Siheyuan: Domineering life

On this day, Yang Jun was fishing by the river.

After hanging the bait, he no longer cared about it and lay down on the rattan chair to take a nap.

At this time, footsteps were heard behind me, and it seemed that someone was walking towards this side.

Yang Jun didn't care. He thought it was his group of women. These women always came to him recently and hoped that he would give them special meals in the evening. Yang Jun was already used to it.

"grandmother."

Hearing Sun Zhaocai Shazhu's voice, Yang Jun stood up immediately.

"Mom, why are you here?"

When I turned around, it was Wang Yuying.

She seems to be worried today.

Seeing this, Yang Jun waved his hand and asked Sha Zhu and Sun Zhaocai to stay away.

After they walked away, Wang Yuying sat down on the small stool next to her.

"I have investigated and it is indeed as you said."

Yang Jun was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

"Mom, what investigation? I don't understand what you are talking about."

Wang Yuying did not answer him directly, but said to herself: "You really have nothing to do with that Yang Tang."

When Yang Jun heard this, his head turned black.

He didn't expect that his mother would actually investigate him.

You know, Wang Yuying is not an ordinary old lady. If she wants to know something, she has plenty of ways to do it.

After all, Yang Mei, Yang Liu, Yang Yu and Yang Jun's godsons and goddaughters are all very capable, so it is not difficult for them to find out something.

Yang Jun poured her a cup of tea, then smiled bitterly and said, "Are you relieved now?"

Wang Yuying nodded and said, "I'm relieved, but there's one thing I don't understand. Why does Yang Tang's son have the same name as you? Are you remembering someone?"

"Pfft!"

Yang Jun was drinking tea, and upon hearing this, he spat it all out.

"Mom, you have a really big imagination. You come up with all kinds of weird ideas every day."

"Now you no longer doubt the relationship between me and Yang Tang, but instead you doubt his son's. You really...ah."

Wang Yuying said with a straight face: "Don't tell me you don't know that his son has the same name as you."

"I know."

Yang Jun patiently explained: "Not only do I know his son's name is Yang Jun, but I was the one who gave him this name."

"You got it?"

Wang Yuying was stunned for a moment, then looked at him as if he were a fool.

"You are out of your mind. There are so many other names you can choose from, but you chose this one. Do you want to be someone's son?"

Hearing this, Yang Jun smiled bitterly.

It's true, he just wanted to be Yang Tang's son. Unfortunately, he couldn't do it legitimately, so he could only let other people's sons have the same name as himself.

He couldn't tell Wang Yuying that Yang Tang was his father in his previous life, so he could only continue to hide it.

"Mom, you have now proved that Yang Tang and I have nothing to do with each other. Can this matter be left at that?"

"You haven't told me why you gave his son the same name as you."

Yang Jun covered his face with his hands and rubbed it vigorously several times.

"Mom, can you please stop asking about this? I just said it on a whim."

Wang Yuying: "Humph, your mother is old, but she is not confused. You are not the kind of person who acts on a whim. You must have a purpose for doing this."

"Mom, what can I do?"

Yang Jun was forced to retreat with no way out and became a little impatient.

"Could I possibly do anything bad to you and this family?"

“It’s impossible to be disadvantageous, but... I always feel like I’m going to lose you.” Wang Yuying said.

Hearing this, Yang Jun was stunned for a moment, then looked at her in astonishment.

Sometimes, he really doubted whether there was such a thing as spiritualism in this world, which could make people feel some potential cause and effect. Could it be that Wang Yuying could feel that he was not the real Yang Jun? Not her biological son?
Thinking of this, Yang Jun shook his head.

He didn't think he had been exposed in any way. For so many years, he had always treated Wang Yuying as his biological mother and was filial to her wholeheartedly. He had never done anything to let his mother down or his family. He didn't think his mother saw through him.

"Mom, why do you think so?"

Yang Jun squatted on the ground, holding her hands tightly with both hands. He could vaguely feel that Wang Yuying's hands were shaking violently, as if she was really about to die.

"Mom doesn't know, but I always feel this way."

Wang Yuying lowered her head and murmured, "This feeling has become stronger since Yang Tang came. Mom can't explain why."

Yang Jun was shocked when he heard this.

At this moment, he really believed that there were psychic things in this world.

"Mom, you've been tired recently, so it's inevitable that you'll have some random thoughts."

"I am your son and you are my mother. This will never change. No matter when, I will never leave this family or you."

After saying that, Yang Jun held her hand tightly again.

