Chapter 436: Chapter 436

"I understand, Mother! I will find an opportunity to talk to Ji San. I know this marriage isn’t what he willingly wants. Whether he gives me a bill of divorce or a letter of separation, I will accept it."

After saying this, she smiled faintly at Old Lady Ji and said, "I will always consider you my mother."

Old Lady Ji patted her hand, nodded, and then got up and left.

Ji Youze and Ji San were drinking. Very quickly, a jar of Champion Scholar Red was empty, most of it drunk by Ji San.

Ji Youze accompanied him, silently watching him drink. After every bowl, Ji San would curse, "Bitch!"

With every bowl, he grumbled, "Ungrateful woman!"

Ji Youze listened with a stoic face, then let out a long sigh and said, "Trapped in the scheme without even knowing it!" He then left, leaving Ji San alone in the dining hall, where he slept on the dining table all night.

「The next day.」

Ji Youcheng woke up with a throbbing headache. He grumbled, "Those two little bastards, Eighth and Seventh, just left me here like this. They show no respect or brotherly love at all. Let me get some proper sleep, and then I’ll get up and deal with these two heartless brats."

Among the Ji Family’s children, the two youngest had the best relationship with this business-savvy Ji San. It was simply because he knew how to make money and would occasionally provide them with evidence of corrupt officials. Plus, he would occasionally stay in the Capital City for a period, so their bond was very strong.

Ji San’s sleep was extremely unsatisfactory because he was rudely awakened by Qingsi, one of his four personal maids, before he could wake up naturally.

The reason Qingsi woke him was that the head shopkeeper of Bright Moon Pavilion had an urgent matter to report.

"What matter couldn’t wait until I woke up and went to Bright Moon Pavilion to discuss? Why did you have to wake this Young Master from his hangover?"

Rubbing his aching temples, Ji San grumbled as he climbed out of bed. After washing up with the aid of his maids, he finally met with the head shopkeeper of Bright Moon Pavilion.

"Greetings, Young Master!"

"Hmm! What happened? You couldn’t even wait for me to go to Bright Moon Pavilion and came looking for me directly."

Few people knew that Ji San of the Ji Family was the owner of Bright Moon Pavilion; only its head shopkeeper and Ji San’s four personal maids were privy to this secret. However, the head shopkeeper of Zhiwei Restaurant had also recently learned of this, a fact Xiaosuisui had unintentionally revealed.

"Young Master, the matter is of great importance; this lowly one had no choice but to come! The situation is critical, and this affair requires your personal decision. It’s extremely urgent!"

"Alright, alright, cut the chatter and get straight to the point!"

Ji San waved his hand, directly interrupting the old shopkeeper’s rambling.

Taking the teacup Qingsi handed him, he sipped from it leisurely.

The old shopkeeper hurriedly got back to the topic, "Young Master, this is terrible! The two chests of gold you had transported from the South to the Capital City are missing!"

PFFT! CLANG!

As the tea sprayed from Ji San’s mouth, the teacup in his hand also fell and shattered on the ground.

"What did you say? Say that again!"

Ji San could no longer sit still. He shot up abruptly from his armchair, his eyes fixed fiercely on the old shopkeeper.

Sweat beaded on the old shopkeeper’s forehead, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

"The... the two chests of gold you... you ordered to be transferred from the southern branch to the Capital City... they vanished without a trace en route back to the Capital City."

"What do you mean, ’vanished without a trace’?! Didn’t I tell you to assign more men and guard them meticulously? How could they vanish into thin air under your watch?! That’s half a year’s revenue for Bright Moon Pavilion!"