Chapter 8 Shamelessness
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Feng Manman raised her hand to interrupt, "To be precise, it was when I wanted to bring Zhenzhen back to the Feng family that they blocked my way in every way possible."
The maid was speechless and, in her haste to defend herself, didn't quite grasp the meaning of her words. "That's exactly right. You must have owed me those twenty-odd years of nurturing kindness, right?"
“That’s right,” Lu Zhenyu said. “Go on.”
“When the Shen family was in trouble, you ran away to the Zheng family first, abandoning the Shen family who had been kind to you. Later, it was Miss Xiaoxi who stayed by our young master’s side and never abandoned him.”
The servants spoke with great enthusiasm and conviction, as if they were righteously defending their yet-to-be-married young mistress.
"Now that the two of them are about to become a couple, you suddenly come back and interfere, pretending to be haggard and throwing yourself into the young master's arms. Isn't that shameless?"
"Who are you calling shameless!" Feng Manman jumped up and rushed towards the person.
"Let me tell you, without Zhenzhen, your Shen family would have been wiped out long ago. Now you're turning around and accusing her of being shameless. I think you're the most shameless of all!"
"What right do you have to swear at me!"
Feng Manman has a problem: you can tolerate her for three minutes if you criticize her, but if you criticize Lu Zhenyu, she'll blow your mind.
Seeing that she was about to fight with the group of servants, Lu Zhenyu rushed over and shielded her behind her, standing up to face the crowd that was about to attack.
"Let's see who dares!"
The usually gentle and soft-spoken young lady suddenly became stern and stern, which, while not exactly intimidating, still made the group of people in front of her stop in their tracks.
She coldly swept her gaze over each servant. She wasn't afraid when facing multiple opponents, but once her icy eyes met theirs, they all shrank back.
"Not going to say anything more? Keep going, let me hear what grievances you have against me over the years."
Everyone was silent.
Lu Zhenyu sneered, "Not going to talk anymore? Fine then."
She pointed at Feng Manman and said to the flower servant, "Apologize."
"What?" The servant looked up.
Lu Zhenyu raised her voice a few decibels, "I'm telling you to apologize to her."
Hua Pu's expression changed. "She was the one who spoke rudely to the Shen family first. I'm defending my master, why should I apologize!"
"Whether you're protecting your master or you consider her my friend and look down on her, you know the answer in your heart."
Hua Pu was taken aback, but Lu Zhenyu didn't give her a chance to argue. "You're not going to apologize? None of you are going to apologize?"
The crowd remained silent, each stubbornly sticking out their necks, seemingly unconvinced.
"If anyone should apologize, it should be you apologizing to the young master and his wife," one of the servants in the crowd said.
"Since you've already climbed up the Zheng family's social ladder, you should have just stayed there and stayed put. Why did you have to come back and annoy people after the Shen family got better?"
"When you're not here, this house is full of joy. But as soon as you come back, everyone has to force a smile. Even Madam can't eat anymore. Can't you see that?"
Feng Manman realized that there wasn't a single good person in the Shen family, inside or out.
He immediately bypassed Lu Zhenyu and rushed over, grabbing the two servants who were speaking and pulling them out alive, one in each hand.
"So, you beast opened your mouth, huh? Fine, then today I, this young lady, will act on behalf of Heaven!"
She was incredibly strong; before anyone could react, she used both hands simultaneously to deliver two powerful slaps.
These servants bullied others by taking advantage of their power, but when the real deal came, they were dumbfounded. When they saw their colleague being beaten, they instinctively backed away.
The two servants were stunned by the slaps and covered their faces, no longer daring to speak.
Seeing Feng Manman about to grab the leading flower servant, Lu Zhenyu pulled her reddened hand and rubbed it tenderly.
"It's not worth fighting with them, it'll hurt." Lu Zhenyu glanced at them coldly. "Anyone else who wants to get slapped can step forward, and I'll grant your wish."
Everyone lowered their heads and fell silent. She sneered, "Nobody here? Then come and apologize to my friend until she forgives you."
Feng Manman glanced at the resentful crowd, a cold smile curling at the corner of her lips.
“A bunch of Duan Xi’er’s lapdogs are not worthy of this. Let Shen Jinchuan come and tell him that if he wants my forgiveness, he should kneel down and beg me.”
She pulled Lu Zhenyu a couple of steps, then stopped. Facing the puzzled looks of the crowd, she said:
"By the way, if he asks who said that, tell him it was his ancestor eight generations ago, Aunt Feng Manman."
After saying that, he strode away with Lu Zhenyu.
As soon as the person left, the servants who had been pretending to be dead with their heads down just a second ago started to perk up again.
We looked at each other, puzzled but also thinking this woman was really crazy.
"She even calls herself Aunt Manman. Why doesn't she just say she's the Queen Mother of the West?"
"Exactly, if she wants to seduce our young master Jin Chuan, she should at least come up with a better excuse. She's just like her sister, full of scheming tricks."
Butler Li, who had been summoned early, arrived late. "What happened? Didn't they say there was a fight? Where are they?"
