Chapter 202: You say Su Jie is just that good, you go marry a second wife?

The thing was designed quickly.

After all, it's just an iron frame plus a carved heated iron block.

It also won't take long.

After finishing, Lu Yuan led his wife and Gu Qingwan home.

Just leave this thing here; we'll move it over when we open the shop.

The three of them also didn't go straight home; on the way they bought some food and drinks.

The big feast is in the evening.

When the time comes, whether it's Liu Shoucai, Director Xu, Lin Fusheng, Wang Ping, second uncle, or third uncle, they all have to come to our house.

Of course, at that time it will be second uncle and Changyu doing the cooking.

However, although this person is coming to help cook, the ingredients and such naturally still need to be bought by ourselves.

They wandered around until three or four in the afternoon before heading back.

On the way back, Lu Yuan bought his wife another stack of old soda and a string of candied haws.

Now Lu Yuan holds a stack of old soda in his left hand and meat, vegetables, and fish in his right.

Meanwhile, Gu Qingwan wasn't idle either, helping to carry some things.

As for Su Liyan, she held a few pieces of cloth in one hand; these days, being idle at home, she could make summer clothes.

Then we'll make a few mannequins, dress them in the clothes, and put them in the shop.

Although it's custom clothing, we definitely need to give customers a reference.

And Su Liyan's other hand holds a string of candied haws.

Among the three, Su Liyan is the lightest-hearted, after all she's pregnant~

Brother~ have one too~

Su Liyan handed the string of candied haws to her husband, saying in a coquettish voice.

Lu Yuan wasn't polite either; he just popped one into his mouth.

And Su Liyan also immediately gave one to Gu Qingwan.

Brother~ these candied haws are too expensive; don't buy them next time.

Su Liyan looked at her husband and said coquettishly.

Now that we're opening a shop at home, everything costs money, and Su Liyan feels the pinch.

And Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said:

This isn't bought for you; it's for my son—my son wanted these candied haws.

Su Liyan stared, then, with a blissful face, rubbed her gorgeous cheek against her husband's shoulder before lifting her head and saying coquettishly:

Brother~~ once I give birth to a son, you must always cherish me~~ you can't just cherish the son and not me~

Hearing his wife's soft, sweet words, Lu Yuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Meanwhile, Gu Qingwan also smiled, pursing her lips and shaking her head.

Su Liyan sometimes speaks in a way that makes people want to dote on her.

No wonder Lu Yuan beams with pride whenever he mentions his wife.

This wife is not just anyone who is endearing.

After laughing, Lu Yuan looked at his wife seriously and said:

We two are true love; this child is just an accident, and the one I cherish most is you.

Hearing her husband's words, Su Liyan's heart felt sweeter than the sugar coating on the candied haws.

After returning home.

It was past four in the afternoon.

The big guys coming to eat won't arrive until six in the evening.

There are still over two hours.

As soon as Su Liyan and Gu Qingwan got home, they sat at the sewing machine and began studying the clothing.

Meanwhile, Lu Yuan opened a bottle of old soda, drank half of it, and then went to stand behind Su Liyan and Gu Qingwan.

Su Liyan turned to look at her husband and quickly said coquettishly:

Brother, go sleep~ we won't make noise~

After looking at the design drawing in Su Liyan's and Gu Qingwan's hands, Lu Yuan became interested and said:

It's fine; I'm not sleepy.

Having said that, Lu Yuan proceeded to sit down, holding his wife on his lap.

Gu Qingwan, watching Lu Yuan and Su Liyan, couldn't help but purse her lips and say:

Oh my, you two are like conjoined monsters; as long as Liyan is idle, you just have to keep holding her?

Gu Qingwan said that, and her eyes revealed a hint of envy.

At that moment, Su Liyan's face flushed with embarrassment from Gu Qingwan's words.

And Lu Yuan said righteously:

What's wrong with that? It's only natural for a man to hold his wife, right, wife~

The extremely shy Su Liyan nodded repeatedly and said:

Mm~

Looking at his extremely shy wife in his arms, Lu Yuan couldn't help but hehe-laugh and pinch her cheek.

Afterwards, Lu Yuan held his wife with one hand and her design draft paper with the other, saying:

Wife, do you think a dress like this would look better with a high waist?