Wang Yuying looked at Yang Jun in a trance, her hand involuntarily stroking Yang Jun's face, carefully looking at his appearance, as if she wanted to remember him firmly in her heart.

After a while, he murmured, "Maybe Mom is really tired during this period."

"Well, you are really exhausted. You have been worrying a lot about Chengzhi's engagement, Qingxiang and Wenya's pregnancy, and you have been worrying a lot about that bunch of ignorant children. You... are really exhausted."

Yang Jun could only go along with what she said.

At this moment, he looked at Wang Yuying's face and felt an inexplicable heartache.

Wang Yuying's attachment to and reluctance to let go were so genuine and not fake at all. Yang Jun could clearly feel the warmth from his mother's selfless care, and that warmth made him feel safe.

At this moment, he decided to be filial to his mother in the future and never let her feel like this again.

……

In the afternoon, there were guests at home again.

This person was none other than his relative-in-law Bai Qi.

Since being promoted by Yang Jun, Bai Qi is now a senior leader of the machinery factory. He has changed his previous greasy look and is now wearing a neat Zhongshan suit with two pens on his chest. He really looks like a cadre.

"Great leader, good luck to you."

Bai Qi bent slightly and greeted Yang Jun with a smile.

After hearing this, Yang Jun was stunned for a moment.

"Are you a bannerman?"

Only the Manchus say "jixiang" when greeting others, while ordinary people only say "hello".

"To be honest, I am a bannerman, and a member of the Zhenglan Banner. My ancestors served as vanguard officers of the Zhenglan Banner. I am a legitimate Manchu."

Bai Qi seemed very proud of his identity as a bannerman. His face was always filled with smiles, and he seemed to think that being a bannerman was a noble status.

Upon hearing this, Yang Jun pressed down with one hand, motioning him to sit down and talk.

Then, he poured Bai Qi a cup of tea, put down the kettle, and said, "So you are a bannerman." After that, Yang Jun continued, "Old Bai, don't worry, I am a cadre after all, not a person with old ideas. I... will not discriminate against bannermen."

Bai Qi thought that Yang Jun would envy his status as a bannerman. He had already prepared himself and was waiting for Yang Jun to flatter him, but he did not expect to get such a result.

"puff!"

All the tea that Bai Qi had just drunk sprayed out.

"What's wrong? Is the tea too hot?" Yang Jun looked at him pretending not to understand.

He wanted to come in and pretend to be calm, to express that the words he just said came from his bones and was a subconscious behavior.

Seeing Bai Qi being humiliated, Yang Jun felt indescribably happy in his heart. Let you show off in front of me.

"Not too hot, not too hot, just right."

Bai Qi hurriedly concealed his embarrassment.

He thought Yang Jun would look up to him, but he didn't expect that the identity he was so proud of was nothing in Yang Jun's eyes. Instead, he was comforted by others that he would not discriminate against him.

At this moment, he was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Big boss, this is what I came here for..."

Bai Qi didn't want to dwell on his bannerman status, so he changed the subject and said, "I came here today to discuss the engagement banquet for our two children."

"Engagement party?"

Yang Jun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "Aren't they already engaged?"

"Yes, we are engaged, but I always feel that the engagement was too simple. I came to discuss with you to see if we can hold an engagement party again, just like the one your daughter held."

After saying that, Bai Qi looked at Yang Jun with hope.

When Yang Jun heard this, he immediately understood.

The engagement party of Yang Chengzhi and Guo Chang attracted the attention of the whole city. Not only did people in this circle know about it, even ordinary people had heard about it. It was not surprising that Bai Qi knew about it.

He was thinking, they were both Yang Jun's children, but the engagement party for a concubine's daughter was so grand, while the engagement party for the eldest son was so simple.

The engagement party of Yang Chengdao and Bai He was just a simple meal between the parents of both sides to finalize the marriage. In fact, outsiders had no idea that they were engaged. Bai Qiu thought that Yang Jun did it on purpose, thinking that the engagement would temporarily appease them and not let others know that Yang Chengdao was engaged. When Yang Chengdao grew up, if he didn't like Bai He anymore, he might regret it at any time.
Although Yang Chengdao and Bai He have already obtained a marriage certificate, what does that prove? Even age can be faked, let alone a marriage certificate?

Anyway, that's what he thought.

Today, he came here to discuss with Yang Jun whether they could hold another engagement party to let everyone know that the two children were engaged. In that case, Yang Jun would not be able to regret it.

