk here."
Hua Bushi knew that Chai Lin wanted to find a place where he could talk easily. He must have important things to talk to him in secret, so he immediately said: "If Brother Chai doesn't mind, please come to my little brother's room and have a look, and we can discuss it in detail."
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Chai Lin nodded and said, "That's very good."
The bedroom where Hua Bushi lived was in the east chamber, not too far away. He led the way, followed by Chai Dashanren, who walked along the corridor and soon came to the front of the house. The young master extended his hand to invite me.
Next, the two walked into the house.
Turning around and closing the door, Hua Bushi said: "The courtyard here is relatively quiet. I have also told the servants not to come and disturb me at ordinary times. You and I are here to talk. I think it is very safe."
This room is spacious and bright, and it is also very clean. However, there are various and bizarre wood carvings placed everywhere on the table, wall, and at the end of the bedside table. There are dozens of them. Chai Lin entered.
When Menlai saw it at first sight, he couldn't help but be startled.