Grass and mustard reign supreme

Chapter 4 Leopard Head

"Mr. Yang."

"Granny Tu."

“Mr. Yang is a smart man. You should understand that once this matter is exposed, the Yu family will be the ones who want you dead the most.”

"Yang... understands."

"That's good. No one wanted to see Young Master Yu die. But the dead are gone, and our Miss Chanzhi is still a young girl in the prime of her life. How could I bear to see her wasted her life like this? I had no choice but to resort to this..."

Grandma Tu sighed, relaxed her brows and eyes, and tried to appear more kind.

"Fortunately, this matter won't be a loss for you, Mr. Yang. Once our daughter has a child, she will be able to establish herself in the Yu family, which will be of great benefit to you. Think about it, with the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yu family secretly taking care of you, are you still afraid of not being able to rise to prominence in the Yu family?"

Yang Can looked anxious and hesitant, saying, "I understand, this is indeed a tremendous opportunity for me. However... if this matter is exposed, we will all be doomed. With the Yu family's power, even if I escape to the ends of the earth, I'm afraid..."

Old Mrs. Tu smiled slightly and interrupted him: "The fact that Young Master Yu and my young lady have not yet consummated their marriage is known only to me, Miss Suo and her personal maid Qingmei. As long as the four of us don't say anything, how could it be exposed? As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. Mr. Yang, you should seize this opportunity."

"Are only the four of us aware of this?" Yang Can felt relieved.

Yang Can's reaction of wanting and fearing was exactly what Granny Tu had expected.

She knew that Yang Can would eventually give in, even if he was being coerced.

What man could resist the allure of a stunningly beautiful woman and the chance to rise above his station?
Moreover, Yang Can's only way out is death.

“Very well, Mr. Yang, you must understand that your life and future depend entirely on whether the Entwined Branch Girl can establish herself in the family. And whether the Entwined Branch Girl can establish herself in the family depends on whether you can get her pregnant. So, from today onwards, you will come over every night.”

"Huh? Every night?" Yang Can was quite surprised.

He thought it was just the incident last night, and he even thought that someone would come and kill him immediately after it was over.

So, filled with grief and despair... he mustered all his strength and stood up to kick...

At that time, he had only one thought: if you leave me with nowhere to go, I will carve a bloody path through you.

Judging from what Granny Tu said, it seems that he will not be in any danger of being killed before arriving at the Yu family...

"That's right, the girl with the intertwined branches must get pregnant! And your only chance is on the way to Tianshui."

"Yes... Yang understands."

Yang Can agreed, which gave him much more time to find a way out of the predicament, which was indeed good news.

Grandma Tu was very pleased that Yang Can agreed without much hesitation.

Yang Can was indeed a very good choice.

A smart person is suitable to participate in her plan because a smart person can weigh the pros and cons and know how to make choices.

However, this person cannot be too clever, because only those who are not clever can be manipulated by her and tempted by the empty promises she makes.

Yang Can was clearly the ideal candidate in her mind, so when Suo Chanzhi shyly chose Yang Can as her substitute groom, Tu Mama did not object.

After giving Yang Can a warning, Granny Tu left with peace of mind, not worried that Yang Can would confess the matter to the Suo family.

Yang Can stood there for a while longer. After being reprimanded by Granny Tu, he felt more and more that Granny Tu was the mastermind behind the whole sperm donation plan. But what was Granny Tu's motive?

Since Granny Tu was the one in charge, it's probably not the widow Suo Chanzhi who's unwilling to give up this marriage, but the Suo family, right?
However, the Suo family is clearly more powerful than the Yu family, so why would they resort to such means to maintain this marriage alliance with the Yu family? Yang Can has only been Yu Chengye's advisor for a little over half a year. He has just become familiar with and adapted to his new identity, and he has already begun to prepare for the marriage alliance between the two families.

The marriage between the two powerful families was no less grand than a marriage alliance between two countries. Yang Can was so engrossed in the rituals and ceremonies that he had no chance to learn about anything else.

But now, he desperately needs to know more about the Suo and Yu families...

Suddenly, Yang Can's gaze fell on an unusually tall figure in the crowd below the slope.

His eyes lit up immediately; perhaps he could get the answer he wanted from that person.

Thinking of this, Yang Can dusted off the wrinkles in his round-necked shirt, straightened his black folded turban, and walked down the slope.

The Yu family's wedding procession was stationed at the foot of the slope, while the Suo family's activity area was on the slope, with the two sides clearly separated.

This marriage was a step down for the Suo family, so the Suo family members always had a sense of superiority when facing their relatives.

This arrogance and aloofness can be seen in the layout of their camp.

As he went downhill, Yang Can felt a slight soreness in his thighs. He must have been quite tired after visiting the thatched cottage three times and trekking through mountains and rivers last night.

At the campsite down the slope, the Yu family was cooking over a fire. Everyone was in low spirits, and the atmosphere was unusually gloomy. Among them, "Leopard Head" Cheng Dakuan looked particularly dejected.

Suddenly, Leopard Head spotted Yang Can walking down the slope and was overjoyed. He quickly went to greet him.

"Mr. Yang is back! Why did those Suo family keep you here all night? Were they trying to trip you up?"

Upon seeing Yang Can, Leopard Head couldn't wait to speak.

Leopard Head Cheng Dakuan is the head of the guards in the Yu family. He is tall and imposing, with a broad nose and wide mouth, thick black eyebrows, and a beard as messy as steel needles. His appearance and demeanor are very similar to Leopard Head Lei Bao, played by Xu Jinjiang.

Coincidentally, his nickname is "Leopard Head".

Yang Can had personally witnessed how this Leopard Head crushed a pebble to pieces with just his thumb and forefinger. What would happen if such finger skills were used to lock someone's throat? Yang Can had also seen him leap over four horses side by side without using any running start, just like pulling up from dry land.

Yet this highly skilled master, with such a majestic and imposing appearance, was now bowing and scraping before Yang Can, like a leopard with a fawning expression.

Ever since Yu Chengye's assassination, Leopard Head had been living in constant fear. As the head of the guards of the Yu family's eldest son, how could he possibly escape responsibility for the assassination of the eldest son?

But in fact, he was truly wronged. The place where Young Master Yu was assassinated was in the heart of the camp, an area under the jurisdiction of the Suo family, which the Yu family could not approach at all.

However, that's the truth, but the fear is that the clan leader won't listen to reason.

Seeing that Yang Can had been kept away by the Suo family for an entire night, Leopard Head couldn't help but start to have wild thoughts. He worried that the Suo family was going to join forces with Master Yang to shift the blame onto him, and he was naturally very nervous.

Yang Can gently shook his head and said, "Thank you for your concern, Commander Cheng. The Suo family did not make things difficult for me. The young mistress only came to ask me about some of the aftermath matters for the young master."

Leopard Head's eyes widened, and he asked anxiously, "Then why didn't you come home all night, Mr. Yang? What's bothering you so much?"

Yang Can sighed and said, "The young mistress hadn't even officially married into the family when the young master died, so naturally she was very depressed. I couldn't bear to see her like that, so I used all my skills to persuade her for half the night, and that's how I managed to get her to come to some understanding."

Upon hearing this, Leopard Head felt even more uneasy.

If you say the young mistress cried her eyes out, I'll believe you!
But you said you spent half the night trying to persuade her?
Bah! You're kidding me!

What kind of status does the young mistress have? Does she need a grown man like you to persuade her in the middle of the night?
If you're going to lie, at least make it believable. You're just trying to make me panic!

(End of this chapter)