Before she arrived, her voice preceded her arrival. The person who came was none other than Qin Wanru, the matriarch of the Chu family. As soon as she entered the door, she glared angrily at Zu An.

Qin Wanru's anger level increased by 478!

Zu An was startled, wondering how she knew about my skipping class so quickly. Suddenly, she noticed Cheng Shouping hiding behind her and almost exploded with anger.

That bastard, he's really good at snitching.

"I don't want to go to school." Facing Qin Wanru's murderous gaze, Zu An said with a forced smile. He knew he had to fight for his own rights, and of course, whether he could actually get them was another matter.

"That's not up to you!" Qin Wanru said coldly. "You have to go tomorrow. I'll have people following you every step of the way. If you cause any more trouble, don't blame me for being impolite!"

She snorted coldly, turned and took a few steps, but then suddenly felt unwilling and turned back: "We can't let this go like this. Go to the solitary confinement room and copy the family rules 100 times, not a single time less!"

"Family rules?" Zu An was speechless, never expecting that the plot he had only seen in TV dramas would actually happen to him.

Cheng Shouping hid to the side, covering his mouth and chuckling, clearly gloating. Qin Wanru saw this and snorted coldly.

"You failed in your duty to supervise your son-in-law's truancy today. Since you're laughing so happily, you might as well copy the papers with him."

Cheng Shouping: "???"

He suddenly felt like he was watching a crowd fight a fire, only to find out in the end that it was his own house that was burned down.

Chu, who was standing to the side, stuck out his tongue and hurriedly ran over to take his mother's arm: "Mom, maybe my brother-in-law is just not used to going to school for a while. Maybe he'll be fine in a few days. Don't be angry."

"What did you call him?" Qin Wanru frowned instantly.

"Sister...brother-in-law." Chu Huanzhao blushed, after all, losing the bet was extremely dishonorable.

"This good-for-nothing is no match for your brother-in-law. Don't call him that anymore, understand?" Qin Wanru glared at her daughter. She was already annoyed enough, but her daughter was siding with outsiders.

"Oh~" Chu Huanzhao secretly made a face at Zu An, indicating that this was not her reneging on the bet, but rather her mother's golden words.

Qin Wanru grabbed her daughter's hand and walked out: "Come back with me. Stay away from people like that in the future, so you don't get led astray."

Watching Madam Chu leave in a flurry, Zu An was puzzled. If she disliked him so much, why did she take him as her son-in-law? Madam Chu was beautiful, but she was too fierce. No wonder Chu Zhongtian hadn't taken any concubines all these years. He felt deep sympathy for this cheap father-in-law.

At the same time, I have some suspicions that Ji Dengtu might have masochistic tendencies, that he actually has inappropriate thoughts about such a woman.

Just then, Old Man Mi's voice rang out: "If you skip school again tomorrow, I'll break your legs." After saying that, he also left, hunched over.

Zuan was startled; the guy's tone just now didn't sound like he was lying.

After the others left, Cheng Shouping immediately shouted, "He's gone too far! How dare a mere flower farmer yell at you like that, young master? Don't worry, young master, I'll go and report this to Madam right away and have her teach this old man Mi a lesson."

He was about to run out when Zu'an grabbed his collar and pulled him back: "Looks like you're quite adept at informing on the madam."

Cheng Shouping immediately knelt down and hugged his leg tightly: "Young master, you are innocent! It was because I didn't see you at the school gate after school and was worried that you might be in danger, so I immediately notified the madam to come and rescue you. My admiration for you is as boundless as the Yangtze River and my loyalty to you is as clear as the sun and moon and as worthy of the witness of heaven and earth."

Zuan chuckled immediately: "So I should thank you?"

Cheng Shouping immediately said with a fawning smile, "How could I possibly deserve that? I'll be satisfied as long as the young master doesn't get too upset."

"Logically speaking, with your flattery skills, you shouldn't be doing so badly. Did you offend Madam in some way?" Zu An recalled that Madam Chu had punished him with the punishment of confiscating her property before leaving, and he felt that something was wrong.

"No, how could I dare offend Madam?" Cheng Shouping shook his head like a rattle drum. "When Madam and Master talked about taking a concubine for him before, I even went around looking for suitable girls for Madam to see."

Zu An suddenly realized that Madam Chu was just talking casually, but he actually found a bunch of concubine candidates. It was already merciful that he wasn't beaten to death.

"Young master, let's hurry up and go to the quiet room to copy the family rules, otherwise we'll be punished by the madam again if we don't finish," Cheng Shouping said with a bitter face.

"What's the rush? It's just a family rule, how long will it take?" Zu An thought about how many times he copied class rules when he was in elementary school. Anyway, there were only about ten rules, and with his typing speed, it was a piece of cake.

If you have a computer to type, it wouldn't take much time to type a hundred times, let alone a thousand times... Wait, it seems like there's not much difference between one time and a thousand times. I almost forgot that computers can also copy and paste.

I wonder if my keyboard will have functions like Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V in the future.

Although he was somewhat dismissive of the law against confiscating property, he couldn't resist Cheng Shouping's constant pleas and reluctantly went along. After all, since Madam Chu was punishing him, he still had to put on a show.

Following Cheng Shouping, they arrived at the Quiet Room, which was used by the Chu family to punish their clan members. It was similar to the small dark room in the prison in their previous life, but of course, the environment here was much better.

"This name doesn't sound good; it sounds like a 'cupping room' (a place for eunuchs to be cleaned up)," Zu'an complained maliciously.

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