BHBF Chapter 75.5

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 4) Chapter 75.5: Playful Son (17)

Shao Yu had long realized that although Shao Jiashan was a playboy who hung out outside all day, he had never done anything bad. On the contrary, he had an incredibly soft heart. It was precisely because he was soft-hearted that he was constantly exploited by Xiao Han and had constant conflicts with the boys outside.

The Shao family once had a former incarnation who had no patience with his eldest son. As a result, Shao Jiashan fell into a vicious cycle, always suffering in front of his stepmother and always being blamed by his father.

“Jiashan, do you think the saying that even if there is no credit, there is still hard work is correct?” Shao Yu asked.

Shao Jiashan was a little surprised, but still said: “Shopkeeper Sun is also an elder in the family, you should give him some face.”

“Since you are an old man, you should know that having no merit is a mistake. When you have made such a mistake, do you still have the nerve to mention your hard work? Where is the hard work? Is it the hard work of embezzlement or the hard work of falsifying accounts?” Shao Yu asked.

Upon hearing this, Shao Jiashan couldn’t tell what was wrong for a moment.

“You don’t need to remember his contributions or hard work. He hasn’t been working for you for nothing all these years. He is the owner of such a big shop. The salary you pay him every month is enough to buy back his hard work.”

“But he is my mother’s dowry after all…” Shao Jiashan had never seen his biological mother, so he felt more intimate with her dowry.

“You just need to remember that right is right and wrong is wrong. It doesn’t make any difference because of who he is. Whether he was your mother’s dowry or she is your mother now, if you do something wrong, you should be punished.” Shao Yu said.

Shao Jiashan still found it hard to accept.

Shao Yu continued, “Your mother originally set a low price in order to benefit the people. Now ask, is she still setting a low price?”

Shao Yu asked another long-time attendant named Wang Xi to go out and called two shop assistants from the shop outside to come in and question them.

These guys originally wanted to cover up for Shopkeeper Sun, but after being threatened by Shao Yu, they dared not hide anything anymore and immediately told him everything they knew.

There are a few items in the shop that are priced low to attract customers, but there is also a large number of items that are secretly priced high.

As for the case of Snow Satin, there are countless cases where five pieces were purchased but only three pieces were recorded in the accounts.

This shop is like a huge hole. It seems that anyone who comes here can make a fortune.

Shao Jiashan was stunned, but the money kept flowing in and he kept muttering.

When the servant finally finished speaking, Qian Jiong came up to Shao Jiashan and said, “Eldest young master, from what I heard, you must have paid at least three thousand taels.”

Shao Jiashan didn’t say anything.

Shao Yu and those two guys: “Why did you hide it for him in the first place?”

One of the shop assistants didn’t dare to say anything, but the other one seemed to be desperate and said, “Master, Shopkeeper Sun has absolute power in this shop. If we dare to offend him, he will deduct our wages for this month and even take his anger out on our families.”

In the eyes of the Shao father and son, Housekeeper Sun was just a dowry slave, but in the eyes of these hired employees, Housekeeper Sun was a powerful man.

There was once a clerk who wanted to go to the Shao family to report the shopkeeper Sun for corruption, but before he arrived at the Shao Mansion, he was arrested by the people in the yamen and thrown into jail on the charge of stealing his employer’s property. He has not been released until now, and even the clerk’s wife and sister have been taken over by the shopkeeper Sun.

Shopkeeper Sun, a slave who came with the dowry, was able to command the officers in the yamen. How could this not scare the shop assistants, so they had no choice but to do as he said.

Shao Yu said to Shao Jiashan: “The pitiful old slave in your eyes who followed your mother is bullying others behind your back.”

“Your mother is so kindhearted. If she were still alive, would she want to see such a situation?”

Although Shao Jiashan had never met Da Han, as a son, he naturally had beautiful fantasies about his biological mother. In his fantasy, his biological mother was the kindest person in the world.

Hearing about the crimes committed by Shopkeeper Sun, Shao Jiashan felt a chill down his spine. He couldn’t understand why Shopkeeper Sun would do so many evil things.

“She won’t.” Shao Jiashan said softly.

“Eldest young master, I was the dowry of the late madam. Please forgive me this time!” Shopkeeper Sun begged Shao Jiashan.

Shao Jiashan seemed to have finally figured it out, and said, “Father, send him to see the official.”

Shao Yu nodded to Wang Xi, and Wang Xi immediately took Shopkeeper Sun out of the door.

“Take this account book and look at it carefully.” Shao Yu said.

Shao Jiashan took it.

“If there is anything you don’t understand, just ask Young master Qian.” Shao Yu said.

Shao Jiashan nodded.

Understanding this account book thoroughly seemed to be the homework Shao Yu assigned to his son.

“Father, what are you going to do…what are you going to do with Madam?” Shao Jiashan couldn’t help but ask.

“I have my own plans in mind.”

Seeing that Shao Yu was unwilling to talk, Shao Jiashan did not continue asking.

After a whole afternoon of hustle and bustle, it was gradually getting dark and Shao Yu had already sent someone back home to pick up Shao Jialiang.

Shao Jialiang was nagged by Xiao Han all day long, so when he went out, even his purse was taken away by Xiao Han. She was not afraid of losing money, but was afraid that her son would start gambling.

Shao Jialiang thought he would go straight to the gambling house, but unexpectedly, he was taken to a small noodle restaurant at the entrance of the alley.

The owners of the noodle shop are a father and son. The father takes care of chores while the son concentrates on making noodles. The noodle shop is full, and it is obvious that their cooking skills are highly recognized.

Shao Jialiang was holding a box of food in his hand. While waiting for the noodles to come out of the pot, he put the food on the table.

“Before I went out, my mother was afraid that the food outside was not clean, so she prepared so much food for me.” Shao Jialiang looked at the box full of things, his eyes full of helplessness.

When Shao Jiashan heard this, his expression darkened.