After several previous interactions with Chu Yan, Shi Chunfen was no longer so afraid of him. Faced with his scolding, she said calmly: "My daughter-in-law went out today just to help A Ling inspect the store. As soon as she heard the rumors, she
I’ve rushed back as soon as possible.”
"You inspect the store?" Chu Yan seemed to have heard some big joke, "Do you know how to do business? You just went to inspect the store. A Ling politely asked you to help look after the business. Do you take it seriously?"
When these words came out, the people around him laughed out loud, obviously despising Shi Chun Equinox for not overestimating his abilities.
Shi Chunfen looked at them with gentle eyes. She had already learned to turn a blind eye to the Chu family's malice. The more she argued with them, the more they turned a blind eye.
Seeing that she had no reaction, the smiles of those people quickly faded, and they all felt that they were asking for trouble.
How can there be such a woman in the world? She has been pointed at her nose and scolded, and yet her face does not turn red and her heart does not beat. I don’t know what kind of monster she is.
The old lady had been watching their quarrel with a cold eye. When she saw that the Spring Equinox was unfazed, a trace of relief flashed in her eyes. She coughed lightly and interrupted: "Okay, okay, the concierge has already informed me about the Spring Equinox going out. Now you are weird."
Is she also blaming me, an old woman, for not letting him go?"
Chu Yan was startled and said quickly: "That's not what I meant."
"Why don't you just shut up?" the old lady said angrily: "Vernal Equinox is the eldest mistress of our Chu family. If Aling's business is not left to her, who will look after it? It's okay for outsiders to be confused. You are a family boss.
Why are you so confused?"
Chu Yan was so humiliated by the old lady's training that he had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
It was rare for the old lady to get angry, so no one else dared to say anything, and the scene instantly became quiet.
Shi Chunfen paused and said proactively: "Grandma, on my way back just now, I heard that rumors have become more and more outrageous. What should we do now to stop the rumors from continuing to ferment?"
Seeing that she had brought her words back to the main topic, the expressions of everyone in the Chu family became serious, and they all turned their attention to the old lady.
The old lady sighed, she didn't expect that to this day, she, the old lady, would still have to decide all matters of the Chu family. Except for Chu Ling, who was in confinement, no one among the younger generation could carry the banner, even Chu Yan.
The so-called head of the family is also confused when it comes to things, and does not have the demeanor of the richest man in Liuzhou. How can she, an old woman, rest assured that she will return to her old age and leave the Chu family in the hands of these people?
"This matter is related to A Ling's future, so naturally we can't act carelessly." The old lady said solemnly: "The best way is for the Caobang to come forward to clarify. Then the rumors will be disproven."
"But will the Cao Gang be willing?" Chu Shun worriedly said: "Aling just had such a quarrel with them. This matter might be a rumor they sent people to spread. I'm afraid it's not that easy to ask them to clarify for Aling.
easy."
"Yes." Chu Gui agreed: "I'm afraid only the Caobang can spread rumors throughout Liuzhou in one day. They spend so much time trying to destroy A Ling's reputation, so how can they help?
What about us?"
Chu Yan also disagreed, "Yesterday I wanted to go to Caobang in person with gifts to apologize, but I didn't expect that before I could come, they would do something like this. If we go to ask them again, how will the Chu family's face be saved?"
Seeing that the three brothers unanimously agreed that the incident was caused by the Cao Gang, the old lady narrowed her eyes.
She glanced at the expressions of the others and said calmly: "Do you think so too?"
Xue Jinxiu and Chu Quan, who usually had many opinions, rarely spoke.
Chu Run, on the other hand, glanced at everyone and couldn't help but said: "I don't think this matter may be related to the Caobang."
"Oh?" The old lady looked at him, "What do you mean by this?"
But Chu Shun quickly stopped him, "What do you know? Don't interrupt when adults are talking!"
As he said that, he looked at the old lady and said with an apologetic smile: "Mom, don't listen to his nonsense. He is a child and doesn't understand anything."
The old lady ignored him, looked at Chu Run, and insisted: "What do you think?"
Chu Run was frightened by Chu Shun, and his expression suddenly hesitated, but seeing the old lady insisting, he had to bite the bullet and said: "The eldest cousin just killed one of their shopkeepers. The Cao Gang has no need to break with us over this matter. Besides, they are
People in the world are usually very particular about keeping promises, so how could they go back on their word and release their eldest cousin, and then turn around to make things difficult for him?"
"What's impossible?" Chu Quan said angrily: "People in the world have always been insidious. Maybe they feel unwilling to go back and go back on their word?"
"That's right!" Xue Jinxiu sneered: "Besides, the Cao Gang is so big, it's not necessarily the Weng family who regretted it. It could be that their subordinates wanted to help the shopkeeper take revenge, so they deliberately killed him first and then reported it later?"
Seeing that the mother and son were speaking conclusively, the others nodded, "That makes sense."
Only Shi Chunfen stood up and objected: "I also think this matter has nothing to do with the Caobang."
These people were not present at the time and did not know Weng Xiong's guarantee. The leader of the gang patted his chest and said he would not mention the matter again. Shi Chunfen believed that he would never go back on his word.
Seeing her going against him again and again, Chu Yan couldn't help but frowned, "What do you know? If the Cao Gang didn't do this, then tell me who did it?"
Shi Chunfen bit her lips and looked at Chu Run subconsciously.
Chu Run's heart moved and he said again: "It doesn't matter who it is, the most important thing is to solve this matter first. As for the mastermind... we can catch it slowly."
Hearing the last sentence, Xue Jinxiu and her son looked at each other guiltily. Chu Shun happened to see it clearly. He frowned and scolded the mother and son thousands of times in his heart, telling them not to do it but to do it.
, and did it with such great fanfare, for fear that the old lady wouldn’t be able to find out about them?
However, Chu Run didn't know what was going on and was targeting them everywhere. If this continued, it would be easy for others to spot the clues.
Chu Shun was anxious and couldn't help but said: "Why don't we send people to suppress the rumors first? As time goes by, things will slowly fade away."
"How can this be done?" Chu Yan said dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing, are you leaving a reason for others to talk about it? I can't let A Ling leave any stain on his official career!"
Chu Gui put his hands on his back, "This won't work, that won't work either, so what should we do?"
Seeing everyone fell silent, Shi Chunfen suddenly spoke, "Just follow what grandma said and ask the Caobang to come forward and clarify."
She looked at the old lady, her voice not loud but extremely firm, "The incident started because of me, so I will go on this trip myself to beg them to come forward and put an end to the rumors."