Chapter 338 I heard that I am the best (25)

"Li Wei's ex-wife?" Mu Yunchao tried hard to recall and finally remembered that he had a subordinate who was very good at fighting and strategizing. He once had a very difficult battle and was almost wiped out. It was Li Wei and his team who rescued him.

"Why did Li Wei divorce Zhou and Mrs. Zhou?" Mu Yunchao asked curiously. At that time, it was not popular for couples to divorce. Many couples would not separate even if they fought to the point of becoming enemies. But Li Wei and Mrs. Zhou divorced, which made people curious.

How could Liu Yan know why they divorced? But based on her own understanding, she felt that Zhou Shichu must have made Li Wei unbearable, so she was abandoned by Li Wei. It was just that Li Wei was kind and only divorced her instead of divorcing her.

So she said, "Mrs. Zhou has a bad temper and is rather willful. She probably can't get along with Li Wei."

Mu Yunchao nodded and stopped asking about the reason for the divorce. Instead, he said, "According to what you just said, Mrs. Zhou is quite knowledgeable, and she is also a good cook. She must be a rare and wonderful person... She seems to have a different opinion on disaster relief. I have to ask her..."

"Please advise?" When Liu Yan heard him say this, she was so shocked that her voice suddenly became louder. How could Zhou Shichu deserve such a favor from her husband, whom she regarded as the most important person in the world, to ask for advice? Liu Yan felt very uncomfortable at this moment. She hated herself for bringing up Zhou Shichu. She had obviously told her husband about Zhou Shichu as a joke, but she didn't expect that she would end up losing more than she gained, and instead attracted her husband's attention.

"Yes, please give me your advice. Sometimes there are indeed knowledgeable people with profound insights among the people. We should not look down on them, but should respect them and ask for their advice with an open mind." Mu Yunchao said frankly. He is broad-minded and willing to listen to other people's opinions.

"But, but Zhou Shichu is not a knowledgeable person. She is just an ordinary woman, a woman abandoned by her husband! She is out in public all day doing business, and she reeks of money!" Liu Yan said without thinking. She was really shocked by Mu Yunchao's praise of Zhou Shichu. She instantly forgot her image and exposed the fact that she had always looked down on Zhou Shichu.

She herself had never received such a high evaluation from Mu Yunchao, so why was Zhou Shichu appreciated by her husband based on just a few words? Liu Yan couldn't help but feel jealous of Zhou Shichu.

"Madam! You've lost your composure." Seeing Liu Yan belittling Zhou Shichu like that, Mu Yunchao immediately showed a look of disappointment and said, "Don't forget, most of the money and grain you raised were donated by those people you mentioned who were always showing off and smelling like money. Others can say that about them, but you can't!"

When Liu Yan saw Mu Yunchao's disappointed expression, her heart skipped a beat. She knew she had said something wrong. She panicked and her eyes immediately became pitiful and filled with tears. She bowed her head and apologized, "Yes, I'm sorry, husband, I was wrong. I shouldn't have said those words... I, I'm just a little jealous of your appreciation for Madam Zhou..."

Liu Yan was the best at showing weakness. As expected, she admitted her mistake so quickly and confessed that she was jealous, which immediately made Mu Yunchao forget her gaffe and easily forgave her.

"Madam, there is no need to be jealous. I just think that Madam Zhou has some insights. I don't have any romantic feelings towards her at all, so you can rest assured." Mu Yunchao assured. He was quite satisfied with his wife Liu Yan. After all, she was gentle and considerate, always put him first, and helped him a lot. She was simply the perfect virtuous wife.

After the couple reconciled, they never talked about Zhou Shichu again, but Mu Yunchao had already remembered her.

Early the next morning, Mu Yunchao asked his men, "Is Lieutenant Li in the barracks or on leave in the city?"

The subordinate thought for a while before replying, "My lord, Captain Li is in the barracks now."

Although the world is in chaos now and various forces are fighting for the world, there are not wars every day. At least now Mu Yunchao's troops are temporarily in a state of truce, and Li Wei is training soldiers in the barracks.

The military camp is in the suburbs, more than 30 kilometers away from Cuicheng. It is neither far nor near. If you ride a horse, you can get back to the city in about an hour.

Therefore, Mu Yunchao ordered: "Let Li Wei come back to see me."

When Li Wei received the order, he was confused and didn't know why Mu Yunchao suddenly looked for him, but he still rushed back to Cuicheng to see Mu Yunchao as soon as possible.

"My lord, are you looking for me?" Li Wei bowed and asked directly.

Mu Yunchao nodded and asked directly, "I heard that you got divorced. Do you know your ex-wife?"

When Li Wei heard his words, he raised his head in surprise and asked anxiously: "What's the matter? What happened to Zhou Shichu again?" He thought that Zhou Shichu's old illness had relapsed and he had turned back into the unruly person he used to be. He must have caused a big trouble and alarmed his lord to come and take care of it personally.

Seeing his reaction, Mu Yunchao immediately felt strange: "From your tone, your ex-wife often makes trouble?"

Li Wei choked, and after a while he said, "Not really. I haven't made any trouble in more than a year. I did make trouble before, but they were all minor matters."

"Small things? For example?" Mu Yunchao was really curious about Zhou Shichu now. Why did Li Wei seem to be unable to describe his ex-wife?

"For example, she suspected that I had an affair with another woman, so she went to someone else's house and made a scene, and even made me swear an oath; another example is that she loved to spend money, and when she owed money, she didn't pay it back, so the shopkeeper came to me to pay it back; and she also had a fight with a neighbor and pulled out a clump of the neighbor's hair..." Li Wei said honestly.

Mu Yunchao’s eyes widened instantly. He obviously didn’t expect Zhou Shichu to have such a “wonderful” past. This was completely different from the impression he had of a smart, wise and skilled woman!

But he was a man who never showed his emotions. When he heard about what Zhou Shichu had done, his face remained calm. Instead, he asked Li Wei, "Doesn't Madam Zhou have any merits? For example, she has excellent insights into certain things and is quite smart?"

Li Wei shook his head. Although Zhou Shichu did behave very differently in the months before the divorce, he was not at home very often. Apart from knowing that she was a good cook, Li Wei did not know much else. So he shook his head honestly, "My lord, I am rarely at home and do not know her well. After the divorce, we have not had any contact since then."

Mu Yunchao sighed. He had originally wanted to learn more about Zhou Shichu's character from her ex-husband, but he didn't expect that Li Wei only remembered the bad things about her and didn't know anything else.

Mu Yunchao had no choice but to let Li Wei go back. He decided to contact Zhou Shichu in person. After all, seeing is believing. Only by meeting Zhou Shichu in person could he be sure whether she was really knowledgeable and able to make plans for disaster relief.

(End of this chapter)