The furball froze for a moment and stared at Su Yu with its eyes wide open. The latter was still dancing with excitement.
Damn, damn it...
"Sauce..." When it was time for bed, Su Yu realized that the kitten was angry. It curled up into a furball on the pillow and kept pointing its butt at him. It reached out and poked at him, ignoring him. It scratched its tail and touched its hind paws, ignoring him. Su Yu shamelessly stuck his face to it and buried it in its soft fur. Miraculously, the kitten didn't move away and remained motionless.
"Hehe, with this recipe, we'll be rich, hehehe." Su Yu closed his eyes and couldn't help but giggle again. "In the future, when we open a restaurant, you can squat on the cash counter and attract more money. Hehe... But when can we save enough money to open a restaurant... Why don't we get some investors..."
An Hong-chul's muttering came from its hind legs, accompanied by warm breaths. It lay motionless on its stomach and gently stretched out its paws to hook the pillow. The originally pink and white pads had already turned red. This little slave fish was getting more and more reckless. He couldn't be spoiled like this anymore!
Under the hazy moonlight, a cool and soft touch gently touched the corners of his lips and cheeks. It was itchy, as if it was teasing him, but also as if it was devoutly confirming his words. Su Yu couldn't help but move away. The warm breath moved with him, and he vaguely saw a pair of beautiful eyes that were slightly raised.
Su Yu resisted the sleepiness and opened his eyes. He focused and found that his inner shirt was pulled open, revealing half of his collarbone. A furball was squatting by his pillow with a serious face and looking at him with its head tilted.
"Little rascal." Su Yu smiled and held the cat in his arms. "Licking me in the middle of the night, do you think I'm a fish?" An Hong-chul rubbed his chin on the cat's head. It was very comfortable to scratch the cat's head with the stubble that had just grown. He narrowed his eyes and quietly withdrew his paws from his inner shirt.
Early in the morning, Su Yu hadn't even opened her eyes from Mao Mao's gentle embrace when she was woken up by a commotion outside. An Hong-chul obviously hadn't slept enough. It raised its paws to cover its ears and shrank into Su Yu's arms.
"Second Young Master, it's terrible. Madam and First Madam are fighting in the backyard!" Grassy knocked on the door anxiously.
"Ah?" Su Yu was shocked. Are they fighting? Who? Mother and Big Aunt?
In this ancient aristocratic family that paid particular attention to etiquette, the women would actually fight! Thinking about his Eldest Aunt's tall and sturdy figure and his Di Mother's small body, which had just recovered from a serious illness, Su Yu quickly got up. The kitten sleeping on his chest fell onto the bed.
"Meow …" An Hong-chul stretched and watched as Su Yu hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out the door. It was bored and yawned. It licked its paws and tidied up its appearance. Then it slowly jumped out of bed and followed him to the backyard.
When Su Yu ran to the backyard, the scene in front of him was completely different from what he had imagined.
His Eldest Aunt, who was as strong as a cow, was from the Li Clan. Her hairpin was messy, and she had been splashed with some unknown tea. His thin Di Mother, who was from the Jhao Clan, was dressed in dignified clothes and had a fierce look in her eyes. If it weren't for the two maids holding her back, she would probably have rushed over and hit them again.
"Mother!" Su Yu hurriedly ran over and supported his Di Mother, who was gasping for breath.
"Li Yunxiu, look at yourself. You want to be the general's wife? Bah!" The Jhao Clan spat. She shook off the two maids and only let Su Yu support her.
"Zhao Yuhua, I'll kill you!" His Eldest Aunt screamed and was about to throw herself forward. The two maids tried to stop her, but they couldn't stop her. Instead, they were knocked straight into his Di Mother.
Su Yu frowned. He pulled the Jhao Clan back a step and raised his hand to block his Eldest Aunt's outstretched arm. His Eldest Aunt didn't care and reached out to hit Su Yu's face.
His Di Mother, who was from the Jhao Clan, suddenly grabbed his Eldest Aunt's hair and gave her a backhanded slap.
"Slap!" The sound was very loud. The yard suddenly quieted down for a moment. Everyone was stunned.
"What are you doing?" A middle-aged man's voice was heard. It was Su Yu's Eldest Uncle, Su Xiaozhang.
