Chapter 168 I’m Actually Fighting for the Shen Family’s Property
In the main courtyard, Wu sneezed and her eyelids twitched uncontrollably, feeling a little uneasy. Having been thrown a kitchen knife by Chunxi and having witnessed Chunxi's fierceness on the day of the family separation, Wu was now afraid of Chunxi.
Seeing this, the youngest daughter, Shen Jinhua, couldn't help but speak up: "Mother, that Cao Chunxi is just a little girl who is still wet behind the ears. Now everyone in the mansion is a member of the Shen family, what are you afraid of?"
"Nonsense! She dared to chop me with a kitchen knife and even hid a hidden arrow in her clothes. How could I not be afraid?"
Mrs. Wu glared at Shen Jinhua unhappily.
Originally, after Mrs. Mo died, she just wanted to enjoy her life. However, when her daughter heard that Mrs. Xiao's dowry had been divided up by Cao Chunxi, she insisted on calling Cao Chunxi back to the mansion to set rules.
She told her daughter everything Cao Chunxi had done in recent days, hoping that her daughter would know that Cao Chunxi was not an easy person to deal with and give up the idea. However, Shen Jinhua ignored it and did not take it to heart at all.
"Mom, you've been through a lot over the years, so how could you be frightened by a little girl? This little girl sounds pretty powerful, but she didn't hurt you, did she?"
"Nonsense, if she hurt me, would I still be sitting here talking to you?"
Wu rolled her eyes. Shen Jinhua burst out laughing. "So, this means that little girl doesn't dare to hurt Mother at all. She's just bluffing."
Shen Jinhua refused to listen, and Wu was too lazy to persuade her.
She will know how powerful Cao Chunxi is when he throws a kitchen knife at her one day.
Just as she was thinking about it, a servant came to report: "Madam, the Third Young Master's wife will be here soon with the Young Master's wife."
Mrs. Wu lowered her legs from sitting cross-legged and straightened her old waist. Although Shen Jinhua did not take Chunxi seriously, her expression became more serious when she saw Mrs. Wu acting like she was facing a great enemy.
Soon, Mo Yunwan came in with Chunxi.
It was the first time Shen Jinhua met Chunxi.
She originally thought Chunxi would be a plain-looking, burly shrew, but she never expected that the person who walked in was a young woman with a pretty face and lively eyes.
Chunxi is not as weak as Mo Yunwan. She looks very healthy and walks briskly. Although she is dressed like a woman, her vigor and energy cannot be concealed.
"Grandma, aunt, I brought my sister-in-law back."
Mo Yunwan took the lead in bowing, and Chunxi followed and said, "Ah Xi greets grandmother and aunt."
Chunxi's voice was loud and her manners were considerate, without any of the arrogance and domineering attitude that Wu had described.
It actually looks quite... pleasing.
Shen Jinhua mentally evaluated Chunxi, her face still tense as she deliberately nitpicked, "Your mother-in-law passed away, and you didn't take the initiative to come back to observe the mourning period. Instead, you had to ask someone else to come. What a grand ceremony!"
"My aunt scolded me because it was all Ah Xi's fault."
Chunxi did not defend himself and admitted his mistake in a good manner.
Shen Jinhua couldn't help but glance at Wu.
He seems to have a good temper and doesn't look like the type of person who would suddenly pull out a kitchen knife and chop someone.
Wu secretly cursed Shen Jinhua for being stupid.
Cao Chunxi is not a lunatic, of course she won't attack anyone randomly. You'll know when you provoke her.
Wu cleared her throat and pretended to be an elder. "I'm glad you're back. There are more masters than servants in the mansion now. The other courtyards are full, but there is still a room vacant in the main courtyard. You can go and clean it up yourself."
When she said the last sentence, Wu's voice unconsciously softened and her whole body tensed up, fearing that Chunxi would take out the arrow from his sleeve and hit her the next moment.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Chunxi was not dissatisfied. She picked up her bag and went to clean the room.
After making sure she had left, Shen Jinhua immediately said, "I think she's quite obedient and easy to control. Her yard was robbed, and she had to clean up the house herself, but she didn't complain at all."
Wu gasped for breath and said unhappily, "You don't understand. The more calm she is, the scarier she is."
It was because Mrs. Mo was deceived by her obedience that she was outmaneuvered and even her family was divided up.
Shen Jinhua truly couldn't understand. She looked at Mo Yunwan for confirmation. Mo Yunwan immediately soothed her softly, "After all, my mother-in-law just left, and my eldest brother has to guard the mausoleum for another three months. Even if my eldest sister-in-law has a bad temper, she'll probably control it. Besides, my eldest sister-in-law and I just went to see father, and he gave her a warning."
Shen Jinhua nodded. This made sense.
Without a man to support her and after being beaten by her father-in-law, even a tigress would have put away her claws.
Shen Jinhua was secretly delighted. Over the past few years, Mrs. Mo had been in control of the Marquis' Mansion, not allowing them to take advantage. Now that Mrs. Mo was dead, the dowry left by Mrs. Xiao could finally be divided among the Shen family.
When Chunxi came back after cleaning the room, Mo Yunwan had already left.
Shen Jinhua acted like an elder, asking Chunxi to pour her tea and to massage her shoulders.
Wu was terrified when she heard this, fearing that Chunxi would suddenly pull out Shen Jinhua's tongue. However, strangely, Chunxi actually did everything she was told.
In the evening, the three of them sat together to eat. Wu and Shen Jinhua had two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, but Chunxi only had a bowl of watery white porridge. There was a big difference.
Shen Jinhua deliberately asked, "You are in mourning and cannot eat meat. You should know the rules, right?"
Chunxi nodded: "I know."
After saying that, he picked up the porridge and ate it all.
This continued for three consecutive days.
Seeing Chunxi's unwavering submission without complaint, Shen Jinhua completely let down her guard. Just as Chunxi had finished her porridge, Shen Jinhua couldn't help but speak: "There's a rumor out there that you've driven your mother-in-law to death in a fight for the family fortune. Have you heard anything about that?"
Chunxi nodded, and then said aggrievedly: "Auntie, I am wronged. My mother-in-law's death has nothing to do with me."
Shen Jinhua forced a kind face and said, "Of course I believe you, but now that so much of the family fortune is in your hands, outsiders won't believe it."
Chunxi frowned, feeling even more aggrieved: "Aunt, I fought with my mother-in-law for the family property, but I didn't fight for myself, I fought for my grandmother and everyone in the Shen family."
Mrs. Wu, who was picking her teeth, was so frightened that she almost fell off her chair.
What the hell?
Who did Cao Chunxi say she was fighting for the inheritance?
Shen Jinhua was also stunned by Chunxi's words. A few days ago, she had never even met her niece-in-law, but she actually received such a great favor from her niece-in-law to take away the family property for nothing?
Under the two men's incredulous gazes, Chunxi continued, "Before I even married into the Marquis's Mansion, I heard my husband say that my mother-in-law was tyrannical. Not long after taking over the mansion, she drove out all the Shen family members. Then, she gradually appropriated my husband's mother's dowry to support her family. Even my second and third brothers only care about the Mo family and don't take the Shen family seriously at all. My husband is oppressed by filial piety and can't resist. I have to bear this bad reputation to protect these properties from falling into the hands of the Mo family."
Wu: “…”? ? ?
How come Cao Chunxi made such nonsense sound reasonable?
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