Chapter 129 Will Your Excellency Think I Am Cruel?
Mo Yunwan had remarried Shen Qingyu, and the Mo family could no longer owe Shen Qingyuan anything. Old Madam Mo took charge and immediately exchanged the money for silver notes according to the list Chunxi had given her before and returned it to Chunxi.
Old Madam Mo felt ashamed, so she severed the relationship between her and Mo Yunwan before leaving. Although Ning felt sorry for her daughter, she had no choice but to leave with Old Madam Mo.
Of course Chunxi would not wait for Mrs. Mo to scold him, so he just took the banknote and ran away.
Not long after she walked out of the main courtyard, Shen Qingchi caught up with her: "Sister-in-law, wait a minute."
Chunxi slowed down his pace: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Shen Qingchi pursed his lips and hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Was today's incident planned by my sister-in-law?"
During the time they spent together, Shen Qingchi had seen Chunxi throw tantrums, but she always thought Chunxi was a good person. But today, when she followed Chunxi to the Mo family, she heard with her own ears how Chunxi fabricated facts, provoked conflicts between the two families, and caused her third brother and cousin Wan'er to be caught red-handed in public.
Shen Qingchi didn't know about Mo Yunwan's escape with the actor. She only remembered that Mo Yunwan used to visit the Marquis' Mansion frequently and would bring her small gifts every time. She was a very gentle person.
Shen Qingchi looked at Chunxi steadily, with a look of disappointment in his eyes.
Chunxi didn't avoid her gaze and spoke calmly, "The scheme you're referring to is that I forced your third brother to fall in love with the ex-sister-in-law, or that I have the ability to clone myself, and when we return home, I forced your third brother to sneak into the ex-sister-in-law's room and have sex with her in front of everyone in the Mo family?"
Chunxi asked very bluntly, and Shen Qingchi's face immediately flushed. She stammered, "Sister-in-law, I don't doubt that you forced Third Brother to do what happened today. I just want to ask if you knew that Third Brother and Cousin Wan'er were secretly in contact, so you deliberately brought people from the Mo family here... come..."
As she was still unmarried, Shen Qingchi couldn't even utter the word "catching an adulterer".
Chunxi didn't answer, but looked at her quietly. Shen Qingchi fell silent, feeling inexplicably ashamed. After a long while, she spoke again: "Cousin Wan'er is also a pitiful person. Can you let her go in the future, sister-in-law?"
"Instead of begging me, why don't you tell her not to mess with me in the future? You saw it last time at the Taifu Mansion. I'm a petty person and I like to take revenge."
Chunxi said this and strode away.
Shen Qingchi stood there, his heart tightening.
She didn't know what grudges there were between cousin Wan'er and her eldest sister-in-law, but now she was helping her cousin Wan'er to ruin her eldest brother's promotion banquet. If her eldest sister-in-law knew the truth, would she retaliate against her as well?
Shen Qingchi's words did not affect Chunxi. After returning to Wenxinyuan, she immediately went to the small kitchen to busy herself.
First, stew a pot of sour radish and old duck soup, then cut the fat and lean pork belly into pieces and stir-fry to remove the fat, add rock sugar and stir-fry until the sugar turns brown, then add spices and slow-cook to make braised pork, by the way, get some fried peanuts, and finally cut a small dish of sour cowpeas that you soaked yourself.
After doing all this, it was dark. Chunxi lit the lamp and burned some mosquito repellent incense in the yard. Then she sat down leisurely and waited for Shen Qingyuan.
It was already autumn, and the nights were much cooler. The yard was soon filled with the aroma of old duck soup. Above his head, the sky was full of stars, and occasionally one or two insects chirped. Chunxi took a deep breath and relaxed his whole body.
She thought that she would have to buy two lounge chairs tomorrow, and take some time to plant some vines in the yard and build a frame, so that when Shen Qingyuan took a break, they could lie in the yard together, enjoy the breeze and appreciate the night view.
