Su Shi and Chen Xiaolan entered the mansion and followed Du Heng to a side hall. Du Heng waited for his servants to serve tea and then confessed to Su Shi: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Shen. I will go and invite my young master." "
Su Shi nodded, and Du Heng hurriedly left the side hall.
Chen Xiaolan sat there without saying a word. Although her expression looked calm, her heart was beating fast and faster, so fast that she could hardly breathe, like a person who was about to drown.
Even though she had great confidence in Su Shi, she still couldn't control her inner fear when she really faced the fate that was about to change.
"Are you nervous?" Su Shi seemed to see through her and said pleasantly.
Chen Xiaolan took a breath and nodded with difficulty, but then she forced a smile: "But please rest assured, sir, since I trust you, I will never back down from the battle."
Su Shi looked at the childish face, but he didn't expect that this little girl would be so determined.
Because this bet seemed very ridiculous to everyone, and no one with a little bit of brains could possibly think that Su Shi would win.
Chen Xiaolan trusted him unreservedly, and was even willing to use herself as a bet.
Su Shi looked at her, suddenly smiled and said, "Do you want to learn?"
Chen Xiaolan couldn't help but be stunned and asked in confusion: "What does the young master want me to learn?"
Su Shi said calmly: "It's the ability to earn four thousand taels, forty thousand taels, or even four hundred thousand taels of silver in a month."
Hearing these words, Chen Xiaolan's heart suddenly beat rapidly again, but this time it was not because of fear, but because of excitement.
She looked at Su Shi in surprise, but still doubted her ears.
"Master, are you willing to teach me?"
Su Shi said: "You are smart, determined, and courageous. The most important thing is that you believe in me, so I have no reason not to teach you."
Chen Xiaolan was overjoyed and was about to kneel down to thank her. Su Shi hurriedly stopped her and said, "Now we are partners and our status is equal, so you don't have to do this."
At this time, Du Heng appeared at the door with half of his face swollen, followed by a young man about twenty-five years old, with a fair face and sparse eyebrows.
He dressed casually because he no longer had to wear expensive clothes to show his identity.
When he walked into the room, he just gave Chen Xiaolan a cold look. Chen Xiaolan suddenly felt that her blood almost solidified, and waves of chills kept coming towards her.
This glance seemed to come from the gaze of an abyssal demon.
Su Shi also frowned involuntarily, because he felt that this was a very scary person.
Although this man's expression looked calm, Su Shi could clearly see a hint of madness in his eyes.
The man walked into the side hall slowly, and Du Heng immediately introduced him: "Young Master, this is Young Master Shen Xunhuan."
Then he said to Su Shi, "This is our young master Bai Jiangchuan."
Bai Jiangchuan casually cupped his hands and asked, "Is Master Shen a descendant of Shen Gongxuan of Dongchuan, or a descendant of Shen Xinbo of Nanjiang?"
These two branches of the Shen family are the most famous, and only the members of these two branches hold high-ranking positions in the court.
Su Shi smiled and said: "I am neither from Dongchuan nor Nanjiang. I am just an idle person."
Bai Jiangchuan believed this, because before coming, they had carefully checked the situation of the children of the two Shen families in the capital. There was no one named Shen Xunhuan among them. As for other people named Shen, if Dongyuan Zhiku wouldn't care at all if there were no officials of second rank or above in his family.
Naturally, they would not have thought that the name was fake. As the saying goes, one should not change one's name in work and one should not change one's surname in office. Even an ordinary person attaches great importance to his own name. What's more, Su Shi is a scholar, and scholars have the most integrity, so they are not willing to casually identify their ancestors.
Since Su Shi was neither a prince nor a nobleman, nor did he come from a famous family, and he also ruined his good deeds - he was originally determined to win Chen Xiaolan, so Bai Jiangchuan naturally didn't have a good look towards him.
"I wonder why Mr. Shen comes to our Dongyuan Quality Warehouse?" Bai Jiangchuan said coldly.
Su Shi didn't want to waste any more words, and said calmly: "Du Huyuan must have informed me of my intention of coming, so why does Master Bai need to ask more questions."
"Although Du Heng has informed Mr. Shen of his intention, I still want to confirm it again."
Originally, this matter did not require Bai Jiangchuan to come forward in person, but when he heard Du Heng tell the whole story, he suddenly became very interested in Mr. Shen.
Even at the feet of the emperor and at the root of the imperial city, no one would dare to provoke Dongyuan Zhiku. As for gambling with Dongyuan Zhiku, no one would even dare to think about it.
So Bai Jiangchuan couldn't help but want to see what kind of person this idiot was.
Su Shi glanced sideways at Bai Jiangchuan and said calmly: "Then are you interested in this bet, Master Bai?"
The look in his eyes made Bai Jiangchuan very unhappy, because this look should only appear in his eyes.
Bai Jiangchuan said: "Since Mr. Shen is betting, I should accompany you, but..."
"But what?"
Bai Jiangchuan's expression suddenly became a little lazy, and he said slowly: "It's just that the stakes are too small, and I really can't arouse any interest."
Su Shi disagreed and said with a smile, "Master Bai wants to raise your bet?"
Bai Jiangchuan looked directly at Su Shi: "Do you dare to accept Mr. Shen?"
"Master Bai, how do you want to add it?"
Bai Jiangchuan's face became gloomy, but the madness in his eyes became more and more intense. He sneered: "If you lose, in addition to this little girl becoming a slave, I also want one of your hands and one eye."
Originally, Bai Jiangchuan only wanted Su Shi's hand - since you want to meddle in other people's business, I will chop off one of your hands.
But when he saw Su, he changed his mind. Because he felt that Su Shi looked at him sideways and was very disrespectful to him - since you are disrespectful to me, I will gouge out one of your eyes.
In this way, Bai Jiangchuan still felt that he was a little kind, because he still left a hand and an eye for Su Shi.
Chen Xiaolan's face paled as she listened to the sidelines, and when she was about to speak anxiously, Su Shi shook her head gently, then looked down at her hands and said calmly: "My hands and eyes are very expensive. But what kind of bargaining chips can Master Bai bring?"
Bai Jiangchuan said calmly: "If I lose, I will naturally pay you a hand and an eye."
However, Su Shi was unmoved. He thought for a while, and an unpredictable smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"I'll take the bet you raised. But..."
Seeing that Su Shi actually took the bet, both Chen Xiaolan and Du Heng couldn't help but look at him in shock.
Du Heng suddenly discovered that Su Shi might be a crazier lunatic than Bai Jiangchuan.
Regardless of whether Su Shi was an idiot or a lunatic, Bai Jiangchuan would not have the slightest mercy. He said coldly, "Nothing more than what?"
Su Shi said calmly: "If you lose, I won't take your hands and eyes."
Bai Jiangchuan's eyes narrowed and he asked slowly: "Then what do you want?"
Su Shi smiled slightly and said, "If Dongyuan Zhiku loses, Dongyuan Zhiku will lose as much silver as I earn in a month."
