Chapter 29: Contract

  Ye Wen spent money to hire people to bury his wife, built a tomb, and then burned paper with the small child until everything was done by the afternoon of the next day.

  At this point, the child seemed to be really afraid of disturbing his mother, and he had not made a fuss all along, even when crying, biting his lips and refusing to make too much noise. It wasn't until now that he realized he didn't even know what the child's name was.

  "My name is YaYa!"

  "Yaya?" Ye Wen repeated: "Are you a girl?"

  Yaoyao nodded, seemingly a bit puzzled as to why this big brother would ask that.

  To be honest, Ye Wenxi saw that the child was so brave when he thought his mother was being bullied, and after his mother's death, he was so strong, he always thought it was a boy.

  Moreover, YaYa's dirty appearance really makes it hard to tell that she is a girl.

  But these had no effect on Ye Wen. After burying Ya Ya's mother, he needed to consider how to deal with this child next.

  "Anyway, no matter what, let's bring him back to Mount Shu first and then talk about it. Maybe handing him over to Aunt Zhao for care is the right choice after all. No matter what, Aunt Zhao is this child's aunt, and currently, there's no one more suitable than her!"

  As for now, he needs to go back to the inn first. Although General Yue said they would rest here for two or three days and replenish some food and water before continuing on their journey, he can't always be wandering around outside.

  "Can I come visit Mother later?"

  Before returning to the guest house, Ye Wen took Ya Ya home to pack up. Actually, there was nothing much to pack, it's just that before leaving home, people would habitually tidy up some things and bring along some important items that could be carried on their person.

  Ya Ya is like that too. Maybe it's because children from poor families have to grow up early, or maybe Ye Wen underestimated this kid, who turned out to be more mature than she thought.

  When packing, YaYa packed up some of her mother's things and put them in the bag, but she didn't have many of her own. After tidying everything up, Ye Wen took the child out, during which they saw a steamed bun that had been thrown on the ground. YaYa thought for a moment before picking it up, carefully wrapping it in a piece of cloth and putting it in the bag.

  Ye Wen didn't understand what the child meant by doing this, but he didn't ask and instead stood quietly beside him watching. Until Ya Ya finished all of this and walked to his side asking him: "Are we going to Shushan County?"

  Ye Wen didn't answer, he was actually considering this question too. Can't bring this child all the way south, can he?

  Yuehang helped him solve this problem after they returned to the hostel.

  After learning about Yaoyao's situation, Yuehang sighed and didn't know what to say. He looked at the well-behaved child sitting there drinking water and gave his own suggestion: "If Ye Zhangmen can be trusted, I'll have a brother send this child back to Shushan or directly to your sect, or temporarily stay at my Yue Mountain Escort Agency, either way is fine!"

  Ye Wen nodded, and immediately made a decision: "Since that's the case, I'll trouble General Yue to escort him. It would be better to send him directly to my mountain gate, where his relatives are. That way it will be more convenient!"

  Yue Hang nodded: "Indeed it is!"

  Ye Wen immediately wrote a letter on the spot, which also served as evidence. Yue Hang directly called over one of his trusted subordinates and had him take the child back to Shu Shan first, ensuring that he was delivered to the entrance of the Wu Dang Sect.

  At that time, Ye Wen said: "My junior sister is on the mountain at this moment. When the time comes, you will give her this letter!" There were no extra words, and he directly handed the letter to the man's hand.

  That man was quite straightforward, and immediately cupped his fists in respect, saying: "Don't worry, Ye Zhangmen, I guarantee I won't let you down!" Then this sturdy man took that scrawny little kid and set off on the road. However, when they departed, Ya's eyes seemed to reveal a hint of being abandoned again, which left Ye Wen feeling conflicted for a while.

  It was Liu Qingfeng who came to comfort her, saying: "This is also good for her, we can't let a little girl follow us on the road, suffering from wind and rain!"

  It seems like this matter will just pass by like this, and if it really does, then maybe that's for the better.

  After resting for two days, the southbound team was ready to set off again. Since the next section of road may require frequent camping outdoors, the team had delayed here for a few days. Now that everything is ready, there's no reason to linger any longer.

  But just the night before, after everyone had eaten and was full, only Ye Wen sat in the front hall drinking wine to pass the time, when he heard a piece of news that made him very concerned.

  At that time, he was sitting in the corner, a few tables away from him sat two men who looked like some local rascals, perhaps they had gotten some money somewhere and came here to drink and have fun.

  Perhaps because there were fewer people and they had drunk a bit more, the two men spoke with some abandon, saying many things that could never be said normally.

  It's usually nothing to be afraid of, but unfortunately, Ye Wen happened to hear it today.

  "What did you two just say about the Zhou family in the east of the city?"

