flstandardbreds Chapter 141 On the Pirate Ship, or Clinging to a Powerful Friend?
Chapter 141 On the Pirate Ship, or Clinging to a Powerful Friend?
Upon hearing Zheng Luoqi's words, Yu Yifei's heart skipped a beat. He knew something was wrong and thought that this person was definitely after the store, but he didn't know whether he was friend or foe.
But Yu Yifei still honestly replied, "Yes, sir!"
Zheng Luoqi nodded and continued, "Yu Yifei, the son of the Minister of Personnel, was a notorious good-for-nothing. But ever since he hit his head, not only has his personality changed drastically, but his literary talent has also improved by leaps and bounds, and his behavior has completely changed. Is all of this due to amnesia? Or... are you simply a different person?"
As Zheng Luoqi spoke, she slowly walked towards Yu Yifei, looking him up and down with a tone full of suspicion and questioning.
Upon hearing Zheng Luoqi's words, Yu Yifei broke out in a cold sweat, but he still pretended to be calm and replied, "Sir, I don't quite understand what you mean?"
Zheng Luoqi revealed a mischievous smile as she looked at Yu Yifei and asked, "I don't mean anything by it, I'm just curious. Can a person's appearance change so drastically after developing amnesia?"
"Hehe! You jest, sir! I don't remember anything from the past, so it's normal for my personality to have changed so much!" Yu Yifei said with an awkward laugh.
"Oh~" Zheng Luoqi deliberately dragged out the last syllable, looking at Yu Yifei suspiciously.
"I have a business to discuss with Young Master Yu. I wonder if Young Master Yu is interested?" Zheng Luoqi stopped talking about this topic and returned to the main matter, asking Yu Yifei.
"Please speak, sir!" Yu Yifei breathed a sigh of relief. Zheng Luoqi finally stopped asking about his identity, but he was still very interested in doing business.
"Your shop is doing quite well. Would you be interested in expanding and strengthening your ideas, and spreading them throughout the entire Great Xia Kingdom?" Zheng Luoqi asked.
“I have the idea, but as for the funding…” Yu Yifei said with a somewhat troubled expression.
"Don't worry about the money. I can pay it for you first, but I want a 60/40 split. I'll take 60% and you take 40%!" Zheng Luoqi said calmly.
"Ah...this...Sir, isn't this too little? I'm the one in charge, after all!" Yu Yifei was reluctant; how could it be so little?
"Ha! I'm not discussing this with you, I'm giving you a chance, understand? If I don't want you to stay in this capital, I have plenty of ways to make you disappear, including your father!"
"I only asked you to do something for me, I didn't make things difficult for you!" Zheng Luoqi said, drawing her sword and holding it to Yu Yifei's neck.
This startled Yu Yifei so much that he didn't dare to move. Only then did Yu Yifei realize that he had been tricked, and he stammered, "Sir... what is this?"
"So, have you thought it through?" Zheng Luoqi indicated that she didn't have that much patience to waste with him.
Yu Yifei said, "With a knife to my throat, what else can I do but agree?" He nodded quickly to indicate that he could.
“It’s so refreshing to talk to someone who understands!” Zheng Luoqi said calmly, sheathing her sword.
Yu Yifei breathed a sigh of relief after Zheng Luoqi sheathed her sword.
Then Boyu walked in from outside the door and silently ordered his men to hold Yu Yifei down. Before Yu Yifei could react, he was already being held down.
"My lord! My lord! Didn't I promise you? How could you..." Before Yu Yifei could finish speaking, Bo Yu pinched his mouth and put some unknown pills into his mouth.
After Boyu fed Yu Yifei the pill, he immediately let go of her. Yu Yifei turned her head and immediately tried to vomit up what she had just eaten.
"Don't waste your time, it's poison! It melts in your mouth," Zheng Luoqi said calmly as she watched Yu Yifei keep gagging.
He then tossed a porcelain bottle to Yu Yifei: "This is the antidote. One pill a month. Also, remember to ask others what Yu Yifei was like before. Your current behavior is completely different from Yu Yifei's. Sooner or later, your father's political enemies will drag you out and burn you!"
"Work hard, and you'll reap the rewards!" Zheng Luoqi reminded Yu Yifei.
"Why did you choose me?" Yu Yifei didn't understand why Zheng Luoqi wanted to cooperate right away, and even if she did cooperate, she would poison him.
"You're quite good at business, and I happen to be short of someone skilled at managing my businesses. Recently, many of my shops in the capital have faced competition, but my energy is limited, and I can't manage them all. I need someone to take care of them, and you just happen to have come into my sights."
"I want you to take back all the business that rightfully belongs to us!"
"Furthermore, what I mean by expanding and strengthening our business is not just empty talk. It is not an easy thing to make our business spread throughout the entire Great Xia Kingdom and open stores wherever we want. After all, you are a new merchant. When you go to other prefectures to do business, you will at least have to give the local government a lot of benefits before they will allow you to do business there."
“But things are different now. You have me, and now no matter where you do business in the Great Xia Kingdom, as long as you mention my name, no prefecture will dare to make things difficult for you. Of course, if I find out that you are using my name to do evil…” Zheng Luoqi’s eyes suddenly turned sinister.
"It all depends on whether you can handle the consequences. I have plenty of ways to torture you! Do you understand?" Zheng Luoqi warned.
Yu Yifei trembled with fear, his mind racing through all the tortures he knew. He swallowed hard and said, "Understood!"
Zheng Luoqi looked at him, and being quite sensible, reminded him before leaving, "I am still looking forward to cooperating with Young Master Yu. If anyone tries to cause you trouble later, just mention my name!"
Yu Yifei nodded to indicate that he understood, and then watched Zheng Luoqi leave.
After Zheng Luoqi disappeared completely, Yu Yifei breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the imaginary cold sweat from his forehead, and muttered to himself, "Sure enough, I was too careless. I almost forgot that this is ancient times. Rank can crush you!"
At this moment, Qiu Rui and the others came in, looking flustered. Seeing that Yu Yifei was alright, they breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Are you alright?"
Yu Yifei shook his head to indicate that he was fine.
"Brother Yu, you actually escaped unscathed from that demon's clutches. I truly admire you!" Sheng Yan exclaimed from the side.
"A demon?" Yu Yifei looked at them, completely bewildered.
Qiu Rui knew that Yu Yifei didn't remember the past, so she kindly told Yu Yifei all of Zheng Luoqi's "great achievements" in detail.
Yu Yifei was increasingly shocked as he listened, until he was completely stunned, unsure whether he had boarded a pirate ship or latched onto a powerful figure.