She wants her later life to be better than her previous one, no longer so miserable and exhausting.

  "Shen Fei Ling, now that it's come to this, don't you have anything to say?"

  It's clear that Shen Youxia's arrival caught Shen Weiling off guard, and Liu Zhanggui's confession left Shen Weiling with no way out. However, after all these years, he knows better than anyone how much profit the Qixiang Pavilion has made. If he were to return it all to Shen Youxia, how could he be willing to do so, and what would he use to repay him?

  "Xia sister, you originally said that the Qi Xiang Pavilion would be given to me. I also trusted you and didn't ask for the deed, nor did I go through the official procedures at the yamen. You can't back out now and say that I cheated you."

  Shen Fuling thought that according to Shen Youxia's character, he shouldn't have done something as direct as coming to the door to demand the shop. After all, material wealth was not worth mentioning in Shen Youxia's eyes. It must be someone behind the scenes who instigated him, which is why Shen Youxia came today with such a fierce attitude to demand the shop.

  It's been many years since I took over the management of Qixiang Pavilion. As for how the shop originally came into my hands, Shen Feilu had long forgotten, and as long as Shen Youxia didn't remember what he had promised me back then, I could make up whatever reason I wanted for why Qixiang Pavilion was now in my possession.

  Shen Fuling's abacus calculations were indeed good, but he had miscalculated one thing: although Shen Youxia didn't remember how Shen Fuling got mixed up with the Qishang Pavilion back then, it didn't mean that the people around Shen Youxia didn't remember. In her past life, Shen Youxia had always been a high-and-mighty mistress to the servants by her side, but after experiencing life and death, the current Shen Youxia now knew who were humans and who were ghosts among those around her. Especially when it came to the four senior maidservants, her trust in them had already exceeded everyone's understanding.

  "Autumn Equinox, you come and tell this Young Master Shen, how did he say he was going to come to the Qixiang Pavilion in the first place?"

  If it weren't for the fact that she had already asked Qiu Fen about Shen Fei Ling's acquisition of Qi Xiang Ge, Shen You Xia would have probably been fooled by Shen Fei Ling.

  Qiu Fen repeated in detail what Shen Bilin and Shen Youxia had said earlier, although he didn't mention that Shen Bilin had helped Shen Youxia get the news about Zhu Yunyan, which gave him the opportunity to practice at Qi Xiang Pavilion. However, everything Qiu Fen said was true, and only then did Shen Bilin realize that Shen Youxia had been prepared, and he couldn't refute it either.

  "Shen Feiling, I can let go of your behavior of taking advantage of others, but the silver you took from Qixiang Pavilion over the years must be returned to me in full. What do you have to say for yourself?"

  Shen Youxia looked down at Shen Feilong with a gaze that filled him with fear, and seeing this, Shen Feilong didn't dare to speak out even if he was dissatisfied. Shen Youxia was originally someone who feared nothing and could drive anyone away, if he really got angry and alerted the authorities, Shen Feilong would probably not be able to stay in Xiyang City anymore.

  "I know what kind of person you are, but since we're from the same clan, I'll let it slide this time. Return the silver within three days and I won't hold it against you. If you don't make good on that in three days' time, then I won't mind bringing some people to pay a visit to the Shen family's old residence."

  What Shen Yuxia said was still light and breezy, but it made Shen Fuling's heart tremble with fear. He didn't have that much money to make up for it, nor could he let the people in the old Shen mansion know about it. There were too many people in that mansion who were jealous of him getting the Qishuang Pavilion, and now that something had happened, those who wanted to take advantage of the situation and step on him would be countless.