Cute Wife Gourmet

Chapter 37 I Only Know You

"Are we just going to let it go like this?" the young master said in annoyance.

Ye Jiayao saw the guy coming out and staring at the two of them warily, so she pulled Guigong away first.

"I thought about it carefully. It seems that after you changed your clothes, you didn't wear the purse on your body. Moreover, the guy was so nice before, coaxing you to spend money to buy clothes, but when he saw us going back, he ignored us. He got angry when you mentioned the purse, which made people suspicious." Ye Jiayao analyzed.

"That's what I thought." The nobleman said angrily, "No, I can't swallow this humiliation."

As he said this, he was about to go back.

Ye Jiayao held him tightly and said, "Can you not be so impulsive? It turns out that you are just good at talking but not doing things well."

"What did you say about me?" The young man's voice rose an octave, and his eyes widened.

"I told you that you do things without thinking." Ye Jiayao yelled back, Damn, I've been in a real bandit's den, so why should I be afraid of your fierceness?
"Then what do you say we should do?" the young master said angrily.

"What should we do? We have no evidence, what can we do? We can only consider ourselves unlucky." Ye Jiayao said. If the locals could think of a solution, outsiders would be useless! No matter how rich the family is, it's useless. Haven't you heard that a powerful dragon can't defeat a local snake?
"Hey, do you have any relatives or friends in Jinan?" Ye Jiayao asked.

The nobleman said unhappily, "I am running away... I am traveling alone, I have no relatives."

Although he changed his words quickly, Ye Jiayao still grasped the key point. It turned out that this guy was a rebellious teenager who ran away from home.

"Uh...how are you going to get back to Jinling if you lost your money? I think you are too unsophisticated. When you are away from home, you can't leave money and other things in one place. You have to separate them. If you lose one, you can still get another. I really doubt how you got from Jinling to Jinan." Ye Jiayao scolded him bluntly.

"It's all your fault. If you hadn't robbed my boat and torn my clothes, I wouldn't be in this predicament." The young man began to trace the source of the problem again.

"Hey, hey, hey, why don't you tell me that if you hadn't run away from home and if you hadn't come to Jinan, nothing would have happened? Damn, I've treated you to a bowl of rock sugar lotus seed soup, and I'll pay for your boat fare later. If you dare to talk nonsense again, believe it or not, I'll abandon you." Ye Jiayao threatened.

The nobleman's arrogance immediately disappeared, and he muttered, "I don't care. You are also responsible for this matter anyway."

Ye Jiayao was furious. Damn it, you are blaming me?
"Forget it, forget it. I don't want to bother with you. We came here happily to cruise the lake, but now I have lost interest. Let's go back. I'll send you back to the shore and then we'll go our separate ways." Ye Jiayao said angrily and left.

The nobleman hurriedly followed and said, "You can't just send me back to the shore. Without the silver, how can I live? What can I eat? Where can I stay?"

"This is your own business, don't ask me." Ye Jiayao said without turning her head.

"You are also responsible! If I don't ask you, who else should I ask?" The young master followed Ye Jiayao closely.

Ye Jiayao paused, and the young master slammed on the brakes, almost hitting her.

"I'm telling you clearly, I'm a pauper, I make a living by begging and doing odd jobs occasionally. Are you sure you want to follow me?"

The nobleman looked Ye Jiayao up from head to toe and then from toe to head again, and laughed: "A beggar comes to the lake to cruise? Who are you kidding?"

Ye Jiayao shrugged. Believe it or not. I can barely support myself, why would I care about you?
The two went straight to the dock and boarded the ship back home.

The boatman chuckled and said, "Sir, why don't you play for a while longer?"

"It's not fun at all." Ye Jiayao said angrily.

"It's not fun at all," the nobleman agreed.

The boatman was very upset. It was the first time he heard someone say it was not fun.

Back on shore, Ye Jiayao paid three hundred copper coins, feeling heartbroken, wondering how she could get rid of this guy.

"Hey, where is your home?" The young man was also worried that Ye Jiayao would get rid of him, so he followed closely.

"No home."

"Then where do you live?"

"Sleeping on the street."

Uh……

"Don't lie, what are we having for dinner? I'm hungry."

"No money."

"Don't be so stingy. I will pay you back double when I return to Jinling."

"Brother, I'm really poor. I come here to boat just for fun. You should think of a way to find someone else and don't follow me." Ye Jiayao was about to cry. Why was she being pestered?

"If I had a way, I would not follow you. Don't worry, no matter how much money I spent, I will pay you back tenfold after returning to Nanjing." The young man vowed.

"It's useless even if I give it a hundred times more. I only have this little money. I can't even support myself!" Ye Jiayao said with a sad face. In order to prove that she was really poor, she took out all her belongings: "Look, it's less than two taels in total. This is all I have."

The nobleman said, "You said that the silver should be kept separate."

Ye Jiayao almost vomited blood. Damn, couldn’t your memory be so good?

Ye Jiayao ignored him and walked quickly with her head down. The person behind her also walked quickly. If she walked slowly, he also walked slowly. If she walked quickly, he also walked quickly.

When they returned to the city, it was already getting dark. Ye Jiayao couldn't afford to buy any delicious food, so she could only buy a few steamed buns and ask for some pickles.

"Are we going to eat this?" The young master was incredulous.

