Lin Yu’s expression remained tense.
Anything Huang Feiya brought up this formally—
couldn’t possibly be something she was mentioning in passing.
Ever since he had sold the Shen family’s “treasure” to the Shen sisters,
he had never asked what they had done with it, or how things had changed within their family...
They had all maintained an unspoken boundary, choosing not to pry into matters that had nothing to do with them.
Lin Yu in particular
had no desire whatsoever to make his life more complicated.
The more people he dealt with, the more he learned, and naturally, the more trouble would follow.
But now—
Huang Feiya had put it this way, so Lin Yu couldn’t very well refuse to hear her out.
This concerned Yao Yao. What if there was some hidden danger to her?
“Go ahead. Hopefully it’s not some kind of conflict of interest...”
However,
judging by the troubled look that immediately crossed Huang Feiya’s face,
it seemed he had unfortunately hit the mark.
Sigh.
Just what he’d feared.
“A while ago, the former head of the Shen family came to see my dad.”
“He and my dad are fairly close. He wanted my dad to privately fund one of his business ventures.”
At that point,
Huang Feiya paused and looked at Lin Yu.
Lin Yu was completely baffled. “???”
“So? And then?”
“What does this have to do with me?”
The current head of the Shen family was Shen Buyao—or, one could say, Shen Jiuyi.
The former one...
naturally referred to the “other half” of the Shen family.
Thanks to the treasure Lin Yu had sold them, the Shen sisters had reclaimed their positions as heads of the family.
Now that the former head wanted to pursue some business scheme, it was obviously because he couldn’t swallow that humiliation.
But whether he could accept it or not, what the hell did that have to do with Lin Yu?
Lin Yu even began to suspect
that Huang Feiya knew perfectly well how close he was to Shen Buyao,
yet still chose to tell him this.
Did she have some other motive?
“What the Shen family’s former head wants to do is open another... Treasures Pavilion on Ghost Market Street.”
Huang Feiya finally made his true intentions clear.
Treasures Pavilion... No-Treasure Pavilion...
Just from the names alone, it was obvious that he was targeting No-Treasure Pavilion!
Even an outsider like Lin Yu could see it.
Everyone on Ghost Market Street—and indeed throughout Pingchuan’s antiques circle—would surely understand what he was after.
It seemed Antique Sister would soon have a hard battle on her hands.
Since Huang Feiya had been willing to tell Lin Yu about this, she naturally understood the consequences of doing so.
When something threatened the people close to him, he would never pretend he knew nothing.
“Thanks for the warning. I’ll make sure to tell Sister Yaoyao.”
“What answer did Uncle Huang give him?”
“Uncle Huang!”
“Would you mind coming out and talking?”
Lin Yu really had no way of pretending not to notice that Huang Daoqi had been eavesdropping.
The rustling footsteps in the living room had been far too obvious.
Old Huang was already heavyset.
Even the slightest movement made a lot of noise.
Yet he seemed completely unaware of it,
still thinking he had hidden himself quite well.
“Heh heh heh. When he came to speak with me,”
“I didn’t know Mr. Lin yet. I had no idea Pingchuan had someone like Mr. Lin.”
“But now...”
“I’m old. I don’t have that much ambition left.”
“Everything is up to Feiya—up to my daughter.”
“Whatever she tells me to do, that’s what I’ll do.”
Huang Daoqi came in from the living room with his hands clasped behind his back, looking awkward.
The way he addressed Lin Yu had changed from calling him by name to “Mr. Lin.”
Such an elevated form of address made Lin Yu feel rather uncomfortable.
Still—
Huang Daoqi was probably telling the truth.
When the incident had happened, they likely had not known each other yet.
Now, everything had come back to square one—to Huang Feiya.
Lin Yu truly could not figure out what Huang Feiya was planning to do...
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