[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as":3,"chapter-after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-48":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1457818,1906,"Chapter 48: Ruining the Family","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-48",48,"\u003Cp>During the fire at the Tianxiang Building, someone actually said to forget about the study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems the inn doesn’t know the study belongs to Xie Jingchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, they wouldn’t have made such a statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the still smoldering inn—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin was exasperated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people have such vivid internal dramas; they’re like top-notch drama graduates from a drama king academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hasn’t been eyeing them at all, but they feel targeted, desperately struggling. She hasn’t done anything, yet they managed to damage themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, they blame it on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The steward of the study spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innkeeper and the young assistant glared at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having done business on the same street for three years, always encountering each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never realized they were such treacherous people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually stepping on them to curry favor with the female bandit, thinking this would make one let him off?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The study’s steward spoke at a moderate volume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounded by onlookers who were initially sympathetic toward the burned inn, now realizing how it got burned, those sympathetic looks were retracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pointing fingers, discussions erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s rare to see someone gleefully take themselves down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inn burning down—it’s deserved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those looks made the innkeeper and the young assistant feel pierced by needles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even more heart-wrenching—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they turned to leave, Xingxing called out to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, don’t leave yet. Why aren’t you displaying your sign today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that the sign was burned too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, how much is the land where your inn stood selling for now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This piece of land—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three words stabbed sharply into their hearts, causing breath-stealing pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday it was your inn, and today it’s just your land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inn’s misfortune was already bad enough, couldn’t she spare them the salt rubbing?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not wanting to bother with Xingxing, the innkeeper and the young assistant turned and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over there, Chu Shun and others rode by on horseback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seated on the horse, Prince Annan asked, \"How much are you selling your ruins for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without comparison, we’d think Xingxing’s land talk was still polite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the question came from Prince NanAn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still sporting a bruised face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inn’s steward dared not remain silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thirty thousand taels, does Prince NanAn want to buy it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can’t afford it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Prince NanAn about to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innkeeper hurriedly tried to stop him, \"Prince NanAn, you must be joking. How could you not afford it? If you really want it, the price is negotiable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You discuss it and give me a bottom price. Anything over twenty thousand taels, I can’t afford,\" Prince NanAn said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You might as well say twenty thousand taels and let us decide if we should sell or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innkeeper felt the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young assistant whispered, \"Are we really going to sell the shop to them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What else? Who else can we sell it to?\" the innkeeper replied sullenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn’t the master say, no matter what, don’t sell the shop to bandits?\" the young assistant said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re not bandits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You forgot, they’re with Young Master Xie,\" the young assistant reminded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know they’re with him!\" the innkeeper snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just act like you don’t know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the master asks, just say they were robbed by Young Master Xie a couple of days ago and already fell out, that the shop was sold to fellows in the same boat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some self-deceptive discussion, the innkeeper and assistant both agreed to sell the inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince NanAn extended his hand, and Chu Shun and the others each reluctantly took out five thousand taels from their bosoms and slapped it into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each contributed five thousand taels, just reaching twenty thousand taels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince NanAn handed the silver note to the innkeeper, who gave Prince NanAn a folded piece of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince NanAn opened it, glanced at it, then looked at the innkeeper, \"Really daring, house is gone but you give me a house deed, what about the land deed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Burned away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince NanAn was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The house burned down, the house deed survived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The land can’t burn, but the land deed is gone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Shun asked with a dark expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innkeeper’s face was as awkward as their inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the house and land deeds should be in the master’s hands. Because the inn was to be sold, they were handed to him yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scared of losing them, he had them tucked under his pillow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last night, in a daze, he heard a fire call, threw on clothes, came out to check, and forgot to take the house and land deeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he remembered, his room was already engulfed, he dashed in desperately, but the land deed fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to pick it up when a beam fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched the land deed turn to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ancient times, house and land deeds were the only proof of ownership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the land deed, even if litigated in the government office, there’s no proving this land belongs to the inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with the house deed, it proves the house is theirs, no one can seize it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xingxing blinked, understanding the situation, she went to find Su Jin, \"Miss, Miss, Prince NanAn and the others bought a few piles of broken bricks for twenty thousand taels.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Shun, \"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince NanAn, \"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heir of Marquis Beining, \"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo, \"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four simultaneously exasperated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if they were squanderers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But without the land deed, the house deed only proves those broken bricks are theirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying they spent twenty thousand taels for a few broken bricks isn’t wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince NanAn and the others’ glances weren’t kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innkeeper felt the silver note in hand grow heavy with heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin and Xie Jingchen weren’t far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew about Prince NanAn buying the inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inn had hostility toward them, certainly unwilling to sell to them, it was better for Prince NanAn and the others to step in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now without the land deed, the problem became significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, deeds can be faked, if the shop gets going and someone shows up with a land deed, what then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This issue must be solved first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can the land deed be replaced?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, but it’s cumbersome,\" Xie Jingchen replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as it’s possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innkeeper was trying hard to convince Prince NanAn and the others that they did have a land deed, just that it was burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Shun and the others looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What to do now?\" the Heir of Marquis Beining asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Shun looked toward Su Jin and Xie Jingchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin asked, \"Did you buy the house and land deeds for twenty thousand taels?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince NanAn looked at the innkeeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With reluctance, the innkeeper nodded, \"Yes, the house and land deeds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s good, Prince NanAn and the others only got the house deed, just half. They pay half the price; the remainder when you deliver the land deed, with a written agreement,\" Su Jin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The land deed was burned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It can be replaced.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if it can’t be replaced?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you won’t get the remaining ten thousand taels; with an agreement, if future land deed disputes arise, your master will be responsible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s proceed with this,\" Prince NanAn decisively concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>",1232,"2026-06-06T02:19:45.801Z",1,"novelbin.me","34b4420d150a4ecfd03432b5ba148810304ecab48628251916ed4ff5833aac72","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-49","after-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-chapter-47",1103,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-transmigration-i-snag-a-stunning-bigwig-as-cover.jpg"]