Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 2008: Chapter 2009: You Really Don’t Need to Work So Hard

”Of course, of course,” Third Young Master Ma and the others flattered him, ”Otherwise, how could Lord Qing choose you as his future wife?”

An Yiqing exchanged a few polite remarks with everyone before leaving the casino with Gong Le.

Once they got on the carriage, Gong Le hugged An Yiqing and laughed, ”Big Brother Qing, how about I come to the casino every day to earn money for you? Look, I just spent a little while and won so much money.”

An Yiqing chuckled and said, ”Everyone knows you’re born to roll sixes, no one will gamble with you anymore.”

Gong Le pouted, ”It’s really no fun, I should’ve never told them I always roll sixes.”

An Yiqing laughed as he took out pastries from a hidden compartment and stuffed them into Gong Le’s mouth, saying, ”You always roll sixes; even if you don’t say it, after some time, no one would gamble with you. They’re not fools—knowing you’d win, who would deliberately lose to you? Everyone who comes to the casino wants to win money; no one wants to lose.”

With her cheeks puffed from eating pastries, Gong Le looked especially cute, and An Yiqing couldn’t resist gently pinching her. Gong Le immediately beamed foolishly at An Yiqing.

After finishing the pastry in her mouth and sipping the tea An Yiqing handed her, Gong Le added, ”Winning is truly fun, but it’s no fun if they stop playing with me; next time I come to the casino with you, I won’t gamble; I’ll just accompany you.”

”Hmm.” An Yiqing had no objections. ”Want more?”

Gong Le smiled immediately, ”I’ll have one more piece.”

”Only one more; these are too sweet, and eating too many will give you a toothache.” Saying this, An Yiqing brought another small piece of pastry to Gong Le’s mouth.

Gong Le happily ate it, mumbling indistinctly, ”You know I love sweets, yet you always have them prepared for me; isn’t that obviously meant for me to eat?”

Wiping his hands with a handkerchief first, An Yiqing lightly tapped her head, ”You’re always claiming to be hungry and wanting sweets, so I have them prepared. If you keep talking, I won’t have them prepared anymore.”

”No!” Gong Le immediately nestled against An Yiqing, smiling sweetly, ”You have to keep preparing them; I eat less at each meal, and if I’m hungry without anything to eat, I’ll be quite unhappy.”

An Yiqing just shook his head with a helpless smile.

”Big Brother Qing, have you taken care of everything at the casino?”

”It’s all taken care of.” He paused, ”Actually, there’s nothing major, just routine check-ups.” With his formidable background, anyone who dared target the casino was dealt with right from the start, and the business has always been peaceful.

”Big Brother Qing, you don’t need the money from the casino, so why work so hard? Isn’t that better?”

”I’ve already told you, the money eventually goes to my second uncle to use for the common people, so I can’t just stop. Besides, it’s not too tiring; I just oversee the big picture, and everything else is handled by my subordinates.”

”Then I’ll take from the ...”

Before Gong Le could finish, An Yiqing quickly covered her mouth, ”We’re outside, don’t mention your family name.”

Gong Le blinked and nodded, so An Yiqing removed his hand.

Gong Le rephrased, ”Then I’ll take money from my family to give you, and you can pass it to your second uncle to use for the common people; isn’t that the same?”

An Yiqing chuckled, ”I know your family is wealthy, but your family is your family. I am still a gentleman; I can’t just eat, drink, play, and do nothing every day, or else your parents will look down on me and refuse to marry you off to me, then what would we do?”