Chapter 14 True Care

"How are you getting along with your son-in-law?"

Inside the room, Zheng asked with great concern, her eyes full of tenderness.

"He doesn't talk much," Xu Shuhe said, adding, "But he's a clear-headed person, and a reasonable person. He just doesn't think much, and he always seems to suffer losses."

Zheng waved her hand, "Mother is not asking these questions. After spending some time with him today, I have already seen that although this child is a little introverted, he has good character. Mother is saying..."

At this point, Zheng seemed a little embarrassed to speak. She paused and then lowered her voice.

"Did your marriage consummation go smoothly?"

Although it is the soul of a modern woman, Xu Shuhe had only heard relevant knowledge in his two lifetimes and had never practiced it personally. Now that he was asked, he immediately blushed.

"It went smoothly, it went smoothly." Xu Shuhe avoided Zheng's gaze.

Seeing her daughter like this, Zheng felt something was wrong and asked, "Are you serious? Although this is something that is difficult to talk about, it is something that cannot be avoided between husband and wife. If you have any difficulties, you should tell me."

"Oh, mother, I'm just embarrassed. Look at him and I, we are both healthy, how could it not go smoothly?" Xu Shuhe calmed himself down, thinking of diverting Zheng's attention, and told her about Chunliu, "It's just that I didn't get married, so we didn't know about it. He has a maid in his room who has served him for many years and gave birth to a son for him. His name is Jun Ge'er, and he is four years old this year."

Upon hearing this, Zheng's expression changed instantly.

"How could such a thing happen? The Chen family is a respectable family after all. How could they do such a disgraceful and dishonorable thing? Are they taking advantage of our Xu family because we have no one left? How dare they let you suffer like this!"

As he was about to stand up, he said, "No, I'm going to hitch a carriage now and go to the Chen family to ask for an explanation!"

"Mom, mom, please wait a moment, this matter needs to be resolved, but you have to listen to me first!" Xu Shuhe hurriedly stopped her.

He then told Xinyue to close the door, took Zheng's hand, and pushed her back into the chair to sit down again.

Then, he told her about how Chunliu brought her child to make trouble in the bridal chamber on the wedding day, how Chen Zhi dealt with the mother and child, how he discovered some clues when he served tea to his mother-in-law Feng the next day, and how he trained the servants to establish his authority after returning home, and how he and his second sister-in-law Li Mingzhu tested each other. He told her all these things.

After hearing this, although Zheng still looked unhappy, her anger had subsided a little.

"This son-in-law and his father-in-law are sensible. Your mother-in-law is really a concubine who is not presentable even after being promoted to the wife's wife. She has some dirty thoughts that make me sick just by looking at them!"

Zheng said angrily, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then sighed at the end.

"I originally thought that the two families were engaged as children, and the one betrothed to you was the legitimate son of Master Chen's first wife. The second wife, Feng, has always had a good reputation outside, and the Chen family is also well-off, so I felt at ease to marry you. I never thought that the husband is a good husband, but your mother-in-law is a black-hearted person, and her good reputation is all fake!"

"Okay, mother, don't be too angry. Things have come to this point. The marriage is already settled. We can only think of ways to live a good life, right? Don't worry, your daughter already has an idea in her mind to deal with it." Xu Shuhe took Zheng's hand and shook it like a spoiled child, comforting her softly.

Zheng frowned, "Then tell mother what you plan to do."

Xu Shuhe curled his lips and smiled, moved his body a little closer to Zheng, and explained his thoughts in detail.

As expected of a woman who has been in charge of the household and business for many years, Zheng is more capable than Xu Shuhe in handling these matters, and she also gave a lot of suggestions after listening.

In addition, Zheng also planned to take time to visit the Chen family after Xu Shuhe returned to the Chen family.

Firstly, he wanted to support his daughter and prevent the Chen family from thinking that the Xu family had no one and bullying Xu Shuhe. Secondly, he also wanted to meet Feng in person.

After all, in the eyes of mothers, daughters are always children, and they are afraid that Xu Shuhe will not handle it well and suffer losses. The mother and daughter talked about intimate things for an afternoon, and Xu Shuhe also learned a lot about the current situation of the Xu family from her mother. To be honest, it is not very optimistic.

Just as Xu Shuhe guessed, when his father was alive, the Xu family's assets were much larger than the Chen family's. After his father passed away, there were no male heirs in the family, and Zheng, a woman who had to take on the responsibility, encountered many difficulties.

Most of the people doing business nowadays are still men, so when they saw that Zheng was in charge, many customers stopped coming. Some even thought that Zheng was easy to bully and wanted to take advantage of him. In short, it was very difficult to get to where he is today.

In addition, Zheng married into a wealthy family, and her family background was average. When Xu Shuhe's father passed away, not only did she not help, she also wanted to swallow up the Xu family's property. For Xu Shuhe's sake, Zheng fell out with her family background and severed ties with them in order to preserve the property.

But because Zheng didn't know how to do business, she had been groping in the dark over the years. Also, because of her identity as a woman, she was looked down upon everywhere. By now, the Xu family's assets have shrunk to half of their original size, and are now worse off than the Chen family.

After learning this, and thinking of the generous dowry her mother had prepared for her, even though she had only come to this world to complete a system task and had no blood relationship with the Zheng family, Xu Shuhe couldn't help but be moved.

Although her husband's family is a mess, fortunately she has a mother in this world who cares about her wholeheartedly.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zheng asked Xu Shuhe to go and see Chen Zhi while she went to prepare dinner.

It's not good to leave people alone all the time.

When Xu Shuhe came over, Chen Zhi was reading a book.

Apart from this, there is nothing else to do to kill time.

Hearing the footsteps, Chen Zhi looked up and saw that it was her, so he asked casually, "Where is my mother-in-law?"

"Let's go and arrange dinner." Xu Shuhe came in and sat down next to him. "You must be bored after spending the whole afternoon here."

Chen Zhi closed the book and said, "No, I don't usually have such free time to sit down and read. Today is a rare opportunity."

"I never thought you were still a nerd." Xu Shuhe joked.

Chen Zhi smiled and said, "It's half."

Looking at the man in front of him, Xu Shuhe thought of the matter that his mother had repeatedly asked about today. After thinking about it, he felt that it was not good to drag on the matter, and he had to think of a long-term plan to resolve it.

So he said, "Xinyue, you and Zhang Ping please go out for a while. I have something to discuss with the young master alone."

Although the two were curious, they also knew the rules, so they didn't say anything and left immediately.

Chen Zhi was also a little surprised. After the door was closed, he spoke, "What's wrong?"

"It's just something about my body." Xu Shuhe looked a little embarrassed, as if he couldn't start talking.

Seeing this, Chen Zhi said seriously, "Just tell me. Since we are already husband and wife, I won't be disgusted by anything. If there is any disease, I will treat it."

After hearing these words, Xu Shuhe felt more confident.

However, he still looked embarrassed, lowered his head, hesitated for a while, and then spoke in a very low voice.

"You know I have a heart disease. In fact, I also have some other weak conditions that I brought with me from the womb. They still need time to recover. So in the first year of our marriage, for my health, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for us to consummate the marriage."

(End of this chapter)