My low-key cultivation of immortality was discovered by the emperor in my diary.

Chapter 36 Burning with Rage, Making a Decision

Zhenguogongfu.

Chu Wenchen and Song Shi fled back home in a disheveled state.

The guards followed the carriage back at breakneck speed, panting heavily, but dared not utter a single complaint, for fear of angering the master and mistress and causing them to take their anger out on them, thus bringing undeserved disaster upon themselves.

Chu Wen'er had already learned from Song's maid that Chu Lengyu had bought Xie's Garden, and that her parents had decided to go to Chu Lengyu to reclaim the "inheritance" that rightfully belonged to their family.

Seeing that they had returned empty-handed, disheveled, and depressed, Chu Wen'er guessed that something had happened.

Curious, she stepped forward and asked, "Father, Mother, what's wrong?"

She looked relaxed, but Chu Wenchen's face was as gloomy as a dark cloud. He didn't want to talk about those shameful things, so he sat down angrily and used the tea on the table that had already gone cold to temporarily quell his anger.

"It's all because of that Chu Lengyu!" Madam Song's face was full of resentment, her voice sharp as a knife. "Her heart is like a snake, she's utterly wicked! We were just going to ask where she hid our elder brother's inheritance, and we thought that if she obediently handed it over, we wouldn't make things difficult for her. But she actually ordered her servants to make us lose face!"

Chu Wen'er was indignant: "How dare she treat you like this!"

Chu Wenchen's face was ashen. Recalling Huang Yi's arrogant gaze and Chu Lengyu's cold sword tip pointing directly at him, the anger in his heart burned even hotter, almost burning his lungs out.

He said sternly, "I have treated her well in the past, but I never expected her to be so heartless and ungrateful! I swear I will not rest until I avenge this!"

"Hmph, as expected, he's a bastard I picked up." Chu Wen'er muttered, sounding rather smug.

She believed that only she had seen through Chu Lengyu's true nature long ago, and that her father's previous attention to Chu Lengyu and his regard for her as the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was actually due to being deceived by her appearance.

Chu Wenchen slammed his hand on the table and roared, "From today onwards, Chu Lengyu has nothing to do with our Zhenguo Duke's Mansion!"

"Not only that, she will have to pay the price for what she did today!" Madam Song was still fixated on that "inheritance." "What belongs to us, she must honestly return!"

A sharp, sarcastic smile curled at the corner of Song's lips, her tone full of mockery: "Does she think that just because she's hiding outside the city, we can't do anything to her? How can we allow the Chu family's property to fall into the hands of someone like her!"

Chu Wen'er became more and more excited as she listened, a sly glint in her eyes. She offered a suggestion: "Father, Mother, why don't we report it to the authorities and say that the gold bars she used to buy the garden were actually stolen!"

Her voice carried a hint of youthful ruthlessness, as if she could already see Chu Lengyu trapped in a terrible predicament, crying out to heaven and earth in vain.

Chu Wenchen frowned slightly, pondering the pros and cons in silence.

If the matter is reported to the authorities, and Chu Lengyu cannot produce any evidence, then throwing her into jail would be an easy matter for them to beat or kill her.

If she can produce evidence proving that the gold bars came from her elder brother Chu Hanchen's inheritance, then the Chu family can take the opportunity to claim control of the inheritance.

This was a good idea, but Song was unwilling to bribe those insatiable wolves in the government.

She hesitated, "If we rely on the government, how much would we have to give up? Perhaps we should think of another way. Her men are capable, but they can't stay up all night, otherwise..."

"Mother, you mean...stealing?" Chu Wen'er covered her mouth, feeling both surprised and excited.

“Of course not.” Madam Song had an idea and said, “We’ll send someone to pretend to be a kidnapper, sneak in at night, kidnap Chu Lengyu, and extort money from her. Then she’ll have no choice but to reveal the whereabouts of the inheritance.”

Song was also plotting to kill two birds with one stone. As long as word got out that Chu Lengyu had been taken away by kidnappers for a night, her reputation would be ruined, and she would be at Song's mercy when she came back.

This method is a bit too much. Chu Wenchen hesitated before speaking immediately, saying, "Doing this is too risky. If things are exposed, it will damage the reputation of our Chu family..."

Song said in a sinister tone, "Just hire a few unrelated people and tell them to be careful. If they get caught, it won't be our problem."

Chu Wen'er urged him to make a decision, saying, "Father, Mother is right. We can't let Chu Lengyu continue to be so arrogant!"

Thinking of Chu Lengyu's arrogant and overbearing attitude, Chu Wenchen clenched his fist slowly, feeling annoyed and unwilling, and said in a low voice, "Then let's do it this way."

After some secret planning, the Chu family decided to send a trusted confidant to hire an assassin to sneak into Chu Lengyu's residence under the cover of night and force him to reveal the whereabouts of the inheritance.