Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 9 Wife, I want to change jobs

Yu Jiguang walked out of Qingshi Lane and into Houshi Street.

In the Houshi Street, a colleague from the Guoxin Institute was waiting to meet him with two horses.

Yu Jiguang said nothing more. He took the reins, saddled the horse, and said to his colleagues with a gloomy face, "Let's go back immediately. We have found something and we must report it to the guard immediately."

The two of them passed through Taipingfang and hurried along Imperial Street to the Guoxin Office.

Yang Yuan slipped back to the kitchen. Lu Xi stuck out his tongue and whispered, "Didn't my father scold you?"

Yang Yuan also whispered: "How else would I dare to come in?"

Lu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, but pouted again and said unhappily, "Why does my father look down on you? I don't even dare to mention our affairs to him."

Yang Yuan consoled her, "Well, I really don't blame your father. If you and I had a daughter, I wouldn't want to marry her to a useless idler."

Lu Xi blushed immediately and said coquettishly, "What nonsense are you talking about? Who... who said she wanted to have a daughter with you?"

Lu Xi was so ashamed that he turned his back quickly and grabbed a rag to wipe the chopping board roughly.

Yang Yuan walked behind her, startling Lu Xi.

Yang Yuan put his ear close to hers, sniffed the pleasant scent of soapberry in her hair, and chuckled, "You don't want to have a daughter with me? Then let's have a son."

"Oh, you... you lazy guy..."

Luxi's ears were a little red, and his breath kept spraying on her neck, making Luxi feel flustered.

Lu Xi simply threw away the rag, walked to the water tank, and changed the subject: "Second brother, you went to Banjing Pavilion so quickly. I thought you would not be back until the evening."

Yang Yuan followed him and said, "That's right. Don't you see who I am? The Little Guardian of Lin'an, the Godly Speedy Guardian. That's me."

"Tsk, you gasp when I say you're fat."

As Lu Xi spoke, she stretched her hands towards the bluestone sink. Yang Yuan had already picked up the ladle floating on the water, scooped a full ladle of water, put it to her hand, and slowly poured it down.

Lu Xi washed his hands, shook off the water droplets on them, and naturally turned his back to Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan threw the ladle into the water tank, and then tacitly helped her take off her apron.

Luxi was wearing a burgundy pleated skirt today, with a small floral apron tied on the outside, which brought out the perfect curves of her waist and hips. She was thin where she should be thin, and curvy where she should be curvy, and she already had some charm.

When Yang Yuan helped her untie her apron, his fingers would occasionally touch her lower back gently, and it was unclear whether he did it intentionally or unintentionally.

Luxi's face felt slightly hot, but she pretended not to know.

She liked being so close to Yang Yuan, but it was inevitable that she felt shy.

As Yang Yuan's breath gently blew onto the black hair on the back of her neck again, an ambiguous atmosphere slowly flowed in the hearts of the two.

Yang Yuan took off her apron and enjoyed it.

He didn't understand why there was a sweet feeling on his fingertips when there were only tactile nerves on his fingers.

After untying her apron, Luxi's body visibly relaxed and she breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Yuan said, "The hall is not busy. Let's go sit at the back door. I have something to tell you."

Luxi said "hmm" softly, ran to the store and said something to her father, then ran back like a deer.

In the backyard of the Song family snack shop, when you open the door, you will see green water and a river quietly flowing in front of the door.

Small boats pass by in the river from time to time, causing the originally calm water to gently lap against the two banks.

There were water plants lying in the shallow part of the river, and small fish were swimming among the water plants. Coming out of the back door of the Song family, there was also a stone staircase that did not go into the water.

The two sat side by side on the bluestone by the river. Lu Xi turned his head to look at Yang Yuan and smiled in surprise, "What's the matter? You look so serious."

As he spoke, Luxi subconsciously moved his butt to the side.

She usually sat closer to Yang Yuan and even played around with him, and she didn't think it was a big deal.

But at this time, Yang Yuan looked serious, which made her nervous.

