Too high to reach

Chapter 32 Don't be alarmed.
"Father, that's just how the world is!"

Mo Ruhai looked at the teacup without saying a word.

"Actually, my daughter realized it last year when Mr. Zhang mentioned changing the counter. He must have thought our business was doing well and that the rent should be lowered. Since you already agreed to raise it for him, my daughter didn't say anything more."

“Yiyi…our things don’t bother him at all; he just gets free money. Besides, Xiaofuzi has done a lot of work for him. His other workers are idle, but Xiaofuzi is always busy! I saw it with my own eyes! And since we’re friends, it shouldn’t be like this…”

Mo Yi smiled and comforted him, "Father, it's normal for businessmen to be profit-driven. It's just... the number of customers who come to the shop to buy these jade ornaments is extremely limited. If he tries to do it, we will be affected. He tried it out on a small scale and failed, so he'll probably try to get us to cooperate..."

"Oh!" Mo Ruhai was startled: "So... was he about to tell Father about this?" He was just a little naive, but not stupid.

"What did he say?"

“I didn’t have time to explain in detail, but what he meant was: this business is so good, we should invest more. Dad said it’s not easy, the investment is too large. So he said he wanted to talk to me… and then Yi Yi came.”

“Hmm…” Mo Yi was even more certain now.

Seeing his daughter's grave expression, Mo Ruhai grew anxious. "Daughter, what do we do now?"

"I'm afraid we'll have to find another place!"

"Huh?" Mo Ruhai was immediately at a loss, his expression troubled.

This business wasn't easy to get started; if it fails here, we'll have to start all over again... He immediately panicked.

"Well...it's not that bad, is it?"

Mo Yi didn't say anything.

“Yi Yi…” Mo Ruhai felt as if his heart was being torn apart when he thought about how he had almost lost his life to get this opportunity by chance.

Mo Yi laughed when she saw this: "Dad, don't panic! It's not that bad. Back then, we didn't have any business for months, and we weren't worried! Even if we had to stop, we would still have made a profit!"

Mo Ruhai's eyes reddened, and he sighed, "Daughter, it's one thing for business to be bad. But to be good and then say it's not going to work out again, this is unbearable."

"Father, facts have proven that our approach was correct. And we've already succeeded. Moving to another place will only be better than here. Don't worry, there won't be any problems."

"Yi Yi, we... can't cooperate with Boss Zhang, can we?" Mo Ruhai asked cautiously.

"No way!" Mo Yi said decisively, "It's better to talk to Mother and ask her to pay up the money than to cooperate with him!"

Mo Yi analyzed seriously: "At least when Mother invests money, the money stays with the family. Even the profits and deductions all go towards household expenses. But cooperating with Boss Zhang is a different story!"

Mo Ruhai shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no, we won't cooperate with anyone. It'll be just my daughter and I doing it ourselves. If necessary, we can find another place!"

"That's right! Even if we don't work with the materials you brought back, we can still make a fortune just by selling them."

"We went through so much trouble to bring this back, we can't just use it as raw material! We won't make it... we'll keep it for ourselves!" Mo Ruhai said generously.

Mo Yi smiled again.

"Yi Yi, what do we do next?"

"It's almost Chinese New Year, and there's not much old stuff left. Let Song Jiafu take a break. We won't return this place for now. We'll do what needs to be done. Once our daughter has decided on her terms, you and Song Jiaxing can look for a new place. We'll take it on two legs!"

"Then, what if Boss Zhang goes to Dad again?"

"For this part, you can leave it like this for now..." she whispered to her father, Mo Ruhai, who nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

After discussing it, the father and daughter realized it was getting late and decided to go home. They had just stepped out of the teahouse when...

They found the street bustling with noise, and a number of yamen runners were shouting, "Get out of the way! Make way! Stop right there! No running around! Violators will be punished!" They were brandishing whips and acting arrogantly.

The common people, unaware of what had happened, cleared the road and stood obediently along the side. Soldiers came by, dressed in uniforms, their expressions serious, setting up guards every ten steps and sentries every five.

"What's going on?" The crowd was excited, and although they stood still, they were all whispering among themselves.

"Father! What's going on? What happened?" Mo Yi usually couldn't even leave the house, so he had never seen anything like this before.
Mo Ruhai's expression was grave: "It seems an important person is passing through here. Yi Yi, come this way..."

He led Mo Yi back to the entrance of the teahouse, thinking that if there was any riot on the street, they could retreat into the teahouse at any time.

Taking your daughter out is a completely different experience than going out by yourself!

Then, everyone craned their necks to look into the distance. The road was empty; they couldn't see anything. Mo Ruhai asked the person next to him, "Excuse me, which esteemed person is passing by?!"

The man shook his head: "I don't know! This entourage... could it be the Emperor?!"

Mo Ruhai shook his head: "It couldn't be the Emperor. If the Emperor wanted to come out, the streets would have been cleared out long ago!"

"Father, what kind of person would require such a grand procession?"

Mo Ruhai thought about it seriously and said, "Generally speaking, it must be a prince, right? Besides, ordinary princes wouldn't act like this when they go out. Something must have happened!"

"Where's the princess? Does the princess look like this when she comes out?" Mo Yi's eyes sparkled. What little girl wouldn't want to see the princess described in storybooks and plays?

Mo Ruhai shook his head, "Unless it's a princess's wedding day, she wouldn't normally go out like this. Unmarried princesses rarely leave the palace. This one today is probably a prince who just returned to the capital from elsewhere!"

"A prince!? That's His Majesty's son!" Mo Yi was so excited that he got goosebumps all over.

This is truly eye-opening! I've definitely come to the right place today!!

"Hmm, it could also be the Emperor's brother..." Mo Ruhai gazed into the distance.

Just then, a rumbling sound came from over there!

"They're here! They're here!" people exclaimed excitedly.

"Where is he? How can I not see anyone when I'm shouting like that?!"

Although everyone was speaking softly, the large number of people talking and their excitement caused a bit of a disturbance.

Immediately, the cracking sound of whips striking the air rang out, and soldiers shouted, "Silence! No one is to move!"

A while passed.

The rumbling grew louder, and the procession finally arrived.

"Those in black are the city guards. Those in red are the palace guards," Mo Ruhai said, pointing to the four men at the front. The four men had serious expressions, their eyes scanning the crowd like hooks.

Following behind were eight heavily armored cavalrymen, their helmets obscuring their features. Only the gleam of their armor in the sunlight suggested their menacing presence. Even before they reached them, a terrifying aura of steely power emanated from them.

The two stand side by side, forming four rows in total.

The four men in front were holding long halberds.

The four men behind him each held a knife in one hand and a flag in the other.

The bright red flag fluttered in the wind.

Above it, a bold and elegant "齐" character!

Hehe, what a blunder! Did anyone notice?

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(End of this chapter)