Wen Zhuo came out of the teahouse and sat under the shade of a tree. When he saw Wen Qingcheng coming out, he stood up immediately. Wen Qingcheng ran two steps and got into the car.

"What's wrong, Qingcheng?"

"Uncle, hurry up and talk as you walk."

Wen Zhuo drove away without saying anything. After leaving the teahouse street, Wen Qingcheng lifted the car curtain and said, "Uncle, let's go to Ji's house."

"Go to Ji's house?"

Wen Qingcheng then told Wen Zhuo what she had just seen and heard, and the two of them immediately turned back to the Ji Mansion.

The concierge knew Wen Qingcheng. Seeing Wen Qingcheng coming back, he asked with a smile, "Why is Doctor Wen back again?"

"I forgot to tell the young lady an important thing."

A servant from the gatehouse brought Wen Qingcheng to the Ji Mansion again, while Wen Zhuo waited outside. After entering the inner courtyard, he was led by a little maid into Li Muwan's yard.

When Li Muwan saw Wen Qingcheng coming back, her face was full of surprise, and a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes.

"Madam, I'm sorry to bother you again. I'm here for a private matter."

"What do you mean by disturbing or not? Just tell me directly." Li Muwan smiled casually.

"I want to see the steward of your house."

Li Muwan looked at Wen Qingcheng curiously, and seeing that she looked a little serious, she asked, "See our manager?"

"To be honest, Madam, I had my eyes on a prosperous shop next to the big willow tree in Luohua Lane in the east of the city. The owner had agreed to rent it to us, but someone else got there first and bought it. He didn't tell us in advance. Later I found out that the owner of this shop is your Ji family, so I came to ask."

Li Muwan was very surprised. "We moved this shop from Kyoto to Qinghe County. I bought it with my dowry money. I didn't rent it, let alone sell it."

"It's a rouge and powder shop called Doukoutang." Wen Qingcheng knew that Li Muwan was unaware of the situation. If she didn't tell her, Li Muwan might not even know about it after Xiao sold off all her private property.

Li Muwan nodded. "It's my shop. Because I have been in poor health in recent years, I have handed over the shops under my name to Xiao's management. Could it be that Xiao's sold it?"

Wen Qingcheng stopped talking and didn't say anything more. Seeing Wen Qingcheng's silence, Li Muwan hurriedly said, "Doctor Wen, don't worry. I will give you an explanation after I find out the whole story."

Wen Qingcheng nodded and said, "In that case, I'll trouble you, Madam." Then she left the Ji Mansion.

After Wen Qingcheng left, Li Muwan found Qiuyue and said, "Qiuyue, go find Aunt Xiao."

Xiao knew that in the past few days, Ji Yunting had been either at Luming Academy or at Li Muwan's courtyard. She took this opportunity to go out and ask Lao Qin if there was anything that could cause a miscarriage and could be done without anyone knowing.

At this time, Xiao was with Lao Qin, so she was not at home. Qiuyue came back to report, "Madam, Aunt Xiao is not at home."

"Okay, then wait until she comes back and ask her to come see me immediately."

After Xiao came back, she heard that Li Muwan was looking for her. She curled her lips and went back to her room nonchalantly to rest before leaving. The maid informed her that Ji Yunting was also there, so she did not dare to delay and went there with her slender waist twisted.

As soon as Xiao entered the room, she saw Li Muwan and Ji Yunting both sitting in the main seats, while she was sitting in a side seat. She hated them so much and thought: Li Muwan is so lucky that she is actually pregnant. She almost divorced her master. The position of the young lady of the Ji family should be mine!

"Madam, when I heard that you wanted to see me, I rushed here without even changing my clothes." Xiao's voice was so soft that water could drip out of it. Although she hated him in her heart, she still had to hide herself in front of Ji Yunting.

"Xiao Qin, show me the deed to the Doukoutang shop that my master has entrusted to you to manage."

Ji Yunting was surprised why Li Muwan suddenly cared about this, and advised: "Wan'er, you are still pregnant, you shouldn't worry too much, just let Qin'er take care of these trivial matters. After you give birth, if you want to take care of it yourself, let Qin'er hand it over to you."

Li Muwan glanced at Ji Yunting and said, "Master, please don't rush to protect me. I want to see the deed of Doukou Hall."

Although Ji Yunting was scolded by Li Muwan, he felt very happy in his heart. Looking at her expression just now, it was obvious that she was jealous of his kindness to the Xiao family.

Xiao's mind was in turmoil, and she thought: How did she know that Doukoutang was sold?

Xiao thought that she would know it sooner or later anyway, so she confessed, "Madam, I just sold Doukoutang."

Li Muwan showed no expression, but Ji Yunting was shocked and said, "Why sell it? The shop is in a great location. Madam spent a lot of money to buy it."

"Alas, Madam, you stay at home every day and don't know what's going on outside. Although the location of that shop is good, it's not suitable for opening a cardamom shop. There are powder shops all around, and the competition is too fierce. The daily profit is not enough to hire people. I think it's a loss anyway, so it's better to sell it."

Ji Yunting didn’t know how to run a business, he just felt it was a pity that such a good shop didn’t make it big, “Fortunately I didn’t lose money, but if you want to sell it, at least tell my wife.”

Seeing that Ji Yunting didn't get angry, Xiao knew that he doted on her, so she was completely relieved and her tone became a little harder. "Madam, we are doing this to recover the loss. Madam, you are not blaming me for not discussing it with you in advance, are you?"

Li Muwan glanced at Ji Yunting, her hands shaking as she held the teacup. She knew that Ji Yunting doted on his concubine, but she didn't expect him to dote on her to this extent. That was her private property, not the Ji family's! She, the owner, didn't even know that the shop had been sold.

Xiao looked indifferent, and even relied on Ji Yunting's support to smile at Li Muwan provocatively.

Li Muwan stood up suddenly, tears in her eyes, and threw the teacup in her hand heavily to the ground. Xiao was shocked. She didn't expect that Li Muwan, who was always gentle, would get angry.

Li Muwan cried out, "You, you are going too far!"

"Wan'er, don't be angry, be careful of our child." Ji Yunting had never seen Li Muwan so angry since they got married, so he quickly stood up and went over to persuade her to calm down.

"Don't be angry. If the shop is gone, I can buy it back for you."

The determination in Li Muwan's eyes made Ji Yunting panic completely, and he took out all his anger on Xiao, "Xiao Qin, look at what you have done, the Ji family will be defeated by you sooner or later! Tell me, who did you sell the shop to?"

It was the first time that Xiao saw Ji Yunting so angry with her, and she was stunned for a moment. "Master, don't be angry. The shop was sold to the owner of Xiang'an Hall. He paid a lot of money. Anyway, we won't make money if we keep the shop, and we will lose money. It's better to sell it. I asked a Feng Shui master to look at it, and he said that whoever runs the shop will lose money. It's a good thing that we finally got rid of it."

Li Muwan wiped away her tears and glanced at him coldly, "So I should thank you?"

Xiao looked up and met Li Muwan's bloodshot eyes, and her whole body was shocked. How could this usually gentle woman have such a frightening aura? Xiao side-glanced and saw that Ji Yunting also had an angry look, and immediately gave in, waving her hands repeatedly, "Madam, sister, I was wrong about this."

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