inspire-indiana Chapter 90 Fortunately, His Highness isn't a good person either.
Chapter 90 Fortunately, His Highness isn't a good person either.
"it is good."
Faced with Jiang Yuyue's promise, Xie Jinglan's brows twitched slightly, and he agreed.
Seeing that Xie Jinglan was unaffected by the Xie family's misfortune, Jiang Yuyue's appetite increased even more as she picked up her chopsticks.
The two finished their breakfast together, but Jiang Yuyue showed no sign of leaving.
"With such a big incident today, the Xie family is in complete chaos, and only your place is a bit peaceful."
Jiang Yuyue looked at him and smiled, "You shouldn't mind if I stay here to avoid the limelight for a while, right?"
"It's up to you."
With that, Jiang Yuyue asked Xiao Liu to bring out the account book. Xie Jinglan flipped through the book while she looked through the account book, making notes from time to time as she planned the future operation of the shop.
Jixiang was serving Xie Jinglan, changing his tea to hot tea. Looking at the two of them, who seemed to be enjoying a peaceful life together, she felt something was off.
Perhaps it was because they were thinking of the Xie family's miserable state today, which created a stark contrast.
Jiang Yuyue quickly noticed the unusual look in Jixiang's eyes. She looked up and met his gaze. Jixiang panicked, which made Jiang Yuyue feel even more confused.
"You seem afraid of me?"
Jiang Yuyue frowned. What was wrong with Jixiang today?
It was rare for Ji Xiang to lose his composure like this, and upon hearing this, he quickly began to think of an excuse. Xie Jinglan then took over the conversation and explained it to him.
"When Erlang was carried in this morning, he went to take a look. Perhaps he was frightened by the sight of Erlang's legs being cut off. He has been so absent-minded ever since he came back."
Hearing this, Jiang Yuyue stopped thinking about it, while Jixiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, his prince reacted quickly, otherwise he really wouldn't know how to explain it.
However, looking at Jiang Yuyue's innocent appearance, who could tell that beneath such a beautiful exterior, she could be so ruthless and merciless?
Fortunately, His Highness is not a good person either, otherwise, if he had encountered someone like Jiang Yuyue, he would probably have been taken advantage of long ago.
Jiang Yuyue spent most of the day leisurely with Xie Jinglan in this courtyard. They ate some dishes from Shidinglou together in the evening, and then Jiang Yuyue and Xiao Liu went out through the side gate and came back in through the main gate, pretending to have just returned from outside.
The entire Xie family stayed in Madam Xie's courtyard, living in fear all day. They hadn't even had a proper meal and were starving. It wasn't until Jiang Yuyue stepped into the courtyard that they regained some energy and rushed over to ask what was going on.
"Moon, why did it take you so long to come back?"
Madam Xie was the most anxious and immediately asked, "Have you found us a place to stay?!"
"Of course we found it."
Jiang Yuyue looked tired. "Of course, it's impossible to find a place as nice as our Xie Mansion. Although the environment can't compare to ours, at least we have a place to stay. At least when the casino people come to kick us out tomorrow, we'll have somewhere to go."
Hearing this, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. When the Second Madam saw that Jiang Yuyue had found a house so quickly, she hurriedly stepped forward to fawn over her, since today's trouble was caused by their son no matter what.
"Moon, you've worked so hard running up and down for us. Here, have a cup of tea to soothe your mouth, so you don't overwork yourself."
Seeing the second wife's servile and obsequious manner, Madam Xie was even more furious. She smashed the teacup in her hand to the ground and cursed, "Fool! You've managed to piss yourself off! My Yue'er is pregnant and can't drink tea. Are you trying to harm my grandson?!"
After being scolded so harshly, Madam Xie instinctively wanted to retort, but then she remembered that the pillar of the family was now the eldest son's daughter-in-law, so she didn't dare to talk back to the eldest wife as usual and could only endure it.
"My sister-in-law is right to reprimand me. It was my negligence. I deserve to be punished."
Seeing the misfortune befalling her family, and yet these two sisters-in-law still had the mind to fight amongst themselves, Old Madam Xie was so angry that her heart ached.
"A bunch of bastards!"
Madam Xie suppressed her anger and scolded, "Yue'er went to great lengths to find us a place to stay, not to come back and listen to you all making a scene here!"
"The casino staff will be here tomorrow to kick us out. Rather than being ousted, we might as well leave with some dignity! Now, before they send anyone to watch us, let's tidy up our house and see if there's anything valuable left. We'll have to rely on these things to make a living from now on!"
Hearing Madam Xie's words, the Xie family members suddenly realized what was happening and hurriedly returned to their respective courtyards to pack up their valuables, while Jiang Yuyue narrowed her eyes slightly.
Unexpectedly, Madam Xie, at her advanced age, was still able to think of these things. Unfortunately, even though they thought of searching for valuable items in advance, they could find very few.
The Xie family is just an empty shell. Any valuable items they owned were sold off long ago. How could they possibly still be there now?
Jiang Yuyue had informed Xie Jinglan in advance, and the whole family hurriedly packed their things. Taking advantage of the late hour and the absence of many people outside, they had a servant hitch up a carriage and headed to the new residence that Jiang Yuyue had found for them.
The carriage had been jolting for an unknown amount of time. When it finally stopped, everyone got off and saw the dilapidated house in front of them, which looked like a run-down temple. They all froze for a moment.
This dilapidated house looked like it was about to collapse, and the plaque at the gate was crooked and at risk of falling down at any moment. The entrance was covered with cobwebs, and it was hard to tell how many years no one had lived there.
"Moon... this is the kind of house you found for us?!"
Supported by Granny Sun, Old Madam Xie looked utterly incredulous. "How can anyone live in a place like this?!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuyue looked apologetic.
"Grandmother, your granddaughter-in-law is truly incompetent; this is already the best house I could find at the moment."
"You know, I did have some money at first, but as soon as I came back, I paid off Erlang's gambling debt of four thousand taels. In addition, the shop hadn't even started operating yet after I took over, so I didn't have much cash on hand. I really couldn't afford to pay off any other debts."
"You're lying!"
Xie Yuan was a vain person. Even when things were bad before, she still had the Xie family mansion as a place to stay. Although it was empty inside, it looked like a respectable family from the outside. But now she had to live in such a dilapidated place. How could she possibly stand it?!
"You brought a considerable dowry when you married into this family. Are you really going to refuse to use it to help our whole family now that things have come to this?!"
Upon hearing this, Old Madam Xie felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and her cloudy eyes immediately swept over, "By the way, Yue'er, where is your dowry?"