Chapter 91 - My Heart Is So Clean And Soft
The rest of the ride was filled with awkwardness , after the Su Wan's interruption Lin Ze no longer boasted about Lin Che 's academic qualifications instead he kept a long expression through out the journey and didn't speak at all , Uncle Wu who heard Su Wan putting Lin Ze down shook his head - Aye , this wife of The Lin brothers really had a poisonous tongue , doesn't even know how to suffer even a little .
Uncle Wu was a narrow minded old man in his eyes, - a woman should be kind , patient and virtuous . He didn't like women like Su Wan who couldn't even bear the slightest bit of grievances and retaliated at once . In his opinion , Lin Ze was indeed the Uncle and the elder of the Lin brothers and as the shared wife of the Lin brothers , Su Wan should act a bit restrained and shouldn't act so arrogantly - actually daring to refute her husbands family's elder but since Lin Yan and Lin Yu didn't say anything , Uncle Wu didn't sodality either , Su Wan wasn't his family's woman and it didn't matter to him whether or not she acted accordingly to the family's values or not - she was the Lin brothers problem not his .
Uncle Wu might have thought that Su Wan was a problem but Lin Yan and Lin Yu didn't take her as one , instead they thought that their wife was really nice , standing up for them like that - and as for others ? Why does it matter if they think of them as unfilial ? The rumours that Zhang Xiaohui had spread around the village calling them ungrateful , white eyed wolves telling the villagers fake tales - crying and sobbing with their grandmother - all of those rumours have reached them , at first the Lin brothers were a bit restrained because they didn't want to be called unfilial and ungrateful but in the end they were still called unfilial despite giving in so much - then why would they care about The Lin family anymore ? They were already unfilial in the eyes of the villagers weren't they ?
Especially Lin Yan , who had to go through the judgmental every time he returned home after work - he no longer cared about his uncle and his family anymore , do they think that after ruining his family's reputation and making his family the subject of everyone's ire , he will still act politely to them ? Big dream hah ! A man who lost everything had no fear - now that the worst has already arrived they might as well face it !
Zhang Xiaohui and Grandma Lin had no idea that their scheme of suppressing the Lin brothers and forcing them to return back to their family had backfired , now instead of returning back to the Old Lin House , The Lin brothers were thinking of living their lives as an unfilial bunch ! if they knew maybe they would have kicked themselves .
The journey to the town ended and Su Wan thought that Uncle Wu was quite relieved to see them go . Lin Ze hopped to his feet first and Lin Che followed his father's action , only the difference between the two was that Su Wan felt the ground shake when Lin Che jumped off the cart .
The father and son duo looked at them one last time with disdain and left with a contemptuous snort , Su Wan rolled her eyes - really if they had the guts they should have tried doing that when they were riding on the cart together - at least then she would have some sort of respect for them - even if the respect would have been marred with them being stupid but she would have at least respected them ! ( they are stupid that's not what matters - they are stupidly brave that's what's important , right ?)
Because they wanted to check the cloth pieces and threads first , Su Wan and the others separated from Fang Xiaolin and Feng Dai , who were heading for the docks where they sold their eggs to a restaurant that they have been selling for years .
Once Fang Xiaolin was gone , Lin Yan walked over to Su Wan together with Lin Yu and said " I'm grateful that you stood up for us like that but you don't have to let your husbands protect you from now on , if this goes on than your reputation won't last long "
Lin Yan understood Uncle Wu's expression he knew that the old man was disliking Su Wan for refuting her elders like that , to him it didn't matter if his and his brothers reputation got tainted or hit rock bottom but Su Wan was a woman a reputation needed to be pristine clean .
Su Wan rolled her eyes and chuckled mockingly " why do I need my reputation for ? I'm already treated like a shameless woman by the villagers , it matters not that my reputation does not remain perfectly clean or is it that you don't like having a wife who is not highly admired by the villagers for being kind and generous , is that it ?"
After dealing with Su Wan quite a few number if times and eating dust , Lin Yan had learned his lesson , he knew if he said the wrong thing , his wife might just knock him out cold by her poisonous tongue . He gently smiled and said " That's not what I meant , you know . Its just that if your reputation gets even more worse you might no longer be able to make friends in the village "
Su Wan snorted remembering the excited faces of the women at the time when she fought with Luo Chenxi and her mother " who wants to make friends with those good for nothings , only knows how to gossip and find trouble ! I would rather befriend a pig than befriend those ugly black hearted women ! And what's the matter with you ? Pushing your clean and soft hearted wife to those women , do you wish to see me tainted is that it ?"
Lin Yan nearly coughed out blood , clean and soft hearted ? You ? Are you sure you are talking about yourself ?
When Lin Yan didn't respond , Su Wan narrowed her cat like eyes and glared at him .
" Of course not - I just -"
" Humph , Yu just leave your brother ! Let's not taint his pristine clean heart with our tainted ones " then without waiting for Lin Yan to finish his words , she wrapped her hands around Lin Yu 's arm and walked away , her head held high - you think I'm not soft hearted ? Dare to question how clean my heart is ? Then so be it you miserly faint hearted good as an angel little Yan , stay alone !
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Chapter 92 - So Expensive
" Oi , hey that's not what I meant !" Lin Yan who was ignored didn't really understood what went wrong just now he did hesitate but it was only for a second , how did Su Wan ended up getting angry " Hey wait I didn't mean that stop ignoring me - Hey Wan Wan ! Su Wan stop !"
Lin Yan rushed after Lin Rui and Su Wan who never once looked back and cried like a wife that was being abandoned in the middle of the town by her husband .
Su Wan heard the myriad of all the things that he didn't mean and harrumphed , if he really didn't mean anything by that , then he should have agreed with her at once , the fact that he actually hesitated doesn't it shows that he didn't agree with her statement ?
" Wan Wan are y..you an..angry with brother Yan ?" Now that Lin Yu was speaking more and more his stuttering was getting better and he could say a sentence lot more quickly then before , though he would stutter a little here and a little there but as long as he was careful , he wouldn't make too many mistakes .
" Of course , I'm ! " said Su Wan pouting unhappily " You tell me Yu , aren't I better than the village women ?All of them gossip so much and they find relish in other's troubles, do you think I'm a woman like that too ?"
