"This is Wan'er's home, which home do you want to take her to?" Ms. Cao glanced at Chen Shaokang.
"Aunt, what are you talking about? Wan'er is my wife, so naturally my home is her home!" Chen Shaokang accompanied him with a smile.
He has known since he was a child that this aunt doesn't like his mother, so the sons don't even have a relationship with their aunt.
But today, in order to coax Qin Wan to go back, he had to try his best to please the Cao family.
Ms. Cao, however, did not agree with him, "Your home will no longer be your home. Why would you let Wan'er go back with you? Will you be displaced in the future?"
"Instead of waiting until then, it's better for Wan'er to break up with you now."
"You came just in time today. You have signed Heli's book. You can go and don't look for Wan'er again."
"The betrothal gift for the wedding is not that big. I will count it up and return half of it to you. This can be regarded as supporting your Chen family."
"But please remember, mother and son, that our Qin Mansion only helps the urgent, not the poor. If you come to borrow money in the future, we will not be able to help you."
"Auntie, what are you talking about?" Chen Shaokang was stunned by Cao's remarks.
"Looking at you like this, you don't know anything?" Mr. Cao glanced at the ignorant Chen Shaokang with disdain.
"Know...what?"
"I know that your mother used borrowed money to start a business, but failed to pay back the business. She sold all the Chen family's shops to pay off the debt... If you people in the Chen family want to survive in the next step, you will have no choice but to sell your mansion.
, there is no other way!”
"No," Mrs. Cao said, "you have a princess in the house after all. By the way, the princess won't watch you starve to death, right? After all, she has so much dowry!"
"That's not right," Mrs. Cao just said, and then denied it again, "If the princess really cared about your life and death, she wouldn't keep following your mother to collect debts. Who made your elder brother not care about the princess?
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"Tell me, why did he go through so much trouble to marry the princess?"
"If it's for someone else's dowry, you should treat the princess well, hide those illegitimate children from other wives, and never let the princess know about it for the rest of your life. In this way, the people of the Chen family will definitely be able to take whatever money the princess has."
"It just so happens that your eldest brother wants both a concubine and a princess. Is this possible? A noble princess, even if she is the adopted daughter of the Queen Mother, is arrogant and cannot be bullied. It's a pity that your Chen family is full of misfortune, and something happened in the end.
Make a good move!"
If Su Nianyun were here, she would definitely become friends with the elderly Mr. Cao.
It's not because Mr. Cao and the old lady have always had an antagonistic relationship, but because Mr. Cao sees the problem sharply.
She had noticed early on that the old lady had high ambitions and low intentions, and also saw the old lady's intentions in forcing Chen Shao'an to marry Su Nianyun. Even after Qin Wan came back crying, she firmly supported her divorce.
Her husband, Mr. Qin, obviously disagreed with the matter of reconciliation, but she agreed despite the pressure.
Now that Chen Shaokang came to the door in person, Cao even blocked her husband who was easily soft-hearted and came to send the person away herself.
"So, Kang'er..."
Cao Shi said earnestly, "Wan'er's parents are working as officials outside. She was raised by me and your uncle. She has always been treated like a beloved baby. If your Chen family is not like that, can you bear to let her go back with you and suffer?"
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"aunt……"
After hearing what Cao said, Chen Shaokang didn't know what to say or do.
The Chen family actually sold all their shops to pay off their debts, which Chen Shaokang did not expect.
With the family having no income, the first thing he thought about was not the family's livelihood, but that he would no longer be able to go to a brothel.
So, today is the last time for him to be cool in Zuihua Tower?!
When Chen Shaokang thought about saying goodbye to this happy life in the future, the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
He returned to the Chen Mansion in despair. The moment he saw his mother, he seemed to be deflated and sat limply in front of the old lady.
"Mother, our Chen family has been defeated. Is this true?"
Originally, the old lady had an anxious look on her face and wanted to ask Chen Shaokang if he had persuaded Qin Wan to come back?
But after hearing her son's question, she knew it was impossible for Qin Wan to come back.
Moreover, Qin Wan also told Chen Shaokang everything that happened to the Chen family.
"Qin Wan told you, right?"
The old lady sighed. Although she was discouraged and disappointed, she didn't want her son to lose hope.
"Kang'er, don't worry, our Chen family will not decline like this!"
"You and An'er won the imperial examination in Qiu Wei, which is God's best arrangement for our Chen family. When you get good results in the next spring, our Chen family can rise again!"
Originally, when he heard his mother comforting him that the Chen Mansion would not decline, Chen Shaokang really had a little faith in his mother.
But when he heard his mother talk about the Spring Festival next year, he suddenly realized that his mother had put her hope of reviving the Chen family in their Spring Festival.
He didn't know where Chen Shaoan was.
But here, he knew very well that it was impossible.
Therefore, the old lady only has half hope left.
This half of hope is most likely not hope. After all, spring and autumn are different.
In Chunwei, there was a concentration of talents from all over the world.
It took him and Chen Shaoan many years just to stand out from the government examination, let alone stand out from more than a thousand of the world's top talents.
What's more, he himself relied on chance and cheating to win the election.
Thinking of these, Chen Shaokang became even more decadent.
"Kang'er, don't be discouraged. At this time, you should cheer up and coax Qin Wan back..."
Qin Wan has the Qin family behind her. Finally, when they can't survive, they have the Qin family to help them.
But in case of divorce, Qin Wan may not be able to help the Chen family too much due to the thin relationship between the old lady and the Qin family.
Every time you take a step, you gain wisdom.
Maybe the eldest brother is willing to help her because he can't save face, but the old sister-in-law is very shrewd and she will definitely not help.
Therefore, Qin Wan must be left in the Chen family.
"Mother, this is impossible, Qin Wan is determined to leave..."
Chen Shaokang sighed.
Today, Mrs. Cao's words are still echoing in her ears, "Our Qin Mansion helps the urgent but not the poor. In the future, if you come to borrow money or anything, we will have nothing..."
This is my aunt's attitude, but it actually also represents my uncle's attitude.
It's not that my uncle is not at home, it's just that he doesn't want to see him again, so my aunt comes forward.
He didn't know whether he should tell his mother this. If her mother listened, she would be even more shocked!
The old lady didn't know this, she just kept helping others.
"In this case, if you go again...you tell Qin Wan like this..."