Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me-Chapter 523 - 267: Running Up Against a Brick Wall (Part 2)

After waiting for quite a while, she couldn’t help but become agitated and called Xiaolian back. The two of them slowly walked away and, after covering a good distance, approached the bustling business district where they finally hailed a carriage. They first went to a restaurant in the urban area for lunch, and only then did they hurry to their accommodation.

Unexpectedly, upon arriving at their accommodation, Shi Lu was nowhere to be seen, and all of Shi Fengming’s personal belongings had been moved out. The landlord was sitting in the hall, smiling, waiting for her.

Su Qing’er suddenly had a bad premonition, her palms starting to feel cool.

"Miss Su, you’re back! The young master has already left, and the house is rented out until the end of this month. Do you want to renew the lease? If so, please pay me twenty taels of silver as a deposit. If not, you might as well move out now!"

"The lease lasts until the end of this month; isn’t this month not yet over? How can you drive us out?" Xiaolian exclaimed, annoyed.

The landlord laughed: "The girl has a point, but you also have to think about me. What if you run off with my belongings or sell them? Pay twenty taels of deposit, and you can stay as you wish!"

Inside, Su Qing’er felt a mess, wrapped up in a panic and confusion she had never experienced before. Annoyed, she said, "Isn’t it just twenty taels of silver? Take it!" With that, she went back to her room to find the money.

When she opened the box where she normally kept her silver banknotes, it was empty, leaving her feeling chilled and resentful. The jewelry and accessories that Shi Fengming had bought for her were also gone! Having no choice, she took off a gold hairpin embedded with a ruby from her hair and instructed Xiaolian to pawn it.

The landlord, seeing this, wasn’t in a hurry and continued to sit in the hall, smiling and waiting.

After a while, Xiaolian returned, giving Su Qing’er 130 taels in silver banknotes.

Su Qing’er immediately complained: "How can it be so little? The ruby alone on that hairpin is worth more than this amount! That ruby is worth at least 300 taels!"

Xiaolian hurriedly replied: "This was a live pawn, the shopkeeper said this was the highest possible price, here is the pawn ticket for you to review, miss."

Su Qing’er, feeling powerless, accepted it, threw one of the twenty-tael silver banknotes into the landlord’s chest, and coldly said, "You can leave now!"

The landlord, smiling, took the silver banknote and checked it carefully before putting it away. He then placed a receipt prepared in advance on the table and said, "All settled now! I’ll come to collect next month’s rent on the 25th, or you can pay me now if you like. Oh, and I forgot to mention, miss, the rent will increase next month, fifteen taels per month! Don’t forget to prepare it, eh!"

"What did you say!" Su Qing’er trembled with anger, "Don’t go too far!"

The landlord laughed: "How am I going too far? These matters are to be mutually agreed upon; if miss doesn’t want to rent, that’s just fine!"

Su Qing’er coldly retorted: "We will discuss it when the time comes! Now get out!"

"Alright, alright, I’m leaving now, miss don’t be angry!" the landlord replied with a laugh: "Then I’ll come again on the 25th! By the way, I should remind you, miss, it’s best not to go out at night. Remember to lock your doors and windows; it’s a bit inconvenient with just you two young ladies staying here!"

Su Qing’er was shocked, then glared angrily. Xiaolian’s face turned pale with fear flashing in her eyes.

The landlord chuckled softly, slowly getting up to leave.

"Miss! What are we going to do now!" Xiaolian couldn’t help but sob.

Su Qing’er was also at a loss; she had not expected her life to be turned upside down within a day! Her well-planned thoughts were all overturned, and she had imagined the worst-case scenario as Fengju and Fengming falling out and them being driven out together, but she didn’t expect to be the only one evicted! And this landlord, must also be under Fengju’s orders.

Su Qing’er felt a belly full of grievances with nowhere to vent.

Afghanistan, she rose furiously and went back to her room to search meticulously. Then, she utterly despaired.

Apart from a few pieces of half-new clothes, Fengju had left her nothing! All valuable items were gone!

She looked around the room, shimmering, thinking this shabby place demanding fifteen taels a month wasn’t even worth it, better to move to an inn! Su Qing’er planned to move to an inn after this month. The pair of gemstone-embedded gold bracelets, along with pearl earrings, jadeite hairpin, and jade pendant she wore, could also be pawned for some silver to get through the coming days. She believed Fengming would definitely find a way to seek her out. Fengju couldn’t possibly watch him every moment, and without Fengju around, it wouldn’t be difficult for Fengming to break free.

After confining Fengming in the villa, Fengju still felt unsatisfied with raging anger, furiously headed back to confront Sang Wan.

Sang Wan, having been forewarned by her informant about the front house’s happenings, hurried to greet him and signaled Liu Ya to ask everyone to leave.

"It’s infuriating! How could my brother be so foolish!" Fengju was indignant.

Sang Wan sat beside him, grasped his hand, and softly sighed: "The Second Young Master was willing to leave home for that woman years ago, showing his stubborn nature; why didn’t you talk properly with him! How is this going to end well!"

"Talk properly?" Fengju scoffed: "That would require him to be willing to listen! I think he’s simply lost his mind, muddled! Just take him back to my uncle and let them handle it, how they wish to deal with him is their business, I’m tired of worrying about this!"

Seldom hearing him speak in such exasperation, Sang Wan couldn’t help but find it both amusing and annoying as she responded: "The Second Young Master is a living person, not an object to be taken away at will. What if something goes wrong? Good intentions might lead to bad outcomes. How will you explain it to Uncle and Aunt then?"