Abandoned daughter reborn, legitimate son is resourceful

"Who are you calling unpresentable? You fat pig!"

Just as the words fell, a light blue figure walked in quickly from the door and slapped Chu Lichuan on the fat face.

The mourning hall was originally empty, and the crisp sound of the slap lingered for a long time before the echo gradually dissipated.

All the people present were members of the Chu family. The one with the highest seniority was of course the aunt of the Chu family. The others were only one generation higher than Chu Zixuan, which means they were of the same generation as Chu Lianqin.

Chu Lichuan covered her face and glared at Chu Zixuan in front of her angrily.

Chu Zixuan was dressed in light blue clothes, and his originally innocent face was tainted with a bit of anger. His eyes seemed to be filled with poison, and he kept staring at Chu Lichuan, making Chu Lichuan feel a little cold on his back.

Chu Zixuan turned around and stood in front of Gu Yanshu, pointing his finger at Chu Xiaoran, and curled his lips in a mocking tone: "Just with you, you want to take away a penny from the Chu family?"

Chu Xiaoran opened his mouth and was about to say something, but he saw the white figure next to him rush out quickly. However, the next moment, the man who was speaking just now opened his mouth, but could not make any sound.

Nan Jinming withdrew his hand and looked at his masterpiece with great satisfaction. He had sealed his mute point when he made the move just now. He hated men like this the most, chattering here.

"Aunt Chu, now it has been made very clear. What my husband wants is the portion left by his father. The dowry he brought in is not your Chu family's property no matter what. We must take away all the forgotten dowry."

When Nan Jinming spoke, he carried a kind of momentum with him, which exerted pressure on all the living people standing in the mourning hall.

"I...how would we know? What did his father bring with him when he married into the family? Besides, his father had been dead for a long time when I entered the mansion."

Chu Xiaoran curled his lips and sneered: "My father brought in half of the things in the warehouse were left by my father. I remember when Chu Zixuan showed off in front of me, he was holding a gold bracelet and jadeite. Those were all brought by my father."

Nanny Lin said that he was not Chu Lianqin's biological child. If that was the case, he would take away everything his father brought to the Chu family, no matter what it was, and would not leave anything to the Chu family.

His father had already suffered a great injustice, which was why he had to marry into the Chu family even though he was pregnant. In this case, he had to find that woman and get to the bottom of it.

Although Chu Lianqin had not done anything to his father over the years, his indifference had caused great distress to his father. Chu Zixuan was not legitimate to begin with, and now that such a thing had happened, it had confirmed his reputation as an illegitimate child. Naturally, Chu Lianqin's clean reputation could not be preserved.

Chu Xiaoran's eyes darkened: "The old housekeeper should know, return all these things to me, I will leave today and have nothing to do with the Chu family anymore."

"Xiao Ran, don't do anything extreme."

The Chu family's grandmother had also participated in this grand wedding. The dowry that the man brought was so generous, and the gifts sent by some strangers were even rarer treasures that had never been seen before.

Chu Lianqin was considered generous. When she was young and energetic, although she looked down on this marriage, she could not resist the fact that the man gave her too many things, so the elders in her family decided to marry her.

This also separated her and Gu Yanshu. Gu Yanshu would rather bear the blame than get involved with Chu Lianqin. After all, she had just gotten married and did not hold a large share of the family's property.

"How ruthless am I? In that case, for my aunt's sake, I will no longer care about what I have spent and given away in the past. I will take away what is left in the storehouse."

After all, he has lived in the Chu family for nearly twenty years. Even though he often stays in the deep mansion and does not get much information, the servants are talkative and past events will always be dug up and used as gossip after meals.

The Chu family's aunt had a sullen face and stopped talking, as if she was thinking.

The things that their family took away at the time were also the largest. It was also because Chu Xiaoran's father was generous and did not care about anything. There were indeed too many things brought at that time. It was also his fault that he had not seen the world, so he took a few things with him. They are still at home.

"Auntie, look at this..."

Chu Zixuan stood aside and waved his hands. When he went to the warehouse to check, he did see many rare treasures, as well as various kinds of gold, silver and jade. It turned out that these were brought by Chu Xiaoran's father. Why had he never heard of them before?

I originally thought that after my mother passed away, these would belong to me and my father. Now, this big-headed idiot wants to take these things away. How is that possible?

What would he have left after they took it away? Over the years, he had squandered a lot of his family property, and there was also a greedy and corrupt cousin, Chu Lichuan, who often came to the Chu family to eat and drink, and always asked for money.

Chu Zixuan has a close relationship with her, and he often asks her to do a lot of bad things. Isn't she afraid of being struck by lightning for doing so many bad things?

"If you can't give it to me today, don't blame me for spreading the news. The Chu family's reputation has already been ruined by Chu Zixuan. If I say something again, the pain you have inflicted on me over the years will make the whole city untenable."

Chu Xiaoran pressed on with his words. Chu Zixuan was a person who cared most about his reputation. Who was he pretending to be a white lotus in front of others?

There were indeed some blind men who could not help but come to her house to propose marriage. However, Chu Zixuan was too proud to look down on these mediocre women. He relied on the money in his family to find a distinguished man.

"Yanshu, give it to him."

The Chu family's aunt, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke. No one present expected it, but they felt it was reasonable.

In this way, Chu Xiaoran brought his father's remaining property back to the Xiao Mansion.

Before leaving, Nan Jinming kindly helped Chu Zixuan to unblock the mute point. Chu Zixuan was afraid of Nan Jinming's presence and did not dare to curse anymore.

"A lot of the things your father left behind were destroyed by them."

Nan Jinming looked at the wooden box, which contained only half of the gold and silver jewelry, and was afraid that they had not taken them out to play with yet.

"I am going there today just to give them a warning. However, I am also worried that my identity will be exposed, so I dare not stay any longer. It is best to get back the things my father left behind."

"Who is your father?"

Chu Xiaoran was sitting at the table, looking at the half-person-high wooden box in the hall, with only half of the things left in it.

The old wooden box was locked. Perhaps they thought that the gold and silver jewelry in it were less than those in the other boxes, so they left it alone for the time being. I heard that there were some things left by the previous husband.

"How come there's no key for this old lock?"

Seeing that Chu Xiaoran had not responded to him, Nan Jinming thought that he might have touched his sore spot, so he changed the subject obediently.

Nan Jinming touched the rusty copper lock, applied slight force with his fingertips, and opened it.

When the wooden box was opened, what came into view were several pieces of festive cloth, which seemed to be the cloth used to make wedding dresses.