Cultivating Immortality Begins with Selling Oneself

Chapter 67 Forced
"After all, when I arrived at the Shen Mansion, Sister Xiao Taohong was the first person to help me. She specifically asked Sister Hongxing to look after me. As the saying goes, it's easier to add icing on the cake than to send charcoal in the snow. I will remember Sister Xiao Taohong's kindness for the rest of my life."

Shen Fuyu's expression was extremely sincere as he recounted everything Xiao Taohong had done.

It is obvious that he cares about Xiao Taohong, and it is not just words.

The favorability indicator on Xiao Taohong's head turned from red to green, and her expression softened a lot. She nodded with pretentiousness, "You have a conscience."

"Of course I have a conscience." Shen Fuyu proudly straightened up and patted his chest, looking very proud. "I remember all the kindness Sister Xiao Taohong has shown me. I will come to visit Sister Xiao Taohong whenever I have time. By the way, how have you been lately, Sister Xiao Taohong?"

Shen Fuyu looked around with his big eyes, looking guilty. Under Xiao Taohong's puzzled gaze, Shen Fuyu deliberately lowered his voice, touched his chest, and finally took out a gold ingot.

"I know that I can't be where I am today without the help of Sister Xiao Taohong. Sister Xiao Taohong, I don't know how to repay you. To me, Sister Xiao Taohong is a benefactor who is like a reborn parent." Shen Fuyu's words, despite his young age, seemed to have a bit more credibility. His pair of eyes, big and bright like grapes, were full of dependence on Xiao Taohong.

She mysteriously stuffed the gold ingot into Xiao Taohong's arms.

Xiao Taohong's eyes were wide open, but she still pretended to be reserved and had a stern face.

"Shen Fuyu, what do you mean? Is this what I want from helping you?"

Xiao Taohong pretended to be angry.

Shen Fuyu quickly waved her hands and explained, "Sister Xiao Taohong, you misunderstood."

"In my heart, you are my biological sister. Now I am living a good life and have won the trust of the eldest and second young ladies. Even the lady will treat me well for the sake of the eldest and second young ladies."

"I have money, and I want to spend it on my sister."

Shen Fuyu spoke very beautifully, which made Xiao Taohong very happy. The corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up and she couldn't suppress it no matter how hard she tried.

"Since you've come to this, I'll accept it." Xiao Taohong felt very satisfied.

It’s not that she hasn’t helped other people before, but none of them were as helpful as Shen Fuyu.

Shen Fuyu smiled, scratched the back of his head, and looked very honest.

"Sister Xiao Taohong, as long as I am favored by the eldest and second young ladies for one day, I will repay you within my ability."

"Yeah." Xiao Taohong became a little more enthusiastic towards Shen Fuyu.

Check it out.

After all, she is a legitimate daughter of the Shen family, so she is generous. She is willing to give gold ingots to Shen Fuyu, a servant, and she has followed Shen Yingfeng for such a long time, but has never seen any gold ingots.

Xiao Taohong felt a little disgusted. If it weren't for the money, she wouldn't bother to serve Shen Yingfeng.

It would be fine if he was just a bad person, but he is a pervert.

"Go ahead." After all, having grown up in the inner house, Xiao Taohong could more or less see what Shen Fuyu was thinking.

However, Shen Fuyu's actions made Xiao Taohong very happy, so she didn't care too much.

Shen Fuyu chuckled, "Sister Xiao Taohong is so smart, I can't hide anything from you."

Shen Fuyu didn't act pretentiously and directly stated his real purpose.

"Sister Xiao Taohong, I want to know what happened in the Shen Mansion during this period of time?"

"My wife has fallen ill."

There is a message chain among the servants.

Madam Shen was unwilling to speak, so she thought that one of the servants must have known about the situation. After much deliberation, Shen Fuyu decided to ask Xiao Taohong about it.

Xiao Taohong's expression changed, and her gaze fell on the gold ingot. In the end, her expression softened a bit. She deliberately lowered her voice and whispered to Shen Fuyu, "Master Shen said to others that he needed to be away for a while on business, but in fact, he disappeared. Did you know about this?"

"I know." Shen Fuyu nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"I can tell you, but you have to promise me not to spread it around. Otherwise, if they find out that I was the one who spread the news, Madam Shen will definitely not let me go."

Xiao Taohong's face was extremely serious, and she couldn't help but feel a little scared of Mrs. Shen's thundering methods.

"Don't worry, Sister Xiao Taohong, I'm not the type to talk nonsense. The reason I'm asking about these things is to avoid offending Madam Shen."

"What's more, I have some face in front of Madam Shen now. Unless I have a problem with my brain, I will make Madam Shen unhappy."

Shen Fuyu gave Xiao Taohong a reassuring look.

Xiao Taohong nodded, thinking that what Shen Fuyu said made sense, and then she slowly told the story.

original.

During the time when Shen Fuyu and the Shen sisters left the Shen Mansion, the second branch of the Shen family was a little restless.

There has been no news about the head of the Shen family for three consecutive months. In the eyes of the second branch of the Shen family, the head of the Shen family must have met with an accident.

Having been suppressed by the main branch of the Shen family for many years, the second branch of the Shen family has long been dissatisfied.

Money and power are extremely attractive at any time.

There are many people who kill each other for these two things, let alone the head of the Shen family who is likely to encounter an accident?

Family affection? In the eyes of the second branch of the Shen family, only tangible benefits are real. They don't care about something as illusory as family affection.

When the head of the Shen family left at first, he handed over the power of housekeeping to Mrs. Shen, in this era where men were not valued over women, nor were men superior to women.

It is perfectly normal to give power to your wife for temporary custody.

However, as the head of the Shen family had not returned for a long time, the second branch of the Shen family regarded Madam Shen as a woman from another family.

He wanted to take over Mrs. Shen's power bit by bit on the grounds that she was not suitable to manage the Shen family.

Mrs. Shen is not a fool. She knows that once power is given up, it is extremely difficult to take it back.

Therefore, Mrs. Shen gritted her teeth and refused to give in. The second branch of the Shen family joined forces with Shen Yingfeng's lineage to put pressure on her.

Mrs. Shen was, after all, a person of an outsider family, and many people had long been dissatisfied with this, so they acquiesced to the behavior of the second branch of the Shen family.

What's worse, some people want to take advantage of the situation and ask Mrs. Shen's family to give up some interests before they will believe that Mrs. Shen is truly doing it for the Shen family.

Only then was he willing to let Mrs. Shen continue to manage the Shen family.

Mrs. Shen was placed on a high platform, unable to move. Just when Mrs. Shen wanted to give up a little bit of her interests to survive the crisis, the head of the Shen family appeared and said that Mrs. Shen had managed the Shen family and even if she had no merits, she had worked hard.

They believed that the Shen family's accident happened because the Shen family had implicated them. They also said that during the time when Madam Shen was managing the Shen family, the Shen family never made any mistakes and could solve any problems perfectly.

This made Mrs. Shen's power as housekeeper more secure.

The second branch of the Shen family did not give up, so they started with the Shen sisters, saying that if the Shen family did not replace the people, the direct lineage of the Shen family would be doomed to be destroyed. After all, Shen Mengning was mediocre among the crowd and was no longer the talented girl she used to be. Shen Mengwu was obsessed with martial arts and had very poor performance in studying. Naturally, it was impossible for her to take the imperial examination in the future and she could not support the Shen family.

(End of this chapter)