Wen Xu turned around, looked at Cui Xiaoxiao's face, and shook his head with an expression of ignorance. "Mother usually keeps those things in her room. Brother Xu can't touch them, and mother doesn't let him touch them. As for the paper with red marks that Auntie mentioned, I did see it once. It was in the room..."
"Put it in the room..." Cui Xiaoxiao murmured, knowing how to get the deed. She just looked at Wen Xu and smiled, "Go play somewhere else."
In order to get the deed to the shop in Song Wanshi's hands, Cui Xiaoxiao specifically found a time when no one was around, and while Song Wanshi and her maids were not around, she sneaked into Song Wanning's bedroom to search.
What Cui Xiaoxiao didn't expect was that Wen Xu had been watching her in the dark, waiting for her to enter the door before turning around to report the news.
Wen Xu found Song Wanshi, who was enjoying the cool breeze nearby. He walked towards her with a harmless look and said, "Mother, just now my aunt asked me where you put the paper with the red mark on it. I didn't say anything. But then I saw my aunt go into your bedroom. I wonder if she was looking for some paper with the red mark on it. Mother, what exactly is that paper with the red mark on it?"
When Song Wanshi heard this, she felt that something bad was going to happen, and immediately led several of her maids into the bedroom.
When entering the bedroom, Cui Xiaoxiao was opening Song Wanshi's dowry box and looking for the land deed inside. Who would have thought that a group of maids and old women would follow Song Wanshi into the room.
Song Wanshi caught the man red-handed. She looked at Cui Xiaoxiao and sneered, "Well, Cui Xiaoxiao, I took pity on you and gave you a chance to live, and this is how you repay me?"
Seeing this scene, Cui Xiaoxiao was so frightened that her soul had flown away. She hurriedly explained to herself, "Grandma, I didn't mean to steal anything. I just... the shop is short of money right now, and now is a critical time. I thought of using the land deed as collateral first, and then redeeming it when I make money. Right now, I am wholeheartedly thinking about helping you make money, grandma, please understand..."
"Cui Xiaoxiao, I don't dare to trust you now. This shop will belong to you in the future, and you have to return all the money you took from me before." Song Wanshi now saw that Cui Xiaoxiao was a person with high aspirations, so naturally she was unwilling to use her anymore.
Cui Xiaoxiao didn't have any money right now, so she just looked at Song Wanshi and said, "Grandma, I really can't come up with any money right now. Please give me some time. Once I find a way to get through this difficult time at the shop, I'm sure I'll make more money in the future."
"That's what you said to Wen Tingbai last time. How could I follow his old path?" Song Wanshi sneered, looking at Cui Xiaoxiao's face, and said gloomily, "You have no money, right? I see that your face is still quite charming now. If you dress it up and sell it to Zuixianlou, you can probably get a good price."
Song Wanshi said, standing up and speaking to the nanny behind her, "Tie Cui Xiaoxiao up and sell her to Zuixianlou. The remaining money can only be considered as my pity for her."
"Yes." The five or six mothers behind her immediately came forward and surrounded Cui Xiaoxiao, saying in a deep voice, "Auntie, don't blame our grandmother. Blame it on you for being restless."
Cui Xiaoxiao struggled hard, knowing that if she was tied up and taken to a brothel, she would have no chance of survival in this life.
Cui Xiaoxiao looked towards the door and saw Wen Xu standing there, craning his neck to look into the room.
Cui Xiaoxiao suddenly had an idea, and she looked at Wen Xu and cursed, "You little bastard, you actually dared to complain. I was wondering why they came so quickly. It turns out you, a fatherless and motherless little bastard, are bullying here."
When Wen Xu heard Cui Xiaoxiao scolding him like that, he immediately hid behind Song Wanshi, pulling Song Wanshi's sleeve and watching from the side.
Song Wanshi patted Wen Xu's arm to comfort him, then turned to look at Cui Xiaoxiao and said, "Cui Xiaoxiao, Cui Xiaoxiao, who do you think you are? This is my son, not yours."
Cui Xiaoxiao wanted to curse and mock Song Wanshi for raising someone else's son as her own, but then she remembered that Song Wanning had done the same thing, and yet Wen Xu still didn't consider her her own mother. Thinking of this, Cui Xiaoxiao sneered at Song Wanshi and said, "Since he's your good son, you should raise him well."
Song Wanshi felt a little unhappy after hearing what Cui Xiaoxiao said, and she started to curse at Cui Xiaoxiao, "What are you talking about here, you bitch? Mommy, hurry up and drag her out and sell her to Zuixianlou."
Now that Cui Xiaoxiao saw that Song Wanshi was going to sell her out, she felt desperate. Just when Cui Xiaoxiao thought that she would soon appear in Zuixianlou, Wen Tingbai came instead.
Wen Tingbai rarely came to Song Wanshi's courtyard, simply because he didn't want to see her disfigured face. But now he was there, and he was acting righteously.
Wen Tingbai raised his hand and coughed twice, then spoke towards the chaotic courtyard, "What are you all doing here in broad daylight?"
Song Wanshi had always been at odds with Wen Tingbai. She looked at him and said, "Your concubine has wasted all my dowry money. I asked her to pay it back, but she couldn't. I was just about to sell her to a brothel."
Wen Tingbai was now standing at the door, looking at Song Wanshi and chuckling, "She was originally a kitchen maid, but you insisted on calling her over to serve in your room. Now that you've caused trouble, you're blaming a maid. It's obviously your own fault for not finding out the truth and letting her mess around with the business."
Song Wanshi's face darkened when she heard what Wen Tingbai said. She looked at him mockingly and said, "Only Mr. Bai was smart and clever. He married a concubine and spoiled her, but in the end, he was retaliated against and became inhumane."
Wen Tingbai hated it most now when someone mentioned his hidden illness, and his expression turned grim. "Song Wanshi, I think I've spoiled you too much, causing you to become lawless and outspoken."
"I'm here taking care of a maid and selling a concubine, and you actually have the guts to point fingers here. Even if you don't like me now, I'm still the mistress of this courtyard, the second wife of the Bai family." Song Wanshi sneered, just looking at Wen Tingbai and sneering, "Wen Tingbai, Wen Tingbai, you really think you are a dish. Can a man who can't even have his own children still be called a man?"
Wen Tingbo was already furious after hearing this, but then he remembered that all this was caused by Cui Xiaoxiao, so he strode forward and slapped Cui Xiaoxiao twice in the face.
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