Chapter 102 Auspicious Wishes (20)
Chapter 102 Auspicious Wishes (20)
"Let's talk business, Young Marshal Ma!"
Hearing Yi Yi say this, Ma Yuliang was somewhat taken aback.
I don't understand how the topic shifted from marriage to business.
What should I do? I don't know much about business!
For a moment, Ma Yuliang felt somewhat inferior and at a loss in front of his beloved.
Yi Yi saw it all and noticed the cuteness in Ai Yi.
With an increasingly confident smile, she announced her terms: "Two years. In two years, I can fulfill all of Young Marshal Ma's requests."
Seeing that Ma Yuliang was clearly moved, Yi Yi then made her request: "But in the next two years, I also hope that you, Young Marshal Ma, can cooperate with me to put on a show."
Ma Yuliang blinked, then realized something, frowned and asked seriously, "For example what?"
“It’s not an unreasonable request. For example, right now, I hope you won’t cancel your engagement with Xiaoxiao.” Yi Yi lowered her eyes and shook her head, explaining directly, “Just consider this a training exercise for my dear sister. She will run away on your wedding day a year from now. At that time, I will accept whatever compensation the Ma family asks the Zhu family for, whatever reason they want.”
Upon hearing this explanation, Ma Yuliang showed no sign of accepting it easily.
His brow furrowed even more, and he pressed, "How can you be so sure she'll definitely run away from the wedding?"
“Definitely. Look, she has a boy she likes now, doesn’t she?” Thinking of the steadfast relationship between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, Yi Yi’s smile became more sincere. “Besides, even if she doesn’t run away from the wedding, you can just divorce her with a letter of divorce, can’t you?”
Yi Yi carefully examined Ma Yuliang and, seeing a slight softening in his expression, immediately pressed her advantage, saying, "I can sign and seal with Young Marshal Ma that everything I said today is true."
Perhaps Yi Yi's tone was too believable, or perhaps the bait she offered was just too tempting for him.
With too little time to think and Yi Yi pressing him relentlessly, Ma Yuliang had no way of figuring out why he was constantly plagued by a fear that "she will always leave him."
Ma Yuliang swallowed hard, then, in a fit of desperation, agreed: "Fine! No need for a written agreement. It's only for two years, I agree."
It will be two years from now, and I'll be in charge! At that time, I absolutely will not let you go back on your word and leave!
The negotiations ended smoothly, just as she had expected, and Yi Yi finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
"but……"
Upon hearing Ma Yuliang suddenly speak, Yi Yi paused.
"But from now on, stop calling me 'Young Marshal Ma,' call me by my name."
After saying this, the boy lowered his head sharply, but his exposed ears were so red that they looked like they could be used to warm his hands.
Yi Yi found her momentary anxiety somewhat amusing. Given the extent of the child's infatuation with her, there was absolutely no reason for her to be in danger.
She didn't mind giving the boy she had used some sweet treats.
Silently retracting her Adam's apple, Yi Yi straightened her clothes, which weren't disheveled, and walked out, saying, "Then I'll trouble you to clean up today's mess... Yu Liang~"
The boy's eyes lit up instantly, like a dog seeing its owner come home, and his gesture of looking up at Yi Yi revealed his undisguised joy.
Just as Yi Yi placed her hand on the door and was about to leave, Ma Yuliang's voice came from behind her: "Name? I still don't know your real name."
"Yi Yi." Yi Yi chuckled softly, turned to Ma Yuliang and smiled, "Let's call her Yi Yi."
After saying that, she didn't wait for Ma Yuliang's reaction, pushed open the door and left, leaving behind the words: "I'm taking my sister and that boy with me. I'll trouble you, Young Marshal Ma, to come to the Zhu residence to see me in the next couple of days so we can discuss the details of our cooperation."
When the adjutant Yuan Feng saw the door being pushed open, he looked at Yi Yi, who was about to be taken away by the two men they had captured, and then at Ma Yuliang, who had not said a word to stop them. He cleverly sent Yi Yi and the other two back to the car.
Back on the pleasure boat, seeing Ma Yuliang still standing motionless, Yuan Feng called out with a strange expression, "Young Marshal..."
