Chapter 30: Stealing chicken but losing rice
"Sanlang, why are you back?"

Looking at the person who came, Feng was a little surprised and her face looked awkward.

Chen Zhi glanced at the situation in the room, his face slightly cold, "If I hadn't come back, I really wouldn't have known that you and my second sister-in-law had always bullied my wife like this."

Upon hearing this, Li Mingzhu hurriedly stepped forward with a wry smile to smooth things over.

"Third brother, look at what you said. This is all a misunderstanding. Now that everything has been explained, how could we be bullying our third brother's wife?"

"Yes, Sanlang, I am also worried. You don't know how serious Jun'er's trouble was today." Feng also said

But Chen Zhi ignored her and walked straight to Xu Shuhe. He looked her up and down before whispering, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Xu Shuhe shook his head, and finally asked curiously, "Why did you come back so quickly?"

Even if Xinyue and Meixiang ran faster, they couldn't be so timely.

"The people in the front yard thought something happened here, so they came to the shop to call me early in the morning. When I just came back, I saw them two running out." Chen Zhi replied.

Xu Shuhe smiled and said, "It's okay. Nothing happened to me."

Watching the couple talking, Feng and Li Mingzhu felt left out and felt a little embarrassed and aggrieved.

As the elder, Feng had just suffered a setback and had a stiff face and didn't want to speak, so Li Mingzhu had to speak up.

"Third brother, third sister-in-law, look, now that the matter has been resolved, I will help mother-in-law go back to rest."

"Don't worry." Chen Zhi turned his head and looked at the two of them. "Xinyue and Meixiang just told me how anxious they were, saying they were reporting to the police and endangering someone's life. It was scary to hear that. I have already asked Zhang Ping to ask my father to come back and take charge of the situation. Now it's almost time for lunch. Mother and my second sister-in-law should go to the front hall and wait. When my father comes back, we can talk for a while and have lunch together."

As he said this, he stood in front of Xu Shuhe, as if protecting her.

Although she had already solved the dilemma when Chen Zhi arrived today, Chen Zhi's actions of protecting her and trying to get back on her behalf were also gratifying.

It’s really worth it that she loves this child so much, Xu Shuhe wiped away the tears of an old mother in her heart.

Feng naturally didn't want to stay, so she said, "There are so many things to do in the shop, how can we ask your father to run back and forth? Now that this matter has been resolved, there is no need to ask him to come back."

"How can I do this? Such a big thing happened at home, and my father will have to ask some questions. If my mother doesn't want to make a fuss, I might as well go again and go to the shop to talk to my father clearly." Chen Zhi acted sensible.

But how could Feng be willing to let him go alone to talk to Chen Huaiqian?

Now she saw that Chen Zhi seemed to have suddenly come to his senses and was not half as easy to fool as before, which made her feel annoyed.

He could only wave his hands and said, "Forget it. This is just another trouble for you. Since your father is coming back, just have a good meal and get back to work in the afternoon."

Just like that, Feng and Li Mingzhu reluctantly followed Chen Zhi and Xu Shuhe to the front hall.

As they sat drinking tea and waiting for Chen Huaiqian to come back, both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law felt extremely uncomfortable, as if they had thorns on their buttocks.

Fortunately, Chen Huaiqian rushed back home soon, and Feng immediately went forward to show concern for him.

"It's obviously a trivial matter. Sanlang is a child who doesn't know any better. He made the master run back. It's so hot. Master, please have a cup of tea and sit down to rest."

"No need." Chen Huaiqian looked worried and pushed Feng's hand away. "I heard that there was a murder in the family and I wanted to report it to the police. How is it going now?"

Having been humiliated, Feng's face became even uglier, but when she heard Chen Huaiqian's question, she still patiently answered.

But Xu Shuhe didn't give her a chance to talk nonsense, and spoke first. "Everything has been investigated clearly. It was Xia He, the maidservant beside my mother-in-law, who instructed Qin Po, the kitchen maid, to tamper with Jun'er's food, causing Jun'er to fall ill. In the end, they framed my daughter-in-law and wanted her to bear the crime of murdering the illegitimate son and be punished, in order to avenge her good sister Chunliu. My mother-in-law believed Qin Po's false accusations and wanted to punish my daughter-in-law. My daughter-in-law had no choice but to flee, hoping to ask my husband and father to come back to seek justice. Reporting to the police was just a pretext to scare the maidservant."

Having said this, Xu Shuhe raised his hand as if wiping away tears.

"Dad, it's all my fault. I made you worry. But today I was really scared and anxious. At that time, my mother-in-law seemed to want to eat me."

Chen Zhi also immediately pretended to comfort him and said to Chen Huaiqian, "Dad, not long ago, there was a rumor that our family mistreats the bride. It was a big deal. Now, within a few days, something like this has happened again. I'm afraid that if we don't deal with it properly, people outside will really believe that our Chen family has a bad tradition."

When Chen Huaiqian heard that this was another matter caused by Feng, his anger suddenly flared up.

Looking into Feng's eyes, he almost spit fire, "Can't you just be quiet for a few days? This mansion's affairs are entrusted to you, and this is how you manage them? You can even make such a scandal as a servant murdering the master, and you want to punish the third son's wife without investigating the matter clearly. Is this how you run the household?"

"Master, I was just worried about the child today, so I believed what that old woman said. It was not intentional!" Feng also burst into tears.

"When mother wanted to punish my wife, she was so swift and decisive. How come she just punished the maidservant and never mentioned it again after finding out that it was her? If my mother-in-law knew about this, I don't know how I would seek justice."

Chen Zhi at the side immediately spoke up.

Feng was choked and didn't know what to say, but Chen Huaiqian was enlightened and gave orders angrily.

"Okay, you've done so many stupid things. I think you're really not suitable to be a housekeeper these days. Just stay in your courtyard and reflect on your mistakes for a month!"

Unexpectedly, Chen Huaiqian would confine her to housekeeping and deprive her of her rights as housekeeper. Feng became anxious and pretended to be weak and fainted the next second.

Mother Qiu hurriedly supported the person and said, "Madam, Madam, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Huaiqian, who was originally still angry, was stunned when he saw Feng fainted and was about to go forward to check.

However, Chen Zhi said, "Mother is really too tired from taking care of the household chores these days, which is why she keeps making mistakes. Now she is weak, and she should take good care of herself for a while."

Hearing this, Chen Huaiqian frowned and waved his hand, "Send the lady back to rest."

When the unconscious Feng heard this, she wished she could wake up right then and there, but she could only hold it in and let Mother Qiu call for people to carry her back.

With things developing like this, there was no way I could have a good lunch.

Chen Huaiqian was very annoyed and didn't want to stay at home at all. After dealing with these things, he went out again.

Li Mingzhu also ran as fast as she could, fearing that she would be implicated, which gave her even more headaches. This time, Feng Shi lost more than she gained.

Now, the Zhou family will be here tomorrow. Xu Shuhe was not locked up, but she was under house arrest. Half of the dowry sent by the Zhou family can be easily put into Xu Shuhe's hands.

Well, I’m afraid there’s no profit to be made this time.

After everyone in the hall had left, Xu Shuhe looked at Chen Zhi with approval and clapped softly.

"I didn't expect that. What a shocking statement."

"Am I a fool in your eyes?" Chen Zhi was helpless. He just didn't like to talk.

Xu Shuhe smiled and said, "I'm just a little surprised. Okay, let's go back to the yard first."

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