High waist?

Su Liyan blinked.

And Lu Yuan also said:

"Because wearing a high waist makes the legs look longer, you say, is that reasonable?"

Su Liyan quickly nodded and said in a sweet voice:

"It's reasonable~"

Then Lu Yuan continued:

"Also, our future clothing will be sold at a high price; since it's expensive, it needs to have a high-end feel."

High-end feel?

Su Liyan looked at her husband, somewhat puzzled.

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow and said:

"Simple, it's just being different."

You see, people on the street now wear blue clothes, black pants, paired with red shoes.

The colorful mess is fine, but some people's clothes are embroidered with various big flowers, big grasses.

Then we'll do the opposite.

Lu Yuan merely shared his idea with his wife, but the specifics are still up to her.

Lu Yuan also essentially shared another era's aesthetic as a reference for his wife.

Su Liyan listened attentively, and after her husband finished speaking, she also showed a thoughtful expression.

Now, Lu Yuan didn't disturb his wife, letting her think on her own.

Lu Yuan checked the time; there was still an hour and a half, enough for a short nap.

Immediately, Lu Yuan took off his shoes, got on the bed, and hugged his wife's pillow.

While sniffing, he laughed like a pervert, looking at his wife who was earnestly revising the manuscript.

"Wife, why are you so fragrant~"

Huh?

Su Liyan and Gu Qingwan heard the sound, both turned to look, upon seeing Lu Yuan's appearance.

Su Liyan's gorgeous face instantly blushed.

She then, blushing, spoke in a sweet voice:

"Brother~~"

Meanwhile, Gu Qingwan beside her looked at Lu Yuan's current state, blinked, not knowing what she thought, and her face turned slightly red.

……

In the evening, Lu Yuan's family gathered together.

Everyone sat in the main hall of the house, chatting and laughing.

Even the second uncle, busy in the kitchen, upon hearing an interesting topic, happily came out to say a few words.

Until 7:30 PM.

Pang Kaige's family started making a fuss again.

This time it's not just a small squabble.

Pang Kaige... directly brought that little woman back home.

Wang Yulan usually is gentle and weak, rarely speaks loudly, similar to my wife.

But Wang Yulan is actually a young lady from a wealthy family.

She also has arrogance in her bones.

You Pang Kaige bringing an outside woman straight home—can Wang Yulan tolerate that?

Immediately, the backyard exploded.

Pang Kaige really isn't a good person; while causing a ruckus, he slapped Wang Yulan.

Then it got lively.

Everyone rushed to break up the fight.

Lu Yuan's family couldn't eat this meal.

Like Director Xu, Lin Fusheng, these big leaders hurried out to help break it up.

Now the situation is, Wang Yulan was pulled by my wife and Gu Qingwan to my home, my wife is comforting her.

And the men dragged Pang Kaige back to his home to help persuade.

At this moment, Wang Yulan in Lu Yuan's home couldn't hold back, wailing loudly.

She recounted these days, her hardships, and Pang Kaige's various actions toward her.

As she spoke, Wang Yulan cried out that she wouldn't stay here anymore, she wants to go back to her parents' home.

Lu Yuan saw the moment was ripe, immediately raised his eyebrows and said:

"Don't be like that, Wang Yulan, this isn't your fault; if you just walk away, you'd be letting Pang Kaige, that bastard, off easy, right?"

At this moment, Wang Yulan looked at Lu Yuan with tear-filled eyes and said:

"Brother Lu, what should I do? My husband doesn't want me anymore."

Lu Yuan then looked at Wang Yulan seriously and said:

"Do you still want to stay with him?"

Wang Yulan immediately shook her head while sobbing and said:

"I won't stay with him; since something happened at my home these days, he's been bullying me."

No matter how well or poorly I do, he always scolds and lectures me; I'm not putting up with him anymore.

Lu Yuan had already anticipated this result; he immediately said solemnly:

"Wang Yulan, you've really thought this through—you won't regret it, right?"

Wang Yulan nodded repeatedly and said:

"I have no regrets."

Lu Yuan immediately nodded, stood up, and said:

"Fine, I'll help you, brother. We've served Pang Kaige for so many days—we can't just serve him for nothing, can we?"