" No , No - yo...you are de..definitely bet..better , Wan Wan is the b..best " to Lin Yu , Su Wan was like a beacon of hope , before she came to their house all of his brothers have to work from dawn to dusk , they would work the entire day yet they couldn't eat two meals because every time , his brothers brought back their salary , Grandma Lin would snatch it - Others didn't fought with her But Lin Yan did and every time Lin Yan fought with Grandma Lin , she would make a scene , screaming and shouting at the middle of the road , crying to heavens calling His second brother unfilial and disrespectful , their mother who didn't like fighting , would bow down every time - she feared that if the brothers reputation got even more worse they won't find a wife for themselves - thus mother Lin advised Lin Yan not to fight with Grandma Lin and let her do whatever she wanted , if not for Su Wan who was so courageous and unafraid , maybe he and his brothers would still be grinded and oppressed under Grandma Lin .
" Yu ? What are you thinking ?" When Su Wan saw that Lin Yu stopped speaking she hurriedly asked , she was afraid that she walked too fast and tired him out " do you want to rest ?"
" No , no , I'm n..not ti..tired , I was just thin..thinking "
Lin Yan finally caught up with Su Wan and Lin Yu , of course Su Wan wasn't going fast at all it was just that she was much more experienced in finding her way in the thick mass of people having worked in the black market for quiet some time , unlike Lin Yan who wasn't that used to finding his way in the busy streets , he usually worked at the docks in the past and the road to the docks was totally different than the busiest part of the market "you two .. really , what if you two end up getting lost ?Do you even know where you are going ?"
Su Wan who finally heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that Lin Yu was fine immediately bristled again , ohho , this poisonous man , you actually dared to doubt my good heart now you were actually reprimanding me ? If not for you making me angry , would I act like this ?
" Of course you are the only smart one here ! Yu and I are just fools is that what you mean ? How difficult do you think finding a shop that sells cloth is ?" With that she once again started ignoring Lin Yan , who helplessly sighed , this girl - why was her temper so bad , just a small thing and she would burst up like a fire cracker .
" Alright , Alright , I was wrong okay ? As an apology I will buy you whatever you want , will that be okay ?" Lin Yan didn't understand what was going on in Su Wan 's head but he understood that she wanted to be coaxed so he immediately hurried after her and started to cajole her .
Su Wan was indeed not that angry , she liked having tiny little squabbles with Lin Yan and loved watching him fret over her - trying to make amends . Something that she never had the chance to experience in her last life even till her death , thus , when Lin Yan coaxed her , it made her really happy .
When she heard that Lin Yan was actually offering to let her shop , she was surprised - aiya , this miser actually said he would buy her anything that she want , oh my why was he acting like some big shot millionaire ?
" Anything that I want ?" Finally she turned her head and looked at Lin Yan with an eye brow cocked .
Lin Yan was already regretting his rash decision but the words were already spoken and could no longer be taken back , so he could do nothing but nod his head - though looking a bit worried .
Su Wan glanced at his worried expression and rolled her eyes - did he take her for some spendthrift ? She also understood the family's living conditions and would never try to buy something that she couldn't chew - that is to say , she knew her limits , alright !
" Fine , lets help Yu buy the clothing material that he wants then I will check out what I want to " Su Wan actually didn't want to buy anything just some essential oils however she might not be able to buy those here , in that case she might be able to go with infused oils - honestly she was getting tired of using the soap grass that Lin Jing brought for her from God knows where - and she was the only one who coukd use it because many liked to use the grass to wash their hair in the village , and thus it was hard to find , Su Wan didn't like that she was the only one who washed herself clean while the brothers used rough and coarse cloths to wipe the sweat off their body after bath . With those infused oils she was certain that she could at least make one or two usable soaps for her family .
Together they went to the ZhenLin workshop and helped Lin Yu buy the cloths pieces that he wanted to buy because they were aiming to sell the piece later on the cloths quality was excellent, and with Lin Yu 's eye for fashion , something that left Su Wan in awe - when they left the workshop , the pouch that Lin Yan was carrying was a lot smaller than before .
Lin Yu felt a bit guilty seeing the bulging bags in his brother's hands , Su Wan understood what was going on Lin Yu 's mind and she hurriedly patted Lin Yu on his shoulder " don't worry , money is made to be spent and once you are done making those beautiful dresses , I'm sure will be able to earn much more than we spent "
" That's right " ruffling Lin Yu 's hair , Lin Yan agreed as well , though he was a little worried - he already spent more than two taels and now he have to buy Su Wan , a gift as well .
Aiye , being a brother and a husband was so expensive ( a/n : you haven't even seen how expensive a woman can be !)
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Chapter 93 - Messed Up
Su Wan wanted to buy the infused oils from her own makeup shop but when she went inside her own shop , she realized just how poorly the makeup shop was doing , except some few poor quality rogue and face powder nothing else was being sold in her shop . The face powder was so chalky that even the maid of those rich misses and masters won't buy it . It would be better to just rub some white paint than rub the face powder from her shop ! And when Su Wan asked about infused oils , the manager of her makeup Shop , manager Long smiled ruefully " we did have some of those but young miss Su Lan ended up liking them and took the entire stock with her "
Su Lan actually took the entire good quality rogue and white powder with her, she was worried that Su Wan might not let her snatch things from her shop after getting married , The changed Su Wan scared her and she didn't dare to face in fact she was dreading facing Su Wan thus , she together with her mother took the products they wanted right on the day of Su Wan's marriage , they didn't want to waste another day and end up encountering Su Wan while they were emptying her shop illegally , so they decided to act at once as they knew no matter how much Su Wan didn't want their family to rip her off, she couldn't do anything on the day she was getting married could she ?
" what young miss ? she is not related to me at all ! much less now that her family sold me off - we renounced each other the day they took those ten taels from my husbands and sent me on a dilapidated sedan chair ! what young miss , don't call her that anymore and if she comes asking for free things anymore , kick her out at once , no need to be polite anymore " Su Wan couldn't help but bristle , rubbing her forehead , did she offend some God of leeches or something ? why was it that at every birth her family members were full of blood sucking leeches ? In her last life it was her step sister and step mother , and this life was the same , what was she supposed to do ? She couldn't kill them but that does not mean she can't beat them either , a sneer flashed in her eyes - you think you are smart ? Don't want to face me ? Dread looking at my face ? Fine , I don't want to look at your ugly face either but that doesn't mean that you will be able to continue ripping me off !
After advising the lady in charge of her shop , Su Wan walked out with a long expression . Lin Yan and Lin Yu looked at each other in surprise 'what happened ? wasn't she going to buy something for her , why was she unhappy ?'
Lin Yan didn't dare to speak clearly afraid to say the wrong thing and making Su Wan mad again. The pouch on his waist was already sunken if he offended her again, there was no longer any extra taels left in his pouch to coax her !
