My rigid, jealous husband has fallen for me, even though I'm a hopeless romantic.

Chapter 167: Wealthy and Powerful

"what's up?"

"The Second Prince's guards are outside." The coachman was also confused about the current situation.

The visitor only asked if it was Lord Gu and his wife inside.

After receiving a positive answer, he never spoke again.

Standing in front of the carriage, he looked exactly like a roadblock.

Wei Dongning and Gu Peiyan exchanged a puzzled look.

No one could figure out what Su Yizhuo was up to.

Wei Dongning's voice came from inside the carriage: "Ask him if there's anything important."

"I asked, but the person didn't answer."

Wei Dongning was even more puzzled now.

He turned and glanced at Xiao Wu again, hoping to get some useful answers from it.

Unfortunately, it's unreliable.

Xiao Wu fell asleep again sometime ago.

Helpless, Wei Dongning had no choice but to get out of the carriage and look at the people blocking the way: "Does the Second Prince have something to ask me?"

Then a cheerful and familiar voice came from that person's mouth: "Guess."

With just those two words, Wei Dongning knew who the visitor was.

She was so angry that she clicked her tongue, not wanting to say a word to him. She turned around and was about to get back into the carriage when she ordered the carriage, "Return to the manor."

Gu Peiyan, who had been standing behind Wei Dongning, naturally recognized who it was and took Wei Dongning's hand, saying, "I guess the Second Prince has something to say to us."

Wei Dongning muttered under her breath, dissatisfied, "I don't believe it."

"Let's go down and take a look. What if it's true? If the Second Prince can disguise himself and appear in public, something must really be wrong."

“Then let’s go listen to it, and take Xiao Wu with us.” Wei Dongning was the first to jump off the carriage.

Xiao Fu and Qian Rong's carriage stopped behind theirs.

Seeing Wei Dongning get out of the car, the two of them followed her out.

"Young Madam, what happened?"

"It's alright. You two go back to the manor first. I'm a little tired from the long carriage ride, so I'll get off and walk around." Wei Dongning casually made up an excuse.

The two masters rarely took them shopping alone, and Xiao Fu and Qian Rong were already used to it, so they didn't think there was anything wrong with it and turned back to their carriage.

Once the two carriages had disappeared from sight, Wei Dongning turned to Su Yizhuo with an annoyed look: "What are you up to?"

"Don't just stand there. People are coming and going, it's not convenient to talk. I ordered a table full of dishes over there, that'll be our dinner." Su Yizhuo pointed to the restaurant diagonally in front of him.

Wei Dongning and Gu Peiyan, who was holding Xiao Wu, exchanged a glance and followed in his footsteps.

It wasn't until they were seated in a private room at the restaurant that Su Yizhuo raised his hand and took off the mask from his face: "Wearing a human skin mask for a long time is really quite stuffy."

"So what was the point of all this today?"

"It's fun!" He said, also to show off his new toy.

"That's it?"

"Otherwise what? I was planning to show you this morning, but when I got to the Gu residence I found out you all went out to play today."

Su Yizhuo thought to himself, "Modern times are so much more convenient. I can just send the photos directly."

Wei Dongning looked at Gu Peiyan expressionlessly: "You guessed wrong."

It's obvious that Gu Peiyan doesn't know Su Yizhuo at all.

There's no reason why someone would earn the nickname "Nao Nao" (meaning "noisy").

Su Yizhuo held Xiao Wu in his arms, casually scratching its chin: "My sister-in-law, the concubine, is pregnant, and her symptoms have been quite severe these past few days. The Crown Prince has been staying with her, and all his work has fallen on me. I finally managed to finish. As payment, I had his skilled craftsmen make this mask for me. It's indeed realistic enough; even you didn't recognize it."

"You win."

Wei Dongning didn't recognize that Su Yizhuo was not only related to that human skin mask, but also because Su Yizhuo had lost a lot of weight in the past two months.

If he still had the same physique as before, she would really have some doubts.

"What brings you two out here today?"

“He’s off today, and I’ve been working myself to the bone to finish this job. I was thinking of coming out to relax and have some fun.” Wei Dongning spread her hands: “I was planning to stay out a little longer, but then it started raining.”

"I know he's busy, but what are you busy with?"

Regardless, Tonghezhuang was still Gu family territory. Wei Dongning wasn't sure if it was convenient to talk to Su Yizhuo, so she turned her attention to Gu Peiyan, who hadn't spoken yet.

Gu Peiyan placed a piece of cherry meat on Wei Dongning's plate before slowly recounting the story, adding, "A-Ning and I are waiting for someone to send back a message before we consider how to resolve this matter."

Su Yizhuo raised an eyebrow and met Gu Peiyan's gaze, instantly understanding that she already had a plan in mind. However, knowing that Ningning had a strong sense of responsibility, she didn't rashly voice her thoughts.

Since that's the case, he was ready to step in: "This is easy to handle. You don't even need to wait to check all those people's information; I can solve it for you."

"You're not planning to use your power to bully people, are you?"

"No, no, no, there's another good way. A new broom sweeps clean, and the same principle applies to new buyers."

Wei Dongning instantly understood Su Yizhuo's thoughts.

Once Tonghezhuang changes hands, it's normal for them to change the people the new owner trusts.

She had considered this method, but finding someone to buy Tonghezhuang was a big problem.

This person must be trustworthy and able to come up with the money in a short period of time.

Furthermore, she couldn't bring herself to tell the Gu family father and son about selling the estate.

Gu Peiyan's idea was somewhat similar to using someone else to do the dirty work, undermining the company from within.

It's useful, but it takes a relatively long time to work.

After understanding Su Yizhuo's idea, Gu Peiyan immediately replied, "Tomorrow I will go to my friend and ask him to buy the estate first."

Wei Dongning seemed to have thought of something and interrupted their conversation: "Wait a minute, what about the land tax? If the tax is too high, wouldn't it be inappropriate to add the severance pay and the cost of buying new servants?"

Su Yizhuo paused for a moment. Now that he no longer needed to worry about tax payments, he had genuinely overlooked the issue.

The thoughtful Gu Peiyan had already thought of this and borrowed paper and pen from the shopkeeper.

The three of them then used the dinner table as an excuse to settle their accounts.

Without an abacus, they had to calculate the massive amounts of data bit by bit themselves.

After calculating, Wei Dongning almost ended up including herself in the calculation.

"Ningbao, the three of you look like students racking their brains over the last math problem in an exam hall." Xiao Wu lazily opened his eyes and sighed as he looked at the three of them writing furiously.

"Shh, I'll talk to you later. I feel like I've miscalculated this number."

Wei Dongning bit the dead skin off her lip, denying her previous calculation results.

I found a blank space on the paper and started calculating again.

Su Yizhuo hadn't calculated these things in a long time, and now he had even less patience, so he simply put down his pen: "Forget it, I'll just buy this estate and pay the taxes myself."

In Wei Dongning's eyes, Su Yizhuo's forehead clearly bore the four words "wealthy and powerful".

Hesitating for even a second longer would be disrespectful to his abilities: "Okay!"

"But I have one more request."