The Teacup Exploded

Shen Yumei nodded helplessly and said, "She can stay by your side, but you have to keep an eye on her at all times."

Shen Zhao sneered, "Sister, don't worry, I'm 12 years old. How could I not handle a little girl? Go, pour me a cup of hot tea."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and asked, "Would you like hot tea or black tea?"

Shen Zhao frowned and said, "Whatever!"

Zhou Wanwan walked to the back, and the Old Scholar Tree poured her a glass of boiled water.

Zhou Wanwan steadily placed the teacup in front of Shen Zhao. Shen Zhao took the teacup, preparing to pour it all over Zhou Wanwan.

Just as he was about to splash it, the teacup shattered with a "bang."

The teacup shattered and hit Shen Zhao's face.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Shen Zhao and said, "Oh dear! Young Master Shen, what happened to you? Why did the teacup explode?"

Old Master Shen was extremely anxious. "Quickly call a doctor! My son's eyes! Quickly call a doctor!"

The physician arrived quickly.

The physicians looked into Shen Zhao's eyes and said, "Young Master's eyes are fine, but these scars on his face are probably permanent."

Old Master Shen stomped his feet in anger. "Shen Yumei, what's wrong with your teacups?"

Shen Yumei said:

"Father, how would I know what's going on?"

These teacups are always perfectly fine; I even drank from them yesterday!

Why did something go wrong today? Could it be that little girl's doing?

With tears welling up in her eyes, Zhou Wanwan said, "I didn't do anything! I'm so wronged! I just handed the teacup over."

Shen Zhao groaned in pain.

Qin Shuo watched the spectacle from the sidelines; how could these people possibly fare well in her hands?

Shen Yumei glared at Qin Shuo and said, "Qin Shuo, are you secretly laughing at me?"

Qin Shuo said speechlessly:

When did I make fun of you? Can you please stop being unreasonable?

We're already divorced, so you'd better let me out right now.

Shen Yumei snorted coldly and said, "He'll never leave this world. Men, take Qin Shuo back."

Qin Shuo was quickly taken back to the backyard. Shen Yumei looked at Shen Zhao and said, "A-Zhao, I think we shouldn't have this child. I have a feeling this child is very strange."

Shen Zhao sneered, "I want her, I want her. What can she do? It was that teacup's fault."

Zhou Wanwan looked at Shen Zhao and said, "Young Master, you're so good to me, I'm so touched! I'll definitely serve you well."

Shen Zhao nodded in satisfaction and said, "From now on, you will do whatever I tell you to do, understand?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded; she was very willing to go to the Shen Clan.

Then Shen Yumei said, "Father, I called you here today because I encountered a strange thing."

Old Master Shen looked at her and asked, "What strange thing is this?"

Shen Yumei said:

"Recently, my house, shops, and everything in my warehouse were stolen."

I've had people search for it again and again, but we still can't find it.

Old Master Shen exclaimed in shock, "How could this be?"

"I just don't understand who I offended. I've reported it to the authorities, but Shen Tao can't find anything out at all."

Old Master Shen snorted coldly and said:

"You've offended Shen Tao so badly, and you still want him to investigate the case? Do you think he'll investigate for you?"

You two are truly foolish. The husbands I found for you are a general and a county magistrate, respectively.

You guys are really something, you've offended them all, it's infuriating!

Shen Yumei said:

"Dad, I called you here to discuss countermeasures, not to scold me."

Besides, what use is Qin Shuo, that good-for-nothing? Just look at him, I hate him."

Old Master Shen was too lazy to talk to her:

"If you think it's good, then it's good. I don't know what happened either. Something similar did happen in Xin'an County a while ago."

This kind of thing has happened not only in Xin'an County, but also in other places.

Try not to offend anyone. Have you offended anyone recently?

Shen Yumei frowned and said:

"I've definitely offended someone, but I don't know who it is!"

The current priority is to find those things.

