webnovelfull Chapter 451 Keep your word
Chapter 451 Keep your word
She tried hard to suppress the anger rising in her heart. The Prime Minister's Mansion was wealthy and powerful, and Cheng Yun'er was different from other young ladies from official families.
In order to train her daughter, the Prime Minister's wife gave her several shops to manage when she was ten years old. In fact, it was also a way to train her ability to manage the household.
Their daughter will have to become the mistress of the family when she gets married, so she has been taught this knowledge since she was young.
Cheng Yun'er was born smart and clever. Three months after she took over, the store began to make a profit. She earned a lot of money and opened several more stores.
Because of this, she had more money than the average young lady from an official family, and was naturally quite generous in spending. For example, the seven thousand taels of silver she gave to Li Xiaoxiao were all earned by herself.
Without even looking at the food on the table, he just waited quietly. It felt like about an hour had passed, but there was still no sign of Li Xiaoxiao.
It was already past dinner time, and Li Xiaoxiao hadn't come yet. Was she trying to embarrass her? There was no more noisy noise outside, and it was obvious that all the people who were having dinner had left.
"Go take a look down there." Cheng Yun'er's face was obviously displeased as she gave the order in a cold voice.
Xiangling responded and quickly walked out, and came back after a while.
"Miss, Li Xiaoxiao is eating. I have already told her that you are waiting here and she should be here soon." Xiang Ling bowed to her respectfully.
Cheng Yun'er had no choice but to continue waiting patiently. It felt like a long time had passed before she gradually lost her patience and again told Xiang Ling to call for help.
As soon as I reached the door, I saw Li Xiaoxiao walking towards me.
Xiang Ling turned back and looked at Cheng Yun'er with her back to Li Xiaoxiao. Cheng Yun'er nodded slightly, as if they had reached some kind of consensus.
"I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting for so long, Miss Cheng. Business has been very busy recently. I hope you won't mind, Miss Cheng." Li Xiaoxiao smiled and apologized to her politely.
"It's okay. I'm sorry for disturbing you. I came here today because I have something to ask the little girl." Cheng Yun'er had already lost her patience while waiting.
She spoke in a neutral voice and would pretend in front of others, but when facing Li Xiaoxiao, she didn't want to pretend anymore.
"Miss Cheng, please feel free to ask me anything. Why don't you like the food?" Li Xiaoxiao pretended not to know and glanced at the food on the table.
"The food tastes good, but I don't have a good appetite today, so I can't enjoy it properly." Cheng Yun'er said casually, and then continued.
"Little girl, do you still remember that I came to see you not long ago? At that time, I gave you seven thousand taels of silver, and you promised me to move out of the Si Mansion. Now that so much time has passed, when can you do what you promised me?"
Whenever Cheng Yun'er saw Li Xiaoxiao's smiling face, she would be filled with anger. She didn't beat around the bush and said it directly.
"Oh, Miss Cheng is talking about this matter. I was just thinking of finding an opportunity to tell Miss Cheng about it, but unfortunately you are here."
Ever since I found out about Cheng Kun and her marriage, it was Cheng Yun'er who was behind it. Cheng Yun'er treats me as her enemy, so don't blame her for being rude.
She has her own set of principles in life, and she always returns the favor of others.
Although the matter has been resolved satisfactorily, she still holds a grudge in her heart.
"Oh, when are you going to leave Si Mansion?" Hearing Li Xiaoxiao say this, Cheng Yun'er was happy, thinking that she was going to leave.
"No, Miss Cheng, you misunderstood. I always do things for people in exchange for money. You gave me money, so naturally I have to do things according to your instructions." Li Xiaoxiao disagreed and casually found a stool to sit down.
"What do you mean?" Cheng Yun'er frowned.
"It's like this. You gave me the silver that day, and I went back to find my cousin and told him my idea, but he righteously refused, so I had no choice." Li Xiaoxiao poured himself a glass of water, drank a cup of tea slowly, and then spoke slowly.
"So you are not planning to leave the Si Mansion?" Cheng Yun'er's face immediately turned cold.
Li Xiaoxiao actually dared to tease her like this, taking so much money from her. But he didn't do anything, was he treating her like a soft persimmon?
"It's not that I don't plan to leave, it's my cousin who won't let me leave. Miss Cheng, you also know the relationship between our family and him. How about this, you go and talk to my cousin, if he agrees, I will move out of the Si Mansion today."
Li Xiaoxiao looked helpless, but the words she said were so infuriating that they could kill her.
"Haha, are you kidding? I gave you so much silver, but you asked me to tell my cousin. If he listened to me, would I need to come to you?" Cheng Yun'er was so angry that she almost laughed.
She spent seven thousand taels of silver, which was not a small amount of money.
"What Miss Cheng said seems to be right. Let's put it this way. I took the money from you, but I didn't do anything with it. The banknote is not in my hand now. You can go ask Si Chengxu for it. It's all with him." Li Xiaoxiao directly put the blame on Si Chengxu.
"Why is the money I gave you with your cousin?"
"Because I told him that day that you let me leave and gave me seven thousand taels of silver. Since I didn't listen to you, I couldn't keep the silver, so I gave it to him." Li Xiaoxiao said as a matter of course.
"You, you actually told my cousin about this." Cheng Yun'er stood up from the stool in anger, her chest heaving violently. It was obvious that she was emotionally unstable.
"What else?" Li Xiaoxiao asked back.
"You..." Cheng Yun'er pointed at her, so angry that she didn't know what to say.
If she were asked to ask Si Chengxu for money, how could she ask and how could she start the conversation?
Li Xiaoxiao did it on purpose, definitely on purpose. She actually said bad things about her in front of her cousin and pretended to be innocent. Well, you are really great.
Cheng Yun'er closed her eyes deeply for a moment, then opened them again and returned to her usual self.
"Little girl, as a human being, I hope you will keep your word. If you can't do it, return the silver to me. I won't ask anyone for the silver after I give it to you."
"Is that so? Then I'll go find my cousin someday when I have the chance and see if he can give it back to me. If he doesn't, I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do." Li Xiaoxiao's shameless attitude made Cheng Yun'er so angry that she really wanted to slap her twice.
She asked Li Xiaoxiao to do something for her and gave her seven thousand taels of silver, without any evidence and not even a witness.
If Li Xiaoxiao didn't give it to him, he really couldn't do anything to her. What a country bumpkin, a bumpkin, a money-hungry person. He cursed Li Xiaoxiao in his heart.
Just as she was about to say something else, Xiangling, who had been standing at the door, suddenly gave her a wink.