Chapter 41 - You Still Have A Home
After that Madam Cheng was on roll , Su Wan didn't even need to ask anything anymore and Madam Cheng told her everything. Turns out that after the death of Su Wan's mother , Su Bai took charge of the Madam Shen 's dowry shops . Generally, if a man marries another woman after his wife passes away , the dowry of his first wife needed to be returned to her natal family .
However , Su Bai told Madam Shen brothers that he wanted to keep Madam Shen 's dowry shops for Su Wan and give them to her until she was old enough to get married . Su Wan uncles obliged and they changed the name on the deed from Madam Shen to Su Wan .
This was what Su Bai wanted , once the shops changed owners from the Shen family to the Su family . Su Bai started running rampant as Su Wan's father who was the owner of the shops .
" At first your father only took the money that was kept aside for you and the Su family but later on he started smuggling the entire shop's income , when I tried to stop him, he threatened me with yamen saying that he would complain against me for embezzling the money from the shops . I never took a coin that didn't belonged to me ,miss. " said Madam Cheng as the assistant placed the tea and cakes in front of Su Wan and the others " That day I wanted to resign but your father didn't let me instead he warned that if I walk out of this shop he will sue me for sure . Never once Had madam Shen and the masters from the Shen family treated me so terribly but in the end I'm just a slave and your father is the master .If he really sued me I wouldn't have been able to explain the matter even if I had hundreds mouth "
" And just like that he would take away everything even the salary of the staff . That was fine too because we would keep a seperate account and settle the staff 's salary before your father arrived to take the shops money but then he started to take away the good fabrics from the shop and wouldn't pay no matter what I say to him . Because there was a sudden decline in the fine fabric the income of the store was also affected . .. then your father came asking for the store's income and flew into a rage when the money earned didn't match the previous months income . He blamed me for embezzling too much and I told him that it was because he was being too greedy and took the finest clothes home but instead of changing his ways - your father , he , he actually sold off one of my staff's woman ! "
" mistress it has been going on for years now our once elite shop have been degraded to this " sobbed Madam Cheng " yet your father still don't know how to stop today he sent one of his servant and asked me to send him the finest clothes of our winter collection , if I let them take away the clothes how are we supposed to earn ?"
Su Wan who finished listening to Madam Cheng 's experience was so angry that she trembled. Snatching entire money income ! Snatching the finest clothes ! This much was still something Su Wan could still stand but selling a young woman ? Selling an alive and kicking woman ? This was something she could never stand .
Slaves were human too in her eyes so what if they signed a deed and even if they signed a deed they signed it with The Shen family ! Who was Su Bai to sell those servants ? And what was more even after snatching so many things from the shops that belonged to Su Wan that shameless man actually starved that poor girl to death and subsidized that shameless bitch and her daughter !
Furious and enraged Su Wan punched the tabled with a loud thud .Lin Yu who was sitting beside her hurriedly rubbed her palm and soothed her " Wan Wan don't get angry , what was going to happen had already happened "
Yes , she couldn't change what already happened thus there was no point in beating herself over it.
Only now did Madam Cheng looked over at Lin Yu and the others who followed Su Wan inside , at first she was too happy to see Su Wan and didn't pay attention to the men who came after her " Young miss ; these men are -"
" my husbands " said Su Wan with a smile after calming herself down " There is one more at home , my father sold me to these gentlemen "
" Oh husbands- WHAT SOLD ?" Madam Cheng who was calm through out the entire conversation couldn't sit still anymore .How could she ?She was madam Shen 's personal maid before she was sent as a dowry maid . Madam Cheng was obviously very close to Madam Shen and when she heard that the daughter for whom Madam Shen gave up her life for was sold , she suddenly had an urge to stab her sewing needles in Su Bai's freaking eyes " That shameless man ! He actually sold you the owner of this shop yet he is daring enough to ask for the finest clothes from your shop , the shop of the daughter he sold " the more Madam Cheng spoke the more agitated she became , she even swept a furious glance at The Lin brothers who felt a chill crawl up their spine .
" Yes that's why if my father dares to come to this shop again tell him that he needs to pay . Don't reject the Su family directly just ask for money for whatever they want to purchase and just in case they refuse tell them to meet me at Yamen " said Su Wan who looked quite amused at Madam Cheng 's antics . The woman was acting like a fierce lioness whose cub was snatched by a couple of pigs , Su Wan happily cocked an eyebrow at the Lin brothers who shuddered , aye their family 's Wan Wan had such terrible protector .
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" I understand Young miss , shall I tell masters that your father sold you off ?" asked Madam Cheng retracting her fierce gaze which made the Lin brothers sigh in relief , Madam Cheng was naturally asking about Su Wan's uncles when she mentioned the word masters.
" You do that , in case my uncle end up helping someone they shouldn't " Su Cheng the precious son of the Su family was studying in the city and depended quite heavily on Su Wan's second and third uncle but that brat still took it for granted and bullied the previous owner .
" I understand and Miss ...in case you need a home - just remember that I'm still here " it was both an offer and a warning to the Lin brothers , Madam Cheng was telling them that just because Su Wan's father sold her doesn't mean she no longer had a home , in case The Lin brothers offended Su Wan or made her unhappy , She would give Su Wan a home and shelter .
" Thank you so much Madam Cheng " Su Wan happily took on Madam Cheng 's offer while Lin Jing and the others stomped on Lin Yan 's foot together.
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Chapter 42 - Study Hard And Become An Official
" Wa..n Wa..n don't wo..worry , we will tre..treat you real.really well. Do..Don't be an..angry " Once Su Wan was done checking out the embroidery shop , she checked on the make up shop as well . At first she wanted to buy some essential oils for making soaps first but just like the embroidery shop , the Su family had already looted away that shop as well
. Except for some poor quality rogue and face powder nothing was left , Su Wan who was already angry finally flew up into a rage and fired the manager who curry favoured with Chen Yanyu and Su Lan and promoted a sharp minded and quick witted Woman named Ye Xiaoli as the make up shop manager.
The Lin brothers especially Lin Yan were really worried that Su Wan would get angry at their lack of capabilities and leave them . The Su family was really shameless , they actually looked down on their Lin family so much that they dared to bully their wife after she got married in their house , if this wasn't looking down on them what was ?
Lin Jing and the others were ashamed , they couldn't even protect their wife . Nor could they earn enough money to pamper her , Even after getting married in their family Su Wan has to go out of the house and manage things on her own .
" Why will I be angry at you ?" asked Su Wan frowning as she glanced at Lin Yu " its not like you egged on the Su family to loot the drowry shops of a married daughter ? why will I be angry ?"
" Isn't it because we are useless ? That the Su family looks down at us " said Lin Rui with a mocking smile " Our family don't have much money and neither of us have a respectable job , that's why the Su family believe that its fine for them to bully you like this "
Su Wan scowled then she turned around with her hands on her hips and pointed at Lin Rui with an angry face " Don't you dare to mock yourself like that ever again ! You are my husbands , if you look down on yourselves like this then who am I supposed to look at ? To me you all exceptionally talented and smart , its not your fault that the Su family dared to bully me like this , its my own fault ! Because I let them bully me for years in the name of filial respect . If I'm getting bullied its because I'm weak ! It has nothing to do with either of you and if you still think that its your fault that I'm being bullied then you better start working hard . "
Su Wan never once thought that it was her husbands fault that she got bullied so badly even after getting married . The previous owner had acted mute for years , even when she knew that her family members were eating and dressing up well because of the income from her mother's dowry shops. The previous Su Wan remained silent and suffered under the Su family because of the so called filial peity . Even if she rebelled against the Su family a day before she got married , the impression left by the previous owner was hard to forget , maybe the Su family thought that it was a one time tantrum that she threw after knowing that they were marrying her off as a shared wife and soon once her temper simmered down , she will back to the previous Su Wan who suffered the injustice with her mouth zipped close .
