Chapter 130: Drive People Away

  Talking about bullying, Luo Zi is actually used to it. However, having just arrived in Chengdu, he was hit hard this time and felt completely disheartened, thinking that this place is very deep and people are also intimidated.

  "Now hearing Lu Yue's words, he couldn't help but shout: 'Ah Yue, you're going soft! Since our background is so strong, why do we still need to give them 300 taels? One hundred taels will do, I'll take it down for you right away!'"

  "Still three hundred taels of gold, less than one hundred taels of gold for them, it's a lesson. If they really lack three hundred taels, that would hurt their tendons and bones, who knows what unpredictable things they might do when they're desperate. Can't guard against them forever, can we?"

  Luó Zǐ thought so too.

  At this time, the officers and soldiers had already arrived, and Luo Zi stepped forward to greet them. Lu Xuan stood quietly on one side, with a calm and contented expression.

  In the cattle cart, Chen Shu's face had changed color.

  He glared at Lu Yue, his cheek muscles twitching violently as he gritted his teeth and spat out: "This woman, this woman!"

  This woman, how every time her reaction is beyond people's expectations. When she was humiliated, she didn't get angry and cry like other women, or lose control and shout loudly. Instead, she turned around, and then, under the bright daylight, in front of everyone, she unfolded her revenge!

  What kind of woman's behavior is this? Obviously, it's a spoiled young master from a wealthy family, who has been provoked but remains calm and collected, takes revenge decisively and neatly, and faces the officers with confidence... As he thought about it, Chen Shu suddenly shivered.

  Just as Chen Shu was lost in thought with a calm face, the servant called out to him: "Young Master!"

  "What's wrong?"

  Chen Shu responded with a sound, raised his head to look, and suddenly found that Lu Yue, who was originally standing on the other side of the street, not only ignored the officials and soldiers who were scolding in front of the wine building, but also didn't care about the fat woman who was crying loudly. Instead, she turned her body and walked straight towards them.

  The woman's behavior will never conform to the normal rules of human conduct. Chen Shu's face sank, and he ordered: "Let's go."

  Just then he called out here, he looked at the clear and beautiful face of Shang Lu Xuan again, gritted his teeth and coldly smiled: "Wait for her to come over!" Was he still afraid of her?

  Just as Yu Fu was about to respond, Lu Xuan had already walked up to the cow cart. She saw her smiling slightly and bowing towards the cart, asking: "Sir, are you an old acquaintance?"

  Chen Shu simply stared at her through the car window slit, ignoring her.

  The car owner didn't respond, Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow and glanced at the two servants and a coachman, then said, "Sorry."

  Sorry? Why suddenly say sorry?

  Chen Shu and others were still in doubt, but Lu Xuan suddenly took a few steps forward, then stretched out her right hand and pulled the car curtain like this!

  This move was abrupt and unexpected, it was something Chen Shu could never have anticipated!

  Chen Shuqing's face was still in a daze, but he straightened up and met Lu Xuan's gaze.

  Lu Yue's face lit up with a brilliant smile as she revealed a set of pearly white teeth, saying slowly: "Indeed an old friend!"

  At this point, Chen Shu's face sank and he drank: "Lu Shi, you have a big nerve!"

  "Yes, that person also said I'm too reckless." Outside the cow cart, Lu Xuan seemed to have not noticed Chen Shu's rage at all, nor did she feel any apology for her sudden behavior. She just smiled warmly and politely as if meeting an old friend, and after saying "that person" with deep meaning, she chuckled: "Well, this is something that can't be helped, I was born to be a reckless and impulsive person."

  With a gentle smile, Lu Yue bowed to him and said: "It's been a long time since we last met, Lord. Shall we drink a cup together today?"

  She pointed to the noisy tavern and said, "Chen Jialang may not know that the tavern is about to change its name to Xiao. As a vanguard of the Xiao family, I will be in charge of the tavern from now on. Would Chen Jialang like to join me for a few drinks at the tavern?"

  Is her surname Xiao? Does she mean that she is representing the Xiao family in taking over this wine shop? Chen Shu's expression changed slightly.

  He stared at Lu Ying, who was smiling brightly, and naturally understood that her simple-sounding words contained warnings, threats, and unbridled arrogance.

  She was warning him, telling him to be careful, and not to act rashly?

  How did this woman manage to discern that I had ill intentions towards her and yet speak so bluntly?

  Suddenly, Chen Shu's back was cold with sweat, and he looked at Lu Yue's smiling face, feeling that her clear and distinct eyes seemed to see through everything. It seemed as if she had already seen through his small actions just now.

  He didn't dare to wipe away the cold sweat on his forehead, and Chen Shu's face was expressionless as he replied indifferently: "Miss Lu is joking, this wine house has nothing to do with me, I'm not interested at all." Having said that, he ordered: "Let's go."

  "Yes."

  The ox cart is moving.

  After walking dozens of steps, Chen Shu turned his head to look back, and at this time Lu Xuan had already turned around and walked towards the soldiers. Looking at her slender figure, suddenly, Chen Shu thought: I have been in business for many years, what kind of person haven't I seen? This is still the first time I didn't dare face a woman head-on. After speaking to her for no more than two sentences, he actually fled in disarray.

  He felt that in front of Lu Xuan, he had nowhere to hide. It seemed that his innermost thoughts and feelings were all too clear to her. Even her seemingly cold smile carried a hint of mockery and disdain.