"Oh, I can't live like this anymore!" Seeing her husband come, Eldest Aunt immediately sat on the ground and wailed.
Su Xiaozhang had regular facial features and a tall figure. However, his eyes were erratic and didn't look very reliable. His wife started to make a scene, but he didn't say anything to stop her. He just looked at the Jhao Clan and Su Yu's expressions and coughed dryly, "What's going on?"
"Isn't it obvious that the younger sister-in-law is hitting the older sister-in-law?" Before the two of them could answer, the Li Clan's Eldest Aunt shouted loudly. Then, he cried, "It's a sin. I spent so much effort to treat your illness and raise your son. Is this how you treat me? It's a sin …"
Su Yu's Di Mother, the Jhao Clan, stood there with a cold face. She didn't say a word and didn't say anything. She didn't blame the Li Clan either. Instead, she looked like a bystander.
"Mother …" Su Yu quietly asked the Jhao Clan's opinion.
The Jhao Clan patted the back of Su Yu's hand and said, "Don't say anything. Just watch."
Thus, Su Yu was relieved and relaxed. He watched in amazement as Eldest Aunt deliberately found fault with the Jhao Clan and scolded Su Yu for being disobedient and unfilial. Then, she said that the family was having a hard time. In the end, she said that she didn't want to take care of the family anymore and wanted Su Yu and his mother to live a carefree life. From then on, they would never see each other again. Her voice was so loud that even the neighbors could hear it clearly.
"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Su Xiaozhang finally couldn't stand it anymore and scolded her.
"Sister-in-law, you're right." The Jhao Clan said, "Send someone to invite Clan Uncle here. Let's have a good talk today. Is our family really so poor that we can't even drink brown sugar water?!"
When Su Xiaozhang heard that the Clan Uncle was invited, he immediately became anxious and said, "Why would you invite Clan Uncle here?!"
These days, Su Xiaozhang's legs were thin from running around. The matter of his title had not been settled yet. Yesterday, there was some progress, so he couldn't afford to make any mistakes at this critical juncture.
"If we don't invite someone to uphold justice, our orphan and widow will starve to death." The Jhao Clan didn't spare him a single word and pulled Su Yu to the main hall.
"Oh, you're still feeling wronged!" The Li Clan's Uncle jumped up and said, "Go, go invite them now. I want to see how you treat your eldest sister-in-law!"
Su Xiaozhang originally thought that since he hadn't eaten yet, the Clan Uncles wouldn't arrive until around noon. However, when he walked to the main hall, two Clan Uncles were already sitting neatly in the room. Alarms immediately went off in his heart!
These Clan Uncles were all elders in the family. Although they were from the collateral branch and didn't have the title of nobility, their seniority was still there. Whenever the Su Family had any big or small matters, these Clan Uncles would be invited to preside over. Of course, there was another reason for this. That was, when Zong Zhengsi was considering the title of nobility, he would also ask the elders of the collateral branch for their approval.
"Meow …" The room was filled with people, which made the hungry Cat King even more unhappy. It stretched out its paw and scratched Su Yu's trousers. Seeing that he didn't care, it climbed along his clothes and climbed onto his back.
The Jhao Clan directly sat in the main seat. Now that the title of nobility had not been decided, as the wife of the General, she had the highest status and should sit in the main seat. Su Yu stood by his di mother's side to support her. Naturally, his back was straight and his gaze was like a torch. Even if there was a ball of fur continuously moving up his back, his expression would not change and he would not be moved by the eight winds.
"Today, I invited the two Clan Uncles here for one thing." As soon as the Jhao Clan sat down, they took out a wooden box and placed it on the square table with both hands. When they opened the lid, a bright yellow object was revealed.
When Su Xiaozhang and the Li Clan saw this, they immediately became nervous. They couldn't be more familiar with this box. It was the Imperial Yellow Silk that was placed in the ancestral hall. Every generation of nobility had to be approved by the Emperor. If there was a change in the title of nobility, they had to take out the Imperial Yellow Silk and report it to Zong Zhengsi.
"My late husband passed away, the title of nobility is vacant, and the family business has withered …" Speaking of this, the Jhao Clan paused and took a deep look at the eldest uncle and sister-in-law. "Yu 'er is the son of a concubine. Even if he inherits the title of nobility, he will be demoted by two ranks. His life in the future will be even more difficult …"
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