Hehe ; if it was the previous owner maybe she would really suffer like she did previously but too bad for the Su family , that she wasn't the previous Su Wan!
" And stop worrying about me " said Su Wan as she glanced at her husbands " I'm not angry because they snatched away a few things and bullied me , I'm angry because we lost our money but never mind , if we lost it , we lost it . Its fine , its not like my husbands aren't capable of earning back that money "
" that's right " said Lin Yan his eyes that were brimming with guilt and shame finally brightened " If we lost some money this month , we all need to work harder and earn it back by next month ! "
Only then he will become a capable husband !
" Y..yes we..we. will ea..earn even mor..more " said Lin Yu as he clenched his fists tightly in determination .
" I will work hard too " said Lin Jing as he touched the pouch that was carrying the seeds packet , he swore that he won't waste even a single seed and successfully grow these crops ! Once these green vegetables sprouted no one will be stop their road to success .
" Me too " said Lin Rui smiled and nodded at Su Wan
" you need to focus on your studies " said Su Wan when she listened that Lin Rui wanted to help out in the shops and farm lands . In her eyes if Lin Rui started helping around in the shops then he will be wasting away his talent .
" Studies ? But we don't have money " said Lin Rui blinking with a helpless expression decorated, he too wanted to study hard and become and official but his family had no money ! Even the cheapest school in the town charged a few taels of silver . How can Lin Rui be selfish enough to spend so much money on his studies when that money could be used to bring his mother's medicine and their necessary needs.
" if we don't have money we will earn it " Su Wan was confident , even if she couldn't become one of the richest woman in the town . She was certain that she could atleast earn a decent amount of money for her family to lead a comfortable life " In our family except you no one else have the talents to become a Xiaocai or even a Tongsheng , much less an official . If you give up on your studies now , its possible that you will regret it in the future " pausing Su Wan licked her dry lips and continued " And if our family has an official we won't have to be afraid about getting bullied "
She obviously meant Lin Che when she said that; even though Lin Che wasn't smart that didn't mean that he will never become an official . Continuous failure was the road of success even if he failed today and tomorrow , there will be a time when Lin Che would get used to the exam pattern and pass the exams. Even if he doesn't become an official , even a Title of Xiaocai was enough for him to bully them .
" Wan Wan is right" Lin Yan agreed " We can't let anyone bully us in the future , Ah Rui you work hard in your studies leave the problem of earning money to your big brothers . If we can support that useless Trash Lin Che, we can support you too !"
" Study . Good " even Lin Jing agreed with Su Wan and Lin Yan 's suggestion .
" Ye..yes brother you ..you. con..continue with yo..your stu..studies " Lin Yu too was supportive of his fourth brother continuing his studying , he had seen that ever since he was a child , the village kids respected that idiot Lin Che just because he was a scholar in training . Lin Yu knew that his brother was smarter than Lin Che , if only Grandma Lin didn't stop his brother from going to school. His brother would be a Xiaocai by now !
Seeing that his family persisted in asking him to continue his studies . Lin Rui could no longer refuse their kindness and he nodded , instead his eyes turned red if he wasn't afraid about brawling in the middle ofthe street, he would have hugged his family and cried like a baby . Only Lin Rui knew how heartbroken he was when Grandma Lin refused to let him go to school , becoming an official was Lin Rui's dream and studying was his passion . When Grandma Lin stopped him from going to school , she didn't only barred his path as an official , she broke his heart and stomped on his dreams !
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Chapter 43 - Sob Pitifully
After they were finished discussing their future plans , the Lin brothers and Su Wan walked towards the dock. They spent quite some time looking around the market and by the time they reached the docks ; thick ; dark clouds weighed down heavily upon the sky and hid the brilliant golden shade of the sun . The sky looked so dark that it looked like it was going to rain , Su Wan was worried that the rain would affect the business . Lin Yan who caught sight of her anxiety stricken face , patted her shoulder " Don't worry , the weather changes here like this every second day but it rarely rains before four in the evening. We still have four to five hours left "
Once Lin Yan finished explaining Su Wan heaved a sigh of relief , she was worried that if it rained how will she show off her skills and attract customers ? A clear sky was very important to attract customers here without any loud Hooters .
" Hit him ! Hit him hard "
" You bastard how dare you ask for money from this master ?
" Go die ! "
" please - please stop hitting manager Wang , he is so old he will die !"
" Help somebody help "
Su Wan frowned , at first she thought it was some street fight but then her penciled brows jumped heavily when she realized that it was the entrance of her shop 'Eat delicious ' that was surrounded by curious onlookers . Her heart jumped when she heard that those hooligans were beating Manager Wang the manager of Eat delicious and she hurriedly dove in the crowd trying to reach the centre of the hustle bustle , but compared to her Lin Jing and Lin Yan were faster , they left Lin Rui and Lin Yu to take care of Su Wan and rushed inside the crowd .
No sooner had they rushed in , painful groans were heard followed by loud thwacks.
Su Wan with the help of Lin Rui and Lin Yu finally reached the middle of the crowd , in the centre laid a heavily beaten old man whose eyes were black and blood was dripping out from the corner of his mouth . Next to the old man two young boys were crouching and holding him up , in front of them stood Lin Jing and Lin Yan and at their feet were two youths .
One was so fat that his eyes couldn't be seen and the other was ugly and ferocious looking . Su Wan knew these two boys they were Su Cheng 's classmates and friends .
The ugly and ferocious looking guy was surname Zheng and the fatty was surname Ji. Just like Su Cheng , these two were lazy , perverts and complete idiots . They even liked to bully the weak and curry favour the strong just like Su Cheng .
Su Wan heavily tsked then went forward to help manager Wang , she looked at Lin Rui who took out some hundred of copper coins and handed the young boy with a scar on his eyes .
" go take Manager Wang to a doctor we will take care of this matter " said Su Wan as she pushed the young man to hurry , the young man with scar stared at her stunned but he too understood that more than anything saving Manager Wang was more important thus he hurriedly said his thanks and left the crowd with Manager Wang leaning heavily on his shoulder .
The other boy stood beside them , his eyes were red but he was glaring at the two boys in front of him with extreme hateful and vengeful eyes . Obviously , it wasn't the first time he got bullied by these two young men .
Surname Zheng finally recovered from the shock of getting pushed down and grimly shouted " You - from where did this bunch of good for nothing country bumpkins popped out from ? Do you know who I'm ? How dare you push me down , if you don't want to get arrested once I'm done beating you both fuglies you better kowtow in front of this daddy "
Lin Jing and Lin Yan got even more furious when Surname Zheng spewed vulgarities , they wanted to pummel that ugly looking face to the ground but Su Wan with her thin yet pretty figure walked out and stopped the two from beating the guy to death . Her hair was tousled because of the cold winds which caused it to stick to her small and pale face.
