inspire-indiana Chapter 56: Does he still need his sister to give him money?
Chapter 56: Does he still need his sister to give him money?
"By the way, Xie Yuan was waiting outside our courtyard early this morning, saying she wanted to go shopping with you, Miss."
"Oh?"
Jiang Yuyue raised an eyebrow upon hearing Xiao Liu's words, "She's still waiting outside?"
Xiaoliu nodded, her tone full of disdain.
"Who can't see her intentions? I deliberately didn't come to call you, Miss, thinking she might give up. I never expected her to be so shameless as to wait outside!"
Looking at the scorching sun outside, Jiang Yuyue couldn't help but admire Xie Yuan. She was always pampered and spoiled, yet she had such patience to wait for her to get up.
"Since she's so good-natured, let's let her wait a little longer."
After Jiang Yuyue finished washing up slowly and dawdling over her lunch, she asked Xiao Liu to invite Xie Yuan, who was standing at the door, in.
Upon seeing Xie Yuan, Jiang Yuyue's expression changed completely, and she spoke apologetically:
"Oh dear, little sister, I'm so sorry. I was feeling so heavy that I slept until this late, making you wait outside for so long. The sun is so strong today, I hope you don't get sunburned!"
"That silly girl Xiaoliu is really something. She knows her sister is waiting outside but doesn't even call me. She's getting more and more ill-mannered. Sister, please don't be angry with her. I'll definitely give her a good beating later."
Xie Yuan was seething with anger outside, but as soon as she came in, Jiang Yuyue said all the good and bad things in one go, leaving her with no way to vent her anger. She could only go along with it and pretend to be magnanimous.
"It's alright, it's alright. Now that my sister-in-law is pregnant, things are different from before. It's normal for her to be a little sleepy sometimes. If I wasn't thinking about my sister-in-law's health and that everything in her room should be replaced, I wouldn't be waiting outside."
He really knows how to flatter himself.
Jiang Yuyue sneered inwardly. Seeing that lunchtime had already passed, and guessing that Xie Yuan had been waiting outside without having eaten, she became even more determined to tease her.
"My sister hasn't had lunch yet, has she? Why don't we eat first and then go out? If my sister wants to eat, I can take a nap."
Xie Yuan's stomach had been growling for a long time. She wanted to have lunch first, but she got scared when she heard Jiang Yuyue mention sleeping.
She had finally waited for Jiang Yuyue to wake up. If Jiang Yuyue used the same trick of sleeping as before to get rid of her, wouldn't her whole day have been wasted?
Thinking about all the suffering she had endured today, Xie Yuan secretly vowed that she would go on a shopping spree when she went out later, and make Jiang Yuyue bleed a lot of money. She then waved her hand.
"No need. I just had some snacks, so I'm not really hungry right now. Since you're awake, let's go out and get some exercise."
Xie Yuan's impatient manner filled Jiang Yuyue with contempt.
If Xie Yuan were willing to back down, Jiang Yuyue wouldn't bother with her. But since Xie Yuan was going to such lengths to scheme for her money, Jiang Yuyue had no choice but to give in to her.
As soon as they stepped out of the Xie residence, Xie Yuan clung tightly to Jiang Yuyue's arm, as if afraid she would run away halfway.
The original plan was to go shopping and buy items for Jiang Yuyue's room, but as soon as Xie Yuan stepped out, she dragged her straight to a jewelry shop.
"The Treasure Pavilion?"
Jiang Yuyue looked at the plaque on the door and sneered inwardly.
Xie Yuan is really asking for the moon! She came straight to the most expensive jewelry shop in the city. It seems she's determined to rip me off.
"Little sister, have we come to the wrong place?"
Jiang Yuyue feigned confusion, "How did we end up at a jewelry store?"
"This is where you buy jewelry."
Xie Yuan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, have you forgotten? You used to bring me here to buy hairpins all the time, didn't you? Last time you left, it was more than a month, and I had my eye on several pieces of jewelry but hadn't bought them yet. Since you're out with me today, let's buy them together."
The jewelry in this Treasure Pavilion often costs tens or even hundreds of taels of silver. Judging from Xie Yuan's nonchalant tone, it seems that her extravagant spending over the past two weeks has really spoiled her appetite.
"But times have changed."
Jiang Yuyue sighed, "As you probably know, I settled four thousand taels of silver for your second brother as soon as I came back. Moreover, I borrowed this money from my parents. Now I'm not as well off as before, so I'm afraid I can't buy jewelry for my sister like I used to."
Xie Yuan wouldn't listen to these excuses. She thought Jiang Yuyue was just trying to fob her off. Since she was already here, how could she not buy anything?
When she went to pay for the items, she didn't believe that Jiang Yuyue would be so shameless as to not pay!
"Oh, sister-in-law, don't be so modest. Who would have known you were the one in charge of our family? If even you don't have money, then who in the Xie family does?"
As Xie Yuan spoke, she pulled Jiang Yuyue into the shop, and as soon as they entered, she loudly called out:
"Shopkeeper! Bring out all the pieces of jewelry you left me before!"
The shopkeeper recognized Xie Yuan. Jiang Yuyue had taken her to his shop and she had spent a lot of money there. Although he didn't know why she had only come in to look around and not buy anything for more than a month, judging from today's situation, a big deal was probably coming!
"okay!"
The shopkeeper responded and immediately took out six or seven pieces of jewelry from the cabinet, including hairpins and hair ornaments. Jiang Yuyue glanced at them and realized that the jewelry Xie Yuan had chosen was extremely gorgeous and obviously very valuable.
"I want all of these jewels!"
Xie Yuan waved her hand generously, "Settle the score!"
The shopkeeper was also beaming with joy, and quickly started working on the abacus, announcing a number a moment later.
"Five hundred and seventy-four taels of silver!"
Xie Yuan felt even more pleased upon hearing the figure, but when she thought about the four thousand taels of silver that Jiang Yuyue had spent on the second wife, she suddenly felt that it was a small amount.
In any case, we'll just slowly take money out of her pocket!
Thinking of this, Xie Yuan turned to look at Jiang Yuyue and said with a smile,
"Sister-in-law, please give me the money."
Jiang Yuyue looked at her blankly, "Sister, didn't I tell you I have no money?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Yuan's expression froze. She truly hadn't expected Jiang Yuyue to so brazenly say that she had no money.
Doesn't she have any pride?
"Sister-in-law, you're so funny."
Xie Yuan chuckled dryly, "Didn't we agree to go shopping? Does my sister-in-law expect me to pay for this?"
"We did say we were going out shopping."
Jiang Yuyue answered, her voice neither too loud nor too soft, yet clear enough for everyone in the shop to hear clearly.
"But my sister didn't say we came out to buy you jewelry."