(5)
All the gentlemen and ladies took their seats one after another, and the two hosts and guests of honor then began to introduce the strangers to each other.
Zhao Wei sat in the center and introduced with unusual kindness: "General Tong, this is the dog Zhao Kuo, and the other is my niece Lou Jinghua."
Tong Menglong replied: "Mr. Zhao is very polite. I will also recommend a few people... This is my youngest son Tong Yi. The eldest son Tong Yao is busy with government affairs and cannot get away, so he asked his second brother to come here instead of his eldest brother. This place. And that girl must be no stranger to Mr. Zhao and Young Master Zhao, but I’m afraid this Miss Lou doesn’t know about it.”
Tong Menglong waved his hand and guided the girl to stand up and make introductions. Her clothes were quite exquisite. The lavender neon feathers outlined her body, and her plump figure was undoubtedly revealed. She stood up and respectfully said to the people in front of her: "Little girl Caiwei, I have seen Mr. Zhao and Mr. Zhao." Young Master, and Miss Lou.”
"Caiwei is Yi'er's wife." Tong Menglong added, then asked Yao Caiwei to take a seat.
As the eldest son of the master's family, Zhao Kuo should have tried his best to entertain the distinguished guests, but he actually became silent after sitting down and just chewed the various pastries on the table, almost to the point of devouring them.
When he was full, he took a gulp of water. After finishing the food on his own table, he reached out to take it from Lou Jinghua's table next to him. It could be said that he regarded etiquette as nothing. This is very unreasonable for someone like him.
Tong Menglong and Zhao Kuo happened to be sitting across from each other, and he saw each other's posture clearly, so he asked with good intentions and concern: "I heard that Mr. Zhao just came back yesterday. I wonder if he was tired from the journey for many days and didn't have enough to eat. Is that so?" Are you acting like this just this morning?"
Not only did Zhao Kuo not respond, he didn't even look at the other party.
The daughter of the Lou family never expected that the rich man who was usually eloquent would now be throwing a tantrum like a naughty boy. She suddenly felt that her dream of reviving the family business was far away.
Lou Jinghua looked at Yao Caiwei, then turned back and called Zhao Kuo softly: "Hey, what time is it? Please promise me!" The daughter of the Lou family looked at her with a pleading look, as if she was begging Zhao Kuo not to talk to her father. Awkward.
But Zhao Kuo just winked at Lou Jinghua, and then turned back to eat and drink.
In front of Yao Caiwei, even the eloquent Zhao Kuo would instantly feel as depressed as a helpless child.
What a coincidence is that when they separated, they were still just children.
Maybe Zhao Kuo remembered his past stupidity, or maybe that woman really knew all the magic tricks to control people's hearts. No matter what the reason is, what Lou Jinghua cares about most is the rise and fall of the Lou family. Now she can only find a way to rely on herself.
"Kuo'er! How unbecoming are you like this!" Zhao Weigang was about to reprimand Zhao Kuo for his willfulness, when Lou Jinghua suddenly left her seat and walked to him.
"Uncle Shi, Jinghua knows you are wrong! In fact, I don't want to marry him at all! I just want to use Mr. Zhao's favor to take the opportunity to visit you, Uncle Shi, so that Uncle Shi can generously donate money to relieve our Lou family's difficulties. …”
"What?" Before Zhao Wei could finish his words, Zhao Kuo, who was standing beside him, walked up to Lou Jinghua from his seat and asked, "What did you say?"
Lou Jinghua stared at Zhao Kuo with a wry smile. Unexpectedly, as if Zhao Kuo had just learned the truth, he grabbed the Lou family's daughter's arms and asked frantically: "You lied to me? How could you lie to me! My sincerity towards you can be seen from the sun and the moon! You You actually embarrassed me in front of so many people?"
"Zhao... Mr. Zhao?" Lou Jinghua still looked nonchalant and replied repeatedly: "I don't understand, what on earth are you talking about..."
"So many years...so many years...could my relationship with you be inferior to gold, silver, jewelry, power and status?" The more Zhao Kuo spoke, the more excited he became, and his hands tightened. In the end, he couldn't even hold back the tears in his eyes. Falling down with a crash, "Have you forgotten our former friendship and our past vows..."
Lou Jinghua herself knew that although she had a good relationship with Zhao Kuo, they had never crossed the boundary between men and women. So while struggling with her arms, she thought: "Could it be that this is meant for others?"
"Zhao Kuo, let me go!" Zhao Wei immediately slapped the case and said angrily: "Is this the place where you are acting up!"
"You don't understand, you don't understand at all!"
"A-Bian, pull the young master out first!"
After hearing this, A-Bian hurried to Zhao Kuo and half-pushed him, half-invited him out. However, if Zhao Kuo really wanted to stay, A-Bian alone would never be able to move such a huge statue.
Seeing Zhao Kuo finally leaving, the head of the Zhao family in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, then respectfully walked up to Tong Menglong, bowed and apologized, and said, "Young Master was really rude just now, I hope you will forgive me, General."
"It's irrelevant. Mr. Zhao is young and vigorous, and he is still a person who values love and justice. This is a good thing!" Tong Menglong replied.
"Hahaha... General, please take a seat, and we will start discussing business now." After Zhao Wei finished speaking, he glanced at Yao Caiwei slyly, then walked to Lou Jinghua, who was still in shock, and comforted him.
"Jinghua, I know that the Lou family is in great difficulty now and can no longer make ends meet. So as early as more than a month ago, I planned to collect 10,000 taels of silver to help you. Who would have thought that this money would allow the thieves on the grassland to invade? They were robbed! As Uncle Shi and I were busy with our affairs, I gradually forgot to ask for repayment from those bandits. Let’s do this. I have a handwritten letter from Uncle Shi, allowing you to borrow troops from General Yao, the general of Yuyi Town, to fight against the bandits in person. Get back the money used to support the Lou family!"
"Okay, thank you, Uncle Shi. Jinghua knows that Uncle Shi will never forget us!" Lou Jinghua was overjoyed, perhaps because Zhao Kuo's troubles made her mood soaring, and a few traces of tears quietly streaked across her face. .
"You should go back to the trading house and rest first. The letter will be delivered today."
"Yes, little lady, please leave first."
After that, Lou Jinghua walked across the grass near the front hall and saw Zhao Kuo standing in front of a few clusters of flowers, feeling sad. Then he walked away and said, "Mr. Zhao, you really scared me just now!"
"Why, didn't I wink at you?"
"What's wrong with winking? Look, you've scratched my arm!"
"Wouldn't it be nice if the matter was solved..." Zhao Kuo seemed to have temporarily lost interest in everything, and said to himself in front of the clusters of flowers: "I never thought that I, the dignified eldest son of the Zhao family, would let two The woman was humiliated in public...abandoned.”
"Then...should I go back to the trading company first?"
When Zhao Kuo heard that he had somewhere else to go, he immediately cheered up and replied, "I'll go back too. I really can't stay in this house."
Lou Jinghua showed an indescribably beautiful smile and said with emotion: "I never thought there would be something in this world that would make you unbearable to look back on."