Whether it was ancient times or modern times , men were always attracted to beauties . The moment Su Wan stepped out , Surname Zheng and Surname Ji forgot all about cursing Lin Jing and Lin Yan instead they instantly looked up at Su Wan and their eyes brightened as they assessed her with their ugly pig eyes .
Su Wan 's face scrunched up in disgust , she wanted to stomp on Surname Zheng 's d**k and keep stomping on it until it resembled nothing more than a meat patty but Surname Zheng 's father was a known shopkeeper in this market if she dared to harm him - this perverted idiot's father might trouble her in the future. While she wasn't afraid of trouble, her shop was still not established properly , she would wait until her shop becomes more or less famous before she dealt with this idiot !
Thus , Su Wan suppressed her killing urges and her gaze that resembled bottom less pits swept around the crowd and hurriedly spoke up " Surname Zheng , why are you creating trouble in front of this weak girl's shop ? How have I offended you ? You even dare to beat the poor manager Wang today until he stopped beating , are you going to beat the weak and frail me tomorrow ? How am I suppose to survive if you create trouble in front of my shop like this ? Not only do you refuse to pay , you even dare to beat my staff - fellow country men come and be the judge , I have never troubled these two young men but they dared to hit and beat my people when they are asked to pay for a meal they have eaten , if this continues how will I and my family survive ? Where will I go ? My family have old and sickly , without money how will I pay for their expenses ,?"
" oh what am I supposed to do ? my pitiful mother in law is still waiting for her medicine . If my shops didn't earn a hundred taels my mother in law 's life will be in danger . How will I face my husbands if trouble befall on my family , today I came with my husbands to bring the money back but instead I have to take the money out of my husbands pocket to save my restaurant's staff's life . If this continues how will I live ? Surname Zheng , I beg you to leave me with a way out or else I would have no option but to commit suicide!"
Just like that Su Wan painted Surname Zheng and Surname Ji as malicious and cruel bullies . In fact Surname Zheng 's father Shopkeeper Zheng was also infamous for being greedy , cruel and immoral. Thus , when Su Wan cried so pitifully the crowd at once inclined towards her .
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Chapter 44 - She Is Also A Liar
" That's right , That's right . Shopkeeper Zheng is cruel and mean , he often beats and scolds his staff . I heard that shopkeeper Zheng had beaten his delivery boy so badly a week ago that there wasn't an inch of skin that was left unwounded . Shopkeeper Zheng had beaten that poor boy until his leg crippled and his internal organs shifted yet he somehow shamelessly shifted the blame on the delivery boy and claimed that the boy stole from his shop . Who is he trying to fool here ? Who will have the guts of leopard to steal right under from such a cruel man , its no wonder he taught his son to bully the weak like this "
" Humph , like father like son . Both of them are cruel and vicious .Hey boy , I heard your father sent you to the academy in town for studying , is this what your teachers are teaching you ?"
" Scholar ? He is a studying to be a scholar ?"asked an old man whose beady eyes swept at the two troublemakers contemptuously " What a sin ! In my time only young men with capabilities and honest character were allowed to study ,but look at what the times have come to now , anyone can sneak in an academy with money and right networkings . sigh ~ "
The shopkeeper next to their restaurant wasn't surprised , he just shook his head and calmly spoke" I have seen these two boys visiting this restaurant rather frequently for a couple of years . They would sometimes come alone or sometimes they will bring a huge crowd with them but everytime they come here for meal , they never paid . I have seen them beat manager Wang everytime that poor old man asked them to settle their bills . This is not their first time beating the staff of this restaurant , not only do they beat the staff members , they even grope the maid who works in the restaurant , I heard that tired of getting assualted , the maid had no choice but to quit . "
" I know that girl too , what a pity she used to work so diligently . Aiye , Surname Zheng how can you bully young women like this ? First it was the restaurant 's maid , now you are even bullying the restaurant's owner .Look at her young age, don't you think that its really shameless of you to eat a meal but refusing to pay ? Miss , you should pay attention to whom you allow to enter your restaurant as well , look where your lack of negligence brought you " said another shopkeeper with a voice that was filled with pity and sympathy .He was the one who was standing the closest to Su Wan thus he heard the words 'husbands ' clearly . Such a young girl yet she was degraded to being a wife of so four young men , how pitiful aye !
" What nonsense are you people sprouting off ! Aren't you afraid that my father will find trouble with you once I tell him what you guys just said ?" Surname Zheng was young but he was a known ruffian in the town. His father knew quite a lot of murderers and hooligans as well but that wasn't all his mother 's sister was a concubine at the secretary general of the town , even though she was just a concubine , she was quite favoured by the secretary general and thus everytime his family got into trouble his mother would ask his aunt for help and the problem would settle down smoothly . Surname Zheng thus became even more fearless with a gangster like father and secretary general as hiz uncle in law .
After being threatened by Surname Zheng 's fierce gaze , the group of people instantly turned silent. All of them were more or less aware of Surname Zheng 's father's means. Some of the more timid ones left the crowd at once afraid that Surname Zheng would tattle about them to his father .
Surname Zheng saw that the crowd turned silent and he sneered turning to look at Su Wan with a leering gaze as he let his perverted gaze travel all over her thin and pretty figure " and you ! You sure have guts , this restaurant is yours ? Why don't you just say that even the emperor's throne is yours ! This shop belongs to my friend Su Cheng ! So what if I eat in this restaurant who are you to stop me ? You better think about paying the proper price to this father , or else I will call the Yamen runners and throw you inside the jail like a bitch , you are "
Lin Jing and Lin Yan who had barely suppressed their anger , instantly they stepped forward but was stopped by Su Wan , she hurriedly wiped her eyes ( trying to make them red ) and burst out in tears ( fake tears ) " How dare you sprout such a lie and shame my brother ! This restaurant belongs to me , Su Wan . ! This restaurant was originally one of my mother's dowry shops and the Su family was only taking care of them . Are you trying to say that my Su family actually coveted their married daughter's dowry shop ? Are you trying to bring shame to my brother's name and yet you dare call yourselves his friend !"
Lin Yan 's clenched his fists so hard that the veins in his hand were popping out , he couldn't sit still when he heard Surname Zheng call his wife 'bitch' . He pointed his finger at Surname Zheng and Surname Ji and said " You both rather talk politely or else it will be my fists and your face , I swear if you talked nonsense then it won't be me speaking , it will be my fists ! Don't think we are afraid just because you have some networks "
" that's right " chimed Su Wan from Lin Yan 's side " My second uncle is a well known butcher in town and he sells meat to lot of prestigious families, his connections are not less than yours , my eldest uncle is a merchant he sure knows a lot of people as well . Even my third uncle works in the town's pharmacy , if you really want to threaten me then you better ask who Shen Hai is !"
Shen Hai opened a small pharmacy in the town but his fame wasn't any less than Shopkeeper Zheng 's infact it was an unspoken rule in the town that you can offend anyone but Shen Hai and Shopkeeper Zheng .
