The Stepmother’s Counterattack: Raising a Child in a Bygone Era
Chapter 605 - 604: Shen Baolan Gets into Trouble Again

Chapter 605: Chapter 604: Shen Baolan Gets into Trouble Again

"Zhou Brother, I went out for a bit yesterday afternoon..."

Seeing Zhou Shuhuan’s brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill a mosquito, Qiao Ya hurriedly explained, "It was Sister Lan who came to find me. She said she felt unwell and asked me to go out to buy her medicine. I was so anxious to get the medicine, and thinking that she was in the office, I didn’t take the keys with me."

Although Zhou Shuhuan didn’t believe that this matter had anything to do with Shen Baolan, he still called her to the office.

When informed of the missing important documents, Shen Baolan naturally denied any involvement.

"I didn’t touch anything, you’re the one who’s always losing things. Don’t you pin this on me."

Qiao Ya cried her eyes out, "Sister Lan, please think carefully. Has anyone else entered the office? These contracts and delivery orders are very important to the factory. If we can’t find them, it doesn’t matter if I lose my job, but the factory might face a huge loss!"

Shen Baolan sniffed, "What’s the use of crying now? You couldn’t even look after important things like these, who would trust you with their work in the future?"

"Before you came to find me yesterday afternoon, the contracts and delivery orders were all still here..."

"What are you implying? Are you suspecting me of stealing? Am I sick to steal from my own family?"

After scolding Qiao Ya, Shen Baolan turned to complain to Zhou Shuhuan, "Look at the kind of people you hire. She can’t even do her job properly, and she dares to throw the blame on me, the boss’s wife. If you keep her around, I’m afraid one day she’ll even dare to ride roughshod over you!"

At this point, Zhou Shuhuan had regained some calm and rationality and began to have doubts about Shen Baolan’s attitude.

After years of marriage, he knew all too well how much Shen Baolan valued money.

Yet, Shen Baolan didn’t seem worried at all about the factory potentially losing a large sum of money; instead, she was fixated on targeting Qiao Ya.

Guessing that the contracts were not lost, Zhou Shuhuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, which was quickly followed by a blazing anger.

"Shen Baolan..."

"Zhou Brother, it’s all my fault. I have betrayed your trust and caused you a lot of trouble. I don’t have the face to stay here any longer. I’ll leave right now."

Zhou Shuhuan had intended to demand Shen Baolan hand over the documents, but Qiao Ya suddenly resigned, catching him off guard.

"Sister Lan, I hope that after I leave, you can help Zhou Brother find the contracts. They’re really important to the factory."

With that said, Qiao Ya picked up her bag and, wiping away tears, left.

Naive girl, trying to compete with me. I’ve eaten more salt than you’ve eaten rice.

Watching Qiao Ya’s retreating figure, Shen Baolan secretly gloated. But when she turned back and met Zhou Shuhuan’s grim and ashen face, a wave of guilt washed over her.

"How could the contracts just disappear if they were kept properly? It must have been her carelessness. Let’s search again, maybe we’ll find them."

While saying this, she started to search around the office.

The office was composed of a suite layout, with the outer room being Qiao Ya’s work area, which housed the filing cabinets and a beverage station, while the inner room was Zhou Shuhuan’s office.

After pretending to search for a while, Shen Baolan "found" the missing contracts and delivery orders under the bottom of the filing cabinet.

"Here, are these what you’re looking for?"

"I told you, it was her own careless work. It’s good she had the sense to leave on her own. In the future, you can’t hire these young girls, they are not reliable at all..."

Zhou Shuhuan couldn’t care less about Shen Baolan’s nagging. After confirming that the contracts and delivery orders were correct, he finally completely relaxed.

Putting away the documents, he turned to Shen Baolan with a dark expression and said, "I will buy you and mom tickets tomorrow, and you’ll go back to Fengcheng."

