Mrs. Wu was feeling uncomfortable, but when she heard Mrs. Chen's question, and thinking that Mrs. Chen was very tight-lipped, she stopped being cautious, dismissed the servants, and started gossiping about the Shen family: "...It is said that Mr. Shen came to Lin'an because he didn't want to live under the same roof with Mrs. Shen. You say, what's the point of a woman being like this? But I see that Mrs. Shen is content and doesn't think she did anything wrong. She doesn't even say a good word to Mr. Shen, let alone care about his daily life."

Chen was stunned and asked, "Then why did Mrs. Shen come to Lin'an this time? It's almost the first day of October!"

Mrs. Wu certainly didn't know either, but that didn't stop her from being curious about the matter.

A few days later, Mrs. Wu came to visit the Yu family. She pulled Chen aside and whispered, "I have found out clearly that Mrs. Shen and Mr. Shen have a very bad relationship."

Although Chen was not someone who liked to pry into other people's private affairs, she still liked to hear gossip that interested her.

"You can even find out such a thing!" She looked at Mrs. Wu with admiration and peeled an orange for her herself.

"Isn't it just a coincidence?" Mrs. Wu didn't care about eating the oranges. She held the oranges in her hands and whispered to Chen, "After you went home that day, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that you were right. You said that the ancestor worship was coming soon, and all the wives in charge were busy, but Mrs. Shen actually had the time to go around? I told my old man about it, pretending that I knew nothing, and sent my trusted maid to take some homemade snacks to the county government, saying that I heard that Mrs. Shen was coming, so I sent them to her. But it was such a coincidence that when my maid was delivering the snacks, she happened to see Mrs. Shen and Mr. Shen quarreling."

"Ah!" Chen was very surprised.

Mrs. Wu sighed, "My wife hadn't expected it either. We didn't know what to do at the time. Fortunately, the teachers in the county school had gone to class, and the servants and maids were not there for some reason. There was no one else present. My wife was in a dilemma at the time, but she heard everything clearly. She heard that Mrs. Shen was entrusted by someone else and came to Lin'an to accompany a young lady from another family."

Chen knew about this.

She heard what Yu Tang said.

She also knew that Mrs. Shen moved into the Pei family because of this.

"Mrs. Shen has gone too far." Mrs. Chen did not approve of Mrs. Shen's choice and said, "But the two of them shouldn't quarrel over this matter and make the servants laugh at them, right?"

Mrs. Wu smiled meaningfully at Mrs. Chen.

Chen asked, "Is there something I don't know?"

Mrs. Wu smiled and said, "You will know after you listen to me."

Chen listened attentively.

Mrs. Wu continued in a low voice, "It's nothing. Every family has friends. But this is the weird part. When Mr. Shen heard this, he flew into a rage. He pointed at Mrs. Shen's nose and scolded her for being hypocritical. He also said that Mrs. Shen acted innocent in front of him, but now she is bending over backwards for the rich and powerful, like a matchmaker. He said that if Mrs. Shen still has some dignity, she should move out of the Pei family as soon as possible."

As a woman, it is a bit heartbreaking to be accused by my husband like this.

Chen uttered an "ah" and frowned as if she disapproved of Mr. Shen's behavior.

Mrs. Wu sighed, "When I heard our maid say this, I was also anxious. I was thinking, if Mrs. Shen does something bad in a fit of anger, I just hope that our maid is smart enough to stop Mrs. Shen.

"But who knew that Mrs. Shen was not an easy person to deal with.

"After hearing what Mr. Shen said, she did not walk away heartbroken or refute him. Instead, she began to criticize Mr. Shen with cold words. She said that Mr. Shen had no ability and did not make progress, so he thought that others should be like him, avoiding the rich and powerful. Others thought he was cynical and hated those who were more capable than him, but he was self-righteous and thought he was noble and arrogant and did not offend the world... In short, every word he said was full of thorns, and our old woman could not learn to do it.

"Mr. Shen was probably very angry at what Mrs. Shen said, so he grabbed the teacup and threw it at Mrs. Shen. He also shouted that if Mrs. Shen didn't move to the county school or return to Hangzhou within two days, he would go to Pei's house to invite Mrs. Shen in person. Mrs. Shen was very angry, so she criticized Mr. Shen again, sarcastically saying that Mr. Shen only allowed himself to set fires and not allow others to light lamps. He could have currying favor with the Gu family, but she helped Gu. When she asked the Gu family to do something, Mr. Shen would shout and kill, but it was just to cover up his incompetence and the embarrassment of wanting to curry favor with the Gu family but failing. She is not Mr. Shen. She wants to make a future for her son. If Mr. Shen goes to the Pei family, she will go directly to Gu Chaoyang and tell him that it was Mr. Shen who messed up the matter. Let's see how Mr. Shen explains to the Gu family and how he quits his master in front of Gu Chaoyang!"

"Gu Chaoyang?" Chen guessed, "Could he be Miss Gu's brother?"

