Chapter 86 Dissatisfaction
"This ungrateful bastard is so ungrateful!"

After listening to Li Mingzhu's report, Feng's face turned black on the spot and he cursed coldly.

"Mother-in-law, calm down and take care of yourself." Li Mingzhu tried to comfort him. "Father-in-law hasn't been in a good mood recently. The family business is basically managed by my third brother. It's possible that Father-in-law doesn't know about it. I think I should tell Father-in-law about what's going on outside."

Feng narrowed her eyes, "Your father probably thought that the third son was a good and obedient son. He never thought that now that he has started a family, he has divided the family into inside and outside. He and his wife live a simple life behind closed doors and don't care about our entire Chen family. Could it be that he wants to separate and start his own business?"

When she said that, Li Mingzhu didn't respond and just lowered her head.

"My daughter-in-law also thinks that Third Brother's behavior is inappropriate. Since he is so good at running the shop and is in charge of the family business, why can't he manage it together?"

"Okay, I know what's going on. I'll tell the master about this." Feng said coldly, then looked at Li Mingzhu, "How is Jin'er doing these days?"

Speaking of her husband, Li Mingzhu said hurriedly, "These days, my husband has been doing some small business with a good friend, and it's going pretty well. Knowing that I'm going out today, he even gave me some money and asked me to buy a new pair of jade bracelets for my mother-in-law."

As he spoke, he motioned to the maid to bring the things up.

After seeing the gift, Feng's face softened a lot. She smiled and said, "Jin'er is sensible, and it's all thanks to you. I've seen how hard you've worked during this period. You've lost some weight. I have some top-quality bird's nests here. You can take some back to eat and replenish your body."

"Thank you, mother-in-law." Li Mingzhu bowed.

After leaving Wanshuangzhai, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Qiao Yue helped her walk back, "Madam hasn't been so gentle to you, young lady, for a long time."

"Now she is thinking about the fact that the third child did not work like a slave for the family. Now that we are on the same side, she will naturally treat me well. Besides, I am humble enough." Li Mingzhu said lightly.

Not long after she left, Feng went to Chen Huaiqian's courtyard carrying some homemade snacks.

After failing to take a concubine, Chen Huaiqian was sad and angry at first and had no intention of taking care of the business. Later, after taking a long break, he became lazy and seeing that Chen Zhi was doing a good job, he really didn't interfere.

After hearing what Feng said about the situation outside, his brows immediately furrowed.

"Could there be some misunderstanding? Sanlang has always been an obedient and filial child. How could he not think about his family?" Chen Huaiqian said.

Mrs. Feng also agreed with him, "I think so. What child doesn't miss his family? Over the years, we have never treated him unfairly. I guess he is trying out the shops his mother left him first, and then he plans to tell you, Master, and then move on to our family business. After all, with the Master around, he is a child and he doesn't dare to make such a big decision."

Although she wanted to cause Chen Huaiqian's dissatisfaction with Chen Zhi, what Feng hoped to see more was that Chen Zhi would work for the Chen family and earn money.

This money must be from the Chen family's assets to be put into her pocket.

After hearing what Feng said, Chen Huaiqian nodded and said that he would talk to Chen Zhi when he came back in the evening.

So when Chen Zhiyi came back in the evening, he was called away by Chen Huaiqian.

After coming out of Chen Huaiqian's yard, he went to Fuyunju with a cold face.

After the delay, it was already past dinner time, so when he arrived, Xu Shuhe was sitting with his legs crossed on the small couch in the outer room, drinking digestive tea and reading a storybook.

Hearing the sound of greeting at the door, Xu Shuhe quickly put down the book and sat up.

When I was about to get out of bed, I remembered that I wasn't wearing any shoes or socks.

But at this moment Chen Zhi had already come in.

Their eyes met, and they were both slightly stunned for no reason. Then Chen Zhi's eyes fell on the pair of white and slender jade feet. "Why aren't you wearing shoes and socks?" Chen Zhi said softly, and walked over, muttering, "Although the weather is still hot, you have caught a cold and haven't recovered yet. It is often said that all diseases start from the cold, and the cold starts from the feet."

"We just had dinner and it's a bit stuffy." Xu Shuhe smiled uncomfortably.

As he spoke, he waved to Xinyue and asked her to bring the shoes over.

She wanted to avoid people recently, so naturally she didn't want Chen Zhi to come over, but she still asked.

"Why are you here now? Is dinner ready?"

Chen Zhi sat down next to her and reached out to take Xu Shuhe's embroidered shoes from Xinyue.

Then he gently pinched Xu Shuhe's ankle and tried to help her put on her shoes.

Xu Shuhe only felt the man's palm was a little hot on her ankle, and she subconsciously wanted to dodge, but Chen Zhi did not let go and had already put one of the embroidered shoes on her.

He whispered, "My father called me over to ask some questions, so I was delayed. I haven't had my meal yet. He asked about our business."

The two words "we" made Xu Shuhe immediately alert.

If it was the Chen family's business, Chen Zhi would not use the word "we", which means that Chen Huaiqian was asking about Chen Zhi's private property.

Now it is also Xu Shuhe's hard work.

So she didn't care about the ambiguity of Chen Zhi putting shoes on her and asked hurriedly.

"What did you say?"

"Let me also pay attention to the Chen family's business and run it well." Chen Zhi helped her put on the other shoe, then looked up at her with a bit of sarcasm in his eyes, "It is said that when one prospers, all prosper, and when one suffers, all suffer. I also have a share in the Chen family's business. I can't just take care of myself, I have to think about my family too."

Although the Chen family will know about these things sooner or later and make them jealous, it is still very annoying that this day has come.

Indeed, neither Chen Huaiqian nor Feng Shi could snatch money from Chen Zhi, but they could force Chen Zhi to run the Chen family's business in the same way and make money for them.

"Then what did you say?" Xu Shuhe frowned slightly.

Chen Zhi smiled and said, "Of course I'll find someone to take the blame, but you can't say it was my idea."

When he said that, Xu Shuhe immediately understood.

"You sold Jinyi?"

"As the only daughter of a wealthy businessman in Kyoto, she comes from a big city, so she is naturally better at business than us." Chen Zhi took the teacup handed to him by Meixiang and took a sip. "I said that after you met Miss Lin, Miss Lin cooperated with us to open a store, and the business was booming. We have the connections of the Lin family and Miss Lin's new business strategy. I only take care of the accounts."

This makes sense, because the new product launch jointly organized by Yunshang Pavilion and Brocade Workshop was known to everyone in the city.

It was said that Lin Jinyi was the one who managed the store, and Chen Zhi didn't participate much, just contributed money and effort. Naturally, Chen Huaiqian couldn't say anything more, and could only let Chen Zhi also take care of some of the Chen family's business.

After hearing this, Xu Shuhe nodded slightly and said with a smile, "That's great. I'll send someone to tell Jinyi that she is willing to serve as a shield for us."

"You two are quite close." Chen Zhi put down his teacup and looked at her with a strange look in his eyes. "When you were not in the store these days, she kept asking me about you, calling you Ah He all the time."