"There’s nothing to be embarrassed about, really." Zhang Yu waved her hand, "Just keep your wife from touching my money."
"Alright, I’m going to have breakfast." Zhang Yu went to the kitchen to eat.
As soon as she entered the kitchen, she found the chef and two helpers standing at the door, looking incredibly awkward when they saw Zhang Yu.
If the old master gets wind of this, they definitely won’t have an easy ti.
"Watch your mouths. If today’s events get out, think for yourselves." Zhang Yu paused, "And don’t think about pinning it on ."
"If it really cos to that, I’ll have the old master investigate, and then what..." Zhang Yu brought up Zhang Fugui.
Everyone nodded repeatedly, curious about how the seemingly loving Third Young Master and his wife were getting divorced.
They didn’t expect to find out the reason, but the news was explosive. They knew if it got out, it would embarrass the old master and wouldn’t end well for them.
The three of them looked at each other, sighing inwardly. They really shouldn’t have been curious. Now they had the secret and couldn’t speak, truly awkward.
Looking at Zhang Yu again, they really admired her. She could eat even after hearing such shocking news.
Zhang Yu ate a pie and drank milk, noticing their glances. "Calm down, this is actually a small matter."
"Isn’t there enough of people gambling away their families and livelihoods? Before liberation, people would even sell their children and wives."
"So, if you have so money, why not do sothing better? Go out to eat and drink, isn’t that good?"
"Isn’t sightseeing nice?"
"If nothing else, save up to buy a house, collect rent when you’re old, isn’t that great?"
"But you just have to gamble, it’s really a foolish act."
"You should know that in gambling, the biggest winner is the banker. Haven’t you seen the gambling king from the South? How much is he worth, and where did the money co from? From gamblers donating it, of course."
The chef and others were dumbfounded and kept nodding.
Zhang Yu finished eating, stood up, and left. Passing through the living room, she saw the old master had returned.
Then she saw Zhang Hai and his wife kneeling, geez, they were kneeling on marble!
Even though it’s spring and the temperature is okay, knees still feel cold after a while on marble, not to ntion the ground is hard. Kneeling there really damages the knees.
Forget it, this kind of scene isn’t sothing a kid like her should see. She just learned Zhang Yutong’s secret and now saw the couple like this, they would definitely see her as a thorn in their side.
Zhang Yu wanted to quietly sneak past, but such a big person can’t be ignored.
"Little Yu, co with to the study." Zhang Fugui stood up and headed towards the study.
Calling her to the study? Is he going to have a heart-to-heart with her, telling her not to leak the news just ntioned?
Actually, she’s easy to deal with. As long as the hush money is enough, she won’t spill the news, but she had no way to approach Zhang Fugui to discuss the hush money.
Zhang Yutong felt her heart race seeing the old master, wondering how much he had heard.
Amidst her anxiety, the old master directly told Zhang Hai to kneel. Even though he didn’t tell her to kneel, she quickly knelt down.
She thought they were kneeling to be scolded, but they just knelt there; the old master said nothing.
Thankfully, it was only the old master and their couple present, who would have thought Zhang Yu would appear.
The old master called her, saying to go to the study, how could Zhang Yutong not be anxious.
If not allowed up, how long must they kneel there, Zhang Yutong was very worried.
"You two go to the study as well." Zhang Fugui thought for a mont, then called Zhang Hai and his wife.
Letting them kneel in the parlor where the helpers could see wasn’t good.
Even though they had only knelt for a while, kneeling on the hard, cold marble made the knees feel cold.
Upon hearing the old master telling them to get up, Zhang Hai was overjoyed, knowing the old master wouldn’t just abandon him.
Zhang Yu walked behind Zhang Hai and his wife, seeing their halting steps, like those of elderly people, finding it quite amusing.
In the study, being the last to enter, naturally, she closed the door.
Before she could turn around, she heard the angry voice of Zhang Fugui, "Pick a washboard, one each, and kneel on it."
"Without my word, you are not allowed to stand up." Zhang Fugui really didn’t want to see this foolish couple again.
Wow, Zhang Yu hadn’t expected Zhang Hai’s punishnt to escalate, from kneeling on marble to kneeling on washboards, which, besides being hard, were uneven, making it quite a harsh punishnt.
This could be compared to kneeling on durian shells, haha. Earlier, Zhang Hai was so happy hearing they were going to the study, probably thought the old master had let them off.
But he hadn’t expected the old master not to let them off, instead escalating the punishnt.
Huh? Zhang Hai thought the punishnt was over, but it wasn’t. Instead, it was moving them to another place to kneel properly.
Kneeling on marble wasn’t comfortable, kneeling on washboards wasn’t either. If possible, marble would be preferable.
"What, are my words useless now?" Seeing their delayed action, Zhang Fugui’s tone was impatient.
Zhang Hai knew the old master was unhappy, nodding continuously, "Dad, we’ll go get the washboards now."
Zhang Hai gave Zhang Yutong a hard glare, knowing the old master had never punished him like this before. But because of this spendthrift wife, he was subjected to such humiliation.
Moreover, Zhang Yu had witnessed it all, making Zhang Hai steam with anger.
Zhang Yutong knew Zhang Hai was very angry, and had shifted the bla onto her; for the first ti, she resented her family.
They claid to love her the most, but if they really did, why make her do this?
They were worried that if the gambling debt couldn’t be repaid, the treasure of the Zhang family would suffer. They were also concerned that if this got out, it would damage the family’s reputation.
They contemplated how the unmaried mbers of the Zhang family might face marriage issues. What they didn’t consider was how difficult life would be for a daughter already married off.
Perhaps they did think about it, but the daughters-in-law of the Zhang family were more important. And now, it was already 10 o’clock, even though they were notified early that the old master wanted them there.
It was already this late, yet they hadn’t arrived. Zhang Yutong felt utterly wronged.
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