Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

4. To Outwit the Snobs

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Xiao Yi looked at Cao Mo with disbelief, Cao Mo was emanating different aura than the day before, he was worried for Cao Mo the day before, but look at him playing the hierarchy card, such a good show.

Cao Mo pointed at Mammy Wang, “Mammy Wang, right? Instead of greeting me you marched in my room and accused me for something that I haven’t done, it seems like Mammy Wang could learn some disciplines.”

Mammy Wang had always been supercilious and she was counting on Cao Mo would be too shy to talk back, little did she expect Cao Mo didn’t take bullshxx and he was determined to give her a piece of his mind.

Mammy Wang panicked, she knew rules were the rules, she was dead wrong by offending Cao Mo, she was on the Lady’s side, but Xiao Yi, Cao Mo’s husband was His Lordship the Young Master after all.

Cao Mo exchanged a meaningful look with Xiao Yi, he was sure Xiao Yi was not a pushover like he appeared to be, he must have some unspoken stories by leading his life like this.

Cao Mo was hesitant on how to deal with this Mammy Wang, he thought back and forth, he wanted to punish this woman yet didn’t want end up bringing Xiao Yi trouble.

Seeing how torn Cao Mo was, Xiao Yi chimed in, he pointed at Mammy Wang and said, “I need to settle scores with her, but not now considering she works for the Lady, it’s a bit complicated.”

Cao Mo sighed, he patted Xiao Yi on his shoulder, “Poor Young Master, a servant could verbally abused like this, I would think she is the master and you are the servant if I didn’t know better.”

Xiao Yi’s face darkened, he didn’t want to be ridiculed.

Mammy Wang panicked, Madam was accusing her of bullying the Young Master, no servant would want that reputation.

Mammy Wang kowtowed to Cao Mo and explained, “I’m so sorry Madam, I got carried away and misbehaved myself, please forgive me.”

Cao Mo smiled slightly, “Make sure it won’t happen again, we are going to pay a visit to the Lady, care to join us, Mammy Wang? If you are, bring the maid who came with you, we might as well consult Her Ladyship on how to handle an issue like this. I’m new in the family, I need to consult Her Ladyship first anyways… … The Young Master… …”

“Call me husband!” Xiao Yi corrected Cao Mo with a poker face.

“Hus… …” Cao Mo couldn’t utter the word, he wrapped it up by saying, “Yeah, we are going with this man, you are in no position to voice your opinion, plus I was merely checking the mirror, what’s the big fuss?”

Xiao Yi shook his head in the heart, ‘all right, it looks like Mo has a card up one’s sleeve, I might as well play along.’

Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes and rested his head on Cao Mo’ shoulder, “Exactly, he is my wife now, he has access to all my belongings, I will explain this to Her Ladyship in person.”

Mammy Wang’s heart sank, she knew it quite well Her Ladyship arranged a male wife for the Young Master to pester him, little did she expect the Young Master is actually quite happy with his male wife. Her Ladyship would fume if she knew about this.

Mammy Wang excused herself and ran to Lu to inform her about this.

Seeing that, Bailu knew she could only rely on herself, she kowtowed to Cao Mo and Xiao Yi, “Young Master and Madam, don’t throw me out, please forgive me!”

Cao Mo didn’t have the heart to watch that.

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It was custom that the bride should tip the servants in the House as a token for good luck, but Xiao Yi was a bit short in cash.

Seeing that, Cao Mo asked Qing Xue to tip all the servants as mush as their monthly wage, in the name of the Madam.

Qing Xue was more certain about how much the Young Master doted his ride, he didn’t care his bride only brought little betrothal gifts, and he was willing to defend his bride in front of anyone.

Qing Xue nodded with a meaningful look, she reminded Cao Mo promptly, “Madam, it always has been Sister Bailu who is in charge of the account book, no one would in charge any more now that she has left, would you mind asking Her Ladyship about this when you pay her a visit?”

Cao Mo squinted his eyes, ‘That is one clever girl! She has already scheming him by consulting Her Ladyship, that’s merely handing out the real power in the house by appointing someone works for Her Ladyship to be in charge of the account book. I should watch out for this girl!’

Cao Mo nudged Xiao Yi who was resting on his shoulder, “What do you say about this?”

“You are in charge of Magnolia House now, so I support your decision.” Xiao Yi said that with his eyes tightly closed, it looked like he wasn’t bothered by this at all.

“I don’t have any experience.”

“You can always learn.”

Cao Mo pondered for a while, yeah, he and Xiao Yi were on the same boat now, he didn’t want to end up being meat on someone’s chopping block.

He needed to outwit those people who were hiding in the dark.

“I will take over then, just mind your own business as usual, I will take care of the rest.” said Cao Mo.

Hearing that, Qing Xue withdrew with regret.

Xiao Yi was surprised how Cao Mo could decode his subtle language, he gave Cao Mo a look with appreciation, however, Cao Mo chose to ignore that.

Xiao Yi kept watching Cao Mo, he was intrigued to see what Cao Mo is going to do, he asked the kitchen to prepare them food and ordered a sedan chair to stand by.

“Do you have any cravings?”

“No, I will have whatever you are having.” replied Cao Mo.

Checking the account book was not hard for Cao Mo, it took him about half an hour to finish the account book, he found several loopholes though.

Cao Mo asked Xiao Yi curiously, “Charcoal expense in summer should be lower than winter, yeah? But they are the same on the book. And rice, fabric, flour have been the same price for the past decade, that’s outrageous! Haven’t you checked the book, not even once?”