Shu Yu was still puzzled. She tugged on Meng Yunzheng's sleeve and asked softly, "What's going on?"
The latter explained to her, "Manager Yun was originally the shopkeeper of the Gong Family Shop. He caught Gong Qiu's eye solely through his skills. The shop he managed grew larger and more successful, which unexpectedly made others scheme against him. Back then, Gong Chang wanted to recruit him, but not only did he fail, he also let Manager Yun discover that he was secretly lending money at usury. Manager Yun informed Gong Qiu about this, and Gong Qiu reprimanded Gong Chang and smoothed over the usury issue. Originally, this would have been the end of it, but Gong Qiu was narrow-minded and suspected that Manager Yun might use this as leverage and leak it sometime later, which would be detrimental to the Gong Family. So, he tried in every possible way to get rid of Manager Yun."
As for Meng Yunzheng, he had always arranged for someone to keep an eye on Gong Chang.
