Quick Wear: The Heirless Boss Wants to Get Close to Her Every Day

Chapter 376 Tall and Capable Hunter vs. Lucky Beauty (11)

At first, Fan Xiurong moved into the Chen family with high hopes to become Chen Mengzheng's second wife, thinking of living a respectable life with her cousin.

But on the very day she moved in, she had to start paying her respects to her mother-in-law, serving her food and drink every morning, and even emptying the chamber pot for her mother-in-law who had difficulty walking!
In addition, she also had to take care of Chen Wenxian and Chen Wenyun. Wenxian was a picky eater, and Wenyun was three years old and she still had to chase after her to feed her!

She endured all of this, striving to be a virtuous wife to Chen Mengzheng, hoping that if her husband passed the imperial examination in the future, she could rise to a position of wealth and live a life that everyone would envy.

However, she found that her cousin was becoming increasingly indifferent to her, and even explicitly forbade her from going to the study anymore.

Fan Xiurong felt a huge sense of loss and lost all motivation to work. She started to use her wits to get by each day.

Chen Meng was preparing to set off for the provincial capital to take the provincial examination. While packing his luggage, he opened his suitcase and rummaged through his clothes.

"My wife, why are all my clothes so wrinkled?"

Fan Xiurong walked over and said, "They probably forgot to pull them apart when they were drying."

Chen Mengzheng paused for a moment. His clothes used to be neatly folded and arranged by Shen Shuyi.
"Let's even things out next time."

"Okay, cousin, don't worry. I'll accompany you to the provincial capital for the imperial examination!" Fan Xiurong didn't want to stay in this house for even a day longer! Let whoever wants to serve her serve her; she wasn't as foolish as Shen Shuyi!

Chen Mengzheng frowned, looked up at her, and said, "If you come with me to the provincial capital, what will happen to Mother and the two children?"

Fan Xiurong lowered her head. Her mother-in-law was faking her leg problems! She was perfectly fine; she just spent all day ordering people around. But she couldn't say that.
"Cousin, how about I ask my mom to come over and cook for me every day?"

"Is this ridiculous?"

Chen Meng sternly rebuked her, "As a daughter-in-law, you should be filial to your mother-in-law and educate your children. Besides, I'm going to take the exam, not go on a trip. What are you doing following me?"

Fan Xiurong's eyes immediately reddened. "Cousin, I was wrong. Don't worry, I'll take good care of the family."

Chen Mengzheng waved his sleeve and went to the study.

Not long after he left, Chen Wenxian walked up to Fan Xiurong, his face unusually red.

"Mom, I feel so bad."

"What's wrong?" Fan Xiurong raised her hand and touched his forehead. It was burning hot; he probably had a fever.

Chen Wenxian thought he might be sick. "Mother, do I have a fever? I don't want to drink medicine that's so bitter and smelly."

Every time he caught a fever, his wicked stepmother, Shen Shuyi, would force him to drink medicine that tasted absolutely awful.

Fan Xiurong was thoroughly annoyed by the brother and sister, and on top of that, she had just been refused and reprimanded by Chen Mengzheng, so she was in a terrible mood and didn't want to talk to her stepson at all.

"Okay, we won't take the medicine." She lovingly patted Chen Wenxian's head.

"Go to sleep, you'll feel better after a good night's sleep."

"Hmm, that's great," Chen Wenxian said, relieved, and went back to his room to sleep wrapped in a blanket.

As Chen Wenxian slept, he felt so unwell that his head was spinning. He cried out in pain, but no one answered.

He groggily got up, accidentally fell to the ground, and screamed in pain.

"Your Majesty, it hurts so much!"

Chen Wenyun was playing nearby when she saw her brother fall to the ground, and she hurriedly ran out.

"Grandma, Grandma, my brother has fallen down."

Chen's mother, who was sunbathing and eating melon seeds in the yard, was shocked to hear this and hurriedly went inside, leaning on her cane.

Seeing her eldest grandson lying motionless on the ground, she panicked, "Wenxian, Wenxian, are you alright?!"

"Quickly, go and call your father back!"