Ma Yuliang snapped back to reality and, looking quite pleased with himself, ordered, "Everyone, disperse and go back to rest. I'm going to visit the Zhu family early tomorrow morning, so prepare some gifts for them!"
With the order given, Yuan Feng accepted it and withdrew.
But what he actually wanted to say was—
Young Marshal, why do you look like a little dog seeing its owner off at the door?
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Yi Yi returned to the car, leaving Zhu Qianxiao and Liang Churen in the back seat, and went to the passenger seat herself.
Despite Zhu Qianxiao's repeated attempts to explain the previous situation to her, Yi Yi simply leaned back in her chair and coldly told her to go home and rest first.
After being repeatedly blocked, Zhu Qianxiao stopped trying to communicate with Yi Yi.
She silently sat back in the back seat, looked at the badly injured Liang Churen, sighed and asked, "My classmate was injured while protecting me. Can I take him back to the Zhu family?"
Before she could finish speaking, Zhu Qianxiao felt her sister's icy gaze, which hadn't even looked at her properly since she got in the car, sweep over her in the rearview mirror. As expected, the sister's refusal came out: "No way, what kind of behavior is it for a woman to bring a man home in the middle of the night?"
“After we get back to the manor, I’ll have the driver take him home. As for you…” Yi Yi withdrew her gaze that had been piercing Zhu Qianxiao’s heart and looked straight ahead, saying, “Go back and get some rest first thing. Come to my room early tomorrow morning, and I’ll explain everything then.”
His tone was full of the autocratic authority of a feudal patriarch, and after speaking, he closed his eyes to rest. His behavior was even more unquestionable.
Zhu Qianxiao had no intention of saying anything more.
She glanced at Yi Yi quickly in the rearview mirror.
Seeing that her brows were furrowed, whether from exhaustion or impatience, he felt very uncomfortable and lowered his head.
He glanced at the unconscious Liang Churen one last time, then simply closed his eyes and stopped thinking about it.
After Zhu Qianxiao closed her eyes, Yi Yi seemed to sense it and opened her eyes, her displeasure easing.
She leaned against the window with one hand, cupped her face in her hands, and gently stroked her earlobe with her index finger, seemingly lost in thought as she looked out the window.
It is actually talking to the cerebellum.
How reliable is your plot detection program? How many times has this happened already?
Yi Yi's preemptive accusation left Xiao Nao speechless. Although the plot deviation had its own reasons, the main reason was: ["Isn't it because of your reckless modifications to the game data, Yi Yi! The game data was already in a state of flux, and I could only deduce and calculate the general direction."]
Yi scratched her face, no longer thinking about how she had accused the villain first.
Although the cerebellum has confirmed some artificial intelligence impairment, the data analyzed by the cotton cloth is still quite comprehensive.
Although their little scheme went undetected, their goal was still not achieved.
The plot inconsistencies seem to have stemmed from similar causes these past few times. I need to copy the data from these games and upload it to the main system for analysis.
As the cerebellum made its decision, Yi Yi pursed her lips and thought: I've tried to distract the cerebellum to save you, now it's up to fate.
"Thanks to your timely intervention, Yiyi, otherwise, given Ma Yuliang's significant role in the plot, a mishap would have been a huge problem." Xiao Nao praised Yiyi generously before asking, "But how did you know he would agree to the deal with you?"
[It's... very simple. If the person he fell in love with at first sight wasn't Zhu Qianxiao, then it was me, right? Plus, Ma Yuliang himself has a somewhat persistent personality, so using me as a bargaining chip to negotiate is very simple.]
[I see...] Xiaonao wanted to ask something more, but seeing that Yiyi didn't seem to want to go into details, she gave up.
It thought for a moment and then gave the order: "I recently left a clone to assist you with your tasks. Its functions are rather mechanical, so it won't be able to chat with you, Xiaoyiyi..."
"Alright, I got it. Go early and come back early." Yi Yi impatiently pinched her earlobe, mercilessly shooing away her cerebellum.
The cerebellum felt aggrieved again, but thinking about the erroneous data, it still gave an instruction and left.
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