"good."

There's really no special arrangement. It's just a matter of having your people negotiate a slightly higher rent than before. Even if the rent is set high, it's still necessary to discuss it with each other before signing a contract.

It's impossible to set a fixed amount. Besides, it's just giving the other party a chance. Whether they can seize that opportunity depends on their abilities.

Didn't you want to rent the Li's Building? Then let's rent it. It doesn't matter who we rent it to, as long as they agree to the terms.

The problem is that the other party might not be able to afford the rent. If the rent is too high and they refuse to leave, or if they rely on their father's influence, then things will get ugly.

Not only will they look bad then, but we ourselves will also lose face.

However, no matter what, since the old man from the Renjing family has already called, we have to give him some face, since the two families haven't reached the point of completely falling out yet.

If it comes to that point, there's no need to kick them out of the Li Building. After all, everyone makes money, as long as they can afford to keep renting.

"Xiao Zhang, what's all the noise outside?"

"Madam, it's Mrs. Zhang. She's making a scene at the door, insisting on seeing you. She's saying things like, 'It's just a small matter, why make such a fuss? Do you have to force them to divorce?'"

"Really? Did she say anything else?"

"No, didn't say anything?"

"Just say what you mean, why are you stammering? It's not like I'm going to eat you."

Besides, if you don't tell me, I'm going to go and check around.

"No, no, madam! The master just said that your headache has finally subsided, and he insists that we stop you from going to the front."

"Then hurry up and tell me, what else did Mrs. Zhang say?"

"Madam, please don't take it to heart after I've told you."

"Okay, I won't take it to heart, just tell me already!"

"Actually, he didn't say anything. He just said that you only have your wealth today because of the Shen family's influence."

She also holds the hearts of the men in the Shen family in high regard, making them all devoted to her.

Even if you don't know how many gigolos you've been keeping outside, the men of the Shen family will still stay by your side and say things like you're very clever.

"Does she not want to live anymore? Or does she simply not want to live with the Zhang family anymore? She really has no brains."

So go out and tell her for me, no matter how clever I am, I'm not as shameless as her.

Knowing full well that her husband is having affairs, she still refuses to give up her position as Mrs. Zhang. Isn't she just hoping to continue living the life of a rich wife?

In that case, I hope she can stay in her position as a wealthy wife forever, and that she will never be replaced.

Oh, right, you should also tell her that whether or not I, Li Mianmian, am pampered and loved by a man is none of her business.

Even if I didn't, I was still a hundred times, a thousand times, more unconscious than her.

"Yes, madam, I'll go tell her right away."

"Sister-in-law, you mustn't let your third brother hear what you just said, or I'm afraid he'll come after you later."

"Sister-in-law is here, come and sit down. I'm so sorry to have made you worry."

"Isn't it because I was worried? I just didn't expect you to have someone so bluntly shut down the Zhang family."

"If we don't fight back, how can we escalate the situation?"

"That's true. This matter seems to be just between two or a few families from beginning to end, but that's not entirely true. I just don't know if the three families regret it now."

"Regret? Don't you think it's too late to regret?"

"That's true. It's not easy to get away with this matter now."

"It's not actually that difficult?"

"Not difficult? How can it not be difficult?"

"As long as they truly have no dirt on me and sincerely apologize to me, I definitely have no way to get them to do anything."

But how difficult it is for them to want both face and what they have.

"You're right."

"Another thing is that if they had some leverage over me with their DSLR camera, they wouldn't be in such a passive position now, but they don't."

"That's true, but just now Mrs. Zhang was cursing you like that at the gate. Do you think people will compare it to that..."

"My sister-in-law means that someone will notice me and then take this opportunity to investigate me."

"That's right, do you think such a thing could happen?"

"If they want to investigate me secretly, let them. I'm not afraid of them investigating."

Whether it was when I first started doing business, or later, or even now, my accounts are still reliable enough for them to audit.

"I'm ready to investigate anytime they want, what's so scary about that?"

"But even if you're not afraid at all, you can't stop the media from reporting things recklessly!"

"Sister-in-law, you're mistaken. As long as I'm upright, I have nothing to fear. Even if they write nonsense, it's still proof for me."

As long as I live a good life in the eyes of the world and don't step into high walls and courtyards, then they have to apologize to me. Otherwise, I can also take up legal weapons and protect my legitimate rights myself.

Just because you report something casually doesn't mean you can escape legal responsibility.

This is a society governed by law, and that's not something to be taken lightly.

"That's true, but I wonder how the Zhang family will view this matter then."

"The Zhang family, by then, we don't even know if the Zhang family we have now will still exist in this alley."

"That's true."

"What's going on? I just heard something about mistresses or concubines?"

"What else could it be? Isn't it just that Zhang family member who's keeping mistresses on the side?"

This Mrs. Zhang is quite something. At a time when her own home is in turmoil, she still has the leisure to make trouble for others.

Ultimately, it all boils down to who's causing whom trouble.

"Is there even a question? It must be Mrs. Zhang who's making trouble for herself!"

I didn't see her face just now, but when I heard that her man had mistresses, her face changed even more dramatically than a Sichuan opera face-changing act.

"I must say, your analogy is quite apt! But then again, the third daughter-in-law of the Shen family does indeed have a higher status in the Shen family than the other two daughters-in-law."

"Of course, if she has no status, then who does?"

"No, comrade, you know what happened in between."

"That's because I only know a little bit!"

"Could you tell me about it?"

"What's wrong with saying this? Besides, it's not a secret."

"Since it's not a secret, please tell us, we'd like to hear it too."

"Okay, there's nothing else to it, except for Shen Xi's wife, Ms. Li Mianmian."

Her relationship with the Shen family was something she'd known since childhood; everyone who knew them knew that their fathers were comrades-in-arms, and the kind of comrades who had fought side-by-side all along.