Chapter 155: He’s Still Young
After Su Yaoguang recovered her vitality, the entire temple was filled with laughter and cheerful voices again.
Zhou Wangshu leaned against the doorframe, watching Su Yaoguang being surrounded by enthusiastic people, with her arms stuffed full of food and supplies. Su Yaoguang couldn’t handle such enthusiasm and squeezed out from the crowd to run away.
“Boss Su’s skin is too thin; this won’t do,” an auntie said with a smile.
“She’s just a young lady; unlike us old folks with thick skin. Once she has a child with Young Master Zhou in the future and becomes a mother, she won’t blush so easily.”
“Hey, that’s still far off. Young Master Zhou is too young; I reckon the two haven’t consummated their marriage yet!”
“Of course not. We can tell at a glance who’s consummated and who’s not. Speaking of which, Young Master Zhou is too young; that’ll have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. In my opinion, she should find an older husband instead—older men know how to coax people. I see that Young Master Zhou, aside from being good-looking, doesn’t match well with Boss Su in other ways. Think about it: he’s so young, Boss Su even has to coax him!”
“Auntie Wang, you’re truly the big sister; you hit the nail on the head. Last time I saw Young Master Zhou throwing a tantrum, with Boss Su chasing after him, offering him preserved fruit to eat!”
Zhou Wangshu: “……”
That time was because he insisted on throwing Mr. Xiao down the mountain, but Su Yaoguang refused. Knowing she was in the wrong, she naturally tried all sorts of ways to please him, even giving him preserved fruit to eat.
He’s young? Where is he young? What does it mean he only matches because he’s good-looking? Being good-looking is his greatest advantage. If Su Yaoguang doesn’t find someone as handsome as him, would she settle for someone old and ugly?
No, why should he care who she finds? They’re just in a brother and sister relationship. It’s normal for them not to match; it’d be abnormal if they did.
Zhou Wangshu stormed off in anger, moving swiftly underfoot, as if nothing pleased his eye. He kicked stones underfoot as if he had a grudge against them.
A few days later, the last batch of local patients recovered, and the monks in the temple were responsible for sending them down the mountain, including Mr. Xiao.
Mr. Xiao had never seen Jiang Yihuan and thought she had gone down the mountain, feeling increasingly disappointed. Sitting in the horse-drawn carriage, he kept looking toward the temple and happened to see Su Yaoguang walking past from the front with several women.
“Boss Su…” Student Zhang called out to Su Yaoguang.
Su Yaoguang looked over and smiled at him: “Are you all heading down the mountain?”
“Doctor Jiang gave us a follow-up checkup early this morning and said we can go down. Boss Su, it’s all thanks to you; otherwise, we wouldn’t have survived. We’ll never forget your great kindness.”
“Now that you’re returning to the academy, you should prepare for the imperial examination. Wangshu is still on the mountain helping me. Please help me inform the teacher and headmaster that we’ve been in contact with too many patients every day and didn’t see the last patient recover and leave, so we didn’t dare let Wangshu go down the mountain, fearing he might still carry a sickly aura.”
“That’s easy to say. What you’ve done are great good deeds saving lives; the headmaster and teacher will surely praise Brother Wangshu highly. Please tell Brother Wangshu we’re waiting for him at the academy, and then we’ll take the imperial examination together.”
“Good. Take care on your way; we won’t see you off.”
Seeing Su Yaoguang leave without even glancing at him, Mr. Xiao suddenly felt suffocated and short of breath.
In his previous life, he had wished Su Yaoguang would stay far away from him, never to pester him again. But when this day arrived, he suddenly found it unacceptable. How could she be so indifferent to him? In this life, the way she looked at him was too unfamiliar; the exclusive favor that should have belonged to him went to a person named Zhou Wangshu.
Mr. Xiao thought of how in his previous life he became the top scholar, and she became the top scholar’s wife. In this life, she had no top scholar’s wife position to claim. At that time, she would surely regret her initial lack of judgment.
Thinking this way, Mr. Xiao decided to rush back to the academy immediately to prepare for the imperial examination.
It wasn’t until the horse-drawn carriage left that the woman nearby said, “Why do I feel like that Mr. Xiao scholar was looking at you strangely? That feeling was like… unrequited love.”
Pfft! The people nearby burst into laughter.
“Absolutely not. That Mr. Xiao is entangled unclearly with several women; he’s no good man. Our Boss Su is so wonderful; she deserves a conscientious good man.”
“Exactly.”
“But I still think Young Master Zhou is too young. Why don’t you consider my male cousin? My male cousin does business and is quite handsome; take a look—maybe he’ll catch your eye!”
“But Boss Su is already married!”
“What kind of marriage is theirs? They haven’t consummated it yet. In this situation, it’s at most just a marriage contract, the same as being engaged.”
“Mom…” Zhou Wangshu’s voice rang out.
The crowd was startled by this sudden voice.
They looked toward Zhou Wangshu.
Just as Zhou Wangshu’s voice rang out, Zhaodi rushed out holding a kitchen knife: “What happened? What happened? I was chopping vegetables!”
“Yaoguang said I’m too young and wants to divorce me to find an older one,” Zhou Wangshu said aggrievedly, looking at Zhaodi.
Zhaodi waved the kitchen knife in her hand, her eyes fierce: “You’ve got some nerve?”
Su Yaoguang hurriedly explained: “No, I didn’t say that.”
“She may not have said it, but that’s what she thinks,” Zhou Wangshu said. “No wonder she hasn’t paid attention to me lately. Mom, you said back then that as long as I marry into the family as a son-in-law, you’d treat me like your own son. Now that Yaoguang has changed her heart, you have to stand up for me.”
“Su Yaoguang!” Zhaodi charged over waving the kitchen knife. “You little… you’re just like those stinking men who get rich and then disdain their original wife. I should never have let you earn money; should have kept you a poor wretch forever. And now you dare to disdain Wangshu? Today, I’m going to make you pay.”
The few culprits nearby saw the situation turning bad and hurriedly blocked Zhaodi.
“Yaoguang’s Mother, it’s not like that; we were just joking!”
“Exactly, exactly; we were just joking around. Young Master Zhou and Boss Su match so well; they’re simply made for each other, like the golden boy and jade girl under Guanyin’s seat. They’re the most perfect match; no one matches better. Please calm your anger; don’t hurt yourself.”
“Zhou Wangshu, hurry up and explain clearly to my mom.” Su Yaoguang grabbed Zhou Wangshu and pushed him toward Zhaodi. “You little brat, are you deliberately getting me in trouble?”
“Good older sister, how would I dare harm you? After all, I’m just a son-in-law who’s married in, and people say he’s still young!” Zhou Wangshu said with a beaming smile.
Su Yaoguang pinched the soft flesh at his waist: “You little brat, you did it on purpose.”
“Ah… Yaoguang, stop pinching; it hurts so much,” Zhou Wangshu said pitifully.
“Su Yaoguang, you still dare to pinch him!” Zhaodi got even angrier and charged over waving the knife.
Seeing this, Su Yaoguang hurriedly ran away.
“Mom, Jing’er is looking for me; I’m going to look after the patients.”
