I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 152 Irreconcilable
"No?" Madam Zheng asked, "Do you want me to find all the victims and tell you about them one by one?"

Ban Sihui explained anxiously: "Mother-in-law, my family was once famous and noble. Although our family has fallen into poverty, it is absolutely impossible for them to act like scoundrels like this!"

Manager Zheng said, "Madam, your sister-in-law, Du Juan'er, does not come from a good family. Since she took over your shops, she has not thought about how to run a good business. She has only relied on the prestige of the Marquis' Mansion to suppress her peers."

"Impossible!" Ban Sihui panicked and angrily shouted, "Juan'er is weak and kind, and those mean people are the ones who framed her!"

Manager Zheng stopped talking, helplessly remaining silent.

Mrs. Zheng did not expect Ban Sihui to change his ways. She only said, "What's past is past. I won't ask you for the money you spent on them. They may live in the house you bought for them. But you have to take back the shop and the land."

Ban Sihui screamed and almost fainted.

She rolled and crawled to Madam Zheng, crying, "Mother-in-law, my father and brother are both noble people who disdain to do business, let alone work. My mother and sisters are all pampered and have no means of making a living. You have taken away their business, which is undoubtedly forcing them to jump into the river!"

She cried so loudly that even the maids and servants outside heard it and looked at each other in bewilderment.

Mrs. Zheng, who cares so much about her reputation, is determined to teach Ban Sihui a lesson, no matter how ugly it gets.

"I say it again, it's taking it back, not 'seizing' it," Madam Zheng said coldly, "This is the first lesson. If you still don't know how to restrain yourself, you don't have to be the relatives of the Pei family in the future."

Ban Sihui's crying stopped, and when she realized what this meant, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

At the farm, Xie Fei also received a piece of news.

"Did the Pei family really send money over?"

Fu Yu said, "Yes, Shui Niang and the others were just packing up the shop when the money from the eldest wife arrived. I have never seen the manager, but he seems to be a humble person."

Xie Fei said: "Mrs. Zheng is really swift and decisive. I'm sure it's not just the embroidery workshop, but other places have also been dealt with."

However, Madam Zheng has been in charge of the family home for many years, and she should never allow Ban Sihui's family to be so arrogant.

People always say Pei Honglang dotes on and indulges Ban Sihui, but it is clear that Madam Zheng is no less so.

Fu Yu said worriedly, "Although Madam Ban doesn't know that the embroidery shop has anything to do with you, she must know that it was after you went to see Madam Zheng that Madam Zheng dealt with her family."

Once the connection is made, Ban Sihui's malice towards Xie Fei will probably be unsuppressed.

Xie Fei said nonchalantly, "Ban Sihui and I should have no grudges against each other. But she has a weird personality and she got into a fight with me. Even if this incident hadn't happened, we would have become enemies sooner or later."

Sometimes it is so bizarre that those who thought they had conflicting interests can finally make peace. Those who thought they had no grudges can become irreconcilable enemies.

The shop was more important right now, so Xie Fei took some time to go there.

Shui Huaiyu and others used the money compensated by the Pei Mansion to buy new things, and also rented a vacant shop next door to expand the store.

Du Juaner's words "poor" still left an indelible shadow on Shui Huaiyu.

Xie Fei looked around the shop and saw that it was still the same as before, mainly an embroidery workshop, selling fabrics, ready-made clothes, bellybands, shawls and the like.

Because I invested more money, I sold more items than before.

Xie Fei picked up a set of ready-made clothes. It was a pink bra with a light yellow short shirt and a red long skirt. It was not gorgeous or expensive. From the style to the fabric, it was very ordinary. It was the most common on the street. "Mrs. Shui, this should be summer clothes, right?"

Shui Huaiyu came over and said, "Yes, summer clothes are the cheapest of all the seasons. I was afraid that I would buy expensive spring clothes but not be able to sell them, so I just hung up the summer clothes."

Xie Fei felt that although this method could avoid risks, it would not make any money.

To be honest, the shop is not well-known. Even if someone comes for Shui Huaiyu's embroidery, they just buy what they want and leave without taking a closer look.

We have to think of a way to expand our customer base.

She was thinking, but she didn't know when Ban Sihui walked in.

Seeing Xie Fei in the shop, Ban Sihui couldn't help sneering.

"I waited outside for a few days and finally caught you."

Xie Fei was not surprised to see her coming. He just smiled and said, "I am sorry for not welcoming you. If you are interested in the embroidered garments in our shop, I will give you the best discount."

Ban Sihui's eyes were filled with anger, and she said in a vicious voice: "You bitch, you spread rumors in front of my mother-in-law, causing all my family's shops to be taken away! Now, instead of apologizing to me, you are still mocking me. You are nothing!"

Xie Fei's lips curled up, a faint smile that was very touching.

"Mrs. Ban, I learned this gossip from your brothers and sisters from your mother's family. As for Madam Zheng's subsequent actions, I have no control over them." After a pause, Xie Fei continued, "Besides, if your mother's family hadn't come to smash my store first, how could I have..."

"Don't try to make excuses!" Ban Sihui was furious and shouted, "Juan'er told me clearly that you were the first to ridicule me! I had my doubts at first, but seeing that you are the boss, do we need to argue about this matter?"

She walked around Xie Fei for a few steps, her eyes arrogant and contemptuous, but also hiding unwarranted resentment.

"You are the most vicious woman. You instigated your sister to seduce my husband, and fooled my mother-in-law around. You wish the whole family would treat you as the eldest lady!
In your eyes, am I not just an old and ugly woman? You think my family is weak and can be bullied, you laugh at them for being poor and you mock me for being old and ugly, and you don't admit that?"

Not to mention Shui Huaiyu, even Xie Fei was shocked by Ban Sihui's words.

This woman is really good at confusing right and wrong.

Xie Fei said frankly: "I don't bother to cover up what I said and did. But for what I didn't say and did, even if you use the ten tortures together, I won't admit it."

"Of course you don't admit it, but you should always be self-aware. You know, even if I am old and ugly as you said, I am still much better looking than you."

Ban Sihui raised her head arrogantly. She was shorter than Xie Fei, but she tried her best to look at Xie Fei at eye level so as not to be at a disadvantage.

Xie Fei sighed, "We are all women, our looks are fading, and I will also grow old and ugly one day, so why should I use this to attack you?"

Ban Sihui naturally didn't believe any of her words, and just said: "Today, you and I are incompatible. Remember, even if you kneel down and kowtow to me to apologize, I will never let you go!"

After saying that, Ban Sihui flicked her sleeves and walked away.

Shui Huaiyu was extremely anxious and asked Xie Fei, "My dear, what should I do?"

(End of this chapter)