After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 364 A Meager Gift, Hardly a Token of Respect

Chapter 364: Chapter 364 A Meager Gift, Hardly a Token of Respect

"He is—"

Shi Yaoguang was about to introduce him when the butler interrupted.

Flustered, the butler laughed nervously, "Third Master, it’s chilly outside; let’s go inside and talk."

As he spoke, he glared at Wei Jinyan, signaling him not to speak out of turn.

Wei Jinyan: "..."

Heh.

Shi Yaoguang felt unusually embarrassed.

What’s meant by a "pig teammate"?

The butler was a fine example!

The thing is, the butler had no awareness of being a so-called "pig teammate."

He completely missed the hints, both deliberate and accidental, that Shi Yaoguang was sending him.

Attempting to be clever, he said to Wei Jinyan, "That’s enough, that’s enough. There’s nothing for you here, off you go."

Wei Jinyan: "...Can I not go?"

The butler huffed, "You won’t go? What are you staying here for? Are you trying to be a third wheel, or are you planning to mooch a meal?"

Wei Jinyan thought for a moment, then replied, "Staying for a meal isn’t out of the question."

Upon hearing this, the butler’s eyes widened in shock, "What did you say?"

He exaggeratedly gasped with surprise, "You... you..."

Approaching Wei Jinyan, he tugged at his sleeve and asked in a lowered voice, "You, a pretty boy, how can you be so shameless? Do you realize you’ve just been dumped? Since you’ve been dumped, just accept it like a brokenhearted pretty boy. Have some self-awareness, will you?"

"What you should be doing right now is not to cling so desperately, but to leave with dignity! Groveling like this, it’s really unseemly!"

Listening to his firm tone, Wei Jinyan was lost for words, "Mr. Butler, can you please get your facts straight? I’m not her pretty boy."

The butler snorted disdainfully, deciding to scorn whatever he said.

And then...

He realized what he had just heard.

Shock.

Disbelief.

His eyes bulging, he looked at Wei Jinyan, his gaze filled with ’what did I just hear?’ panic, "What, what did you just say?"

Wei Jinyan stretched a forced smile, his voice tinged with a hint of coldness, "What did I say? I said, I’m not Shi Yaoguang’s pretty boy."

"But..."

The butler still found it hard to accept, "Weren’t you and the madam together...?"

Wei Jinyan countered, "Just because I came with her, does that make me her pretty boy, without a doubt?"

He continued with a hint of malice, "Or are you implying that you have so little confidence in your own master, suspecting that he can’t even keep his own wife in check? Are you convinced that Yaoguang would definitely seek a pretty boy outside?"

The butler shook his head vigorously, "Don’t spout nonsense; I didn’t mean that at all!"

He was just anxious, that’s why he made a mistake.

Could his Third Master really be compared to an ordinary man?

How could the Third Master lack even that bit of charm?

The butler thought, if he were a woman, even if the Third Master were bedridden, he would still stick by him loyally.

No matter what, leaving the Third Master would be completely out of the question.

With this in mind, he looked at Wei Jinyan, bolstered by a surge of confidence, "I may have misunderstood you earlier, but that doesn’t mean you should misjudge our Third Master! Our Third Master’s charm is tremendous. Not just the madam—how many women in the entire world could resist his allure?"

As the butler spoke these words, he even carried a hint of vicarious pride.

Wei Jinyan just scoffed coldly, "If you’re really so confident about him, you shouldn’t be panicking like this. Saying all this now, don’t you think it’s a bit late?"

The butler found himself at a loss for words.

His behaviour just now had indeed been overly alarmist.

But it wasn’t his fault, was it?

If he had known it would come to this, he would never have made such wild guesses.

Because of his incorrect assumptions, the butler fell into a state of deep self-reproach.

Shi Yaoguang had spent some time with the butler and understood his personality.

Although her attitude towards Wei Jinyan wasn’t very good just now, but...

She supposed there was a reason for his actions.

Those who needed to be taught a lesson, she would do so in private.

In front of Wei Jinyan, it was still better not to say these things.

Thinking this, she spoke up to ease the atmosphere, "Let’s not stand outside, let’s go in to talk."

Once she spoke, naturally no one would refuse to give her that face.

Soon, the four of them entered the house together.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Wei Jinyan."

As soon as he entered, Wei Jinyan couldn’t wait to announce his name.

The truth was, he didn’t want to continue being misunderstood by the butler.

Even though the butler didn’t know who Wei Jinyan was and hadn’t heard the name before,

he did know of the Wei Family.

The Wei Family that was recently the talk of the social circles, wasn’t that the Wei represented by Wei Jinyan?

At that thought, the butler suddenly felt extremely embarrassed.

Now, even if Wei Jinyan had no intention of holding him accountable, he felt ashamed.

"It turns out you’re from the Wei Family, my apologies, I misunderstood."

Knowing he had made a mistake, the butler promptly apologized.

As he spoke, he scratched his head awkwardly, "It’s my fault for not clarifying before causing a laugh, I hope Mr. Wei can be generous..."

Wei Jinyan snorted, "Your attitude wasn’t like this before."

The butler felt somewhat embarrassed, "I was just worried. Our Young Master Jinbei hasn’t been feeling well lately, and I was concerned about him..."

He stopped halfway, "Even though I had my reasons, I know that what I did was indeed wrong, and it’s my fault. I will reflect on it."

As he spoke, he looked towards Quan Jinbei, "Young Master, please punish me."

After saying that, he also looked at Shi Yaoguang, "Madam, I didn’t trust you enough, you can punish me however you want."

Seeing the butler like this, naturally, the three didn’t continue to blame him.

Worried that he would feel uncomfortable staying there, Shi Yaoguang asked him to go prepare some refreshments.

The butler immediately went off to do so, his enthusiasm evident, clearly wanting to make amends for his mistake.

After the butler left, Shi Yaoguang then explained in detail to Quan Jinbei the reason she brought Wei Jinyan back with her.

"The Wei Family wants me to take over the family business, and after thinking about it, I feel I can..."

Shi Yaoguang shared her thoughts with him.

Quan Jinbei, having heard her out, nodded, "You can make that decision on your own."

After that, he looked at Wei Jinyan.

At that moment, Wei Jinyan was also looking at him.

Their eyes met, and a faint awkwardness spread.

Wei Jinyan had the kind of refined appearance and seemed to know how to take care of himself well. A man in his forties, he looked like a young man in his early twenties.

His temperament also wasn’t particularly volatile, otherwise...

He wouldn’t have been so misunderstood by the butler.

After a brief pause of awkward silence,

Eventually, it was Quan Jinbei who broke the awkward atmosphere.

"Mr. Wei, a pleasure to meet you."

Wei Jinyan nodded with a smile, "A pleasure, a pleasure."

As he spoke, he handed over the gift box he was holding, "This is a gift I brought."

After a slightly awkward pause, he continued, "Just a small token, not at all representative of my respect."

Quan Jinbei, who had been silently watching the whole scene, "..."