Thus ,he looked at Lin Yu who got along fairly well with Su Wan , he knew that even if Lin Yu made Su Wan mad , at most she will just pinch his cheeks and be done with it. Who told God to give his youngest brother the face of an innocent angel ? Just looking at that innocent face made impossible for one to get mad at him .
Lin Yu understood at once why his second brother was pushing him in the frontline of the upcoming storm and felt unjust , what was this ? Weren't you the most sharp tongued in us brothers why are you getting scared of your own wife ?
Lin Yan acted as if he couldn't see the blazing glare of his brother and busied himself with his pouch , walking a little too slowly so as to not catch up with Su Wan but not too slow to lose sight of her back , he might be afraid to offend her but that didn't mean he would let her get hurt .
Why wasn't he coaxing her ? Of course he wanted to coax her but he wasn't sure about what to say to Su Wan , he already knew that each time they conversed with each other , five out of ten times they end up quarrelling , if it was some other time he would not have Lin Yu in front but tomorrow night was his turn and he didn't want to spend his night cajoling Su Wan .
Though he understood her a little better than his brothers , he also knew that Su Wan liked getting coaxed that's why she usually got upset with things that she wouldn't and he liked coaxing her as well but that was when there was nothing to lose , right now his entire youth was on line ! If he spends his wedding night coaxing his wife and doing nothing else , then that would be too shameful ( Lin Yu : yeah my wedding night was totally not on line , thanks )
Lin Yu glared at his brother one last time then he walked a little faster and started walking beside Su Wan " Wan Wan wh..what's wr..wrong ?"
Su Wan pouted unhappily " Everything is wrong Yu , the Su family are such leeches they just won't let go . I thought that its fine if they took the money and things from the makeup shop , I thought we can always earn more from others because I have no interest in makeup and its fine if it does badly and one day they will stop because there will be nothing left if I don't pay attention to that shop but now that I needed something for myself and took a better look of the shop and the servants , I realised that's its wrong ! I just took a look inside the shop and saw the unhappy and hollow faces of the servants who are responding for that one shop - and only now I realised that I was too selfish , even if I have no interest in makeup , I should have been attentive to the servants at least . Now , the life of the servants of the restaurant is getting better and the same will happen to the embroidery shop servants but what about the makeup shop ? Just because I couldn't be bothered with make up , will I leave servants who belong to me , suffer because of my selfishness ?"
Su Wan felt so wrong and guilty , she completely forgot that this era was different if a worker was unhappy with their boss they can always resign in her world but that wasn't the case with this era , even if the servants were unhappy they have to greet their masters with a smile and keep serving them no matter what . The last time she came to the town she just took a quick glance of the make up shop and did nothing just told the lady in charge not to bother with the Su family because she was the boss now - how happy and hopeful the servants would have been when they heard their master was changed but what did she do ? Because she had no ideas regarding the make up line , she just threw this one shop at the back of her head and never thought of the servants that were working here !
Su Wan couldn't help but mentally kick herself for such a big momentarily loss of memory , her slight negligence had caused so much sufferings to the servants of that shop , even if she had no idea as their boss she should have at least wrecked her mind !
This was her responsibility , as the master her responsibility was just not to count the money but also to make her workers lives happy and contentious !
If her servants were suffering under her , then what difference was there between her and the Su family ?
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Chapter 94 - What A Rip Off
" Its not your fault either " said Lin Yan finally speaking up from behind Lin Yu and Su Wan , now that he had a good grasp of what happened he can give his suggestions- Lin Yu glanced at him with disdain , yeah sure join us now that the worst has passed , won't you ?
Lin Yan ignored him " you are their boss that's true but you can't spilt yourself in three halves and keep an eye on all the three shops in the same attentive manner , you are bound to make some mistakes . I think you are trying to push too much blame on yourself , the servants were like this ever since your father was in charge you can't just change their living conditions in a blink "
Su Wan shook her head , as a worker and later on a successful restaurant owner, she knew how hard it was to work under unreasonable bosses , who only cared about their own benefits . She thought she would do a good job when she took the shops that never belonged to her - Lin Yan and Lin Yu didn't know anything about her transmigration but she did , she knew that these shops weren't her own yet she snatched it from the Su Family because she thought that it was the right thing to do but now - she was feeling a bit bad for she messed up .
Neither Lin Yu and Lin Yan understood why Su Wan was upset with herself , yet they still tried to uplift her mood " Wan Wan y..you don't fe..feel bad , if ..if y..you think you were in the w...wrong , you can a..always ch..change "
" That's right " patting Su Wan head , Lin Yan too tried to boost her morale " you are only a couple of weeks late , the winter have not started yet , you can always make up for your wrong , what's the point on beating yourself "
That's right what was the point of feeling upset ? Thought Su Wan in her head . True , she messed up but as long as she knew she messed up , she can always change it for better couldn't she ?
" That's right ! So what if I couldn't help them now ? I can always do better in the future " a new surge of enthusiasm roared inside Su Wan and in her uplifted mood , she went to another shop wanting to buy infused oils - now that she has decided to improve the make up shop as well , she decided to get on making the soaps as early as possible . But when she went inside the other shop and asked for the price of infused oils .
" What ? A single tael for this small bottle of oil ?" Su Wan was shocked even though she wasn't a miser like Lin Yan she still thought that a tael for a small bottle of infused oil was too much . With a tael she could buy so much meat and introduce so many dishes in her shops , but that wasn't the same case for this small bottle , with such a small teensy tiny bottle she won't be able to make a good batch of soaps - not to mention its scent was so strong and uncomfortable , it clearly wasn't in line with her essential oils and yet she have to pay a tael for this thing that she had to dilute before she could use ?
No ! As much as spendthrift she was , she refused to give an entire salary of many to buy a bottle that could easily fit in her small palm .
" what you didn't find what you wanted here too ?" Asked Lin Yan when Su Wan left the other shop with an ugly expression as well .
"I did "
"Then why didn't you buy anything ?" Lin Yan was confused , in his mind three hundred copper coins was enough for rogue and face powder , why was Su Wan still empty handed ?
" Because what I wanted to buy they were selling it for one silver tael " she said then she explained them what happened in the shop .
" What one tael for a small bottle of infused oil ? What a rip off why don't they just go ahead and steal " Lin Yan was at once enraged , to him one tael was equivalent to a monthly salary of the rich villagers , even the villagers who work for entire year could save this much yet the people here in town were selling a bottle of infused oil for one tael ? How ridiculous !
