Wei Bingcen’s eyebrows furrowed deeply, but he couldn’t say anything. After all, if someone buys something, whether they take it away, give it to someone else, or tear it up and throw it away, it’s none of his business. Yet, isn’t this an insult to one’s own belongings?
The pillows of this era were mostly rectangular, but Yang Ruxin’s side sold pillows in a modern style, and the pillowcases were meant for such pillows. Usually, anyone who saw this pillowcase would inquire about the pillow. The fact that the girl only bought the pillowcase without questioning its unusual shape made Wei Yao realize that she probably wasn’t genuinely interested in purchasing anything, so she stood at the doorway.
And indeed, the girl came with ill intentions, so at this moment, she pulled back the curtain and walked in, bent over to pick up the pillowcase from the ground.
"Yaoyao?"
Wei Yao glanced at her father, then carried the pillowcase and chased outside, not calling out to the girl, but instead speaking to a beggar at the street corner: "This is what the lady bought and got dirty. She said she’d give it to you. It’s worth one tael of silver."
The lady about to board the carriage suddenly paused.
The beggar, seeing such pretty fabric embroidered with mandarin ducks, was naturally delighted. His dark hand grabbed the pink pillowcase, then ran over to bow to the lady: "Miss is a kind-hearted person. But since you are so generous, why not give one tael of silver as well? We can’t use this thing." Saying this, he placed the pillowcase on the side of the carriage.
The pillowcase originally only had a footprint, but now there were two more paw prints.
"You..."
"Miss is a kind-hearted person." Wei Yao smiled insincerely, then turned and went back inside.
The girl, left with no choice, could only take out a tael of silver and give it to the beggar before boarding the carriage. However, when she saw that pair of pillowcases, she didn’t toss them again but decided to let her maid keep them, planning to dispose of them in a place with no people when she got home.
This was just a small episode and didn’t bother Wei Yao at all. After all, this was Beijing, and sometimes the noble ladies here had very peculiar tempers. But so what? Not everyone could e and make trouble in this store.
The girl who left angrily was Fen Kelan, who originally came over to inquire about the Wei family’s situation. What right did a mere shopkeeper’s daughter from a small embroidery store have to bee the wife of Prince Yi?
But unexpectedly, that girl dared to retaliate and scheme against her—such audacity!
However, for the time being, she couldn’t think of a way to handle Wei Yao. She couldn’t just go to the embroidery store and make trouble again, right? Even if she didn’t know, she surely knew who owned Fuji Embroidery Store.
Of course, she had thought about having someone kidnap Wei Yao and ruin her, but she was still young and not ruthless to that degree. Besides, she was currently staying at her maternal grandfather’s family, with no personnel to carry out such things, and her grandfather was a just man. If found out, not only would she be done for, but the Fen Family would also be ruined.
So, next, Miss Fen could only think of going to see Qi Jingyi. As long as Qi Jingyi liked her, ten Wei Yaos wouldn’t be a problem.
Where could she easily find Qi Jingyi? Going to the Wang Residence would be too conspicuous and could damage her reputation. So eventually, she went to Baoyue Building.
Qi Jingyi was quite attentive to his business, taking time every day to visit Baoyue Building.
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