Lu Xi suddenly realized that she was already sixteen years old and old enough to get married. Could it be that her second brother was going to ask for marriage?

When he thought of this, Luxi's heart began to beat wildly, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

She could only twist the corner of her clothes uncomfortably, fearing that she would hear something that she both wanted to hear and was afraid to hear.

Yang Yuan said seriously, "Luxi, Second Brother doesn't plan to be an idler anymore."

Lu Xi was stunned at first; this topic was obviously beyond her expectations.

But she immediately became happy again: "You don't want to be an idler? But Brother Yang found you a good job?"

Yang Yuan shook his head and said, "Although being the Imperial City Marriage Officer sounds impressive, it is because I am the emperor's eyes and ears, so I cannot deal with other government offices. My connections are not that wide. My eldest brother couldn't help me find a good job in such a short time. I had my own plan."

Lu Xi immediately lost his temper, his shoulders slumped down, his elbows resting on his knees, his chin in his hand, he looked at the river ahead and said lazily: "You have a plan? What do you want to do?"

"Tsk, you little girl, are you looking down on me?"

Yang Yuan flicked his finger on her forehead. Lu Xi cried out "Aiya" and pouted at Yang Yuan in grievance.

Yang Yuan rubbed her forehead again and said with a smile: "Little girl, don't look down on your second brother. I am planning to do a big business."

Lu Xi pushed his hand away and asked curiously, "You want to do business? What business?"

Yang Yuan said, "It's a business that specializes in helping people solve their problems! That is... when someone encounters something that he can't solve, such as ruining his reputation, ruining his future, or destroying his family, he will come to me and I will help him solve his problems. Tell me, is this business profitable?"

"I don't agree!" Luxi jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, his little face flushed with anger!

"Well, Yang Erlang, can't you learn something good?"

Lu Xi poked Yang Yuan's forehead with his "Yang Finger" and said angrily, "You and your brother have learned martial arts for more than a year, just to become a Qingshou fighter now? Do you know that most of those Qingshou fighters who help others to avenge private grudges and collect debts end up dead or disabled?"

"I haven't finished yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

Yang Yuan grabbed Lu Xi's hand and tried to drag her to sit down. Lu Xi struggled twice but failed to get free. So she sat down, but twisted her waist and didn't want to look at him angrily.

Yang Yuan laughed and said, "You, when did I say I wanted to be a green hand? Is your second brother's most powerful martial arts? It's this..."

Yang Yuan nodded his head: "How could I be a scoundrel? If I want to play, I want to play with literature. I mean to use my brain to help people solve problems, understand?"

Lu Xi turned back and looked at Yang Yuan in confusion: "So... you want to be a lawyer? I remember when you first came to Qingshi Lane, you couldn't even write well. Do you recognize all the characters now? Do you know how to write them? Have you memorized all the laws of the Song Dynasty?"

Yang Yuan explained helplessly: "I don't want to be a lawyer. Going to court is too troublesome. You say it is the place with the most rules, but sometimes it is also the place with the most no rules. I don't want to get involved."

Yang Yuan moved closer to Lu Xi and said excitedly, "The business that Second Brother wants to do is to help people solve problems privately, hiding behind the scenes. As the saying goes, those who are good at fighting do not have glorious military exploits."

Lu Xi suddenly realized: "Oh! You want to help people mediate disputes? My silly brother, you are taking it for granted. The people who can help people mediate disputes must be elders with high moral character and many clansmen. You are just a jerk..."

Yang Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "You've got it wrong again. Basically, my business doesn't deal with ordinary people. Instead, it specializes in matchmaking and solving problems for dignitaries and wealthy merchants. You think, second brother, I'm also well-informed and eloquent, right? Isn't it easy for me to do this? It's better than being an idler, right?"

Lu Xi uttered a "huh" and said with a look of disgust: "After all this talk, you are going to be someone's 'hanger-on', then aren't you still an idler? And, it's so embarrassing!"

(End of this chapter)