" There is no point getting angry " sighed Su Wan , the infused oils were really popular with the rich misses and masters , this era had no such thing as perfumes at most people might use musk as scented perfume or dried flower petals , but the thing with musk was it was harmful for pregnant women and girls as well and dried petals were cumbersome thus infused oils were a lot more popular among the rich women who had no other job except playing mahjong and shopping .
Lin Yan saw her crestfallen expression and hesitated , feeling a lot more unhappy with himself - if only he could earn more . After deducting the money to save for their mother's medicine money and Lin Rui 's admission fees , he wasn't left with much money .
Lin Yu was unhappy as well , if only he brought a few things less , maybe his wife could have brought what she wanted .
Su Wan saw that the two became upset as well and smiled " Its fine , if I can't get it here - I might try to make it myself " though the thing was she only knew the theory of making essential oils because once her friend who was crazy about makeup told her how she made essential oils at home to help her with skin breakouts - she had never once tried to make them because she never got the time to care about her skin. She was too busy making secret and unique marinate sauces for her BBQ .
But now it looks like she has to try her hand in it as well .
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Chapter 95 - Your Days Are Gone
" Let's go , we should deal with these first " Su Wan wasn't one to harp on one thing forever , now that she couldn't buy the infused oils , she just threw the matter in the back of her head and moved on , if she couldn't buy it then she won't buy it , its not like she was so stupid that she couldn't even make some essential oils at home right ? And when her friend told her the theory , she made it sound fairly simple , even if she couldn't make it in her first try , Su Wan was sure that as long as she was patient enough she could make some essential oils in her second and third try . But for now they should do what they came to do in the town first , as for everything else she would take care of it later on .
"Alright " now that Su Wan was no longer pulling a long face , Lin Yan and Lin Yu sighed in relief as well . Together the three of them walked to the embroidery shop where Madam Cheng was haggling with the merchant " no , no I will just pay twenty copper coins for this piece of cloth , have you seen how coarse and rough the material is ? Not even the maids of the rich missies will buy this , at most some dock workers might show interest in it , do you really believe that such a coarse piece of cloth will be sold for forty copper coins ?"
The merchant who was selling the raw materials immediately bristled and snatched the coarse cloth from Madam Cheng 's hands " if you don't want to buy then don't buy , don't call such a fine cloth coarse and poor quality !" Stuffing the cloth back into his baggage , the merchant nastily added " Madam Cheng do you think your Shan Shui embroidery shop is the same as the old times ? It has lost its charm and your days are gone - do you think any rich missies will come here to shop ? " his shrewish eyes lingered on the old wooden carving that were chipped and cracked in places " do you think any merchant would like to bring the finest brocade of his shop to yours ? Bringing our finest cloth here will be nothing but embarrassing our hard work ! You should be gratified that At least I showed you some face when you sent your page boy and I brought some brocades to sell you . Humph , clearly I was wrong not only your shop has lots its grandeur you have lost your sanity as well , such fine cloth and you call it coarse. I should have gone to Long Feng embroidery shop if I knew this was how you were going to disrespect me "
" You -" Madam Cheng hated it when someone talked bad about her embroidery shop , this shop was named after her mistress Shen Shui , only the Shen of the Shan Shui was changed . To talk bad about this shop was equivalent to talking bad about her late mistress , Madam Cheng couldn't bear it . She wanted to throw merchant Yu out but before she could a domineering voice stopped her .
" Its not too late if you want to sell your brocade to Long Feng embroidery shop , if you want you can rush your fat ass right there its not too far " Su Wan heard what the merchant said and she wasn't happy with it at all , Shan Shui shop was the original Su Wan's mother's dream shop , if her memory served her right , the restaurant and the make up shop was something her mother was not interested in but this embroidery shop was something the late mother Su established herself , to embarrass the Shan Shui shop was actually embarrassing the late mother Su .
" Who are you ?" Merchant Yu wasn't happy when a young girl talked down to him, he was very upset and glowered at Su Wan but Lin Yan protectively pushed Su Wan behind him and glanced at Merchant Yu with an ice cold glare of his own , merchant Yu tried to maintain his bravado but soon he looked away cursing Lin Yan for being unruly and arrogant .
Lin Yu too glared at Merchant Yu when the latter tried to glare at Su Wan again .
" who am I ? I'm the owner of this very shop you were insulting " said Su Wan rolling her eyes then stepping out from Lin Yan ' s behind , she strode over to Merchant Yu 's baggage and took out the coarse cloth he was showing to Madam Cheng as a fine quality cloth " Hmm what did you say ? That Madam Cheng has gone senile and can't differentiate between good and bad ? Well , I haven't gone senile yet and I still say that you most probably brought this cloth from your warehouse , I am certain that this cloth was stored last winter in your warehouse but you weren't able to sell it , so you brought it here when Madam Cheng asked you to bring some brocade for our shop hoping that you will be able to sell this useless piece of cloth to us for a good price because if this was really as good as you said you would've never brought it here instead you have sold it to that Long Feng shop from the very beginning , you might have already sold your finest pieces there but they didn't buy it so you brought it here wanting to make some extra money - isn't that so ?"
Su Wan was quiet aware of this tricks of merchants and shop keepers having worked in a mall once . She used to prop up a stall in the food sections when she didn't have a cart or restaurant of her own in the mall , so she also knew that when the shopkeepers actually sold anything that was fifty percent off in the sale , it was most probably something they couldn't sell in the last season , so they tried to sweet talk their way into selling the unsold pieces by selling them in a sale - most probably this merchant was trying to do the same , he already finished selling the most decent pieces of his shop to the Long Feng embroidery shop , but he didn't want to lose money on this coarse cloth either , so he thought of bringing this piece of brocade here - he must have thought that now that their shop was no where as popular as before and there weren't much merchant offering to sell them brocades at a reasonable price , if he lowered a bit of the price tag , he would be able to get rid of this cloth piece and after that whatever happened in their shop it wouldn't concern him .
Hah ! Su Wan rubbed the cloth and knew that it was almost an year old even if nothing was made out of it , if they sold a dress made of this cloth piece they will surely face consequences when someone buys it and it tears off on second wash !
What a smart plan but so bad , she was the owner here , if someone wants to cheat her - they first need to eat the gall of a leopard ! You bastard you slag man , want to cheat me ? See how I teach you a lesson !
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Chapter 96 - Humph
"What nonsense are you talking about ?" Merchant Yu 's rat like eyes flickered slightly and he took back the cloth from Su Wan 's hands , stuffing it a lot more carefully than before " just say that you don't have money ! Don't you dare point fingers at me , I'm such a honest merchant , everyone here knows it by pointing fingers at me , you are trying to ruin my reputation !"