Surname Zheng was a bit afraid of Lin Jing and the others tall and muscular physique but then he remembered that Su Cheng told him that this shop belonged to his family and in future he would be the owner of this restaurant . In fact Su Cheng even told him that he was too worried about managing this small restaurant once he becomes an official , thus Surname Zheng was the one who told Su Cheng that he should let his younger brother Zheng Ming manage it in the future . At that time Su Cheng agreed and he even said that in the future he would let the Zheng family have fifty percent shares as income . Surname Zheng who believed that in the future His younger brother would be managing this restaurant already considered it as his family's restaurant after all he had a promise of sharing fifty percent profit with Su Cheng . Thus , Surname Zheng totally believed that Su Wan was just faking it , if Su Cheng 's family didn't own this restaurant why would Su Cheng make such bold statements ? Once Surname Zheng thought it through his confidence once again boosted " So what if I call her a bitch ? She is bitch ! Just look at her , she shamelessly clings on to so many men in public and call you all her husbands , ptoeey ! A shared wife, ? A decent woman would have committed suicide . Only a shameless bitch who has an itch down her legs would spread her legs open for so many men ! Not only she is a bitch , she is also a liar , she actually dared to say that -"
Surname Zheng 's vulgar speech stopped in between not because he got tired but because the Lin brothers threw themselves at him.
As for Su Wan she simply waved the staff of her restaurant and asked him to get a chair .
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Chapter 45 - Don't Want To Fight A Shrew
"what are you doing Lin Yan ? hit him harder haven't you had breakfast this morning ? And Lin Yu stomp on that bastard 's non existent thingy let see how he soothes his itches in the future. Ah Rui , don't be a gentleman kick him hard , That's right Jing ge ! That's how you should punch a man ! Punch him until he learns how to speak human " sitting at the middle of the crowd with a plates filled with melon seeds in hands , that the restaurant 's server boy brought , Su Wan kept advising her husbands . At first she didn't want to dirty her hands but seeing that Surname Zheng was as stupid as that brother of original body , she thought that maybe fists would teach the young men faster than words .
Her grandmother taught her like this too , of course she didn't remember what exactly her grandmother used to say but it went like spare the rod and spoil the child. So , she wasn't wrong in teaching Surname Zheng like this as for the fatty surname Ji , humm , he was Surname Zheng 's friend as well , so what if got beaten . Birds of feathers flock together any way , so young but still so dirty mouthed.
If she had a soap , she would have handed it to Jing ge and let him wash Surname Zheng 's mouth clean .
" Stop , Stop ! Let me go" cried Surname Zheng
Seeing that Shopkeeper Zheng 's son was beaten like this , the crowd of onlookers couldn't stand still anymore . They swept their incredulous gaze at Su Wan who was crying pitifully a second ago but was now commanding her husbands to beat two young men like some rich land lady .
All of them were stupified .
This change didn't it happen too soon ? It happened so fast that the onlookers couldn't even comprehend head or tails yet they still hurried forward to stop the Lin brothers from stomping down at Surname Zheng .All of them were worried that in case something happened to Shopkeeper Zheng 's son , Shopkeeper Zheng might implicate them as well .
" Stop if you keep beating him like this he will die "
" here I thought that the young girl was so pitiful but she is actually a shared wife ! What shamelessness "
" I say don't judge a book by its cover . A second ago she was crying pitifully but now she is acting so ruthlessly . A woman shared by so many men sure knows how to act well "
" Didn't Surname Zheng said that the girl was lying ? I bet he was speaking the truth , if she is the owner where is the proof ? Show us the proof instead of beating people - so lawless !"
When Su Wan saw that the people who had just cried injustice for her a second ago , now turned themselves against 'a shameless vixen ', she straightened her back and shouted " Stop ! " at once her husbands stopped hitting Surname Zheng and once they stopped she stood up and took out the deed from her sleeves for people to see " Surname Zheng open your pig like eyes and see clearly whose name is written on this deed . Its mine ! Su Wan not Su Cheng , Su Cheng 's mother surname is Chen while my mother's name is Shen just because they married in the same house with the same man - my mother's dowry won't become his mother's ! What belongs to me would only be mine , nobody can snatch it ! If this shop doesn't belong to me who else will it belong to ? Not only do you lied that my brother told you that this shop was his but you also dared to accuse me as a liar ... now see clearly ! The seal of the city governor's is clearly stamped on it , don't say that the city governor is lying too and colluding with me "
The man who was standing closer to Su Wan saw the deed up close and shouted " its real , its real. ! There is no Su Cheng here , only Su Wan ! This restaurant belongs to this young lady "
The man confirmed the authenticity of the deed that Su Wan was holding .
Surname Zheng was already beaten silly and when he saw that Su Wan really was the owner of the restaurant , his rat like eyes flickered before he rudely sneered once again " so what if this restaurant belongs to you ? I'm not gonna pay a coin to your shitty restaurant ! Your husbands have beaten me so badly , instead of paying you , it should be you paying my medical expense !"
Su Wan cocked an eyebrow with confidence then leisurely glanced at Surname Zheng " You won't pay a coin ? Fine don't pay , I will just take your written IOU to your academy and show it to your friends and teachers "
When Surname Zheng heard that Su Wan actually mentioned taking this matter to his academy he turned frightened , his eyes that were originally filled with contempt were now filled with fear .
" But - but your husbands have beaten me !" Surname Zheng cried out his heart rolling with unease
" Stop whining , if you are beaten that badly then where is the blood ?" snapped Lin Yan he and his brothers were smart even though they beat down Surname Zheng , they controlled their strength and only hit places that were hard to bruise but easy to hurt . Thus ; even if Surname Zheng was hurting all over , there wasn't a drop of blood or scratch on his body .
" The blood - " Surname Zheng wanted to say that his entire body was bleeding but when he looked down there except for some dust there was nothing else !
" Surname Zheng , you are only crying theif when you are actually the thief aren't you ?" said Su Wan coldly as she glanced at Surname Zheng who laid paralysed on the ground . She sneered at him with her heart filled with hatred and spoke " Surname Zheng I have already given you a choice you either, pay me back the money or I will end the path of you becoming an official together with me . You have already seen how poor I'm because of being so poor , I'm now a shared wife ! If you don't give me a way out then I won't let you have a way out either . If you want me to die then both of us will die together !"
" I will pay , I will pay " Surname Zheng went snow white when Su Wan mentioned the talk of dying together, He knew Shen Hai and he understood that his father couldn't make things hard for Su Wan if she went to her uncle. And if she really went to his academy - Surname Zheng gulped..His academy placed a lot of attention on their students character , the reason his father sent him to city instead of town was because he didn't want anyone to know how exactly their family functioned ..If Su Wan really went to his academy - of course he would create troubles for her at every stage but was creating trouble for a shrew who was scared of nothing not even death , was it worth laying his future on the line? of course not ! Thus disregarding how people will judge him , Surname Zheng nimbly stood up and hurriedly agreed to pay all his debts .
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Chapter 46 - I Will Pay
" Surname Zheng I take it that you are going to pay for every single meal that you have eaten in my restaurant for free ?" said Su Wan as she looked at Surname Zheng with a stern gaze " if you don't then we will take this matter in front of the headmaster of your academy ! I want to see what kind of morals your teachers teaches you in the academy !"
" I - I will pay , I will pay ! of course I will pay . I'm so sorry , I know my wrong I shouldn't have dined for free at your restaurant but honestly its not my fault its your brother - your brother Su Cheng ..Su Cheng told me that this restaurant belongs to his family and I can eat here for free without paying , he even said that this restaurant will belong to him in the future . ..I ..I just got carried away in his sweet talks , I never thought that the guy was lying. ! "
Surname Zheng had been scared out of his wits , the moment Su Wan brought his headmaster in their conversation , he knew he would be done for if this matter reached to his headmaster .
