Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 278 - 140: Trying to Lend a Hand

Chapter 278: Chapter 140: Trying to Lend a Hand

"Look, mother, even Fangzi says so! See, Fangzi is sensible, and yet you all blame me! Anyway, I just can’t bring myself to flatter people like a slave, always smiling and acting subservient to please others," Shi Yumei hurriedly said.

"Enough, enough! You! It’s all because I spoiled you too much that you don’t know the immensity of heaven and earth. You’ll only realize the severity once you hit a wall!" Mrs. Wang glared at her with annoyance. This daughter of hers, always challenging her, was truly driving her to her wit’s end; still, she decided to let her be! These days she really has restrained herself a lot, so as long as they maintain appearances, it’s fine!

Mrs. Wang was about to call someone to summon Sang Wan when Gu Fangzi hurriedly laughed and said, "This is Auntie showing her love for cousin. Which mother wouldn’t love her daughter and wish to see her daughter unfairly treated! Though cousin said something somewhat biased, sister has always been meticulous, caring for the young master considerately, attentively, surely she must have taken good care of him—"

"Hey! She bullies you so much and you still speak for her!" Shi Yumei became agitated upon hearing this and almost jumped up, cutting Gu Fangzi off.

Gu Fangzi disliked being interrupted while speaking, feeling slightly displeased, but she didn’t dare to hold it against Shi Yumei and responded with a good-natured smile: "Cousin, that’s not the right way to put it. Sister has never shortchanged me, how could she—"

"How could she not, you clearly—" Shi Yumei hurried, about to say you clearly told me earlier about how she had planned and was about to list a bunch of examples to illustrate.

Gu Fangzi became even more anxious and quickly interrupted her again: "It really isn’t like that, otherwise how could Auntie not decide for me, and how could she allow her to bully me!"

Auntie, Auntie ah! Gu Fangzi emphatically bit on the words "Auntie" and covertly made a face at Shi Yumei.

Shi Yumei finally came to her senses. Right, she must not let mother know, if mother knew, she would inevitably get angry, which would be bad for her health. She couldn’t ruin her cousin’s painstaking efforts to keep it from their mother!

Shi Yumei forcefully refrained from speaking, begrudgingly saying, "Maybe so!"

"Look at you! Miss Wan always does things with measure, unlike you!" Mrs. Wang scolded Shi Yumei with cool contempt.

Gu Fangzi could only laugh again and say, "Big cousin is also looking out for me out of kindness, it’s all my fault for making her worry, Auntie, please don’t blame her!"

"Fangzi, you’re becoming more and more sensible!" Mrs. Wang laughed and praised highly.

"This is all thanks to Auntie’s good teaching," Gu Fangzi smiled modestly, continuing the earlier conversation, "Perhaps it’s because these recent years have been busier, with lots of business matters and numerous accounts to be checked and settled, maybe the cousin is just too tired! Usually around this time of year, he’s busy for a while!"

"That’s true! I completely forgot about that!" Mrs. Wang said, feeling more pity for her son, sighing, "But there’s nothing that can be done, apart from Fengju no one else can really help him! Ah, this child really does have it tough!" Mrs. Wang instructed Mrs. Jiang, "Tell the kitchen to make more nutritious and nourishing meals for the young master every night, and oh, I still have two pounds of blood bird’s nest, later you take it to Ningyuan! See if there are any good wild ginseng, find a couple of the best and send them together!"

Mrs. Jiang hurriedly bowed in agreement.

"Auntie really cares about big cousin! No wonder he is so filial to you!" Gu Fangzi laughed in admiration.

"Oh, which mother doesn’t care for her own son!" Mrs. Wang dismissed it with a wave but felt very comfortable inside upon hearing this.

Gu Fangzi then said, "By the way Auntie, I am quite free these days, I think, I can help share some of the workload with my cousin, I wonder—"

Shi Yumei’s eyes lit up, she clapped her hands and laughed, "I think that’s best! Besides, you have also helped with the business accounts in the past and know everything clearly, with you helping to share the load, it won’t be so hard on him!"

Mrs. Wang also felt it was a good idea, but then said, "But, do you—really have the time?"

Gu Fangzi quickly laughed, "Observing mourning is about sincerity, as long as the heart is in it, it counts as fulfilling filial piety. I offer incense three times a day, recite the scriptures on time, kneel and pray without fail, I believe my father’s spirit in heaven can feel my sincerity. Moreover, my father once commanded me to repay the Shi family well, being able to do anything for the Shi family, to share some responsibilities, fulfills my father’s wishes and is the greatest act of filial piety!"

"Yes, mother, what Fangzi said makes a lot of sense!" Shi Yumei nodded repeatedly in agreement, then jokingly added, "Besides, now Fangzi is also considered our own family, isn’t it normal for family to share each other’s burdens?"