Hua Pu walked up to him and said, "Butler, you've finally arrived. Just now, Miss Bei Zhen brought back a woman who started cursing at our Shen family and even hit Xiao Cui and Xiao Zhang."
The butler frowned as he glanced at the two people who had run up crying, covering their cheeks. "Where is that person?"
"Let's go, we were right behind you. That guy was so rude, it made us so angry we were grinding our teeth."
"That's right. They dare to be arrogant on the Shen family's territory, and even said that we are Miss Xiaoxi's dogs and are not worthy to apologize to her. They said that Young Master Jinchuan should kneel down and beg her."
Having managed the Shen family affairs for many years, the fifty-year-old steward remained calm and composed.
First, ask: "Do you know who she is?"
The servant girl eagerly answered, "She said her name is Feng Manman. How interesting. Does she think she can benefit from the Feng family just because she shares the surname Feng?"
That's the most prestigious family in the capital; how could she possibly try to extort money from them?
Several servants around him echoed, but the butler's expression instantly changed. "What did you say her name was?!"
Hua Pu still had that disdainful expression. "Feng Manman, butler, you're really getting old. You've even gone hard of hearing."
It's over.
The butler staggered back two steps, as if struck by lightning, "This time it's really over."
None of the people had ever seen the old butler like this before, and a few quick-witted ones suddenly realized what was going on.
"Butler Li, could it be... she really is... Commander Feng's daughter?!"
Upon hearing this, everyone else was stunned!
Hua Pu's expression changed slightly, but she was unwilling to believe it from the bottom of her heart. "How could it be? Her shrewish manner is nothing like that of a young lady raised in such a prestigious family. Besides, if she really was, why didn't she say so earlier?"
"Is it possible that she already said her name was Feng Manman, and we just didn't..."
The servant didn't say what came next, but everyone understood.
Yes, that woman mentioned the Feng family a long time ago, but they just didn't think of it that way.
Lu Zhenyu's best friend turns out to be the only daughter of Commander Feng, who comes from the most powerful military and political family in the capital and now holds immense military power.
"It's over." Realizing what was happening, the servant girl collapsed to the ground, staring blankly at the butler. She tugged at the butler's trouser leg. "Butler, what... what should we do?"
"What else can we do but accept it!"
The butler, frustrated and disappointed, kicked the man away!
"The marriage between the Shen and Feng families is crucial to the future of the Shen family, and Young Master Jin Chuan has gone to great lengths to win over Miss Feng."
Her hands trembled with anger. "You lot! You're all useless good-for-nothings! Just wait for the young master and madam to come back and teach you a lesson!"
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After leaving the Shen family's residence, the two headed straight for the Lu family's residence.
The year Lu Zheng sacrificed his life, Lu Zhenyu was taken away by the Shen family, the servants in the mansion were dismissed, and the red-lacquered gate remained closed for twenty years.
If a house has been left unoccupied for a long time, it will accumulate a lot of yin energy. If people want to live in it, it needs to be properly repaired.
After contacting the property management and arranging the follow-up matters, Lu Zhenyu asked Feng Manman to take her back to the villa in Jinyun Bay after leaving the compound.
"Zhenzhen, why don't you live with me?"
Feng Manman started to act coquettishly, "We haven't seen each other for so many years. From now on, all those Shen Jingsi can get lost. Let me take care of you. I'm definitely better than those two men."
Lu Zhenyu patted her shoulder and said, "Once Zheng Yaozong and I successfully divorce, I'll stay at your place and you won't be able to get rid of me."
But that's not the case now. Although the Zheng family is not as powerful as before, as long as Old Master Zheng is alive, the Zheng family will still hold power.
Her decision to divorce Zheng Yaozong would inevitably provoke dissatisfaction from the Zheng family, making it inappropriate for her to stay at either house at this time.
Feng Manman understood perfectly well what Lu Zhenyu was worried about, and sighed heavily.
"Just wait, starting tomorrow I will kneel and kowtow in my second aunt's Buddhist shrine every day, begging that old man Zheng from the Zheng family who has done so many bad things to die soon."
Lu Zhenyu burst out laughing. Although her words were rough, they truly reflected her feelings.
The unpleasant experience at the Shen family's house did not affect them. She took out a USB drive and handed it to Feng Manman, saying, "Same as always, keep it with you for safekeeping."
He specifically instructed, "You absolutely, positively must not lose it!"
Whether she can get rid of the Zheng family depends on these things.
"Don't you trust me to handle things?"
Feng Manman held the USB drive in her hand and rubbed it a couple of times. "I was afraid of losing the things you mailed to me before, so I put them all in the safe in my second brother's bedroom. His safe is specially made by the military and has five security checks. No one can steal it."
"Then I'm relieved."
"But what exactly do you have stored here? Can I take a look?"
As expected, Lu Zhenyu shook her head seriously, "Not yet, but it should be soon."
Her words made Feng Manman even more curious.
But this girl is a sister-obsessed girl, and if Lu Zhenyu tells her not to go west, she absolutely won't go east either.
He weighed the USB drive in his hand, then put it into the zippered pocket of his coat.
Seeing that it was almost time, Feng Manman urged her, "You should go in now. I have something to do. I'll come see you tomorrow."
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