Everyone was overjoyed that Shen Yuquan returned unharmed.
Even though Shen Ning is the head of the Shen family, Shen Yu is the only male heir of the Shen family. In everyone's mind, no matter what Shen Ning is like, she will eventually get married, while Shen Yu is the future master of the Shen family. Everything in the Shen family will eventually be handed over to Shen Yu, the only male heir.
Shen Yu, his master, cannot die, but Shen Ning almost exhausted all of the Shen family's wealth in order to bring him back.
Who could remain unmoved by the clattering silver and gold? And just like that, it was given to the kidnappers.
Even if it's not my own money, just thinking about it makes my heart bleed.
Of course, although they felt sorry for the money, no one thought Shen Ning had done anything wrong in emptying her family's savings to save her brother.
Money can be earned, but a life is gone forever. If Shen Yu dies, the Shen family line will end.
This is why Shen Ning had to raise money; she could choose not to save them, but she couldn't refuse.
"It's good that you're back. Our Shen family can't do without you."
This was the first and only sentence Shen Ning said to Shen Yu.
"Sister..." Shen Yu tried to play the victim, but Shen Ning didn't even glance at him, clearly angry.
Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Shen Ning has people preparing for the festival, while she goes to handle matters at the shop.
Shen Ning sold several shops, and the remaining shops were mortgaged, and all the silver in the books was emptied.
Shen Ning practically emptied the entire Shen family's coffers.
After all this commotion over the past few days, almost everyone outside knows that the young master of the Shen family has been kidnapped, and Shen Ning has spent all his family's wealth to ransom her. Now the Shen family is like an empty shell, and is heavily in debt.
Du Yunzhi eventually came to see Shen Ning. Without saying anything, she gave her a bag of silver notes, hugged Shen Ning tightly, and left.
Shen Ning was both amused and exasperated. This girl was so angry that she didn't even want to listen to her anymore.
There were quite a few silver notes in the bag; a count revealed a staggering three thousand taels, which was probably Du Yunzhi's entire fortune.
Sisterly love transcends words; it is evident in times of hardship.
Shen Ning didn't return it; she kept it for now. The play... still had to go on.
News of the Shen family's misfortune spread, and this was the time to test people's character. Fortunately, Shen Ning was a good person, and the people he associated with were also decent. No matter how much or how little, someone would always send him some money or gifts.
Shen Ning thanked them all and then declined. Only when she couldn't refuse did she accept the gifts and have Liu Ying record them in her notebook.
Princess Chang Le was the most generous after Du Yunzhi, giving her a thousand taels of silver directly.
Shen Ning had the money returned to her, but she sent over another thousand taels, along with a message: "Don't go too far. If you think it's too little, that's all I have."
Shen Ning: "..." Very much in the style of a princess.
Although this incident dealt a deep blow to the Shen family, they received the most gifts this Mid-Autumn Festival.
You don't need to buy any delicious snacks yourself, and mooncakes are piled up like mountains.
Liu Ying sighed with emotion: "A friend in need is a friend indeed. In the past, when those people belittled Miss, Miss always repaid evil with kindness, saying that harmony brings wealth. She also treated the elders of each family with great respect. I always felt that those people did not deserve Miss's respect, but today it seems that Miss's grievances were not in vain."
Yu Zhu didn't speak. Her thoughts were different from Liu Ying's. Liu Ying felt sorry for the young lady for swallowing her anger, but Yu Zhu saw the young lady's narrowed eyes when she was doing the accounting.
That doesn't seem like someone who suffered a loss; it's more like a fox that got away with stealing fish.
The young lady always said, "In business, anything can be sold for money, even dignity."
If you find it unacceptable, the only reason is that the price isn't right.
The young lady repays evil with kindness, but her kindness is money. As long as those people spend money at the Shen family, she can swallow any resentment with a smile.
Anyway, these people just say a few sarcastic remarks, nothing serious. What good is winning an argument anyway?
On the other hand, those who spoke ill of the young lady ended up throwing money into the Shen family's shop, and every time they saw her, they smiled broadly, as if they had gotten a great deal.
Although it's impolite to use the term "shady businessman" to describe my young lady, she's not well-educated, and I really don't have any other words to describe her.
The Shen family has made quite a stir, especially with such a large-scale kidnapping case; almost half of the capital knows about it.
But the Wei family seemed to have died completely, without making a sound.
Yu Zhu sneered: "Before, the eldest young lady said she didn't recognize the second young lady, but the second young lady insisted on coming back. Now that something has happened in the family, she seems to know what it means to avoid suspicion."
Liu Ying glared at her, annoyed: "You already know, why do you have to say it and upset Miss?"
Yu Zhu pouted, "Miss doesn't care at all."
Shen Ning was busy, busy going to the old lady to complain and busy borrowing money from the second branch of the family.
However, Shen Ning was stopped by Aunt Liu before she could even enter the old lady's room. The house was in a mess, and Aunt Liu was afraid of this young lady.
"The old lady needs to rest now and cannot be frightened. Miss, please don't make the old lady worry."
The old lady has been having some difficulty speaking lately; if she gets angry again, she'll probably pass away.
Aunt Liu had taken care of the old lady for many years, so there was some affection between them. Besides, if the old lady died, and the second wife was incapable, Aunt Liu would probably not receive as much monthly income as she did now.
Shen Ning glanced at her: "As a granddaughter, I can't even visit my grandmother, so how did I scare her? I'm not Yama, the King of Hell."
Aunt Liu thought to herself: You're no different from Yama, the King of Hell. Didn't you see that the old lady was so angry she was about to die?
"I misspoke, please forgive me, Miss. It's just that the old lady is not well and has only just gone to bed."
Shen Ning didn't insist, but before leaving, she said something that really hit home: "The Shen family is broke now. From now on, all expenses in this courtyard will be halved, and the monthly allowance will also be halved."
That really hits home.
Aunt Liu's expression instantly twisted. She took care of the old lady personally, and her monthly allowance was two taels of silver. If it was directly halved, then she would only have one tael left.
Losing a full tael of silver a month, that's twelve taels a year—it's going to kill her!
Shen Ning didn't care. If she was unhappy, then those who were sucking her blood wouldn't be happy either.
If she weren't afraid of angering the old lady to death and forcing her to kowtow and wail, she would have definitely raided the old lady's hidden stash of money.
To cut expenses, Shen Ning voluntarily went to the second wife's house.
Zhao has been very quiet these days. Her son is dying, her daughter is missing, and she has been seriously ill but has not recovered. She is like a walking corpse, as if her soul has been taken away.
The only thing that could provoke her was Fang Shiyan bringing her son in. She seemed to come back to life on the spot, her face contorted with rage, baring her teeth as she lunged at the other woman, tearing at her before finally collapsing and being carried away.
Shen Ning had just experienced such a battle when she arrived.
That saved Shen Ninglai the trouble of facing her attacks.
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