"Dad, what should we do?" Zheng Quan turned to ask Old Man Zheng.
Old Man Zheng came closer, looked down at Zhu who didn't react at all, and snorted coldly: "Are you scared now? Why didn't you think about the people in our family when you did those evil things!"
Zheng Ren thought for a while and said, "Help her up first."
Zheng Quan lifted Zhu up and put her on the bench in the main hall.
Zheng Ren returned to his room, took a pen and paper, and quickly wrote a divorce letter.
Zheng Quan was only concerned with taking care of Zhu. When she reacted, Zheng Ren had already pushed the divorce letter in front of him and said, "Press your fingerprint."
Zheng Quan hesitated when he saw it and said, "Brother, didn't we agree that we don't really want to do that..."
Zheng Ren said, "I don't trust Zhu's character anymore. Even if she is scared and made obedient this time, after this incident is over and you are not at home in the future, who knows what trouble she might make. Write the divorce letter and leave it with dad. If she dares to do anything bad again, just divorce her and send her home."
Old man Zheng also helped, saying, "What you said makes sense, eldest brother. Only with this divorce letter will she be obedient in the future."
Seeing that his father and eldest brother were so insistent, Zheng Quan had to dip his thumb in ink on the inkstone and press his fingerprint.
After he finished, Zheng Ren called Zheng Xiu in.
"Your auntie has fainted. Please clean up a room and put her down."
Zheng Xiu looked at Zhu who had her eyes closed and said, "Dad, there's no need to bother." Then she picked up the water cup on the table and splashed it on Zhu's face.
Zhu woke up with a start.
"Isn't your auntie awake now?" Zheng Xiu smiled slyly, knowing that the adults still had something to say, and then she tactfully withdrew.
"Are you okay?" Zheng Quan asked concernedly, then he felt the glares of his father and eldest brother scraping at him, so he put away his concerned look and said expressionlessly: "If you're okay, get up quickly. Eldest brother has just written the divorce letter, and I've also put my fingerprints on it. You can take the divorce letter and leave."
Zhu was immediately overcome with grief and burst into tears again, "Zheng Quan, you want to divorce me... My life is so miserable, how can I live in the future..."
Her cry was different from her usual powerful wails, but a clichéd cry, and tears fell in strings.
Zheng Xian had been listening carefully to what was going on inside. Although she had a lot of resentment towards her mother, who had made her unhappy in her last life and almost killed her in this life, she was her biological mother after all, and she couldn't bear to see her like this. She immediately went into the main hall, knelt down in front of everyone and begged for mercy: "Grandpa, uncle, father, although mother did something stupid, But after all, she has raised me and Arong for many years, so please let her go this time for our sake."
Zheng Quan hurried to help her up, "The wound on your head hasn't healed yet, get up quickly."
Zheng Xian couldn't help crying, and continued, "Dad, please forgive mother this time, okay?"
Zheng Quan looked at Old Man Zheng and Zheng Ren in embarrassment.
Old Man Zheng sighed, "Xian girl, you have to think it through, your mother almost killed you."
Zheng Xian said, "Grandpa, I can't let it go. Mother didn't mean to hurt me, she was just a little confused." Of course, Zheng Xian also knew what a miserable end Zhu's confusion had brought her. It was only now that she was trying to make a big deal out of a small matter in order to plead for her.
Zhu rushed over and hugged Zheng Xian tightly, crying, "My son, I am really sorry for you! I just want you to live a good life in the future, and I really didn't intend to harm you with drugs! You also know the situation of your maternal family. Your aunts are not easy to get along with. If you really want to divorce me, I will really have no way to survive..."
The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried. If it weren't for the fact that everyone present knew how Zhu behaved, they would have felt sorry for her.
Old man Zheng looked at Zheng Quan, "Second brother, you decide what to do."
Zheng Quan looked at his father, then at his eldest brother, and finally said, "What Zhu did was really abominable. It would be wrong not to punish her, but the girl Xian is also pitiful. She is injured and still wants to plead for her mother... Let's let Zhu go back to her parents' home for a while. When she thinks it through, she can come back."
This was in line with Zheng Ren's wishes. Zheng Quan didn't mention it at first, but he was going to mention it. Of course, it was not only to teach Zhu a lesson, but also to delay Zheng Quan for a while - when Zhu was not around, he would definitely stay at home to take care of the two children.
