FID – Chapter 519

Chapter 519: Can’t Guard Against a Villain’s Scheme

  These words fell into the ears of the Liu elders, and their faces turned pale with anger.

  Grandma Liu rolled up her sleeves and was about to go out and scold them, but Liu Yusheng cut her off.

  She clapped her hands and said, “Grandma, don’t be angry. I don’t care about such petty tricks.”

  ”Miss Liu, the goods have been delivered. Our master is not feeling well, so he will not come in person. He only ask us to settle the accounts on the spot after we delivered it.” The young coachman who came with the carriages dropped his gaze, and spoke acidly.

  The carriages behind him formed a long line of ten carriages, all stocked with fabrics.

  Liu Yusheng smiled, walked forward, lifted the curtain of a carriage, picked up a piece of cloth, unrolled it on the spot, and exposed the dark-brown mildew spots on the gorgeous fabric.

  ”The goods have been delivered, and the payment should also be settled immediately. However, although this batch of fabric is all unusable scrap, at least it cost me 50 thousand taels. Hence, it is only appropriate for us to check the inventory,” Liu Yusheng turned her head behind her and said, “Grandpa, Grandma, call all the servants and maids in the house and quickly count the number of goods. Let’s not delay this little brother from going back and reporting the completion of his task!”

  Grandpa Liu and Grandma Liu looked at each other with a smile on their faces. “Got it, we’re coming!”

  Chen Xiulan, Liu Dalin, and Fu Yuzheng, and everyone else came out, imitating Liu Yusheng’s style. Each of them picked a carriage, took out the fabrics one by one and unfolded them. “There are not many people in our house, so please lend a hand, so as not to waste someone’s time.”

  Every single piece of cloth was unrolled, and without exception, they were covered with mildew.

  The onlookers were dumbfounded and looked at each other in dismay.

  Those who satirized Liu Yusheng as a benevolent doctor just now blushed in shame.

  How could such fabrics be sold to others? Even if it was turned to rags, it couldn’t absorb water.

  Thanks to the Liu family’s grand publicity, everyone knew that they really seemed to have suffered a big loss.

  For this kind of trash, 50,000 taels was too much. It was equivalent to throwing away money for nothing.

  It was impossible for anyone to buy it with cash!

  ”What the hell is wrong with the Liu family patriarch? How could he still sell such fabrics? He even charged 50,000 taels?”

  ”What on earth is Doctor Liu thinking? She’s actually willing to shell out 50,000 taels. Besides, purchasing it will occupy a lot of space.”

  ”Maybe it’s because they’re both the Liu family. Divine Doctor Liu took pity on the Liu family in the capital, so she found an excuse to generously give them some help.”

  The people’s stance has always changed easily with the wind.

  When devoid of any knowledge, they could stand on the moral high ground and criticize others.

  Once they found out the truth, they could change their tune in a wink, unaware that there was something wrong with what they had said before.

  It was because it was not them who would bear it.

  They were just outsiders.

  There was no harm in spectating and gossiping.

  In response, Liu Yusheng only smiled faintly.

  All the goods, two thousand rolls, were opened personally by the people in the Xinliu Manor, and none of them was good.

  The servant of the Liu Manor took the 50,000 taels of silver bills and didn’t dare to stay any longer. They slinked away beneath the people’s castigations.

  The minor farce ended when the people from Xinliu Manor moved the cloth into the mansion.

  There was just no telling what kind of rumor would spread in the streets and alleys of the capital afterwards.

  ”The Liu residence over there is really disgusting. They’re taking advantage of someone else, yet they’re still playing such tricks to fool us. They’re out-and-out black-hearted. How can they be so wicked?!” Sitting in the hall, Grandma Liu fumed and cursed.

  ”The people on the other side are not good to begin with. Otherwise, how can they plot against our family again and again?” Grandpa Liu said, “Did you hear what the people outside said? The two Lius are one family! This is what they are plotting now. They want to swallow our family!”

  Liu Dalin frowned. “The rumors are getting more and more realistic, and our families are always drawn together during chats. Things won’t really end up in some kind of trouble because of this, right?”

  ”I also think that the Liu family’s calculation is never that simple. How can they not know what kind of fabric they purchased? With such a big fanfare, they did it despite knowing that they’ll receive a face slap. What exactly are they after?”

  ”Nannan, they must have other plans behind the scenes. It’s absolutely not as simple as wanting to vent their anger. We have to be extra careful,” Fu Yuzheng also said.

  Liu Huai has been the clan’s patriarch for decades, and has been immersed in the business circle for years. He possessed both scheming and shrewdness. He could never do a trick such as slapping his own face.

  So what exactly was the outcome he was after?

  Liu Yusheng looked at the worried family members and said with a smile, “Everyone, relax. No matter what they are plotting, let’s just watch how things unfold. Do honest people still have to fear mice in the gutter?”

  ”It’s hard to guard against a villain’s scheming. Nannan, don’t take it lightly,” Fu Yuzheng advised. She also survived all sorts of calculations along the way and knew a villain’s viciousness and insidiousness.

  A single slip could lead to being calculated to the point of having no crumbs left.

  ”I know exactly what they are plotting.” Liu Yusheng sighed. She was reluctant to say more, and she did not want those filth to dirty the eyes of her family, but they would be uneasy if she kept it to herself. “Liu Huai must have figured that we would unroll the fabric on the spot for everyone to see to counter the people’s comments, and to clear our name. Moldy fabric cannot be sold. Even if we can wash away the moldy spots afterwards, it will remain a moldy fabric. Esteemed people will never wear such fabric, which means that this batch of cloth will be overstocked in our hands. If we sell it to the commoners at a low price, it will be unprofitable, and our reputation will also be negatively affected. Both sides will then suffer losses. We let him eat a dumb loss, and he wants us to end up the same. Both sides will suffer.”

  ”That bastard! Why doesn’t he just go to hell?! ——”

  Before Grandma Liu finished her scolding, she was stunned when she saw her Nannan suddenly crouching on the table and bursting into laughter.

  ”Grandma, you said exactly the same as what the two elders of the Liu family scolded me with that day, pfft!”

  ”…”

  ”Pfft!”

  ”Hahahaha!”

  In the end, even Grandma Liu couldn’t help laughing.

  Those Liu elders were so mad with Nannan that they didn’t even care about their prestige as the elders of the extended family. They turned shrewish and scolded her.

  Just like how pissed she was today.

  The image of two people who dressed smartly in front of the younger generation of the family and pretended to be highly respected but ended up like a shrew out of anger completely extinguished Grandma Liu’s anger.

  What was she angry about? There were people angrier than her.

  After the family shared a laugh, Fu Yuzheng asked Liu Yusheng, “Nannan, can you handle it?”

  50,000 taels of goods couldn’t be wasted like this.

  Besides, she believed that Nannan must have a secret plan. She was a person who could transform anything foul and rotten into the rare and ethereal.

  The Liu family in the capital could never outdo her.

  ”Don’t worry. Just wait to see Liu Huai vomit three more liters of blood.” Liu Yusheng winked playfully at her family, her eyes shining with slyness, showing that she was about to do something bad.

  Muffled laughter erupted in the hall once more.

  At the same time, the eyes of several elders of the Liu family flashed with pride and relief.

  Their Nannan has really grown up. She was no longer the little baby they needed to pamper and protect. She has already begun to blossom and dazzle with her own brilliance.