Jackie Chan's Son-in-Law

Chapter 29 disappears into thin air
After Xiaoyue left, Chen Qing lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

It cannot be denied that the original Chen Qing, the young master, was indeed somewhat cowardly; otherwise, he wouldn't have been forced into this situation.

Even now, with their two souls intertwined, Chen Qing is not afraid of that concubine, but receiving news from the Chen family still makes him somewhat agitated.

Master Gu has already told him the truth: the marriage six months from now may not be a son-in-law taking in a wife, but more likely a marriage to a wife. After this, he will most likely still be the eldest son of the Chen family.

In the future, even in front of that old father, he will have the confidence to fight back.

He tossed and turned, even wondering what he should say to boost his morale if the Chen family from Huzhou came, and how he should hold his head high if his two younger brothers came.

So it went on until midnight. Suddenly, Young Master Chen, who had been lying down, sat up inexplicably. He went to the table, lit the candle on the table with a tinderbox, then gently blew out the tinderbox and let out a long sigh.

"It was probably your idea to escape from that house. But what good is it if you escape? They'll still come looking for you."

Half a year ago, Chen Qing came into this world, but the collision between the two souls was too intense, and for the first few months, he was in a daze.

More than a month ago, he decided to leave the Chen family and come to Deqing, hoping to escape from that somewhat terrifying aunt.

Now, more than a month has passed, and Chen Qing is becoming more and more stable. Looking back, he feels that something is not quite right.

Chen Qing silently looked at the flickering candlelight on the table and slowly said, "They haven't even arrived yet, and you're already overthinking things."

He didn't believe in ghosts and gods before, but his own experiences during this period seemed somewhat miraculous, so he had no choice but to believe.

A long silence followed, and then there was no more sound in the room.

Chen Qing looked down at his palm and murmured, "I'll get revenge for you sooner or later, okay?"

The room remained silent; no one answered him.

But when Chen Qing closed his eyes, he seemed to hear a voice answering him.

The voice was mumbled and unclear; Chen Qing only vaguely understood one word from the entire sentence.

"it is good."

Upon hearing this, all the thoughts that had been swirling in his mind seemed to vanish completely.

Chen Qing stood there in a daze for a long time, then looked at the flickering candlelight and fell silent again.

After a long while, he got up, blew out the candle, shook his head and sighed, "It's not your fault. Cowardice is not a sin."

After saying this, he lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and the chaotic thoughts in his mind finally dissipated.

He slept soundly and felt refreshed. When he woke up the next morning, he felt completely energetic, and all the strange thoughts that had been swirling in his mind finally disappeared.

It feels much fresher than before.

However, this refreshing feeling did not excite Chen Qing. After getting up, he sat on the edge of the bed, stared blankly for a moment, and then sighed softly.

Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, he guessed that the other Chen Qing, the real eldest son of the Chen family in Huzhou, might have truly vanished without a trace and ceased to exist.

It's hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing for him, because this situation may also mean that he will never be able to return to the other world.

Chen Qing was lost in thought for a long time and did not move until someone knocked on the door. He then got up, washed his face, and opened the door. He saw Xiao Yue, who was a whole head shorter than him, standing at his door with a food box in her hand.

Seeing Chen Qing open the door, she quickly smiled and said, "Young master, you didn't go out today?"

A few days ago, Chen Qing went out to exercise early in the morning, but today he slept in and didn't go out.

Chen Qing turned to the side and put her into the house, saying with a smile, "Didn't someone want to see me today? I'll just wait for them."

Xiaoyue had already opened the food box and snorted when she heard this: "There's no need for those people to be in such a hurry to see him. It's better to leave them hanging for a few days."

"If I weren't a maid, I would definitely have cursed them out."

Chen Qing sat down, looked at the food, and said with a smile, "How did they manage to make our Miss Xiaoyue angry?"

Xiaoyue sat opposite Chen Qing and pouted, saying, "Young Master, you don't know, the leader of those people who came to our house yesterday called our Miss Seventh Miss to our face, and was very respectful."