" Oh yeah ? I'm ruining your reputation ? Then what about you ? Such a big body like a fattened pig but your brain is not even as big as a chicken egg ! You come here , call my shop pathetic and run down , then you dare to embarrass and insult Madam Cheng , what did you think that you will be praised with open arms or what ? Why don't you open your pig like eyes and see what you are trying to sell , don't tell me that you have eaten so much fat meat that your head have been filled with fat as well - you thought you are the only one who is smart here and we all are fools ?Let me tell you - you better get out of my shop before I beat you until your wife couldn't even recognise who you are !"
With that Su Wan looked around and picked up a broom that was kept beside the entrance door and swung it at merchant Yu 's face , she was clearly warning Merchant Yu to not take her warning as a fluke .
" You - fine ! Do you think I want to stay in this rundown dilapidated shop ? I will never come here , never - such bad feng shui -" merchant Yu couldn't finish his words because Su Wan had swung the broom in her hands and slammed it right on his mouth , not hard enough to draw blood but hard enough to cause a sting .
" You fat pig , did you think I was farting when I told you that I will beat you until no-one will be able to recognise you ? Still dare to talk bad ? Say another word and this broom will be right up your -" what ? Nobody got to know because Lin Yan covered Su Wan mouth and muffled whatever she wanted to say - really his wife's mouth was so poisonous when she wanted to scold someone , compared to merchant Yu , he could comfort himself with the fact that Su Wan was fairly nice to him .
He looked at the shocked merchant Yu and smiled " Mr . Yu , the words you have spoken , I will be sure to pass all of them to our uncle Shen Hai , you might not know but this shop belongs to his late sister whom he still loves dearly , by insulting this shop you have insulted his sister , I hope you will ah - have a decent conversation when Uncle Hai comes and ask for an explanation from you "
Shen Hai was Su Wan 's third uncle who had a pharmacy in the town , he lived a quiet life but he was smart and diligent and could treat people , the saying that one should never offend a doctor or police officer was true even at that time , the second Merchant Yu heard that Shen Hai was Su Wan's uncle he jumped on his feet so fast which was nearly impossible for a fat person like him and rushed out . At first he wanted to bring some Yamen runners but now , it was better for him to stay away .
Once Merchant Yu was gone , Lin Yan removed his palm from Su Wan 's mouth not because he wanted to but because that little tease had bit on his skin " what's wrong with you ?" He asked rubbing the teeth marks on his palm .
" That's what I want to ask as well, why did you not let me speak "
" Because merchant Yu is an influential merchant , if you ended up seriously offending him , it will be bad for our reputation . Even if your uncle could have saved you from not going to the Yamen , he cannot stop the peoples mouth if Merchant Yu brought Yamen runners here - this is not the village where you can be unruly as much as you want its the town and you are a boss here , if your reputation takes a blow your shop's reputation will take a blow too , I know and I get it that you are angry that he insulted your mother's shop but you need to control yourself "
" Humph " snorted Su Wan , why do she needs to control her temper ? Was her new dresses lacking ? Even if that merchant brought the Yamen runners , people would have talked for two days and once the dresses were launched they would have forgotten all about it but if she suffered this injustice in silence , she would not have been able to sleep what about it ?
But because Lin Yan was right as well , she didn't fight with him . After all she has already released some of her anger , on the merchant any way .
" Missy you shouldn't have done that -"
" he called you senile ! "
" I know and that was really nice of you missy but Second master is right you don't have to offend people for my sake , I am just a servant of your house " though Madam Cheng was really happy that Su Wan stood up for her , she was a kind old lady who wanted no troubles , she wouldn't have liked it if her mistress 's daughter went to Yamen for her sake .
"So what you are my mother's servant , my mother treated you really well and thought of you as her friend , if she saw that I stood silent while that man wronged you - she wouldn't be happy with me either ." Su Wan pouted unhappy that no one understood her then added "You are not that old anyways , he looked much older than you "
Madam Cheng laughed ,Lin Yu giggled even Lin Yan shook his head , with a helpless doting expression on his face .
" alright missy what brought you here ? " asked Madam Cheng it was only then when Su Wan remembered that they actually came here for work , she looked at Lin Yu who took out his paintings and showed it to Madam Cheng. While Lin Yu was showing his paintings to Madam Cheng , Su Wan couldn't help but complain - just a single day out and I met so many annoying pests , who knows how the rest of the day will go ( A/n : drum roll - Annnnnd she jinxed it )
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Chapter 97 - Don't Give Up Okay ?
" Oh these " taking the packages from Lin Yan 's hand , Su Wan placed all of it on the table and said with a smile " these are the key to our success "
Madam Cheng didn't understand what Su Wan meant by this thus , Su Wan grinned and looked at Lin Yu who limped over to madam Cheng and showed her , his designs . Just one glance at his designs and Madam Cheng was ecstatic " Master your skills are really something ! " she exclaimed in praise " These novel designs and unique patterns if we really launch something like this in our shops we will soon take over the Long Feng embroidery shop -for such beautiful designs , I'm certain that those rich missies and masters would pay two hundreds copper coins with ease "
Two hundred copper coins was a feat to Madam Cheng now , in the past they used to sell clothes that used to sell for a tael or two but now their shop had hit rock bottom and Madam Cheng couldn't sell a piece of cloth for even twenty copper coins .
" what two hundred copper coins ? " said Su Wan frowning slightly , she had seen such uniques designs being sold for millions in the modern world , anything that was unique and new was tagged with a high price tag " I believe Lin Yu 's skills are worth more than this , Madam Cheng its better if you classify the embroidery in high to low category and sell it accordingly , and I think two hundred copper coins are too low , these designs are unique and will be sold first in our shop , if we don't make the most out of it in the starting it will be too late for us when other shops starts copying us , don't you think so ? "
The designs that Lin Yu drew were indeed unique and never seen but in the end they were just dresses , the town has a good number of expert embroiderers , it won't take too long for them to understand the basics and launch their own designs , so Su Wan wanted to make an early start , she was not being greedy but practical , because they will launch at least twenty to twenty five designs new designs , it will take a month or so for the embroiderers of the town to understand it .
" You are right , missy . How foolish of me " said Madam Cheng with an understanding smile " we will launch the one with the exquisite design and most beautiful embroidery at two taels while the simple one will be sold for eight hundred copper coins , will this be okay ?"
