Seeing Shen Ningyuan's attitude, Chen suppressed the anger in her heart.
No longer beating around the bush, he said directly: "Actually, I came to you because I wanted to borrow..."
"Mrs. Ji, do you want to pay back the money?"
Before Chen could finish her words, she was interrupted by Shen Ningyuan.
Chen was stunned. "W-what? You want me to pay you back?"
Shen Ningyuan nodded, "Yes, the IOU has been written. It seems unreasonable to delay paying back the money, right?"
As she spoke, Shen Ningyuan smiled and continued, "I was just planning to come and ask when Madam Ji was going to pay back the money, but I didn't expect Madam Ji to be such a straightforward person and she called me over directly."
Shen Ningyuan's little mouth chattered, and Chen was stunned and couldn't react for a while.
Seeing her look of surprise, Shen Ningyuan deliberately asked back: "Madam Ji, you called me to your yard, don't you want to pay me back?"
Chen shook her head and stammered, "Of course not."
Hearing this, Shen Ningyuan raised her eyebrows slightly, with a hint of sarcasm in her tone: “If you’re not paying back the money, do you want to borrow money from me?”
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Chen to speak, Shen Ningyuan continued to talk to herself: "Madam Ji, stop joking. How can you ask someone to borrow money and then invite the creditor to your door?"
Chen was so choked that she couldn't speak, and looked at Shen Ningyuan with embarrassment.
At this time, Lan Yin also took a step forward and echoed: "That's right, how can you ask someone to come to you to borrow money?"
Shen Ningyuan shrugged and looked at Chen with a playful look: “Look, Madam Ji, even my maid knows that asking someone to borrow money is not the right attitude for you.”
“Chen Ningyuan, what do you mean?”
Chen's face instantly darkened, and there was a hint of anger in her tone.
"What do you mean? Madam Ji, you don't even understand the most basic principles. Do you still need me to waste my breath and explain them to you?"
As she spoke, Shen Ningyuan looked at Lan Yin beside her and said softly, "Lan Yin, explain the reasoning to Madam Ji."
"Yes, young lady."
Lan Yin agreed, stepped forward, and said in an orderly manner, "Madam Ji, according to the rules of the aristocratic families in the capital, whether repaying a debt or borrowing money, one should come in person. You summoned the young lady to your courtyard without saying a word. The young lady must have assumed that it was you who wanted to repay her."
Lan Yin's eyes lit up with sarcasm as she spoke, "I never thought Madam Ji, after living in the capital for so long, wouldn't even know this little bit of etiquette!"
Being mocked by a maid for not knowing the rules.
Chen was angry, but she had no way to refute it, so she could only look at Shen Ningyuan with resentment.
I was originally planning to ask for money, but now it felt like something was stuck in my throat and I couldn't say it.
She could only point at Lan Yin, shaking with anger: "You, you, you bitch, are you laughing at me for not knowing the rules?"
Lan Yin didn't say anything, which was considered as her agreement.
Seeing this, Chen became even angrier and was about to explode.
Shen Ningyuan brushed her sleeves calmly and said with a smile: "Madam Ji, you are the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion after all. Now you have to let my maid teach you even such a trivial matter as borrowing money. It is really sad."
As she spoke, Shen Ningyuan pretended to be puzzled and asked, "I don't know why the Marquis' Mansion took a fancy to you and married you as their daughter-in-law?"
"you--"
After hearing what Shen Ningyuan said, Chen bit her lower lip.
His face turned pale and red, and although he was full of resentment, he was helpless.
Looking at Chen's embarrassed look, Shen Ningyuan felt secretly happy.
After a while, Chen seemed to have figured something out.
She immediately softened her tone and pleaded, "Ning Yuan, you are also the daughter-in-law of the Marquis' Mansion. Do you really want to watch helplessly as those debt collectors come to the Marquis' Mansion to cause trouble every day?
Shen Ningyuan retorted: "What does it have to do with me when they quarrel? I am the daughter-in-law of the Marquis's Mansion, but I also have another identity. Madam Ji, have you forgotten?"
Upon hearing this, Chen was stunned and asked, "What is your identity?"
"Like those shop owners who come to collect debts, I am a creditor of the Marquis' Mansion!" Shen Ningyuan replied with a smile.
As soon as she finished speaking, Chen felt a black screen in front of her eyes.
I don't know how many times I've been so angry at Shen Ningyuan that my blood boiled.
After a while, Chen gritted her teeth and swallowed her anger.
Continuing to pretend to be a kind mother-in-law, she said earnestly, "Ning Yuan, although the Marquis' Mansion is in trouble now, it won't be in dire straits for long. Once we overcome the difficulties, the Marquis' Mansion will not treat you unfairly and will definitely double your compensation!"
Hearing this, Shen Ningyuan couldn't help but chuckle, "Oh? Compensate me? Madam Ji, I'm really curious, what does the Marquisate plan to use to compensate me? From top to bottom, which one in the Marquisate wasn't bought with my dowry? What? Use my dowry to compensate me?"
After saying that, Shen Ningyuan stared straight at Chen, his eyes full of teasing.
Chen felt uncomfortable being stared at by her.
She immediately looked away and said firmly, "No matter what happened in the past, the Marquis' Mansion is in trouble now. As the young lady of the Marquis' Mansion, you should help!"
"You should help me?" Chen Ningyuan sneered. "Madam Ji, have you forgotten how you treated me before? Now that the Marquis' Mansion is out of money, you think of me? What? I'm your bank. I'll give you whatever amount of money you want?"
Chen Shi didn't expect that Shen Ningyuan would say such harsh words.
But she thought that if she couldn't borrow the money, Ji Zehai would definitely deal with her.
She forced a smile and pleaded, "Ning Yuan, mother knows you've been wronged recently, but you and Yunchuan were once husband and wife. Even though he's gone, you can't just watch the Marquis' Mansion collapse."
Chen became more and more excited as she spoke, "Believe me, mother, if you help the Marquis' Mansion, they will definitely remember your kindness."
Chen Ningyuan was unmoved and said coldly, "Favor? You're kidding. I've been so sincere to the Marquis' Mansion before, but have you ever thought of me in the slightest? Now, using favor to pressure me, I'm afraid it won't work."
After the words fell, Lan Yin, who had been standing silently by the side, couldn't help but speak up: "Madam Ji, you usually give my young mistress so many difficulties. Now that you need her, you expect her to be so generous as to satisfy you? How is that possible?"
Chen glared at Lan Yin fiercely and was about to explode in anger, but was interrupted by Shen Ningyuan: "Lan Yin, please don't be rude. Madam Ji is extremely worried, and it's understandable that we should be considerate. After all, she just lost her son and daughter, so it's inevitable that her mental state is a little abnormal."
As soon as the words fell, Chen's defense was completely broken.
Unable to control himself on the spot, he pointed at Shen Ningyuan and cursed: "Shen Ningyuan, you bitch, how dare you say that I am mentally ill?"
Seeing her lose control, the smile on Shen Ningyuan's face became even wider, and it was obvious that she was in a mentality of playing with a dog.
"Oh? You were so humble just now, but you're giving up so quickly?"
Shen Ningyuan sneered, "With Madam Ji's attitude, how can I dare to hand over the silver in my pocket to you?"
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