Gu Yunran raised his eyes, glanced at Lu Qingzhou indifferently, and sneered: "Lu Qingzhou, are you crazy?"
"Why should I apologize to your second sister-in-law?"
"You can't discipline your girl well. Your girl made a mistake. As the mistress, you are eighty percent at fault. It's not unfair for you to apologize to your second sister-in-law!"
"Do you know why she came to smash your second sister-in-law's bowl?" Gu Yunran looked at Lu Qingzhou and asked coldly.
"Me?" Of course he didn't know.
Gu Yunran added, "Look at your second sister-in-law. She eats fish, shrimp, meat, ginseng and bird's nest every day, but what do I eat?"
Zhuye had already brought over the food from Fang Xingyuan's courtyard and placed it on the stone table nearby. "Fourth Master, look, this is the food that the Second Madam gave to our young lady."
Her eyes were red and she said angrily, "Normally, dogs wouldn't eat this kind of food. When has our young lady ever been treated like this?"
Lu Qingzhou's face immediately drooped. He glanced at the spilled fish tripe on the ground, and a hint of impatience flashed in his eyes.
He was silent for a moment, then said, "Life is tough at home right now, and there's not much money in the account. Yunran, you have to understand that it's hard for my second sister-in-law to be the head of the household."
Gu Yunran sneered: "It's so difficult, but she's still so extravagant?"
Before Mrs. Lu could even open her mouth, Lu Qingzhou had already found an excuse for her. He said, "Second brother is not feeling well and needs to eat something good to replenish his body."
"Besides, eating lighter is good for your health."
"You are the mistress of the Lu Mansion, why are you so fussy?"
Gu Yunran was shocked when he heard this. "What kind of bullshit logic is this? I'm also still recovering from a serious illness and need to take good care of myself. Besides, your second brother is disabled, but look at his fat waist and body. His wheelchair is about to collapse. He should eat a lighter diet to lose weight, which is good for his health."
Gu Yun pointed at Lu Qingshan, the second master of the Lu family. The man had a big head and round ears. His body was piled on the wheelchair like a ball, with his head tilted. His short and fat neck was almost broken by his fat head.
"Bah!" Madam Lu got up from the ground. "Gu Yunran, what kind of bullshit is this? I, the housekeeper, have been working tirelessly for the Lu family these past few months. Don't you have any idea how much money is in the account?"
"The food in our courtyard is better, but it's all from our own pocket money."
Gu Yunran sneered and asked in return, "May I ask, your second sister-in-law's husband is disabled, and your third son is studying martial arts in the martial arts hall without any income, where does your private money come from?"
Mrs. Lu choked and stammered, unable to say anything.
Gu Yunran continued, "That's the money I worked so hard to earn, and the dowry my parents brought. Second Madam eats and drinks my food, spends my money, but doesn't give me anything to eat. How can this be justified?"
"You're not doing that to me." The Third Young Master Lu Changzhu, who had been standing nearby, spoke up. He clenched his fists, stared at Gu Yunran angrily, and threatened: "Your girl hurt my mother, you must kneel down and apologize to my mother!"
His fists were clenched so tightly that they made a squeaking sound, as if he would hit Gu Yunran if she didn't agree.
Gu Yunran sneered, "Has the Third Young Master become more capable?"
"Do you still remember that I spent money and found people to help you get into this martial arts school?"
Gu Yunran's eyes swept over his clenched fists. "Now that the Third Young Master has achieved some success, is this how you repay me?"
Lu Changzhu's face turned red and white at what Gu Yunran said, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "You must apologize to my mother."
"Just apologize, no need to kneel. This is my greatest tolerance."
Gu Yunran let out a long sigh. Although she had long known that Lu Changzhu was an ungrateful person, just like in her previous life, when he punched her and made her kneel in front of his mother to apologize, her heart still couldn't help but ache.
Apart from Chang Zhi, she loved the third young master the most. She worked so hard for him, but received no favor in return.
She said coldly: "Don't even think about it!"
He then instructed Taohua, "Taohua, the Third Young Master is disrespectful to his elders. Teach him some manners, then tie him up and take him to the martial arts hall to let the teachers there punish him."
"yes."
Taohua turned around and came to Lu Changzhu, knocked him down in a few moves, and tied him up with the body he had taken.
"You spent so much money on our young lady, and you only learned a few mediocre skills. Do you still have the nerve to show off in front of her?"
“Who gave you the confidence?”
Seeing her son being beaten and tied up, Mrs. Lu was so angry that she didn't care about the injury on her head.
"Let my son go!"
She pointed at Gu Yunran and shouted, "Gu Yunran, I asked you to let my son go!"
"You didn't educate your son well, so I'll educate him for you." Gu Yunran said, slapping Lu Changzhu in the face. She shook her painful hand and said, "No thanks!"
Seeing the redness and swelling on Lu Changzhu's face, Mrs. Lu went crazy. Her son had grown up and she had never lifted a finger against him. What right did Gu Yunran have to hit him?
"Gu Yunran, I'm going to fight you!"
Mrs. Lu went to grab Gu Yunran's face like crazy, but Taohua was faster than her and kicked her away, and she fell to the ground with a mouthful of mud.
"Lu Qingzhou, you don't care about your wife!" Lu Ersao roared.
"Gu Yunran, that's enough!" Lu Qingzhou roared with red eyes, "How can you treat your second sister-in-law like this? Where is your upbringing as a lady from a wealthy family?"
"You disappoint me so much!"
He took a deep breath and softened his tone. "Just apologize to my second sister-in-law, and let's pretend this never happened. I won't hold you accountable."
"Coward! You can't even protect your own child or woman, and you only help outsiders to point their fists at your woman." Gu Yunran glanced at Lu Qingzhou with contempt, walked to Mrs. Lu Er, squatted down, and took action on her.
Madam Lu was shocked: "Gu Yunran, what are you doing?"
"The key to the warehouse."
Gu Yunran took the warehouse key, turned around and walked away.
"Gu Yunran, give me the key back!" Mrs. Lu yelled. She was still squandering money without the key to the warehouse.
Gu Yunran ignored her completely, and Madam Lu could only scold Lu Qingzhou: "What's the point of having you? You can't even control your wife!"
"I've worked so hard for the Lu family for so long, and this is how your wife treats me and your second brother. Lu Qingzhou, you're so useless!"
She cried and cursed.
Lu Qingzhou's face turned pale, and a feeling of shame and anger surged in his heart. He clenched his fists and walked away angrily.
Gu Yunran took the key and went to the warehouse, moving out all the remaining silver, money and supplies in the warehouse.
"Miss, there's not much left." Zhuye said as he nodded lightly.
Gu Yunran was also amazed. Since Madam Lu Er took office three months ago, the Lu Mansion has really been left with only an empty shell. When she handed it over to Madam Lu Er, all the items in the warehouse added up to more than a thousand taels of silver, but now there is less than a hundred taels left.
"What a loser."
Gu Yunran asked Zhuye to sort and organize the things in the warehouse, and dismissed the unnecessary maids and housekeepers in the mansion.
"You've seen the current situation at the Lu Mansion. Keeping you here would be irresponsible to you. Just take your things and leave."
The servants lowered their heads, seeming to want to speak but hesitant.
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