From being divorced to just being driven back to her parents' home to live for a while, Zhu was overjoyed and said immediately, "Okay, okay, I will definitely change, just ask you not to really divorce me."
Old Mrs. Zheng sighed tiredly, "In that case, let Zhu go home today to pack her things and go back to her parents' home. As for this divorce letter... leave it with me for now. If she dares to be dishonest when you are not at home in the future, get rid of her completely!"
Zhu made a series of promises in a hurry.
After dealing with Zhu, Zheng Quan wanted to take her back to pack her things, but Zheng Ren asked him to stay for a while, saying that he had something to tell him, and took him to his room.
Zheng Quan thought his elder brother was going to teach him a lesson about Zhu's matter, so he said as soon as he entered the house: "Brother, I know I am also wrong. I have neglected to discipline Zhu in the past and let her do whatever she wants, which almost caused bad consequences..."
Zheng Ren closed the door carefully, and then got straight to the point: "I have something else to ask you... What do you do outside now?"
Zheng Quan's eyelids jumped, and when he met his elder brother's inquiring eyes, he lowered his head and whispered: "I just resell some things with Chen Er, going back and forth, and making some profit from the difference."
"Oh? There are so many people doing this kind of business. How come you can make so much money just by getting started? How much capital did you bring?"
Zheng Quan actually went there empty-handed, but still said, "No, I didn't bring much. It's mainly because of Chen Er..."
Although Zheng Ren didn't know how to do business, he had never heard of a business that made a profit without any capital. "Is Chen Er so generous that he lends you his capital and lets you share his profits for no reason?"
Zheng Quan couldn't answer this question.
Zheng Ren took a step forward, "Second brother, you have never been able to lie in front of me since you were a child. Look into my eyes and tell me, what exactly did you do outside?"
Zheng Quan took a step back, a layer of fine sweat already on his forehead, "Brother, don't ask, I, I won't tell you..."
Zheng Ren could not help but guess that what he did outside must be something shameful. He sighed and said disappointedly, "Since you don't want to say it, I can't force you. But you do something shameful, and you are responsible for the consequences. I don't want to care about you anymore." Even after
he said this, Zheng Quan still refused to mention what he was doing outside. He only said, "Brother, I, I was just helping Chen Er. He is always careful in doing things, nothing will happen..."
Zheng Ren was too lazy to listen to his haphazard words, so he waved at him and let him take Zhu back.
As soon as Zheng Quan left, Zheng Xiu went into his father's room and asked, "Dad, how did you ask? What did Second Uncle say?"
Zheng Ren shook his head, "Your Second Uncle is very serious for once, and he just refuses to say anything. But I guess our guess is right."
Zheng Xiu thought for a while and said, "Last time, Ah Zhi said that the handkerchief that Second Uncle brought back to me seemed to be a product from Jiangnan. Do you think there is any lucrative and shady business in Jiangnan?"
Zheng Quan's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly suppressed the idea. Zheng Quan was so timid that he shouldn't dare to do that. He paused, then said, "Call Ah Zhi in. I have something to say to him."
Zheng Xiu responded, turned around and went out to call Xue Zhi.
Zheng Ren didn't want to beat around the bush with Xue Zhi, and said that Zheng Quan might be doing shady business outside, and asked Xue Zhi if there was any way to find out.
Xue Zhi's identity here was just a hunter, so there was really nothing he could do, but Zheng Ren also knew that his family in the capital was not small, and he should have many ways. If it wasn't for his family, he wouldn't have asked him this.
Xue Zhi didn't hesitate, and said immediately, "I'll give it a try." When his sister-in-law came back last time, she told him that the mansion had left someone in the town, and if he needed help, he just needed to go and say a word. Although Xue Zhi was unwilling to continue living as the second son of the Duke of Qing's mansion, Zheng Ren was not the kind of person who would easily open his mouth and cause trouble for others. It was obvious that he had really encountered a difficult problem, so he decided to make an exception.
Of course, Zheng Ren felt that it was difficult on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also to test the true strength of Xue Zhi's family...
Zhu had returned to her parents' home, Zheng Xian was still injured, and Zheng Rong had no one to take care of him at home, so Zheng Quan would not leave for a while.
About five days later, Xue Zhi received a letter. After reading the content of the letter, he was also shocked. When Zheng Ren came back from the academy, he showed him the letter.
Zheng Ren simply couldn't believe his eyes-
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