Yang Jun is not a fool. As soon as he sticks his butt out, you know what kind of shit he is going to do.

How could he not understand Bai Qi's little thoughts?

Yang Jun neither agreed to him directly nor rejected him.

He kept drumming his ten fingers on the armrest of the rattan chair. After a long while, he said, "By the way, which flag did you say you were from?"

"Blue flag, the true blue flag..."

Yang Jun suddenly said, "I think it would be better if we ask your emperor to grant the marriage, and directly issue an imperial edict to announce it to the world, so that everyone knows that they are engaged. Do you think this is a good idea?"

Bai Qi looked at Yang Jun with embarrassment.

"Big...Big leader, what are you talking about? We were talking about the two children, why are you bringing up the emperor now?"

Yang Jun said with a straight face: "Bai Qi, I'm giving you face, right?"

"Don't you know who you are?"

"Don't think I don't know what's going on in your mind. I advise you to be more content. If you keep thinking about those messy things, don't blame me for being rude to you."

After hearing this, Bai Qi trembled with fear.

This was the first time I experienced the power of Yang Jun.

He thought that the two were relatives, and could sit on equal terms and have equal conversations, but he didn't expect that he would always be inferior to the other. Now that he has seen Yang Jun's power, he realized that there is a huge gap in status between the two.

"Boss, I... I didn't mean that. I just thought that the engagement party was too simple, so I thought... I should hold another one..."

Seeing Yang Jun's increasingly cold eyes, Bai Qi hesitated and didn't dare to speak.

Yang Jun stared at him for a while, then lay down on the rattan chair.

"I still say that. Don't think about those things. Don't think about things that are not yours. What is yours will not run away. Since your daughter and my son have already obtained the marriage certificate, they are members of my Yang family. No one can change this."

"The so-called engagement banquet is not as simple as you think. Cheng Dao is my eldest son and my favorite son. In the future, everything in the Yang family will be his. I have great hopes for him."

"It is precisely because I have placed great hopes on him that I should be extremely cautious in everything he does."

"I have been blocking the news of his marriage, mainly because I don't want it to affect his future. In the future, everything I have will be handed over to him, and I won't allow anything messy to happen to him. As for Cheng Zhi... she is a girl, and I just hope that she can live a safe and happy life. I don't have so many hopes, so I try my best to satisfy him."

Having said that, Yang Jun turned and looked at him.

"Do you understand my good intentions?"

Hearing this, Bai Qi stood up subconsciously, his body straight, like a primary school student listening to his teacher's lecture.

"I'm sorry, boss. I'm narrow-minded. I didn't understand your good intentions. I was confused..."

Yang Jun waved his hand and said, "Don't have this kind of misunderstanding again. If you have any ideas, you can talk to me directly. Don't beat around the bush. I don't like it."

"Yes, I won't dare to do it again next time."

"Oh, by the way, you didn't announce to others that they were married, did you?" Yang Jun asked.

Yang Jun kept staring at him, which made him feel uneasy.

"No... no, I have always done what you told me to do and never told anyone about their marriage."

Bai Qi avoided looking at Yang Jun, not daring to look him in the eye.

Seeing this, Yang Jun laughed inwardly, thinking that it would be strange if he didn't spread the news everywhere.

However, he didn't say anything. The reason he said that was to scare him so that he wouldn't show off everywhere.

He couldn't hide the fact that his son was getting married, and he didn't want to hide it. Even if he hid it now, he wouldn't be able to hide it after the child was born. Even if he didn't say it, the nanny, servants, and guards at home would tell it.

This kind of thing cannot be hidden.

Mr. Yang is not afraid of others knowing that his son is married because he has the ability to handle it all.

"Oh, you can go now."

Seeing that Bai Qi was standing beside him and blocking his sun exposure, Yang Jun started to chase him away.

"Okay, okay, boss, you are busy, I will leave first."

Bai Qi kept smiling, took three steps back and prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Just as he was about to leave, Yang Jun called him again.

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi quickly turned back and stood straight in front of Yang Jun.

Yang Jun slowly got up, sat on the rattan chair, and lit a cigarette.

She first looked up at him, then exhaled the smoke from her mouth calmly.

"Don't tell people you're a bannerman anymore."

Bai Qi looked at Yang Jun in astonishment.

Yang Jun didn't give him a chance to speak, and continued quietly: "Just because I don't discriminate against you doesn't mean others don't discriminate against you."

Bai Qi: "..." (End of this chapter)