What happened next was similar to what Shen Shuyi had seen in the county town: Chen Wenxian was taken to the hospital by Chen Mengzheng for treatment and medicine, which saved his life.

Fan Xiurong, preoccupied with how to harm Shen Shuyi, returned to the Chen family home, only to be met with a severe scolding. Her mother-in-law's face was extremely ugly, her eyes fixed on Fan Xiurong as if she wanted to tear her apart.

She paused subconsciously, then preemptively said, "Wenxian refused to take his medicine, so I... I could only coax him to sleep first. I didn't expect him to catch a fever."

"Shut up!" Chen's mother snapped. "Wenxian is just a child, what does he know? You, as his mother, haven't taken good care of him, and now you're pushing the blame onto a child. Do you think we're easy to fool?"

"I thought you were a good person, but I didn't expect you to be even worse than Shen Shuyi! At least she can take good care of two children and treats me with respect."

Fan Xiurong dug her fingernails into her flesh, and she protested, "I treat both children as my own. If you don't believe me, ask Wenxian. Isn't it him?"

"Slap!" Before she could finish speaking, Chen Mengzheng slapped her across the face.

"Why aren't you going to brew the medicine yet?"

Fan Xiurong's head was turned to the side by the slap, and she looked at the man in front of her who had become completely unfamiliar with her in shock.

Seeing her like this, Chen's mother pointed at her nose and scolded, "I've finally figured it out! You're not even as good as your older sister, you can't do anything right!"

"If you dare to fool us again, I'll make Ah Zheng divorce you!"

Chen Mengzheng took the opportunity to reprimand him, saying, "While I'm away from home, you must take good care of your family and not be so careless."

He didn't want to slap her, but he was going to the provincial capital tomorrow.

Fan Xiurong went to prepare the medicine. She clutched her aching chest and realized that the Chen family would not tolerate her.

Should I divorce her? Dream on!
She would rather die than leave the Chen family, and she will become an official's wife in the future!

But before that, she must first understand that Shen Shuyi has absolutely no chance of returning to the Chen family.

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The first thing Shen Shuyi did after returning home from selling ginseng in the county town was to discuss with her parents sending their two children to receive early education.

When Shen Liangzhuang and Mei saw their daughter pull out so many silver notes, they were both dumbfounded. They quickly told their daughter to put the money away and not to flaunt her wealth!

Especially in their homes where they are alone and vulnerable.

Shen Liang was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Now that the family has the means, we should indeed send the child to school. We can't let the child end up like us, a peasant."

He looked at Shen Shuyi and said, "Yi'er, you should also learn to read. Although women cannot take the imperial examinations, it is always good to study."

"Yes, it's because we weren't able to send you to school before that the Chen family bullied you," Zhuang Mei sighed.

Shen Shuyi shuddered at the thought of sitting with children while a private tutor stared at her with a ruler as she tried to learn to read.

She quickly declined her parents' offer, saying, "Father and Mother, I learned quite a few characters when I was in the Chen family, so let Shushan and Shulan learn them."

Shen Shuyi handed over the money, but Shen Liang only took ten taels of silver notes. "Keep the rest. This is more than enough for our family's expenses."

In those days, a child's tuition typically required ten strips of dried meat or three taels of silver.

Zhuang Mei said in unison, "Yi'er, you're all grown up now, you have your own ideas, and you're blessed by the Bodhisattva. You can do whatever business you want with this money. Your parents will support you. You don't need to worry about the family. Shushan and Shulan are both well-behaved and obedient."

Shen Shuyi did not refuse again. One hundred taels was a huge sum of money in the village, but it was far from enough in the capital.

She needs to save up a lot of money before going to the capital, so that she can handle anything with ease.

Right now, she has another important matter to attend to.

She hadn't seen Chu Yi for several days, and even though she had a 40% liking for him, he wouldn't deliberately appear before her.

Shen Shuyi slung her bamboo basket over her shoulder and picked up her wood-chopping knife. "66, let's go for a walk in the mountains and see if we can run into Chu Yi."

[Host, the human traffickers that Fan Xiurong brought are already in Pear Blossom Village watching you. Are you sure you want to go out?]
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