Su Wan nodded " but in case if two person wants to the same dress then let them bid for the dress and sell it to the one with the highest bid "
" I understand , missy " Madam Cheng thought that Su Wan was thinking too far ahead , after all these were just clothes who will try to make a bid for it . But she didn't say anything in case Su Wan called her a pessimist .
Su Wan understood the sceptical expression of madam Cheng but didn't say anything . She was in-fact quite certain that their clothes will really create an uproar in the market for some while , as for thinking to far ahead ? The rich missies here actually spends one tael of silver to buy a small bottle of infused oil will they not spend a tael for a new dress that was both fashionable and beautiful ?
Instead Su Wan was quite worried that in the upcoming days , Lin Yu had to work just as hard as Lin Yan .
" and make the girls that work on these dresses sign a contract , with the clause that if they teach the designs to others without our knowledge , then they will be fined five taels and sold " Su Wan knew that this was a little cruel but she wanted to delay the plagiarism as much as possible , this era had no ' copyright ' , if someone liked their designs and wanted to make it from the scratch with his own flare added to it , there was nothing they could do but even so , Su Wan didn't want to make it easier for them .
" I understand , missy " Madam Cheng took this seriously , she knew that the dresses her master and mistress came up with must have taken a lot of time and energy , and she also knew how cut throat the competition was in the market , after Shen Shui died , the flare that their shop died as well , Long Feng shop poached their seamstresses , who didn't want to waste their youth and skills in the shop that was going down hill .
Those seamstresses never once thought that it was Shen Shui who taught them their skills which they so happily imparted to the Long Feng shop - heh , those greedy and selfish women would have never thought that their Shan Shui might make a come back !
Madam Cheng gripped on the paintings of dresses that Lin Yu brought and took him inside to the room where they made clothes . Lin Yu was hesitant at first seeing this Madam Cheng didn't force him instead left it to Su Wan who patted his shoulder and encouraged him " Yu , from now on this shop of my late mother will be relying on you , I know you will do an excellent work here , don't worry if you mess up , its alright . But never give up okay ? Or else I will be angry "
Lin Yu was an introvert , a bit fearful and lacked confidence , if he made a mistake instead of correcting it , he will try to patch things up and never touch the thing he made mistake in ever again. Su Wan didn't want him to do so in embroidery as well , she didn't want him to give up designing clothes just because he made a mistake or ruined the piece of cloth he was working on , that would just backfire and their efforts will go down the drain , so its better to encourage and give Lin Yu a push in case he ever thinks about quitting .
Lin Yu hesitated but nodded , he understood that if he wanted to break away from his shell he could no longer run away from his mistakes " I understand , I won't give up . I will try to bring this shop to a new height " because only then he will able to walk beside Su Wan with his head held high .
Su Wan was really happy that he actually promised to try his best , she muttered good three times and ruffled Lin Yu 's hair just like Lin Yan .
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Chapter 98 - Unpleasant
Once Lin Yu was settled down and he started working on his new job as the boss , Su Wan and Lin Yan left him to do so in the embroidery shop and the two of them went to check on the restaurant to see if everything was alright . Su Wan wanted to check whether her new dishes made any changes and whether the dock workers were liking the new and novel dishes but when Su Wan reached the docks where her restaurant was located at, instead of finding a long queue of customers she actually ended up seeing someone unpleasant .
Su Bai was having a small scuffle with two thick neck bodyguards that seem to be standing in front of their restaurant . They seemed to be throwing Su Bai out but Su Bai indignant and enraged was fighting tooth and nail " this is my restaurant you cannot just throw me out of my own restaurant ! What do you mean I was trying to steal ? I am the boss here , if I want to take away the money you can't stop me !"
But the thick neck bodyguard didn't listen instead he picked Su Bai up and shook him like he was shaking a cloth to get rid of dust and debris, crinkling silver taels fell from Su Bai 's clothes and the others bodyguard picked it all up , he even wrenched open Su Bai 's fist and took out the taels that he was clenching in his hand . Once he was done , he checked Su Bai 's body again and only when he was certain that Su Bai had no taels left on his body did he nodded at the other bodyguard who let Su Bai go and drop on the dock floor on his back .
The always immaculately clean and elegant Su Bai now looked like a mess , his clothes were in a mess and his face was flushed . He glared at the two bodyguards in front of him and seemed to be having a hard time breathing .
A few days ago his son returned home and complained that Su Wan had spread the matter of the restaurant belonging to her dead mother in the town , Su Cheng complained that his friends had a small debt of a few taels but Su Wan actually insulted his friends and made them cough out the money - this friend of his was none other than Surname Zheng , the son if shopkeeper Zheng .
Su Cheng complained that Surname Zheng used to treat him really nicely at first but now because of Su Wan his image was ruined and Surname Zheng was targeting him worse than ever . Su Cheng cried and gave him the ultimatum that if he didn't get the restaurant back for him and brought him all its savings so that he can give it all to Surname Zheng and appease him , he won't go to school at all .
Su Cheng was Su Bai 's precious son , Su Bai doted on this son of his the most and Su Cheng was his key to achieving his dream of becoming an official .
Su Bai was already regretting letting Su Wan take the deeds of Shen Shui 's shops with her , however bad their condition was at least they generated an income of two taels together at the end of the year , for his home where everyone ate but no-one worked these shops were golden egg laying goose .
And when Su Cheng returned and shouted at him for being too muddle headed , Su Bai really couldn't take it anymore . So today , he came to the town wanting to reclaim his ownership on the restaurant , but then he saw that the restaurant that was always empty was filled to brim there was a long queue to take away food . Su Bai who was hesitating felt that all his hesitation vanished in an instant all he cared about the money , he didn't care who and how the restaurant became so popular - so just like always he barged in and tried to take the money away but Xiao Shi was no longer the same with Su Wan as backing he at once called the bodyguards who were standing guard at the shop entrance and told them that Su Bai was trying to steal , the bodyguards were newly hired they had no idea who Su Bai was , they heard Xiao Shi who was like a young master in the restaurant and deeply trusted by Lin Yan , so they at once apprehended Su Bai as a criminal .