He knelt on the ground and kow towed like a broken record what surname Zheng said was the truth , however now that he thought about the matter clearly he realized that there was certainly something off . If the restaurant really belonged to Su Cheng , then why would that old manager Wang request them to write down an IOU everytime they ate at the restaurant ? Surname Zheng of course thought that it was fishy but Su Cheng later explained to him that as the restaurant 's manager , Manager Wang needs to give a report to his father at every month thus he had them write down an IOU to clarify the missing funds , Surname Zheng didn't believe him at that time but later on nobody came to ask money from him and his courage grew even more bolder .
Only now did he realized that the reason manager Wang made them write IOU was because the restaurant never belonged to Su Cheng or the Su family in the first place! It was just Su Cheng wanting to curry favour from him and Surname Ji, that he actually acted like the owner of this restaurant .
The more Surname Zheng thought about it the more he thought that his thinking was reasonable , thus as he kow towed he gritted his teeth in hatred . He hated Su Wan for humiliating him but he hated Su Cheng even more , if that son of a bitch told him that this restaurant belonged to his half sister with whom his relations were less than cordial then Surname Zheng wouldn't have taken everything for granted , was he so poor that he couldn't pay for this measly sum for a meal here ?
In his anger Surname Zheng forgot that Su Cheng only brought him to this restaurant once and twice for a free meal but Surname Zheng got greedy after eating two or three meals for free and started mooching off Su Wan's restaurant .
But Surname Zheng whose hatred was bubbling like crazy didn't think about the matter like that and with his greedy , selfish and arrogant character he would never believe that the fault lied with him in the end the black pot was placed right upon Su Cheng 's head . He couldn't bully Su Wan because of Shen Hai but that didn't mean he couldn't bully Su Cheng either . Now that Surname Zheng was clear of Su Wan's and Su Cheng 's relationship , he knew that even if he bullied Su Cheng , Su Wan wouldn't care about it. A half sister was never as close as a blood sister , and even if Su Wan had some feelings for Su Cheng , Surname Zheng was certain that after listening to his confession , she would hate her half brother even if she didn't hate him before.
As for the Su family , Surname Zheng wasn't really worried about them . It was true that the Su family had some lands but compared to him and his father they were still a bit lacking thus in the eye of Surname Zheng , the Su family was an impoverished family . And there was the matter of Su Cheng borrowing money from him as well ,before Surname Zheng didn't bother with that small sum of money because he thought he will earn even more in the future when his younger brother becomes a half owner but now - now Surname Zheng was filled with so much hatred that he wished to knock Su Cheng's teeth out ! Because of that stupid boy's long talks , he , Surname Zheng had been humiliated like this . If not because of Su Cheng , he would have never been threatened like this .
But right now he had no other choice , the young girl in front of him was clearly a daring and bold woman ; if he didn't fix this situation Su Wan might really create a ruckus in front of his academy ! A shrew like this , he doesn't dare to offend thus ge had no other choice but to grit his teeth and knock his head on the ground for the sake of his officialdom , he will swallow this humiliation and embarrassment ! Just wait - once he becomes an official , how he will set these country bumpkins straight. In the future not only will he make all of them kneel in front of him , he will f*ck this bitch right in front of her husbands and teach her good lesson !
For now he would just ask for mercy " I was wrong , I shouldn't have done that but I was fooled by Su Cheng , Sister that guy really have no clear intentions regarding this shop. Please take my advice and pay attention to this brother of yours "
Surname Zheng thought that he was sowing discord but he had no idea that Su Wan already didn't have an ounce of feelings towards this so much called brother of her . Surname Zheng thought he was playing smart but he underestimated Su Wan , her original intention was not only to grab whatever money she could from him but also to create trouble for Su Cheng and looking at Surname Zheng who was apologising though he clearly looked like he was swallowing a dirty fly , Su Wan knew her plan succeeded .
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Chapter 47 - Who Cares
Thus , Su Wan decided to implement her next step , putting on an indignant expression she walked a little closer to Surname Zheng " pei ! Surname Zheng how dare you lie ! My brother is an straight and upright scholar how dare you blacken his name ! if he was the one who introduced you to my restaurant why isn't he with you ? If my brother brought you here to mooch off free meals shouldn't he be here ? Surname Zheng you better not lie the heavens have eyes if you lie and bring shame to my brother's name the heaven will make you pay for your sins ! If you sin too much then see if the heavens don't strike you to death !" just as Su Wan finished speaking a bolt of lighting flashed behind her making her look rather sinister when she cursed Surname Zheng just like a devil .
" What strike to death ! I surname Zheng , swear in the name of heavens that your brother really did say that this restaurant belonged to him and his family and he is the one who brought me here as well ! If I'm lying then let the lightning strike me dead !" Surname Zheng was never afraid of making false vow and what was more this time he was speaking the truth , the moment he finished his vow everyone looked at the sky that was serene and calm .
Surname Zheng smirked and stood up puffing out his chest , he casually brushed off the dust of his clothes and in a timely manner Su Wan put on a extremely pale expression that was filled with dread and betrayal as she leaned against Lin Rui who hurriedly 'brought her in his arms to soothe her ', she looked bewildered and confused which made the crowd pity her again.
" Sigh , the girl can fight with an outsider. But how will she fight with her family ?"
" To think her brother is a scholar what a sin ! He actually coveted the dowry shop of his half sister !"
" aye , such a pitiful girl !"
When Surname Zheng saw the 'pitiful ' and ' betrayed heavily ' Su Wan he felt rather happy in his heart . Infact he thought that all his humiliation was now paid back , what he lost was only some dignity ; he can always earn it back by becoming an official and he was still young , people will forget all about his embarrassment one day but Su Wan hehe , this poor girl was schemed against by her own family member . How will she ever recover from this ?
Surname Zheng was lucky that Su Wan couldn't read mind because if she could she would have vomited right on his face .
But Surname Zheng couldn't read minds nor could Su Wan so both of them acted as they pleased . Satisfied by giving Su Wan such a low blow , Surname Zheng hurriedly spoke up , with an air of someone really humbling himself " I was fooled and that's why I acted like this but sister you can't wrong me either its your fault too that you treated trash as treasure . Today , I will pay back whatever I owe you but I hope you will go easy on me because-"
Lin Rui who was still angered and feeling aggrieved over the fact that his wife was hurt like this after being called a bitch , interrupted Surname Zheng at once , in his eyes Surname Zheng wasn't that innocent either " Surname Zheng there is no need for you to say so much , so what if you were lied to ? Its not like my brother in law asked you to make my wife's restaurant 's staff your punching bag nor did he ask you to beat manager Wang so badly today or to call my wife a bitch ! You either pay for everything including the mental and physical trauma that you inflicted on my wife and the restaurant 's staff including your meal or we can take this matter to your headmaster "
Su Wan who was weakly leaning against Lin Rui immediately wanted to kiss her bold and courageous husband just look at that so dashing !
" Wait, wait, wait" Surname Zheng felt sweat drip down his head at the mention of his headmaster and he hurriedly bowed " I will pay - just tell me how much I need to pay - we will pay together " pulling the dumbstruck Surname Ji off the ground Surname Zheng agreed .