"It's not us, it's me. There's no share for you." Ye Jiayao said unhappily, took a big bite of the white steamed bun and glared at him.

The nobleman quickly grabbed a steamed bun and said with disdain, "I've never seen anyone more stingy than you."

Ye Jiayao really wanted to kick him. How dare you say I’m stingy while you’re eating my food?

While chewing on a steamed bun, Ye Jiayao began to look for a hotel. She couldn't leave the city today, otherwise she would have to sleep in the pavilion, stay there for one night, and buy some dry food tomorrow before setting off again. After searching for a long time, and almost breaking her legs, Ye Jiayao finally found the cheapest bunk bed, which cost five copper coins per bed. Ye Jiayao paid for a bed and walked in. The nobleman followed in but was stopped by the waiter.

"Sir, you need to pay first if you want to stay in the hotel."

The nobleman pointed at Ye Jiayao and said, "I'm with him."

Ye Jiayao hurriedly said: "I don't know him."

The waiter kicked the young man out without any explanation.

"Hey, you can't do this, we are together..." the young man shouted outside.

Ye Jiayao was too lazy to pay attention to him. She came to the bunk room which was not much better than the woodshed, found a bunk at the edge and lay down with her clothes on.

There were more than a dozen people living in one dormitory, and the room was filled with uncouth men, some picking their feet, some picking their noses, and the air was filled with all kinds of unpleasant smells.

Ye Jiayao wrinkled her nose and comforted herself that this was better than sleeping in the pavilion.

However, I always felt uneasy. I didn't know whether that guy had left or not. He was just a young man with no experience of going out. He had no money and he didn't know anyone in a foreign place. It seemed a bit unreasonable to just leave him like that.

But I need some capital. I can’t even take care of myself, how can I afford to help others?

Rumble…

There was rumbling thunder outside.

Soon it began to rain heavily, falling on the green tiles on the roof like beans being scattered.

Ye Jiayao felt more and more tormented. Everyone has times when they are in trouble. When they are in trouble, they hope that someone can lend a hand, even if it is just a roof to shelter from the wind, even if it is just a steamed bun and a bowl of water. Forget it, forget it. She has to go to Jinling anyway, and she can have someone to accompany her on the way.

Ye Jiayao got up and thought, if he was still here, if he was not afraid of suffering with her, then take him with her!
The shop door was closed, and Ye Jiayao begged the waiter to open it.

The waiter said reluctantly: "It's raining so hard outside, you still want to go out?"

Ye Jiayao said embarrassedly: "Actually, that person is my friend. We had a fight. Now that I think about it, it's quite boring. I'll go see if he's still there."

The waiter then opened the door.

When Ye Jiayao stuck her head out, she saw the tall man huddled under the eaves, staring at the heavy rain with a dull expression, looking indescribably pitiful and lonely.

"Hey, why are you still huddled there? Come in." Ye Jiayao shouted at him.

The nobleman turned his head and looked at her expressionlessly, then stood there motionless.

Uh, it’s still dragged on.

Ye Jiayao had no choice but to go out and pull him out. The drizzle fell diagonally on her body, making her feel a little cold.

"go in!"

He lowered his head, and the rain dripped down his well-defined forehead and nose. He looked so pitiful, which made Ye Jiayao sad. She felt even more that her behavior just now was somewhat shameless.

Just as I was about to say something, he suddenly looked up, his dark eyes filled with anger, and he shouted, "Why do you say you don't know me? You're the only one I know here."

Uh… Ye Jiayao was startled and was stunned for a while before yelling back: “You are so fierce, you know me, do you know my name?”

He couldn't answer, the anger in his eyes slowly turned into grievance, and his momentum weakened.

Damn, he is just an immature brat. Ye Jiayao said unhappily, "My name is Jin Yao, the Yao of Yao and Shun. What's yours? Tell me your real name, or I will abandon you."

He whispered, "My name is Helian Jing, Jing means scenery."

There are not many people with the surname Helian. If it is his real name, you can find it out by asking around in Jinling.

Ye Jiayao said, "Let me be frank. I am really poor, and I am going to Jinling. If you are not afraid of suffering with me, then we can go to Jinling together. If you dare to complain, then get out as soon as possible."

Helian Jing nodded quickly.

Ye Jiayao said unhappily: "Come in."

Helian Jing followed happily.

Ye Jiayao paid another five copper coins and asked for a dormitory bed.

When he returned to the dormitory, the stench almost made Helian Jing pass out as soon as he entered the room. However, when he thought about how he was in a desperate situation, penniless, and had nothing to prove his identity, he knew that if he didn't endure it, he would have to stand under the eaves for the night, so he forced himself to hold it back.

"You sleep here." Ye Jiayao pointed to the seat next to her.

Helian Jing didn't want to be close to those vulgar men, so he said, "You sleep inside, and I'll sleep outside."

Ye Jiayao said fiercely, "Just sleep wherever I tell you to. Why are you nagging?"

Helian Jing had no choice but to crawl inside and lie down with his clothes on.

"Take off your wet clothes, otherwise if you get sick tomorrow I won't have money to hire a doctor for you." Ye Jiayao said.

Helian Jing swallowed his anger, got up and took off his clothes, revealing his fair skin and perfectly shaped muscles.

Ye Jiayao stared with her eyes wide open and secretly swallowed her saliva. This guy was quite attractive, but still not as good as that stupid donkey.

(End of this chapter)