Chapter 1471: 1471 The daughter didn’t catch up with us

If Chuan’er thinks that Su Qingyue and Chang Haotian have something…

“You needn’t sow discord,” Xiao Yuchuan said coldly as he walked away.

Shen Yun said with annoyance from behind, “You child, whatever Mom says or does is for your own good.”

Xiao Yuchuan went around the shop again. The waiter said he hadn’t seen Su Qingyue, so he returned to Qin Garden, growing more and more uneasy. Could it be that his wife, angry with him, had quietly run away from home?

It shouldn’t be.

He pinched the silver notes in his sleeve pocket.

Although his wife always placed the money in its proper place, she wouldn’t just leave without taking so many silver taels.

His wife was not an impulsive person…

He had all the servants in the residence search for Su Qingyue, but they found nothing.

Xiao Yuchuan became increasingly agitated.

He waited in the room for a while, then headed off in the direction of the Elegant Garden courtyard.

As soon as he entered the Elegant Garden courtyard, he bumped full-on into a woman.

“Ouch!” The woman cried out in pain, falling to the ground and after several attempts, she couldn’t stand up, “I think I’ve twisted my foot.”

“Who are you?” Xiao Yuchuan frowned, disdainfully dusting himself off.

He had accidentally let some other woman collide with him.

If his wife knew there was another woman’s scent on him, she would be unhappy.

“Brother-in-law, I’m Zhenzhu,” Su Zhenzhu immediately put on what she thought was a sweet smile. Upset that her cousin’s husband, whom she had met in the living room, did not recognize her, anger arose within her. Considering herself Su Zhenzhu, waiting betrothed in her chamber, there were many men seeking her hand in marriage; she had never been disregarded by a man before.

“So it’s one of those two old ones from the Su Family you’ve come with,” Xiao Yuchuan said indifferently, “Move aside.”

Su Zhenzhu gazed at his cold, handsome face, a sourness welling up in her eyes, “Cousin brother-in-law, where have I offended you that you are so harsh to me…?”

Xiao Yuchuan directly walked past her and towards Xiao Qinghe’s side room.

Watching his tall figure vanish, Su Zhenzhu felt an exceptional humiliation from being ignored.

Originally, she only intended to have her cousin sister’s family introduce her to a wealthy and influential husband.

Now, she didn’t feel that way.

She wanted to hook Xiao Yuchuan. Why look far afield when she might have what she wanted nearer at hand? As the saying goes, those closest to the water enjoy the reflection of the moon first.

“Fourth Brother, open the door!” Xiao Yuchuan knocked heavily on the door.

Su Dashui, who lived in the same courtyard but in a different building, heard the knocking and was the first to open her room door, “Oh, the son-in-law is looking for your Fourth Brother. He’s inside; I saw him enter the room just now.”

A flattering smile on her face.

Xiao Yuchuan paid her no heed, and only when Qinghe’s room door opened did he step inside.

Su Dashui closed her room door, humming, “Such a son-in-law, really impolite.”

Su Qin commented, “As the legitimate son from a first-class family, isn’t it normal for him to look down on people? Never mind about his manners; if we can get on his good side, our house will have struck it rich.”

“That’s true,” Su Dashui mused, stroking her chin, “Neither the daughter nor the son-in-law has driven us away; they must be willing to acknowledge us.”

“I think so too,” Su Qin calculated, “Old man, we are about to make a fortune.”

“How so?”

“Didn’t you hear Master Xiao and Lady Xiao say? They will eventually take the daughter and son-in-law to the capital city. Wouldn’t that mean all the residence and shops in this town will be ours?”

Su Dashui’s eyes immediately crinkled into a smile.

…

In Xiao Qinghe’s room, Xiao Yuchuan looked around at the clean and tidy bedroom, and at the desk with a cup of tea and a medical book.

The medical book was open upside down, as if Qinghe had become distracted while reading it and had not really taken in any of the content.