EBE Chapter 506 Side CP Extra: Yingying X Zhang Siyuan 8
Chapter 506 Side CP Extra: Yingying X Zhang Siyuan 8
Yingying looked away and glanced at Zhang Da and Zhang Er, whose expressions had returned to normal. She wanted to ask them to pass on a message, but she couldn't bring herself to say "stop the demise in time." In the end, she said, "Take your young master to lunch. Don't let him sit outside the teahouse all afternoon if he's not busy."
“Alright, Young Master Ying, why don’t you have lunch with the young master first? We can take care of things after lunch,” Zhang Da suggested.
Zhang Siyuan looked at Yingying expectantly.
Yingying declined, saying, "No, you take him."
Zhang Siyuan was disappointed that he couldn't have dinner with Yingying's wife. He was so worried that he wouldn't be able to see her that afternoon that he didn't want to leave. He said, "Siyuan will go after Yingying's wife leaves. Siyuan will stay in the teahouse."
"Oh." Yingying stood up. "Then I'll be going now." And she really left.
Zhang Siyuan pouted and immediately followed her out, thinking to himself: Yingying's wife is really too mean, leaving without a word, deliberately trying to annoy Siyuan. Siyuan will never be angry with his wife.
In the afternoon, since Yingying wasn't in the shop, Zhang Siyuan didn't go into her shop again.
He first spent more than half an hour reading in his small teahouse, or more specifically, he focused on the twelve large characters that Yingying had taught him that morning.
Seeing their ambitious young master, Zhang Da and Zhang Er didn't know whether to feel sorry for the master and mistress or worry for Young Master Ying. It seemed that their young master valued Young Master Ying even more than they had imagined.
"Young Master, would you like to rest for a while?" Zhang Er asked.
Zhang Siyuan was indeed getting a little tired of sitting, but he didn't want to rest. He put down his book, stood up, stretched, and said, "I'm going out to buy something!"
Zhang Er was overjoyed. The young master hadn't been out to play in a long time, so he quickly replied, "Okay, okay, I'll do whatever the young master says. I'll go and prepare right away."
What should we prepare? Money, of course! How can the young master go shopping without money?
The weather was nice today, the wind wasn't strong, and the streets were quite lively.
On the way, Zhang Siyuan couldn't decide what to give as a gift, so he asked Zhang Da and Zhang Er, "Ah Da and Ah Er, what do you think I should give Yingying's wife?"
Zhang Da and Zhang Er racked their brains, after all, they didn't know what Young Master Ying liked or lacked, so what would be the most suitable gift for the young master.
Zhang Da scratched his head and said, "How about we give him a mask? I think Young Master Ying seems to really like wearing masks."
Zhang Er continued, "We can also give clothes, accessories, or even an abacus."
"An abacus?" Zhang Siyuan hesitated, then shook his head and said, "An abacus doesn't look good."
Zhang Da replied without hesitation, "What's the big deal? Jin..."
"Cough cough!" Zhang Er coughed loudly and glared at Zhang Da, who almost misspoke.
When Zhang Da touched the warning look he received, he instantly realized that he had almost committed a grave offense. It was fine for the young master to want to make an expensive golden abacus for Young Master Ying, but the idea of giving a golden abacus as a gift absolutely could not come from the mouths of servants like them.
Zhang Siyuan looked at Zhang Er, stopped and asked, "A'er, are you not feeling well? If you're not feeling well, A'da can stay with me."
Zhang Er waved his hand, "No, no, I'm fine. I just choked on my saliva by accident. Young Master, have you decided what you want to buy yet? If not, we can look around first and buy what we like."
"Yes, yes, young master can take a look first," Zhang Da hurriedly added.
Zhang Siyuan thought they were right and decided to go to the shop first.
They visited several shops, but Zhang Siyuan didn't find anything he liked. He felt like something was missing until they walked into a small shop.
There were no customers inside, only a middle-aged female shopkeeper leisurely reading a book. When she saw them, she merely lifted her eyelids slightly and said, "Please feel free to look around, sirs," before looking down at her own book.
Zhang Siyuan did not feel negligent. He looked at all the ornaments on display in the shop and reluctantly picked out two jade pendants. He looked at them again and again, but still felt that they were not quite right. So he took the jade pendants and walked towards the female shopkeeper.
The female shopkeeper put down her book and asked, "Do you want these two?"
Zhang Siyuan shook his head and said, "No, I want to buy a jade pendant with a little bird on it. It has to be pretty. These two aren't pretty enough."
The female shopkeeper wasn't annoyed that the item wasn't pretty. Instead, she stared intently at Zhang Siyuan, then looked at Zhang Da and Zhang Er behind him, and smiled, saying, "Young Master Zhang, are you giving this away?"
Zhang Siyuan smiled and replied, "Yes, it's for Yingying's wife."
The female shopkeeper looked knowing and smiled, "I do have a nice jade pendant here. It's a crane and lotus jade pendant, carefully carved by a master craftsman from the finest Hetian jade. The crane is an auspicious symbol, perfect for gifting to someone you admire. Would you like to take a look, young master Zhang?"
Zhang Siyuan's eyes lit up, and he shouted, "I want it!"
"Young Master Zhang, please wait a moment, I'll bring it to you right away." The female shopkeeper turned and went inside, and soon came out with a box, which she placed on the counter and opened.
"Young Master Zhang, please take a look. This is the Crane Lotus Jade Pendant I was talking about."
Inside the box lay a lustrous, slightly bluish jade pendant. The jade was warm and smooth, and the overall shape was that of a blooming lotus flower with overlapping petals. On both sides were carved two cranes facing each other, their wings and claws touching, as if they were about to take flight. At the top was a flower bead made of gold wire, and in the middle were strings of jade beads of various sizes...
Zhang Siyuan was increasingly tempted by it, feeling that it would be perfect for Yingying's wife. He carefully took it out and examined it closely.
The female shopkeeper asked with a smile, "Is young master Zhang satisfied?"
Zhang Siyuan didn't even blink, and exclaimed happily, "Satisfied! Very satisfied! I want this one!"
The young master finally found something he liked, and after asking the female shopkeeper about the price, he readily paid.
"I'll give it to Yingying's wife tomorrow. She'll definitely love it, hehe." Zhang Siyuan hugged the box and grinned foolishly, not letting Zhang Da and Zhang Er do it for him. This was a gift he was going to give to Yingying's wife.
Perhaps it was because God couldn't bear to see him so happy, but they hadn't gone far from the shop when a young scholar walking towards them seemed to trip over something, cried out in surprise and fell straight forward. Just as the scholar was about to hit him, Zhang Siyuan immediately jumped away.
Fortunately, he dodged the person, but unfortunately, the fabric on his arm was tugged by the other person's outstretched hand, and the box he was holding slipped from his grasp.
"Ah! My jade pendant!!!"
Zhang Siyuan's expression changed drastically. He frantically reached out to take the box, hugged it tightly to his chest, and was pulled to one side. Fortunately, Zhang Da and Zhang Er reacted in time and pulled him back.
"Rip—" The sound of tearing silk rang out, and Zhang Siyuan's sleeve was torn with a large hole. The scholar who had grabbed his clothes fell heavily to the ground, his face contorted in pain.
Zhang Siyuan didn't have time to worry about that. He hurriedly opened the box to check if the jade pendant inside was alright. Seeing the Crane Lotus Jade Pendant lying intact in the silk, he breathed a long sigh of relief. It's alright, it's alright...