You've Got Mail: Cautionary Tale (YGMCT)

Chapter 21 - Why Must You Insist On It?

“Please take a seat, Adviser Wu. I haven’t seen you in a month.”

“Thank you Manager for thinking about me.” Wu Xingzi hurriedly cupped his hands in thanks, cautiously taking a seat. “Manager, it’s like this. I’d like to ask about The Pengornisseur…”

He turned his head and glanced at Hei’er, before lowering his voice and carefully continuing, “I was unable to come and collect last month’s Pengornisseur. Manager, please accept the fifty coins for next month’s edition.” He secretly sneaked out a little coin pouch and pushed it towards Rancui. Wu Xingzi’s face flushed red, looking uneasy yet excited as though he was doing something naughty.

“So Adviser Wu means…” Rancui did not accept the little coin pouch. He gestured at the salesman outside the pavilion. The salesman instantly understood and walked over to Hei’er, distracting him with conversation.

“My meaning is, I’ll like to continue receiving The Pengornisseur.” Adviser Wu’s face reddened further, but he was very determined. Rancui eyed him for a moment, and the smile on his face turned even more radiant.

“Don’t General Guan and you have plans on becoming life partners?” Rancui was furious when he mentioned that. A month and a half ago, he had confirmed that Adviser Wu had only wanted a tryst. He had immediately handled the matter with the great General Guan, even causing some trouble in Southern Xinjiang. Although the small commotion would not affect the lives of the civilians, Guan Shanjin would still need to spend some effort in settling it.

That little thing about General Guan was supposed to be a secret, but Rancui knew about it. A person whose heart was occupied was really unsuited to join the Peng Society to make friends through the pigeon express. However, his boss had wanted Guan Shanjin to participate based on this point, wanting to stir the waters. He had said that if someone like Guan Shanjin could meet his life partner through the Peng Society, then the society’s future would be even more assured.

Rancui did not know if he would be able to find a life partner, but it could not be denied that Guan Shanjin had brought trouble to the members. The heart of the accountant in Sushui Village was as dead as ashes after Guan Shanjin’s departure. In the end, he had actually ended up marrying a woman. Two days ago, Rancui had received the bridal cakes, and in a fit of anger, he ate them all. Even now, his stomach still ached slightly.

With how General Guan never had feelings for anyone, Rancui had thought that after settling the commotion in Southern Xinjiang, he would just forget about Adviser Wu. Who would have thought that not only did he not forget, he even returned to Goose City and demolished half his courtyard. Pointing Chenyuan Sword at Rancui’s throat, he smilingly told him to not reach his hand out too far, or he would chop it off the next time.

To tell the truth, Rancui had completely lost all hope. Especially after Wu Xingzi had not come the previous month to collect The Pengornisseur, he had thought that maybe the cakes Adviser Wu would send might be a little blander, and he would not be afraid of a stomach ache when he ate them all.

Who would have guessed…

“No such thing, no such thing.” Wu Xingzi waved his hands with a blushing face. “General Guan and I are not on the same path in life, how can I ever go above my station like that?”

“Adviser Wu doesn’t have to be so modest. In my eyes, General Guan is the one going above his station.”

After demolishing the courtyard, the general had tossed enough money at them to build a whole new manor. However, that did not relieve Rancui’s anger. Having done his work conscientiously in the Peng Society for ten years, he would never have thought that in two short months, two members would be ruined under the hand of one person!