Chapter 2243: The Job for Chen's Kid is Your Doing

Chapter 2243: The Job for Chen's Kid is Your Doing

Aunt Hong coldly snorted, "Apart from wanting to squeeze some money out of my hands, do you have any other business?"

After saying that, she went straight into the house, ignoring Yu shi.

However, Yucshi was furious and followed her inside. "Mom, don't walk away. I want to ask you, did you introduce that Chen kid to such a good job?"

At first, she hadn't suspected anything, but the more she thought about it, the more it seemed fishy. The shop where Chen Kangtai had found work, Lu Ji, was owned by the Princess of Wen'an. It could be considered a coincidence.

However, a few days ago, Chen Kangtai had come to visit her mother-in-law while carrying fish and pastries. He had spoken with great respect, and she even heard him say that he would take care of her mother-in-law in her old age.

Take care in her old age?

At that moment, she found it strange, but now, looking back, it was too coincidental. Chen Kangtai just happened to work at Lu Ji, and the owner of Lu Ji had a significant connection to her mother-in-law. If there was no connection, she would chop off her head and use it as a stool for her mother-in-law to sit on.

Aunt Hong hadn't expected her to figure it out. She genuinely didn't know about Shu Yu and Meng Yun Zheng's identities earlier. After Chen Kangtai had started working at the shop, he had even come to visit her. However, he assumed that Aunt Hong and Shu Yu were close and that she knew about his identity.

Furthermore, when he was outside, he always addressed Shu Yu as the boss and Meng Yun Zheng as the young master, so how could he know that Aunt Hong was completely in the dark? However, today, thanks to Yu shi's accidental probing, the truth had been exposed, and she had figured out the source of Chen Kangtai's job.

Now, there was no need for Aunt Hong to hide anything. She nodded and admitted, "Yes, I introduced him."

"You admitted it?" Yu shi was almost jumping with anger. Through gritted teeth, she continued, "Mom, isn't this unfair? Do we not have anyone left in our family? You introduced such a good job to a complete stranger. My husband is still doing laborious work, earning a meager wage to support the entire family. Are you just going to watch our family suffer?"

As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, and she began to cry.

Aunt Hong frowned. "Do you have any idea what kind of person she needed? She wanted a clever, educated assistant. I wanted to find you an easier job, but do you know how to read? Can you converse with scholars? Can you speak clearly and understand what customers mean? People like you are a dime a dozen on the streets. What Miss Lu wanted was someone like Kangtai, who has seen the world."

Yu shi choked up; she couldn't refute that. Chen Kangtai had indeed studied for many years and knew how to conduct himself.

However, she was unwilling to accept it. "Even if we don't have the education, can't we do the manual labor? My husband can do that kind of work, can't he?"

"Miss Lu runs a shop and does business. Do you think she's running a charity? Oh, because I introduced someone, she has to accept them? Am I her mother or her savior? Why should she listen to me? Back then, I didn't consider anything and directly left Xiao Le to them. They should be grateful. Given our relationship, I should be the one repaying their kindness. With what face should I go and ask them to take care of our family?!"

Yu shi was left speechless. Although the words were true, she still felt uncomfortable deep down. However, before she could vent her frustrations, she suddenly heard that Aunt Hong planned to accompany Shu Yu and the others back to Dong'an Prefecture tomorrow.

She was instantly shocked and her face changed. "You, you're leaving the capital? You're abandoning this home?"