"The moment my young lady left, he started calling her 'Seventh Girl' all the time. What a jerk!"

Xiaoyue said angrily, "If it weren't for our master, a lazybones like him would probably have starved to death!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing smiled wryly.

"Those people feel that Uncle Gu has mistreated them over the years, and they probably have a long-standing grudge against him."

Yesterday, he had already heard Xiaoyue tell him about those people's backgrounds. Although Gu Jiu benefited from Master Gu's influence, to be honest, he didn't benefit from it by much.

The Gu family's business is actually quite large. In recent years, the people that Master Gu has assigned to manage the grain and cloth shops, as long as they are key personnel, are paid more than ten taels a month.

For Gu Jiu's family, receiving one or two taels of silver a month from the Gu family was considered quite good.

This income is already considered excellent for ordinary people, but compared to the Gu family's wealth, it is negligible. It is only enough for Gu Jiu's family to live relatively comfortably in Deqing County. Buying a house or land would be quite difficult.

As Mr. Gu's cousin, looking at himself and then at the others in the shop, he naturally felt resentful.

Even if Gu Jiu himself did no work, he would still feel unhappy, thinking that his cousin was stingy and had treated him unfairly.

In addition, although he has no real skills, he is very concerned about his image, which is why he is in this state now.

Xiaoyue pouted, clearly disliking Gu Jiu and his group.

Chen Qing finished the last mouthful of porridge, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile, "Don't panic, let me get revenge for you."

Xiaoyue cleared away the dishes and sighed, "Why should I, a mere maid, take my anger out on you? You should take it out on my mistress."

Chen Qing said with a smile, "I'm still more familiar with you."

After saying that, he asked, "Have those people arrived at the house yet?"

"Yes, but not as many as yesterday."

Xiaoyue said, "There were about twenty people yesterday, but only four or five came today."

Young Master Chen stroked his chin before smiling and saying, "Originally, I planned to leave through the back door today and let them wait for a few more days. But since they angered you yesterday, I'll go to the main hall to see them later."

Then, Chen Qing added, "May I go to the main hall to receive guests?"

The main hall is where the head of the household... or at least where family members receive guests.

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyue glanced at Chen Qing and scoffed, "Those are all relatives of the Gu family. Miss handed them over to you, young master, so why are you asking such questions?"

"We still need to ask."

Chen Qing smiled and said, "Asking one more question is never a mistake."

Xiaoyue glanced at Chen Qing, her eyes darting around, then picked up the food box and headed outside: "Then I'll go tell them to go to the main hall."

She walked to the door and chuckled, "In a little while, I'll go to the main hall to listen and see how the young master teaches them a lesson."

Chen Qing nodded and said "okay" with a smile.

After Xiaoyue left, Chen Qing deliberately stayed in the room a little longer before walking to the main hall of the Gu family with his hands behind his back.

At this moment, Gu Jiu and the others had been waiting in the main hall for quite some time. When Chen Qing walked to the entrance of the main hall, he subconsciously wanted to change his hands from behind his back to his hands in front of him, but he paused for a moment and then walked in with his hands behind his back.

Upon entering the main hall, Chen Qing glanced at the group of people.

All the men who came today were from the Gu family, with Gu Jiu leading the way as always.

Chen Qing strode to the head seat and sat down, then looked at Gu Jiu and asked, "You are Gu Jin?"

Gu Jiu had a smile on his face, but after seeing Chen Qing sit down in the main seat, his expression changed. When he heard Chen Qing's words, his expression changed drastically.

He suppressed his anger and said with a dark face.

"Young Master Chen, even the Seventh Miss has to call me Ninth Uncle!"

Chen Qing remained calm.

"You're not my Ninth Uncle."

Gu Jiu said angrily, "Then why are you sitting here?"

"Didn't you want to see me?"

Young Master Chen put down the tea he had just picked up, looked at everyone, and frowned.

"Then I'll go?"

(End of this chapter)