As soon as Wen Huaren heard these words, cold sweat broke out immediately.
He had thought it was just a simple matter of a missing carpenter, tricky though it was, but as long as they summoned the articulate Zheng Yakuai, it could be handled properly. Unexpectedly, it had turned into a domestic affair!
Such matters were always the hardest to deal with, not even a clear-headed official could resolve them, let alone him, a mere scholar and a newly-appointed shopkeeper thrust into position. How was he to cope?
When Cheng Yong saw Master Ding and Tang Dongyan run over, he too was taken aback. Hearing Zhou Yunyun speak in such a manner, he was even more at a loss for words, murmuring, "Are you sure, no mistake? This... can't be, my sister-in-law rarely wanders near the new house, but Brother Yuhuai visits from time to time to check on it. How come he never told me about this?"