Mrs. Wu immediately cried out when she heard this, accusing Chen in dissatisfaction: "So you know everything! You actually pretended to know nothing in front of me! I treated you as my closest sister and told you everything first..."

"No, no." Chen panicked.

She was bedridden before, and was closest to Mrs. Wang. She had never had a friend like Mrs. Wu, and she cherished her friendship with Mrs. Wu.

"I heard our Ah Tang say this once before, but I didn't take it seriously." She quickly explained, "Now that you mentioned it, I guessed it."

Mrs. Wu thought about it and felt that there was no need for Mrs. Chen to hide the secret from her. If anyone was to blame, it was her own fault for not asking Mrs. Chen properly beforehand.

She immediately forgave Chen, put aside the slight unhappiness in her heart, and said, "So, you know it now!"

"Know what?" Chen asked in confusion.

"Hey, don't follow the rules of a gentleman not to listen to inappropriate things in front of me," Mrs. Wu said with some dissatisfaction, "I'm not a talkative person. If you tell me about it, I will only tell you a little bit. People outside will definitely not say a word. I will keep it to myself."

Chen really didn't react.

Mrs. Wu said unhappily, "Then Mrs. Shen is here to act as a matchmaker for Miss Gu, thanks to the Gu family's favor?"

Chen was stunned.

Mrs. Wu was very proud and said, "You guessed it right, didn't you? I told you, I'm not a talkative person. If it weren't for you, I definitely wouldn't have said it."

Chen said hurriedly, "No, where did you hear that Mrs. Shen came all the way to be a matchmaker for Miss Gu? Miss Gu has also moved into the Pei Mansion. We are all people who have children. Even if we want to be a matchmaker for our daughter, we can't allow our daughter to live in someone else's house like this!"

Mrs. Wu looked at Chen carefully, and seeing that she was not trying to shirk her responsibility, she asked hesitantly, "Did you really not see that?"

Chen's head shook like a rattle.

Mrs. Wu sighed and said half in self-mockery and half in amusement: "Look at you like this, I think I am pretty good at judging people. I thought you were reliable before, but you are not reliable at all."

Chen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Mrs. Wu stopped beating around the bush and said, "Think carefully about what kind of person Mr. Shen is, and think carefully about what he said. Although we women shouldn't speak for men, it is indeed not right for Mrs. Shen to do this. Even if she wants to build a future for her son, she can't be so servile and let Mr. Shen's face live! I don't know if Mr. Shen's son knows about this. If he knows but doesn't stop his mother, I think Mr. Shen doesn't need this son anymore..."

Chen listened to Mrs. Wu's chatter with her left ear, but it escaped from her right ear. She was confused for a while before thinking about the matter again, and put the person involved, Miss Gu, aside. This matter was really as Mrs. Wu said, and the more she thought about it, the more it seemed to be the case.

She couldn't help but ask: "Even if that's the case, isn't there anyone who can teach Miss Gu a lesson? And Mrs. Shen, since you were entrusted by someone, can't you also give some advice to the Gu family?"

Mrs. Wu looked at Chen and shook her head, saying, "They say you are an honest person, and you really are an honest person."

Chen was puzzled.

Mrs. Wu said in a soft voice, "Think about it, who is Miss Gu? She is engaged to the Li family! Mrs. Shen was entrusted by someone, but if you suddenly bring it up like this, do you think Mr. Pei will agree?"

Chen shook her head.

If she were Pei Laoan's wife, she would definitely not be willing to marry such a daughter-in-law.

It's not that Miss Gu is a bad person, but the breaking off of the engagement between the Gu and Li families was obviously dominated by the Gu family. The Pei and Li families are fellow villagers and they know each other well. It's not like Mr. Pei San can't find a wife, so why should he make the Li family unhappy and create a rift with them because of this matter!

Mrs. Wu said, "That's why Mrs. Shen brought Miss Gu to live with the Pei family! She just wanted to play the card of falling in love with her over time!"

Chen's eyes widened.

Although Mrs. Wu didn't explain it clearly, Chen understood it. She said, "Then, isn't the third master of the Pei family going to get engaged to the eldest daughter of the Gu family?"

"I heard that Miss Gu is not only virtuous, but also very beautiful." Mrs. Wu said quietly, "Mrs. Shen is not a fool either. Since she dared to show up, she must have felt that she was certain before coming to Lin'an." After saying that, she said unconvincedly, "Although we don't have a girl of the right age, and even if we do, it's not our turn to marry the Pei family, but I don't feel comfortable no matter how I think about it. How can Miss Gu be worthy of Mr. Pei San! It's really not kind of Mrs. Shen to do this."

Chen hesitated after hearing this and said, "You can't say that. We all know who the Li family is. Miss Gu is also a victim!"

Mrs. Wu retorted, "Didn't the Gu family find out everything before the Li family got engaged? It wasn't a child marriage. But the Gu family still broke off the engagement when the Li family ran into trouble. It shows that the Gu family is very particular about gains and losses. I think that a family like the Gu family is not worthy of Master Pei San!"