Chapter 164
Nie Zhicheng’s happy smile froze on his face.
Nie Yaya, who had originally been thinking that Qiu Chi must have gone crazy and that she should stay far away to avoid getting caught in the crossfire, could no longer care about Qiu Chi’s fighting prowess. She jumped out and shouted angrily, “Impossible! What are you daydreaming about!”
Old Master Nie’s expression was also exceptionally ugly, but he didn’t say anything.
As for Madam Nie, she was just like Nie Yaya, having completely forgotten about Qiu Chi’s strength. “You want our family’s property after a divorce? There’s no such good deal in this world! Impossible!”
Qiu Chi ignored them and looked at Nie Zhicheng in her grasp. “What do you think?”
Nie Zhicheng also wanted to say it was impossible, but right now, his entire body was aching. Plus, he was in Qiu Chi’s hands, so he couldn’t just say “impossible” like Madam Nie and Nie Yaya.
His lips trembled for a long while before he finally said, “Um, Jiayue, we grew up together as childhood sweethearts, after all. I’ve always seen you as a little sister. Of course, you can take your dowry, but the Nie family’s property…”
Old Master Nie finally spoke up at this point. “Zhicheng is right. You can take your dowry, but the Nie family’s property is out of the question.”
Qiu Chi felt that the Nie family was truly incapable of reading the situation.
“Do you think I’m negotiating with you right now? Nie Zhicheng is in my hands. You can either watch him die, or you can give me two-thirds of the Nie family’s property. Think it over carefully.”
“Oh, right. If you take too long to consider, the price will go up. I already said I don’t want the shops and land, just the money. If you keep the land and shops, it’s not like you can’t earn it back. Anyway, you figure it out.”
Looking at the miserable Nie Zhicheng in Qiu Chi’s hands, and then at the leisurely Qiu Chi.
Old Master Nie finally gritted his teeth and agreed. “Fine. You two will divorce. Your dowry and two-thirds of the Nie family’s money will be yours.”
Although she knew Old Master Nie must have some scheme up his sleeve, Qiu Chi was very satisfied with how sensible he was being for now.
“Good that you know what’s good for you. Take me to the storehouse.”
With Nie Zhicheng in her hands, it was very convenient for Qiu Chi to act. Even though the Nie family wished they could kill her, they could only listen to her for now.
Not counting the shops and land, the assets in the Nie family’s storehouse were still substantial.
In the original plot, Zhai Jiayue only left with a little bit of silver, never even seeing her own dowry.
In reality, Zhai Jiayue’s dowry was quite large. After all, she was the daughter of the Zhai family’s first wife, and the Zhai and Nie families had genuinely wanted to form an alliance through marriage. So, even though the wedding was rushed, Zhai Jiayue’s dowry was not lacking in any way.
Unfortunately, she never saw her dowry again after entering the Nie family home.
And the cooperation between the Zhai and Nie families never came to fruition. Nie Zhicheng’s actions had created a rift between the two families.
This was also why the Zhai family ignored Zhai Jiayue’s plight, and why Madam Nie wasn’t afraid of the Zhai family and could do whatever she wanted to Zhai Jiayue.
Qiu Chi dragged Nie Zhicheng around the storehouse for a bit, then came out satisfied and said to Old Master Nie, “Alright. Now, bring me the deed to this house. This house is mine now. The Nie family should have plenty of properties, so hurry up and move to another one.”
Nie Yaya’s eyes widened, about to say something, but Old Master Nie stopped her. “Fine, we’ll move now. As for the things in the storehouse, how do you propose we divide them?”
“Divide them?” Qiu Chi chuckled lightly. “What’s there to divide? It’s all mine. Don’t think I don’t know that this year’s income from the shops and land hasn’t been collected yet. If you insist on dividing it, I don’t mind going to the shops to ransack them one by one.”
Madam Nie’s face turned green with anger.
Old Master Nie’s expression darkened as well, but in the end, he held back. “Fine. Then everything in this storehouse is yours.”
Old Master Nie’s words still carried weight.
Qiu Chi told them to move out today, and he ordered his people to start packing.
Once out of Qiu Chi’s sight, Madam Nie frowned tightly. “Master, what are you doing? Are you really going to let a little slip of a girl do whatever she wants?”
Old Master Nie’s face was grim as he snorted coldly. “Of course not. What can a little slip of a girl do? She has Zhicheng right now, so I can’t do anything to her. Once we’ve moved out, I’ll make her spit out everything she took.”
Nie Yaya felt a physical pang of loss. “There are so many good things in the storehouse.”
“There’s too much in the storehouse for her to take away. That’s why she took the deed. It’s only for a few days. It won’t be in her hands for long. Just bear with it.”
It had to be said, Old Master Nie’s plan was quite good.
He figured that with so much stuff in the storehouse, it would take some time even if she contacted the Zhai family to have people come and move it. If she had cut ties with the Zhai family and stayed in this mansion, Qiu Chi was just one person.
Once Nie Zhicheng was out of danger and they had moved out of the mansion, he could just hire people with guns. No matter how capable a little slip of a girl was, could she not be afraid of guns?
He had a good plan, but Qiu Chi simply didn’t play by the rules.
The moment they moved out of the mansion, Qiu Chi threw Nie Zhicheng out and then directly stored everything from the storehouse into her space.
She plundered all the hidden stashes of money in the mansion before taking the deed and finding a family in the city that was at odds with the Nies.
“Master Yu, I have a courtyard house. I wonder if you’d be interested in taking a look?”
Master Yu was speechless. “Miss Zhai, you caused such a huge commotion just to sell me a courtyard?”
Since Qiu Chi was alone, the gatekeeper of the Yu family naturally wouldn’t let her in.
Having no choice, she had to use a little force to finally meet the head of the Yu family.
Hearing Master Yu’s words, Qiu Chi shook her head. “Not exactly. The courtyard is just to break the ice. I’m more interested in buying medicinal herbs from you, Master Yu. If you have Western medicine, I’ll buy that too. The more, the better.”
At this, Master Yu’s expression finally turned serious. He sized up Qiu Chi, then asked with some confusion, “Miss Zhai, why have you decided to do business with my Yu family? Don’t you know that the Nie family has always seen us as an eyesore? As the Nie family’s daughter-in-law, it’s probably not appropriate for you to come to me for business, is it?”
Qiu Chi smiled and took out the deed. “This is why I said I wanted to sell a house to you, Master Yu. Why don’t you take a look at the deed first?”
The events at the Nie family home had happened so quickly that the other prominent families in the city didn’t know what had transpired.
Master Yu took the deed, half-doubting, and his eyes widened in shock as he looked at it. “This is the deed to the courtyard the Nie family is currently living in? How is it in your hands? And you want to sell it? Is the Nie family going bankrupt?”
Master Yu’s words left Qiu Chi slightly speechless.
She shook her head. “Not at all. I’ve divorced Nie Zhicheng, and this deed is now my rightful property. I wonder if Master Yu is interested in this house?”
Master Yu took a moment to process the word “divorce,” then he burst out laughing. “Interested! Very interested! Miss Zhai, you have some impressive methods. I won’t ask what exactly you did. I just hope we can have a pleasant cooperation.”
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