Lin Yan snorted then with a gentle expression that was no way near when he was facing Surname Zheng he looked at Su Wan " Wan Wan how do you want to settle this matter -"
Su Wan turn to look at the server boy who immediately spoke up " Surname Zheng has been eating at our diner for seven months , he had caused several of our staff to quit and he even gave me , my brother and manager Wang several injuries and severe psychological trauma - I won't count that in but I do need to tell you miss that surname Zheng owes our shop a total of twenty five silver taels and he should also pay for Manager Wang 's medicine , treatment and nutrition "
" You heard that ? Pay " Lin Jing stepped forward with a menacing expression that turned Surname Zheng and Surname Ji silly .
" I will pay , of course I will pay " repeated Surname Zheng as he took out several taels from his pouch " here take these forty taels and consider this matter done , I will pay for my wrong today but I hope you don't create trouble for me tomorrow !"
After considering everything Surname Zheng paid forty silver taels , in his eyes these forty taels were nothing as long as he could shut these bumpkins off . As long as the matter didn't reach to his headmaster there wasn't a loss that he , Surname Zheng couldn't afford !
Su Wan and family returned to the restaurant once Surname Zheng paid off his debts , even the crowd parted leaving The Lin brothers who were seriously cajoling Su Wan .
" Wan Wan don't worry , even your brother betrayed like you , we will treat you well !" promised Lin Rui
" love you till death " assured Lin Jing with cheeks flushing red
" Wi..will treat you re..really go..good " said Lin Yu
" Who told you to be stupid enough to believe that brother of yours , I guess I have no choice - you can chose a thing to buy and I will buy it for you but only one " this one was from Lin Yan .
Su Wan who supposedly received a ' huge blow 'was stupified as she glanced at her husbands who were worried about her. Seeing them act like that she couldn't help but grumble inwardly 'who is upset ? I could careless about that Su Cheng , I only acted like that because I wanted to get that stupid Surname Zheng off our backs , who knew you guys were as stupid as him to believe me ' at the same time she couldn't help but wonder if her acting was really that good .
What Su Wan forgot was that a guy in love acted as blind thus the young Lin brothers who were newly experiencing the taste of their first spring 'blindly' chose to believe their wife .
Su Wan who wanted to come clean immediately turned silent , whatever - she will let them mollycoddle her . She was finally getting a chance to buy something who cared about the method?
" Thank you , thank you so much young madam " thanking furiously the server boy hurriedly arranged seats for Su Wan and her husbands , he hurried off to the kitchen and brought them clean well water . As he once again continued with his profuse spree of showing them his gratitude " Young madam , I'm so glad you arrived if not poor manager Wang would be already -" he sniffed loudly while his eyes turned red .
Su Wan shook her head and she handed him a handkerchief after taking it from Lin Yu , as married woman she couldn't just hand her handkerchief to an unknown man .
" stop crying " she said as she handed the handkerchief to the server boy " don't curse manager Wang like that , if you do that manager Wang might want to settle scores with you when he returns ... instead of crying why don't you give me an overview of the situation of this restaurant ?" Su Wan could see that the boy cared a lot about the restaurant and manager Wang thus , she used this to get the boy's mind off .
Instantly her plan worked and the server boy stopped crying .
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Chapter 48 - She Is So Different
Little Shi , was what manager Wang named the server boy even though there was nothing little about him anymore , Manager Wang who had no family and adopted Little Shi ( Xiaoshi) and Little Coa( Xiaocao ) still liked to call them Little Shi and Little Cao . As per Little shi 's report , eat delicious was once a famous restaurant at the dock but then more and more people started selling food and opened up stalls and restaurants. The food in 'eat delicious ' wasn't anything special nor did it had any secret ingredients either , so it was really easy for their competitors to recreate the taste of their signature dishes , the competing restaurants even modified the dishes so that it tasted better than theirs .
Manager Wang brought up this matter many times in front of Su Bai , but Su Bai was only interested in counting the silver taels and nothing more . A lazy , good for nothing like him - will he ever work hard and try to think of new ways to sell the restaurant's dishes ? Of course not . In the end not only did Su Bai admonished manager Wang for being an useless old man , he also scolded the chefs of the restaurant for not doing their job properly.
While scolding Su Bai went too far and ended up offending the Shen family 's chefs completely , the old chefs who were responsible for their signature authentic dishes quitted at once . Manager Wang tried to stop them but Su Bai who was drunk on the success of becoming a rich land lord in his village stopped manager Wang and insulted the old chefs saying that the old chefs were worth nothing and his family's restaurant would be fine without them . After that Su Bai kicked those old chefs without giving them a single coin and hired a cutting edge type of chefs whose cooking was so bad that even Little shi and his brother couldn't eat it much less their customers .
After listening to Little shi 's report Su Wan clicked her tongue in discontent . If she wasn't worried about being thrown into jail , she would have beaten Su Bai so badly that even his mum would refuse to acknowledge him as her son .
That idiot not only offended those skilled old chefs he also made this restaurant lose its integrity . Even if she introduced a new signature dish now , what was the point if there wasn't even a single customer to test that dish out. ?
" Su Bai did that ?" asked Lin Yan just like Su Wan he really wasn't fond of this father in law of his not to mention , their family 'brought ' Su Wan instead of just marrying her. The day when they paid ten silver taels to the Su family , Su Wan was no longer related to the Su family anymore .
Little shi nodded , looking extremely pitiful as he unhappily sighed " we don't even have much money to buy cooking ingredients , those chefs that master hired also left when we couldn't pay them their salary . Now its only me , my brother and manager Wang - we are already like this but the Su family still took away a major of our earnings today "
'The Su family again !' Bristled Su Wan angrily ,The Su family had really refreshed her three point of views - its not even noon yet the Su family sent their servants to snatch the earnings from the original owner's shops..Were they worried that she would come and claim it before them or they just couldn't sit still because she took the ten silver taels from them yesterday ? Su Wan bit her bottom lip in frustration , if she knew that the Su family would be so fast she would have been faster than them !
" What master ? Don't call that shameless family masters anymore " slapping her thigh Su Wan lightly chided Little shi " I no longer have any relations with them and now that my relations are severed with them , they have no right to interfere in my mother's dowry shops . The next time they send their servants to collect money , you better beat those servants until their masters could feel the burn of getting slapped on their thick faces !"
" I understand ! " Little shi who was bullied under the Su family for so many years agreed at once , his dark eyes lit up with hope for future but then a second later that light vanished and his hopeful expression dropped .
" wh..at's w..rong ?" asked Lin Yu when he saw little shi drooping and wilting like a weak flower in heavy rain .
" Our restaurant 's is already facing bankruptcy , even if the Su family comes we won't have to work so hard to protect our earnings because there won't me any earnings at all ! Aye , its already the second day of the month and we had no customer today either "
" Just this ?" snorted Su Wan as she confidently leaned back on her chair " who says there won't be an earnings? if you follow me , I promise I will make this restaurant hustle and bustle like before "
Little Shi was already Su Wan's little fan the moment she gallantly stepped in the fight and saved manager Wang from getting killed ( Su Wan : I didn't ) and now that he heard her say that she will make the restaurant booming once again , he couldn't help but look at Su Wan with a worshipping gaze .
Su Wan who received the worshipful gaze couldn't help but shiver , what - what ? Why was this little boy was looking at her like she was just skinny dipped in gold and came out looking like a golden midas statue ?
