Chapter 41 - You Still Have A Home
After that Madam Cheng was on roll , Su Wan didn't even need to ask anything anymore and Madam Cheng told her everything. Turns out that after the death of Su Wan's mother , Su Bai took charge of the Madam Shen 's dowry shops . Generally, if a man marries another woman after his wife passes away , the dowry of his first wife needed to be returned to her natal family .
However , Su Bai told Madam Shen brothers that he wanted to keep Madam Shen 's dowry shops for Su Wan and give them to her until she was old enough to get married . Su Wan uncles obliged and they changed the name on the deed from Madam Shen to Su Wan .
This was what Su Bai wanted , once the shops changed owners from the Shen family to the Su family . Su Bai started running rampant as Su Wan's father who was the owner of the shops .
" At first your father only took the money that was kept aside for you and the Su family but later on he started smuggling the entire shop's income , when I tried to stop him, he threatened me with yamen saying that he would complain against me for embezzling the money from the shops . I never took a coin that didn't belonged to me ,miss. " said Madam Cheng as the assistant placed the tea and cakes in front of Su Wan and the others " That day I wanted to resign but your father didn't let me instead he warned that if I walk out of this shop he will sue me for sure . Never once Had madam Shen and the masters from the Shen family treated me so terribly but in the end I'm just a slave and your father is the master .If he really sued me I wouldn't have been able to explain the matter even if I had hundreds mouth "
" And just like that he would take away everything even the salary of the staff . That was fine too because we would keep a seperate account and settle the staff 's salary before your father arrived to take the shops money but then he started to take away the good fabrics from the shop and wouldn't pay no matter what I say to him . Because there was a sudden decline in the fine fabric the income of the store was also affected . .. then your father came asking for the store's income and flew into a rage when the money earned didn't match the previous months income . He blamed me for embezzling too much and I told him that it was because he was being too greedy and took the finest clothes home but instead of changing his ways - your father , he , he actually sold off one of my staff's woman ! "
" mistress it has been going on for years now our once elite shop have been degraded to this " sobbed Madam Cheng " yet your father still don't know how to stop today he sent one of his servant and asked me to send him the finest clothes of our winter collection , if I let them take away the clothes how are we supposed to earn ?"
Su Wan who finished listening to Madam Cheng 's experience was so angry that she trembled. Snatching entire money income ! Snatching the finest clothes ! This much was still something Su Wan could still stand but selling a young woman ? Selling an alive and kicking woman ? This was something she could never stand .
Slaves were human too in her eyes so what if they signed a deed and even if they signed a deed they signed it with The Shen family ! Who was Su Bai to sell those servants ? And what was more even after snatching so many things from the shops that belonged to Su Wan that shameless man actually starved that poor girl to death and subsidized that shameless bitch and her daughter !
Furious and enraged Su Wan punched the tabled with a loud thud .Lin Yu who was sitting beside her hurriedly rubbed her palm and soothed her " Wan Wan don't get angry , what was going to happen had already happened "
Yes , she couldn't change what already happened thus there was no point in beating herself over it.
Only now did Madam Cheng looked over at Lin Yu and the others who followed Su Wan inside , at first she was too happy to see Su Wan and didn't pay attention to the men who came after her " Young miss ; these men are -"
" my husbands " said Su Wan with a smile after calming herself down " There is one more at home , my father sold me to these gentlemen "
" Oh husbands- WHAT SOLD ?" Madam Cheng who was calm through out the entire conversation couldn't sit still anymore .How could she ?She was madam Shen 's personal maid before she was sent as a dowry maid . Madam Cheng was obviously very close to Madam Shen and when she heard that the daughter for whom Madam Shen gave up her life for was sold , she suddenly had an urge to stab her sewing needles in Su Bai's freaking eyes " That shameless man ! He actually sold you the owner of this shop yet he is daring enough to ask for the finest clothes from your shop , the shop of the daughter he sold " the more Madam Cheng spoke the more agitated she became , she even swept a furious glance at The Lin brothers who felt a chill crawl up their spine .
" Yes that's why if my father dares to come to this shop again tell him that he needs to pay . Don't reject the Su family directly just ask for money for whatever they want to purchase and just in case they refuse tell them to meet me at Yamen " said Su Wan who looked quite amused at Madam Cheng 's antics . The woman was acting like a fierce lioness whose cub was snatched by a couple of pigs , Su Wan happily cocked an eyebrow at the Lin brothers who shuddered , aye their family 's Wan Wan had such terrible protector .
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" I understand Young miss , shall I tell masters that your father sold you off ?" asked Madam Cheng retracting her fierce gaze which made the Lin brothers sigh in relief , Madam Cheng was naturally asking about Su Wan's uncles when she mentioned the word masters.
" You do that , in case my uncle end up helping someone they shouldn't " Su Cheng the precious son of the Su family was studying in the city and depended quite heavily on Su Wan's second and third uncle but that brat still took it for granted and bullied the previous owner .
" I understand and Miss ...in case you need a home - just remember that I'm still here " it was both an offer and a warning to the Lin brothers , Madam Cheng was telling them that just because Su Wan's father sold her doesn't mean she no longer had a home , in case The Lin brothers offended Su Wan or made her unhappy , She would give Su Wan a home and shelter .
" Thank you so much Madam Cheng " Su Wan happily took on Madam Cheng 's offer while Lin Jing and the others stomped on Lin Yan 's foot together.