Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me-Chapter 494 - 253: Lan Xiang Is Missing

"What else can I do!" Sang Wan sighed with a smile: "Once the money falls into their hands, there’s no hope of getting it back! I can hardly rob them, can I? I’ll just have to figure something out!"

Shi Fengju laughed and said, "Your second uncle does have some good taste, he took only the valuable goods, but who knows what price he sold them for. The shopkeeper showed me the accounts, and by estimates, they’re worth over 8000 taels of silver. You don’t need to worry, since I’ve involved myself, I might as well handle it completely. I’ll cover this cost! There’s no need for us two to stand on ceremony with each other!"

Upon hearing this, Sang Wan was shocked and felt both guilty and annoyed. She originally thought it was at most one or two thousand taels, but she didn’t expect it to be nearly ten thousand taels; He truly is unreserved, and she wondered what he relied on!

"I really don’t have that much money on hand, I’m in your debt for this favor!" Sang Wan smiled helplessly.

Seeing that she did not distance herself from him, Shi Fengju felt a bit more fond of her. Naturally, his wife’s affairs were his own, and it was only right for him to handle them!

"Miss Wan, I definitely wish to repay you. For this favor you owe me, you should properly return it," Shi Fengju said with a burning gaze, his hand around her waist starting to wander with ambiguous intentions.

At this moment, Sang Wan was in no mood to entertain him, yet she couldn’t help but feel a slight stir in her heart as he teased her. She tightly grabbed his wandering hand and scolded him, "I’m not in the mood right now, stop it."

"Miss Wan!" Shi Fengju laughed: "Why ruin your mood over irrelevant matters? I really miss that bold move you made before I left home last time, why isn’t it seen anymore!"

Hearing him bring up the event of her retaliating against him back then, Sang Wan’s face grew even more hot and embarrassed, she bit her lip and gave a snickering laugh, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Shi Fengju laughed heartily, "How is it nonsense? I truly mean it! Thinking back on that day, I regret it so much, too much regret!"

Hearing him go on about this, Sang Wan couldn’t stand it and leaned on his shoulder, refusing to look up as she laughed quietly.

Shi Fengju embraced her gently and patted her back, his voice low and gentle, "Miss Wan, should we try to have a child soon, is that okay?"

Sang Wan’s body stiffened slightly, she nodded lightly and said a soft "Okay".

Sang Pingliang and his wife, along with the rouge, left Qingzhou the next day, the missing money was fully replenished, and the matter soon blew over without any traces.

Sang Wan still reported daily to Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang treated her as usual, but Sang Wan could distinctly feel the distance between them. Occasionally, she would still encounter Gu Fangzi, they would exchange perfunctory smiles and nods and move on.

If Sang Wan previously harbored full confidence in hoping to truly be accepted and liked by Mrs. Wang one day, she now had no such intentions at all. A daughter-in-law is just a daughter-in-law, no matter how many good points one might have, a single slight mistake could lead to irredeemable consequences. She simply relaxed her mind and stopped bothering. Rather than exerting futile efforts, it was more important to get pregnant quickly. As long as she could bear a direct grandson for the Shi family, and with her brother’s backing from her natal family, no one could afford to upset her again.

The incident with Sang Pingliang seemed to have stirred a big storm, but under Shi Fengju’s handling, it was immediately suppressed and faded away silently. Gu Fangzi originally thought that Shi Fengju would storm into the peony garden scolding her, she even pondered repeatedly what Shi Fengju might say, and how she should respond.

But as she waited and waited, Shi Fengju never set foot into the peony garden. Sometimes she deliberately appeared on his usual routes or encountered him in front of Mrs. Wang, yet Shi Fengju showed no reaction at all. It was as if the incident had never happened, or rather, he never thought it was related to her.

But Gu Fangzi didn’t think so; she believed that she played a part in everything, and Shi Fengju must have noticed, yet he didn’t inquire about it. What exactly was he planning?

Gu Fangzi spent three uneasy days, until one morning, Lan Xiang went to the kitchen to fetch her breakfast, but instead, a little kitchen girl brought it back, saying that Sister Lan Xiang had something urgent and had left, so she was sent to deliver it instead.

Gu Fangzi rewarded the little girl with a few dozen copper coins to send her off, though slightly displeased with Lan Xiang’s abrupt departure, she didn’t take it to heart.

When Lan Xiang had still not returned by almost noon, Gu Fangzi felt something was amiss. She then ordered the rough servant girls and old maids in the peony garden to go inquire.