Perhaps the imagined scene was too beautiful, and sleepiness came over her unconsciously, but she was thinking about the food on the stove and did not sleep too deeply.
After an unknown amount of time, Chunxi suddenly felt someone standing in front of her. When she opened her eyes, she saw Shen Qingyuan standing beside her, putting his coat on her.
"My Lord, you're back. I'm not really sleepy. I just felt so comfortable sitting here that I took a short nap. The food should be ready. I'll go serve it."
Chunxi was about to get up and go to the kitchen when Shen Qingyuan held her shoulder and said, "I'll go get some food. You sit down and rest for a while."
Chunxi didn't insist and just sat there quietly without moving.
If the lord can handle such a big case, serving a meal is certainly no problem for him.
Just as I was thinking about it, a familiar voice came from my ear: "Sister."
Chunxi turned around and saw Cao Wen standing at the gate of the courtyard, timid and not daring to approach.
He must have suffered a lot during these days in the Marquis' Mansion. He lost a lot of weight, but he did grow taller.
"Come and tell me what you want to say. I can't hear you clearly from so far away."
Chunxi spoke, and Cao Wen slowly walked over. At the same time, Shen Qingyuan brought the food to the table.
The tempting aroma kept entering Cao Wen's nose, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
These days he has been living and eating with the servants of the Marquis' Mansion. Although he can occasionally enjoy a bite to eat, he has not eaten such delicious food for a long time.
He couldn't help but feel hopeful, hoping that his sister-in-law would invite him to have dinner with them.
However, after waiting for a long time, I only got one sentence: "Tell me, what's the matter."
Cao Wen struggled to tear his eyes away from the food, pulled out a book from his sleeve, and said, "I'm not quite sure what this passage means. Could you please explain it to me, brother-in-law?"
After Cao Wen finished speaking, Shen Qingyuan took the book from his hand.
"The heart is not moved by the temptation of small profits." This sentence means that we should not let the temptation of small profits shake our inner principles and moral integrity. We should maintain inner purity and firmness, and act with integrity.
Shen Qingyuan immediately explained this, and then was a little surprised: "The content of this book is a little obscure to you now, but can you understand the rest?"
As he asked the question, Shen Qingyuan flipped forward and found many small notes in the book, which were all annotations written by Cao Wen.
Cao Wen whispered, "My brother-in-law wrote a lot of annotations on the book he gave me before, all of which were easy to understand. After reading those, I read this one and I can understand a lot more. I have marked some of the parts I don't understand and wrote down my thoughts. I can go to the school to ask the teacher later."
Because of his willfulness, his elder sister cut off his tuition and he had not been to school for a long time. Now he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with everyone if he went back, so he could only make up for it by reading more books.
Cao Wen's study attitude was much more serious than before. Shen Qingyuan returned the book to him and said gently, "I'm on duty at 3:30 pm every day. If nothing unexpected happens, I'll be home before 4:00 pm. If you still have questions, you can ask me."
"Thank you, brother-in-law."
Cao Wen's eyes lit up, but he had asked all the questions and his sister didn't want him to stay, so it was time for him to leave.
Shen Qingyuan was very keen to notice that Cao Wen didn't want to leave, so he asked doubtfully, "Is there anything else?"
Cao Wen glanced at Chunxi subconsciously.
Chunxi didn't look at him, but poured a bowl of soup and placed it in front of Shen Qingyuan: "I have been cooking this soup for a long time, please try it, sir."
Cao Wen stammered, and finally shook his head: "No, I'm fine. I'll go back first. Goodbye, brother-in-law."
After saying this, Cao Wen turned and ran away.
Shen Qingyuan said nothing, lowering his head to drink his soup. Just after taking a sip, he heard Chunxi ask, "Will my husband think I'm a cruel and heartless person?"
"No," Shen Qingyuan answered without hesitation, and then reached out to rub Chunxi's head. "If anyone dares to say that about my wife, I will be the first to disagree."
Chunxi narrowed her eyes and her whole heart was warm.
She just knew that her parents were the best.
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