Chapter 574: Madam Jian is Making Trouble Again

She tearfully confessed: "He said there was no poison; he said he just wanted to steal things and was afraid of being discovered."

"I even specifically found a dog to feed some to, and that dog really didn't die; it just slept for a long time and then woke up. I didn't expect him to set a fire. I didn't know, I really didn't know..."

No matter how much she quibbled.

Being an accomplice to arson is a fact, and indirectly causing the loss of life is also a fact; all that awaits her is the severe punishment of the law!

Although the bad guys have all received the punishment they deserve, someone still has to bear the compensation for the victims and the medical expenses and subsequent costs for the injured servants.

Sheng Zerong took on all these expenses.

The people died and were injured at his home.

They were all fresh, vibrant lives, and they were gone just like that; he was very heartbroken.

Sheng Zerong was generous, paying the families five times the standard compensation and promising that if anyone had difficulties in the future, no matter what kind of difficulties, they could come to him.

Busy with these matters over the past few days, Sheng Zerong left early and returned late.

Lady Jian took the opportunity of visiting her daughter to constantly urge her to send Moli back!

Holding the child, Jian Yixin asked her mother with a smile: "Where do you want me to send the child back to? This is my son, recognized by the law."

Frustrated by her daughter's lack of resolve, she tapped her daughter on the forehead and said: "You silly girl, just think about it—have you had a single good day since this child came into the house? He is a jinx; sending him away quickly is better than anything."

Moli was too young to know what his grandmother was saying.

Even though his grandmother was coaxing his mother to throw him away, he still smiled at her.

When he smiled, two shallow dimples appeared on his cheeks, and his dark, bright eyes curved into crescent moons, which was very charming.

"Mom, look, Baobao is smiling at you; he is so cute... How could you have the heart to throw away such a cute baby, right?" Although she was speaking to her mother, her gaze was on the child and never left him.

The words her mother said were just passing clouds.

Just passing by, she couldn't take them in at all!

Lady Jian said disdainfully: "Cute? I don't see anything cute about him. Just you wait and see; if you don't listen to me, there will come a day when you regret it!"

To Lady Jian, the child, who was clearly very cute, was a demon reincarnated.

Seeing that she couldn't persuade her daughter, she left in a huff.

But she had to go again the next day.

She couldn't help it; she was worried.

This day, Lady Jian came to see her daughter again, but when the car reached the entrance of the Apartment, it was stopped by a Security Guard: "I'm sorry, Madam, the owner has instructed that you are not allowed to enter."

Lady Jian was stunned for a moment, but she was quick-witted and immediately realized that the owner of this Apartment was Shi Youxuan.

It must be Shi Youxuan who wouldn't let her in; yes, it must be that.

She didn't even call her daughter to confirm, but ordered the driver to turn the car around and head to Shi Youxuan's house.

The housekeeper reported: "Madam, Jian Laofuren is waiting for you in the living room. Will you see her?"

Since Erbao's first birthday, the forms of address in the house had been adjusted; Shi Youxuan was upgraded from "Eldest Young Mistress" to "Madam."

Sheng Hanyu was also changed from "Eldest Young Master" to "Sir."

Wang Yinghao was "Old Madam," and Sheng Jiang was "Old Master."

Because the children were getting older, the titles were upgraded to make them easier to distinguish.

Otherwise, with Sheng Hanyu and Shi Youxuan as "Eldest Young Master" and "Eldest Young Mistress," and Shi Ran and Sheng Zichen called "Miss" and "Young Master," the family of four would seem like they were all of the same generation.

Because the titles in the house had been upgraded, Lady Jian was also logically changed to "Jian Laofuren."

"Does she look very angry?" Shi Youxuan asked.

Although she didn't know why Lady Jian had come to the house to find her, it definitely wasn't for anything good.

"Yes."

The housekeeper nodded and said: "Your guess is very accurate; she does look very angry. So, are you going to see her? If not, I will go down and send her away."

"No need, I will go see her."

Whatever she came for, she would just deal with it as it came.

Over this period of time, Shi Youxuan had come to understand Lady Jian quite well; if she hid and refused to see her, she would only think she was afraid of her and would come to harass her endlessly.

Shi Youxuan went downstairs.

"Lady Jian, what brings you here today? I wonder what advice you have for me?" Shi Youxuan stood on the stairs and did not go down further, looking down at her from that position.

From this angle between the two, Lady Jian had to look up at her!

So Lady Jian stood up from the sofa, tilted her head, and accused: "Shi Youxuan, I came here today to reason with you, not to argue."

It was clearly the tone of an argument, yet she insisted on calling it reasoning; it was quite funny.

Shi Youxuan actually laughed, a bright, sunny laugh; she was quite happy.

"What are you laughing at? What's so funny?" Lady Jian had come full of anger, and seeing her laugh made her even angrier.

Shi Youxuan said unhurriedly: "Of course I'm laughing at you. So you actually know how to reason? I've really never heard of it."

Lady Jian:...

She was furious, her voice suddenly rising several octaves: "Shi Youxuan, you are too much! Is this the attitude you use to speak to your elders? No upbringing; a woman without a mother's teaching is just not worth having."

With one sentence, she insulted two people.

Shi Youxuan and Jin Wan'er were twins and neither had grown up by their mother's side.

By scolding Shi Youxuan for having no upbringing, she was actually dragging her daughter-in-law Jin Wan'er into it as well, using this to vent her dissatisfaction!

Shi Youxuan caught it and smiled slightly: "You are too modest. If someone can want someone like you, it's perfectly normal for someone to want me."

When Lady Jian and Jian Fu got married, her mother had already passed away.

She was immediately rendered speechless.

Her face turned bright red, though that might have been from anger!

Shi Youxuan walked down the stairs, apologizing as she went: "I am sorry, Lady Jian. I have no real skills, just a sharp tongue. I made an inappropriate joke just now; please forgive me."

She walked down her own stairs, but she was giving Lady Jian a way to step down.

There was no other way; it is easy for elderly people to have health issues when they get emotionally agitated.

If something were to happen to her in her own home, how would she explain it to that pair of siblings?

Jian Yixin and her brother were both relatives and her best friends, so what else could she do? Just endure it.

The flush on Lady Jian's face faded a little; Shi Youxuan's apology was very well received by her.

She stopped wasting words and got straight to the point: "Shi Youxuan, aren't you overstepping your bounds? I want to go see Yixin, what right do you have to stop me from entering?"

Shi Youxuan looked bewildered: "You came to my house to settle scores, how did I stop you?"

Lady Jian: "The Security Guard said the homeowner wouldn't let me in, and you are the homeowner, so of course it was you."

Shi Youxuan:...

What kind of bizarre logic is this?

She explained: "Look, you came to my house and got in smoothly; if I wanted to stop you, you wouldn't have even been able to get in here."

Lady Jian suddenly became teary-eyed, looking pitiful.

When she was throwing a tantrum, Shi Youxuan really wasn't afraid, but this sudden change made Shi Youxuan feel a bit flustered, not knowing what to do.

Persuade her.

How to persuade, what to say?

If one word is said wrong, it is easy to hit the horse's hoof and hurt oneself.

Don't persuade her.

It also seemed very impolite to just watch.

Fortunately, Lady Jian did not give her a chance to continue being troubled; she grabbed her bag from the sofa and left without a word.