" Cough " Lin Yan who noticed Little shi looking at Su Wan a bit frantically coughed but even then Little shi didn't look away instead he was still staring at Su Wan with a burning gaze . Instantly ; Lin Yan 's feathers puffed out like an angry chicken , if only he had a sharp beak , he would have pecked this shameless boy to death !
( Little shi : I'm innocent ! I'm wronged ! I just think Miss Su is dashing and cool )
" ahem " Su Wan noticed her husbands angry and flustered expressions and coughed then she cleared her throat and started ordering people around , whatever just make them busy enough that they couldn't think of anything else " Little shi go and set up the small stall in front of our restaurant, Ah Yan take out the fish meat and bread crumbs and start cooking , Jing ge - you are responsible for wafting the smell of the cooked food with a paper fan , as for Ah Yu and Ah Rui you two are responsible for attracting customers and collecting money "
The Lin brothers who were ordered around didn't even blink before diving right into action the only person who stupefied was Little shi , this - this .. what was this? The wife was sitting calmly inside while munching on melon seeds while the husbands follow their wife's orders like trained dogs ?
Seeing little shi standing in shock , Su Wan raised a brow " what ? you want me to work ? I didn't marry five husbands so that I will run around flying on my foot , I married them because I wanted a comfortable life "
'Aren't you a bit too comfortable ?' mused Little shi blinking his eyes in confusion ; generally when a woman became a shared wife she was no different than a slave but his mistress was clearly different ! Not only did she lazed around , she also ordered her husbands around , sure enough his mistress was no simple lady !
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Chapter 49 - Such An Annoying Tsundere
Little shi soon finished setting up the stall while Lin Yan who had been working hard for creating a wonderful finish in their restaurant's signature dish was already finished cooking the fish steak and was now stirring the mushroom curry . Lin Jing who was given the task to waft over the smell of the cooked food around was moving the fan so fast that he was creating after images of it . As for Lin Yu and Lin Rui both of them were standing beside the stall , both of them turned around and once they confirmed that Lin Yan was almost finished cooking the Sainsbury's fish steak with mushrooms they smiled at each other .
Cupping his mouth Lin Rui shouted " Come and taste our restaurant's signature dish , a dish you have never tasted before - its filled with meat ; rice and mushrooms - a filling bowl of our delicious dish just for five copper coins "
Once Lin Rui started attracting the crowd , Lin Yu cupped his mouth too , a bit hesitantly , he turned around and looked at Su Wan who nodded at him.Lin Yu at once got a surge of courage and he too started shouting as loudly as he could " co..come e..eat del..de...delicious fo..food , a bowl for ju..just five co..copper coi..coins "
" what ? they are selling a dish for five copper coins that includes meat , mushrooms and rice as well,?"
" Are they stupid ?Meat is so expensive right now . Who's gonna sell so much for just five copper coins , aren't they afraid of losing money ? "
Although Lin Rui and Lin Yu stirred the interest of a lot of dockworkers , even the buyers stopped and glanced at their stall but neither of them brought anything .
However , The Lin brothers didn't feel anxious . They trusted Su Wan if their wife said that the dish would sell , they believed that the dish would really sell well .
Su Wan had already predicted this outcome thus she wasn't anxious either. There was no such thing as instant success anyway , thus Su Wan stepped out of the restaurant and took a bowl from Lin Yan , then she asked Little shi to bring a small bowl that was used to plate side dishes then plated some of the rice , mushroom and half of a fish steak .Then she looked around the dock and finally walked over to the man who seemed to be glancing at their stall frequently then with a bright smile she said " Sir , why don't you give it a try ? My restaurant's dish is really tasty if you don't like it you don't have to pay ,you can taste my dish for free , what do you say , Sir ? "
The man was already tempted when he heard all that loud advertising and now that a pretty girl was giving him a taste for free , he immediately stretched out his hand to take a bite but the companion next to him at once stopped him " Old Peng , don't I heard that - that restaurant's cooks are all crooks. The last time anyone tried their cooking he had a stomach ache for three days !"
Old Peng who heard his companion's words withdrew his hands .
Lin Jing and the others were a bit disappointed but Su Wan was completely relaxed , smiling she broke the fish steak and took a small bite . It wasn't the dockworkers fault that the original owner's good for nothing father hired a bunch of shitty chefs and ruined the integrity of the restaurant it was really common that the dockworkers didn't have any trust left for them " You see sir , I just took a bite of the dish .If there was anything wrong would I be so daring ?"
Old Peng hesitated a bit but then he took the bowl from Su Wan's hands . The girl had already said that the dish was free even if she asked him to pay later , he had his companion as his witness and if something went south - humph , he , old Peng wasn't someone who was easy to bully !
With that Old peng ate the small bowl of rice and fish steak with his chopsticks . The moment he chewed , the savoury taste spread all over his mouth , the meat wasn't greasy and had no fishy smell . The flavour was mellow yet utterly enticing , Old Peng 's eyes shone with delight as he gobbled the rest of the rice as well and stood up" Delicious absolutely delicious , girl you said your food is five copper coins right ? Give me two , no three bowls !"
Old peng was a hard working man thus three bowl of rice was nothing to him .
Old Peng's companion gulped then shook his head " its that delicious ? It can't be a Month ago the dishes at that restaurant was so unappetising "
Lin Rui narrowed his eyes at the companion and smiled with no humour in it " Mr . I do understand your lack of trust in us but I assure you time can change a lot of things . A month ago we weren't here and the food was unsavoury but now we are the one's who is running this place , we won't do something so stupid as ruining our customers trust in us and cause harm to our restaurant right ?"
Su Wan smiled then placed the bowl in Little shi 's tray letting him serve Old Peng " that's right , our restaurant is here and so are we , Our livelihood depends on this restaurant , will we be such a fool to ruin our reputation in our own hands? Definitely not , We want to build our reputation and recover our lost integrity , Sirs "
When Little shi brought the bowl to Old Peng , the other was already tortured by the alluring aroma , he impatiently took the bowl from Little Shi and instantly dug in his food . The bowl was not small at all instead , it was filled to brim and with its savoury taste , Old Peng didn't feel sorry at all for his fifteen copper coins ! The texture was so smooth ! The rice was richly coated with the gravy and the mushroom were just right neither too soft neither too hard .
" Wow this portion is a lot for five copper coins " exclaimed a dockworker
The dock workers saw old Peng eating like a hungry ghost and their appetite triggered . Five copper coin was really too less for such a big bowl , infact it could be said that they were taking advantage of the family who were selling their dish at such a low price . The dockworkers didn't earn much and their lunch only comprises flat pancakes , vegetable soup or dried meat buns - compared to these the bowl was a lot more tantalizing .
Soon , the dockworkers lined up and later on discovered that the food was really too delicious . There was a generous amount of fish and mushroom gravy and the fish steak was large enough to fill their stomach too..The food that 'Eat delicious 'was not only delicious but the amount was decent as well , the gravy was thick enough to make the coarse rice soften as well !
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" I'm so tired !" originally the Lin Family's plan was to look around the market but they underestimated the desire to eat good food of the dockworkers . By the time Lin Yan finished cooking the last bowl of Sainsbury's fish steak and mushroom rice , he was so tired that his legs wobbled.
Su Wan glanced at him sympathetically and didn't bring up the promise of buying her something . Even if she brought it up there was no point , it was already three in the noon and if they don't return home soon they will be caught up in the evening rain . So , all of them took the ox cart back and returned to village
" Yeah , it was really tiring " agreed Lin Rui as he massaged his legs , the stall got so busy all of a sudden that he didn't get a chance to breathe instead he and Lin Yu had to act as servers because Little Cao was still at the medical centre ..