  It's really disheartening to deal with people like this!

  He let out a mouthful of turbid air, Chen Shu closed his eyes and thought to himself: I must be tired, too exhausted, to actually be scared by a little girl who hasn't even reached adulthood yet, and doesn't have any impressive family background.

  It's just that Chen Su couldn't muster the energy to stop Lu Yue from getting that wine house at this moment. To think that not long ago, he was still thinking of blocking Lu Yue's way on the merchant road!

  Things went smoothly at the wine house.

  When Lu Xuan took out the wooden plaque representing Xiao's family and made it clear that he was going to rely on his power to bully people, things were already unlikely to go smoothly.

  In the afternoon, the deed of the wine house fell into Lu Xuan's hands, and the name of the owner also changed to Lu Xuan. In the morning, Lu Xuan had told Chen Shu that this wine house would belong to the Xiao family, but it was hard to say whether he was telling the truth or not. Even if Chen Shu wanted to investigate, he wouldn't be able to find out anything. Because it was a common practice for large families to put their properties under other people's names.

  The wine shop was valued at 300 taels of gold. At the same time, Lu Xiang also gave 30 taels of gold to the officers and soldiers, thanking them for their hard work.

  The wine shop is in hand, and now it's time to drive people away.

  In the dimly lit hall of the wine house, the stout woman was wailing in despair, while the shop assistant, pale-faced and sweating, looked at his brother-in-law. After a while, he asked hoarsely: "Second sister, second brother-in-law, don't we have any way out? That young Confucian scholar doesn't even have a decent ox cart or donkey cart, how can he take over our wine house?"

  He didn't say anything, but as soon as he did, the tall man's face turned sorrowful. He glared at the shopkeeper with a hoarse voice full of resentment, "How dare you say that? If it weren't for you, how would things have ended up like this? They just came to eat and ask a question, but you...". Infuriated, he waved his sleeve and chased them away, "Get out! I understand now. This little brother-in-law is not worth raising."

  As soon as Hanzi's voice fell, the fat woman on one side shrieked: "Agen, how can you say such a thing? Obviously that person colluded with the government to bully us, how can you blame it on our own people?" Turning her head, she shouted at the little servant: "Second son, don't go, who wants you to leave, I'll fight him!"

  After finishing speaking, she stared at the horizontal meat on her husband's face and trembled with anger.

  Just as the fat woman thought her husband would compromise as he had every time before, and lower his head without a word. The tall man instead said in a low voice: "You can leave too."

  "Huh?"

  The brother and sister both looked up at the man together.

  With a rustling sound, the man pulled out a divorce paper and threw it in front of the woman. His normally dull face was now wooden and expressionless, "This is the divorce paper. I can't afford to support a wife like you, so leave."

  What? Xi Shu?

  The woman was shocked, she stared blankly at the letter, she couldn't recognize the two characters, but her brother could. Just as the little servant was reading the words "divorce paper", the fat woman let out a shrill scream from her throat, and suddenly stood up, pouncing on the man.

  She threw herself at him, her fingernails clawing towards his face, her mouth open to bite into his flesh, and she shrieked: "You good-for-nothing Li Agen, how dare you divorce me? How dare you divorce me?"

  The man's right hand blocked and pushed, and in the blink of an eye, he had pushed the woman back several steps. Just as the woman was about to roll around on the ground in disbelief, the man suddenly grabbed her collar, his huge fist raised high.

  However, the fist never fell, he just glared at the woman and shouted: "Enough! I've had enough! Qi Changxiu, you've been in my Li family for seven years. In these seven years, my family's good fields have become nothing, our prosperous wine shop has disappeared, and our warehouses full of brocade are now empty. Qi Changxiu, marrying a woman like you is the worst luck I, Li Agen, have had in ten lifetimes! If I don't get rid of you, I'm afraid I won't even have a place to live. Get out, don't come back. The two children are mine, and from now on, you're not allowed to see them."

  As he said that, the man gave the woman a heavy push and turned around to leave the wine house with heavy footsteps. The woman was still wailing in disbelief, crying and scolding him as she watched him, waiting for him to turn back, but until his figure could no longer be seen, the man didn't even glance back at her once.

  On the attic of the wine building, Lu Xuan and Luo Zi, who had entered early when several people were arguing, had been quietly watching this scene.

  Lu Xuan saw the man leave, and saw the woman and Xiao Er still lingering in the wine tower, crying and wailing. She furrowed her brow and said lightly: "Go call a few people, and throw them out!"

  "Alright."

  "Alright, when throwing them out, let those people beat these two up as well, beat them harder, but don't break any bones."

  Upon hearing this, Luo Zi was somewhat perplexed. Lu Yuan glanced at him and thought to cultivate this person, so she explained: "This woman and her brother are obviously the type who bully the weak and fear the strong, insatiably greedy. When dealing with people like this, one must be ruthless and unreasonable, relying on power to intimidate and bully them. Only then will they think of keeping their distance from us. Otherwise, I'm afraid they'll blame all their misfortunes and suffering in the second half of their lives on us, and we won't be able to guard against it." After a pause, she continued: "The reason we didn't break their bones is that these two have no more money, and we can't completely cut off their means of survival."

  Luó Zǐ shòu jiào, tā zhēn xīn de shuō: "Wǒ zhī dào le."

  Translation:

  Luo Zi was instructed, he said seriously: "I understand now."

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