"Yan Yan, don't be angry." Shi Mianzhi chased after her and grabbed Wei Yan Yan.
"How can I not be angry?"
"Shi Mianzhi, you really have a brilliant plan."
"Marrying me can help you advance your career."
"But you also want to keep a beautiful wife at home, right?"
"What kind of beautiful woman is she? She's just an old woman with faded looks and a lot of money," Shi Mianzhi said disdainfully.
"I was just down on my luck back then, and I had no choice but to marry her."
"She's no longer worthy of me."
"I don't want her money, and I can gain a good reputation in return."
"If they openly ask for it, then it will get out."
"Doesn't that mean I, Shi Mianzhi, am a man who rose to power by relying on women?"
"This is simply an insult to my genuine talent and learning."
Wei Yanyan gave Shi Mianzhi a disdainful look.
Aren't you just that kind of man?
A sinister glint flashed in Shi Mianzhi's eyes.
"I know you don't like He Qiuniang."
"But her dowry was a considerable fortune."
“She can go, but the money in her hands must be obtained.”
"Do you understand what I mean?" Shi Mianzhi looked at Wei Yanyan.
Wei Yanyan asked in surprise, "You mean... to make a move?"
“This isn’t what you’ve always wanted to do.” Shi Mianzhi gently curled the corners of his mouth.
A large hand landed on Wei Yanyan's shoulder.
Suddenly, Wei Yanyan felt a chill rise from the soles of her feet and rush straight to the top of her head.
The man before her was even more ruthless than she had imagined.
After appeasing Wei Yanyan, Shi Mianzhi turned and went to the Fushou Hall of Old Madam Shi.
Madam Shi was preparing for dinner and invited Shi Mianzhi to sit down and keep her company.
"Mianzhi, this is what you like to eat. Try it and see if it still tastes the same as before."
Madam Shi placed a piece of fish into Shi Mianzhi's bowl.
"Back then, my family was poor, and we couldn't even afford to eat meat once a month."
"If we're lucky enough to catch some small fish in the river, we can have a good meal."
"Those days of poverty, once experienced, are something one never wants to recall for the rest of one's life."
"Back then, we schemed against the He family, married their daughter, and rose through the ranks to this position."
“He Qiuniang has benefited a lot from our influence.”
"However, please be careful. For a family like ours, a merchant's daughter is ultimately not respectable enough."
"Moreover, ever since He Qiuniang gave birth to that little thing, our Shi family has been acting strangely and irregularly."
"It hasn't been easy for us, an orphan and a widow, to get to where we are today."
No one can stop our future.
"We have something on Wei Yanyan that we can use against her. Even if something goes wrong in the end, we will be able to get away with it."
"The Wei family thought they had outsmarted us, but weren't we also outsmarting them?"
"Once we have He Qiuniang's wealth and the Wei family's connections, I will find you another marriage."
"So you'd better make sure you maintain your reputation for being a loyal and affectionate person."
Shi Mianzhi bowed his head and accepted the instruction, saying, "Mother is right, I remember everything."
Madam Shi nodded in satisfaction. "Yes, very good. Come and eat."
It turns out that the biggest and worst person was that old turtle, Madam Shi.
That night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the weather was slightly dry.
The two men in black from last night skillfully sneaked into He Qiuniang's courtyard again.
A: "It was already strange last night, why do we have to come again tonight?"
B: "Last night they poisoned the children, tonight they set fire to the place and wiped out the entire army."
"This new wife is truly wicked."
A: "What are you saying here?"
"Don't you want to live anymore!"
"We are just servants, we just obey orders."
"It can be said that the second wife was unlucky."
"Let's get moving, lest that eerie sound from last night drifts over again."
"Hurry up, come on over."
B: "You go first."
A: "You come here."
...
The two pushed and shoved each other, neither willing to make the first move.
Just as the two were pushing hard, a swaddled baby suddenly floated out of the window and landed in front of them.
The clear, childlike voice, this time, drifted into their ears with perfect clarity.
"Has it turned into murder and arson today?"
"Then you'd better hurry up, otherwise once the heat dies down, the fire won't be able to start again."
"Ah! There's a ghost!"
The two men, A and B, looked at each other with terrified eyes, shouted, and turned to run away!
Their torches landed on the oil-splattered debris in the corner.
With a sudden "whoosh!", flames erupted.
[Oh my god, I almost got my butt blown away by the fire!]
Shi Yu's body swayed in mid-air, and she almost fell directly into the fire.
Everyone in the courtyard was now unconscious from the drug.
Gua66 was getting anxious. [Yuyu, what should we do now?]
With my meager strength, the most I can do is rescue you and your mother.
【Hmm? ? ? ?】 Shi Yu's little brain was filled with a question mark.
Saving two people must be exhausting.
Why can't you just drive the fire away?
【Huh? ? ? 】This time, Gua66's panel was full of question marks.
Where are we headed?
Shi Yu, [Wherever the wind blows, that's where it goes.]
The wind will be from the southwest tonight, and the wind will be from the northwest tonight.
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