Su Bai felt that he has suffered great humiliation so he immediately looked around to find a new target to let his steam off and that's when he saw Su Wan , he immediately jumped on his feet and pointed at Su Wan , shouting as spit flew from his mouth - the dock workers who were watching the drama immediately pulled back but Su Bai didn't care all his attention was focussed on Scolding Su Wan " You unfilial brat what have you done ? This shop is mine ! The Su family and yet you actually dared to throw your own father out of the restaurant like a petty thief ? Are you trying to ruin my reputation or you are trying to kill me ! "
Lin Yan never liked this father in law of his , he still remembers that when they were trying to find a wife , they were looking one with the human traders but Su Bai who was actually dressed like a young master came to them and told them that his family was suffering a lot , that his mother was sick and old and he needed money for her treatment so he wanted to sell one of daughter who was a virgin unlike the one in the human traders shop , Lin Yan could feel Su Bai 's hypocrisy from a mile away - dressed like an emperor yet have no money to treat your mother , really ? But Su Bai was articulate and a charmer when he wanted to be , and Su Wan was indeed pretty compared to the ones they could afford at the traders , so they agreed but now that Su Bai had actually forgotten his place , Lin Yan had no trouble reminding him " what do you mean ? Mr . Su , if I'm not wrong you sold Su Wan to me for ten taels and she brought the shops that belonged to her mother's dowry - what do you mean the shops are still yours ? I Don't think I need to remind you that by the law passed by the emperor , the dowry of a married woman will only belong to her husband if he remains a widower after her death but you married your current wife just after a month of Wan Wan 's mother's death - in that case her mother's dowry either belongs to her or to her maternal family , you have no claim on it "
The current emperor was a concubine born , that is to say he was an illegitimate heir of the throne , he and his mother had suffered a lot under the Empress , thus when he set on the throne dethroning the previous Emperor he worked hard to raise the status of women though it wasn't much but it was still better than before at least women now had the right to control their own dowry .
Su Bai who was busy scolding Su Wan choked up in between he was so focused on scolding Su Wan he didn't even see Lin Yan who right beside her !
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Chapter 99 - Read The Law
" What - what do you mean ? I raised her ! I'm her father of course , I can still be the owner of this restaurant ? " Su Bai didn't want to retreat , Lin Yan was his son in law and as his son in law how can he talk to his father in law like this ? So what if the dowry belonged to Shen Shui ? Has anyone thought about how much he had to silently endure trying to woo that woman ? When he was young , his heart was already set on Chu Yin his current wife , The young Chu Yin liked him too . Both of them wanted to get married but Father Chu wanted a betrothal gift of thirty taels , in his eyes Chu Yin was smart and beautiful and she was quite skilled in home skills like embroidery and cooking , so thirty taels were must but Su Bai who was young and poor had no money , but he also didn't want to give up on Chu Yin .
Later on , his mother helped him - she told him that a new Shen girl just came to town and she was the sister of the Shen brothers who were from decent background back then , if he could woo her he might be able to collect enough money to marry Chu Yin once Shen Shui brings her dowry . The plot was full of dirty schemes but Su Bai who wanted to pursue Chu Yin like a mad man agreed .
He wooed Shen Shui even though she held him in contempt at first , even her brothers looked down on him . At first Su Bai only pursued her because he wanted the money but later on he took it on his self respect , when he saw that Shen Shui dared to turn her nose at him , his ego received a serious blow - Su Bai was a handsome young man of his time and if not for his poor background , many girls would have thought of him as a husband material back then , so when Shen Shui didn't give him the desired response that he wanted , he was enraged .
He pursued her madly , and finally Shen Shui accepted his affections and married him . Just as his mother and he planned , she also brought a lot of dowry with her because Su Bai 's living conditions were not that good and her brothers didn't want her to suffer .
Of course that was what Su Bai thought but Shen Shui actually brought that much dowry with her because she wanted Su Bai to have a good life . Shen Shui was a strong and iron clad woman, if she didn't like someone she didn't like them at all but if she liked them , she liked them to death - so , back then the reason for her large dowry wasn't to show off in front of Su Bai but to aid in his troubles but who would have thought that Shen Shui 's good intentions will be taken for granted by Su Bai , after she married him , Su Bai took a huge chunk of her dowry and proposed to Chu Yin .
Together the two of them tormented Shen Shui so much that she couldn't even take a glance at her new born baby girl and passed away because of her weekend mind and body and even if she wasn't tortured like that Because of Su Bai 's betrayal Shen Shui no longer had a will to survive .
So even if Su Bai didn't drive in the knife physically , he did wedged it in metaphorically. Of course Su Bai never thought that he had a hand in Shen Shui 's death instead he thought and believed it firmly that death suited such an arrogant woman the best .
" so what if you raised Wan Wan ?" Said Lin Yan with a sneer " what's the point of aiming to become a top scholar 's father when you don't even know the basic laws ! Its clearly stated in the edict passed ten years ago that its the responsibility of the parents to raise their children - raising Su Wan was your responsibility and She doesn't owe you anything if you have something against it you better go and ask you Su Cheng whether or not such a law exists "
The current emperor suffered a lot under the neglect of his father who knew nothing else but frolicking with his concubines every day and night , this was the reason why when the previous emperor was dethroned , his head was hung on the city wall for seven days and six night by the current emperor .
However , even after becoming an Emperor , the current Emperor was worried that he will make the same mistakes just like his father and often overlook his children , so he passed the verdict that whether concubines or mistress all the kids belonging to the same father will have the right to be taken care of , the father need to raise his kids no matter what and which situation was he is - yet Su Bai actually sold his daughter , if Su Wan wanted she could have thrown him in the prison for a week .
Su Wan who had no idea that such a law existed was shocked , how come she didn't know ? Of course she had no idea about such a law because the previous Su Wan never went out of the village and never saw the world., she had no idea that she could actually sue her father but even if she did with her filial and scared personality she wouldn't have dared to do so . But the Su Wan of now couldn't be bothered with it , if she knew about it first she would have first married her husbands and then thrown this Su Bai into the prison !
When Su Bai heard Lin Yan reciting the law , his face turned pale and subconsciously he licked his lips , he didn't think he was in the wrong - after all Su Wan was still healthy and alive what was wrong if he targeted her a bit because of his resentment with her mother ? ( Su Wan : alive and healthy ? You sure have a beautiful imagination )
" you mean to say that I can sue him for not taking care of me ?" Asked Su Wan
Hearing the word ' sue ' Su Bai jumped , and shouted " what sue ? What sue ! Embarrassing your father is not enough that you need to sue me as well ? Aren't you afraid that you will be called unfilial ? "
Su Wan was flabbergasted at Su Bai's shamelessness , you actually have such a thick skin ? You didn't give a fart ass to the law passed by the emperor , but you still dare to call me unfilial ? " I don't know about being unfilIal what I know is that you sold me for ten taels to my husbands and because of your lack of care and neglect my mother died an early death ! Her dowry is rightfully mine , it's acceptable to the Emperor and the heavens by law then why can't you accept it ? Do you think that you are above the law ? Above the emperor ? I have given these shops to my husbands to take care of and now you actually came here and stole from him - all the money that you took came from my husband who worked day and night to test new ingredients and dishes and now you did this ? Father - you call yourself my father ? Then have you forgotten that my kids will be named as Lin not Su ? Stealing money from the restaurant when its my husband who worked hard to earn it ? Aren't you trying to push me to death ?Was pushing my mother to her death wasn't enough that you want me to die as well ?"
