That Wife of Yours Is Pretty Rich, Then?

General Qin said, "Where have you been all this time? Is this a brothel? What are you doing here, you little brat?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said:

"You old fogey, why can't the little girl come over?"

I often come to brothels to listen to operas! Brothels aren't some immoral place.

Then they heard all sorts of decadent music coming from the brothel.

Zhou Wanwan coughed and said, "Oh dear! How can this brothel be so improper? My family's brothel is nothing like this."

General Qin looked down at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Your family runs a brothel? You're really something."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "My family runs a proper brothel, nothing like this place. Our main character for today has arrived."

Then they saw that Young Master Duan lead three girls into the room.

A young woman said, "Young Master Duan, I heard you're getting married tomorrow? I heard your wife's surname is Shen?"

Young Master Duan laughed heartily:

"That's right! Shen Yumei, her family has been in business for generations and is quite well-off."

Later, she married General Qin and expanded her business all over the country.

The girl put her arm around his neck and said, "Young Master Duan, your wife must be quite wealthy, huh?"

Young Master Duan laughed heartily:

"That's more than just being rich; it's being extremely rich."

"Once I marry her, I'll take you all into my household one by one, and I'll treat you to the finest food and drink. How about that?"

The girls giggled and said, "Darling Duan, you're too kind to us, but won't your wife object?"

Young Master Duan sneered:

"She dares? If she doesn't want to, I'll divorce her and make her the laughingstock of the entire Xin'an County."

Don't worry! She's very proud and wouldn't dare to disobey.

"Darling Duan, then redeem us today! We don't want to stay here anymore."

"Yes! We're completely devoted to you, and we'll definitely take good care of you together with your sister."

Young Master Duan and said, "Then let's redeem you all first. Once the deed is done, she won't say anything."

Young Master Duan offered 30,000 taels of silver to redeem the three girls.

The Old Scholar Tree said, "Young Master Duan is truly generous."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Thirty thousand taels in one go, General Qin, thanks to your efforts."

Qin Shuo looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Did you bring me out today to make me suffer?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at Qin Shuo and said:

"How could that be? You're mine now, how could I bear to let you suffer?"

"Aren't we going back with Young Master Duan?"

This Young Master Duan bought a five-courtyard house with a very large yard.

When Qin Shuo saw the house, he was so angry he almost vomited blood. "This isn't his house! This is clearly my Qin Clan's house!"

Zhou Wanwan looked at Qin Shuo with a face full of sympathy and said:

"You two have the same surname, Qin, so why is there such a big difference?"

Look at Qin Yuan, and then look at yourself—the difference is like heaven and earth.

Qin Shuo sneered:

"Don't mention Qin Yuan to me. I've never gotten along with him since we were kids."

We went to the same clan school when we were kids, and we got into fights all the time.

Zhou Wanwan asked curiously, "So who won?"

Qin Shuo said, "Of course I won. Qin Yuan is the most treacherous and cunning person. He has complained about me several times."

Zhou Wanwan said:

"Okay! I think you're just too honest, that's why you get bullied like this."

How could a decisive and ruthless general like you end up like this?

This place used to be a separate courtyard of the Qin family, but it has now been incorporated into the Duan family.

The Duan residence was brightly decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers. Young Master Duan said with a smile, "See this? A grand mansion with five courtyards. You'll stay in the rooms over there."

Zhou Wanwan went straight to the warehouse, and the Old Scholar Tree quickly opened the warehouse door.

Qin Shuo followed him into the warehouse, so angry he almost vomited blood:

"Everything in these warehouses is mine. Every time I conquer a territory, I get some loot."

I returned all these spoils, but I never expected to get something like this for free.

I'm going to take all these spoils with me.

Zhou Wanwan raised an eyebrow and said, "What? You're finally willing to move?"

"What's there to be unwilling to give up? These beasts ate my food, drank my water, lived in my house, and in the end, they even locked me up."

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said:

"I actually think it's quite interesting to keep Madam Qin and Young Master Duan around."

"What will become of this pair of illicit lovers?"

Zhou Wanwan loves watching plays, the more exciting the better.

She said:

"Don't worry! Everything in your Qin Clan will be confiscated."

"Since you're mine, it means everything belonging to the Qin Clan is mine, and I will definitely take everything from the Qin Clan with me."

The two quickly went back to sleep.

Other things will naturally be taken care of.

But how could Qin Shuo possibly sleep?

Old Madam Qin was so angry her chest ached. "My son! How could you have married such a wife? What are we going to do now?"

Qin Shuo comforted her, "Mother, you should go to sleep early! They'll get their comeuppance sooner or later."

"What retribution? They seem to be living quite comfortably."

Qin Shuo remained silent.

The next morning, Zhou Wanwan got up early, and the Old Scholar Tree brought her breakfast. "The breakfast in this mansion is really terrible, I don't like it, so I had our chef make some."

Zhou Wanwan looked at the breakfast spread on the table and said, "Uncle Scholar Tree, you don't have to make so much every day! It's a waste if we can't finish it."

The Old Scholar Tree scratched its head and said, "Isn't this just a habit?"

Seafood porridge, steamed egg with shrimp paste, crab roe soup dumplings, seaweed buns, pan-fried silver fish, cold jellyfish salad, fresh fish wontons, and a few side dishes.

Zhou Wanwan had a great appetite and ate a lot of seafood porridge.

Qin Shuo led Old Madam Qin out, and Old Madam Qin looked at the dishes on the table and said, "Our breakfast is so lavish!"

Qin Shuo said, "Mother, Wanwan prepared all of this, not them."

Old Madam Qin sighed, "Alas! What a tragedy! How did we end up like this?"

After breakfast, screams came from outside.

"Ah! Where are my betrothal gifts?! They've all disappeared!" Shen Yumei demanded loudly.

Qin Shuang walked in from outside and asked, "Mother, what happened?"

Shen Yumei pointed to the betrothal gifts in the courtyard and said, "Look, all my betrothal gifts are gone."

Qin Shuang glanced at it and frowned, saying, "How could this be? It seems like a thief has broken into our house."

The butler rushed over and said, "Madam, something terrible has happened! All our storerooms have been emptied!"

Qin Shuang didn't care about anything else at this moment and rushed into her warehouse.

Upon opening the warehouse, they found it completely empty.

She stomped her feet in anger:

"Damn it, they took it all! They didn't leave a single thing behind!"

"So you're not planning to leave me any way out, are you?"

Shen Yumei looked around and found that apart from the house, everything else was gone.

She sobbed, "Why is my life so miserable? I've even lost my phoenix coronet and wedding robes, and all my jewelry and precious stones."

Qin Shuang walked in with a bitter face and said, "Mother, all the dowry I brought back is gone. How am I going to live?"

Shen Yumei looked up at the housekeeper and said:

What are you still standing here for?

Hurry up and go get the government officials, tell them to send someone to investigate!

The butler responded and ran out.

The old nanny beside Shen Yumei came over and said, "Madam, the auspicious time is almost here. What should we do now?"

Shen Yumei thought for a moment and said, "Let's just order takeout. Takeout is very fast, it should arrive on time."

The family members quickly got to work.

Upon receiving the news, the shopkeeper at Zhou Wanwan's shop frowned and said:

Are you sure you want to rush this? You're asking for way too much stuff!

"You want a phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, several sets of gold and silver jewelry, and you even want to prepare a betrothal gift?"