Madam Qu softened her tone, "——Family members don't hold grudges overnight. The most urgent task is to overcome this crisis!"
"You and I are not a family."
Xianjin finally spoke.
Madam Qu looked extremely tired. "Yes! Yes! You and I are not from the same family. You and Erlang always..."
"Except for the Third Master, I have nothing to do with the Chen family." Xianjin said calmly and with a serious attitude, "When I act, I always leave room for myself. There are three steps in handing in tribute. No matter how sure others are that the second step will produce results, I will prepare according to the three steps."
Old Madam Qu ignored the first sentence, but her eyes brightened when she heard Xianjin's next words.
"Rescue, I can do it."
Xian Jin looked straight ahead, "I have conditions."
Madam Qu nodded repeatedly, "Yes! Yes! You can sit back and relax and prepare for your marriage with Erlang. You will leave the Qu family, and your dowry will be carefully prepared for you..."
"First, I want to leave the Chen family. Hand over my household registration and name card to me immediately!" Xianjin spoke, interrupting Madam Qu's fantasy directly.
Madam Qu kept her mouth half open for a long time.
"Second, I will not take away anything the Chen family gave me, but I must take away the things my mother left for me."
"Third, you must sign a document now, stating that I, He Xianjin, have no further connection with the Chen family. Sign and put your fingerprints on it. If the government wants to investigate, you must cooperate."
"Fourth, the contracts of my men were signed with me, including but not limited to Sansuo, Manager Zhong, Zhou Ergou, and the Zheng brothers... I want to take these people away."
With every word Xianjin spoke, Madam Qu's face turned paler.
She never thought that He Xianjin was making trouble in this matter not to marry Erlang smoothly but to sever ties with the Chen family!
How could He Xianjin leave?! How could she leave!? How dare she leave!?
No matter how she plotted against He Xianjin, she never thought that He Xianjin would escape from the Chen family!
Madam Qu panted a few times in a hurry, "What if I don't agree?"
Xian Jin said calmly, "Then the Chen family is the sinner of Xuancheng Prefecture and the entire Xuancheng Paper Merchants Association. Isn't Henglian hyping up the momentum so much just to watch and wait for the Chen family to fall?"
"If one prospers, all prosper; if one suffers, all suffer. The Chen family's reputation is rotten. No matter how well Erlangjun does in the exam, he will only be dragged down by the Chen family."
Madam Qu looked at Xianjin's confident face and whispered dumbly, "You are using Hengji to force me!"
Xianjin remained noncommittal.
"You have already calculated that the battle for tribute paper will enter the third round!" Old Madam Qu's palms were sweating!
Xianjin remained noncommittal.
In a flash, Madam Qu suddenly understood: Even if Chen Jianfang had not intervened, as long as the tribute paper entered the third round, under the pressure of the Xuancheng Chamber of Commerce and the government, no matter what situation He Xianjin was in, she would have the capital to negotiate with the Chen family about the conditions for leaving!
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