"Is this the glaze you mentioned earlier?"
"You want to do this business with me?"
Chai Shao's voice trembled slightly.
"Of course, I just don't know what Duke Chai thinks?"
Fang Er was very satisfied with Chai Shao's reaction; this was how a normal person should react.
However, Chai Shao couldn't maintain his composure for more than three seconds.
He immediately embraced Fang Er.
"Hahahaha! I knew it! You came to deliver the betrothal gifts today, didn't you? This glaze business is your betrothal gift! Otherwise, what idiot would give away such a good business!"
Chai Shao said excitedly while vigorously patting Fang Er's back.
Poor Fang Er, in Chai Shao's embrace, was as weak as a chick.
He couldn't break free.
Chai Shao's words were also clearly heard by Chai Yue from behind the screen.
Her face flushed red.
*Betrothal gifts? No wonder.*
*But... Oh, how embarrassing!*
"Cough! Cough! Cough! Duke Chai, you're suffocating me!"
"Cough! Cough!"
Fang Er's face turned beet red, his eyeballs bulging.
Chai Shao, however, was too excited and didn't notice.
Chai Yue saw it, and couldn't care about her shyness anymore. She quickly ran out from behind the screen.
"Father! Let go quickly!"
Chai Yue grabbed Chai Shao's arm and pulled forcefully.
It was then that Chai Shao realized something was wrong.
Fang Er was about to kick the bucket.
Finally, he felt he could breathe fresh air again.
He took a few greedy breaths.
Turning his head, he saw a delicate and lovely girl standing behind Chai Shao, holding his sleeve.
The girl looked about fourteen or fifteen years old. Her exposed skin outside her clothes was as white as snow, as if it could be broken by a single touch.
Her large eyes were bright and captivating.
As Fang Er looked at her, Chai Yue's eyes seemed to sense it.
She also turned her head and glanced at Fang Er, but immediately shifted her gaze elsewhere, her face filled with a bashful expression.
"Father, look at you, you almost strangled him to death!"
Chai Yue quickly turned her attention to Chai Shao.
"Uh, Father was a little excited just now. Hahahaha, that's right, Yue'er, what do you think of my young friend here?"
*What?*
*Is this the daughter Chai Shao insisted on introducing to me?*
*My God!*
*This is really... It's over!*
Fang Er felt speechless to describe his feelings.
*Damn engineering otaku.*
He was truly taken aback by Chai Yue's appearance.
Originally, with Chai Shao's matchmaking efforts, he had assumed Chai Yue's appearance wouldn't be great, maybe just average at best.
But…
When Chai Yue, such a beautiful girl, stood before him, he just wanted to pry open Chai Shao's head and take a look!
*Like this? And she's afraid of not getting married?*
"Heh heh, Miss Chai, I am Fang Anzhi. Please don't mind what Duke Chai said just now. Duke Chai was just joking with me."
Fang Er quickly explained to Chai Yue.
"Young Master, rest assured. Yue'er understands. Please continue chatting with Father, Young Master. Yue'er has some things to do."
With that, Chai Yue fled the room like a shooting star.
"Hey! Wake up! My daughter is already far away."
Chai Shao looked at Fang Er's expression, feeling an unspeakable joy.
*Little brat! You didn't look favorably upon my daughter, did you? Look at you, acting like you've never seen the world.*
*Heh heh!*
Fang Er coughed twice.
"Cough, cough, cough! Well, Duke Chai, shall we discuss the glaze business?"
"Glaze business? No discussion! If it's about betrothal gifts, we can consider talking."
Chai Shao stroked his mustache and walked out of the room, sitting in the courtyard outside.
Fang Er felt very awkward.
*What should I do now?*
Finally, he gritted his teeth, chased after him, and sat opposite Chai Shao.
"Duke Chai, this young man sincerely wants to do business with you. What do you say?"
Chai Shao waved his hand.
Then he said, "Young man, my daughter doesn't look bad, does she? What do you think, are you moved? As long as you agree, the business doesn't matter. With the Chai family's name, you can do whatever you want. What do you say?"
*What the hell!*
*This is shameless!*
But Fang Er felt that it could be discussed!
*This can really be discussed!*
"Well, Duke Chai, this young man admits that your daughter is indeed outstanding in appearance. But this matter, it's not up to me alone, is it? Shouldn't you ask your daughter's opinion?"
Fang Er rubbed his hands.
*This is so strange, it feels like I'm talking to my father-in-law.*
"Hahahaha! You don't need to worry about that. Just tell me what you mean!"
Chai Shao was not displeased by Fang Er's change in attitude at all. After all, his daughter's appearance was there.
Moreover, her temperament was also perfectly captured!
"This young man has no other intentions. I just don't know if we can get to know each other first? Otherwise, it feels a bit too hasty!"
*She's good-looking, but I don't know anything else about her! She comes from a military family. What if, after marrying her, she beats me with a stick every day? Can I still live?*
"Good! It's settled then! I'll have your second brother go to Fang Family Village to talk to you about that glaze business of yours. Shall we have a drink, father and son?"
Although Fang Er didn't agree directly, Chai Shao had enough confidence in his daughter.
He really didn't care about the business!
Although his Chai family wasn't a wealthy household, the Emperor had given them a generous dowry when he married the Eldest Princess.
Moreover, after years of fighting in wars, it was impossible to say they hadn't accumulated some wealth.
What he cared about now was only his daughter. As long as his daughter was happy and found a good husband, nothing else mattered.
Although he had only known Fang Er for a few months, he had secretly inquired about Fang Er's affairs.
He had even investigated Fang Er's ancestors for three generations!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have shamelessly asked to take him as a son-in-law at the entrance of the Taiji Palace.
It was simply because Fang Er's performance in the past six months had been too extraordinary.
At fifteen or sixteen years old, relying on his own abilities, he had been promoted several times in half a year.
He had also managed the vast Fang Family Village impeccably.
He had even saved countless disaster victims!
Talented, virtuous, learned, and skilled in martial arts, and good-looking too. Not capturing him for his daughter would be foolish.
"Duke Chai, since that's the case, I won't have a drink. This young man has other matters to attend to. I'll be leaving now. I'll have someone invite your son to Fang Family Village for detailed discussions."
Fang Er dared not drink with him and quickly found an excuse to leave.
As soon as he left, Chai Yue reappeared from somewhere.
"Father?"
Chai Yue was a little embarrassed.
"Yue'er, do you think Father is messing around?"
Chai Shao suddenly became serious.
"Father, how could you do this? Young Master Fang is right. If this gets out, how will I be able to show my face!"
Chai Yue felt like crying.
Although she did have a good impression of Fang Er, she found Chai Shao's actions unacceptable.
"You! He's very popular right now. If Father wasn't keeping an eye on him, that would be it. Enough said. Later, when your second brother goes to Fang Family Village, have him bring you along. Just consider it a spring outing."
Chai Shao shook his head helplessly, stood up, and walked towards the study.