Kiyomi Tsuki and His Fox

Chapter 59

"The real problem isn't with Miss Zhao, it's with Su Haibo. Miss Zhao's audacity in publicly defying the marriage and provoking Madam Lu and the Lord of the Fortress shows she has something to rely on. What is that reliance? Her brother-in-law. And who is her brother-in-law, Su Haibo?"

Kiyoshi Tsuki hardened her face, exuding an irresistible aura. Even Qingfeng dared not underestimate her.

"Su Haibo was originally one of the three financial managers. Three years ago, due to being ostracized and attacked by Sun Yue, he took his wife and family to Guangzhou and Fujian to avoid trouble. Unexpectedly, after three years of hard work, he has established more than 30 shops in Guangzhou and Fujian, making substantial profits. Manager Bai recommended Su Haibo to his cousin, who was overjoyed and immediately sent people to bring Su Haibo and his family back."

"No wonder the fortress lord and Su Haibo have been talking day and night these past two days, even more so than Liu Bei with Zhuge Liang."

"It has indeed been tough on my cousin. This battle between our fortress and the Sky Eagle Sect has cost us a lot of money. In fact, even before the battle, our fortress's treasury was already empty, and we couldn't spare a single penny. The fact that we were able to fight this battle was partly due to the efforts of Zhou Peng and his son, and partly due to the good price that Bai Yiting made selling the antiques and paintings in the Ice Garden."

"I don't understand. Wasn't it said that this castle was very profitable every year? Why is it that we can't even scrape together a single penny?"

Qingfeng sneered, "Although Liu Jianhua and Sun Yue did embezzle and accept bribes, that was only a small part. Most of their wealth was transferred to the family of that esteemed Madam Lu."

Qing Jianyue was speechless. Honestly, she'd undermined her own career; who could she blame? Poor Lu Qingcheng, she was suffering in silence, unable to express her bitterness.

"This time, the battle between our fortress and the Sky Eagle Sect was fortunate enough not to involve the south. This shows that Su Haibo is not only a business expert, but also a wise and farsighted person. It is understandable that my cousin is desperate to win Su Haibo over. But his mother has caused trouble and created this forced marriage."

A hint of melancholy appeared on Kiyomi Tsuki's face. "I can't figure it out."

"What's there to be confused about? That treacherous woman, do you really think she'd willingly hand over power to her cousin?" Qingfeng, filled with hatred, cursed, "Hmph, you slut!"

Qingjianyue remained silent.

Qingfeng's face hardened. "I'm asking you, you accepted my invitation, so why didn't you come to the banquet at Peony Pavilion?"

Kiyomi Tsuki asked curiously, "Didn't you have something urgent to take care of?"

Qingfeng asked unhappily, "Who told you that?"

"The Lord of the Fortress said so." Qing Jianyue thought of the three large boxes of clothes again, and her heart suddenly became uneasy. "Qingfeng, those clothes..."

Qingfeng was furious. "You damn cousin, you suddenly found a bunch of old, trivial things for me to do, just to sabotage us. We agreed on fair competition, but you still resort to such despicable tactics."

Qingjian Yue looked completely bewildered. "Qingfeng, what did you say?"

Qingfeng's face darkened, and he asked seriously, "Jianyue, tell me the truth, do you like your cousin?"

Kiyomi Tsuki suddenly spat out a mouthful of crab scum, "That maggot with no hands or feet kept me up all night."

Qingfeng wiped the foam off her face with her sleeve, her expression blank.

Kiyomi Tsuki awkwardly bit her finger and shamelessly laughed, "Ha, Qingfeng, you should use a handkerchief to wipe it, you'll get your sleeves dirty."

Qingfeng snorted, "Your saliva is all over the handkerchief."

Even Kiyomi Tsuki, with her thick skin, was completely burned this time, grinning foolishly.

Qingfeng asked, "What do you mean by maggots without hands or feet?"

Kiyoshi Tsuki immediately flew into a rage, “It’s the Lord of the Fortress. He can’t even take off his own clothes before going to sleep, and he can’t even take a bath by himself. Bah! If I have to serve him a bath again, I’ll have the white fox bite his bare buttocks to pieces.”

Qingfeng burst into laughter.

Kiyoshi was indignant. "Who knows what he was so excited about last night? He can't even take off his own clothes, yet he took off mine. It's outrageous!"

She covered her face with her sleeve in the breeze.

Kiyoshi ripped it off, "Don't be shy, I punched him so hard he had to swallow two big mouthfuls of bathwater."

Qingfeng snorted, "Jianyue, I'm not shy, it's just that you sprayed all your saliva over here."

Kiyoshi blushed with embarrassment. "Please forgive me, I get angry just thinking about last night. Not only is he helpless, but he's even more difficult to deal with than a seriously ill person. One minute he wants me to feed him tea, the next he has a stomachache and wants me to rub it, then he needs to pee, then he needs to poop, keeping me up all night. Tell me, isn't he like a maggot crawling around in a latrine?"

Qingfeng laughed so hard her whole body trembled.

A large hand reached out and patted Qingfeng's shoulder. "Qingfeng, be careful not to laugh your belly open. No one will help you tie it up." Lu Qingcheng handed over the tray in her hand, and Qing Jianyue took it with great joy.

"Ha, crab. Lord, you're not angry anymore."

Lu Qingcheng also sat down cross-legged, flicked her sleeves, and said, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll deduct a month's salary from your pay."

Kiyomi Tsuki stuck out her tongue, tore open a crab, dipped it in the prepared sauce, and happily began to enjoy it. The white fox, having finished its fish, burped and lazily strolled back.

Qingfeng gradually stopped laughing, thinking to himself: He's like a candle that can't be lit; it's a waste of my anger. He doesn't understand anything at all. It seems his cousin has already started to get physical. Thinking of this, he glanced sideways and said contemptuously, "I didn't expect my cousin to actually leave his beauty to personally deliver crabs to Jianyue?"

Lu Qingcheng seemed oblivious to the sarcasm in his words, and calmly asked, "What's your opinion on what happened today?"

"You should ask Jian Yue that," Qing Feng said meaningfully. "Our Jian Yue seems to have a plan in mind."

Lu Qingcheng looked at Qing Jianyue after hearing this.

Kiyoshi licked her fingers. "Lord of the Fortress, who is Miss He?"

His sudden, seemingly nonsensical question left both Lu Qingcheng and Qingfeng stunned.

Qingfeng thought for a moment and asked, "Are you talking about He Zhiqiang's sister, He Yunya?"

Kiyoshi nodded, huffing and puffing, "Yes, it's that female demon."

Lu Qingcheng immediately frowned deeply, as if she had encountered some major problem.

Qingfeng looked at him thoughtfully. "Why are you so angry? Did Miss He offend you?"

Kiyomi Tsuki's face looked like she was desperately trying to hold back her emotions.

Seeing his expression, Lu Qingcheng and Qingfeng were very curious. Lu Qingcheng asked with a rather displeased tone, "What did that woman do to you? Damn it." Qingfeng couldn't help but ask with amusement, "Jianyue, what did Miss He do to you?"

Kiyomi Tsuki snorted, "I'm not telling you."