The Shi family was just a stepping stone for her. Once she had scraped together enough silver, she planned to change her identity and marry again.
She had it all planned out, but the two old shopkeepers of the Shi family weren't fools. They were wary of her and certainly weren't about to give her any money easily.
When she didn't get what she wanted, Chen Wanyue started to cause trouble.
One day she'd claim the house had bad feng shui and that she always heard ghosts knocking at night. The next, she'd complain that the stench from the neighbor's latrine was overwhelming her.
As it happened, the house next door belonged to Wo Laicai.
Wo Laicai had been sentenced to death, and his wife and children wanted nothing to do with him. As soon as the sentence was handed down, his wife took their son and daughter-in-law and went to stay with her own family.