" Yeah but look at how much we earned !" grinning happily Su Wan shook the money pouch " a total of three hundred copper coins! "
That was equivalent to three silver taels !
" If we keep earning like this we will soon earn enough to make up for mother's medicine " said Su Wan happily as she walked but soon her happiness vanished because their house was still three miles away!
Aye she was so tired , her legs were feeling like lead !
Unhappily she turned to look at her husbands who looked back at her in confusion .
Hmm , Lin Yu was too young and weak . .. Lin Rui was not strong with that scholarly aura ( Lin Rui : not strong , just wait and see !) ...Lin Jing 's muscles were too hard - then the only one left was Lin Yan !
Su Wan smiled coyly as she advanced at Lin Yan who shivered and took a step back .
" Wh- what's with that look ?" trembling he couldn't help but ask .
Su Wan pouted what was with all this shivering and trembling was she a monster ?
But since she still had use of Lin Yan , she didn't snap at him instead , she twisted her waist and blinked her large almond eyes , trying to work her charm on him " Husband ~ Wan wan is sooo tired , please carry me back home ~ "
Su Wan spoke in a childish whiny voice that made goosebumps break all over Lin Yan 's skin and he hurriedly spoke up " speak properly !"
Humph , the more you want me to do something the more I won't do it ! Thought Su Wan " Husband ~ but please !~ "
" I'm tired too !"
" Fine " puffing her cheeks she turned around to ask Lin Jing to carry her but someone most probably Lin Yan hooked his finger at the back of her collar " Alright , alright don't whine , how can I refuse you if you plead to me like that "
Su Wan : Who ? When ? Where ? Who pleaded to you ? You sure you don't need to see a doctor ?
But before Su Wan could say anything snappy , Lin Yan crouched in front of her . At first she wanted to refuse but then she caught sight of Lin Yan 's reddened ears . Immediately , Su Wan became speechless !
Fine , being the nice wife she was , she won't squabble with him ! Who asked her to marry an annoying tsundere , anyway ?
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chapter 50 - Reversed Roles
Su Wan got on Lin Yan's back with the help of Lin Jing who was sulking unhappily in his heart . He really couldn't understand why his wife chose Lin Yan instead of him , after all compared to Lin Yan he was much more strong ! Only if Lin Jing knew that Su Wan didn't let him carry her was because of his hard muscles who knows what Lin Jing might do .
However, both Lin Yan and Su Wan didn't pay any attention to the sulking Lin Jing . Su Wan couldn't pay Lin Jing any attention because she was trying her best to clutch on to Lin Yan 's neck without choking him at the same time she had to work hard in maintaining a firm grip around Lin Yan 's neck as Lin Yan 's body swayed with every step he took .
As for Lin Yan he was too busy trying to cool down the fire that was burning in his body , Su Wan 's front was completely meshed at his back . Meaning , Lin Yan could feel her soft bunnies rubbing against his back . With every cold wind that rustled past them , Su Wan would shiver and the peak of her mounds would get hard , since Su Wan didn't think that her small bunnies needed to be wrapped tightly by cloth , she only had an inner wear and on top of it was her outer robe - and both pieces of clothings had gone thinner with continuous washes , in the end the resistance they supplied was negligible . Every time Su Wan moved along with his body , those hardened beans would rub against his back and Lin Yan would tremble .
If he knew that carrying his wife would be equivalent to torturing himself like this , he would have never agreed !
Lin Yan gritted his teeth and increased his pace but the faster he moved the more Su Wan's body swayed along with him , and the more her body swayed , the fire in his body rushed down even more furiously . Lin Yan could feel his **** going taut painfully , luckily , he was wearing a more wider robe than usual or else everyone would have seen the tent growing in his pants .
Not that anyone was outside , with the dark clouds flashing with thunder , the villagers had long returned home and the Lin family alone walked on the silent road with no pedestrians to stare at them .
But that was just a small comfort to Lin Yan after all it turned out that the simple torture wasn't enough , Su Wan soon leaned her face against the crook of his neck , and every time she breathed, hot air would skim down the skin of his neck and goosebumps , the arousing kind will break all over his body .
Su Wan couldn't see the tic throbbing in Lin Yan 's forehead but that doesn't mean that Lin Jing and the others couldn't see it either , seeing their brother having such a hard time restraining himself , they glanced at him with sympathetic gazes . Today , wasn't even Lin Yan turn to sleep with Su Wan , with such a heavy torture will their brother's weapon still work ( Lin Yan : of course it will !)
All in all it could be said that Lin Yan was really relieved the second they reached home and Su Wan got off his back and the moment she got off , Lin Yan hurried towards the bath house , to take a good cold bath in the middle of the winter .
" What's with him ?" frowning at Lin Yan 's hurrying back , Su Wan turned around and asked Lin Jing and the others , yet neither of the brothers answered her.
Lin Yu blushed red like a boiled shrimp , while Lin Rui gave her a polite but awkward smile as for Lin Jing , except for his red ears his face was stoic, well then again, he was always stoic .
" Wife you are back !" Lin Chen who had caught sight of Lin Yan scurrying towards the bath house , knew that Su Wan and co were back . Thus , he hurriedly rushed out of the house to welcome his wife . Ignoring the brothers , he threw himself at Su Wan , wrapping his arms around his wife's neck , while he rubbed his face against Su Wan's " you are back , I missed you so much !"
Su Wan who was having her face rubbed couldn't help but think of Lin Chen as a big clingy dog . Just listen to that whiny tone and that puppy dog face , one would think that she actually abandoned him here to have fun with her boy toys .
" Yes , Yes ..I'm back " rubbing Lin Chen 's fluffy head , she could only softly cajole him .But while she was cajoling Lin Chen , Su Wan didn't know that her male concubines ,Sorry , sorry , husbands were glaring at Lin Chen with envious gazes .
Since when did third brother / Ah Chen started acting all cutesy and clingy ? Only if I could behave like that , wife would pay more attention to me as well !( Lin Jing , Lin Rui and Lin Yu 's inner monologue )
" Wan Wan , you are such a liar !humph ! You said that you will back in just a few hours but you have been gone for an entire morning and afternoon , how could you do this to me ?" pouting Lin Chen grew even more shameless as he clung on to Su Wan's arm .
Lin Jing and the others : don't you have any shame ?Where did your self control go ?
Lin Chen : what is shame ? Can it bring me my wife's love and affection ? Will my wife pay more attention if I act more shyly ? No , No and No ! as for self control , have you seen our wife ? or have you seen our wife ? I ate it the moment I married her !
Su Wan was so amused at Lin Chen 's childish actions that she laughed , God , he was such a tease . Just look at those charming eyes that were blinking at her , how dare she not cajole him ? Even the greatest Emperor couldn't raise his sword when a beauty threw herself in his arms , then who was she ? ( The empress of your harem? maybe )
" I'm sorry ,work got busy and held me back . I promise I won't be late again " just as Su Wan finished speaking she thought that there was something wrong with her speech .
What she couldn't think was that usually wives complained to their husbands just like Lin Chen when their husbands return late at night after work .
And her response was completely similar to how those late returning husbands who returned late and had to cajole their wives.
Its just that her and Lin Chen reversed their roles .