Shen Baolan was taken aback and blurted out her refusal, "I’m not going back. I want to stay here to take care of you, to work with you, and to make our electronics factory bigger and stronger."

"Shen Baolan, my patience has its limits. Don’t think I’m unaware of your tricks. Whether you want to or not, you have to leave!"

"Mom! Mom!"

Liu Cuihua had just finished cleaning the house and was about to take her grandson out to buy vegetables when her daughter, in a panicked rush, ran back home, prompting Liu Cuihua to scold, "From so far away, were you out of your mind?"

"Mom, Shuhuan is trying to kick us out—"

Upon hearing this, Liu Cuihua hurriedly let Shen Baolan into the house to explain in detail.

After understanding the whole story, Liu Cuihua became even more convinced that her son-in-law was involved with this Qiao Ya in a dubious manner.

"We can’t leave. If we do, wouldn’t that just clear the space for that vixen? How foolish can you be? Your husband is already trying to throw you out because of that vixen, and you’re still clueless about everything. If I hadn’t called you back to keep an eye on things, they might have really gotten together by now!"

Shen Baolan looked worried, "But what can we do now? Shuhuan has already gone to buy the train tickets; he’s determined to send us back!"

Liu Cuihua, with the confidence of someone who has been through it all, said, "What’s there to be afraid of? All men are made of tough steel, but they fear a woman’s tender touch. When your husband comes back tonight, just humble yourself, apologize to him, and coax him nicely. If you can calm him down, won’t everything be fine?"

Shen Baolan’s thinking was oddly clear, "What about the tickets he bought?"

Liu Cuihua, so frustrated she wanted to slap her, exclaimed, "At a time like this, instead of worrying about how to win a man’s heart, you’re concerned about a few pennies for train tickets? How did I raise such a fool?"

"You might as well infuriate me to death!"

...

To create an opportunity for Shen Baolan, Liu Cuihua deliberately took Yuanbao out for a meal and then to the park for a stroll, waiting for her daughter and son-in-law to finish their business before returning.

Shen Baolan was also feeling agitated. It had been over half a month since she arrived in Fucheng, and she hadn’t yet done "that thing" with Zhou Shuhuan.

Zhou Shuhuan’s place was a one-bedroom apartment. Since Shen Baolan arrived, she had been staying in the bedroom with her son Yuanbao and Liu Cuihua, while Zhou Shuhuan slept on the living room couch, giving the couple no chance for private intimacy.

Shen Baolan first sent Zhou Shuhuan a pager message, asking him to come home early, and then she started to bathe and cook.

"It’s you~ it’s you~ the one I dream of is you..."

Humming a song while cooking in the kitchen, she heard the sound of the door opening from the living room and quickly turned and went out.

"Shuhuan, you’re back?"

Zhou Shuhuan, with a face as dark as thunderclouds and a look in his eyes so grim it made Shen Baolan shudder, entered the room.

But remembering Liu Cuihua’s advice, she still put on a smile and coyly clutched Zhou Shuhuan’s arm, "Shuhuan, I know..."

Zhou Shuhuan threw his hand back, delivering a slap that sent her to the ground.

"You whore, this is all your doing!!"

"Huayuan wants to terminate our partnership and won’t sell me circuit boards anymore. Do you have any idea what kind of disaster you’ve brought upon me?"

Filled with rage, Zhou Shuhuan kicked the still-confused Shen Baolan several times.

Shen Baolan screamed in pain, her heart filled with fear and terror.

Although Zhou Shuhuan had hit her before, it was only slapping.

She had never seen such a terrifying Zhou Shuhuan before; she could sense the murderous intent emanating from him.

Zhou Shuhuan truly wanted to kill her.

"Stop hitting me, I was wrong, Shuhuan, I know I was wrong..."

Looking at Shen Baolan, who was hugging his legs and begging for mercy on the ground, Zhou Shuhuan felt nothing but towering hatred and rage.

His electronics factory, built from the ground up with great effort, was about to be destroyed by this stupid whore!

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