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Chapter 100 - Scum Deserves Scum
When the dock workers heard Su Wan cry so pitifully , all of them looked at Su Bai disgust flashing in their eyes , they couldn't believe how shameless this man can be not only did he sold his daughter , yet he came here to cause trouble at her restaurant which now belonged to her ? Everyone knew that a married daughter was like spilled water anything that she takes with her , no longer belonged to her natal home .
So , how could he as a father still insist that he was still the boss of the restaurant , and he even went as far as to steal from the restaurant when it was clearly his own son in law who was in charge of it now. The dock workers have seen Lin Yan coming here every day and he was also the one who worked hard in the restaurant from morning till evening , his wife rarely came to the town .
It was clear from this alone that Su Wan has given the restaurant to Lin Yan to take care and yet this shameless man actually stole the earnings of his own son in law ? Was he trying to kill his daughter ? With such a taint how will this young lady raise her head in front of her husband ? ( Su Wan : I will live with my head raised please and thank you , There is no man born who can make me bow in front of him )
Su Wan however didn't just stop there instead she raised her voice and buried her face in her hands crying even loudly " you say you are my father and I'm unfilial, right ? Then can you tell me how I was unfilial ? When my mother passed away you didn't even wait for an year for her mourning period to pass and married a new woman . Everyone here knows how a girl's life becomes after a step mother marries in her house , I have cooked for you , collected weed from the forest and I have even harvested the grains in the fields , what have I not done ? While Su Cheng and Su Lan only knew how to eat and sleep ! You call me unfilial ?"
Su Wan didn't care about being called unfilial but the truth was that after everything that the original owner did for the Su family , it would be a shame to call the Su Family a family of beasts , in fact even all the beasts would hang their heads in shame if she compared the Su family with them . She knew that either Su Lan or Su Cheng might have prodded Su Bai and asked him to get the restaurant back now that it was doing well - her heart was inclined into believing that it was Su Cheng as he alone lived in the town and new what went and goes here - there was also Surname Zheng .
Awesome , does that bastard Su Cheng thinks that if he hides his hideous and hypocritical face at home , she won't be able to do anything ? Didn't he act like he despised money and was above all ? Then she will show how good this Su Cheng was !
As she thought about it Su Wan raised her head , sparkling tears shimmering in her eyes " you say I am unfilial but Haven't I given my mother's dowry to you for so many years to take care of ?All the revenue it generated for all these years , you took it away and I didn't ask but you still sold me for ten taels saying that Su Cheng doesn't have any money to continue with his study ! You tell me how much revenue the shops generated and how much did you used ? That you had no money to send Su Cheng to school and had to sell me ? If the revenue match I will not say a word and continue to be filial but if it doesn't don't blame me for being odds with Su Cheng and the Su family ! Because of him I am already a shared wife ! I have five husbands to answer to yet you have to embarrass me like this in front of my husband !"
After being rebuked by Su Wan , Su Bai 's face turned pale . However , he couldn't refute her claims and couldn't answer her questions - there was nothing he could use to defend himself with . Su Wan was right . All the revenue that Shen Shui's shop generated were taken away by him and Chu Yin , nothing ended in Su Wan's hands . With the revenue that these shops generated , Su Wan has long returned the money that Su Bai actually spent on her .
And the revenue was great as well , but the thing was Su Bai was a big spender and Chu Yin under the comforts and laid back lifestyle too became a spendthrift , she would also send a lot of money to her natal home and subsidised them . It had been like this for so long , but now without these shops the earnings have declined while the expenses remained the same .
When Su Bai saw that the restaurant was doing good he thought it was Su Wan who came up with new dishes - he even felt resentful that she didn't show her talent a little earlier or he wouldn't have sold her so soon , he would have made her work until Su Lan and Su Cheng were married .
The dock workers were stunned then hurriedly they too started whispering , discussing the new found information .
"Oh God how can there be such a brother ? He let his father sell his sister so that he can continue with studies ? I would rather give up on my studies than sell my sister "
" humph , what do you know that boy is the half brother - weren't you listening ? The boy was born of the second wife of course he won't care what happened to this sister of his - "
" what's the point of studying books alone ? If one can't even act human - selling his sister to continue on with his studies ? Pei - what a scholar he will be !"
" Su Cheng - Su Cheng ! Oh I have heard of him , the boy has been trying to become a Tongsheng for two years , but couldn't even pass once "
" no talent , I say if he is useless he should have stayed at home rather than selling his sister "
" Shut up ! Shut up ! What do you know ? Its me I was the one who sold her , it didn't even concern my son . He had no idea - you watch your mouth or else I will shut it for you " Su Bai jumped up as he shouted his jowls quivering . His eyes popped and he looked quite demented like a mad dog who liked to bite anyone -Su Wan had once seen it in her last life .
Everyone knew that scholars most valued reputation if their reputation was lost everything was lost , that's why Su Wan dared to pulled Su Cheng in the argument , she too wanted to see how much Su Bai loved this son - and surely he didn't disappoint her , Su Bai loved Su Cheng much more than he ever loved Su Wan - just look at this he even took the title of a greedy father for his son , who was selfish enough to be the first one who run away from his family . Did Su Bai thinks that Su Cheng stayed at the town because he wanted to study in extra classes ? No , Su Cheng stayed at the academy because he resented his village background , living with the high profile kids he wanted to be a rich man 's son too but in the end he was a son of a good for nothing , who relied on his wife's dowry .
Su Cheng didn't return home many times but Every-time he returned Su Wan was made to serve him , she will change his clothes and washed them , and as the person washing Su Cheng 's clothes she naturally smelled the rose scent and rogue , the previous Su Wan didn't understand what it meant but Su Wan did , she knew that Su Cheng was visiting the brothel instead of studying seriously - even though he knew that his sister was going to get sold because of his studies , he still didn't pick up his slack , instead before the Previous Su Wan died , Su Wan saw Su Cheng and just like every other time his clothes smelled of rogue - Su Wan despised such men , who took everything for granted .
Su Cheng was a total scum but then again he was born because of two scums , they deserved each other !
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