BHBF Chapter 82.2

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 4) Chapter 82.2: Playful Son (49)

Xing Zhizhou was still sitting steadily in the carriage, waiting for Shao Yu to come forward and ask him to get out, but Fang Ye had already taken the initiative to lift the curtain and get out of the carriage.

Fang Ye’s initiative made it difficult for Xing Zhizhou to continue to put on airs, so he could only get off the carriage.

“Sir Shao, it’s been many years since we last met. Do you still remember me?” Fang Ye now looked not like a superior who came on official business, but rather like a fan who had traveled thousands of miles to chase a star.

Shao Yu looked at Fang Ye and thought carefully for a long time before he equated him with the young boy in his memory and said, “You are Xiao Ye.”

Fang Ye nodded vigorously.

Shao Yu patted Fang Ye on the shoulder and said, “It’s been seventeen years since we last met. I didn’t expect you’ve grown up so much.”

Fang Ye said: “The master is still the same, as if he has not aged at all.”

Xing Zhizhou, who had been treated coldly by Fang Ye all the way, couldn’t help but look sideways when he heard this, as if he didn’t expect Fang Ye to say such polite words.

At this time, Fang Ye was holding Shao Yu’s hand, behaving intimately and with a warm attitude. If you didn’t know, you would probably think that these two were a father and son.

“Sir, is the madam okay? If it weren’t for her kindness back then, my mother and I probably wouldn’t have survived.” Fang Ye said.

When Shao Yu heard this, he looked a little sad and said, “The second year after leaving Haizhou, my wife passed away due to dystocia.”

Fang Ye’s face immediately showed sadness.

After hearing that Shao Yu now has two sons and one daughter at home, he added: “I have so many nephews and nieces, I must meet them.”

The group quickly headed towards the county government office.

When Fang Ye saw the dilapidated county government office, he was immediately dissatisfied and said, “How can you live in such a dilapidated county government office?”

When Shao Yu met with trouble in the capital, he had already handed over all his life’s wealth to compensate the victim and atone for his sins. Therefore, Fang Ye knew that Shao Yu had no money now, and at this moment he wished he could pay for Shao Yu to repair the yamen out of his own pocket.

Shao Yu said: “Once the Lord Wu incident is resolved, money will naturally be allocated, and then we can repair the government office.”

In addition to collecting money from outside, Lord Wu also embezzled a lot of public funds internally. If Shao Yu applies for this money, it is highly likely that not all of it will be returned to Qingning County, but returning part of it is possible.

Fang Ye naturally understood this truth, and he felt relieved after hearing this, but he still couldn’t help but say: “I’m afraid I’ll have to inconvenience you during this period of time.”

Shao Yu said: “The rent in Qingning County is cheap. It doesn’t cost much for a family to rent a small yard.”

Shao Yu asked about Fang Ye’s recent situation. After learning about his current official position, he couldn’t help but ask, “Why would you bother to come here in person for such a matter?”

“After your letter was delivered to the Governor’s Office, the Governor was planning to send a random official here. I wanted to meet you, so I volunteered and got this job.” Fang Ye said with a smile.

Seeing the two of them being so warm, Xing Zhizhou, who was standing by, couldn’t help but ask Fang Ye’s entourage, “What is Sir Fang relationship with Lord Shao?”

The follower shook his head. He had not been with Fang Ye for long, so naturally he had no idea the reason.

It was the counselor next to Xing Zhizhou who said, “Sir, they mentioned Haizhou and seventeen years ago. Sir Fang is from Haizhou, and Sir Shao also worked in Haizhou. They are probably old acquaintances from that time.”

Old acquaintances from seventeen years ago have now come to Lingnan and met again in this place. This was something that Zhizhou Xing had never expected.

Shao Yu had just taken office when such a big incident happened. Now there was another difficult-to-talk-to Fang Ye. Xing Zhizhou became even more worried.

Looking at the two people in front chatting and laughing all the way, Xing Zhizhou following behind, he didn’t look like a Zhizhou, but more like a follower of the two.

Fang Ye urged them all the way, but after arriving in Qingning County, he did not rush to interrogate Lord Wu. Instead, he pulled Shao Jiashan and Shao Jialiang to talk, especially Shao Jiashan, whom Fang Ye almost refused to let go.

“This…” Shao Yu thought about the name and said, “This uncle is also an old acquaintance of your mother.”

When Shao Jiashan heard that it was related to his biological mother, his eyes immediately lit up.

He thought that this time, it would be just a boring visit to meet with elders, just like when he was in the capital. He didn’t expect that Fang Ye was not only an old friend of his mother, but also very interesting, and not at all as serious as he appeared at the beginning.

“If it weren’t for your mother, my mother and I would have died on the roadside.” Fang Ye’s face was full of sadness when he talked about the past.

“Your mother saved us, and then your father helped us clear our name and take back our family fortune. If it weren’t for your parents, I wouldn’t be who I am today.”

Xing Zhizhou, who was standing by, had not expected that there would be such twists and turns between Fang Ye and Shao Yu.

“Clear the injustice?” Shao Jiashan asked curiously.

After Fang Ye’s father died, his uncle, in order to seize the family property, slandered Fang Ye’s mother for killing her husband and drove the mother and son out of the house.

After the mother and son were rescued by Da Han, Shao Yu sent people to investigate the case in detail and found out that the person who actually killed Fang Ye’s father was the uncle who tried to seize the family property.

In this way, not only was Fang Ye’s mother’s grievances cleared, their property was recovered, and the people who had been persecuting them were sent to jail.

Perhaps it was because this incident had such a huge impact on Fang Ye that it had motivated him to study hard over the years, and now he has also entered the Censorate.

Shao Jiashan listened to what happened back then and tried hard to piece together the demeanor of his parents back then from fragments of information. He couldn’t help but feel a yearning in his heart.

“Jiashan, are you studying now?” Fang Ye asked.

When Shao Jiashan heard this, his face suddenly became a little embarrassed and he began to stammer.

Fang Ye looked at Shao Yu standing beside him.

Shao Yu said, “He hasn’t figured out what to do yet.”

“Do we need to think about this? Of course it is to study and inherit your father’s business in the future.” Fang Ye said as a matter of course.

If Shao Jiashan was as confident about the future as he thought, he wouldn’t have wasted time until now.

“Let him think about it slowly, there’s no rush.” Shao Yu said gently.

Fang Ye looked at Shao Yu with some disapproval and said, “He is still young. Time waits for no one. We can’t let him waste time like this. He can’t make a decision. You should make the decision for him, sir.”

Shao Yu shook his head and said, “How one lives his life is always his own business.”

Fang Ye did not understand what Shao Yu said.

Shao Jiashan felt a little apologetic at this time. He just thought that now that his father no longer scolded him, he felt sorry for his father and had wasted his careful cultivation.

During the past two days, Shao Yu had free time, and he spent it teaching Ah Hei. Ah Hei also cherished this opportunity very much, and worked hard to learn to read and identify various medicinal materials. Shao Jiashan had not yet decided on a direction, so he also followed Shao Yu to learn.

Shao Jiashan is a slow learner of everything, and he is not very fast at learning these things now, but Ah Hei is even slower than him.

With the help of a poor student, Shao Jiashan actually looked good and was always praised by Shao Yu as a positive example. Although he still didn’t truly love medicine in his heart, at least he was studying it seriously.

“My Lord wants Jiashan to live a comfortable life, but Jiashan is a man and the eldest son in the family. He has to serve his parents and look after his younger siblings. He has a heavy burden and is destined not to have an easy life,” Fang Ye advised.