The next morning, Yun Zhao brought Yu Qun to Su Wan's house. Read new chapters at m_v-l'e|-novelhall.net
" I am asking you, why did the county magistrate ask you to bring me here?" Yu Qun asked for the millionth time. He was sure that nothing good was going to come out of this, he had long heard about how Su Wan had almost killed a guard who tried to upset her.
If a woman like her was calling him, he did not think that there was anything good waiting for him. Most probably she found some dirt on him, was it about him accepting bribes from the Lai family to suppress the information on Elder master Lai six years ago or was it the fact that he used his publishing house to host a few feasts?
Or was it something else?
Yu Qun could not help but start overthinking, what if something was going on and he had no idea about it? He needed to be prepared with a countermeasure! But what was the reason for this summon?
" And I have told you many times already that the county magistrate just wants to talk to you," replied Yun Zhao as he turned his head and looked at Yu Qun who was sweating buckets of cold sweat. " This is why told you not to get close with the Lai family. But you did not listen, now you need to face the consequences of your actions."
In the past, Yun Zhao had warned Yu Qun to keep a distance from the Lai family many times. But the latter did not listen, in fact, he thought that with the Lai family's status, no one was going to go against them. Now Su Wan was here and she had the authority to not only make decisions without consulting the officials but she could also hand the death penalty to anyone who did something wrong.
Yu Qun pursed his lips as he stubbornly said, " I did not know that there would be a day when the Lai family would suffer like this and I am not an official Lord Yun. I am a commoner with a publishing house under my name, I cannot fight those who have more power when compared to me.
" There is no need for you to be so stiff," Su Wan said to the man who was acting jerkily. She smiled at him politely and then said, " Sit down there is something that I want to talk to you about."
When Yu Qun heard her words, he gulped in nervousness. Sure enough, he was caught. The county magistrate must have found out about his corrupt activities and thus she asked him to come here. Now what was he supposed to do?
" Master Yun, I called you here because I want to discuss publishing a few books with you. Is that okay with you?" Su Wan went straight to the point when she saw that Yu Qun was acting jumpy.
Yu Qun was prepared to hear a bunch of things but he was not prepared to hear about publishing books. He blinked his eyes and then looked at Su Wan before saying," I ... I can help with that, I mean I do have a publishing house. No, what I meant was that I need to see the script first."
Because he was troubled by his past actions, Yu Qun almost forgot how to act like an honourable owner of a publishing house. Good thing that he got his senses in time or else Su Wan would have started doubting his skills.
" Sure," Su Wan nodded as she turned to a maid and asked her to bring the script from her room and hand it to Yu Qun.
The maid left with a nod before she returned with the two scripts and handed it to Yu Qun who took it and started to read. However as soon as he finished reading the second script, his eyebrows scrunched up and he said with a frown, " What is this?"
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