Chapter 1902: Chapter 1902: The Spectacle Shu Yu Watched
The crowdâs eyes suddenly fell on Shu Yu. She knew?
Shu Yu nodded, "Chen He has gone to prison." She went to the government office, and the commotion she witnessed was about Chen He.
Third Lu was curious, "Whatâs Chen He doing going to prison at this critical moment? Could it be heâs suddenly become a dutiful son, going to visit his parents?"
"He did see his parents, but as for being a dutiful son..." Shu Yu chuckled lightly.
Chen He went to prison because of the Chen Familyâs inheritance.
Now that Chen Bing and Ms. Pan are both detained, the family is also facing a huge debt. It seems that only Chen He can raise the money for this debt.
However, the familyâs finances were all managed by Ms. Pan, so he definitely needed to ask her.
Ms. Pan, hearing Chen He say that heâd visit her often after getting that money, also wanted to make arrangements to live better in jail. Thus, she told him where the money was stored.
Afterward, Chen He went to see Chen Bing, as the house and shops were still under Chen Bingâs name.
Chen He had thought about it. Selling the house and shops, plus the savings Ms. Pan told him about, should add up to one thousand taels of silver. After paying back Granny Fang, Zhou Tiedong, and Guo Zheng, the rest would be his.
However, Chen Bing hated Chen He to the bone and was unwilling to hand over the house and shops.
Chen He said, if you donât give them, the authorities will take the house and sell it cheaply.
But this was just what Chen Bing wanted. Heâd rather let the authorities take it than let Chen He and Chen Qiu, his sister and brother, have it cheaply. Not only that, he told the officers that selling the house and shops wouldnât necessarily pay off the debt, and there was still some stored silver at home that couldnât be stolen by Chen He.
The authorities didnât even need Chen Bing to say this; they had already sent people to temporarily seal the Chen Familyâs house and shops. If Chen He wanted to enter the house to get silver, heâd first have to settle the debt.
Chen He was enraged and left the prison cursing.
Shu Yu thought the Chen Familyâs dog-eat-dog fight was becoming more entertaining. Chen Bing should thank her; otherwise, heâd be wearing the cuckoldâs hat for decades, and all the family property would eventually be taken by others.
Third Lu, after listening, had a sudden realization, "So thatâs how it is. No wonder I thought his face looked so bad when he returned, and he fought someone as soon as he stepped in the door."
"Who did he fight?"
"The butlerâs son."
The one who had an affair with Ms. Pan was the Pan Familyâs butler. As soon as the case ended, the Officeâs officers came to take the butler away, and he had to serve two years in prison too.
The butler was about the same age as Chen Bing and already had his own family, but his wife passed away two years ago, and he only had a son in his twenties, unmarried, now working beside the second young master of the Pan Family.
When his son heard the news, he was completely stunned. His father not only had an affair with the Pan Familyâs matron but also gave him a pair of siblingsâwhat a colossal joke.
However, as a servant, there was nothing he could do but clench his fists and endure the strange looks of the other servants.
These looks made him very uncomfortable, and when Chen He returned seeking revenge on the butler and couldnât find him, he came for the son.
Both were filled with pent-up anger. The butlerâs son used to have to be respectful toward Chen He, but now they were both just sons of servants, so there was no need to be high-minded.
A disagreement quickly escalated into a fierce brawl.