Having said that, Lu Yuan stood up and walked out of the room.

At that moment, quite a few people were still chatting noisily in the backyard.

Lu Yuan then went to Pang Kaige's house and saw Pang Kaige being surrounded by a group of elders.

"If it were only the three elders from the courtyard, Pang Kaige might not even be able to sit here honestly."

Lu Yuan didn't waste this week's time.

After making inquiries, I found that Pang Kaige now has shop spaces at three train stations.

That's really impressive—he's waiting for the first batch of trains to be put into service in a week or two.

From now on, Pang Kaige will basically be making big money while lying down.

And Pang Kaige's success is entirely thanks to that young woman.

That young woman's father is a Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works.

A super high-ranking official.

Above that rank are only the Minister and the Vice Ministers; this is the Vice Minister.

Of course there are several Vice Ministers; I don't know which one her father is.

But being a Vice Minister is absolutely a high-ranking official in red robes!

A rank qualified to attend the grand court assembly!

So Pang Kaige sits there honestly, while that young woman sits on the side with her legs crossed, cracking melon seeds, completely disregarding Director Xu and Lin Fusheng.

As soon as Lu Yuan entered, he immediately said:

"Elders, you two should go eat now; the food's getting cold."

Director Xu and Lin Fusheng didn't want to get involved either; seeing Lu Yuan arrive, they promptly left together.

Afterward, Lu Yuan turned to the three elders in the courtyard and smiled, saying:

"Elders, you should go back too; I'll handle this."

The three elders didn't want to interfere either—Pang Kaige has really become capable now.

He basically won't listen to anything anyone says now.

After everyone had left, Lu Yuan looked at Pang Kaige with a smile and said:

"Impressive, Brother Kaige—now even the three elders in the courtyard won't listen to you."

Pang Kaige dares to act high-handed with those three elders, but he doesn't dare do the same with Lu Yuan.

It's not because Lu Yuan is now a noble lord.

What matters is that Pang Kaige learned from his new wife that Lu Yuan is truly formidable in the Imperial Court.

Rumor has it he's even a big favorite in front of the emperor.

His new wife's father had recently come to give Lu Yuan gifts.

Immediately, Pang Kaige stood up, smiled, and pulled a seat for Lu Yuan, saying:

"Hey, those three old guys have long been displeased with them; calling them 'elders' out of respect—what's the harm if we don't?"

Lu Yuan grinned but didn't say anything.

After sitting down and lighting a cigarette, Lu Yuan looked at Pang Kaige's new wife and said:

"Well, your second wife is quite pretty."

After sizing up Lu Yuan from head to toe, she then raised her eyebrows and said:

"You're Lu Yuan?"

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and replied:

"What, don't I look like him?"

After a moment's pause, she got up to fetch a kettle to pour water for Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan waved his hand and said directly:

"Never mind, don't bother; I'll be leaving soon."

Having said that, Lu Yuan looked at Pang Kaige curiously and asked:

"Brother, how do you plan to handle this?"

Pang Kaige took a drag on his cigarette and said:

"Just do it however you want—if she's willing, she stays; if not, she can get lost!"

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow and said:

"Brother Kaige, it's not that simple."

"Things aren't like they were in the previous dynasty, when a single divorce paper settled everything; now, if she doesn't want to, you have no recourse."

Pang Kaige stiffened his neck and said directly:

"Then let's divorce!!"

Lu Yuan smiled and said:

"Divorce is fine, but Brother Kaige, you don't realize that in a divorce we have to split the property evenly."

Divide in half?

Pang Kaige blinked, somewhat dazed.

And Lu Yuan continued:

"You still don't know, hey, brother I'm telling you, you did set up three shops recently—those three shops of yours, at the very least you have to give two to Yulan."

As soon as Lu Yuan finished speaking, before anyone else could say anything, the young woman beside him immediately shouted unhappily:

"What the hell?!!"

And Pang Kaige stared at Lu Yuan, looking dazed, and said:

"How do you know I have three shops?!!"

Lu Yuan smiled at Pang Kaige and said:

"Brother's out and about all the time, how could I not know anything?"

After saying that to Pang Kaige, Lu Yuan then looked at the young woman, raised his eyebrows, and said:

"This isn't what I said, sis, don't get anxious with me—this is what the Imperial Court said."

