Just because she looks weak doesn't mean she's easy to bully.

Originally, Cheng Jinchu could have solved the problem with Zhou Xin by herself. It was nothing more than redeeming the jade pendant and giving a sum of money. However, Cheng Jinchu did not do so. Not only did she not solve it herself, she even forbad Shen Yun to deal with it. She did this so that the old lady could really harden her heart. It was absolutely not okay for Shen Hao to continue like this. If he didn't suffer, his family would suffer in the future.

Cheng Jinchu would never allow Shen Yun to be dragged down by this elder brother. He would always take good care of his daughter in the future. If he is well, then her sister will be well. In short, she would never allow Shen Yun to be forced to take care of this useless brother because of the old lady's reluctance.

Cheng Jinchu thought about it carefully. Shen Hao's current situation is not unrelated to his family. The old lady is always soft-hearted. If the old lady hadn't been soft-hearted, Shen Hao wouldn't be like this today.

Seeing that the old lady had recovered, Cheng Jinchu knew that the old lady would look for her youngest son again, so Cheng Jinchu took the old lady's hand and pretended to be anxious.

"I know you are worried, but I told you this because I had no other choice. Now you are the only one in charge of the house!"

When Old Lady Shen heard Cheng Jinchu say this, she looked at him in confusion.

"No, where's your father?"

Cheng Jinchu knew that as soon as something happened, Old Lady Shen would look for Shen Yun, so early this morning, when Shen Yun was about to go to court, he met Cheng Jinchu at the gate. Cheng Jinchu told him what happened and asked him to live outside for the next few days and not come back, or else he could ask for sick leave and stay at the farm for a few days.

Finally, Cheng Jinchu suggested that Shen Yun find a servant to come back and tell Old Lady Shen that he had to go out for some urgent business or something, and find a specific reason to explain why he was not going home.

Although Shen Yun was speechless at the time, he still took the small bag that Cheng Jinchu had packed for him and went out.

That's why Cheng Jinchu appeared in Old Lady Shen's yard so early this morning.

"My father, grandmother, don't you know?"

Cheng Jinchu seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and suddenly slapped her forehead, looking a little embarrassed. She pretended to smile awkwardly.

"Oh, I was careless. Before I accompanied you for a walk just now, I went back to my own courtyard to change clothes. I met a servant who came back in a hurry. He told me that my father had gone out for something and would not be back for three or four days. He was going to come to see grandma. I said I could just talk to grandma, so he went to mother's courtyard to report."

When Old Mrs. Shen heard the news, she didn't know what to do for a moment. She never worried about these things in the past. Her youngest son always handled things outside very well and never caused her any trouble.

"Well, what should we do? Otherwise, we can find Zhou Xin, give him the money, or at most give him more, and redeem his jade pendant. That way, he won't say anything, right?"

Cheng Jinchu quickly nodded in agreement.

"That's right, grandma. I thought so too. The main reason is that I don't have much money, so I came to tell grandma. I think Zhou Xin probably won't ask for too little."

Old Mrs. Shen agreed with Cheng Jinchu's guess and said quickly.

"It's okay. Grandmother has it. Your uncle only lent him 500 taels of silver. So how about we redeem the jade pendant for him and give him 100 taels? In this way, we spent 500 taels to redeem the jade pendant and give him 100 taels."

Cheng Jinchu was speechless. It was already this late, and they only gave an extra hundred taels. It was really not generous enough. Shen Hao had even promised to give three times as much, but Old Lady Shen actually wanted to give an extra hundred taels to get rid of him. Not only was Cheng Jinchu speechless, but Shen Yuning couldn't even bear to watch. She turned her back, afraid that she couldn't control her expression well and the old lady would see it.

"That's fine. Grandma, give me the money later and I'll ask Shen Li to take care of this matter!"

For a moment, Old Mrs. Shen didn't know whether she was too angry about what Shen Hao had done, or she never handled things herself, and she even forgot about Shen Li, who was trained by Shen Yun at home. When she heard Cheng Jinchu mention it, she remembered that there was such a reliable person in the family, and she nodded immediately.

"Okay! Then grandma will go get you the banknotes. You go find Shen Li and explain the matter to him. Ask him to find Zhou Xin as soon as possible and settle the matter!"

Cheng Jinchu nodded and followed Old Lady Shen to get the banknote. But as soon as he walked out of Old Lady Shen's yard, Cheng Jinchu gave the banknote to Shen Yuning. Shen Yuning looked at Cheng Jinchu in confusion.

"Chu Chu, this? Do you have something to do so you want me to help you give it to Shen Li?"

Cheng Jinchu was speechless.

"What are you giving me? This is for you, idiot. Take it. You didn't have much money to begin with. I think you must have realized that this is not a novel where a time-traveling girl can live well with her own abilities. You definitely can't go out and show off your abilities, so you haven't saved much over the years, and your careless father took half of it away."

Shen Yuning held the banknote in her hand and tears came down. This was indeed her best friend. She was really worried recently. It was very troublesome to have no money in hand. The most important thing was that she had no way to make money.

"But, what about Shen Li..."

Shen Yuning was still worried. After all, this was the instruction from Old Lady Shen. If Cheng Jinchu didn't ask Shen Li to give Zhou Xin money to resolve the matter, Old Lady Shen would definitely get angry.

Cheng Jinchu smiled at Shen Yuning.

"It's okay. I'll take care of everything. You just need to remember that I definitely gave the money to Shen Li. You don't need to worry about other things. If Old Lady Shen asks, just say that you didn't go with me to find Shen Li and you don't know what happened afterwards. I'll know what to say then and I won't be punished. The most important thing is that this matter will not implicate the Shen Mansion, so don't worry! Go back and pack up now. I'll go find Shen Li in about an hour. Wait for me at the gate of the Shen Mansion and I'll take you out for something delicious."

Shen Yuning felt relieved to hear Cheng Jinchu say this. She has always trusted Cheng Jinchu completely. She believed him without thinking in her previous life, and it was the same in this life. As long as Chuchu said it, she would believe it, so she nodded solemnly.

"Okay, Chuchu, I believe you. I'll go back and change my clothes first."

Cheng Jinchu nodded, and after watching Shen Yuning walk away, she went to the front yard and found Shen Li.

Shen Li personally sent Shen Yun out of the house every morning. Shen Yun would usually tell him any instructions at that time, so he did not avoid what Cheng Jinchu said to Shen Yun this morning, as he knew everything.

"Fifth Miss!"

Shen Li bowed to Cheng Jinchu. Cheng Jinchu looked around to see that there was no one around, then spoke to Shen Li.

"Do you remember what I told father about Steward Shen this morning?"

Shen Li nodded. He worked for the Third Master, who had done him a great favor. He had also seen too much of what happened in the Shen family and felt that the other people in the Shen family always held the Third Master back.

Among them, Shen Li especially disliked Master Shen. He always felt that the first house had the most problems, and his own master had cleaned up the mess for the people in the first house countless times. So when the fifth lady didn't want the third master to ask about the first master's affairs this time, Shen Li not only understood, but also agreed.

Cheng Jinchu continued.

"Today I went to my grandmother's house. She gave me a banknote worth six hundred taels and asked me to give it to you to take to Zhou Xin."

Cheng Jinchu handed an envelope to Shen Li. Shen Li touched the envelope. The feel of it... there was definitely not a single banknote in it. Combined with what happened this morning, Shen Li understood instantly. As long as his third master agreed to this matter, he would do exactly as he was asked.

"There are banknotes in here. Go find Zhou Xin first."

Shen Li nodded vigorously, took the envelope and went out...