  These two people's conversation had nothing to do with Ye Wen at first, but as they talked, it suddenly turned to a man surnamed Zhou in the east of the city, who was swindled out of a lot of silver by Wang Ma Zi and his gang. Then Wang Ma Zi even deliberately lent money to that Mr. Zhou, and finally set up a scheme to drive him away.

  Yewen was initially unaware of the conversation, but soon connected it to the family that had just left, and no matter how he listened, it seemed like it was about Yaya's family.

  "If it's as these two say, then the man with the surname Zhou was cheated out of his family fortune by someone who set him up?" Hearing this, he couldn't sit still anymore and immediately got up to ask them directly.

  Those two were chatting happily, even saying that Wang Ma Zi was too ruthless in his dealings, cheating people out of their money and not stopping there, forcing the husband to run away, leaving behind a widow with children who he also wouldn't let off, going to their home every day to demand debt repayment, it's said that he drove that woman to the brink of death from illness at home.

  Just as he was saying this, Ye Wen spoke up. At this time, even if Ye Wen didn't ask again, he knew that the two people were talking about the Zhou family he knew, and the woman of the Zhou family was also the one he had personally hired to bury.

  One of them was smiling and saying that Wang Ma Zi was too damaging, when suddenly someone else interrupted with a sentence. He glanced sideways, saw a young man with a weak face, and scolded: "Where did this blind dog come from? What business do you have to intervene?"

  With one mouth, Ye Wen was scolded for a while. Ye Wen was furious at the moment. Originally, the evil fire that had been stirred up by the miserable situation of the Zhou family's mother and son these two days was surging straight to the top of his head. He slapped his hand and gave the guy a big slap in the face, beating him bloody, with several teeth falling out: "Can you speak human language? Do you want me to teach you?"

  Ye Wen hated his harsh words and with the resentment in her heart, she put internal force into her blows. The thug was seeing stars and couldn't come back to himself for a long time.

  The man opposite was probably drunk at first, and only when he saw his brother being beaten until his mouth was full of blood did he react to what was happening. He immediately stood up and cursed: "You're looking for death, you dog!"

  Who knew that Ye Wen didn't even look, and directly countered with a backhand slap, almost slapping the person flying out, falling to the ground and humming for half a day without getting up.

  At this time, the two thugs finally understood what was going on. The little yellow soup they had just drunk was also sobered up by Ye Wen's two blows. Moreover, looking at Ye Wen's second blow, it could almost knock a big man flying out, and the force was absolutely not small.

  At first being beaten by that rascal, he had just caught his breath when he saw Ye Wen holding a long sword. Suddenly, he was shocked and realized that he might have offended someone he shouldn't have.

  These thugs are like that, they want to see you weak and bully you, saying whatever they want on your body until they're satisfied. But if they encounter someone tough, they'll also be experts at begging for mercy and apologizing profusely. So Ye Wen hit them twice, and before they realized that this person who looked weak was not someone they could offend, he immediately smiled and said: "I'm drunk and my eyes are blurry, no hard feelings! No hard feelings!"

  Ye Wen didn't bother to see them, but scolded himself a couple of times, and after a slight punishment, they understood the situation and that was it. Then he asked again: "What were you two discussing earlier about the Zhou family in the east of the city? Tell me again!"

  "Ah, yes! Good fellow, please sit down, and I'll tell you slowly!" The rascal smiled and gave Ye Wen a seat, then glanced at the brother who was still groaning on the ground after being knocked down, thinking to himself that he wasn't too unlucky, this guy was worse off than him.

  At the moment, Zhou Jia Hanzai from the east of the city was deceived by Wang Er Ma Zi and his gang, they went out to gamble together, then set up a trap to drain all of Zhou's business and savings. After that, they even cheated him into borrowing a lot of debt, it is said that they forced Zhou Jia Hanzai to sign a contract, but although Zhou was forced to the point of having no way out, he still refused to sign the contract.

  "But I heard that Wang Ermao is quite capable, and it seems that he finally got Zhou Jiahan to sign the contract!"

  "What contract?" Ye Wen asked casually, then saw the mixed face turn very strange, and didn't make a sound for half a day.

  It turns out that this rascal, although not very capable, is quite good at observing and listening. Just now when I was talking, he was secretly watching me, and when I mentioned how Wang Ermao cheated the Zhou family, his face turned red with anger, clearly indicating that he has some connection to the Zhou family.

  So when it comes to this matter, he doesn't know whether to say or not to say.

  Seeing the mixed-race person hesitating and not speaking, Ye Wen also became somewhat impatient, and asked: "What contract is it after all?"

  "A contract to sell one's wife and daughter!" The rascal was so frightened that he immediately blurted out the truth, and then secretly thought: "I hope this good fellow won't take me as a scapegoat!"

  Ye Wen was furious, his palm which had been resting on the table slammed down heavily, and he was about to let out a loud curse, but before he could open his mouth, a loud shout came from not far away: "How dare you!"

  Alas, must I pay back tomorrow?