Immediately, the young woman gritted her teeth and said:

"Then we won't divorce; we'll just drag it out—I'll see who can outlast whom."

The young woman is a tough character; Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then immediately advised:

"Sis, hear brother's advice—definitely don't do that. Think about it: she can afford to drag it out, can you?"

"If Yulan doesn't divorce Brother Kaige, she becomes the main wife; if the main wife isn't willing, you can't enter the door."

"If you can't enter the door, you'll just keep following Brother Kaige nameless and without status."

"Besides, we'll eventually want kids—how will we register their household registration then?"

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, both Pang Kaige and the young woman fell silent.

Lu Yuan shook his head, looked at Pang Kaige with a serious expression, and said:

"Brother Kaige, about this—how about I help you?"

Pang Kaige was startled, then immediately looked at Lu Yuan, but his eyes were full of deep distrust.

After all...

After all, his relationship with his wife is much better than with me.

Lu Yuan didn't care what Pang Kaige thought, and directly said:

"Originally, you have three shops plus this house—you either keep two shops, or one shop plus this house."

"You have to give up half anyway—so, brother I'll say this: just leave this house to Yulan."

"Anyway, I see you won't be living here much longer, and besides, this is the place you and Yulan live—would the new sis be willing to live here?"

The young woman beside him indeed nodded repeatedly, really not wanting to live here.

Pang Kaige was startled, then immediately said:

"How can that work? This house is also mine; even if I don't live here anymore, selling it would bring a lot of money."

Hearing Pang Kaige's words, Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said:

"Fine, if you're going to say that, then brother can't help much—you say you won't leave anything for Yulan, never mind how it ends."

"Just saying that your new father-in-law finds out, you're such a ruthless person—what would your new father-in-law think of you?"

"Besides, although Yulan's father is gone, at least his former colleagues are still around."

"Just like Director Xu just now—we all used to be in the Ministry of Works, and this spreads tenfold... a hundredfold..."

Even without Lu Yuan finishing, even if Pang Kaige knows he's fallen for Lu Yuan's trick, he still doesn't know how this guy found out he set up three shops.

But given the current situation, in the end Pang Kaige gritted his teeth and said:

"Fine, then I'll leave this house to her, and tomorrow I'll have her go through the divorce with me!"

After Pang Kaige said that, Lu Yuan directly said:

"Got it~"

Upon hearing that, Lu Yuan immediately got up and left.

After returning home, Lu Yuan told everyone about this.

Without exception, everyone thought Pang Kaige was somewhat not a decent person.

Before this, he actually thought of not leaving anything for Yulan.

And Yulan, who originally had some feelings for Pang Kaige, now doesn't want him at all.

Around 8 p. m., Pang Kaige and that young woman still hadn't left.

They were probably packing up; looking at the time, they wouldn't be able to leave for a while, and Yulan didn't want to go back either.

Tonight, just let Yulan sleep at my place.

A small bed had been prepared at home, originally for the mother-in-law.

Now it's fine to give it to Yulan to use.

Tonight Lu Yuan and his wife won't cause trouble; I estimate early tomorrow morning Pang Kaige will have to take Yulan to get a divorce.

As the brother, Lu Yuan definitely has to go along.

To prevent Pang Kaige from bullying anyone later, he just slapped Yulan earlier.

……

The next day, around 10 a. m.

At the government office gate.

The divorce was still processed quickly—finished in less than half an hour from start to finish.

At this moment, Yulan stayed by Lu Yuan's side, and didn't bother with Pang Kaige.

And Pang Kaige was leading the girls as they prepared to leave.

He had already packed up everything in that house last night, and from now on he won't be coming back to the siheyuan.

Before leaving, Pang Kaige gazed at Lu Yuan with an envious look and said:

I'm really envious of you—you say how Su sister is so great, you took a second wife and there's no trouble at all, but here I am, stirring up all this trouble.

Lu Yuan: "???"

Before, the people in the courtyard gossiping about this and that wasn't a problem.

Back then, we didn't even know Gu Qingwan's identity.

This now……

Immediately, Lu Yuan hurriedly issued a three-part denial.

I didn't do it, I'm not that, don't spout nonsense!!

This damn thing could get your head cut off!!

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