"How about it, Mr. Yang, have you thought about it?" Zhou Yu looked at Yang Dong with a half-smile but not a smile. She felt that she had completely figured out the number one person in the West Factory.
Yang Dong fell into silence. He really couldn't figure out why the empress agreed to let the Zhou family build official roads.
After all, the situation in Shuzhou is special, and it’s impossible for the empress not to notice it! Could it be that Yourong was threatened again this time, so he made some kind of compromise?
This idea suddenly appeared in Yang Dong's mind. But then, he completely gave up the idea.
Apart from anything else, there is basically nothing that can threaten the empress in the capital today. Lin Chunqiu's party was completely eliminated, and the troops around the capital were also transferred to other places, leaving only some brave troops responsible for protecting the safety of the empress.
Unless... Yang Dong suddenly thought of a possibility, and then frowned. If there is one person or force in the palace who can influence the empress's decision-making.
It is obvious that they are people like Wei Laogou! Could it be that... there is still some kind of connection between Wei Laogou and the Zhou family?
After pondering for a while, Yang Dong chuckled and said, "If your Majesty agrees, I naturally have no objections."
"But... I'm not interested in you. Are you, the Zhou family, willing to give me three million taels of silver?"
"Is this true?" Upon hearing Yang Dong's words, Zhou Yu's eyebrows flashed with joy. Which woman would be willing to marry a eunuch unless she was forced to do so?
And... isn't it just one million taels more! Regarding Yang Dong's lion opening, Zhou Yu agreed to the matter without any hesitation.
After the two parties agreed verbally, Zhou Yu got up and left in a hurry without even mentioning sending Yang Dong back to the inn.
Yang Dong looked at her back, a chill flashing between his brows. He turned around and returned to the inn.
However, just as he stepped into the inn, he heard a burst of crying. The crying was not loud, but it was extremely sad.
Yang Dong frowned and followed the sound quickly. Sure enough, he found Yao Jia holding her legs and crying in the grocery room on the top floor of the inn.
"Who bullied my father-in-law, Xiao Jia? It made her so sad." The sudden voice made Yao Jia cry.
She raised her little face in disbelief, stared at Yang Dong and said, "Mr. Yang, aren't you at the restaurant? Why did you come back so early!"
"The slave family, the slave family..." she said, wiping the tears on her face in a panic, forcing a smile and saying: "Mr. Yang, don't worry, the slave family is fine."
"She said she was fine, but she cried when she saw it!" Yang Dong joked, but he took out a handkerchief from his arms, hesitated, and picked up the handkerchief to wipe the tears on Yao Jia's face.
Yao Jia never imagined that Yang Dong would take the initiative to wipe her tears. She was startled at first, and then a blush appeared on her cheeks.
"Yang...Mr. Yang, let me come, you, you..."
"Okay, I will wipe your tears. I won't be so careful." Yang Dong said, picking up the handkerchief again and gently wiping the corners of Yao Jia's eyes.
At this moment, Yao Jia's little heart was pounding, almost jumping out of her full chest.
"Yang, Mr. Yang..." She called softly, feeling that the grievance she had suffered previously had completely disappeared at this moment.
Only the warmth brought by Yang Dong and a faint sense of shyness belonging to a girl were left in her heart.
"What's wrong? Who made you look like this? Tell Mr. Yang, and Mr. Yang will take care of him for you!" Yao Jia's eyes lit up again when she heard this.
This was the first time she heard Yang Dong's domineering voice, and her whole body fell instantly. But...when she thought of that woman's identity, she began to feel a little entangled again.
After being silent for a while, she still shook her head and said, "It's okay, Mr. Yang. The Nu family is just in a bad mood suddenly, which makes Mr. Yang worried."
"Is it because of your sister-in-law?" Yang Dong spoke again, but there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.
"Originally, this is a family matter of your Yao family, and I should not get involved in it."
"But... you even dare to bully my maid. The Zhou family is really brave this week!" Seeing Yang Dong getting angry, Yao Jia felt warm in her heart.
At this moment, she suddenly felt that nothing in this world seemed to be important. Yao Jia buried her head in Yang Dong's arms, hesitated for a moment, and then whispered: "Mr. Yang, could you please stop pursuing this matter?"
"My eldest brother has not been happy with his life these past few years. Now his life has just started to look better, and the slave family cannot bear to have him suffer any more blows."
"Besides, I can see that my sister-in-law just doesn't like me, but she still treats her brother very carefully."
"Mr. Yang, this grievance is nothing in Yao Jia's eyes. Can you please please don't pursue it further?" As she said this, she actually took the initiative to hold Yang Dong's arm and shook it gently.
There were still tears on her clearly childish cheeks, but now she showed a happy smile. Yang Dong sighed helplessly and glared at the Yao family angrily.
"Okay, okay, since you said so, I will let the Zhou family go." When Yao Jia heard this, her face was filled with joy.
She thought for a while and then said: "Mr. Yang, let's leave Fengcheng today, okay?"
"I have some..." Before she could tell the reason, Yang Dong rubbed her little head lovingly.
"Okay, since you don't like it, let's leave here today." Before he finished speaking, a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly came from below the inn.
"Mr. Yang, is Mr. Yang back?"
"Oh no, something big happened!"
"Mr. Yang is still attending the banquet and has not returned yet. What happened? Why don't we go to the restaurant to find Mr. Yang together?" Listening to the exchange between the two West Factory spies, Yang Dong frowned slightly.
He was a little depressed. It was clear that the lockdown was now settled, so why did he encounter a lot of trouble when he came here?
He patted Yao Jia on the shoulder, and when he appeared again, he was already in front of the two spies.
"Tell me, what happened!"
"Mr. Yang, are you back!?" The two West Factory spies had a look of surprise on their cheeks at the same time.
But soon, one of the West Factory spies immediately said: "Mr. Yang, something happened! The goods we brought this time were snatched away!"
"Our brothers want to stop him, but the opponent has a master in his hands!"
"Mrs. Xu came forward to argue with them, but was taken away by the gangsters..."
"This subordinate is incompetent, please ask Mr. Yang to punish him!" Hearing this, Yang Dong felt so angry in his heart! The last time Luozhou was flooded, he didn't encounter so much trouble!
What now...
