"Ru Hua," Qian Dayong tried his best to comfort Cui Ru Hua, "I'll take this money and use it for something. We can talk about it slowly when we get home."

Enraged, Cui Ruhua wasn't buying it. "Tell me now."

Qian Dayong was speechless. Now tell me what to say. Tell Cui Ruhua that he used the money to have people buy books at Fuji, and then let those people cause trouble at Fuji.

Isn't this like shooting himself in the foot? If he actually says it, he'll probably never be able to hold his head up in the guard again.

"Wait a minute, I have some official business to attend to. I'll talk to you after I finish this." Helpless, Qian Dayong could only stall for time.

Cui Ruhua seems to be softening her stance a bit. After all, this is her own family matter, and it would be inappropriate if it affected Qian Dayong's official business.

She snorted twice, preparing to back down, but then inadvertently caught a glimpse of the name of the shop in front of her.

Fu Kee! Isn't this it?

Cui Ruhua, who was about to step back, pressed on, "Are you here on official business?"

She clearly remembered that this street was not under Qian Dayong's jurisdiction, and that when she was wronged, Cui Ruhua made a scene when she got home.

The intention was to have Qian Dayong use his power to teach that arrogant girl a lesson.

Qian Dayong repeatedly declined, saying he couldn't find a suitable reason.

Actually, that's not the case. At that time, Qian Dayong was focused on pleasing the governor, so such matters naturally had to be postponed compared to the former.

"Yes, someone came to cause trouble, and I happened to be nearby so I came over to check it out." Actually, he had been waiting near Fu Kee all along, and as soon as he heard someone making a loud noise, he came over.

Cui Ruhua looked around, and finally her gaze settled on Fu Man'er.

This was a major customer who bought books back then. Seeing her looking over, Fu Man'er smiled at her in a friendly manner.

Judging from this lady's state today, I wonder if she'll try to buy all the books in her cabinet by tearing them up later.

This put her in a dilemma. As a book lover, she naturally hoped that the books would be in good condition.

But she's also a businesswoman; she sells books and then uses the money to buy even more. It's really a dilemma for her.

While Fu Man'er was still fretting over the silver ingots, Cui Ruhua's head seemed to be bursting with ideas.

A bold idea suddenly popped into her not-so-bright mind.

"Qian Dayong, tell me right now, what did you do with that money?"

How did the topic come full circle again? Even though Qian Dayong had a million curses in his heart, he held back from saying them.

"Ruhua, didn't we just agree that I would tell you after I finished dealing with things here?"

"If it interferes with my official business, and I get blamed by my superiors, that would be terrible."

Having said all that, Qian Dayong felt that Cui Ruhua should be able to handle the situation.

It was because Qian Dayong repeatedly made excuses that Cui Ruhua became even more convinced of her own idea.

"Tell me the truth, did you take this money to find other women?"

Cui Ruhua's words caused another uproar in the crowd. Even the guards who came with Qian Dayong looked at each other in dismay.

An elderly man in the crowd said, "Good heavens! What could you do with that money? You're using it to find other women. How can you face your wife like that?"

"Oh dear, he's an official, how could he do such a thing?"

"Did you just hear that? His wife said he stole the money."

"Oh, it was stolen?"

For a moment, the word "steal" filled Qian Dayong's mind.

“I didn’t steal. We’re family. How can taking money from home be considered stealing?”

"Cui Ruhua, don't talk nonsense here. I've said it before, I haven't misused this money." Of course, I haven't used it properly either.

"You've been using this to find other women, and even now you're still protecting that woman. You heartless bastard, you're utterly depraved."

“I’ll beat you to death, you bastard! You’re using my money to support other women. You’re a penniless pauper. What money could you possibly have? It’s all my money anyway.”

While pouring out her grievances, Cui Ruhua also punched Qian Dayong.

The guards nearby couldn't stand it anymore and came up to persuade her, "Sister-in-law, you've misunderstood Brother Dayong. He's been with me the whole time. It's really not like what you're saying."

They don't want to meddle in other people's family affairs, but with so many people around, it wouldn't look good if things got out of hand.

"You know nothing!" Cui Ruhua spat at them. "Tell me, why is he here now when the place he usually governs is the opposite of this place?"

"This~" The guards didn't think much of it at first, but Qian Dayong said that since they were on duty anyway, they could wander around. After wandering around, Qian Dayong said he would treat them to tea.

I had just sat down when I heard some people causing trouble across from me. They were joking that they had come at just the right time, that they had stumbled upon a disturbance.

Cui Ruhua sniffed and suddenly pointed at Fu Ji, saying, "Don't think I don't know, he came to give money to Fu Ji."

Wow, Fu Man'er looked at Cui Ruhua with starry eyes. How did she know? She guessed it so quickly.

I started to have preconceived notions and assumed that the person was hired by the Chu family.

"Cui Ruhua!" Qian Dayong's heart skipped a beat. He didn't understand how Cui Ruhua knew, but the most important thing now was to prevent her from speaking again.

"Shut up." Qian Dayong stepped forward to pull the man away. "Didn't you want to know where I spent the money? Come on, I'll tell you now."

This crazy woman is getting better and better at making trouble; I really hope she doesn't ruin him.

"Hmph, it's too late to say that now." Cui Ruhua shoved Qian Dayong away. "You still want to protect that woman? I won't."

Under Fu Man'er's surprised gaze, Cui Ruhua pointed at her and said, "Did you spend your money on this woman?"

"You stand guard at someone's shop entrance, and when you hear that something has happened to them, you run over like a dog, eager to be a hero. Do you think that will make them take notice of you?"

"Pah! You old tortoise, you ugly toad, why don't you take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror? Besides me, who would even look at you?"

"She's as beautiful as an angel. You're such a bear, how could you possibly be worthy of her? If anyone is worthy, it's President Xu."

Cui Ruhua continued to curse and ramble on, but Fu Man'er didn't listen; she was in a somewhat dazed state.

"Brother, is she saying that Qian Dayong spent money on me, and that I'm Qian Dayong's kept woman?"

This was the first time in Fu Man'er's life that someone had said such blunt and explicit things to her face.

Xu Yi lowered his head, stood in front of Fu Man'er, and covered her ears to block out Cui Ruhua's increasingly vulgar words.

"What she said is nonsense, don't take it to heart. Go inside, your brother will handle it."

Fu Man'er pulled his hand down, "It's okay, I know what I'm doing."

She's incredibly resilient; these baseless rumors won't affect her.

While the two were talking, the couple on the other side had already started fighting, which showed that Qian Dayong was really angry and was showing no mercy when he started hitting.

Xu Yi, being a captain of the guarding army, stepped forward and forcibly separated the two with a single palm strike each.

Cui Ruhua hadn't had enough of hitting him yet, and struggled fiercely, shouting, "Let me go! I'm going to tear this heartless man to pieces today!"

In fact, Qian Dayong had just explained that he did not keep any other women and had no connection with the owner of Fu Ji, but Cui Ruhua just wouldn't listen.

Xu Yi pulled Cui Ruhua away, preventing her from going over, saying, "Some of what you just said was right, and some of it was wrong."

"I don't care what's right or wrong." Cui Ruhua struggled for a while but then ran out of strength and couldn't break free.

Xu Yi ignored her anger and said to himself, "Old tortoise, ugly toad, bear-like, I don't like them. The celestial being is right."

Of course, Xu Yi thinks the most accurate statement is: "If anyone is a match, it's President Xu Qian."

"Hero, it's a mistake to spend money on this woman."

Ah, Fu Man'er's jaw dropped in surprise. She thought her brother was going to say something, but it turned out to be this.