Chapter Eleven Snake (Three)

  "What's wrong with Zi Xuan and Zi Peng?" Madam Fang pushed aside the two daughters-in-law who were blocking her way, walked straight into the house, sternly scanned the room, suddenly saw the snake on the ground, let out a scream, couldn't catch her breath, and fainted.

  "Mom——" Zhang Yun and Chen Ge were both frightened. Previously, the two had been too busy arguing to deal with the snake on the ground, and they hadn't expected to scare Old Lady Fang so badly. Old Lady Fang had always been careful about her health and had a good body, but suddenly fainting like this scared everyone.

  Women are generally afraid of snakes. Mrs. Fang was pampered since childhood, and after marriage, she lived a life of luxury. Suddenly seeing a snake in the house would make even strong young men like Zhang Yun and Chen Ge shout, let alone old Mrs. Fang.

  He Mama, who had been following Mrs. Fang for many years, had experience in this area and helped the old lady lie down on the bed, pinching her philtrum with force until she slowly came to.

  But Zhang Yun and Chen Ge had a disagreement again, Chen Ge insisted on disposing of the dead snake immediately, but Zhang Yun refused to agree, insisting on investigating the matter thoroughly before it was over, anyway she was happy to add trouble for Mrs. Fang and Chen Ge.

  Her mind was racing with all sorts of thoughts, although she knew her own children were responsible for this matter, but it was impossible for them to have brought the snake in, they had only just arrived at the old mansion that morning, the snake must have been here all along, and yet the old master and mistress still lived here, someone had secretly raised a snake, wasn't it intentional to scare the two elderly people? This matter must be related to either the eldest or fourth family.

  Mrs. Fang slowly came to, only to hear Chen Ge's resentful voice saying, "Third Aunt, what's the point of blocking my way? If this snake startles Mother again, how will you take responsibility?"

  "Fourth brother and sister, this is unreasonable. This matter must be investigated clearly, where did this snake come from? I think there's someone hiding evil intentions in this house. Today it appears in our Zi Xuan's room, who knows if tomorrow it'll appear in the old master's or mistress' room? Can you take responsibility for that? You're so eager to get rid of the snake, but aren't you feeling guilty?" Zhang Yun's sharp voice had a hint of schadenfreude. As for whether Fang Lao was frightened, she not only didn't care, but was actually pleased about it.

  Mrs Fang was so enraged by the argument between her two daughters-in-law that she almost fainted again.

  He's mother let out a light cough, and finally managed to pull Chen Ge's attention back. She immediately rushed to the bedside, her eyes welling up with tears as she gazed pitifully at Mrs. Fang, "Mom, do you feel any better?"

  "Hmph." Old Lady Fang hummed in disgust, her eyes slicing back and forth between the two daughters-in-law like a knife. "Investigate this thoroughly for me, find out who brought that snake in! And right now, get it out of here immediately! The two children are right here, what if they get scared?"

  Compared to Zhang Yun's self-satisfaction, Chen Ge's face didn't look so good. Fang Lao's words were undoubtedly a slap in her face. On the surface, she was Fang Lao's most beloved daughter-in-law, but in reality, the old lady was an extremely selfish person. In her eyes, all these daughters-in-law were outsiders, and she was just a tool that could be used at will. If it touched her own interests, she would show no mercy at all.

  "Zi Xuan, why is this snake appearing here?" Chen Ge immediately put on a stern expression, narrowing his eyes and staring fiercely at Fang Zi Xuan. Since he was going to investigate, the first person he wouldn't let off was Zhang Yun's daughter.

  "Fourth brother and sister, look at the way you're asking this question, are you trying to frame our family's Xiang'er?" Zhang Yun naturally disagreed, and coldly retorted.

  "Shut up, you old hag!" Madam Fang's angry shout cut off Zhang Yun.

  "At 10:03, the snake crawled in from outside the door, I hit its seven inches with a golf club at the corner of the wall, and it died at 10:04. Then Fang Zikai let out a scream." Fang Zixuan said flatly.

  "How can you remember the time so clearly?" Everyone focused their attention on those two points in time, and the calmer she was, the more suspicious she became.

  "There's a clock." Fang Zixuan pointed to the modern electronic clock on the table, which clearly displayed the current time as 10:20.

  "Zi Xuan is really bold, if it were another girl, she would probably be scared to tears by such a big snake, and you still have the leisure to look at the time." Chen Ge said with a sarcastic smile.

  "Fear is the most useless emotion, it won't help with anything." Fang Zixuan calmly stared into her eyes, frank and open, making Chen Ge even a bit afraid to look at her directly. "Didn't Fourth Aunt and Mother also not get scared?"

  As soon as she said this, Mrs. Fang felt a bit embarrassed, implying that she didn't have the guts, and couldn't even compare to her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

  Chen Ge's face also became somewhat stiff, she and Zhang Yun were different, her greatest reliance was on Old Lady Fang, even if she had a million guts, she wouldn't dare to go over Old Lady Fang's head.

  Zhang Yun, however, didn't care about their facial expressions. "Mom, you and fourth brother and sister all heard it, Zi Xuan told the time very clearly, this snake inexplicably crawled into her room, if she wasn't brave who knows what would have happened? Mom, you must take charge of us."

  "It's really to Fang Xuan's credit that she has the guts, no wonder she's not afraid of anything since she was little, fighting and drinking and racing cars." Chen Ge wouldn't let go of any opportunity to mock Fang Xuan.

  "Fourth aunt, stop talking nonsense!" Madam Fang scolded Chen Ge. "Are all the servants in this house blind? Get them all here and ask each one of them: who was present on the third floor at 10 o'clock? Who saw this snake? Whoever speaks up voluntarily will be rewarded, but if anyone conceals anything, they will not be spared!" Madam Fang sat up straight, her eyes sternly sweeping across the crowd.

  Mrs. Fang spoke up, and Chen Ge's face inevitably flashed a hint of embarrassment. Although she claimed to be the mistress of the house, it was still Mrs. Fang who held the reins. With such a strong-willed mother-in-law, no one in the household, including the servants, took her seriously. Her strong sense of self-respect had kept her from revealing this, but now she had been ridiculed by her arch-nemesis Zhang Yun.

  Zhang Yun glanced at Chen Ge with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression. She herself was not living a satisfactory life and didn't wish others to live better than her. Chen Ge had always loved to show off in front of her, flaunting how favored she was, but unfortunately, Old Lady Fang would burst her bubble with just a few words. Even such trivial matters required Old Lady Fang's personal intervention, so Chen Ge probably didn't have even half a bit of power at home.