Old Master Shen scoffed coldly:

"You need to address the root cause; you must find the person in question and then apologize."

Just like our Shen Clan, we always keep a low profile and never offend anyone, so people can't find us.

The Old Scholar Tree outside covered its mouth and chuckled, "This old man is really interesting; he never offends anyone. I'll see how he gets out of this mess."

Zhou Wanwan stood to the side, without saying a word.

Soon, Old Master Shen led Shen Zhao and her into the carriage.

Shen Zhao looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"You'd better behave, or I'll give you a treat."

If you don't behave, I'll lock you up and treat you like a dog, beating you every day.

Zhou Wanwan said, "I'm always obedient."

"Hmph, good thing you're obedient."

Shen Zhao took him back to the Shen Clan. Compared to the Qin Clan, the Shen Clan was much more low-key, and their house was not as ostentatious.

Upon entering, Shen Zhao ordered, "Go and get me some food."

Zhou Wanwan responded and turned to go to the kitchen.

Shen Zhao pointed at Zhou Wanwan and said, "From now on, this will be my personal maid."

The steward asked softly, "Young master, isn't this child too young to be a personal maid?"

Shen Zhao glared at him unhappily and said, "I said she's my personal maid, and she is my personal maid. Why all the nonsense?"

When Zhou Wanwan walked into the study, she saw that there wasn't a single cook in the kitchen.

She ran back to Shen Zhao's side and said, "There's no one in the kitchen, we can't cook."

Shen Zhao frowned and said, "Since you're Daya, does that mean you can't cook just because there's no one else in the kitchen? Can't you cook?"

Zhou Wanwan said calmly, "No vegetables, no money, no rice, I can't cook."

Shen Zhao scoffed, "Useless trash, so you just want money! Do I look like someone who's broke? Someone, give her a gold Yuanbao."

Zhou Wanwan took the gold Yuanbao and happily went to the kitchen.

Once inside the kitchen, various ingredients were quickly brought in.

They gave him gold Yuanbao and sent him ingredients—this is fantastic!

When it comes to cooking, Zhou Wanwan isn't needed.

There are a few trees outside; they are Zhou Wanwan's personal chef, and a top-tier one at that.

They are far more skilled than the chefs in the Imperial Kitchen.

These trees stayed by Zhou Wanwan's side specifically because they were afraid she would go hungry.

The trees quickly caught fire.

While stir-frying, she said, "Wanwan, my darling, what do you want to eat? We'll make it to your liking."

Zhou Wanwan lay on a recliner in the kitchen, drinking coconut water and eating fruit, and said:

"I'm doing alright! Steamed mandarin fish, blue crab with scallions and ginger, boiled shrimp, stir-fried pork slices with bamboo shoots, and braised chicken with mushrooms."

Crab meat lion's head meatballs, dried bamboo shoots, emerald moss, braised chicken breast with shiitake mushrooms, and a papaya stew with snow fungus—I think that would be about right.

These trees are willing to provide food whenever Wanwan wants to eat it.

They are very fast.

Two portions were quickly prepared, Zhou Wanwan said, "By the way, you should send some food to Old Madam Qin and Qin Shuo later."

The Old Scholar Tree said, "I'm afraid Qin Shuo wouldn't want to live here."

Zhou Wanwan laughed and said, "If he doesn't want to, he doesn't want to! The show hasn't even started yet! What's the rush?"

The bad guys haven't received their due punishment yet, how can they just leave like that?

Moreover, Zhou Wanwan felt that staying here was absolutely wonderful.

There are always people who don't like her.

She particularly enjoyed this feeling. She wouldn't be willing to rashly lay hands on someone's property, as that would violate her consistent principles.

But things are different now. These people are asking her to come back and do the work, and she's naturally happy to do so.

Anyway, she's just going with the flow now, going wherever the tide takes her.

Sometimes he takes on apprentices, sometimes he takes on underlings, and occasionally he even takes on generals and civil officials.

What's so bad about living this life?