Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

146. To Usher Danger to His Own House

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Cao Le came back to his house only to see Xiao Jin and Yan flirting shamelessly.

“Jin, come over here, my husband, I need to tell you something.”

“Just spit it out, I don’t have time to play with you.”

Cao Le’s eyes twitched in anger, “Someone in Magnolia House is having a love affair stealthily, do you want to know who he is shacked up with?”

Hearing that, Xiao Jin became serious, he shot Cao Le a doubting look, “Are you making things up to find fault with them? My brother never goes out, my sister-in-law is always bustling about in the manor, can you please find a reasonable slander?”

Cao Le sneered, “Humph, I knew you wouldn’t believe me. But I heard it with my own ears from that Mammy Xia just now, just go ask around, see whether Mammy Xia has been working in the manor or Cao Mo has asked her to work somewhere else.”

Xiao Jin never paid any attention about the servants in the manor, he just asked one of his pages about Mammy Xia.

The page replied, “Mammy Xia has been working outside, no one knows the details, the steward just told us to mind our own business, it was Shizi Madam who had dispatched Mammy Xia to do some errands for him.”

Cao Le chuckled, “See? I told you!”

Xiao Jin was a bit bewildered, “You go find out more details, if Mammy Xia keeps her lips buttoned, you just follow her around and tell me what’s going on.”

The page nodded and withdrew the room.

… …

Later that evening, Cao Mo heard the hubbub at his gate when he was about to have dinner.

“What’s going on?” Cao Mo was confused.

Mohua came rushing in, “Second Young Madam is here with Qiushuang, Qiushuang’s hands are tied up behind her back.”

Cao Mo frowned, “How dare he do that to Qiushuang? And to confront me in my house?”

Cao Mo had almost forgotten about Qiushuang because he had been engaged somewhere else, he fumed immediately when he heard Cao Le had tied Qiushuang up, it was him who had bought Qiushuang from those human traffickers!

“Cao Mo! Such vicious intentions! How dare you to keep Second Young Master’s old maid somewhere outside?” Cao Le roared at the gate of Magnolia House.

“This is ridiculous! I bought her from some human trafficker, the question is how dare you to tie her up? Her indenture is in my hand.” Blue veins stood out on Cao Mo’s temples, “What do you want to do?”

“She used to be Jin’s maid, and she is pregnant with Jin’s baby, why haven’t you brought her back to our manor? Why do you have to arrange her to live in a house somewhere else?” Cao Le spoke with great confidence, “Give me her indenture, I don’t have the heart to see Jin’s child leading a wandering life.”

Qiushuang kowtowed to Cao Mo, “Shizi Madam, I’d rather give up on the baby than return to the manor! Please have mercy, please help me!”

Cao Mo didn’t reply Qiushuang, he just looked at Cao Le in the eye and said with indifference, “A virtuous wife you are! Great, you want to have her back, why not repay me the money I spent on her when I bought her and the her expenses for the last a couple months. It’s about two thousand taels of silver, a reasonable price, and I will give you Qiushuang’s residence for free. Collect her indenture upon sending me the silver.”

“You? You are asking me for money?” Cao Le asked with disbelief.

“It doesn’t make any sense if I don’t charge you anything for a maid I bought from some human trafficker, especially a maid with a baby in her belly. You are able to find her, of course you are able to find out her expenses, including how much her residence is. I keep Qiushuang there just in case Lady Lu regrets about this and wants to see her future grandson. I will just let you go on how you have intruded my property and abducted a maid I have bought. Either giving me the money, or letting her go, your call. Otherwise let’s report this to Marquis Valour.” Cao Mo said with impatience.

Cao Le was caught off guard, he meant to give Cao Mo a hard time, but this wasn’t what he had expected, two thousand taels of silver was no small amount.

Qiushuang was still in tears, Cao Mo didn’t know what to say to her. But he knew he couldn’t ask Qiushuang to go back to that residence now that Cao Le had found her.

“Qiushuang, you may rise, you are pregnant now, I should have visited you more often, but I have been so busy. Your pregnancy is the top priority, I will ask the maids to arrange a room for you so you can expect in a good environmental. I will report this to Marquis Valour and we will take it from there.”

Qiushuang was a clever girl, she was glad that Cao Mo was going to report this to Xiao Yugui, she was no longer in the dark once Xiao Yugui knew about her situation. And if Heaven favored her, she would have a baby boy! The first grandson in this manor! Cao Mo and Cao Le were both male young madams, hopefully she could earn a bright future for herself by being discreet.

And Qiushuang had heard Xiao Jin hated Cao Le!

Cao Le thought surely he could give Cao Mo a hard time by bringing Qiushuang back to the manor, but little did he expect this was bringing a disaster upon himself.

… …

Xiao Jin heard about the news too, he rushed to Lady Lu’s and begged her to give him the money so he could buy Qiushuang from Cao Mo. If it were a baby boy, Xiao Jin would benefit a lot!

However, Lady Lu spurned Xiao Jin and she kept blaming Cao Mo for being nosy. She planned to use Cao Le to fight Cao Mo, then she would ask Xiao Jin to repudiate Cao Le and marry a girl from a noble family. But this baby out of wedlock would ruin Xiao Jin’s reputation, no good girl would marry Cao Le for sure.

Xiao Jin didn’t get the money from Lady Lu, so he came to Magnolia House to visit Qiushuang with some medicines of highly nutritious value.

… …

Cao Mo was asking the maids to decorate Qiushuang’s room when Xiao Jin arrived.

Xiao Jin’s voice became so gentle when he saw that, “Sister-in-law, thank you for taking care of Qiushuang, please deduct her expense from my allowance.”

“Quit your lip service, your wife just made a scene in my house about this, no way I can smooth this over for you. It’s great you want to cover their expense with your allowance, but have you asked Lady Lu’s opinion? Will she agree?” Cao Mo sneered, “Forget it. I have been taking care of her for so long, I don’t mind a bit longer. I’m telling you, I will register the baby under my name if Lady Lu doesn’t want it.”

Xiao Jin sighed. He had always been a playboy, but he felt like he had become a mature man overnight after he had seen Qiushuang’s big belly.

“They are so lucky to have you take care of them.” Xiao Jin put the medicines of highly nutritious value on the table and he took look at Qiushuang’s belly with regret in his eyes before he left.