The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 295 Make More Friends
"That second young master is the one who bothered Qianqian when you met him at Tianxiang Tower, right?" Tong Huaqiong said.

Gu Dashu admired Tong Huaqiong's insight even more.

My mother's guess was spot on.

Liu Yue'e said sarcastically, "If you hadn't acted like a hero and saved the beauty, Qianqian wouldn't have bothered you, let alone come to annoy me. And the second young master of Jin Fengxiang? Maybe he's Qianqian's old flame. You didn't even know the situation before you went to save her. I'm afraid your rescue has ruined their relationship, and she'll hate you now."

Gu Dashu felt that Liu Yue'e's satire made sense.

Tong Huaqiong glanced at Liu Yue'e, and Liu Yue'e shut up.

Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Dashu, "What are your thoughts on the whole matter?"

Gu Dashu said, "Mother, do you think it's possible that Jin Fengxiang's second son deliberately set a trap for me, just like I set a trap for Feng Chuan. As the saying goes, gambling can ruin a person. We won against Manager Feng through gambling back then. Could Jin Fengxiang's second son be planning to use the same method? I've remembered your lesson and never dared to go to a casino since I came to the prefectural city. I don't even dare to pass by one. He saw me go to Tianxiang Tower to push our family's birthday cake and thought I was some kind of playboy, so he and Miss Qianqian set this trap for me."

"Of course, that's just my guess."

Tong Huaqiong nodded approvingly.

Gu Dashu's experience was not in vain. In the past six months, he has become more mature in his business thinking and problem-solving, and he can now grasp the key to the problem.

The analysis of the problem is also spot on.

Tong Huaqiong said, "That's right, that's exactly it."

Gu Dashu was dumbfounded; he hadn't expected his guess to be true.

"No, Mother, I was just guessing, and I actually guessed right!" Gu Dashu said excitedly, then asked, "But how did you know, Mother?"

Tong Huaqiong said, "I figured it out all night last night, and then I went to Tianxianglou early this morning. I actually managed to get it out of Mo Mama and Qianqian."

Gu Dashu was confused again. It was obvious that Qianqian was colluding with Jin Fengxiang's second son to scheme against her, so why was she willing to tell Tong Huaqiong the truth?

Who is this girl anyway? She looks so delicate and fragile, how can she be so wicked? Does she think they're mice and she's a cat, playing these tricks on them for fun?

The heat in the valley is unbearable.

"In that case, I'm going to Tianxiang Tower to get my ten taels of silver back." Gu Dashu stood up angrily. "Not only will I get my silver back, but I'll also curse them in the face."

"Don't worry."

Tong Huaqiong glanced at Gu Dashu.

"Mother, they've already set their sights on me, how can I not be anxious?" Gu Dashu said, but stopped in his tracks.

Tong Huaqiong glared at him, wondering why her adopted son was so impatient.

Tong Huaqiong said, "What's the use of your anxiety? I've almost finished handling this matter. I've reached an agreement with Madam Mo to go on a joint business trip to sea. Tonight, Miss Qianqian was arranged by Madam Mo to deliver the money to me. Madam Mo's scheming against us wasn't her intention; she just goes with the flow, cooperating with whoever offers the most benefits. Since she can cooperate with Jin Fengxiang's second son, she can also cooperate with me."

This is what a great man in later generations said: the more friends you make, the fewer enemies you will have.

"As for Jin Fengxiang's second son, he is not worth worrying about. Now that we know his plans, we have a way to deal with him. Before you came to the prefectural city, I always told you to be careful not to fall into other people's traps, but you didn't take it seriously. Now he's plotting against you. This is not a bad thing. You should learn a lesson and be more careful in the future. Think things through more carefully in everything you do."

"But you surprised me this time. You didn't fall for their tricks or get blinded by the allure of the world. I'm very pleased with you."

Gu Dashu sat down.

Although he was still annoyed at being schemed against, he calmed down after listening to Tong Huaqiong's words. In particular, Tong Huaqiong's final words of praise made Gu Dashu quite excited.

This is the first time in over half a year that I've praised him.

"So this matter is over and done with?" Gu Dashu said.

He had no intention of letting Jin Fengxiang's second son off the hook. If he caught the other party in a compromising situation, he would not let him off easily.

"Whether it passes or not depends on Jin Fengxiang's next move," Tong Huaqiong said.

However, with He Chao present and already aware of Jin Fengxiang's plan, Tong Huaqiong wasn't worried at all.

"You bastards, those people from the prefecture are really wicked, they're here to demolish our house!" Liu Yue'e cursed. "Luckily, I'm not one to act rashly when things happen. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been torn to pieces by the Great Heat, and divorce might have been the last thing they wanted."

Liu Yue'e breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that Gu Dashu had no ulterior motives and that everything was a scheme by others.

"Now you know I'm not that kind of person. Let alone Qianqian, even if a celestial being descended to earth stood in front of me, I wouldn't even glance at her. My wife, you can rest assured. I've never been unfaithful to you, not before, not now, and not in the future. If you think you are, either you're overthinking it, or someone is trying to harm me," Gu Dashu said.

He said, "How could Miss Qianqian be interested in a country bumpkin like him? She must have been tricked."

"Mother, I don't quite understand. Since that girl Qianqian came to give you money, why did she say those things to Dashu in front of me? Isn't that seduction?" Liu Yue'e asked, puzzled.

Tong Huaqiong said, "They got angry because they didn't take the bait during the hottest part of summer."

Tong Huaqiong didn't explain in detail to Liu Yue'e why Qianqian's behavior pattern came about, because she was afraid that her son would become arrogant.

However, Liu Yue'e understood.

Women understand women's thoughts.

"She really is a woman of the night, she won't let any man go. How shameless!" Liu Yue'e muttered.

Tong Huaqiong disagreed with this.

Although she also disliked Qianqian very much.

Tong Huaqiong said to Liu Yue'e, "They didn't fall into prostitution willingly; everyone has their own reasons. If you encounter someone like Qianqian again, I support you going to confront them, but don't condemn all prostitutes."

Tong Huaqiong thought of the information she had learned during the day about Mo's mother's background.

She was a fisherwoman, beautiful in appearance. While rowing her boat, she met a scholar, and the two fell in love at first sight.

The scholar brought her from his hometown to Ningcheng, thinking it would be a happy ending where both parties were in love, but little did he know it would be the beginning of a tragic fate.

In order to curry favor with the powerful, the scholar sold her to an official as a concubine.

Later, when the official committed a crime, she, as his concubine, was confiscated and forced into prostitution.

This explains why Madam Mo, who deals with men, looks down on unfaithful men and allows the girls at Tianxiang Tower to set traps for the men who enter the tower.

A large part of the reason why Mother Mo was willing to tell Tong Huaqiong about Jin Fengxiang's second son was that Tong Huaqiong was a woman.

It's not that Tong Huaqiong has a saintly heart; if there weren't compelling reasons, who would enter the world of prostitution? Mother Mo was like that, and Qianqian would certainly be no exception.

She had warned Qianqian not to hurt Liu Yue'e, and if Qianqian continued to be stubborn, she wouldn't mind making Qianqian suffer even more.