Chapter 20: Can't live without Xu

When Chen Zhi returned home, Xu Shuhe told him about his biological mother's dowry.

Chen Zhi was also quite surprised. He didn't expect Xu Shuhe to find out the truth so quickly. After hearing about Meixiang's identity, he finally understood.

"Can you trust what that maid says?" Chen Zhi still asked.

Xu Shuhe nodded, "I asked someone to check it out, and there is indeed no problem. Didn't you know Meixiang's identity before?"

"I haven't noticed it." Chen Zhi felt a little embarrassed.

Not only did he not notice it now, he also didn't notice it in his previous life. After all, in his previous life, Xu Shuhe died of a heart attack on the day she married him.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhi couldn't help but look at Xu Shuhe twice.

I thought that if Xu Shuhe had been fine in his previous life, maybe he wouldn't have ended up like that.

But on second thought, I felt that was not necessarily the case.

In his previous life, he was devoted to everyone in the Chen family and was filial to Feng as if she were his own mother. If Xu Shuhe had done what she has now, there is a 90% chance that he would not listen to her and might even scold her, causing the couple to become estranged.

So this time he is reborn, it is good for both of them.

Xu Shuhe didn't know what Chen Zhi was thinking, so he just said, "I went out today and checked several of my dowry shops. I found a good one that sells rouge. The business is pretty good. I want to let you help manage it. What do you think?"

"It's not convenient for me to interfere with your dowry." Chen Zhi said seriously.

Some of his mother's dowry was originally going to be left to him, and he took it without hesitation, but there was no reason for him to touch his wife's dowry.

If this gets out, people will laugh at you.

"I asked you to help take care of it, but I didn't give it to you. What's the big deal?" Xu Shuhe waved his hand.

In the end, seeing that Chen Zhi was still reluctant to agree, he continued to explain.

"I checked today. My mother gave me ten shops as a dowry. Four of them are our own property. We hired people to open shops and do business. Four of them are rented out to collect rent. The other two are vacant. They are in good locations. It is not a problem to open a shop by myself or rent them out. I am thinking about planning it now. I am a little too busy. The rouge shop happens to be close to the Chen family's shop. You are now in charge of the ready-made clothing shop. Most of the customers are women. It is a good opportunity to introduce business."

"Introducing business is not a problem, but..." Chen Zhi frowned, still hesitant.

Xu Shuhe said, "When mother's dowry is brought back, you will have so many things to do. If you don't practice in advance, you won't know what to do. I don't want you to take care of it for me all the time, but just help me take care of it for a while. You don't covet my dowry or anything. If you are upright, you have nothing to fear. Who would say anything?"

Since she had said so much, it was hard for Chen Zhi to refuse. Thinking about how much money he had earned, he would just not take any, so he nodded and agreed.

Seeing this, Xu Shuhe stood up, took two books and placed them in front of him.

"What is this?" Chen Zhi looked up, confused.

"Something good for you." Xu Shuhe raised his eyebrows and smiled. "When doing business, you should be good at what you do. Read more books and acquire new knowledge. It will be good for you."

Seeing that Chen Zhi was still a little confused, Xu Shuhe said, "I picked these two books myself. Take a look when you have time. I'll have something else good for you in a few days."

"No need for that. I can learn things by following the old shopkeeper and my father in the shop." Chen Zhi smiled helplessly.

He didn't read any books in his previous life. He just learned from the old people in the store and accumulated experience from daily life.

"If the book is useless, why write it?" Xu Shuhe asked back.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, she continued, "Anyway, I'll leave the book here. It's up to you to read it or not. I think if you really want to build your own career, this knowledge will only be less, not more."

Perhaps Chen Zhi was a little surprised because he didn't expect Xu Shuhe to say such a thing to him.

Then he was surprised, and had a vague feeling that the girl in front of him might have a vision and pattern that were far superior to his.

So after a moment, he reached out and took both books.

He said in a deep voice, "I'll take a look." This is what it means to marry a virtuous woman.

Chen Zhi thought that if he lived his life again, besides settling those grudges, he should also accomplish something big, otherwise he would be too confined to the small world of the Chen family.

Looking at the change in Chen Zhi's expression, Xu Shuhe immediately gave himself a thumbs up in his heart.

She is really good at motivating children. The education world cannot do without her!
After talking for a while, dinner was ready.

The two were about to get up to have dinner when they heard footsteps at the door. They turned around and saw it was Tinglan.

"Young Master, Young Madam." Tinglan bowed.

Xu Shuhe waved his hand, "What's the matter?"

"To answer the young madam's question, someone from Miss Chunliu's side came to tell her that she was not feeling well and wanted to see a doctor." Tinglan said in a low voice.

As she spoke, she glanced at Chen Zhi and added.

"I didn't dare to disturb the young master and mistress for this, but the maid who came to deliver the message said that Miss Chunliu was beaten with a stick and injured before, and her body became weak. Today, she suddenly had a fever and was confused. It was really serious, so she asked for help."

But Chen Zhi seemed not to hear anything. He just sat there drinking tea without answering.

Xu Shuhe noticed something and was slightly moved. He immediately said, "Then let's hire a doctor. Xinyue, bring some silver."

Finally, he looked at Tinglan again and said, "You should go with her to see how her condition is and report back in detail."

"Yes, I obey your command." Tinglan responded quickly.

Before leaving, he looked at Chen Zhi again without giving up, and seeing that he still got no response, he left quickly.

Judging from the look on his face, he must be trying to get something out of Chen Zhi's mouth.

Maybe he wanted Chen Zhi to meet Chun Liu?
In short, there may be something fishy going on here, so we need to be more careful.

However, Xu Shuhe also wanted to test Chen Zhi's attitude, so he asked after Tinglan left.

"Won't you go and take a look, sir?"

"She is under house arrest for her crime, why should I go and see her?" Chen Zhi said calmly, "You can handle the affairs of the backyard."

Xu Shuhe nodded and was about to invite him to have dinner, but then he heard him speak again.

"Just don't let anyone die."

After hearing this, Xu Shuhe was a little confused, but Chen Zhi didn't say anything more. He just stood up and walked to the table where dinner was set and sat down.

Seeing this, Xu Shuhe didn't ask any more questions.

He just guessed in his heart that Chunliu had given him a son after all, and had been with him for some years, so there probably still was some friendship between them.

After dinner was over, Tinglan, who had gone out for a walk, also found an opportunity to come in and reply.

Anyway, according to her, Chunliu was very sick and almost dying.

In addition, Chunliu now knows that he is wrong, and he apologizes in every way and asks the young lady for forgiveness.

These words made it seem as if Xu Shuhe's failure to forgive Chun Liu would be making things difficult for a dying person.

But Xu Shuhe just didn't respond.

Tinglan couldn't help herself and said to Chen Zhi carefully, "Master, Miss Chunliu said that she wanted to see you and the child, and then she would die without regrets."

(End of this chapter)