Cultivating Immortality Begins with Selling Oneself

Chapter 24 Crisis
"I don't know." Shen Mengwu shook her head. "My mother was very opposed to me learning martial arts. Although I had a martial arts master at home, he didn't take it seriously."

Shen Mengwu lowered her head, feeling a little lost.

It turned out to be the case.

But why was Madam Shen unwilling for the Second Young Miss to learn martial arts? Shen Fuyu always felt that there was something hidden.

"It doesn't matter. From now on, I will learn martial arts with the Second Young Lady."

Shen Fuyu curled the corners of his lips and extended his pinky finger to make a pinky promise with Second Miss Shen, "This is... our secret."

Shen Mengwu's eyes lit up, "Then can I not study?"

"With you in school, your sister won't be bullied. I will stay at home and concentrate on learning martial arts. I will protect you."

Shen Fuyu glared at her and put his hands on his hips, "Impossible."

"Second Miss, have you ever heard a saying? I'm not afraid of gangsters who know martial arts, I'm afraid of gangsters who have culture."

"People who read more will become smarter. I don't think the second young lady wants what happened today to happen again."

"Just think about it. When the servants go out to purchase things, they'll tell everyone that the Second Young Miss is both literary and martial. How glorious it will be! By then, many people will surely admire you and regard you as a role model. Don't you want to see that day?"

Shen Fuyu's tone was gentle and persuasive.

A picture instantly appeared in Shen Mengwu's mind, and she felt her heart surging and her eyes were full of anticipation.

She wants to see!

Just like the chivalrous heroes in the storybooks, they are admired wherever they go.

If she was strong enough, her third uncle wouldn't bully her mother.

Shen Mengwu secretly saw her third uncle and her mother quarreling several times. Every time her third uncle left, her mother would secretly wipe away her tears behind her back.

"Be good." Shen Fuyu rubbed Shen Mengwu's hair.

"It's getting late. Let's rest first and get some rest to continue practicing tomorrow."

It was late at night when Shen Fuyu returned to his room. Normally, he would have been very sleepy, but at this moment, Shen Fuyu was particularly energetic and did not feel tired at all.

She tried to practice again.

Sensing the minimal spiritual energy in the room, Shen Fuyu had to give up.

……

The next day.

Plum Blossom Garden.

Servants came running over one after another.

It was the servants who reported that the shop owners of the Shen family wanted to see him.

Mrs. Shen's heart sank, and she had a bad feeling.

"Madam! The rouge shop is in a very bad state. I don't know if someone is deliberately targeting me. Since last night, someone has been picking on me, saying that my face has been disfigured after using rouge. Now I'm afraid to see anyone. As a result, the rouge shop has been hit hard and I can't even do business. I wanted to talk to them, but no one paid any attention to me."

"The Shen family has been doing business for many years, and there has never been any problem with Rouge, and there will definitely not be any problem this time."

The shopkeeper with a goatee looked worried, and the victim was unwilling to communicate. It was obvious that he was deliberately looking for trouble in order to destroy the reputation of the shop.

Immediately afterwards, the owner of the pastry shop came running in from outside, knelt on the ground without saying a word, and cried in his voice.

"Madam, something terrible has happened. Someone said someone got food poisoning after eating Shen's peach cakes. Now the person is dead. The case has been reported to the authorities."

"I had eaten the peach cakes that day, and I only sold them because there were no problems. How did they suddenly cause food poisoning?"

Mrs. Shen only felt that her vision was getting darker. If only one shop had an accident, Mrs. Shen could understand it as a coincidence.

At this time, Shen Yingfeng walked in.

"Sister-in-law, you can't manage a few shops properly. In my opinion, it would be better to hand over the shops to the third wife and let us run them. There will definitely be no such problems."

"Otherwise, when Big Brother comes back and sees the shop closed down, he will definitely be very anxious and sad."

Shen Yingfeng's eyes fell on Madam Shen unscrupulously, full of malicious amusement. "Of course, if sister-in-law is unwilling to hand it over, I can understand." Shen Yingfeng opened his folding fan, thinking he was very charming. "If you beg me, I am not unwilling to help you for the sake of my elder brother."

"You did it."

Mrs. Shen clenched her fists and looked at him with bloodshot eyes.

What a great Shen family!
What a great Shen Yingfeng!

Apart from my husband, there is no good person in the Shen family. They are all scheming.

Especially Shen Yingfeng, he actually coveted my sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, don't say such harsh words. What do you mean I did it? I just came to help you."

"The Shen family prospers together and falls together. I don't want the Shen family's century-old foundation to fall into your hands."

Shen Yingfeng's intention was very clear. Either Mrs. Shen had to give up the shop honestly, or she had to obey him.

No matter which result, Shen Yingfeng was extremely satisfied.

Madam Shen sneered, "I don't need you to pretend to be kind."

"I'll take care of things."

"Solve it?" Shen Yingfeng was a little annoyed. He hated Madam Shen for being so ignorant that she still refused to give in even to such a situation. "Sister-in-law, how do you want to solve this? Are you going to keep wasting time? Sister-in-law, you should know that this kind of thing can't be solved in three days. Even if the truth comes out in the future, no one will care. They will just subconsciously think that it was a black-hearted shop that killed someone."

"I can definitely solve it within three days."

Mrs. Shen had to give an explanation.

Tao Su supported Mrs. Shen and felt extremely distressed when she felt her body was shaky.

I kept praying in my heart that the master would come back soon so that my lady wouldn't be bullied.

"If the matter is not perfectly resolved after three days, you have to agree to both of my requests." Shen Yingfeng left after saying this, without giving Mrs. Shen any chance to bargain.

"Madam, the Third Young Master is really going too far. How about I send someone to..."

Madam Shen has a group of secret guards who are extremely skilled in martial arts. They can assassinate anyone at any time if she wants.

“It can only be used as a last resort.”

That was Mrs. Shen's trump card, used to protect herself.

Here, Shen Fuyu and the other two were attending classes in school as usual, unaware of the situation at home.

Master Shangguan also announced a terrible news.

"There will be an exam in a month, and those who fail to meet the standards will have to leave the school."

As soon as he finished speaking, the school erupted in exclamations one after another.

"What!?"

"No, Master, don't you think this is cruel? If I'm rejected by the school, my mother will definitely beat me to death."

"Cruel? Who told you not to study hard? As long as your writing is good, how could you possibly be kicked out?"

"What are you afraid of? Anyway, the Shen sisters are at the bottom. They will be the first ones to be kicked out."

Some are happy and some are sad.

Murong Yue's eyes fell on Shen Fuyu like a poisonous snake.

Compared to Shen Mengwu, who has strong limbs but a simple mind, Murong Yue hates Shen Fuyu more and hates Shen Fuyu.

Shen Mengwu was about to leave the school, but Shen Fuyu intervened.

Feeling Murong Yue's gaze, Shen Fuyu turned around, and a dazzling red favorability came into view.

Shen Fuyu became alert and reminded Shen Mengning and Shen Mengwu to be on guard.

"Fuyu, how about we... put on a sack?"

(End of this chapter)